"Rome is burning people." There are a lot of similarities between a declining Rome and the USA in its current state.
Government taking care of the poor to keep them happy. Public spectacles to keep the poor distracted (professional sports and crappy TV). Moral decline of the citizens (have you listened to pop music lately? It's all about self indulgence.Watch TV? Ugggh.). A huge immigration problem. Too many immigrants to be assimilated into society. A military that is stretched thin. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350283 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
