Viggen 95 Report post Posted July 9, 2010 "In the latter days of Rome, the economy was crumbling, the emperor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kosmo 5 Report post Posted July 9, 2010 ...can someone fund more history teachers? Definitely not Paul. He is against funding. BTW his dad was punked in Bruno Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLavius Valerius Constantinus 1 Report post Posted July 10, 2010 More history teachers?...they're the ones getting fired in order hire more SPecial Ed teachers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barca 3 Report post Posted July 10, 2010 (edited) "In the latter days of Rome, the economy was crumbling, the emperor…would placate the mob with bread and circus - food and entertainment to placate them since the economy was in shambles and dwindling around them," Paul told Tea Party activists at a rally, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal and confirmed to CNN by Paul's campaign......found at CNN Rand Paul compares U.S. economy to fall of Roman Empire ...at least every week an article or two pops up about america and roman empire, but when a possible "senator, how ironic" makes those claims, then.... sigh... ...can someone fund more history teachers? cheers viggen As I recall, the bread and circus occurred when Rome was at its height, not when its economy was crumbling. It was a means of gaining popular support. Am I correct? Here's an article i found on this subject: http://www.progressiveinvolvement.com/prog...do-with-it.html Edited July 10, 2010 by barca Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Centurion-Macro 3 Report post Posted July 10, 2010 I think being a history teacher would be fun. I am planning on keeping it as a fallback career in my life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites