Interesting Reading
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:29 pm
Folks I copied this from Speeddogs.net....thought that it was very interesting!
QuoteReply INTERESTING READING
In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at
the University of
Edinborough, 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 world's 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 2008
It doesn't 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
McCain: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000
McCain: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million
McCain: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Obama: 13.2
McCain: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the
territory McCain 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..."
Allen Bishop "Jabber Jaws" from over there posted it.
CJC
QuoteReply INTERESTING READING
In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at
the University of
Edinborough, 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 world's 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 2008
It doesn't 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
McCain: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000
McCain: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million
McCain: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Obama: 13.2
McCain: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the
territory McCain 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..."
Allen Bishop "Jabber Jaws" from over there posted it.
CJC