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Crying Native American and polar bears

May 15th, 2008 at 11:00am Georgette Braun

The Keep America Beautiful anti-litter campaign of the 1970s featured the Crying Indian

(Native American, for political correctness).

The global warming warning symbol, in my mind anyway, is the polar bear, which Wednesday was placed on the endangered species list, mostly because its needed sea ice is being lost. (Photo appeared in the nytimes.com on Wednesday)bear6001.jpg

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3 Comments Add your own

  • 1. hokumboy  |  May 15th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Actually, he was Italian.

  • 2. Georgette Braun  |  May 19th, 2008 at 8:18 am

    hokumboy: well, aren’t you full of a whole bunch of info. didn’t know that

  • 3. hokumboy  |  May 19th, 2008 at 11:14 am

    I found that out somewhere quite a few years ago. It’s really good to win a beer or two in a bar stool trivia contest.

    http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/ironeyes.asp

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