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Post by Mark Coney on Oct 14, 2007 9:04:37 GMT -5
CA,
OK, let's hear it.
Lief
Americus
Christophor (sp) Mark
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Post by x on Oct 15, 2007 1:06:54 GMT -5
If you want....
Columbus was an entrepreneur. He wasn't out exploring for the sake of discovering things. He thought he knew how the earth was set up and was trying to find a cheaper/easier way of making money from the exports of the Far East. There's nothing wrong with that, but to call him an explorer is just factually incorrect. He was a businessman. If you want to celebrate Columbus Day as "Entrepreneur Day", I'll buy that. He fits in better with the likes of Henry Ford and Sam Walton than with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren.
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Post by dolt on Oct 15, 2007 7:23:43 GMT -5
Corporate Welfare Day?
He was subsidized by the Government(King and Queen of Spain) for seven years prior to them paying for his expedition.
Success was to be rewarded by Noble Status, hereditary Governorship for him and his descendants, and 10 percent of any profit extracted.
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Post by Mark Coney on Oct 15, 2007 9:23:50 GMT -5
Tnx. for the info. That explains all the "Columbus Day Sales". B A U...Biz as usual!!!!
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Post by henry on Oct 15, 2007 15:04:34 GMT -5
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
C'mon guys. Show da "BIG C" some love. I'd say the government subsidy was totally worth it. If it weren't for Columbus, he'd have never discovered America and we'd all be living in Europe driving cruddy cars like Puegots and Opels and Yugos.
Plus history would be sooooooo messed up: The Asians would've settled America (only from the west-coast heading east). Then the Japanese would be complaining about all the illegal Chinese immigration from their neighbor to the south.....but nothing compared to that darn country to the north that mostly speaks Japanese except for one stubborn province that speaks Korean.
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