> Cullen Murphy was on the Colbert Report last week [ June 2007 ] to discuss
> his book, Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America. Murphy
> is concerned that if every government function becomes privatized that our
> country will be entirely up for sale
>
> Video except
>
> http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2007/06/10/the-colbert-report-%%e2%%80%%9...

> Cullen Murphy was on the Colbert Report last week [ June 2007 ] to discuss
> his book, Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America.
> Murphy is concerned that if every government function becomes privatized
> that our country will be entirely up for sale

> Video except
>
> http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2007/06/10/the-colbert-report-%%e2%%80%%93-are-we.../

> "Sean" up_over.org.au> wrote in message
>
> news:47e715b2$0$6277$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>

>> Cullen Murphy was on the Colbert Report last week [ June 2007 ] to discuss
>> his book, Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America.
>> Murphy is concerned that if every government function becomes privatized
>> that our country will be entirely up for sale

>
> You know, I've been hearing the crap about Modern
> Romans since I was a wee lad, generally from fundies,
> who pointed to the proliferation of fags, the drop in
> the birth rate, and Allah knows what else to support
> their thesis. Any use of the Roman Empire to compare
> with modern America now has all the impact of a
> neutrino.
>

>> Video except

> ...