Remember when Pam Geller and John Bolton were

thick as thieves? Well, they're now trapped in

the past, and, hopefully, no one will let them out.

American Empire #18

The New Rome

"So what if Dana Perino has never heard of the

Cuban Missile Crisis! Ask any ostrich and it

will tell you what our bird brains have always

told us: 'Sticking your head in a history book is

less useful than sticking your head in the sand'."

"Your place in history, Mr. President, is right here,

between 'Adios' and 'Pinche Gringo'."

George Bush and Karl Rove, Two Men Who

Will Go Down, Down, Down in History

Courtesy of the History Channel, we see here a re-enactment

of how the Greeks (in the white uniforms) defeated the Persians

(in the red uniforms) at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

Clio, the muse of history, sometimes can't bear

to read her own stuff.

“Let me go over this one more time, Laura. Franz Ferdinand

was a band from England assassinated while playing in

Wienerschnitzel, Austria, in 1941, and this is what started

World War II. Right?”

"Don't look now, George, but that's history over

there just waiting to sweep us into the dustbin."

"I have a pretty dim view of human nature,

as I think any serious historian must.

Take me, Michael Ledeen, for instance.

Not a pretty sight, wouldn't you say?

And let's not even talk about Wolfowitz,

the guy behind me."