On Apr 5, 1:46=A0pm, Karel Kriz <ka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
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> =A0kujebak <kuje...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > This ain't just bad humor. This is like putting a turban
> > bomb on Mohammed:
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> >http://tinyurl.com/24f325
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> > So much for Swedish booze in my martinis.
>
> De duktiga Svenskar! (Those clever Swedes!)
> They are just a bit out of date, is all. That map was almost accurate
> until gold was found east of Sutters Fort (now Sacramento) in 1848 and
> California became a state.
>
> I am sure that someone will opine that nothing has really changed since
> then, border or no border, but that would be incorrect...
>
> You really have a problem, though. With the vodka, I mean. Boycotting
> Absolut because of a silly ad, boycotting Ketel One because it's Dutch,
> Grey Goose may not be acceptable because it's, hmm, French. You are
> missing out on the good stuff.
>
> K
But, the discovery of gold in California certainly
could not have had anything to do with the out-
come of the Mexican American War, since it
happened only a couple of weeks before the
signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on
Feb 2, 1848. I would like to point out to every-
one here that on that day Mexico agreed to
an unconditional surrender, by which it conti-
nued to exist as a sovereign entity strictly at
the benevolence of this great country. Another
interesting factoid in connection to this peroid
of American history is that had the Civil War
happened 10 - 15 years earlier, Mexico would
almost certainly not exist today, because the
Southern states would not negotiate with the
Mexicans, and Mexico's annexation by the
Confederacy would almost surely have turned
the tide in its favor. As a student of alternative
history, I find that eventuality sort of interesting.
Don't you?
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