tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post1519061424880448736..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: Okay, Thoughts for the New YearMichael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-77793820876506579752007-12-30T07:47:00.000-07:002007-12-30T07:47:00.000-07:00"Why" will the republic one day fall? Because noth..."Why" will the republic one day fall? Because nothing lasts forever. Haven't you ever heard the tale of the Chinese Emperor who built a great city and asked the wise men of his court to come up with a saying of great truth to put on the city gate? The wise men told the emperor to inscribe "In time, this too shall pass" on the gate. Or have you not read "Ozymandias" by Shelley?<BR/><BR/>Rome did Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-41971563362113951712007-12-30T07:19:00.000-07:002007-12-30T07:19:00.000-07:00To anonymous @4:16PM,"why" will the republic one d...To anonymous @4:16PM,<BR/><BR/>"why" will the republic one day fall? "how" can we "see" it coming?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-31948741368840746582007-12-29T16:45:00.000-07:002007-12-29T16:45:00.000-07:00Fred can change things? Fred will be lucky to win ...Fred can change things? Fred will be lucky to win third in Ia as it now stands. In truth, the Fred campaign is over and done with. If he doesn't drop out Jan 4 he will drop out Jan 20. And since when did Hollywood listen to conservative entertainers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-15406635822469933782007-12-29T16:16:00.001-07:002007-12-29T16:16:00.001-07:00Makes me break into a cold sweat.Hopefully with Fr...Makes me break into a cold sweat.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully with Fred being an "Hollywood insider", that he can change things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-86241647243703777052007-12-29T16:16:00.000-07:002007-12-29T16:16:00.000-07:00I suggest you read Gibbon. All six volumes.This na...I suggest you read Gibbon. All six volumes.<BR/><BR/>This nation has been partisan since the founding and today's "partisanship" is nothing new despite what Newt says. Read about Jackson sometime for pete's sake. Or the 1860 election. Or the Adams/Jefferson feud. Or the 1920 election. Partisan all. <BR/><BR/>The republic will one day fall. That may be 500 years from now or ten but it will happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com