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01-03-2007, 05:36 AM | #1 |
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is America the new Rman Empire?
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01-03-2007, 06:17 AM | #2 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Yes.
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01-03-2007, 08:50 AM | #3 |
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The article is a turd.
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01-03-2007, 08:56 AM | #4 |
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Wrong, UT. Nothing can top the original post.
The stylishly casual title, misspelling left intact, as to fully communicate the sense of glib superiority Phil has coursing through his veins as he reaches towards the keyboard and slams home his coup de grāce: a bone-crushing <Ctrl+V> combination! >>>>>>> The crowd goes wild!
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01-03-2007, 09:37 AM | #6 |
I wonder . . .
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Toga! Toga! Toga!
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01-03-2007, 10:53 AM | #7 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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I didn't actually read the article :P I have however, on numerous occassions suggested that America is the new Rome. Inasmuch as it represents a cultural centre for much of the world, is looked to for security, is the most powerful nation and greatly envied. It is the new great Empire.
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01-03-2007, 11:03 AM | #8 |
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We are not the New Rome. We are Better than Rome.
We are Americans. We have the best possible bread, and most amazing circuses.
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01-03-2007, 11:06 AM | #9 |
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We're different from Rome, because we're gonna stay on top of the world forever!
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01-03-2007, 11:10 AM | #10 |
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But it must be said that the best possible bread is usually something of Italian origin, and the most amazing circuses are Quebec's Cirque du Soleil.
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01-03-2007, 11:32 AM | #11 |
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01-03-2007, 11:42 AM | #12 | |
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In the empire, when someone learned of a good idea, he would smack himself in the head and say, “Why do I not think of that”. In America, we sit in a boat in the Mississippi River and let the fish do the smacking. During the Roman empire, one could be attacked by Wolves. Today, we only worry about Wolfovitz. Of course, in Rome, spies were everywhere. America has simply taken it to new heights and extremes - satellites and routine wiretapping without judicial review. But like in Rome, eventually, the government cannot trust the people. New patriot acts make America safer. Rome never had such powers. In Rome, if you were suspected, then the emperor would have you smitten. Today we have all those electronics devices so that courts can kill with certainty. We kill off just as many innocent people. But that’s OK. It’s done legally with a death penalty. Every new empire eventually must invent its own religion. Rome created Christianity. America has Intelligent Design, Church of the Latter Day Saints, and Kwanza complete with disciples and philosophers such as Jimmy Swagert, Rush Limbaugh, and Pat Robertson. Eventually the Empire broke up into Red states (Rome) and Blue states (Constantinople). Oh yes. And we have Santa Claus. Ceasar did not. Last edited by tw; 01-03-2007 at 11:45 AM. |
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01-03-2007, 12:27 PM | #13 |
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01-03-2007, 12:32 PM | #14 | |
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If we fall in the next 50 years (very unlikely but it is a possiblity) then China may take over if they can pull themselves together or the EU might be able to take charge. Or both. Realistically, the US and one or both of those two countries would share superpower status for a good amount of time before one breaks down. If happens after 2050 then I have no idea because countries change power very quickly. Sooner or later America will fall to the status of Britian or France, it probably won't happen in the next century but it will happen eventually. |
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01-03-2007, 12:37 PM | #15 |
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Round of applause TW, I like.
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