We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:12:36 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:04:09 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html#comment-94358 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html#comment-94358 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:07:57 -0600
It all evens out. We'd still be 'Murkans...

]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html#comment-94288 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html#comment-94288 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:32:30 -0600 Well, now you're conflating who is credited with the exploitable discovery vice the cartographer who managed to name it... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html#comment-94286 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html#comment-94286 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:17:55 -0600
What I don't understand is why my bank is closed today? Did Columbus represent Banco Popular or something? He certainly wasn't the first to discover America. There were all kinds of other discoverers. I guess they didn't have a Flag and a good PR department.

It may be a good thing however as the United State of Lei Fung would be difficult to write a song about.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html#comment-94285 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/10/on_this_columbu.html#comment-94285 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:44:25 -0600