[usadave]

Hey, what happened to Dane. I was really enjoying all of Dane's stories about the highly skilled illegal alien lettuce pickers and how they are so indispensable to the survival of the United States as the world's only superpower. If I remember correctly, didn't the Roman empire fall because of a lack of highly skilled illegal alien lettuce pickers?

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Hey, what happened to Dane. I was really enjoying all of Dane's stories about the highly skilled illegal alien lettuce pickers and how they are so indispensable to the survival of the United States as the world's only superpower. If I remember correctly, didn't the Roman empire fall because of a lack of highly skilled illegal alien lettuce pickers?

Yes; I believe they called them "slaves". The Romans never could find enough of them.

[sarcasm]

He's probably busy talking to his masters at the RNC. It seems that their latest fax of "talking points" isn't working with the disenchanted peons.

[dougherty]

If I remember correctly, didn't the Roman empire fall because of a lack of highly skilled illegal alien lettuce pickers?

That would be correct. Without them, we're all doomed.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

...didn't the Roman empire fall because of a lack of highly skilled illegal alien lettuce pickers?

Yes. In addition to scads of syphillus from 24-7 orgies, and mass, inter-generational lead poisoning from their plumbing, many Romans simply couldn't handle the pressure of $10/head lettuce. They just wandered off into the hills and cried about the lettuce. Then the empire collapsed. Very sad.