Do you want to know how you can tell that we have the best form of government evah? Well…to take but one of many examples from yesterday, the House of Representatives successfully passed a resolution that recognized and honored the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon. The resolution had 44 co-sponsors, almost all of whom were Democrats but including Reps. Walter “Freedom Fries” Jones and Ron “My Son’s a Senator” Paul.
But the thing about honoring the Greeks and their silly wars is that that involves honoring paganism and events that may have occurred before the official beginning of time (I’ll call Rep. Steve King and get back to you on this particular battle’s place in the Christian Cosmos). In any case, forty-four members actually voted against honoring the memory of the Battle of Marathon and five more voted ‘present.’
We probably would know nothing, or next to nothing, about the Battle of Marathon if Herodotus hadn’t ‘invented history’ by writing down his thoughts on what led to the war with the Persians, and his observations about how it was conducted. We also would not run races that are 26 miles 385 yards-long if it were not for this battle that took place in 490 BCE, or, twenty-one years before Socrates was born. Of course, Socrates was executed in 399 BCE for “not believing in the Gods of the State” and for spreading doubt about them (corrupting the youth). It’s pretty clear that people like Rep. Steve King who voted against honoring the Battle of Marathon would have been quite happy giving Socrates his hemlock, and they have no intention of honoring his society, his culture, or anything that might anger the Sky god of their imaginations’.
America? Fuck yeah!!
Jones and Paul voted no. They were co-sponsors? Anyway, things like this don’t matter much to me. I guess since the Senate is so backlogged with things that already passed the House they have nothing better to do 😛
they are listed as co-sponsors. The Alliance for Christians Against Antiquity must have robo-called their districts.
I’ve noticed the same trend in ‘tendering apologies’ for war crimes in the past…when everyone involved is most likely dead. North of the 49th, too, so it’s an established bit of media nonsense fit for a culture which worships ‘celebrity’…which is whatever the media says it is.
Which only shows that the actual job performed by ‘media’ is distraction – not communication.
Let’s honour the Coliseum while we’re at it : the Roman pioneering grand Circus of Death.
Well, there is a certain logic in celebrating the Greek victories over the Persians, in that the defeats allowed the Greeks to develop culturally and independently until Alexander could spread their knowledge and ideals far and wide. If you are grateful for western civilization, you ought to pay a debt of gratitude to the men an Marathon and at Thermopylae.
Now we know how close to bipartisanship we can actually get in the next Congress. Reckon this was the Cantor caucus?
Talking about ‘freedom fries’. In Sinclair Lewis’s novel ‘It can’t happen here’, about a fascist takeover of the US, there is mention of ‘liberty cabbage’ as a patriotic euphemism for sauerkraut. I suppose he got this detail from WW One; on the other hand, maybe invented it. Anyway, Walter Jones evidently has his predecessors. If I’m not mistaken he has apoligized for what he now sees as a piece of silliness. It’s strange that the Marathon resolution wasn’t passed. It’s the classic (and classical) example of the battle between the west and the east, the good guys and the Persians. The western (read civilized) world versus Iran or something like that.
No, the resolution did pass. It passed overwhelmingly. But 44 religious fanatics voted against it because, well, who knows why?
Ron Kind? It figures that however silly these resolutions, Gene Taylor would vote against it. Good riddance, asshat!!
I am shocked that Jeff Sessions opposes giving a break to the children of illegal immigrants.
That’s amnesty.
I’m not joking: I’ve heard people say that once they turn 18, they should turn themselves in to the deportation office.
…we have Greek Democracy to thank for the 26 mile race, yes, but that (foul, unsightly, impure) 385 yards was imposed entirely at the pleasure of Monarchy.