[maldorf]

Someone on public radio today was saying that some authorities out there are comparing what is happening in the US today to the decline of the Roman Empire! Even Obama and his cabinet seem to think that this may be a crash that we never recover from. The romans devalued their money as we are, and spent way too much on wars abroad. Those two things we do share.
Anyone out there that knows a lot of history that could chime in on other similiarities between the Roman Empire and the US today? Whole thing sounds rather silly, but it gets the wheels turning.