So should we rechristen the Lake under one of the former names Lake Medoza or Lake of the Loons or should we come up with a new moniker all together?
David Strand Loring Park --- Eric Oines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Minneapolis does not get off the hook here. > > For instance, I would be interested to find out why > we northerners have a > lake, a parkway, a couple beaches, a neighborhood, a > shopping mall, and 20+ > businesses all bearing the name 'Calhoun' - as in > John C. Calhoun, former SC > Senator, VP of the US and defender of "slavery, a > positive good", in which > he claimed, "Never before has the black race of > Central Africa, from the > dawn of history to the present day, attained a > condition [slavery] so > civilized and so improved, not only physically, but > morally and > intellectually." > > Full text: > http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?documentprint=71 > > The city website is noticably absent of info of > Calhoun's more notorious > opinions: > > http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=4&parkid=263 > > Anybody know why there is nary a peep on this > subject? > > Eric Oines > North Minneapolis > > "When I despair, I remember that all through history > the way of truth and > love has always won. There have been tyrants and > murderers and for a time > they seem invincible, but in the end, they always > fall - think of it, > always." > ~ Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948), Agitator > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months > FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as > possible. > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
