Illuminating
Hidden truths
Want to know the future?
Learn History!
As a student in school, I
was taught at an early age to study and learn history.
History will repeat itself I
was told, and how true it is.
Most politicians are
without any knowledge of the past great civilizations. How civilizations rose to greatness, or the cause of their demise, our present day leaders
are clueless.
It took 400 years of
corruption for the great empire of Rome to collapse, I predict it will take
less than 40 years for the USA, and worse
news yet, the self destruct clock began ticking nearly 20 years ago.
The end of the U.S. greatness is near.
Wikipedia hyperlinks abound
in this post, use them to further your understanding or refresh your memory.
I present you:
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
He is infamously known as
the Emperor who "fiddled and watched as Rome burned. (sounds like the last 6 years of our current president)
Nero's rule is often
associated with tyranny and extravagance.
(Sound familiar ?)
Nero was known for spending
his time visiting brothels and taverns. (Sounds like most present day politicians, doesn't it?)
Nero built a number of
gymnasiums and theatres.[81
(In
Wisconsin, Miller Park, Lambeau Field and many more in the works)
Enormous gladiatorial shows
were also held.
(We have present day sport stadiums financed by the public)
Some questioned at the time
the large public expenditure on entertainment.[83] (Publicly
financed stadiums, vacations using Air force 1, Hollywood in the white house, the list is endless. )
Ancient
historians state that these projects and others exacerbated the drain on the
State's budget.[88] ( the federal deficit in the TRILLIONS, and how many states are
in arrears for billions?)
The cost to rebuild Rome was
immense, requiring funds the state treasury did not have. (Fema,
Homeland Security and countless other federal agency budgets without funding, and in Milwaukee, rebuilding of city hall, a fiasco of 60 million and counting)
Nero reduced the weight of the denarius from 84 per Roman pound to 96 (3.85 grams to 3.35 grams). He
also reduced the silver purity from 99.5% to 93.5%—the silver weight dropping
from 3.83 grams to 3.4 grams. Furthermore, Nero reduced the weight of
the aureus from
40 per Roman pound to 45 (8 grams to 7.2 grams).[89]
( sound
familiar? U.S. terminated the gold standard, removed gold, silver and copper from US
coins)
The economic policy of Nero
is a point of debate among scholars.
According to ancient historians, Nero's
construction projects were overly extravagant and the large number of
expenditures under Nero left Italy "thoroughly exhausted by contributions
of money" with "the provinces ruined."[91][92] (learning
anything yet?)
Nero's spending came in the
form of public works projects and charity intended to ease economic troubles. (Can
it sound any more current? Remember this happened 2000 years ago)
Great Fire of Rome (64 AD)
The Great Fire of Rome erupted on the night of
18 July to 19 July 64. The fire started at the southeastern end of the Circus Maximus in shops selling flammable goods.[84.
The extent of the fire is uncertain. According
to Tacitus, who was nine at the time of the fire, it
spread quickly and burned for over five days.[94] It destroyed three of fourteen Roman
districts and severely damaged seven.[94] (Detroit is burning every night)
It was said by Suetonius and
Cassius Dio that Nero sang the "Sack of Ilium"
in stage costume while the city burned.[100]
Popular legend claims that Nero played the fiddle at the time of the fire, an anachronism based merely on the concept of the lyre, a stringed instrument associated with Nero and
his performances. (There were no fiddles in 1st-century Rome.) Tacitus's
account, however, has Nero in Antium at the time of the fire.[101]Tacitus also said that Nero playing his lyre and
singing while the city burned was only rumor.[101] ( Same
issues of valid reporting our current press has. What really happened?)
In
the wake of the fire, Nero made a new urban development plan. Houses after the
fire were spaced out, built in brick, and faced by porticos on wide roads.[85]
Nero also built a new palace complex known as the Domus Aurea in an area cleared by the fire. This included
lush artificial landscapes and a 30-meter-tall statue of himself (that is
a 100 foot tall statue, was Nero a narcissist?), the Colossus of Nero.[86]
The size of this complex is debated (from 100 to
300 acres).[102][103][104] To find the necessary funds for the
reconstruction,tributes were imposed on the provinces of the empire.[105] ( does it sound like the Miller Stadium tax? The overtaxed public pays for a bunch of millionaires to play baseball?)
Tacitus, in one of the earliest non-Christian
references to the origins of Christianity, notes that the population searched for a
scapegoat and rumors held Nero responsible.[96]
To deflect blame, Nero targeted Christians. He
ordered Christians to be thrown to dogs, while others were crucified and
burned.[96] (Sounds like nearly every politician we have
blaming the other party )
Nero was the last Caesar of Rome.
Rome was not conquered.
Because of corruption, Rome destroyed itself by civil war.
See why you have to learn history?
In closing,
I present the following Nero’s of our present generation:
Presidential Nero’s:
Nero Kennedy,
Nero Johnson,
Nero Nixon,
Nero Bush,
Nero Clinton,
Nero Bush,
Nero Obama.
In Wisconsin , I present :
Mayor Nero (Tom) Barrett,
Governor Nero (Tommy)
Thompson,
Governor Nero (Jim) Doyle,
Attorney General Nero Van
Hollen,
Senator Nero (Tammy) Baldwin
And for my friends in Racine,
Mayor Nero Dickert
There are so many other Nero's to list.
I think you might understand by now.
Thanks for reading and we
hope you have been enlightened.
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