Happy Birthday, Niccolo
Chris Regan of Mythstory reminds us that today in 1469 Darth Cheney’s favorite author, Niccolo Machiavelli was born.
The Shrubbery thinks Karl wrote his copy of The Prince, the only one with cartoons.
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Any mention of Mayberry?
“It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.”
Looks like old Niccolo had the number of bush and company pretty well scoped.
Not much has changed for the rich and powerful in the last 500 years, they still want more money and power. When they are out of power they scheme to regain it.