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Were the Indians Noble Savages? Election fever runs through state

Were the Indians really Noble Savages?
Warming themselves over a fire made by rubbing dry sticks together

The Indians in North America were sleeping peacefully in their hogans, wigwams, and long houses during the early hours of October 12, 1492. They were dreaming as they had for centuries, of flashing salmon, thundering herds of bison, an arrow striking a deer, and the sound of corn rustling in the evening breeze, with no idea of the events that would happen that day when Europeans would step out of a small boat into the pounding surf.

Columbus had arrived. He delivered civilization to this continent–and all that went with it, good and bad. As the Indians began to stir from a sound sleep, Columbus was nearing the island of San Salvador...  

If the white man had not beached his boats on the sands of Jamestown, Plymouth Rock, and Cape Cod, the Indians would still be huddled around their soot-lined tepees warming themselves over a fire made by rubbing dry sticks together.  They would still be burying their dead children because of childhood diseases, and maybe the air would be cleaner if the white man had never come, but who would be alive to care?  
 
Yes, the Indians in Central and South America had a much more advanced civilization but I remind you they were still savages. In Mexico, the Aztecs sacrificed thousands of young virgins every year and literally jerked the hearts out of their enemies before the terrified victims were burned on the altar....  Canadian Free Press.  
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Election fever runs through Mass. ahead of big vote

Anyone who answers a home telephone is probably aware that today is primary election day in Massachusetts, with the candidates' automated "robo-calls" relentlessly trying to get them a bigger slice of the voting pie.  Registered Democrats, who elections officials expect will be joined in the voting today by a majority of unenrolled voters, have almost all heard from Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama either by phone or postcard.

The unenrolled and the Republicans have probably heard from Sen. John McCain and more likely Mitt Romney, who calls Massachusetts home...  In the 10th, while Rep. Delahunt has endorsed Sen. Obama, state Senate President Therese Murray, D-Plymouth, is backing Sen. Clinton. The northern part of the district, including Quincy, tends to be more conservatively Democratic, and the Cape, more liberal...  Standard-Times.