>Subject: How Long Do We Have? Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:41:22 -0800
>
>I am not a historical expert on the History of Democracy's, however, I
>recognise the following as true statements. I expect some of you will not
>want
>to believe what you read below, but I think our nation is on the path to
>big
>problems. We are close to going down for the count if the trend continues.
>JIM
>
> Subject: How Long Do We Have?
>
>About the time our original 13 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
>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 due to 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
>
>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 Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul,
>Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000
>Presidential
>election
>
>Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million;
>
>Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000
>
>States won by: Gore: 19; Bush: 29
>
>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 tax-paying citizens of this great country.
>
>Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in
>government-owned
>tenements and living off 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 40
>percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental
>dependency" phase.
>
> If the Senate grants Amnesty and citizenship to 20 million criminal
>invaders
>called illegals and they vote, then goodbye USA in less than 5 years.
>Pass
>this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that
>apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.

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