We Report, You Decide

I received an e-mail that I found extremely interesting and I am going to pass it on. 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. The e-mail was intitled "How Long Do We Have?" Here it is:

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 Atherian 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 civilations from the begining 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 Democrates: 580,000, Republicans: 2,427,000. Population of counties won by Democrates: 127 million, Republicans 143 million. Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by Democats: 13.2, Republicans: 2.1. These are simply the facts!

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Republicans won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Democrat territory mostly encompasses those citizens living in government owned tenements and living on various forms of government welfare." Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complancency 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.

The conclusion, if congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called "illegals" and they vote, then we can say goodby to the USA in fewer than five years.

I hope that this message will help you realize just how much is at stake in this election and that you will realize that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.

"WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!"

Wrapping up August

It has been a strange summer here in Wyoming as we have had the warmest that we have seen since moving here. Now, it has been the coolest we have seen for this last week at this time of year. I watched the Gustav storm rage through New Orleans and on up the state and realized how fortunate I am to live in the great state of Wyoming.

Right now, the Republican convention is on and I watched a new storm, Gov. Sarah Palin, come on as strong as Gustav did. I do believe we are seeing a rising star on the Republican front and I will go on the record stating that she will be the first female to become president of the good old USA. No other governor in the history of this nation, that I am aware of, has ever carried an approval rating of over 80%. She receives that because she promised and she delivered. In case you didn't know it, I am a social and fiscal pro-gun, pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, anti-illegal immigrant conservative Republican that feels that the Democrats desire to become all things to all people is leading us to more government interferrence and more control of our lives. To be honest, I lost all interest in the election until McCain picked Sarah to be his running mate.

I am told that I should not let my personal feelings get into the publications of the Guild, particularly politics and religion, but this is my personal blog and I am going to put my honest feelings into it and hope that you will respond if you feel differently. Let me know your feelings and I will be happy to debate! Have a good week!