tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post5527536467271356231..comments2024-01-02T18:05:23.666-06:00Comments on Streak's Blog: The Stimulus Swindle (Commentary)Streakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-19460884709421604042008-01-26T11:06:00.000-06:002008-01-26T11:06:00.000-06:00Juvenal: Already long ago, from when we sold our v...Juvenal: <BR/><BR/><I>Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man,<BR/><BR/>the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time<BR/><BR/>handed out military command, high civil office, legions - everything, now<BR/><BR/>restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things:<BR/><BR/>bread and circuses</I><BR/><BR/>Except I don't quite agree with his emphasis; I think people without power probably always behaved in seemingly shortsighted ways that people who had a little power found appalling, and people who had a lot of power found reassuringly gratifying. Don't see that changing much in the future, either.<BR/><BR/>Though to be fair, Rome didn't have nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them anywhere in the world within 18 hours. Kind of sucks how technology changes faster than human nature.leightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07821884432248870789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-39848076430688748872008-01-26T10:27:00.000-06:002008-01-26T10:27:00.000-06:00Gracchus: "I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is ...<I>Gracchus: "I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar."</I> <BR/>The movie <I><B>Gladiator</I></B>Bootleg Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842413990753418066noreply@blogger.com