[CLUE-Talk] a new note in the usa/iraq tune \\ "barbarians"

[Randy Arabie]

Quoting Jeff Cann <j.cann at isuma.org>:

> On Tuesday 27 January 2004 7:20 am, Randy Arabie wrote:
> > However, our system of government outlined in
> > the US Constitution is the oldest on the planet.
> 
> So, you're saying that those heady Greeks and Romans didn't know anything 
> about Democracy and Republics?  What about the Magna Carta (1215)? 
> 
> It's hard to argue that our system of goverment is the oldest.  Perhaps it is
> 
> the oldest of the modern era.  But, the ideas contained in our Constitution 
> were certainly influenced by many previous eras.

Yeah, I wasn't accurate.  What I wanted to say was ours is the longest running,
like uptime..we even had a civil war and didn't have to reboot ;)  

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Randy
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