> At about the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, in
>
>the year 1787, Alexander Tyler (a Scottish history professor at The
>
>University of Edinborough) had this to say about "The Fall of The Athenian
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>Republic" some 2,000 years prior:
>
>
> "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a
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>permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until
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>the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts
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>from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes
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>for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury,
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>with the result that every democracy will finall! y collapse due to loose
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>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
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>always progressed through the following sequence:
>
>
>1. from Bondage to spiritual faith
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>2. from spiritual faith to great courage;
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>3. from courage to liberty;
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>4. from liberty to abundance;
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>5. from abundance to complacency;
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>6. from complacency to apathy;
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>7. from apathy to dependence;
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>8. from dependence back into bondage."
>
>
> Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul,
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>Minnesota, po! ints out some interesting facts concerning the most recent
> >Presidential election:
>
>
> Population of counties won by:
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> Gore = 127 million
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> Bush = 143 million
>
>
> Square miles of land won by:
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> Gore = 580,000
>
> Bush = 2,2427,000
>
>
> States won by:
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> Gore = 19
>
> Bush = 29
>
>
>Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
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> Gore = 13.2
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> Bush = 2.1
>
>
> Professor Olson adds:
>
>
>
> "In aggregate, the map of the ter! ritory Bush won was mostly the land owned
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>by the tax-paying citizens of this great country. Gore's territory
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>mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and
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>living off government welfare..."
>
>
> Olson believes the U.S. is now somewhere between the "complacency and
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>"apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy; with
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>some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the
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>"governmental dependency" phase.
>
>
>
> Pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake in this
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>Election Year and that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
>
>
> God Bless America! Think before you vote!

 

lostone1413, Thank you for that information. I will use it wisely.

 

False, Urban Legend. Snopes is your friend.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/tyler.asp

 

If you believe snoops. The Democraps alway get the minority vote. Like over 80% of them. The vast majority of the minorities live in the citys. The Republicans carry outside the citys were their are few minorities. Look at the crime rate in a Detroit then look at it in N. Mich. Look at Chicago then look down state were the Republicans carry. I bet you can go to any state and see the same thing L.A. and Northern Ca. If anything the higher crime rate in the minority areas them all being Democrap the crime rate were the Democraps win is even higher then stated. Who other then the Democraps would they vote for? They always vote for the one going to give them a hand out. Next thing you will try and tell us Kerry is pro gun and you are to. Stay out of AZ. Got to many that are thinking like you

 

"If you believe Snopes?"

That's rather.... stupid really. Snopes is one of the only sites that sets out to verify such things if possible. And, they give the evidence they found to support or deny whatever they find.
Sheesh. You may hate Democrats like any goor sheep, but trying to throw doubt on snopes is way showing denial.

 

http://www.insightmag.com/news/2002/...h-207209.shtml

A search using the words "Truth" and "Snopes" doesn't return many flattering links for Snopes.com.
Actually...this is a shame.

Moo,
WheelCow