"RST Engineering" wrote in message ...
I disagree: this was an absolutely EXCELLENT time for the fledgling USA. We got the criminals, the dissidents, the
outcasts of "society" who crossbred with the prostitutes, the free thinkers, and the rebel outcasts. What we got was
the god-damndest melting pot of brainpower ever to grace the face of God's earth, with the possible exception of the
Mongol hordes that invaded Europe some two thousand years before that impregnated Europe with those sorts of genes.

Today we are melting Sikhs, Vietnamese, and probably (after last week's events) Indonesians into that pot for an even
better stew. Ukranians, Russians, and the rest of the former USSR have been in the mix for a few years and will
contribute their genes to the USA swimming pool.

It is a good time. We are being revitalized, much unlike Europe. You ever looked at Prince Charles? It was obvious
that somebody in the Royal Family KNEW somebody in the Royal Family.

Me? My native american great-grandmother (Mary Crow) married this damnable ne'er-do-well Welch football player from
Chicago, whose grandson married my first generation German immigrant mother, who begat this poor son of a gun. This
combination produced a USC PhD in finance, a UC MS in history, and a CalState BA in Physics/Math. Not bad for the
European castoffs, is it? Send 'em on over in droves, please.

Jim



After extensive (and fruitless) research, I've come to the conclusion that
he was on the run.

as so many others have been. this was not a good time ...





http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...nt/4104055.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3592905.stm