Hi Gang I got a complaint /question generated from the list that I know I've answered before over the years. Its one of histories many problems that has not been correct by main stream book writers and only a few historians.And lets not forget teachers. I was asked Tues. of this week why I didn't make a comment about columbus Day, which was this past Monday. Sometime back in the Spring it was hitlers birthday and I didn't mention that either. columbus wasn't as bad as hiltler but to me, he falls into that catagory. The e-mail I received was nice, it was not a bad e-mail of bitching, it was just a question. Perfectly fine in manner. 1st off, and especially to all you Italians out there, columbus was not Italian, it was proved years ago. He was Spanish & some say a bit of Portugeese. 2nd He was not Catholic, he was Jewish. And just a note hear, all this history took place during the Spanish Inquisition and for columbus it was basically say he was Catholic or loose his head and no sailing for him. "He was an underground Jew". 3rd. He never discovered anything nor discovered any land that hadn't already been discovered before he set sail. And all the above has been known for a long time. But, lets not upset history and change all the history books in school and what we teach and take down all the columbus statues around the world. God forbid we ever attempt anything like that. But, columbus is only 1 on 1000's of things in history that need to be updated. And lastly, why I connect columbus to a lessor degree to a hitler type, how many 1000's of natives, Indians, did he kill? He slaughtered the Natives. He was not a very nice guy. I have no appreciation for him nor do I give him any recognition. Best Bill