On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:30:04 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:
> Great jpg. > > http://tiny.cc/SKa0b
Heh! I like it as well. But I wish the author was a bit more factual.
At Thermopylae, it is estimated that there were 300 Spartans, but perhaps another 700 Greeks from other city-states. Xerxes did have a huge army for the time, but it was likely closer to 240,000 men.
Still, the Greeks were outnumbered no less than 20 to 1.
Molon Labe, Obama!
-- "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana, 1863 - 1952
Cheers, Bama Brian Libertarian
HeyBub
2008-11-26 14:55:23 EST
Bama Brian wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:30:04 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote: > >> Great jpg. >> >> http://tiny.cc/SKa0b > > Heh! I like it as well. But I wish the author was a bit more > factual. > > At Thermopylae, it is estimated that there were 300 Spartans, but > perhaps another 700 Greeks from other city-states. Xerxes did have a > huge army for the time, but it was likely closer to 240,000 men. > > Still, the Greeks were outnumbered no less than 20 to 1. > > Molon Labe, Obama!
---- Just there the barbarians huddle, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers... knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of three hundred. Yet they stare now across the plain at TEN THOUSAND Spartans commanding thirty thousand free Greeks! HA-OOH!
The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one, good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny and usher in a future brighter than anything we can imagine.
Give thanks, men, to Leonidas and the brave 300! TO VICTORY!
Long Ranger
2008-11-26 15:14:33 EST
"HeyBub" <heybub@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message news:FpadnaGZPcAvNLDUnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@earthlink.com... > Bama Brian wrote: >> On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:30:04 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote: >> >>> Great jpg. >>> >>> http://tiny.cc/SKa0b >> >> Heh! I like it as well. But I wish the author was a bit more >> factual. >> >> At Thermopylae, it is estimated that there were 300 Spartans, but >> perhaps another 700 Greeks from other city-states. Xerxes did have a >> huge army for the time, but it was likely closer to 240,000 men. >> >> Still, the Greeks were outnumbered no less than 20 to 1. >> >> Molon Labe, Obama!
I read the following account a few years back. The guys in this story were outnumbered about 107 to one. Very exciting reading. > http://ultimatesniper.com/View_News_Details.cfm?NewsID=160&CategoryID=32&title_bar=THE%20LAST%20STAND%20OF%20RECON%20TEAM%20KANSAS
Trace
2008-11-28 00:41:09 EST
"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in message news:9fa9835db13c86d299821416bc9209e5@dizum.com... > Great jpg. > > http://tiny.cc/SKa0b > Don't go there. Too many scripts and Java involved.
Chris
2008-11-28 20:54:27 EST
"Trace" <anon@anon> wrote in message news:2cklop.5da.19.1@news.alt.net... > > "Nomen Nescio" <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in message > news:9fa9835db13c86d299821416bc9209e5@dizum.com... >> Great jpg. >> >> http://tiny.cc/SKa0b >> > Don't go there. Too many scripts and Java involved.
Firefox asks if you want to run the scripts and I just said no and then opened the photo in a separate window.