Re: Available consultant Vijay for Unix System Admin with sun Solories Expireance.

In article <slrng8i7ie.20f.ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Moe Trin) writes:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.unix.admin, in article
<sIGdnUMTrtfaAhrVnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert Melson wrote:

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We've had something of a brouhaha locally over a program to
memorialize important people and events in the city's history.
City commissioned an equestrian statue of Don Juan de Onate, who
was the leader of the first expedition to explore and colonize the
area north of the Rio Bravo (Rio Grande to us gringos). Onate was
a typical Spanish Conquistador and, politely, brutalized the
Indians both locally and up around Albuquerque,

20/21st century mores verses "the way it was" 400+ years earlier.

So, long story much less long, statue was finished, PC groups
protested, city backed down, renamed the statue "The Equestrian" and
more-or-less hid it near the local airport. Was finally
installed/unveiled about 2.5 years after it was completed and
delivered. What neither the city council nor the protesters
understand is that you can't change history by denying it.

But it _appears_ to be better to the mind with the six second attenion
span. We've got the same problem here with the renaming of Squaw Peak
and the nearby freeway. After 370+ years, we now learn this Algonquin
word may be naughty. The mountain and freeway are now named 'Piestewa
Peak' - after Pfc Lori Piestewa, a Hopi mother of two who, as an Army
truck driver, was killed in an ambush in Iraq while lost during the
invasion in March 2003.

Yeah. That maintenance company was from Ft. Bliss and the ambush and
captivity of several of its troopers was NEWS in El Paso. As a former
infantry commander, I feel rather strongly about why the convoy was
ambushed and the fact that the troopers' weapons were neither ready
to use nor serviceable in many cases. For that I fault not just
the *** company commander but his senior NCOs, as well. There
was NO excuse for those troops to go in harm's way as unprepared as
they were. 'Nuff of _that_ sermon.

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Looks like it's time to hit the history section of the city library
around the corner.

Local history is always fun and interesting, seems to me. But, then,
I've always liked history.


El Paso has been the site of Fort Bliss since the 1850/60 period,
as well, the post having had several locations over that time. It
was originally down along the river as a cavalry post. As the times
changed, so did its mission, tho' it was the staging area for
Pershing's expedition into Mexico.

The several times I've been to El Paso have all been related to
activities at Bliss and the ranges to the North.

That was pretty clear from previous comments. You get over this
way, look me up and we'll go have _good_ Mexican - none of the
tourist crap. (Worst "mexican" meal I ever had was in Phoenix,
I'll add here. To give you an idea, their salsa was canned
tomatoes and bell peppers with a touch of cilantro. When I
called'em on it, they said most of their customers couldn't
handle the real stuff!)

Bob
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Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
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