What have we learned in 2000 years???

[ldp4570]

Saw this in the paper the other day and thought it most fitting today ___

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
- Cicero - 55 BC

... Evidently nothing ...


- Well maybe, I've learn that the more things change, the more the stay the same.

 

[reddog1]

I learned to make Kool-Aid with regular ol tap water instead of filtered. Makes me feel funny, and I just want to watch movies all the time.

 

[Old Fart]

Hard heads mostly.

 

[Hobbes]

The actual quote is: "The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall."


"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. The mobs should be forced to work and not depend on government for subsistence. "

is from page 483, A Pillar of Iron (1965), Taylor Caldwell's fictionalized account of the life of the senator.

 

[jbarnett]

It sure fits!

 

[Dodahdude]

Buy ammo before the glutting starts........

 

[338Shooter]

Don't eat yellow snow.

 

[Old Fart]

What the heck is that dangling down there......

 

[GarrettL]

What the heck is that dangling down there......

hmmm...************? JK JK

 

[Old Fart]

How nice of you to notice.