What are you reading?

[Dante]

btw, what were the people in Jamestown celebrating? Surely not religion or some other myth?

Oh! Oh. Even Wikipedia has something:

King James I forthwith changed the status of Virginia in 1624, taking control of it as a royal colony to be administered by a governor appointed by the King. The Crown approved the election of a Virginia Assembly in 1627. This form of government, with governor and assembly, would oversee the colony of Virginia until 1776, excepting only the years of the English Commonwealth.


Poor Virginia. Nothing like the tough Pilgrims and later Puritans

 

[WelfareQueen]

My ancestors were colonists in Virginia. Sorry....we arrived about a generation before Plymouth Rock. No Virginia....no Jamestown....no fucking Pilgrims.

Hmm...? The "Mayflower Compact" was signed on 11 November 1620

Jamestown did meet as a government in 1619, but... a generation?

Pilgrim Colony was successful

mine are direct ancestors. Direct male line on both sides of rebellion known as revolution, As American as it gets.

Jamestown was founded in 1607 and was thriving long before Plymouth Rock. In fact, thirteen years before a Pilgrim even thought about coming to America. Representative Government was established in Virginia in 1619. No Virginia.....no fucking pilgrims.

New England was founded and named by Capt John Smith of Jamestown fame. Cap Cod and Martha's Vineyard were explored and named by Bartholomew Gosnold over a decade before any fucking pilgrims.

And the ultimate irony....the pilgrims were sailing for Virginia but got lost. No shit!!!

Basically....they're Virginians with a really bad sense of direction.

Virginian's are always exaggerating shit

except: The modern conception of slavery in the future United States was formalized in 1640 (the John Punch hearing) and was fully entrenched in Virginia by 1660.

It took JFK to help them out

History News Network Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving

Poor Dante. No Virginia. No fucking Pilgrims. Period. And Slavery began in the New World over a century before Virginia in the Spanish and Portuguese Colonies. Try again.

Jamestown was abandoned as was the Plymouth Company site in Maine. Was it like 1610? A generation ahead of 1620?

Slavery and the British Colonies. You switched from America USA to -- the Americas.

Oh Goddseed!

No dear Jamestown was settled in 1607. Please read. Obviously the New England educational system was substandard.

Jamestown Virginia - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[WelfareQueen]

First Thanksgiving Info. Pilgrims were still pissing on themselves over in Europe.

yeah, JFK had to let people know. No one cares about you Southern Gentlemen Slaveholders

Every signer but one of the Declaration of Independence owned slaves...including the New Englanders. Look it up and educate yourself.

 

[Dante]

Hmm...? The "Mayflower Compact" was signed on 11 November 1620

Jamestown did meet as a government in 1619, but... a generation?

Pilgrim Colony was successful

mine are direct ancestors. Direct male line on both sides of rebellion known as revolution, As American as it gets.

Jamestown was founded in 1607 and was thriving long before Plymouth Rock. In fact, thirteen years before a Pilgrim even thought about coming to America. Representative Government was established in Virginia in 1619. No Virginia.....no fucking pilgrims.

New England was founded and named by Capt John Smith of Jamestown fame. Cap Cod and Martha's Vineyard were explored and named by Bartholomew Gosnold over a decade before any fucking pilgrims.

And the ultimate irony....the pilgrims were sailing for Virginia but got lost. No shit!!!

Basically....they're Virginians with a really bad sense of direction.

Virginian's are always exaggerating shit

except: The modern conception of slavery in the future United States was formalized in 1640 (the John Punch hearing) and was fully entrenched in Virginia by 1660.

It took JFK to help them out

History News Network Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving

Poor Dante. No Virginia. No fucking Pilgrims. Period. And Slavery began in the New World over a century before Virginia in the Spanish and Portuguese Colonies. Try again.

Jamestown was abandoned as was the Plymouth Company site in Maine. Was it like 1610? A generation ahead of 1620?

Slavery and the British Colonies. You switched from America USA to -- the Americas.

Oh Goddseed!

No dear Jamestown was settled in 1607. Please read. Obviously the New England educational system was substandard.

Jamestown Virginia - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Poor starving chickens running away! Thank gawd the slaves arrived.

btw, even 13 years is NOT a generation. Virginians always telling tall tales.

 

[Dante]

First Thanksgiving Info. Pilgrims were still pissing on themselves over in Europe.

yeah, JFK had to let people know. No one cares about you Southern Gentlemen Slaveholders

Every signer but one of the Declaration of Independence owned slaves...including the New Englanders. Look it up and educate yourself.

Sorry tool, Adams and others did not own slaves and your agricultural wastelanders knew it

 

[WelfareQueen]

First Thanksgiving Info. Pilgrims were still pissing on themselves over in Europe.

yeah, JFK had to let people know. No one cares about you Southern Gentlemen Slaveholders

Every signer but one of the Declaration of Independence owned slaves...including the New Englanders. Look it up and educate yourself.

