- Chinese Antiques, China's Olympics - Less Athens, More Roman Circus?
That China is a glorious civilization in no need of democracy is what we hear from their leaders today, as always. Why the Olympic Freedom Torch from Athens? - Diamond Minds, Blue Skies - On the Train from New York to London, Don't Look Down
An international magazine outlined a rail network that could virtually encircle the globe. It could cut those kerosine jet trails of pollution, with enough dirty coal plant shut downs, to allow us blue skies.In whose life time? - Diamond Mind, Diamond Soul - The Brilliant Humanity of Leonardo
The lifetime of Leonardo of the town of Vinci was a time of turbulence and violence, yet also the flowering of the great enlightenment of the Renaissance, which began all around where ever Leonardo seemed to be. - Healthy Lifestyles, Napoleon In London - While Asia Ascends
The world is changing daily. The two old empire building enemies, Britain and France are closer friends, while Asia ascends. The French President just had a sleep over at Windsor Castle. Each have common enemies, they see. - Healthy Lifestyles, Power, God, and Allah - A New Crescent of Peace?
Alexander the Great was having his people create the greater new Athens at the mouth of the Nile. But his men worried that he wandered west for a holy man and almost died in the sand. They met at an oasis,blessed each other. - Greek Antiques, Amazon Women - Absorbed Into Vast Asia
The amazing stories of Greek Amazon women warriors have always seemed as of legend. However, scientists have shown that there exists today golden haired blue eyed Mongol peoples with DNA matches to these Amazon women. They hold an amazing story of ancient survival against all odds. - Greek Antiques, Democracy, Modern China - Brutal Panda In Tibet
The recently released television actions by Chinese police seen beating fallen Tibetan monks in their sacred city makes the blood boil of millions of us around the world. - Greek Antique Democracy, Modern Healing Power - A Lincoln Could Help Again
The wisdom of Abraham Lincoln in contrast to the rather rash use of power and self interest to favor the rich and punish the poor of the incumbent: sharp contrast. This letter from Lincoln to Grant indicates how. - Egyptian Antiques, The Wiser Promised Land - If Moses Had Wandered West
As the Jews were driven out of the lush lands of the Nile river delta, they headed north into the desert. If they had gone west, and then applied their genius, here indeed was a much more promising land with no enemies. - American Antiques, Democracy - Thoreau, After Patton
American history has been one of the great stories of the growth of democratic values in the world. A new free people create a new free nation for all. Well, all white men, but now all.Why bomb others? - Greek Antiques, Alexander, Hannibal, Attila and Ataturk Are New Europe !
The Europe coming may include the African side and the Asian side as well as now most of the European side of the Greek and later Roman Empires, if E.U. delegates have their way. As well it has all the Germanic and Hun bits up to the Arctic, and Celtic Ireland and Scotland, who with the Germans had been beyond the pale. That is, too feisty. - Roman Antiques, Teutonic Knights, Charlemagne, Wenceslas, Ataturk- New Europeans
The coming together of so many new nations to create a greater, or Metro Europe just keeps surprising us. Now a Europe from the Arctic to north Africa and West Asia is the talk of the halls in Brussels. What are they putting in their lunchtime brownies? We think the idea is great, the wider Europe. - American Antiques, Power, Wealth, Vision - How NAFTA Helps More Than It Hurts
The vibrancy of trade agreements between nations shows that some are hurt, most are helped much more, and the nation thrives. NAFTA has enriched America, Canada and Mexico, even as we each struggle with low cost China. - Chinese Antiques, Napoleon - Let the Dragon Sleep. Who Listened?
Even mighty Napoleon, who got to the Pyramids of Egypt and to the burning ruins of Moscow, at his greatest said of China it was a sleeping dragon and best to let it sleep. - Greek Antiques - Athens was Venus, Rome was Mars
Life in Athens was a struggle from day 500 B.C.E. and seems to stayed that way throughout the history of Greece. Beset by much more powerful Persia from the East for hundreds of years, these democratic pioneers fought until they were finally overcome from Rome in the west. So much for democratic ideals for centuries on earth. - Roman Antiques, Archimedes - Hero of Rome, Killed by Rome
The expanding Roman Empire needed to have Sicily and the refined ancient city state of Syracuse in their fold. And also that great genius Archimedes. Alas, they killed their hero. - Roman antiques - The Empire Strikes Back
The Roman Empire created a vast area of Europe, north Africa and west Asia. The Germanic peoples were always outside the pale: in north Britannia a wall had to be built to keep these barbarians back. Not any more. - Tribal Jewelry, President Jefferson, a Mountain Man, an Indian Princess Create Sea to Sea America
To some of the bewigged gentlemen in the Cabinet Room of the new White House,President Thomas Jefferson, accepted as a genius and visionary by the world, perhaps his vision of an America from sea to sea was a noble ideal. - Antique History, Democracy - Slow Boat To China
Ancient Greece was that brilliant first burst of democracy. Men could be free to speak their minds. And young America emerged seeing the democracy of Greek as superior to the Caesar of Rome, as exists in China today. But how you going to keep them back in the yurt, once they have seen Shanghai? Or Athens?
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