Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus, son of Marcus Aurielus, the “last of five good emperors,” ruled Rome from AD 177 to AD 192. History tells us that Commodus “proved to be a self-indulgent, disconnected leader.” In fact, Commodus’ “accession to power ended a spell of 80 years in Roman history which had brought men to the throne by merit rather than birth.”
Supposedly, Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Augustus was filled with “cruelty, vanity, power and fear,” which “formed into a terrifyingly dangerous mix of bloodlust, suspicion and megalomania.”
Thousands of years have passed and presently America is being ruled by Barack Obama. Obama also maneuvers his way through the political empire like a Roman Emperor whose objective is retention of power by way of wile, stealth, and intimidation.
Defy or disparage Obama, and a suspicious president adopts dealing with the offender as his top priority and behaves like an obsessed Commodus, pursuing enemies who are armed only with blunted weapons. In fact, Obama’s ancient predecessor, Commodus “is said to have feigned a plot against his own life, in order that he might have an excuse for putting many to death.”
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I was watching the History Channel the other night while they were running a biography of Hermann Goering. They talked about Hermann’s disinterest in his air force etc. I was struck with the similarity between what was said of Goering and my perceptions of Oblamebush.
I watched that also, Joe. Although I didn’t ‘make the connection’, now that you’ve pointed it out (duh the obvious) I agree wholeheartedly. Hope I didn’t miss the CBC National while tuned to the history channel. (barf)