Empire's End??

The following was e-mailed to me today by a friend of mine. I'm not sure if I buy it, but I would love to hear what all of you think about it:


The signs are everywhere. It will be interesting how this plays itself out.
HOW LONG DOES THE USA HAVE?

This is the most interesting thing I've read in a long time. The sad
thing about it, you can see it coming.
pathy
I have always heard about this democracy countdown. It is interesting
to see it in print. God help us, not that we deserve it.

How Long Do We Have?

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'

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 and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the
USA in fewer than five years.-Joyce Ahlquist

This is interesting. What do you think?-Bulldog23A

This is My Soapbox

So greetings from Sunny Al Asad, Iraq!

I watched Lou Dobbs today so, of course, I am angry.

Not at Lou Dobbs. Rich media guru he may once have been, but Lou Dobbs is just about the only political entity in the nation right now that is still on your side. 'nuff about Lou.

So the grand virtual fence (which translates in English to not a fence) on our Southern border is a complete failure. Actually the media was calling it a "real failure". At first I thought that this was piss poor use of the language, but now I see more clearly (accidental Marley reference-neato).

The use of the word Real in media these days signifies that they are not at that very moment in time blowing smoke straight up your wazoo. For instance-The Virtual Border Fence that cost taxpayers $20,000,000 has been discovered to be a real failure. As opposed to-The older gentleman in the blue suit and red tie is a true conservative.

Did everybody catch the difference, there? Good. Moving on.

So what else did I see today? Why, I'll tell you!

Today, on the Capitol Hill Pundit's Blog, a guy claimed that if you want the war in Iraq to be over, you are a traitor to our fine and glorious country. The guy is a die hard Republican, and he is a real conservative, so I try not to mess with the guy too much, but this has gone far enough.

So now I'm gonna 'splain it to ya:

When political opposition has created such a gap in culture between rights, lefts, conservatives, or liberals, it is time to stop and take a good look around. Go to a shopping center near your home and take a look at the multitudes gathered there. I'm sure that a freak or two will stand out, but honestly, can you tell the difference between liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats?
Nope.
All that you will see are Americans (well, mostly). Now, I ask you-How did we get convinced that we are all so different? Was it Congress? Was it the media? Was it the angry naked guy next door swinging a chain saw and smoking a hookah?
Nope. Its our fault.
We have let these people take control of our perception of America. We allowed them to come into our homes and bombard us with hate and discontent.

Everyone in the country is waiting for Hillary to bring out the big guns on Obama. We wait with baited breath to find out about that one big scandalous thing he did.
The guy probably smoked a few too many hooters in college. Who gives a rat's ass? We have been convinced that there is a pending doom on the Obama campaign, when in reality, we are all curious to see what happens with this guy. You know some dumbass redneck is gonna try to kill him or something. You know that he will be one of the most scrutinized presidents in history, if elected. Why not give the guy a shot? At least he will be more interesting than John freaking McCain going on with the status quo like nothing is wrong. Its gotta be better than Yoko or Hillary or whatever with her multitude of personalities.

And in the meantime, just maybe, he attacks the NAFTA issue. You can't name one thing that Hillary or McCain even want to do that is as important or worthy of a president to undertake.

As for the guy who wants us to stay in Iraq, guess what, jackass? We don't really even have a choice. We'll be here for another fifty years, no matter who becomes President. If we left now it would be like throwing an infant to sharks. And even I wouldn't throw a baby Haji to a shark.

This is My Soapbox

So greetings from Sunny Al Asad, Iraq!

I watched Lou Dobbs today so, of course, I am angry.

Not at Lou Dobbs. Rich media guru he may once have been, but Lou Dobbs is just about the only political entity in the nation right now that is still on your side. 'nuff about Lou.

So the grand virtual fence (which translates in English to not a fence) on our Southern border is a complete failure. Actually the media was calling it a "real failure". At first I thought that this was piss poor use of the language, but now I see more clearly (accidental Marley reference-neato).

The use of the word Real in media these days signifies that they are not at that very moment in time blowing smoke straight up your wazoo. For instance-The Virtual Border Fence that cost taxpayers $20,000,000 has been discovered to be a real failure. As opposed to-The older gentleman in the blue suit and red tie is a true conservative.

Did everybody catch the difference, there? Good. Moving on.

So what else did I see today? Why, I'll tell you!

Today, on the Capitol Hill Pundit's Blog, a guy claimed that if you want the war in Iraq to be over, you are a traitor to our fine and glorious country. The guy is a die hard Republican, and he is a real conservative, so I try not to mess with the guy too much, but this has gone far enough.

So now I'm gonna 'splain it to ya:

When political opposition has created such a gap in culture between rights, lefts, conservatives, or liberals, it is time to stop and take a good look around. Go to a shopping center near your home and take a look at the multitudes gathered there. I'm sure that a freak or two will stand out, but honestly, can you tell the difference between liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats?
Nope.
All that you will see are Americans (well, mostly). Now, I ask you-How did we get convinced that we are all so different? Was it Congress? Was it the media? Was it the angry naked guy next door swinging a chain saw and smoking a hookah?
Nope. Its our fault.
We have let these people take control of our perception of America. We allowed them to come into our homes and bombard us with hate and discontent.

Everyone in the country is waiting for Hillary to bring out the big guns on Obama. We wait with baited breath to find out about that one big scandalous thing he did.
The guy probably smoked a few too many hooters in college. Who gives a rat's ass? We have been convinced that there is a pending doom on the Obama campaign, when in reality, we are all curious to see what happens with this guy. You know some dumbass redneck is gonna try to kill him or something. You know that he will be one of the most scrutinized presidents in history, if elected. Why not give the guy a shot? At least he will be more interesting than John freaking McCain going on with the status quo like nothing is wrong. Its gotta be better than Yoko or Hillary or whatever with her multitude of personalities.

And in the meantime, just maybe, he attacks the NAFTA issue. You can't name one thing that Hillary or McCain even want to do that is as important or worthy of a president to undertake.

As for the guy who wants us to stay in Iraq, guess what, jackass? We don't really even have a choice. We'll be here for another fifty years, no matter who becomes President. If we left now it would be like throwing an infant to sharks. And even I wouldn't throw a baby Haji to a shark.