[78-L] Bigots^ (Not OT, 78s mentioned within)

[David Lennick]

Charlie Christian..him, we like.

Assimilation? You want true horror, listen to Neil Diamond's atrocious mangling 
of "The Little Drummer Boy" (a song whose original version still turns up on 
78). I suggest playing that one full blast in all warring countries.

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> From: "Bob Rice" <bobrice at snet.net>
>> Remember immigrants USED to come here to be American . . .
>> They swore allegience on a Bible,
> 
> Not necessarily.  They can affirm their allegiance on a cookbook if they
> desire.  
> 
>>  . . .  well, U.S.A. IS a Christian thinking state?
> 
> Glad you ended with a question mark.  Whenever I hear about this or any
> other nation being "Christian", from historical evidence I start to
> worry.  The Holy Roman Empire was Christian.  15th Century Spain was
> Christian.  Czarist Russia was Christian.  The Austria-Hungarian Empire
> was Christan.  The German Reichs One through Three were Christian.  
> When my grandparents lived there, Poland was devoutly a Christian
> country.  The Christianity of all of these examples are not anything to
> emulate -- and some of the greatest evils in our world today are based
> on one or another religions' domination or attempted domination of
> governments, citizens, or neighbors.  Historically, nothing good comes
> from situations where religion dominate the governing of a country --
> and sometimes the greatest peril is to religion itself!!! 
> 
>> IF you don't like it, the planes, trains and automobiles fly BOTH ways! 
> 
> Not always.  
> 
>> Of course you are getting the Church/State
>> argument nowadaze, big time. ACLU comes to mind.
> 
> Actually the Constitution and Thomas Jefferson come to mind.
> 
>> Christmas trees on Public Property? Big deal, 
> 
> Spoken like a true Christian.  
> 
>> IF ya don't like it, yur free to go! DO!
> 
> If you don't like how the country is run, YOU are ALSO free to go.  Go
> start up your own Christian nation, just not in my neighborhood.
> 
>> ENGLISH is, or SHOULD be our National language, too! Learn it!
> 
> Spoken by the person who spells words "ya", "yur", "nowadaze", "biz" and
> "allegience".  I suggest you learn it first.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
>