On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:41:44 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I believe it was Thomas Jefferson who named them that, as an insult > to the British colony to the north. > We burned your White House to the ground in retaliation. > Well, it wasn't the White House until we burned it down, and what hadn't been burned to the ground was repainted with whitewash to cover the burn marks (true story). So, we shouldn't really be "blamed" for anything. Were it not for us, you wouldn't have a Whitehouse today. yer welcome, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
