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.
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.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - 55 BC
Read the story of Cicero. mmm….2000 years and nothing has changed. We’re doomed.
November 6th, 2008 at 7:51 am
I have serious doubts that Cicero said that, and especially of Rome…”assistance to foreign lands”? Rome? Not so much.
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?p=570302#post570302
November 6th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Fictional Cicero is good. I like him. Fictional Cicero has more positive sense in the fingernail of his pinky than Obama has negative sense in his entire body. Notice I have to compare fictional Cicero’s positives with Obama’s negatives because Obama has no positives as you will all shortly find out. He comes from an ecosystem - Chicago that supports gangsterism. These big Eastern cities in the USA are full of crooks and political cheats. Oops I forgot liberals think that’s a good thing.
November 9th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
The actual quote was:
“The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.”
Cicero
November 11th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Good one and all. As our economy plunges into the atmosphere of the sun because of politicians intent on maintaining their and cronies power with bailouts that will strip ever last bit of value out of the system before its done unless we stop them. We are watching Rome fail all over again.
November 29th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Obama may live in Chicago now, but most of his life was lived abroad. If you’re gonna diss a guy based on where he grew up and lived, at least get the facts straight.
November 29th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Jaguwar - I think you underestimate how dirty Chicago politics are. Where was it B.O. was based out of? Gee let me think. You liberals expect people to be so sappy. But then you are a liberal and how could anyone expect you to understand how ethics and business partners tend to run along the same lines. You’re so far behind the curve you’ll probably never really understand how the world works. What limited intellect and imagination you lefties have. All your “new” ideas are from 1932 ! ( first term Roosevelt )
November 30th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Jaguwar, Obama has lived almost his entire life in the U.S. He is forty-seven years old, and has spent only four years abroad.