Well, for half of Rome’s history, it was a monarchy, not a Republic. That also happens to be the half that saw its downfall.

The United States is now the oldest constitutional democratic republic in the world and it hasn’t yet reached 250 years old. We certainly have a great deal of history from which to draw lessons, but we should be slow to make predictions and should not take historical parallels to be analogues.

I just let you think that…

But seriously, I haven’t quit. I just don’t know what direction to go with it. Not much significant is happening right now. We have several candidates for the RNC chair. We have the ongoing squabble between the secular/fiscal and social conservatives. We have some grassroots energy building. And we have now numbers for a filibuster. So, other than that one significant development, we have a lot of ongoing things, but no big changes and hence nothing for new discussion. And everything I might have brought up has been said on other major blogs.

And by the way, I commented once at your blog and you quit. I’m feeling so empowered right now.

Not necessarily. Egypt lasted three thousand years, which included several “mini-dark ages” and the total collapse of the political system, several times. China has also weathered weathered many dark periods in its thousands of years of history as a single nation. We’re too young as a country to know where things will leads us, for good or ill.

At the office grab bag a few years ago, my little bro contributed a red Swingline stapler to the swag.

The recipient was thrilled.

There’s a long list, but it would be more fun to start our own barbarian tribe, preferably someplace with a climate like Maui.