Interesting post over at Yahoo, re Chimpy's meltdown today

[CatWoman]

CALIGULA HAD A SIMILAR TANTRUM.......

shortly before all the Senators set upon him with knives...

http://news.messages.yahoo.com/bbs?action=m&board=37138469&tid=apbush&sid=37138469&mid=2134988&um=50&.sig=VlYBSamhoYmZlZGCP_C4_A--

[texpatriot2004]

1. Hope the Senators choose their weapons soon nm

[dipsydoodle]

2. What a delightful

analogy. :rofl:

[GetTheRightVote]

3. I did not find it, is it taken down ??

Found it, so sorry.

:kick:

[IChing]

4. Wasn't it his praetorian guard?

instead

[CatWoman]

7. yes

but he was set up by the Senate

[Raster]

10. Yes, it was some members of his Praetorian Guard.

Caligula was murdered following a conspiracy amongst officers of the Praetorian Guard, apparently for reasons of personal insult and spite. Some have suggested the plot was more extensive than the sources indicate, including many senators, imperial freedmen, and even the support of the next emperor Claudius, but there is little if any evidence to support such claims.

What is known is that on January 24, 41, the praetorian tribune Cassius Chaerea and other guardsmen accosted Caligula while he was addressing an acting troupe of young men during a series of games held for the Divine Augustus. Chaerea had a distinguished record as one of Germanicus's best officers and had known Caligula since infancy. One possible motive provided by Suetonius is that Chaerea had experienced years of abuse by Caligula over his so-called effeminacy, possibly due to a wound to his genitalia; Suetonius records that Caligula commonly gave the watchwords "Priapus" (erection) or "Venus" (Roman slang for a eunuch) when Chaerea was on duty. Chaerea requested the watchword from the Emperor and, after Caligula's response, struck the first blow. The co-conspirators quickly moved in and stabbed the Emperor to death, according to Josephus's account only a few feet away from his guard and entourage. By the time Caligula's German guard responded in a rage by attacking the co-conspirators and innocent civilians alike, the Emperor was already dead. It is believed that the final blow was to Caligula's genitalia, delivered by Chaerea. Chaerea and another aggrieved tribune, Cornelius Sabinus, also killed Caligula's wife Caesonia and their infant daughter, Julia Drusilla, by smashing her head against a wall.

[CoffeeCat]

5. Look at this post underneath it!!!

I thought this was absolutely brilliant...

(this Yahoo post is a few posts after the one mentioned in the OP).
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And on this side we have -
Mark Warner, former Secretary of the Navy
John McCain, career military, 5-year POW in Viet Nam
Lidnsey Graham, Military lawyer and judge
Colin Powell, former chairman, joint chiefs, former ambassador to the UN
Mark Vessey, 43 year military career, Reagan's Sec of Defense.

And on the other side -
George Bush, alcoholic, AWOL Cheerleader
Dick Cheney, 5 deferments, can't shoot straight.

Place yer bets.

[texasleo]

8. I love this

[savemefromdumbya]

9. LOL!

[Coexist]

6. ...before they sent him hunting with Cheney.