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Well I'm going to finish this Thread..Mother says, "Ohhh boy what a surprise that is."

Very simply I was watching the HBO Series ROME....When I noticed that the characters were doing dispicable things and were justifing their actions by saying it's for "the GOOD of the Repblic..."

The Roman Repblic didn't die easy...it took about 100 years for the flame to be extinguished (Sulla to Tiberius)...you don't go from one day having a Repblic to the next have a Dictator....it's a gradual errosion of the freedomm/rights that takes place. You might say traditions die hard...

The parallel between Rome and the US can clearly be drawn...The US since 1948, according to Gore Vidal has been a "National Security State." This is where the errosion of Democratic institiutions and ideals began. Follow that through JFKs assination,Gulf of Tonkin fabrication in 1964, Nixons resignation, Iran Contra, Clintons various imbrigalios, The 2000 Election Fiasco, The Patriot Act etall, the 50/50 split in Electorate and viciousness of the 2 Parties towards each otherand you see a pattern of a slow grinding down of Democratic ideals and morays... you might say a cynicism has set in with regards to American Politics....and that according to the Sooth Sayer..."Don't bode well for America"

So what I brought you was a vison of the future in American Political Rhetoric...and according to some of you, it doesn't sound too far off from what you hear today....after all U boyz took me seriousily for quiet awhile...