CASSANDRA
There is this thing about myth and hoax that republicans can't comprehend. Well there are lots of things they don't comprehend, this being a party where comprehension is not valued, but I'll confine myself to these two. Hoax, to a republican is any threat that threatens the subsidies of the corporations that control them. When the hoax is brought before them, they lock it in the closet with other things that they are told to ignore. The bigger the hoax the more accurate the perception. But myth, now there is the zenith of incomprehension. Ask a republican about Cassandra and most will wonder if that is the supple pole-dancer at the Gentleman's Club. Maybe 3 out of ten would know that she had the ability to foretell future events. Few would know the full story, knowledge in depth not being a talent republicans aspire to. Cassandra was the niece of King Prium of Troy. The Troy of the Trojan War. You have lost t...