Elphaba, you are really caught up on that one single point, aren't you? Why? Also, I have already said that I was talking about some congressman's comments and if they were stated as a reson for approval of funds to undertake this whole misguided adventure in congress then one can assume that (since the expeditions and outposts did get approved) then this was not just some fringe idea. I will say also that I am not going to waste time exploring 19th. Century congressional records nor am I going to fly back to the institute library and find you page number and book. I know enough about rhetorics to also realize why you are making such a big deal over a rather trivial portion of a post dealing with a major issue.
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