Heck,
most Americans don't even know the proverbial "Franklin stove" (round
and made of steel) has nothing to do with Ben Franklin.
Tom Irwin wrote:
Hi Kim,
Don't let those secrets out Kim. You'll have more competition. Let
them stay dumb and in debt. As far as knowing history, which history
are we talking about? Are we talking about the history that says John
F. Kennedy was killed by lone gunman Lee Harvey Oswald? Or the real
History?
Tom Irwin
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*From:* Garth & Kim Travis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*To:* Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
*Sent:* Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:12:29 -0300
*Subject:* RE: [Biofuel] The New Blue States/Country
Greetings,
What you say is true, but how many Americans know their history?
Ask most
Texans who won the civil war and they answer: Texas. While I do
know that
Texans are not the same as American's, in most people's books,
about half
of my neighbors are from California and they are no better.
Somehow, it has become American to support our industry and stay
in hock up
to wazoo. What gets me, it that most of the stuff is not made in
America. It is made elsewhere, an American name is added, then it
is sold
to Americans. The joy of living in the states is the right to pay off
debts without a penalty, especially your mortgage. I do know American
history and wish more Americans did and were proud of the good
parts, I
think it would make a nicer country.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
At 04:00 PM 8/16/2005, you wrote:
>"I was never told that it was un-Canadian to do for myself or to
make
>things at home. I am criticized in this manner about once a week,
here in
>Texas."
>
>OK you have my attention.
>
>ANY American who tells you that making something at home is
un-American
>hasn't the foggiest notion of this country's history and culture.
>Ingenuity and individuality have contributed greatly to the
American way
>of life, for better or worse.
>
>If anyone you know has any doubt about this, tell them to do
their your
>own research and find out how many people in this country are
amateur
>inventors and basement tinkerers. This didn't just start
yesterday. As a
>new Englander, I admired so called "Yankee Ingenuity" and the
folklorish
>status that it developed throughout the post industrial
revolution. Some
>can argue that this kind of activity goes farther back than that -
>applying extraordinary ingenuity during the revolutionary war
with the
>development and manufacturing processes used to produce the
Kentucky long
>rifle and other technologies of it's day. Many of the framers of the
>constitution were tinkerers in their own right. Ask him/her if
BENJAMIN
>FRANKLIN sounds like a familiar name.
>
>Mike
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