I've been watching the proceedings from the US House of Representatives, as they debate the articles of impeachment. Speaker after speaker refers to the USA as "the greatest nation ever".
Have they never heard of the Ancient Greeks, the Egyptians? Not to mention the Mayans, Aztecs, the Incas and the Osirians? And more.
"Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?" [Monty Python, Life Of Brian"]
Calm down, people.
ReplyDeleteI’m afraid we have form....
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
At least Shakespeare acknowledged the Romans.
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