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To: elmatador who wrote (91335)	6/10/2012 5:23:29 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217561

this is another BS for political purposes with little true economic impact

To: elmatador who wrote (91335)	7/24/2012 3:42:00 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 217561

>>Next year marks the 500th anniversary of the European discovery of the Pacific after Vasco Núñez de Balboa was lured by an Indian cacique’s promise of “another ocean, where there is plenty of gold.”<< I guess he had a thick neck... Vasco Núñez de Balboa en.wikipedia.org As Balboa and his friends were being led to the block, the town crier announced: "This is the justice that the King and his lieutenant Pedro Arias de Ávila impose upon these men, traitors and usurpers of the Crown's territories." Balboa could not restrain his indignation and replied: "Lies, lies! Never have such crimes held a place in my heart, I have always loyally served the King, with no thought in my mind but to increase his dominions." Pedrarias observed the execution, hidden behind a platform. The executioner beheaded Balboa and his four friends with an axe. Balboa's head did not come off clean on the first try; it took three. Their heads remained in public display for several days, as a sign of Pedrarias' might.