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To: cripplecreek
Well I garantee the only loaded weapons within a mile of the president today are secret service and probably hand picked by him.

Secret Service=Praetorian Guard
14 posted on 11/10/2009 11:58:56 AM PST by IDRATHERNOT
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To: IDRATHERNOT
Secret Service=Praetorian Guard

Kind of a dumb comparison.

The PG was an elite military unit. The SS is civilian.

The PG had tremendous political clout, to the point they often chose the next emperor and forced him down the throat of the Senate. The SS has none.

The PG put down riots and provided more or less police services in the capital. The SS does not.

What do you think the two organizations have in common, other than the (essential) job of protecting a head of state?

30 posted on 11/10/2009 12:07:58 PM PST by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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To: IDRATHERNOT
Secret Service=Praetorian Guard

Hmmmmmmm, can someone tell me how Caligula met his end? I seem to have forgotten that one.

*Whistles with eyes upturned*

47 posted on 11/10/2009 1:05:35 PM PST by SengirV
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