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15-08-2012 03:19PM

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ART6

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The following text is aimed at the USA, but it seems to me that there are strong parallels to the Irish situation.

http://moneymorning.com/2012/08/15/what-last-roman-emperor-would-tell-president-obama-today/

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#2 15-08-2012 06:34PM

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Nope. Very poor OP, article not much better. Also, the 'Roman Empire' analogy is pretty weak, given only the western half of the Empire collapsed, while the other half continued on until 40 years before the discovery of America.

moderately,
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