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Is Obama fiddling?

August 15, 2014 12:00 am • Last Updated: August 14, 2014 11:42 pm

By Carolyn Olsen East Lyme

Most of you will remember the story of the Emperor Nero fiddling while Rome burned. It is very reminiscent of our present day emperor, President Obama, not fiddling but playing golf and campaigning while the world, including the United States, burns, so to speak.

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