New Haven Independent

Posted by: THREEFIFTHS | October 12, 2009 11:06 AM

Rosa delauro said columbus was a missionary.Wrong
Columbus was a murder and terrorist.He did the first 9/11 on the people of the land. Where are the wreaths for the people of the land who he murder.

Posted by: dee | October 12, 2009 12:02 PM

DeLauro didn't call him a missionary. Theresa Argento did. Rosa DeLauro didn't even lay her wreath in honor of Columbus, she did it in honor of the factory workers killed in the neighborhood in a fire in 1957.

Posted by: Common Sense | October 12, 2009 4:38 PM

The celebration of Columbus Day during Italian Heritage month (October) continues to be a grand celebration except for those who like to rewrite history to their liking. Like all of us Columbus was not a perfect human being but his accomplishments opened the world of 1492 to a new era. He was indeed "a missionary" and brought Christianity from the shores of Spain to the new world. In fact, the founders of our country, not perfect human beings, came here because of their faith. To me, a non-Italian-American, it appears that the criticism of Columbus, by some people - not all, in many ways is a slap at Italian-Americans.

Posted by: Anon | October 12, 2009 5:41 PM

Yup. Like all of us, an imperfect human being. "I certify to you that, with the help of God, we shall powerfully enter into your country and shall make war against you in all ways and manners that we can, and shall subject you to the yoke and obedience of the Church and of Their Highnesses. We shall take you and your wives and your children, and shall make slaves of them, and as such shall sell and dispose of then as Their Highnesses may command. And we shall take your goods, and shall do you all the mischief and damage that we can, as to vassals who do not obey and refuse to receive their lord and resist and contradict him." -Christopher Columbus

Posted by: THREEFIFTHS | October 12, 2009 8:03 PM

Common sense
Can you please tell me how I am rewritng history.
It is a fact in history that columbus was a thug
and murder.In fact He put this in is log book.
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/Columbus_PeoplesHx.html
You said he was a missonary that brought christianity from the shores of spain to the new world.He brought the new world order and put People into slavery.http://scholar.library.miami.edu/slaves/slave_trade/slave_trade.html
you said the founders of our country came here because of their faith.Sound like you are rewritng
history.The founders you are talking about were kick out of there country and came to this land which already had a faith system.the founders change the faith system that was here and forced
there faith system on the people who was already here and stole the land.

Posted by: THREEFIFTHS | October 12, 2009 8:08 PM

Dee.
You need to read this post again. It said to led a promenada from st.michaels church to lay wreaths at the base of the columbus statue.

Posted by: Ellis Copeland | October 13, 2009 11:36 AM

Some real history-- the "founders" of our country came here out of sheer greed. There was some religious motivation on the part of some, but greed was the fuel. Do NOT point to the "Pilgrims" either. Jamestown had been settled 13 years and already had a representative gov't before the Pilgrims set sail. Those on the Mayflower were Johnny-come-lately's. And Jamestown existed for no other reason than to find the same kind of gold the Spanish found in South America. When they realized there was no gold they turned to tobacco where gold is still being made. And even the Pilgrims were not totally greed-free. And, btw, religious freedom was not something they were interested in unless you were one of them. Anyone else got hanged. And New Haven was intended to be what New York is now-- the Dutch contolled New York (Amsterdam) them. Davenport and Eaton were just too hurried to get the money rolling to be bothered to sound the harbor, which would shortly be proven too shallow for a commercial empire.

Posted by: Wicked Lester | October 13, 2009 12:11 PM

Threefifths,

If it wasn't for Columbus, you'd probably be living today in a third world country somewhere without running water or electricity under the rule of a militant warlord.

Aren't you glad to be in America where you can say anything you want on a computer?

Posted by: THREEFIFTHS | October 13, 2009 5:41 PM

Wicked Lester

Threefifths,

If it wasn't for Columbus, you'd probably be living today in a third world country somewhere without running water or electricity under the rule of a militant warlord.

Aren't you glad to be in America where you can say anything you want on a computer?

Wow, I love this.Did you know that if it was not for Black Inventors that all of us would be with out.Speaking of the computer did you know that it was a blackwoman who invent the key board stand for the computer.
http://www.compurest.com/nayer.htm
A blackman invent the pc that you said you can say anything you want on the computer.

http://www.black-inventor.com/Dr-Mark-Dean.asp in fact here is a list of Black inventors
check out what they invent.http://www.black-inventor.com/

http://www.computerhealth.org/ebook/blackinventorslist.htm

Third world miltantwarlord. What do you think columbus was a boy scout.

http://www.computerhealth.org/ebook/1492post.htm#_Toc50103902

Running water,Did you know that The bath and showers were invent by the egptians.http://www.plumbingworld.com/historyegypt.html It even had copper pipes.
And you know the sad part is That just as good old
columbus stole the land from the Indigenous people
Some europeans stole some of these invention and try to take credit for them.
P.S forgot about george washington carver.So you look him up on your pc that was made by a black inventor.

Posted by: Wicked Lester | October 14, 2009 8:00 AM

Those are all remarkable achievements Three Fifths. All are the result of hard work and innovation, not sitting around bitchin' about whitey.

Posted by: THREEFIFTHS | October 14, 2009 3:50 PM

Wicked Lester
Those are all remarkable achievements Three Fifths. All are the result of hard work and innovation, not sitting around bitchin' about whitey.

Bitchin about whitey,So would it be wrong to bitchin about the crimes of columbus.

Posted by: Common Sense | October 14, 2009 8:26 PM

ThreeFifths, It time you moved up to SevenEights and stop worrying about the past. Its the present and the future that we can make a positive impact on - not talking about and rehashing the past.

Posted by: THREEFIFTHS | October 15, 2009 12:38 PM

Common Sense
You nedd to start using common sense.Who said the past has left. Some friends who are doctors just got back from new orleans and told me that the corporatist realestate vampires are taking over the land and the People who have lived there are being forced off of there land.The past never changes.