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Ramblings

Published: November 7, 2009

A few weeks back, during the celebration of the "discovery" of the new world by Christopher Columbus, there was a lot of controversial comments made about what he discovered and what kind of man he really was. And it was said that there were teachers who were telling their young charges the truth about the man whose accomplishment we recognize each October.

In a mock trial held at an elementary school, one of the things Columbus was found guilty of was bringing disease to the New World. Yet overlooked is that if Columbus hadn't come, the next explorer or the one after that would have contaminated the natives. It was an inevitable something that was bound to happen.

The "blame" for AIDS in America is still being debated. But the fact exists that the disease was brought to this country by a traveler from a foreign country.

We need our heroes. If we look too closely for the flaws in those we currently admire we are going to be spending a lot of time and resources renaming many of our cities and streets.

If you don't tell I'll be angry with you. Did you notice in the article in the paper that police in Saudi Arabia recently found large quantities of weapons belonging to the al-Qaida terror network?

The discovery was made while Saudi authorities were investigating a group of al-Qaida suspects arrested earlier.

Doesn't the story make you wonder what interrogation techniques were used by the Saudis to get the bad guys to reveal the arms cache? Maybe they imported Kyra Sedgwick – "The Closer".

The gauntlet has been thrown
Recently it was said that First Lady Michelle Obama set what might be a record for a woman in the position; she swirled a Hula Hoop 142 consecutive times.

Can you imagine Hillary even attempting one swirl when she was co-president? For the record both women were 45 years old during their husbands' first 9 months in office.

It appears that the current First Lady is bringing some of the vibrancy of the Kennedy years back into the White House. Good for her.

Good clean fun
In case you're looking for some movies lacking the seemingly obligatory sex, violence and outrageous special effects I recent watched a couple: There is "The Proposal" with Sandra Bullock and "My Life in Ruins" with Nia Vardalos and Richard Dreyfuss. They're worth the rent. Nia Vardalos, who you may remember from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," is also in the recently released romance comedy "I Hate Valentine's Day" with John Corbett who made a name for himself as the disk jockey in the TV series "Northern Exposure."

Where is my attorney's phone number?
I'm intrigued by all of these prescription drug ads on TV. It's amazing the number of curatives I have to ask my doctor if they're right for me. I imagine that others do that same thing and that's why there is always a long wait when you go to a healer's office.

However with all the 'mays' in the ads, as in taking this drug may cause your tongue to turn green making you the laughing stock of the neighborhood, I would be more inclined to contact letssueeverybody.com before taking anything to see how much I can collect, less legal fees of course, if my tongue does in fact change color thus causing me undue embarrassment and stress.

Overheard
Overheard at the checkout counter: Why do they call the color 'orange' when carrots are actually more orange than an orange is?

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