No Way to Run an Empire

"Caligula had to appoint that horse. Here they are nominated by acclamation." - Roy Edroso(This post was originally part of "American Political Insanity Explained," but I thought it might be better as a separate piece. So. Ahem.) While it's not a surprise that there are evil bastards in the world, and that plenty of people in power are selfish and/or flat-out idiotic, I'll admit to being