Archive for October 12th, 2012

Fresh RINO Sightings in South Dakota

Fresh RINO Sightings in South Dakota

I see that the latest scorecard of Republican legislators has now hit the street. Concerned Republicans have put together an updated scorecard for 2012, like one of several prepared last year, which shows how Republican legislators in both the state House and Senate adhered to the well-known and clea

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The Landing of Columbus

The Landing of Columbus

Muslim Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453, cutting off the land trade routes from Europe to India and China, so Europeans sought new routes. Columbus heard stories of Irish monk St. Brendan sailing in 530 AD to “The Land of the Promised Saints which God will give us on the last day” and of Leif Erickson’s voyage in 1000 AD to Vinland. Columbus read 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy’s Guide to Geography, which described a spherical earth with one ocean connecting Europe and Asia. On OCTOBER 12, 1492, Columbus sighted what he thought was India. He imagined Haiti was Japan and Cuba was the tip of China.

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