a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:5633:"<span style="font-size: larger;">In 887 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: <br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form o 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.&quot; </span></strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;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: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">From bondage to spiritual faith; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">From spiritual faith to great courage; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">From courage to liberty; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">From liberty to abundance; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">From abundance to complacency; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">From complacency to apathy; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">From apathy to dependence; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: larger;">From dependence back into bondage.&quot; </span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><em><strong><span style="font-size: larger;">The Obituary follows: </span></strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong>Born 1776, Died 2012 </strong></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">It doesn't hurt to read this several times. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Number of States won by: </span><br />
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: larger;">Obama: 19 </span></span><br />
<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Romney: 29 </span></strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Square miles of land won by: </span><br />
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><span style="font-size: larger;">Obama: 580,000 </span></span><br />
<em><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Romney: 2,427,000 </span></span></strong></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Population of counties won by: </span><br />
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="font-size: larger;">Obama: 127 million </span></span><br />
<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Romney: 143 million </span></strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: </span><br />
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><span style="font-size: larger;">Obama: 13.2 </span></span><br />
<em><strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;">Romney: 2.1 </span></span></strong></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Professor Olson adds: </span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong><span style="font-size: larger;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;In aggregate, the map of the territory Romney won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country. </span></strong></em></span><br />
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<em><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><span style="font-size: larger;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income tenements and living off various forms of government welfare...&quot; </span></span></strong></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the &quot;complacency and apathy&quot; phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the &quot;governmental dependency&quot; phase. </span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: larger;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegals - and they vote - then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years. </span></span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.. </span><br />
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<div class="rtecenter"><em><strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">IS THIS THE AMRICA YOU WANT?<br />
MAKE A DIFFERENCE, GET INVOLVED!</span></span></strong></em></div>
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