Posted on 03/15/2017 5:21:48 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
Gaius Julies Caesar is assassinated in the Roman Senate.
Which is also noted as the date:
Politicians perfected the art of back-stabbing
Thank God nothing like that has ever happened in the American Senate...but we’re still a young nation.
Can we at least agree that it was Lincoln’s fault?
Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That's my policy.
That was a Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar, you moron! You killed 5 actors! Good ones!
Something close though did happen. On May 22 1856, SC Rep Preston Brooks beat Mass Sen. Charles Sumner unconscious on the floor of the congress with a cane.
Too bad we haven't perfected time travel, I can think of several current senators I'd like Sen Brooks to meet.
Would have a hard time supporting the reason Brooks beat Sumner over. Though there are some of our Congress criters I think would benefit from a good caning.
Are you basing this off of the Julian or Gregorian calendar?
the buzzards return to Hinckley
your choice
Et tu, Crouton?
The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954, by four Puerto Rican nationalists; they shot 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol. They wanted to highlight their desire for Puerto Rican independence from US rule. The nationalists, identified as Lolita Lebrón, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irvin Flores Rodríguez, unfurled a Puerto Rican flag and began shooting at Representatives in the 83rd Congress, who were debating an immigration bill. Five Representatives were wounded, one seriously, but all recovered. The assailants were arrested, tried and convicted in federal court, and given long sentences, effectively life imprisonment. In 1978 and 1979, they were pardoned by President Jimmy Carter; all four returned to Puerto Rico.
For those who are not familiar with Roman. History:
Julius had removed a lot of the power of the various districts and had consolidated it in Rome leading to the Imperial Roman State. The Emperors turned the Roman Senate into nothing more than a city council.
Basically Julius overthrew the Roman Republic and started the slide into the Monarchy. A bad move.
I had forgotten about that incident. Thanks
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