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Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Battle of the Imperial Pretenders](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11104-battle-of-the-imperial-pretenders) POLITICS-It took the Roman Republic five centuries to devolve into a centralized despotism. It may take ours roughly 240 years to get to the same pla… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/23/039s-23116ecf.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11099-what-does-natural-born-american-even-mean)### [What Does Natural-Born American Even Mean?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11099-what-does-natural-born-american-even-mean) Written by Don H. Doyle on May 12 2016. 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