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Re: The GOP Crackup Cometh? (none / 0)

Actually I do think that many romans, particularly the more senior ones couldn't see what was coming. The sense of entitlement was so intense that, rather like Bear Sterns in 2007, they simply couldn't imagine a world without their pre-eminence.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jul 12th, 2009 at 01:09:33 PM EST
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Re: The GOP Crackup Cometh? (4.00 / 2)

agree, i only meant there would likely have been a small minority who saw it clearly.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sun Jul 12th, 2009 at 01:15:29 PM EST
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Re: The GOP Crackup Cometh? (none / 1)

The more senior ones didn't really lose preeminence themselves, and were quite often recycled into the feudal society...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sun Jul 12th, 2009 at 08:42:18 PM EST
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