In a message dated 9/12/2007 1:20:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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remember  years ago when visiting Europe that many of the people I  
met  (especially from the East) were convinced that all Americans  
lived  on huge ranches (like the Cartwrights of Bonanza), ran herds of   
cattle, wore six-guns, and rubbed elbows with Indians. Their  exposure  
to Americans was limited to TV and movie westerns. I  shudder to think  
what they think of us now if most of their exposure  continues to be  
via Hollywood.




There is an organization out here in the Far Southwest called The  Westerners 
and there is a branch in Germany, so I have been told. I have seen  photos of 
those Germans dressed in Sioux Indian costumes and sitting by their  tipis.
 
Then again, there is a reenactor group here in the United States that owns  
land and recreates the World War I battlefields with sandbagged trenches full 
of  water, artificial rain, and live explosions and then the soldiers wear the  
actual combat uniforms of the German, French or American armies and spend 
days  down in those trenches shooting blanks at each other, blowing whistles and  
sending communications. 
 
Who can say which nation is more crazy?
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.



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