A
guy named Warren Wilhelm Jr. at birth decided to become a NYC
politician, so to attract the great numbers of Italian-Americans in the
city he changed his name to Bill deBlasio (his Italian-American
mother’s family name).
Oh, O.K. Who gives a rat’s ass, right? Phony, but not
entirely
unheard of. Italian Americans had been Anglicizing their names
for
over a hundred years so as to assimilate more readily in their new home.
But now that same guy who went to court to embrace his Italian heritage
wants to get rid of the statues of Christopher Columbus (born
Cristoforo Colombo), who was from Genoa, Italy, and later called
Cristobal Colon in Spain and Portugal.
Today it’s politically correct to associate Colombo, or Colon, or
Columbus, or whoever the hell he was, with oppressing and spreading
disease amongst the peace-loving native American population of the New
World paradise to which Europeans had NO claim.
Sheeesh! Started out to be a nice day . . . cool, breezy, last
nite’s
rain all dried up, no traffic on the highway, Dawg not even tryin to
rip my arm outta its socket chasin cats. Then I get home to find
a
discussion of why all statues of the racist despoiler of that paradise
should be removed from the very city through which gazillions of
Italians came for a better life in that new world.
The moment DingleBarry took office, the United States became bad by
Presidential Decree. In fact, anything traceable back to Europe
became
contaminated. Makes no nevermind that the various North
American
tribes were not the noble, peaceful innocents liberals like to believe
they were.
Many groups, such as the Aztec and the Maya and the Inca were
bloodthirsty as hell, constantly warring against each other for
resources, for territorial claims, for religious purposes. Yeah,
real
friggin paradise . . . until they stake you over an anthill or rip your
heart out while you watch.
But the US is bad . . . don’t forget that – it’s central to the
argument. White people are bad. America, and particularly
the white
people who have always run it, are the source of all conflict
throughout history. Forget what you’ve heard about blacks selling
other blacks, or Arabs enslaving people, or Mongols invading everything
from Vladivostok to Paris. And pay no attention to what’s going
on in
Somalia or Nigeria or Zimbabwe.
Columbus. Colon. Columbia. THOUSANDS of things and
places are named
after the guy, all over the friggin world. Even a whole goddam
COUNTRY
-- Colombia. In Canada, a huge province (British
Columbia). Rivers,
parks, counties, cities, towns, universities, monuments, organizations
(Knights of Columbus), holidays, songs . . . hell, even CBS is named
for him (Columbia Broadcasting System).
Jay Zeus. I mean, you GOTTA have SOME historical connection, some
form
of societal continuity, some source of cultural sharing. You
can’t
build a vibrant, productive, meaningful society based on nothing but
lonesome self and cold science. There needs to be history, shared
belief, inspiration, intangibles such as loyalty and patriotism, even
religion. Without those, it’s just a bunch of mercenary free
agents
running around bumping into each other, stepping on each other’s toes,
bitching and moaning about everything from soft drinks to statues.
DeBlasio is an asshole. A profligate, opportunistic, hypocritical
asshole. I don’t have a dog in this fight; I have about as much
Italian blood and/or heritage as DeBlasio has integrity. Makes me
no
nevermind that Cristoforo gets credit for what Leif Erikson did
centuries earlier. And he most CERtainly did NOT prove that the
world
is round. Pythagoras demonstrated that over 2500 years ago.
And even
before that, Hinduism referred to the planet as a sphere as early as
1500 BCE.
So what’s next? Do we re-name all those cities and towns and
rivers? Does Columbia University become DingleBarry U.?
Should Columbia City,
Missouri, be redesignated Michael Brown Town?
And what about District of Columbia . . . BLM ‘Hood?
Columbus, Ohio – Halle Berryville?
Columbus, Georgia – Ray Charlestown?
Columbus, Indiana – Dindu Nuffin City?
Columbus Day – Ahmo Kick Yo’ White Ass Day?
Columbia River – Shit Creek?
CBS – Colored Bias System?
Knights of Columbus – Kneelers and Whiners United?
And how about Colombia, the country? Cocaine Café? Medellín
Mecca?
Looks to me as if DeBlasio has joined Waters and Cummings and Pelosi
and even Shrillary in the Mental Deterioration Sweepstakes, very busily
engaged in converting their brains into potted ferns.
Anyway, I turned the TV off and came in here to read the news on
line. Gives me MUCH better control over selection and length of
item.
You know . . . if I don’t like the title or the foto setting up the
piece, piss on it – just scroll down to the next one.
Maybe some cookies to go with my coffee . . . yeah, that oughta help.
