Comments on: Panem et Circenses

By: vidyohs

vidyohs — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:32:00 +0000

I have the same feeling here that I had in Iceland when I went to visit and explore the ice caves in the lava flows. I stood there at the entrance to a vast dark empty hole that extended as far as I could see with what light filtered into a short distance.

I feel this attempt at discussion with you is very similar.

HTF could you come to the conclusion or charge me with taking it personally, are you really Daniel Kuehn in disguise?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:33:00 +0000

Nero has to be Obama. The Broadway date, etc…

The Bob Guccione-produced movie, Caligula could easily be about Clinton.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:04:00 +0000

I’m wondering to what extent that can really be considered a subsidy.

When the police put more boots on the streets to cover a protest like, for example, the G20 economic summit protests, are the protesters being subsidized?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:28:00 +0000

Here, at least, you are onto something- the ending or curtailment of these other wasteful subsidies rather than their expansion….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:26:00 +0000

At least the “subsidization” of MJ’s funeral was in the realm of public safety; I assume MJ contributed far, far, far, far, far more than that to the public purse during his tenure in CA.

The subsidy for the Circus is in the realm of “PLEASE COME HERE AND HERE’S MONEY WE DON’T HAVE!”