Comments on: Foreign Aid http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/05/12/foreign-aid/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:09:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Big Elk http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/05/12/foreign-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-105767 Big Elk Tue, 13 May 2008 00:04:03 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/05/12/foreign-aid/#comment-105767 Aha, Crassus! Thank you. I like having my facts straight on tidbits of historical trivia like this. Aha, Crassus! Thank you. I like having my facts straight on tidbits of historical trivia like this.

]]> By: wavetheory http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/05/12/foreign-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-105759 wavetheory Mon, 12 May 2008 21:15:51 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/05/12/foreign-aid/#comment-105759 The Roman firefighter Crassus was notorious for offering steadily declining prices as people's homes burned. In response to practices like this, in AD 6 Augustus established the Vigiles, a firefighting force made up of slaves, who could earn their freedom after six years of service. The Vigiles eventually became an elite corps with a social standing equal to that of the military. There is speculation that Nero ordered the Vigiles to standby during the great fire of 64 AD in order to clear ground for his great program of building. He blamed the fire on early Christians and used the disaster as an excuse to relentlessly persecute them. This information comes from the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Inventions-Peter-James/dp/0345401026/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210626808&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Ancient Inventions</a>. I highly recommend it. The Roman firefighter Crassus was notorious for offering steadily declining prices as people’s homes burned. In response to practices like this, in AD 6 Augustus established the Vigiles, a firefighting force made up of slaves, who could earn their freedom after six years of service. The Vigiles eventually became an elite corps with a social standing equal to that of the military. There is speculation that Nero ordered the Vigiles to standby during the great fire of 64 AD in order to clear ground for his great program of building. He blamed the fire on early Christians and used the disaster as an excuse to relentlessly persecute them. This information comes from the book Ancient Inventions. I highly recommend it.

]]> By: Xtal http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/05/12/foreign-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-105758 Xtal Mon, 12 May 2008 20:50:13 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/05/12/foreign-aid/#comment-105758 See "Disaster Capitalism." http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050502/klein See “Disaster Capitalism.”

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050502/klein

]]> By: OmegaSupreme http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/05/12/foreign-aid/comment-page-1/#comment-105733 OmegaSupreme Mon, 12 May 2008 16:17:03 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/05/12/foreign-aid/#comment-105733 Watching the news it's as if they have to submit to our hegemony to receive any aid. Watching the news it’s as if they have to submit to our hegemony to receive any aid.

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