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To: longnshort who wrote (42482)	4/29/2013 10:37:30 PM
From: DallasKevin	Respond to of 85487

Those all have Spanish names because they were founded by the Spanish and Mexico, and the residents there were citizens of Mexico. Learn to read a thread. Also learn history yourself. Spain conquered and colonized the territory from its base in México-Tenochtitlan. The earliest human remains in Mexico are chips of stone tools found near campfire remains in the Valley of Mexico and radiocarbon-dated to circa 23,000 years ago. Mexihco was the Nahuatl term for the heartland of the Aztec Empire, namely, the Valley of Mexico, and its people, the Mexica. So to answer your question on when it was founded...about 23,000 years ago. And it was settled by 7000 BC. And by 1500 BC (when your ancestors were still running around with spears, living in caves) they had indoor plumbing, astronomy, agronomy, government and sophisticated art. The Spanish stepped in for a couple of hundred years, but Mexico has always been Mexico. Using your logic, New York is not an American city, right? Neither are any of the others in the original 13 colonies...or any of the others in the whole USA. And another piece of history for you. English was not the first European language spoken in US territory. Spanish was. Florida was settled by Spaniards long before the English came, and the oldest continuously occupied city in the US is St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565 by the Spanish.

To: longnshort who wrote (42482)	4/29/2013 10:47:00 PM
From: DallasKevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Incidentally, this once again is an example of the narrow-minded uneducated individuals that the Right prey upon, seeking repositories for their rhetoric. This is a further attempt to discredit any contribution to the World that the Mexican society and culture has made, as well as pulling them down in the unending attempt to dehumanize the Mexican people and those who's roots come from there. The Right needs to distance themselves from these types of individuals, make the public understand that people like this one do not speak for them. Publicly refute anything individuals like this have to say, and make sure that the public now they have respect for those of Hispanic descent. Not support those, like this, who espouse racist ideals and agenda against certain ethnic groups. In this way, they may be on a path to start gaining some of the 55 million votes of the Hispanics in the USA, votes which they must have to win any significant election.