What do you think of this???

Question

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 coura ge 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:
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:
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
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 criminal
invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to
the USA in fewer than five years.

Everyone should realize that our freedom is truly at stake.

schazjmd :
because those are credable sites???
I agree with the comments about a republic, not a democracy, but the point is what the focus should be on here, not the termonology.

ducky :
actually same BS 3 or 4 times. it's true!

Answer 1

I liked the last sentence, but that is all i read so i guess i couldn't pass judgment on the rest of it.

Answer 2

Alexander Fraser Tyler was a Scottish born British lawyer and writer. Isn't that enough for the conservatives to not trust him? I do not think he was a professor at any time in his life. The quotation that you ascribe to him can not actually be traced back to him. The first paragraph was part of a longer quote and the list was a separate item. Both can be traced back to the 50's. They are first found joined together on the Internet shortly after the 2000 election.
Is professor Olson one of those reactionary conservative types? Is this his complete list of figures? What is the source of this information? I would like to see it.

Answer 3

I think it is a good thing we are a Constitutional Republic.... The founding fathers had it right when they wrote the Constitution and made us a republic instead of a true democracy they were far more farsighted then most Americans today

Answer 4

I don't agree with much of it. Especially the Gore's territory part of it. That is just propaganda. Most liberal and Democrats are gainfully employed and educated. As for Alexander Tyler he may have a point but how applicable it is to today may be something else.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Interesting viewpoints, but we are currently a republic not democratic.

Looking at your list we are at lvl 6

Answer 7

ahhh, the winds of change are a blowing. hopefully we have learned enough from history to build a better form of democracy.

Answer 8

Fact-checking is a useful habit.
http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2004/nmlegend.html
and
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/tyler.asp
are both useful links in this instance.

Answer 9

wow ! same B.S. twice !
let me guess - your trying really hard but no one cares ?
:)

you wrong - the U.S.A. will be here 1000 years from now no matter who we elect - so stop selling fear
(just because that's all your good at doesn't mean you have to)
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so is it true or is it B.S. ?
if it's true you would not have to repeat yourself over and over again would you ?

Answer 10

well its a good thing Alexander Tyler's name is not on our constitution now isnt it?