[stop_fascism]

There are historians who suggest that the fall of the Roman Empire was hastened by its many efforts to subdue the Jews of Israel

Name one. When someone says something this silly, it is impossible to take anything else he has to say seriously.

[Cyber Liberty]

Sounds like we should just give up now and institute sharia law.

[trebb]

There are historians who suggest that the fall of the Roman Empire was hastened by its many efforts to subdue the Jews of Israel.

There are also those who say that the fall of the Roman Empire came about because of the "dole" which was their form of welfare so artists, poets, philosophers, etc., could do their thing without having to work. More and more folks came to the city to take advantage of the dole and it trashed the empire.

"We are falling...
Deep in sin...
Wheeeeeee...."

[thatsnotnice]

The thing about the tar-baby was, if you whacked it, it stuck to you. And as you pushed against it to get free, you just got more stuck.

But that old tar-baby just keeps sticking to us no matter what we do to free ourselves.

Yes, but what about the part where Brer Fox took Brer Rabbit "en slung 'im right in de middle er de brierpatch."

It ended up with:

"'Bred en bawn in a brier-patch, Brer Fox--bred en bawn in a brier-patch!' en wid dat he skip out jes ez lively as a cricket in de embers."

Which, if you want to follow the story all the way through, shows that the tar baby wasn't the end-all of problems.

[meema]

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[browardchad]

Forget about liberation. Forget about oil. Forget about nation building. The might and power of the United States reached out into Afghanistan and Iraq to provide provocateurs around the world with a demonstration of what we could do and would do if Americans were attacked again on our own sovereign soil.

Well, at least he got that right.