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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:12 AM Original message |
Poll question: The Present Situation Is Most Like Which Period of History? |
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Barbara917 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Fall of the Roman Empire |
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HawkerHurricane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I agree... |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nitpicking. But... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Thanks for the nitpick. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. 9/11 is to Shrub what the |
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TXvote (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. Rome Under Nero Comes To Mind |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. Roman Republic moving towards Roman Empire |
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SiobhanClancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. USA,circa 1858 |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. 1968.....nt |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Could you be more specific? |
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theivoryqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. period before French Revolution |
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Redbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. 1920s |
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knowledgeispower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. My thoughts exactly |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 01:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. it's right before great depression |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. Gilded Age |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
13. How about |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. I added two possibilities |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. Throw in a little Vietnam |
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bamademo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
17. It seems like the McCarthy era to me |
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banana republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. two parallels |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. I voted OTHER because it doesn't specifically mirror Hayes |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I cited Hayes because of the election theft |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. And the reason I cited a different era was because it had less to do |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Attila , the Hun comes to mind |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. Rome, 4th and 5th centuries CE. |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. I like the Gilded Age comparison, but |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. 1930, when prosperity was just around the corner |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. the slow climb to the middle-ages |
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SpaceCatMeetsMars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. Hey, what are some good books to read on historical parallels like these? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Hm. Try Gibbon. |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 01:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Gibbon writes the naughty parts in Latin.... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Read Anthony Everitt's biography of Cicero |
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SpaceCatMeetsMars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Thanks so much to both of you! n/t |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. feels like the dark ages |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. The US civil war |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. 1890s - McKinley - Cuba - Spanish America War - Philipines War |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. Other |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-03 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. Middle Ages but not quite |
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