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Post by kevinharrell on Oct 10, 2016 5:31:56 GMT -5
Who is more macho? Vasco Da Gama  Christopher Columbus  |
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 10, 2016 8:39:34 GMT -5
Dunno what Vasco did, and not gonna bother Googling him this early. But his painting looks way better than Chris'.
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Post by flyangler on Oct 10, 2016 9:36:06 GMT -5
Da Gama, at least he discovered a new route, even if it was the long way around. weird hat tho.
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 10, 2016 10:34:00 GMT -5
Both had a lot of huevos to sail such distances into the unknown. I'll take Chris. To fight against the Spanish Armada and then later secure funding from the Spanish crown is macho.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 10, 2016 19:14:09 GMT -5
I'll go with Chris... Even though he didn't actually "discover America" where we live today. Besides, it's pretty macho to have the grit to have your portrait done wearing THAT getup even back then... LOL! These guys also make me think of good old Amerigo Vespucci... After all, "AMERICA" was NAMED after him! And, how HAPPY we should be that they used his FIRST name... Otherwise, we might be living in "VESPUCCILAND".
 Now just HOW macho could a country named Vespucciland be? EEEWWW!
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 11, 2016 11:11:16 GMT -5
We would probably be living in Vineland if the Norsemen had stayed. It's very difficult to write in Runic.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 11, 2016 12:14:35 GMT -5
We would probably be living in Vineland if the Norsemen had stayed. It's very difficult to write in Runic.
Could be, those Norsemen saw the future political climate coming, and decided to "get the heck outta Dodge" leaving the place to whomever might immigrate, sneak in, etc. I wonder if they offered to take the REAL Americans (the Native American "Indians") with them back to their Scandinavian Homeland before they had time to become "Hyphenated-Americans" and perfect the fine art of being offended at absolutely EVERYTHING.  I suppose if they had stayed, they'd now be "Viking-Americans" and demand everyone NOT wearing helmets with horns be dubbed "racists" and "Norsophobes"... cheesh!Ride safe, and ride macho...Leo in Texas |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 12, 2016 11:17:50 GMT -5
I think the Norse weRe a bit different. The had no plans to spread their religion and culture across the globe.They just wanted to take your best stuff and go home in most cases, although through using very violent means.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 15, 2016 19:59:39 GMT -5
I think the Norse weRe a bit different. The had no plans to spread their religion and culture across the globe.They just wanted to take your best stuff and go home in most cases, although through using very violent means.
Sounds like natural-born politicians! I think they were ahead of their time! Let's see now, with American elected officials, we pay THEM to steal from us. Then, we allow them to vote their own pay-raises, vote themselves immune from prosecution or paying for healthcare, and take away our rights. Then, we allow presidents to install Supreme Court judges who illegally WRITE laws instead of INTERPRETING them, and we fill the hallowed halls of Justice with brain-dead idiots who don't even know the CONSTITUTION exists, OR, that America is a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. So, while the Norse were kind enough to take their culture and religion with them when they went home (after killing everybody and their cat) I suspect a few must have remained to teach future politicians how to do it. The politicians then added the spin of shoving down our throats their culture and ideas...
Yup, "One nation, under thumb, totally divisible with slavery and injustice for all".Gosh, where are some of those sword-swingin' Norse head-choppers when we really need them?...   |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 16, 2016 12:31:16 GMT -5
Sounds like you are ready for that presidential debate tonight, Leo. I share many of your opinions, but not your vigor.
Governments and businesses must spend so much money for security from foreign and domestics threats that it has become very difficult for the economy to grow.
-I don't see a strong, wildly popular president in our future for a decade or so. I hope we don't have hit bottom (in terms of political polarization) before that political messiah emerges.
I am optimistic, but we must be patient. The polarization will need to run its course before we recognize the futility of it.
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Post by larrball on Oct 17, 2016 7:54:51 GMT -5
I think the Norse weRe a bit different. The had no plans to spread their religion and culture across the globe.They just wanted to take your best stuff and go home in most cases, although through using very violent means.
Sounds like natural-born politicians! I think they were ahead of their time! Let's see now, with American elected officials, we pay THEM to steal from us. Then, we allow them to vote their own pay-raises, vote themselves immune from prosecution or paying for healthcare, and take away our rights. Then, we allow presidents to install Supreme Court judges who illegally WRITE laws instead of INTERPRETING them, and we fill the hallowed halls of Justice with brain-dead idiots who don't even know the CONSTITUTION exists, OR, that America is a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. So, while the Norse were kind enough to take their culture and religion with them when they went home (after killing everybody and their cat) I suspect a few must have remained to teach future politicians how to do it. The politicians then added the spin of shoving down our throats their culture and ideas...
Yup, "One nation, under thumb, totally divisible with slavery and injustice for all".Gosh, where are some of those sword-swingin' Norse head-choppers when we really need them?... The N.S.A. will be looking at you now that Told on them Old wise man.  |
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