BS: Romans Discovered America?

Subject: RE: BS: Romans?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 18 Dec 15 - 02:41 PM

Years ago, Katlaughing posted a song by Nancy Schimmel, daughter of Malvina Reynolds. Abby Sale's happy? archive made not of the song, too. 1492 marked the conquest of the Americas by Europeans, but not the discovery of anything.

Thread #26214   Message #313939
Posted By: katlaughing
07-Oct-00 - 12:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Columbus Day Fiasco
Subject: LYR ADD: 1492 by Nancy Schimmel

1492
A song
by Nancy Schimmel (Sister's Choice)

In fourteen hundred and ninety two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
It was a courageous thing to do,
But someone was already here.

Chorus:

The Innuit and Cherokee,
the Aztec and Menominee,
Onondaga and the Cree (clap, clap)
Columbus sailed across the sea,
But someone was already here.

Columbus knew the world was round,
So he looked for the East
while westward bound,
But he didn't find
what he thought he found,
And someone was already here.
Chorus

It isn't like it was empty space,
Caribs met him face to face.
Could anyone discover the place,
When someone was already here?
Chorus

So tell me who discovered what?
He thought he was in a different spot.
Columbus was lost,
the Caribs were not.
They were already here/
Chorus

Recorded by Sally Rogers on the CD, Rainbow Sign,(Rounder, 1992).

Subject: RE: BS: Romans?
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Dec 15 - 02:24 PM

This, like a previously reported wreck containing jars, doesn't prove the Romans "discovered" America. Some ships may have accidentally arrived there. But, if they didn't get back and report their findings, the place wasn't exactly discovered in the usual sense.

Subject: RE: BS: Romans?
From: meself
Date: 18 Dec 15 - 12:02 PM

Now I'm not a journalist - but if I thought there was enough to this story to report it in the first place, I think I'd get a comment from someone with a little more attached to his name than "Investigator" (even if his name is 'Pulitzer'!).

Subject: RE: BS: Romans?
From: Jack Campin
Date: 18 Dec 15 - 11:50 AM

Al-Qaeda doesn't call you lot "Romans" for nothing.

Subject: RE: BS: Romans?
From: olddude
Date: 18 Dec 15 - 11:48 AM

Well there work with concrete was nothing short of amazing. I saw a great tv show. It was awesome

Subject: RE: BS: Romans?
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Dec 15 - 11:47 AM

Suddenly I remember the Time Team episode where the whole site turned out to be a hoax with genuine artifacts placed in the ground by the previous owner.

Subject: RE: BS: Romans?
From: Stu
Date: 18 Dec 15 - 11:32 AM

What have the Romans ever done for us?

Subject: BS: Romans?
From: beardedbruce
Date: 18 Dec 15 - 11:03 AM

Ancient Sword 'Could Prove Romans Discovered America Before Columbus'

http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-sword-could-prove-romans-discovered-115403473.html


Looks like they need to look at that "shipwreck"