Columbus Day is Today

How can one discover a land that already had people living on it? I'm thinking it is a discovery because the culture that Columbus was sailing for, is considered to be "superior." Meaning, they wore pants and lived in large buildings. And there is a perception that they were "smarter" than the people they ran into in the New World (which wasn't really new if you consider people had been living there for several centuries).

So, let me get to the point - given the stated, I live in a large building. I wear pants. And my girlfriend and many others whom I didn't pay any money, perceive me to be "smarter" than many people. Now I look on my handy dandy Google maps on my equally dandy handy smartphone, looking for a region where people don't live in large buildings, don't wear pants, and do not have people who my friends would consider smarter than me.

I will be claiming "Alabama" in the name of the United States and Queen George Bush in a fortnight. If you live there, I have beads and bottle caps to trade for your land. If you don't trade me, I will give you small pox infected socks and thongs. Then I will force you to march to South Dakota.

In 1492, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue.

In 2007, Adrian sailed to Southern Heaven.

Let's remember the following facts about Christopher Columbus -

1. He didn't discover America or even North America. He didn't even set foot on North America.
2. He intended to sail to Asia. Oops.
3. He didn't promote the fact the world was round. Most of his peers already understood that to be fact.
4. He rewarded his crew with 12 and 13-year-old native girls to rape.
5. He was responsible for the killing of hundreds of native people in various ways, such as mauling by dogs.

We shouldn't have a national holiday commemorating this guy. It's sad that we have a holiday that celebrates Columbus, but not one that celebrates the Native American. Thanksgiving doesn't count.

Alabama, I haven't forgotten you.