Replies

Was it the end of Rome when Hannibal crushed Roman legion after legion and ravaged Italy for sixteen years?

The Romans refused to accept that military defeat in the field, after military defeat in the field, after yet another military defeat in the field; meant the end of Rome. They continued to resist and fight for what they believed in.

Similarly - American liberty took a HUGE hit today - but the war is only over if we decide we have been beaten.

One silver lining is that the SCOTUS decided AT LAST that there was at least ONE big fat ugly ‘camel’ that couldn't be threaded through the ‘eye of the needle’ called “the interstate commerce clause”.

0bamacare may or may not survive as legislation - let us all hope that after November it's days are numbered - but the ruling that the interstate commerce clause is not a COMPLETELY blank check of power will no doubt be cited for as long as America and the concept of a government of limited and enumerated powers endures.

The difference is that in the days of Scipio Africanus, the Romans were willing to “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” By the time of Attila, the Roman army was not even the most feared force on the field of battle. The Germanic allies of Rome were what worried the Huns.

We are now more like Russia in 1917, with too many people cheering the Reds and dreaming of moving into the Bourgeoisie estates of those who haven't paid "their fare share."