I will return later to shed some light--rather than simply generate more heat--on this discussion because the author of this piece seems completely unaware of other articles about--and extensive discussions of-- this topic, just on CB alone, and in the very recent past no less.  

But, for now, let me say this.  As earnest and well-intentioned as RMC may be, his comment above suggests to me he learns nothing from previous conversations and--after they end and new related ones begin--he simply regurgitates the same under-informed and over-simplified talking points he made in previous conversations (e.g. his reference above to what he calls the "failed" Jamestown experiment)

as if no one has ever exposed him and his asserted "facts of life" to critical scrutiny, and provided him with ample sources of evidence to show how much he does not know he does not know--but which he apparently has no interest in learning, much less using to improve his understanding of the "facts" of the matter.