something to ponder > > > In 1887 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 prior: 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 that they can vote themselves generous > gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority > always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from > the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally > collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a > dictatorship. > > > > The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the > beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 > years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: > > > > From bondage to spiritual faith; > From spiritual faith to great courage; > From courage to liberty; > From liberty to abundance; > From abundance to complacency; > From complacency to apathy; > From apathy to dependence; > From dependence back into bondage. > The Obituary follows: > > > > Born 1776, Died 2012 > It doesnt hurt to read this several times. > Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in > St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning > the last Presidential election: > > > > Number of States won by: Obama: 19 Romney: 29 > Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 Romney: 2,427,000 > Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million Romney: 143 million > Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: > > Obama: 13.2 Romney: 2.1 > > > > Professor Olson adds: In aggregate, the map of the territory > Romney won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country. > > > > Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low > income 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 Tylers definition of > democracy, with some forty percent of the nations population > already having reached the governmental dependency phase.. > > > > If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million > criminal invaders called illegal’s - and they vote - then we can say > goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years. > > > > If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message. > > > > If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how > much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our > freedom.. > > > > > >
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:18:11 +0000