If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

[Brother Guy Bayard]

Amerigo ('round') Vespucci. wop. America - named after said wop.
I propose a name change that reflects the White Western Caucasian Settlers , not some sleazy cathylik mary worshipping 'explorer'.
Have you no pride?
At least the Vikings called it 'the New world", or 'Vinland".
What would you propose to rename 'America'?

[Mrs. Mary Whitford]

Re: If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

Jesusland.

[Brother Guy Bayard]

Re: If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

Jesusland.

Is this Florida?

[Mrs. Mary Whitford]

Re: If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

Florida will still be part of it, but if it's good enough for Pastor Deacon Fred, it's good enough for me.

[Brother Guy Bayard]

Re: If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

Florida will still be part of it, but if it's good enough for Pastor Deacon Fred, it's good enough for me.

You seem cranky. are you menstruating?

[Nobar King]

Re: If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

While we're at it, maybe we could rename some of the states after AMERICAN names.

[Brother Temperance]

Re: If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

You seem cranky. are you menstruating?

Don't be silly. You know full well that the good sister's not allowed to post while suffering her curse.

[Brother Guy Bayard]

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While we're at it, maybe we could rename some of the states after AMERICAN names.

What a great idea. That needs its own thread too.

[Mrs. Mary Whitford]

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You seem cranky. are you menstruating?

Obviously not, or I'd be in the shed instead of in the house on the computer.

I am cranky though, and I apologize for snapping. As part of my duties for the church, I came across some incredibly depraved trash on television. I'm still in shock and have to write up a report so we can start boycotting the advertisers.

[Brother Guy Bayard]

Re: If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

Obviously not, or I'd be in the shed instead of in the house on the computer.

I am cranky though, and I apologize for snapping. As part of my duties for the church, I came across some incredibly depraved trash on television. I'm still in shock and have to write up a report so we can start boycotting the advertisers.

Just checking. One can never be too careful. As one of Gods soldiers I am always on sentry duty.
Glad to hear you're 'clean'.

[Seeker]

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Amerigo ('round') Vespucci. wop. America - named after said wop.
I propose a name change that reflects the White Western Caucasian Settlers , not some sleazy cathylik mary worshipping 'explorer'.
Have you no pride?
At least the Vikings called it 'the New world", or 'Vinland".
What would you propose to rename 'America'?

What would you propose to rename the country of Aussie land? Land home of the free thanks to the British. The land of criminals..

And dropped you off.

You are there because of us.

[Magnum Innominandum]

Re: If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

The Wop name was a mistake of brief duration.

Dr John Hebert of the Library of Congress says at least one great mystery remains. No one can explain why only a few years later the same cartographers drew another map of the same area but "America" is not marked.

"After the 1507 map appears, Waldseemueller creates additional materials - in 1516 a map called the Carta Marina, a nautical chart," said Dr Hebert.
"America has been removed from those pieces. "Waldseemueller never seems to use the name 'America' again in any of his research."

For whatever reason, the map-makers had replaced the word America with a term which both thrilled and terrified explorers of the 16th Century.

It had become "terra incognita" - unknown land.

(BBC [the bulletin of Beelzebub])

So I would go with that -- "terra incognita."

The Lord's land is too holy to know. Like Tyutchev's Russia, it cannot be grasped by the mind.

You wouldn't understand [America] just using the intellect
You couldn't measure her using the common scale
She has a special kind of grace
You can only believe in her.

Sincerely,
Magna, née Magnus

[Brother Guy Bayard]

Re: If AMERICAS SO GREAT WHY IS IT NAMED AFTER A WOP?

What would you propose to rename the country of Aussie land? Land home of the free thanks to the British. The land of criminals..

And dropped you off.

You are there because of us.

Look up. Higher........higher.............above that even........higher.......higher still.......yep, there it is! You see it? Way up there...way overhead......almost indiscernible to the naked eye..........see that?
Thats the 'point' , that for the rest of us is at eye level.