Not for the world of art and architecture though I learned last weekend that is was the Phoenicians who first brought olive trees to Italy and the Venetians also stole the secrets of glass arts from the Phoenicians. So it goes.
On Apr 13, 12:32�am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought France was a birth defect. > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 7:25 PM, dick thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > �Phil Smith <http://www.blogger.com/profile/14260673500218460310> said... > > > Hmm. Let me see if I can get this straight. > > > The Europeans are, and have been for years, dumping toxic waste of all > > sorts - including heavy metals - in Somali waters. > > > The Europeans are, and have been for years - to the point of starving the > > locals fishermen - overfishing the Somali waters, to include lobster and > > other shellfish, that are well-known to concentrate heavy metals in their > > flesh. > > > So - if both these statements are true, where are the outbreaks of mercury, > > cadmium, and lead poisoning in Europe? Did I just miss the suspicious rise > > in brain damage and birth defects in France? > > 5:53 > > PM<http://althouse.blogspot.com/2009/04/pirates-defeated.html#8670142969...> > > -- > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
