Columbus sailed a flat planet and invaded a land - not America

If you are going to continue to tell your children that Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America - why don't you also tell your children that the earth is flat.  Because if you are going to play the game: 'tell your kid a lie because it's easier' a 'flat planet' and the 'Columbus discovery of America' are equally not truthful.  In other words, a big fat lie based on no facts whatsoever. 

Furthermore, at one point in time, there was a bunch of people on the planet, including Columbus, who believed that the earth was flat.  Then someone said "The earth is a sphere and I have facts to prove it!"  The flat earth believers then said things like "Why do you want to rewrite history?"  Eventually, when rockets took off and looked back at the planet, took pictures of the earth and brought the pictures home as evidence - it could no longer be denied.  Everyone agreed the earth is definitely round and the science books were rewritten and parents finally told their children the truth.

How about everyone agrees to tell their kids the truth now.  Columbus did not discover America.  And telling your children the truth does not make you 'unAmerican'.  And you can't be rewriting history that never actually happened - you are writing the correct history for the first time.  Finally, yes, Columbus was a great discoverer, but so were the Chinese who came long before Columbus.

And last but not least - HOW CAN YOU DISCOVER A COUNTRY THAT IS ALREADY POPULATED?  There were many, many what we now call Native Americans already living in what we now call America.  A bunch of Anglo-Saxons and Europeans DID NOT DISCOVER AMERICA THEY INVADED AMERICA and then categorically annihilated an entire ethnic nation of Native Americans - ssystematically destroying their history and traditions.

Please man up and tell your children's teacher to tell your kids the truth.

Is this guy Columbus?


                How about this guy? Does he look like Columbus?

  This is also supposed to be a picture of Columbus.                      


  
Maybe this guy is Columbus?





or this guy?

                           

 





Keeping up with the Kardashians Wedding, Divorce and Gift Returns

How could Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries be getting divorced after only 72 days of marriage? I’ve stayed on diets longer than 72 days. Kim and Kris, or as I like to call them, Double K, appeared to be the one Hollywood couple that would stand united through thick and thin. I was completely shocked when I learned of the couple’s split, mostly because I didn’t know they had married. Still, it makes we wonder, “If Double K can’t make it, then who can?”

Even though I wasn’t invited to the intimate 500 person wedding, I feel like I was there since the couple made every detail available to the media. The planning, preparations and wedding was the subject of the E! Entertainment four hour, two day TV special, “Kim’s Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event.” The estimated $10 million dollar wedding, paid by E! Entertainment screamed “we are deeply committed.” Hopefully Double K’s pain is lessened by the $18 million dollars they grossed from their nuptials and surrounding events (accurate net profit and EBITDA numbers unavailable).  

Kim’s career as a famous person began four years ago when her mother Kris and step father Bruce Jenner (Olympian and Wheaties cereal eater) realized that three of their six children were very compelling on camera. With the help of a good publicity team, Khloe, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian became the focus of the E! Entertainment reality TV series, “Keeping up with the Kardashians.” Kim Kardashian launched into the stratosphere of stardom as viewers everywhere watched Kim and her family simply exist on the planet. Since then, her fame and fortune have exceeded expectations.

The couple must have received oodles of presents from wedding guests and well-wishers all over the globe. How could they possibly have time to open all of those presents in 72 days? The wedding gift returns will be a nightmare. I have a difficult time returning a shirt to a store with a 90 day return policy. What would Emily Post say regarding the etiquette of this situation? Kim’s assistant and publicity team have many sleepless nights ahead as they try to compose those thank you notes.

Fortunately, Kim’s monogram didn’t change when she wisely married a Chris with a ‘K’. Now she can keep his wedding gift, a diamond knot bracelet with two dangling diamond ‘K’s. On the “Kim’s Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event” TV special, her sister Kourtney described the bracelet and said, “She (Kim) normally picks out every gift that everyone gives her, so she was definitely surprised (by the bracelet).”

To be fair, Double K’s marriage may have been doomed before it began. The overwhelming public scrutiny during their nine month courtship would be stressful for any young couple. On the “Kim’s Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event” TV special the emotional disconnect between the couple surfaces at times in Kris’s strained expressions and awkward unscripted dialog. I guess we all should have seen the writing on the wall when Kris asked Kim, “Are you not yourself when you’re around me?” and Kim answered, “No I am, I just like…You don’t know like a whole half of my life, you know?” Sager words were never said. Kim is absolutely correct. She did the math and surmised that 26 year old Kris wasn’t there for the first 15 ½ years of her life. How could the two possibly be expected to stay together when Kris has missed everything from her first words to her high school graduation?

As the newlyweds walked down the aisle, Kris could be heard saying, “Baby you’re my wife now.” In response, Kim said, “How weird is that?”  

She said it, not me.

Kim carefully makes the most important decision of her life, what nail color to match the ring?

Republican presidential candidates announce declining flat tax plans

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry announced his “Cut, Balance and Grow” tax plan on Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal. I find it intriguing and impressive that he didn’t fall prey to the current social media trend and announce his tax plan on Facebook.

His “Cut, Balance and Grow” plan sounds very similar to that of my hairdresser’s “You need to cut off at least three inches to encourage healthy hair growth.” Perry’s plan includes personal accounts for Social Security, major spending cuts and an optional flat tax.

The “optional flat tax” phrase is the only part of his economic plan I understand. Regardless of what an “optional flat tax” really means, many of the presidential candidates have finally figured out what all retail stores determined long ago. People like options and choices. That is why there is an entire aisle of juice varieties in the grocery store. Consumers want to exercise choice when spending their money. And, when you get down to it, when people pay taxes, they are inherently consumers because many believe they are spending their money.

Tax payers, defined as consumers, like choice. Presidential candidates run into trouble as they try to address every consumers need for choice. For example, my concept of choice is most decidedly different from that of my husband and somehow the candidates’ tax plans must appeal to both of us. Hence the candidates have proffered the vague but obviously choice-rich term “optional flat tax.” The word “optional” is almost as appealing to me as “clearance.” “Flat” also makes complete sense to me because I spend a great deal of time trying to make sure that my hair is straight, but not “flat.” Regardless of the content of the “optional flat tax plan,” the candidates have successfully secured my attention.

However, closer investigation reveals some candidates optional flat tax plans are actually at a slight incline while others resemble a bumpy road. Perry’s economic plan offers American consumers the choice to pay taxes under the current system (there’s the bump) or optionally pay a 20 percent flat tax.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has also figured out that he will attract votes if he offers a tax plan titled “optional flat tax.” Gingrich trumped Perry with an optional flat tax of 15 percent. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has not tried to curry favor with an “optional flat tax” plan but has presented what he describes as a “flatter tax plan” (there’s the incline).
I’m hoping that candidates will try and outdo each other, continuing to offer flat tax plans of lower percentage rates so that by Election Day we will reach an optional flat tax of 5 percent.
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan sounds to me like an optional flat tax of 9 percent, or 9 percent, or 9 percent. I think a three choice tax plan is a good idea and I like the simplicity of the options. After more analysis, I discovered that it is a non-optional 9 percent tax on income, business transactions and federal sales. If Perry is nominated as the Republican presidential candidate and takes Herman Cain as his running mate for vice president, will he offer a 9-optional 9-flat 9-tax plan?