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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 05:10 AM Original message |
Terry Jones: Julius Caesar had Gaul; Bush just has gall |
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neilepi (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bush - not bald but causes others to pull their hair out |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Julius Caesar was also a brilliant military strategist |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 07:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. He certainly presented himself as one |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Terry Jones dislikes the Ancient Romans more than he does Bush |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Its a useful tool to remove the misconception |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 07:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Bloody Romans. |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-06-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. what have they ever done for us? |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Plenty of better analogies from the more recent past |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Comparisons with Rome |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The point is no one can do anything about what Julius Caesar |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He just wrote this article |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. On reflection I have been a bit harsh on Jones on Iraq |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. from what I've seen of the book, he does discuss other empires |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-06-06 03:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes, I agree |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. it became sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy, didn't it |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-06-06 04:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. My history was taught to me |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. and Hitler was a snappy dresser, articulate, and a self-made man |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. It seems that he is being more tongue-in-cheek than serious, and |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-05-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. for the Bush family's sake, I hope there isn't a replay of the Julio-Claudian dynasty |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-06-06 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. Well that went right over the sheeples' heads. |
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