is America the new Rman Empire?

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Originally Posted by Phil

is America the new Rman Empire?

As wolf says, better. We grow better weeds in our fields (Kentucky's #1 cash crop is...). We have better pasta. Our sauce comes from Jersey tomatoes that Rome never had. Our leaders even spell out how we have a better potatoe. We grow bread that tastes so much better ... contains 50% sugar. We don't need roads that lead to Rome. Tainted money gets to Washington electronically. We never needed Brutus. As Jay Leno so appreciated, we have Monica. And what good empire has a coliseum only in its capital? Our gladiators fight every Sunday in cities all over the Empire; returning every week to confront attacking Lions, Eagles, and Seahawks. When America is dumb, it does not just make useless war with the Huns. It finds a whole axis of evil. Of course Romans also denied it. Rome was overrun by massive illegal immigration and invasions from the Gauls. Meanwhile, when we lose those wars, we don't lose whole legions. We just end up with thousands of disabled. That too is better.

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.