[Grovenet] politically correct, culturally diverse

[allnutt]

I learn something everyday.
I never realized that the pilgrims brought American rodeos over from Egland 
on the ships when they first came here.
Here I was thinking thinking that the rich tradition of the vaqueros had a 
lot to do with the development of rodeos in the new American west and when I 
look it up in the dictionary rodeo is a spanish word that we adopted.
But my goodness, now I know that Americans own rodeos and the influences 
from south of the border should merely be cast aside in favor of the 
traditional Chinese celbrations using fireworks.
When the Chinese call in our national debt we can at least claim that we 
have been having the proper celebrations.

And I will be home protecting my property from the illegal fireworks that my 
neighbors so thoughtfully buy by driving to Idaho and other neighboring 
states and supporting their local economy.

But because this is the country that allows people to celebrate as they see 
fit, we will each be able to enjoy our freedoms and learn from our fellow 
citizens what is important.And the government will not be able to tell 
either of us that one is appropriate and one is not. At least not yet.

God Bless the USA, and please have a safe 4th of July.  Drive carefully 
while you are supporting someone else's local economy and watch out for 
those who think the best American tradition is to drive drunk.

Katie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin ." <kevin97116 at yahoo.com>
To: <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 12:12 PM
Subject: [Grovenet] politically correct, culturally diverse


> As I drove by the Washington County Fairplex over the weekend, I couldn't 
> help but notice that instead of enjoying Hillsboro Happy Days leading up 
> to a celebration of United States independance with fireworks, we now are 
> supposed to enjoy a Mexican rodeo.
>
>  Corollary.....  Why is it okay to advertise a "Mexican Rodeo"?  I can 
> only imagine the flack over an advertisement for a "WASP rodeo".  Kind of 
> sounds like "white lunch counters", and "black colleges".  Aren't we 
> supposed to be beyond all that?
>
>  I'll be taking my kids out of the local area to enjoy fireworks tomorrow 
> night, and boosting someone else's local economy.
>
>
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