By Bill Falzett on 3/1/2008 9:39 PM

  Once upon a time about 230 years ago, there was a country made up of many diverse tribes, clans, groups, and individuals. They were ruled by a king that lived very far away. This king didn’t seem to care about these many peoples in this land so far away. Whether he did or not, his advisers were businessmen and royalty to whom caring was secondary to acquisition. They saw this faraway land as a place for them to get many goodies that would make them even more rich and powerful. The people of the faraway land didn’t know the king or his advisers. They did know that they were paying a lot of money to them. They didn’t mind because there was so much land, opportunity, and wealth that there was plenty for all.

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