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I don't understand why the media in general refuses to recognize that this dickhead is systematically, intentionally destroying the system of government that most of us grew up believing was the best in the world.  Our constitution is in tatters, checks and balances and open government are already gone, possibly forever.  At least we're still nominally a democracy until Bush finally declares martial law and suspends elections.  

It will be decades before historians and the general public finally come to full terms with how thoroughly Bush has destroyed this country.  As someone with degrees in history, political science and law (which doesn't make me anywhere close to an expert, but does give me some comprehension and context), I can't think of any period in history comparable with Bush's disastrous reign.  Has the leading power on Earth ever been completely dominated by someone this incompetent and distructive?

by Shalimar (srbaxley@yahoo.com) on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 03:30:07 PM EST
Yes, and his nickname was Caligula.  It didn't work out real well.  At least Bush hasn't tried to have a horse elected to the Senate...yet.
by BooMan on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 03:32:15 PM EST
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Well... I was going to say something about Miers and the Supreme Court and conservative reaction, but I refrained.

The way this is going though, who knows... maybe he's already secretly installed her as the 10th justice, and overseer of the court.

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by Nanette (nanette at humanbeams dot com) on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 03:41:00 PM EST
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Yeah, Caligula or Nero are probably the closest, but Rome was already an empire by that time and they didn't fundamentally change the way their empire governed.  Actually, maybe they did since they were succeeded mostly by military commanders once the precedent of assassinating emperors was set.  I'm worried that the only way we survive as a major power is as a might-makes-right neo-con wet dream, which to me would be worse than destruction.
by Shalimar (srbaxley@yahoo.com) on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 03:43:16 PM EST
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It all went down hill when Tiberius succeeded Augustus.  If you must have an emperor, he can't be a lunatic.  Empires can flourish under wise leadership, but they have no self-correcting mechanism for getting rid of maniacs.

It's not suprising that Rome quickly unraveled after Augustus died.  The same thing happened after Marcus Aurelius died.  

by BooMan on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 03:49:22 PM EST
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