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Tuesday, October 13, 2009


How Some Celebrated Columbus Day   [John J. Miller]

AP:

In McDonald, Pa., 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, fourth-grade students at Fort Cherry Elementary put Columbus on trial this year — charging him with misrepresenting the Spanish crown and thievery. They found him guilty and sentenced him to life in prison.

"In their own verbiage, he was a bad guy," teacher Laurie Crawford said.

Kids are so soft nowadays. Clearly, he should have been waterboarded.




 





 

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