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3O I I ( 3 L. IE ) 1- - 1:.:____ IO I .......... I □ -----------!Q I IB I I□ E Fooling All The People THE CIRCLE T h i s w o r l d s e e m s f i l l e d w ith p e o p le w h o d o u b l e t a l k , a n d th e h i g h e r o n e g o e s i n t o th e r e a l m s o f p o w e r th e t h i c k e r it g e t s . S tr a ig h t a n s w e r s a r e l e a s t c o m in g f r o m th o s e w e n e e d th e m m o s t fro m , fo r e x a m p le , o u r p r e s id e n t w ho c o n tin u e s to d e c e i v e u s w ith c o n f u s e d d a t a a s if in f o r m a tio n w a s s im p ly a p e a u n d e r w h ic h h a t g a m e . b y L i n d i R e id O n ce u p o n a tim e , t h e r e liv e d a s a il o r c a l l e d C o l u m b u s . H is t a l e n t s w e r e e x p l o r i n g th e p l a n e t b y s e a , a n d g e t t i n g f i n a n c i a l a i d f r o m th e n e i g h b o r ' s q u e e n . In 1 4 9 2 , a f t e r th e e x p l o r e r g a v e a c o n v i n c i n g s a l e s p i t c h o n t h e b e n e f i t s of I n d ia n s p i c e s , th e q u e e n s e n t C o l u m b u s o n a jo b . H is m i s s i o n w a s to f in d th e I n d i a n s , a n d s c o r e a n a m p l e s u p p ly of h e rb s and s e a s o n in g s . B ut a la s , n a v ig a t i o n a l e q u i p m e n t w a s p r i m i t i v e in t h o s e d a y s , a n d s o m e w h e r e a lo n g t h e lin e C o l u m b u s to o k a w r o n g t e r m . O h , h e fo u n d th e I n d i a n s , a l l r i g h t , b u t th e y w e r e th e w r o n g o n e s ! Y ou s e e , a f t e r a lo n g h a r d s h ip v o y a g e , C o lu m b u s s e t f o o to n A m e r ic a . T h is m o v e s t a r t e d a g r e a t m ig r a tio n f o r th e w h i t e m a n , a n d s o o n A m e r i c a w a s p o p p in g u p c i t i e s , a n d n u k e s a n d p a v e m e n t a ll o v e r th e p la c e . 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