How Long Do We Have?

[Judy Harder]

I did not run this through the "is this the true story thingy". It is still scarey to think about.
Your input would be welcomed.  Like anyone could stop us....he he and lol.........

HOW
LONG DO WE HAVE?

This
is the most interesting thing I've read in a long time. The
sad thing about it, you can see it
coming.

I
have always heard about this democracy countdown. It is
interesting to see it in print. God help us, not that we
deserve it.

How
Long Do We Have?

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: Democrats: 19 Republicans:
29

Square
miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000 Republicans:
2,427,000

Population
of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143
million

Murder
rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2
Republicans: 2.1

Professor
Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the
territory Republican won was mostly the land owned
by the taxpaying citizens of this great country.
Democrat 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'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.

WE
LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE,
ONLY BECAUSE OF THE
BRAVE



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[pam]

the fact of the matter is all great civilizations crumble. all you have to do is check out your history. Rome, Greece, The British"Empire" etc.etc.etc the Mayas and the Aztecs for cripes sake. It generally happened when the division between the rich and the poor reached maximum and corruption was rampant. When they became over self-indulgent and over arrogant. When they started steppin on the toes that got them where they were, the Universe b****-slapped them and brought them down. So yeah we are gonna go down someday, personally I think there is still time to turn it around but it's gonna take a lot of work and a LOT of intelligence, two things which are sorely lackin in our government. But of course that's just my opinion and I'm just a radical anti-establiment rebel lol with phsychotic leanings

[sixdogsmom]

Soooooooo----- Pam. Is it safe to agree or disagree? 

[Diane Amberg]

That's psychotic leanings.... Peering out from behind the closet door.

[pam]

lol, the secret is......I don't care whether you agree or not! It's a free country:) Convince me I'm wrong and I MIGHT agree with you! lol. ( ps....the voices say I'm not really psychotic,:P )