Caligula Jones

[coachdb18]

Obama has gone by many names, it is time to add just one more, somewhat more descriptive off his true nature...

In the life history of the original Caligula, there is little that needs changing to describe our current 'Caligula Jones'....

Simply add 'Jones', and adjust the dates to modern times in reading the following history.... it's like a revisitation!

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 31, 12 – January 24, 41 C.E.), most commonly known as Caligula, was the third Roman Emperor and a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from 37 C.E. to 41 C.E. Known for his extreme extravagance, eccentricity, depravity and cruelty, he is remembered as a despot, and as the first of the so-called Mad Emperors (contrasted with the Good Emperors.) He was assassinated in 41 by several of his own guards.

The Roman historian Suetonius referred to Caligula as a "monster," and the surviving sources are universal in their condemnation. One popular tale, often cited as an example of his insanity and tyranny, is that Caligula appointed his favorite horse, Incitatus, to a seat on the senate and attempted to appoint it to the position of consul. The story, however, owes its unrelenting currency to its charm: it is based on a single misunderstood near-contemporary reference, in which Suetonius merely repeats an unattributed rumor that Caligula was thinking about doing it[1]Caligula is often alleged to have had incestuous relationships with his sisters, most notably his younger sister Drusilla, but there is no credible evidence to support such claims either. In short, the surviving sources are filled with anecdotes of Caligula's cruelty and insanity rather than an actual account of his reign, making any reconstruction of his time as Princeps nearly impossible.

What does survive is the picture of a depraved, hedonistic ruler, an image that has made Caligula one of the most widely recognizable, if poorly documented, of all the Roman Emperors; the name "Caligula" itself has become synonymous with wanton hedonism, cruelty, tyranny, and insanity. Raised in luxury, with the expectation of exercising enormous power, Caligula may have been as much a victim of circumstance as the cause of his indulgent life and lax morality. He ruled at a time of transition, from the old republican system towards the Emperor exercising more and more power[2] His rule cannot be regarded as setting an example, and his morality is obviously no model. Perhaps his life warns us that too much power and too much wealth corrupts, as suggested by Barrett (1998). He thought himself 'divine'. Barrett suggests that Caligula saw the Principate 'as expression of his right to exercise unchecked powers,' whereas 'principled Romans would have recognized something sinister in a man who was so lacking in moral scruples that sending fellow humans to their deaths was looked upon not as cruel yet inevitable necessity of governing, but as a matter of almost total indifference' (241). He 'manifested a totally self-centered view of the world' (240).

 

[blobfish]

Is Michelle his sister?

 

[Adre]

Caligula Jones, meet Willard Smith.

 

[dirtycarol]

Is Michelle his sister?

No, but he pimps her out at a special rate.

 

[piccicatopolka]

Thanks for the laugh but I'll always think of him as Basketball Jones.


http://youtu.be/ORIGINAL BASKETBALL JONES [1975] Cheech & Chong

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

I really suck at figuring out which alt is who...I just don't put that much energy into it. But this brain dead son-of-a-bitch, coach sounds a lot like the village idiot, neverending whatshername.

 

[coachdb18]

Presenting an argument that the locals can figure out how to answer is a lot like unplugging Westworld....