Most Aussies spend just a little more time studying American history than
American students spend studying Australian history ;-)
And I guess that's just about the way it should be :-(
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
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> From: dd at dandrake.com
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] James Madison
> Date: Thursday, 2 April 1998 10:47
>
> I hope everyone, including all those uneducated Aussies who probably
never
> spent very many years studying the fine details of American history --
> shocking! -- will recognize that my Madison quote was about Alexander
> Hamilton (who really was a bastard brat of a Scots peddler) and meant no
> offense to the living Andrew Hamilton, but who can resist a quote like
> that on April 1? (which it still is, where I sit)
>