From: "Jacana Enterprises" Bcc: "Davey, John" , "Elshout, Tony" , "Obninsky, Vic" , "Wittstock, Jenny" , "Wilmot, Hazel \(SA\)" , "Wentink, Brian" , "Strugnell, Noel" , "Schleicher, Tom 2" , "Safaris Botswana Bound2" , "Roberts, Ken" , "Palmer, Terry & Mervyn" , "North, Tish" , "Myburgh, Joe" , "Myburg, Gert" , "Montjoie, Chester" , "Maun Rest Camp" , "Mantel, Andrew" , "Kempson, Jeffery" , "Jubber, Craig" , "Jourdan, Phil" , "Haywood, Amanda" , "Hardwick, Warren" , "Fella, John" , "Fallon, Sallie" , "Constantino, Jose" , "Chobe Photo Lab" , "Cantle, Nigel" , "Bullock, Mike" , "Bullock, Digby" , "Brits, Gert" , "Berg, Paul" , "African Horseback Safaris" , "Boyes, John - Kabul" Subject: Democracy Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:30:21 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_005E_01C7A448.9EE002F0"; type="multipart/alternative" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C7A448.9EE002F0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_005F_01C7A448.9EE002F0" ------=_NextPart_001_005F_01C7A448.9EE002F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Interesting Perspective =20 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 has been about = 200 years from the beginning of history." "During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the = following sequence:=20 1. from bondage to spiritual faith; 2. from spiritual faith to great courage; 3. from courage to li berty; 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: Gore: 19 Bush: 29 Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000 Bush: 2,427,000 Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million Bush: 143 million Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:=20 Gore: 13.2 Bush: 2.1 Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won = was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great = country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in = government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government = jobs or 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 invaders = called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in = fewer than five years. California is already there!! ------=_NextPart_001_005F_01C7A448.9EE002F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Interesting=20 Perspective       =
 
About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new = constitution=20 in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University = of=20 Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some = 2,000=20 years earlier:
 
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist = as a=20 permanent form of government."
 
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters = discover=20 they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury = ."
 
"From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates = who=20 promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that = every=20 democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is = always=20 followed by a dictatorship."
 
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations  has = been about=20 200 years from the beginning of history."
 
"During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through = the=20 following sequence:
 
    1. from bondage to spiritual=20 faith;
    2. from spiritual faith to great=20 courage;
    3. from courage to li=20 berty;
    4. from liberty to = abundance;
   =20 5. from abundance to complacency;
    6. from = complacency to=20 apathy;
    7. from apathy to=20 dependence;
    8. From dependence back into = bondage"
 
Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of  Law, = St. Paul,=20 Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 = Presidential=20 election:
 
Number of States won by:
    Gore:=20 19
    Bush: 29
 
Square miles of land won by:
    Gore:=20 580,000
    Bush: 2,427,000
 
Population of counties won by:
    Gore: 127=20 million
    Bush: 143 million
 
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:=20
    Gore: 13.2
    Bush: 2.1
 
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of  the territory = Bush=20 won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great=20 country.
 
Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in=20 government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government = jobs or=20 welfare..."
 
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the = "complacency=20 and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with = some forty=20 percent of the nation's population already having reached the = "governmental=20 dependency" phase.
 
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million = invaders=20 called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in = fewer than=20 five years.
 
California is already there!!
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