Julius Caesar
When I bring up the subject of Kevin Rudd’s brutal factional knifing, I am often accused of living in the past.
In fact nothing could be further from the truth. For example, let me take you back to 44BC.
This was another year when a group of factional powerbrokers decided their personal political interests would be much better served if they too knifed a leader who, despite his widely acknowledged vision and intellect, was criticised as being too imperious and autocratic.
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Today is known as the “Ides of March” a translation of the Roman for 15 March or “Idus Martias”.
It also marks the day Julius Caesar was assasinated in 44 B.C.
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so is this why Glen Milne was writing in today’s Australian about Julia Gillard replacing Kevin Rudd? Read more »
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What I really want to know from Penbo is how were the Pixies? Do I hang on to my Doolittle tix for Melbourne this weekend or scalp them and keep the memory alive? Read more »
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