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Blogs > Dundeal > My Little Bit of Heaven


Dundeal
(William Watson) 67M
20503 posts
11/1/2008 8:05 pm

Last Read:
11/2/2008 1:51 pm
Our Democracy

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.

Become informed. Disregard the lies, misinformation and innuendoes. Vote for the candidates who truly understand what it's like to be middle-class in this country. Vote for the most honest, ethical people you can, regardless of political party. Please don't vote for the wealthy ones who want to continue the Bush policies of taking from the poor taxpayer and giving our money to their rich friends.
May the Lord bless you and keep you
Dundeal
(William Watson) 67M
18097 posts
11/1/2008 11:50 pm

 hello hawk, thanks for sharing, cheers
May the Lord bless you and keep you


sonia1964 59F
1344 posts
11/2/2008 3:51 am

 Hi Bill, neither of the candidates as I understand it has been middle class themselves. It looks to me it is a choice between socialism or capatalism.

I may be wrong but looking at the trends I think you guys are about down to Number 7 on your list.
Hi there, just had to pop in to say hi.


Dundeal
(William Watson) 67M
18097 posts
11/2/2008 1:50 pm

 i know what you mean hawk, thanks for sharing, cheers
May the Lord bless you and keep you


Dundeal
(William Watson) 67M
18097 posts
11/2/2008 1:51 pm

 well sonia, i know we are in the end times, just waiting for Jesus to part the heavens so i can come home, cheers
May the Lord bless you and keep you