An interesting article…
October 1st, 2006It also brought a flood of money into an electoral system that had been designed for a simpler, non-imperial era. Caesar, like Pompey, with all the resources of Gaul at his disposal, became immensely wealthy, and used his treasure to fund his own political faction. Henceforth, the result of elections was determined largely by which candidate had the most money to bribe the electorate. In 49 B.C., the system collapsed completely, Caesar crossed the Rubicon — and the rest, as they say, is ancient history.
When do we get to retake the Senate? When are we marching on Washington and hanging these asshats Mussolini style? Where do I sign up? Did the citizens of Rome realize their ship was sinking? Does the average citizen of the US?
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=7326
http://www.rubyan.com/politics/2006/09/bushcheney_escape_war_crimes_p.html
