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To: Kaslin

According to the historian Livy this is the same attitude fostered on the Roman people that brought down Tarquin, the last Roman king, and brought about the revolution that created the Roman republic. Sic Semper Tyrannis


27 posted on 07/21/2010 6:53:53 AM PDT by mick (Central Banker Capitalism is NOT Free Enterprise)
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To: mick
According to the historian Livy this is the same attitude fostered on the Roman people that brought down Tarquin, the last Roman king, and brought about the revolution that created the Roman republic. Sic Semper Tyrannis

Perhaps he needs to be known as Perquisitus Maximus?

Perq, shortened form of Perquisite
per·qui·site/ˈpɜrkwəzɪt/
–noun
1. an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages: Among the president's perquisites were free use of a company car and paid membership in a country club.
2. a gratuity or tip.
3. something demanded or due as a particular privilege: homage that was once the perquisite of royalty.

Origin: 1400–50; late ME < ML perquīsītum something acquired, n. use of neut. of L perquīsītus (ptp. of perquīrere to search everywhere for, inquire diligently).

perquisite. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perquisite (accessed: July 21, 2010).

Hmmm..diligent? Maybe not...except in the grabbing of more, More, MORE!

31 posted on 07/21/2010 7:12:54 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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