In honor of the O'Bama clan

Both those over here and those over there. Sparked by the Prez' returning to the old sod. The Irish are delirious because between the charming Irish American chief executive and the Queen of that other place they have earned an extra $20 million from tourists.

So, a little musical tribute to the Irish, the near Irish, and the wanna be's.

The Lord Acton quote

Almost everyone, especially historians, has heard ad nauseum Lord Acton's quote "“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

What I didn't know until today when I read a column by Charles Blow that the next line to this quote, the part almost always dropped, is "Great men are almost always bad men.”

Now why is that part usually left out? Is it just too awkward to tack on, or does it make the quote too long and less striking?

Or is it because we all have our "great men" we want to admire?

great men like Vlad the Impaler? Or Ivan the Terrible? Your own personal choice?