<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/26/2004 2:06:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, mpollak@panix.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>No, I think several of the colonies of Athens came first.  Invading and<BR>kicking people off the best farmland is not historically new.  Nor is<BR>making money off agricultural export.<BR><BR>Michael</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>How about Puerto Rico, 512 years and still going....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sergio</DIV></BODY></HTML>