The Nature of Democracy

Credit goes to our good friend and patriot M.W. Mason who brought this to my attention. It was so profound I cannot allow it to be forgotten or overlooked. Thank you for taking the time to listen. It's well worth your time. Here it goes...


In 1887 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 prior:


"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 that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over 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, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:


From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."


The Obituary follows: Born 1776, Died 2012
It doesn't hurt to read this several times.

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul , Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:


Number of States won by: Obama: 19 McCain: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 McCain: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million McCain: 143 million Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2 McCain: 2..1


Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country. Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income 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. Apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.


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Move to the Middle? You first.

Despite historical examples to the contrary, conservatives have gradually been convinced that we must be more liberal and progressive in order to win the support of independents who many believe determine the outcome of elections. The purpose of my thought today, is to challenge that assertion. I start with two simple questions. First, how many moderate republicans have been elected President of The United States? Second, why would the opposition (democrats and left wing commentators) say anything to help conservative republicans win an election?


The purpose of left-wing liberal and progressive commentators like those featured on MSNBC, is to prove that conservatism is an outdated and false philosophy. Why then, should we believe their opinion when they pretend to give us a blueprint on how to win an election against the liberal politicians they support? Does anyone truly believe that their intent is to help conservatives or republicans prevail in upcoming elections? They would certainly like us to think so. John McCain was a moderate republican. He lost to Barack Obama. Bob Dole was also a moderate republican who failed to win the election. George W. Bush did not run as a moderate republican and he won two terms. Ronald Reagan did not run for president as a moderate republican and he was elected by the American people twice. Ronald Reagan is a much better blueprint for how to win the White House than Larry O' Donnell, Ed Schultz or Rachel Maddow could ever possibly be.


Reagan understood that Independents are not won by moving your party to the middle, but by uniting Republicans in a way that moves those in the middle to us. That is how he won the office of California Governor (one of the most liberal states in the union) and with the same strategy, he became President of The United States. Ronald Reagan convinced 49 out of 50 states choose conservatism over liberalism in one of the most one sided landslide victories our country has ever seen. Not because he moved to the political center but because he explained conservatism in a way that was understood by all and could not be disputed. When properly articulated, conservatism can easily trump liberalism in any debate, on any subject. The only way our opposition can hope to defeat us is through the distortion of our words and misrepresentation of our intent. We cannot allow ourselves to be persuaded by media celebrities or politicians who believe they are smarter than the American public. We cannot allow ourselves to be brainwashed by self absorbed TV personalities who believe they know what's best for the "uneducated" masses they claim to support. Those elite media personalities believe we cannot take care of ourselves if given the ability to make our own choices. They fail to recognize (or they fail to value) that our country is founded on the ability and the right of the people to choose their own destiny. We cannot subscribe to their pessimistic belief.


Whether you choose to be a democrat, a republican, a liberal, or a conservative the important thing is that you consider both sides of each argument and decide for yourself. If your convictions are based on the opinions of others who presented their opinion as fact, then I believe further consideration is due. It is difficult to have an open mind. It is even more difficult to admit when you are wrong but in my opinion, there is nothing more rewarding than changing your mind based on new information and recognizing that you have the ability to think for yourself. Please take the time to vote this November. Please take the time to research the issues and have an open mind when entertaining opposing opinions. The problem with our country is not that we disagree but that too many people don't take the time to decide for themselves. Preconceptions and misconceptions of what we already believe make it very difficult to see the actual truth if we can't allow ourselves to consider the possibility that we may be wrong. To me, reflection and self inflection are difficult but valuable traits in any person. I appreciate the time you have taken to consider my opinion but please, don't take my word for it. The decision on how to proceed is yours and yours alone.

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where am i?

yeah, sorry for no content for a while, i just dont have time to blog whilst preparing to be able to take care of my family when the government and economy collapse!

Keep your Security, give me Liberty

As a reasonable person who pays attention to politics and the history of political elections, I understand that negative advertisements work.  I understand Romney's constant barrage of negative ads because I understand he wants to win.  My dissapointment is not so much with the way Romney proceeds with his campaign but more so with the fact that our society can be persuaded by a 60 second commercial repeated over and over.

The fact that so many people base their decisions on what they hear in a 60 second time span speaks volumes about what our society has become.  A society that daily looses free thinking Americans who are quickly replaced with those who don't mind being told what to think and do.  On the Statue of Liberty's Pedestal it reads "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Every day another American is convinced by their government that they need to be protected.  Every day a person with unimaginable potential resigns to the idea that they cannot succeed due to their race, gender or social status.  Who gives them this idea?  Those who claim to be their defenders and only hope.  Government, Democrats, Liberals and unfortunately the elite liberal media who pretends to support the less fortunate while supporting policies that perpetuate poverty.

Conservatives are not interested in politicians looking to buy their vote because their vote is not for sale.  We accept the personal responsibility that can result in failure or imeasurable success.  But we will not sell our childrens future to a government that cares only about itself with no regard for those who deserve our help the most, our children, their children, the America we will leave to the ones we love.  The children of America will thank us one day.  We will probably not be around to recieve their thanks but I will rest peacefully knowing I did the right thing.  Not for myself but for my country.

