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October 28, 2009

The Haywood Jablome Memorial Quote of the Day

Gaius Julius Caesar, Art History Museum, Vienn...

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“Barack Obama is the most powerful writer since Julius Caesar.”Rocco Landesman, President Obama’s handpicked chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts -- via KA-CHING!

Posted by Vanderleun at October 28, 2009 3:15 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Not so far off. Ceaser was a raging narcisists writing mainly to boost his own political career also.
The One, however, doesn't have 1/1000th of Ceaser's talent as a statesman. I don't even want to think about the gap in military talent between the two!

Posted by: wronten at October 29, 2009 6:23 AM

As my friend would say,"Man that had to be good weed".

Posted by: Brian J. at October 29, 2009 10:41 AM

I would have thought Marcus Aurelius was the better writer, and more powerful than Gaius Julius, in the political and military sense of 'power'.

The lackeys circle, licking and lapping.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at October 29, 2009 5:09 PM

Behold! Rocco Landesman's idea of "art speaking truth to power":

http://soundpolitics.com/Sotsrealizm.jpg

Posted by: MarkJ at October 29, 2009 6:29 PM

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