I am Very Optimistic Now Except for One Superstitious Thought

[On the Road]

The identification of Bush with Nostradamus's third antiChrist (Mabus), who was supposed to arise in 2000 and have something to do with the middle east. The other two antiChrists (Napoleon and Hitler) are associated with cruel and unnecessary invasions.

If you listen to the Nostradamus people, they say that Mabus is supposed to be thought dead but instead lives to carry out his nefarious plans.

Now this is usually taken to apply to an assassination attempt. However, it could just as well be taken to mean winning an election that seemed lost.

Tell me I'm being ridiculous, but this is gnawing at the back of my mind.

[troublemaker]

1. Napoleon was, on balance, a good guy

[On the Road]

2. I Don't Know -- Napoleon Was a Populist

but it's difficult for me to think of anyone in the modern era who attacks that many countries and kills so many thousands to be thought of as a good guy.

But I'm just repeating what the Nostradamus folks say. I don't really give it a lot of credence -- I think they're reading stuff into it after the fact. But the "Mabus" thing is very curious.

[Art_from_Ark]

3. Of course, Tschaikovsky wrote the 1812 Overture

to commemorate Napoleon's defeat at Moscow, and Beethoven wrote "Wellingtons Sieg" to commemorate Napoleon's defeat at Vitoria, Spain (after having almost dedicated his 3rd Symphony to Napoleon).

And then, Spain and the Italian states weren't too happy that Napoleon installed his brothers as kings "by the grace of God" in their respective lands, and it's astonishing that after his retreat from Russia, the German states were only more than happy to give his army a swift kick in the pants to help send them on their way back to France. And sure, his "Code Napoleon" says that a suspect is guilty until proven inncocent, but we can overlook that, right?

And then there are Francisco Goya's depictions of the atrocities the French Army was committing in Spain. 19th century "fraternity pranks", perhaps?

But, hey, he was, on balance, a "good guy".

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