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  • An Interesting Obituary

    Here is an interesting piece sent to me by a friend … well worth the read!

    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:
    United States of America”, Born 1776, Died 2016.
    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   Romney: 29
    Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000   Romney: 2,427,000
    Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million   Romney: 143 million
    Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
    Obama: 13.2   Romney: 2.1
    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.
    Professor Olson adds: “In aggregate, the map of the territory Romney 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..
    Summing up the above quotes, 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.

     


  • Quote From My Cherished Friend

    My cherished pastor friend from by teenage years, Danny Griffin, recently quoted from his father  saying,

    “  My father told me that his best years of living and working were between the ages of 70 and 90 because he felt no need to impress anyone and was no longer impressed with anyone! He had ceased with expectations and had come to live in the world of anticipation with great freedom! Once we are freed to live above others expectations answering only to our heavenly Father we can truly love God and serve one another! He served as a faithful loving pastor for 65 years making a difference! Dad believed ministry was not about the pulpit but people, not sermons but service. Dad died at 92 years of age at peace! So-Be-It.”