elehhhhna
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Sat Sep-24-11 10:07 AM
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Republican Party Drafts Caligula for Nomination |
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Not one of the frontrunners objects when the rabble shouts "KILL HIM" or hoots and hisses at a SOLDIER. Why not go balls out and just draft the top psycho available? Mugabe's black, so he's out...but, hey! Cheney's still blinkin'!
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Sat Sep-24-11 10:10 AM
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1. LOL. My son played Caligula recently in a college production |
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and they did it with contemporary clothing. Definitely made the point.
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pansypoo53219
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Sat Sep-24-11 11:56 AM
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2. georgee w b was caligula. |
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i read caligula's bio in 2003 and it astounded me how he paralleled caligula. blogged it. also napoleon. rome ALSO had a surplus before caligula.
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Sat Sep-24-11 10:21 PM
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4. That was Gore Vidal's assertion. Most people thought Vidal was |
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making reference to W being crazy but then most folk don't know all that much about Roman history. I agree the parallels between w. and little boots are astounding.
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Sat Sep-24-11 09:42 PM
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3. Sorry, but it would never happen |
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Not only was he not born in the US, he is too sane for the teabaggers.
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