Mr President, Where are you?

so as we wander thru this election year i find myself having an extremely hard time rallying behind one candidate for more than a week or two. and thru all the multitude of  Bicker fest debates and gotcha ads and all the superfluous commentary in and out of the lame stream media i find my self asking this simple question.. where in the hell is our next great American President? An individual who believes the Oath of office is sacred and not a mere formality on the way to a power grab! the man that will inspire others to want to build a monument in his honor one day, the person that will unite the people of America in a common purpose of patriotic duty to once again strive to be the best country in the world!
Are there no more citizens out there who feel the fire of duty to their Country, someone who would put self gain aside in order to right a sinking ship, to restore a once great nation to the immaculate stature it once held in the world. seems a shame to watch a nation truly still in its infancy on life support because of ignorance and complacency.

so i ask again..... Mr. President where are you, men such as the man we need are standing idol while your nation is ravaged from the inside out by arrogant men and women with only their self interests at heart. our founders would roll over in their graves (and probably are) at the complete and utter disdain our current executive, legislative and judicial leaders show for the country they risked their lives and their freedom to bring to existence.
i know there are men of such caliber out there, they must be! men like Allen West, Paul Ryan or Mitch Daniels who are already doing good things but seem reluctant to accept the call of the people to lead. maybe they just don't have the time. or are fearful of the gutter dragging the MSM will surely invoke upon them if indeed they did make a run at the presidency. it is however, quite unfortunate that such a man has for whatever reason decided to allow Sycophants and liars take this nation to the precipice of utter chaos and destruction. but there comes that moment when one must set themselves upon a journey much greater than the sum of self, when the needs of a nation call to an individual to sacrifice himself so to speak to lead his country and her people back away from that proverbial ledge and set them back on the true path of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... so again i ask...... Mr. President..... where are you and why do you not step forward and show Americans there is a way back from this destructive path the we have been set upon by the Arrogant and the impotent that have occupied the oval office and congress for the past few decades. choosing only to further their own self interests and agendas completely disregarding the interests of the American people and the country We the People love and cherish, and wish to NOT see dissolve into oblivion..
If in fact you are out there sir. i beg of you to stand up and take your place among the Patriots who formed this glorious country. stand up for the people who so graciously have awaited such a courageous individual to have the courage to become the next Great American President!

Patriotic Duty

  I always hear it said that "voting is your patriotic duty" and I think to myself how It's actually the very least of our duties.  While every legal citizen should have the right to vote, I believe our patriotic duty is something similar but different.  If someone pays attention to what's happening in the political landscape of the country, they should definitley vote for its future.  If you are indifferent towards our government and the future of this great nation I believe It's your patriotic duty not to vote.  Walk with me for a moment...

     So many people are passionate about their political beliefs but their passion ends with that.  They fail to spend time educating themselves about our constitution, our history, capitalism, economics, socialism, communism, totalitarianism, the empires that have come and gone before us, etc. They are resolute in the idea that they can make the right decision with limited information and minimal effort and once a persons mind is made up, it is not easily undone.

     When we as a nation reach a fork in the road how will you know which path to cast your vote for?  Can you make that decision knowing that your choice affects us all if you really don't know which way to go?   Its difficult to truly think for yourself sometimes when nearly everything we learn from birth to adulthood is knoweledge obtained from another human being.   Books, Television, Radio, and school teachers are just a few examples of how conditioned we are to believe what we learn from others and in many respects it has worked well.

     Our issue is with the middlemen.  Those supposedly responsible for relaying the days events and both sides of the story.  The Media in our country has been corrupted.   They are not focused on giving you the information needed to make a sound decision, they are focused on making the decision for you.  They believe they are smarter than you.  They are wrong. 

    

     It's your patriotic duty to gather information from different sometimes opposing sources.  To hear both sides of the debate and begin thinking for yourself.  Instead of repeating statements made on TV or radio, you can begin to speak for yourself.   Only then can you confidently cast a vote when our nation reaches the juncture of change.  Only then can you do so knowing the choice was yours and yours alone.  There's an entire industry (if not multiple industries) counting on you to follow the leader.  They believe they are your leader and again they are dead wrong.

"We the People" lead ourselves.

Equal Creation vs. Equal Outcome

Many among us believe that because all men are created equal, all men deserve equal outcomes.  While this idea may sound noble, it omits the imperfect nature of man himself.  We may all begin our journey as innocent children but the decisions we make during our evolution determine the person we eventually become.  We are free to persue our dreams, free to live as we choose and in that way we are equal.

Along the way however, some will decide an education is important and others will not.  Some will decide that hard work pays off while others will not subscribe to that belief never learning its subsequent good habits.  Some will become successfull as a result of their efforts while others will succumb to a lazy victim mentality and learn to accept a future they did not originally forsee.  Our country is founded on freedom.  Freedom and choice cannot be seperated.  Without the ability to choose, we are not free at all.  Success is a result of indivdual responsibility, the quality of our choices and the things we choose to tolerate.  You are not entitled to share the success and wealth of others simply because you exist. 

This brings me again to the imperfect nature of man himself.  Does a lazy man and a hard working man deserve equal outcomes?  I cannot imagine anyone who believes they do (unless your the aforementioned victim of your own choices).  People born into money can become failures, just as a person who is born into poverty can create wealth.  If you conciously or subconciously hate successfull people, how can you become rich and successfull without hating yourself?  The answer is quite simple.  You cannot. 

Holding a negative view of those who are well off will consistently result in the self fullfilling prophecy that you will never succeed.  Only when you embrace those who have achieved success, can you truly allow yourself to succeed.  You are no ones victim.  You are the one and only person responsible for your future and personally, I wouldn't have it any other way.

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