Sorry tool, Adams and others did not own slaves and your agricultural wastelanders knew it

Every signer but one owned slaves. Look it up.

 

[WelfareQueen]

Jamestown was founded in 1607 and was thriving long before Plymouth Rock. In fact, thirteen years before a Pilgrim even thought about coming to America. Representative Government was established in Virginia in 1619. No Virginia.....no fucking pilgrims.

New England was founded and named by Capt John Smith of Jamestown fame. Cap Cod and Martha's Vineyard were explored and named by Bartholomew Gosnold over a decade before any fucking pilgrims.

And the ultimate irony....the pilgrims were sailing for Virginia but got lost. No shit!!!

Basically....they're Virginians with a really bad sense of direction.

Virginian's are always exaggerating shit

except: The modern conception of slavery in the future United States was formalized in 1640 (the John Punch hearing) and was fully entrenched in Virginia by 1660.

It took JFK to help them out

History News Network Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving

Poor Dante. No Virginia. No fucking Pilgrims. Period. And Slavery began in the New World over a century before Virginia in the Spanish and Portuguese Colonies. Try again.

Jamestown was abandoned as was the Plymouth Company site in Maine. Was it like 1610? A generation ahead of 1620?

Slavery and the British Colonies. You switched from America USA to -- the Americas.

Oh Goddseed!

No dear Jamestown was settled in 1607. Please read. Obviously the New England educational system was substandard.

Jamestown Virginia - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Poor starving chickens running away! Thank gawd the slaves arrived.

btw, even 13 years is NOT a generation. Virginians always telling tall tales.

Who was your Washington....Jefferson.....Madison...Patrick Henry??? Remind me again???

 

[Dante]

First Thanksgiving Info. Pilgrims were still pissing on themselves over in Europe.

yeah, JFK had to let people know. No one cares about you Southern Gentlemen Slaveholders

Every signer but one of the Declaration of Independence owned slaves...including the New Englanders. Look it up and educate yourself.

Sorry tool, Adams and others did not own slaves and your agricultural wastelanders knew it

Every signer but one owned slaves. Look it up.

wrong again. Why lie?

 

[Dante]

Virginian's are always exaggerating shit

except: The modern conception of slavery in the future United States was formalized in 1640 (the John Punch hearing) and was fully entrenched in Virginia by 1660.

It took JFK to help them out

History News Network Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving

Poor Dante. No Virginia. No fucking Pilgrims. Period. And Slavery began in the New World over a century before Virginia in the Spanish and Portuguese Colonies. Try again.

Jamestown was abandoned as was the Plymouth Company site in Maine. Was it like 1610? A generation ahead of 1620?

Slavery and the British Colonies. You switched from America USA to -- the Americas.

Oh Goddseed!

No dear Jamestown was settled in 1607. Please read. Obviously the New England educational system was substandard.

Jamestown Virginia - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Poor starving chickens running away! Thank gawd the slaves arrived.

btw, even 13 years is NOT a generation. Virginians always telling tall tales.

Who was your Washington....Jefferson.....Madison...Patrick Henry??? Remind me again???

the Great Llama of the Little Mountain? Jefferson? What a tool he was

 

[Dante]

Remember the Virginia delegation to the Continental Congress had orders to NOT vote for anything like rebellion.

It's okay, I have Loyalist blood running through my veins too

 

[longknife]

How did a reading thread turn into a childish debate thread?

 

[Dante]

How did a reading thread turn into a childish debate thread?

boredom and an interest in tweaking a Virginian?

It is considered polite to gently rib others

 

[Preacher]

Party of the people: A history of the democratic party.

Jules was a pretty decent newspaper guy

It was a very interesting book. I had read the republican party one before the democrat one I own both now so.

 

[Preacher]

Reading Brock Lesnar's book now.

 

[Esmeralda]

To Each His Own, by Leonardo Sciascia
This is an Italian detective novel, but it's really a commentary on Italian life and is full of satire and irony.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Probably gonna read "Eon" by Greg Bear again. Referenced things from it recently so it's swirling around in my head once more. Lots of reread value. Fave novel ever.

 

[longknife]

I find myself trying to read a work in process that I still haven't figured out yet where it's going,

 

[jasonnfree]

Last book just finished "Clan of the Cave Bears" about a Cro-Magnon girl raised by Neanderthals. Author Jean Auel. A hard to put down book for me.

 

[longknife]

Last book just finished "Clan of the Cave Bears" about a Cro-Magnon girl raised by Neanderthals. Author Jean Auel. A hard to put down book for me.

I've read and thoroughly enjoyed every one of her books. Except for #5 and #6 which I definitely plan on reading. All of her books can be seen @ Books - Jean M. Auel - Bestselling Author

 

[Bleipriester]

Currently:
The Pilot A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper Reviews Discussion Bookclubs Lists

Prior to that:
Die Dritte Kugel by Perutz Leo - AbeBooks

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