[Vision2020] Black History Month

[J Ford]

How about the laws of humanity?  They were/are violated on a regular basis!

J  :]


> From: jampot at roadrunner.com
> To: godshatter at yahoo.com; lfalen at turbonet.com; mattd2107 at hotmail.com; privatejf32 at hotmail.com; thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Black History Month
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:08:58 -0800
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> Not to put too sharp a point on things but, for something to have been 
> illegal there would have had to have been a law against it in the first 
> place. There was not. When Europeans arrived and commenced to settling this 
> country the indigs had no written language or concept of property much less 
> of sovereign country. To have asked for a by your leave would have been 
> similar to asking herring for permission to swim in their ocean. To make the 
> claim that we came here illegally is insupportable.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>
> To: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>; "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>; 
> "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>; "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>; 
> <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 7:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Black History Month
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> When you get right down to it, you could say that this
> nation was founded on the backs of illegal immigrants.
>  Unless the colonists applied for VISAs from the
> natives, they were there illegally.  To harp about the
> distinction now seems hypocritical.
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> I'm not a big fan of having these PC "Months", mainly
> because of the reasons stated.  Why single out one
> group?  It becomes a contest to see which one has the
> most political clout at any one time.  I like the idea
> of an "American History Month", one devoted to all
> aspects of American History.
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> Paul
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> --- lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
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> > Good point Matt
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> > Roger
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: Matt Decker mattd2107 at hotmail.com
> > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:12:12 -0800
> > To: J Ford privatejf32 at hotmail.com,  Tom Hansen
> > thansen at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Black History Month
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> > > I agree. We should acknowledge all who have made
> > this a great country. We not only should have a
> > Native American history month, but also Irish
> > > American, Chinese American, Italian American,
> > Japanese American,  Arab American, German American,
> > Mexican American, Italian American, and months for
> > all the races that have brought this nation to what
> > it is.
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> > > Or we could role it all into one big fun month. We
> > could call it American history month. One that
> > strives to acknowledge all races and what they have
> > done to make the United States the best place to
> > live. This land was built on legal immigrants, all
> > of which should be recognized.
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> > > Matt
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> > > From: privatejf32 at hotmail.com
> > > To: thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:03:26 -0800
> > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Black History Month
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> > > Thank you!  Just what I was trying to say - Black
> > History Month gets the publicity and the other
> > "minorities" just get a one-time notice and then
> > forgotten.  Since this is a MAJOR part of our
> > population as well as a main group of our
> > developments, this is just sad!
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> > > J  :]
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> > > From: thansen at moscow.com
> > > To: gussie443 at hotmail.com;
> > privatejf32 at hotmail.com; chasuk at gmail.com;
> > vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Black History Month
> > > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:37:42 -0800
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> > > >From the Defense Department website at:
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> http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/nativeamerican01/proclamation.html
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> > > â?oNOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President
> > > of the United States of America,
> > > by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
> > Constitution and laws of the United States,
> > > do hereby proclaim November 2001 as National
> > American Indian Heritage Month. I
> > > call upon the people of the United
> > >   States to observe this month with
> > > appropriate programs and activities.â?�
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> > > Although the verbiage of this proclamation
> > > does establish a National American Indian Heritage
> > Month, it appears to only do
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> > > Seeya round town, Moscow.
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> > > Tom Hansen
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> > > Moscow, Idaho
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> > > "If not us, who?
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> > > If not now, when?"
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> > > - Unknown
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> > > From:
> > > vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
> > [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of
> > Ellen
> > >  Roskovich
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> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008
> > > 11:23 AM
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> > > To: J Ford; Chasuk;
> > > vision2020 at moscow.com
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> > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Black
> > > History Month
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> > > Chas
> > > says we've had Native American Indian Heritage
> > Month EVERY year since
> > > 1994.  However, this is the first I've heard of
> > it.  Of course that
> > > doesn't mean it hasn't happened every November. .
> > . it just means it isn't very
> > > high on people's priorities and that's too bad.
> > You'd think that in the
> > > past 17 years it would get a little publicity in
> > the media.  Hopefully
> > > next November someone will remember.
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> > > Ellen A.
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> > > From: privatejf32 at hotmail.com
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> > > To: chasuk at gmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
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