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Originally posted by coughymachine
reply to post by OrionStars
I've seen a lot of numerology-type theories, which I've dismissed. The problem is that you can read pretty much anything you want into numbers and so, even if the core theories are correct, they're buried beneath a whole load of rubbish.
Similarly, I've dimissed the folding dollar bill theories. Again, I think you could origami your way to pretty much anything if you wanted to.
This business about Vulcan and Vulcanalia is a little too specific for me to dismiss as readily, as much as I'm inclined to want to. We all know that many of our leaders are very familiar with secret societies and their rituals. Well, Vulcanalia is exactly the sort of ritual I can imagine them being in to.
Originally posted by gottago
reply to post by coughymachine
Your OP was a bit thin on exactly what the Vulcans were assembled to do: I take it they were the foreign/strategic policy advisory team for the post-election transition, rather than campaign advisers, which was Rice's job?
The Roman people who lived at the base of Mount Vesuvius in late classical times did not recognize that Vesuvius is a volcano (although Strabo identified Vesuvius's volcanic nature about the first decade ce). Even when earthquakes rocked the Bay of Naples, near the mountain, for 15 years, the citizens did not connect the tremors with the mountain. By 79 ce, quakes were becoming frequent.
Since that time it has erupted about three dozen times, most recently in the period from 1913 to 1944.
Originally posted by coughymachine
In fact, I'd really like someone to enter the thread, give me a virtual slap and point out exactly why this is all a crock of you know what.