There's a lot on TV about the Roman Empire, lately.

RaleighNCDUer

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Tue Sep-06-05 10:41 PM
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There's a lot on TV about the Roman Empire, lately.

It seems to be the fashionable thing, talking about empire. Well, when a leader in the Roman empire was responsible for a catastrophe to the nation, the honorable thing to do was to fall on his sword.

As they seem to enjoy seeing America as the new Roman empire, I hereby call upon Chertoff, Brown and Bush to do the honorable thing.

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chalky

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Tue Sep-06-05 10:42 PM
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1. Subliminal message, anyone?

n/t

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lildreamer316

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Tue Sep-06-05 10:42 PM
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2. Very telling isni't it?

The similarites are striking. Very subliminally; I think we are tracking our own destruction. Cycles; you know; and that damned rule about history repeating itself. Go figure.

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Tace

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Tue Sep-06-05 10:43 PM
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3. Quoting P.K. Dick -- "The Empire Never Ended"

It drove him nuts. Well, that and the amphetamines.

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NRaleighLiberal

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Tue Sep-06-05 10:46 PM
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4. Add Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld....and, please, Scotty as well!

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Dem2theMax

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Tue Sep-06-05 10:51 PM
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5. I was watching that last night and the thought that kept going through my

head was "bush, bush, bush."

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sexybomber

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Tue Sep-06-05 10:52 PM
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6. Literally?

Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 10:53 PM by sexybomber

:D

How about seppuku?

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billbuckhead

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Tue Sep-06-05 10:58 PM
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7. Chimpy is more like Nero or Caligula than a real American president

Chimpy played air guitar while New Orleans drowned.

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chookie

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Tue Sep-06-05 11:33 PM
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8. A couple of movies

It's all about empire.

Within the last year, "Alexander" and "Troy".

I agree that it's a little eerie....

But I guess projects like the tv production of the rise of Hitler is considered too controversial, or obvious, for comparisons to the present day.

I saw a show tonight on History Channel that -- believe it or not -- referred to Roman "Family Values." About how Augustus set himself the task to bring morality to Rome.

This is how it can be in the entertainment biz -- you are not permitted to confront the empire and emperor directly, but you can indirectly....

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