America The Book
Aug. 4th, 2008 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cryowizardI'm probably the last person to have ordered this book by Jon Stewart et al, but I do believe it's better late than never.
When the book arrived at work, I have of course indulged in a few pages and started laughing my ass off, rattling my fragile coworkers.
You have got to love these guys. I mean, The Daily Show was always funny (despite them slummin' for Barack these days).
In the intro section on Democracy Before America, there is a section on Timeline of Democracy with the
When the book arrived at work, I have of course indulged in a few pages and started laughing my ass off, rattling my fragile coworkers.
You have got to love these guys. I mean, The Daily Show was always funny (despite them slummin' for Barack these days).
In the intro section on Democracy Before America, there is a section on Timeline of Democracy with the
following pearls:
1775 BC: Code of Hammurabi radically redefines social contract from "I will kill you" to "I will kill you if you do one of the following 282 things"
1300 BC: God gives Ten Commandments to Israelites, making them His Chosen People and granting them eternal protection under Divine Law. Nothing bad ever happened to Jews again.
776 BC: Greek city-states hold first Olympic Games to show individual achievement can transcend petty nationalism.
772 BC: Second Olympic Games. Corinth boycotts to piss off Sparta.
30 AD: Death penalty debate heats up after controversial execution of alleged "Son of God".
1480 AD: Spanish Inquisition pioneers use of target demographics as focus groups.