Obama wins. We as a Nation are DONE. "The Lifespan of Democracy" Revised | |
| Justalittlebad (OP) User ID: 23299950 11/06/2012 07:50 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | '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' We are here. Justalittlebad/more or less |
| anonimalle User ID: 20455232 11/06/2012 07:52 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "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:" Quoting: Justalittlebad '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.' More: [link to rblakethompson.blogspot.com] Indeed Behind every myth lies a mystery, and every legend holds an echo of the truth …… anonimalle " At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war." Gates of Vienna. "May we smite our enemies to the darkest chamber of hell, for we wish only to live in peace, and they desire only to put their boot upon our neck." |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26401225 11/06/2012 07:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We have already reached the point where the 51% can vote unto themselves the wealth of the remaining 49%.... That is true Democracy at work. All we have to do to correct this mess is to go arrest and prosecute criminals. We already have the law in place to do this....this goes WAY back....think Enron. The problem is that the inmates have taken over the asylum, and not just in the US, but in the entire world. They get caught committing crime after crime, yet they don't get called out, which further encourages more of same activity....This is like the pick-pocket on the Titanic....why be sneaky, just pull out your gun and go full-boat booty!!!! The only people today who get into trouble are the victims of the system....The big dogs get richer, while the rest of us slowly, but surely discover that we're not going to be able to even feed ourselves. No, I am not black and I do not think the world owes me anything! |
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