[DeepSpace9er]

If anything Leonidas is like Bush. He's the one sounding the alarm on the Persians, and the Democrats in congress are doing everything they can to prevent him from waging the war.

[aldo_14]

Xerxes; commander of a numerically superior army, intent on waging war against a smaller state.  Paraded the corpse of his dead enemy.

Leonidas; led a small force against a massive one, despite the knowledge of his sure death.  Refused to take a larger army due to religious reasons; revered as a martyr - a very rare accord* -  by his people after dying in battle.

*death was considered an occupational hazard for Spartans, and the widespread mourning for Leonidas was unusual and only due to the oracle requiring it

[achtung]

In all honesty, I think Guliani has a good chance of winning.

[Ace]

If anything Leonidas is like Bush. He's the one sounding the alarm on the Persians, and the Democrats in congress are doing everything they can to prevent him from waging the war.

If Leonidas was Bush he would have marched his army into Athens after building a case to attack it with obsidian blades instead of bronze, and wondered why Sparta was razed by the Persians.

[Charismatic]

Xerxes; commander of a numerically superior army, intent on waging war against a smaller state.  Paraded the corpse of his dead enemy.

Xerxes could take on a wing of human fighters.. amazing.

Anyways, i second Zod for persident. We should start a poll btw.

What movie is that pasta quote from? (i heard 300 mentioned in a nearby thread, is that it?)

[Deepblue]

Actually, an interview with Frank Miller on NPR about 300 was cut short because he wasn't giving the answers they wanted to hear - see aldo's description.

[Kosh]

Actually, an interview with Frank Miller on NPR about 300 was cut short because he wasn't giving the answers they wanted to hear - see aldo's description.

[Mefustae]

Actually, an interview with Frank Miller on NPR about 300 was cut short because he wasn't giving the answers they wanted to hear - see aldo's description.

[aldo_14]

[Nuclear1]

When in Rome...

[Janos]

I'd say phylogenetic approach is better than classic morphological approach when dealing with closely related taxon and interfamily relationships.

[Flipside]

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Locked for the Spam of it.