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Population shifts and economic wars will still favor the Western Powers,
poteen, and the Far Eastern Powers. South America, Africa, and the Middle East are screwed if it comes down to an every nation for themselves mentality...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 13, 2008 at 12:29 AM
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US is the Roma Nova...
History resembles nature in its gradual evolution: If USA is the historical equivalent of the T-Rex, it had better start thinking about looking at the environment that has changed about it. Not just USA; all thoe dinosaurs (UK, France - Western Europe in general actually) that think things will stay habitable and hospitable just because it worked that way in the past had better check their thermometer now.
posted by
poteen
on May 12, 2008 at 12:52 PM
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Sure we do, Glennb. We call it America. You go along with us or we
ostracize, marginalize, invade, or sanction you. When you go along, you become the servant of the economic machine that is the U.S.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 2, 2008 at 12:12 AM
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Probably not, TAPS. It has been the lot of slaves to be considered less
than human and as mere property...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 2, 2008 at 12:10 AM
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If only, whirlwindaffair...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 2, 2008 at 12:07 AM
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You are welcome, jmh256...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 2, 2008 at 12:07 AM
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Now, ash, it is simply a waiting games as to how long the American
Empire will last...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 2, 2008 at 12:06 AM
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Symbolically speaking, Soul Builder, you are oh so right...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 2, 2008 at 12:05 AM
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Ain't it so, cheugon?
posted by
saul_relative
on May 2, 2008 at 12:04 AM
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Re: Not for Rome, cheugon, and not for the U.S. And if Rome was too long
The British definitely had a case of overstretch.
posted by
metalrat
on April 30, 2008 at 9:39 PM
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Not for Rome, cheugon, and not for the U.S. And if Rome was too long
ago for our myopic revisionists, then how about our greatest allies, the British?
posted by
saul_relative
on April 29, 2008 at 5:36 PM
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It is indeed unfortunate, Troosha...
posted by
saul_relative
on April 29, 2008 at 5:34 PM
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We're are all biased, ace2inspire. It is how we work around those biases
that defines our character...
posted by
saul_relative
on April 29, 2008 at 5:33 PM
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There you have it, Whiskey...
posted by
saul_relative
on April 29, 2008 at 5:32 PM
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thanks, sam...
posted by
saul_relative
on April 29, 2008 at 5:31 PM
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Saul Relative,
You have again brought a very timeless quote to the light! Very well done. It holds true that in every incursion the ruling class is usually first into exile and then bondage! I am not sure we have an equal in modern man???
posted by
Glennb
on April 29, 2008 at 4:28 PM
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Hmmmm, did Claudian not consider their slaves as part of the human race?
posted by
TAPS.
on April 29, 2008 at 1:01 AM
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I truly liked this saul relative..
If only this is emulated, the world would be a much better place.
posted by
whirlwindaffair
on April 28, 2008 at 6:33 PM
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True that. Thanks for dropping by my blog. I appreciated your comments.
posted by
jmh256
on April 28, 2008 at 10:50 AM
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SHARING MY VIEW BELOW ON THE SUBJECT MY FRIENDS...ASH..
History shows that all empires eventually come to an end, and a new world order emrges..for empires have always been formed at the exploitation of the less priviledged at that time..Roman, British, Chinese, Hindu, Ottoman, Muslim..all have gone thru that..no wonder our American one is having so much trouble..the fundamental truth is we are all God's children..there are no chosen few..we are all equal in God's heart..because we are a part of Him, made of Him..to think & act otherwise is grossly kidding oneself..oh..but somehow humanity insists on learning it's lessons the hard way..so be it if that's God's will, best to all - Ash
posted by
ash_pradhan
on April 28, 2008 at 10:09 AM
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Rome and Romans are difficult to trust! Their system underpins the modern world! And, look at the mess!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on April 28, 2008 at 9:52 AM
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Imperial overstretch was a factor...
...in Rome's decline as it is in America's. Benevolent or otherwise, the end does not justify the means.
posted by
metalrat
on April 28, 2008 at 9:31 AM
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Saul
that we are all of us one race... if only more of us thought this way.
posted by
Troosha
on April 28, 2008 at 8:42 AM
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I'm red-blooded
First lesson in life most kids learn "we are the same on the inside"! Bias people create our problems!
posted by
ace2inspire
on April 28, 2008 at 8:26 AM
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But when we think
of Rome we should remember the slaves, the brutal military conquests, the constant imperial domination of the senate. Dominance, decadence, decline, destruction. Come to think of it, you're right...
posted by
Antipodean
on April 28, 2008 at 8:17 AM
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Amen, if more people would get that fixed in their minds, the world would be a better place! sam
posted by
sam444
on April 28, 2008 at 8:04 AM
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