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About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:
“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
“1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
“2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
“3. From courage to liberty;
“4. From liberty to abundance;
“5. From abundance to complacency;
“6. From complacency to apathy;
“7. From apathy to dependence;
“8. From dependence back into bondage”
Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:
Number of States won by:
Gore: 19
Bush: 29
Square miles of land won by:
Gore: 580,000
Bush: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by:
Gore: 127 million
Bush: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Gore: 13.2
Bush: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: “In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Gore’s territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare…” Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the ‘complacency and apathy’ phase of Professor Tyler’s definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation’s population already having reached the ‘governmental dependency’ phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.
DemocRATs (and RINOs) have a tendency to throw money at a problem until it goes away (which it never does, since we all know that money acts as a fertilizer and causes more people with the same problem to spring up, seemingly overnight). Does that make you think that perhaps Olson and, earlier, Tyler, were being real live prophets?
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It seems I missed a milestone the other day – this is my 403rd post on this blog.
(I would like to take this opportunity to address all the spammers out there – I’ll give you a couple of hints, and this should help you target your spam a little better.
1. I do not have a credit union account. Not the Navy, not the Federal, nothing.
2. I am very happy with the size I am, and so is my wife.
3. Since I have a wife, your advertisements for Asian wives are missing your intended audience.
4. I speak, read, and write English, so any e-mail that comes in written in Chinese, Sanskrit, or Urdu is wasted on me.
Thank you for your time.)
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Fred is contemplating his choice for President on TexasFred’s.
My newest blogroll member, Richard, has some great photos of his corner of paradise on At The Water.
GuyK has some very good points about the income redistribution scheme currently fermenting in the congress.
Cube looks back fondly at the games of yesteryear on the BLOG.
Find a Thought for Today at the Loon‘s roost.
BZ has a questions for you: What about Newt? Give him your answer and thoughts on Bloviating Zeppelin.
Third Wave Dave marks the passing of two figures in history, Jimmy James and Easter Heathman.
Good Ole Doug dices up his libtard fans on Political Pistachio.
See some cheeky humor at Jenn’s place.
Scotwise posts words of encouragement, and points out again that God’s timetable is not our timetable.
Gawfer finally caves and accepts global warming as fact… hey, he’s got pictures to prove it!
Stuart on Seaspook has some pointers for skills needed in today’s workplace.
Kasee highlights this week’s Wednesday Hero on Supporting the Troops.
Other good reads:
Carried By Christ
Reality is Overrated(Fully Adult Rating)
Pitchpull
Fraud, Phishing, and Finacial Misdeeds
Long Live The Republic
Fire of Liberty
Bushwack
Our Sovereign Joy
Sugar Cat
prying1
Write on the Right
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