Sunday, April 09, 2006

Democracy Whiskey Sexy

Happy (belated) Democracy Whiskey Sexy Day to all of you. I couldn't add much to what Greyhawk already has. Which includes this:

I think when it comes to nations with children's prisons that's all the reason we need for a war.

Which is not to say we can cure all the world's ills - just that I don't mind trying.


Athens, in its moment in the imperial sun, created drama and science and democracy. Rome, in its moment in the imperial sun, drained swamps and built roads and cities and aqueducts that still stand. Britain, in its moment in the imperial sun, chased the slave trade from the West and banished the pirates from the seas.

What will we do with ours? What is your contribution to the legacy?