Posted on 05/08/2012 6:23:17 AM PDT by rellimpank
But wasn’t massive importation of slave labor and illegal immigration by the cheese-eating Gauls the reason for the pressure on the average Plebe that the dictators were able to exploit?
Like Bush? Oh the days when we used to lament how with a so-called conservative who was really not, all manner of Liberal claptrap could be passed and sent up and he would sign it.
I love George W. Bush, but he used to piss me off, badly, at times, and I’m not going to defend him when he’s not defensible.
I don’t think GW was any kind of a tyrant, as I think he had absolutely no desire to be. I’m not clear what you’re asking.
I found the “diseased corpse” metaphor downthread to be perhaps more apt. I’ll say one thing about the Romans, they never had to govern 300+ million people.
And as an appropriate aside, compare the level of intelligence and civility in this discussion to the postings you see at the Daily Kos or Democrat Underground. Be well.
compare the level of intelligence and civility in this discussion to the postings you see at the Daily Kos or Democrat Underground.
Now there, is a comparison.
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