Indian Chief 'Two Eagles' was asked by a white government official,
'You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done.'

The Chief nodded in agreement.
The official continued, 'Considering all these events, in your opinion,? where did the white man go wrong?'

The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied. 'When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water.
Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.'

Then the chief leaned back and smiled. 'Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.'

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Good one, Raymr!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Oh man it is TRUE!!!

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Right.

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that's great.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

America was a great place to live until the white man came and wanted to start paying for everything.

On the other hand I have heard that the average life span back then was only around 47 years old.

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Jim

I'd rather have a little bit of something special than a whole lot of nothing much.

Yeah? Well, the American continent circa 1500 had natural wealth to shame what we have now.

Uno mass, what is wealth?

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Te futueo et caballum tuum

1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

What you have and I want, but don't have.

You have some pretty glass beads and I have a continent full of trees. Can we make a deal?

It's definitely food for thought, as we become more tied into the grid, the web, cable, iThis, and all the various supply lines of daily living. Only nature can provide perfection.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Nature is far from perfection. Natural does not equal perfect. Many "natural" things are imperfect.

White man also cured diseases, created a higher quality of life, created machines that think, gave us more time with our families, made travel faster and safer, and made the human race more efficient - maybe too efficient.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

All dubious improvments.

The white man brought diseases that the red men were extremely susceptable to. By the time the white men moved west to inhabit the interior in quantities the population of the red men was reduced by as much as 80% by some estimates by disease.....that was before we started shooting them and the buffalo that they depended on.

Actually I think the average life was possibly more like 37.

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I think beaver gets better everyday.

Vice your versas, too. Death and disease and noxious pests have traveled across the Atlantic from West to East, too.

Then there's the world famous Black Death that came from China across Asia to Europe and is endemic in the SW USA.

Tracing diseases reveals greater complexity than one might suspect at first glance.

B