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How Long Do We Have?

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:18:29 GMT

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.

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 t hat 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.

Pledge

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:20:15 GMT

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE

TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA ,
AND TO THE REPUBLIC,

FOR WHICH IT STANDS,
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE,

WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

Dexter

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:00:23 GMT

Dexter is a television series made by Showtime starring Michael C. Hall as a serial Killer Dexter Morgan, who works as a forensics analyst specializing in bloodstain patterns analysis for the Miami Metro Police Department. The series is based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. http://sho.com/site/dexter/xml/blood_spatter.xml

Season 1

Orphaned at the age of three and harboring a traumatic secret Dexter was adopted by a Miami police officer who recognized his Homicidal tendencies and taught him to channel his gruesome passion for human dissection in a “constructive” way. By killing only heinous criminals (such as child molesters, mob assassins, and serial killers of the innocent) who have slipped through the justice system’s cracks.

To satisfy his interest in blood and to facilitate his own crimes, Dexter works as a bloodspatter analyst for the Miami police. Although his drive to kill is unflinching, he is easily able to emulate normal emotions and keep up his appearance as a socially responsible human being. He is well liked by most of his colleagues, his girlfriend, and her children.

The show is narrated exclusively from Dexter's point of view and focuses mostly on his pursuit of the "Ice Truck Killer". After the Ice Truck Killer kidnaps Deborah, Dexter confronts him and it is revealed that the killer is actually Dexter's long lost brother, Brian, who like Dexter, witnessed their mother's brutal murder.

Brian is introduced under the fake name Rudy', a aprosthetist who becomes Deborah's boyfriend, and his relationship to Dexter is only revealed late in the first season. Dexter kills Brian instead of letting him kill his sister and escape. Deborah does not discover her brother's secret.

Main Dexter characters

Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan

Julie Benz as Rita Bennett

Jennifer Carpenter as Deborah Morgan

Erik King as Sgt. James Doakes

Lauren Vélez as Lt. Maria LaGuerta

David Zayas as Angel Batista

James Remar as Harry Morgan

C.S. Lee as Vince Masuka

Season 2

The part of the ocean where Dexter dumps his bodies is discovered by treasure hunters, which sparks a manhunt for the so-called "Bay Harbor Butcher" that draws in even the FBI. A cult following begins to form behind the "Butcher" when it's discovered who his victims are. Dexter also seems to be having problems executing his latest victims. New cast members include Keith Carradine as Special Agent Lundy, and Jaime Murray as Lila, an ex-junkie artist who becomes Dexter's ally. I can only guess at what will happen next. But that is why I tune in to watch week after week.

The first season of Dexter is now out on DVD. Yes I have it ! DexterPodcast

Mom

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:26:13 GMT

As children, we can not comprehend or fully realize,

the meaning of a Mother's love.

How tender and how wise,

her patience and her guidance,

her helpful and caring ways.

The special, thoughful things

she does to brighten up the days.

Years go by,

before we know the depth of her concern.

The love in her protectiveness,

it takes so long to learn.

But as we grow, we understand.

We look back and see,

through older eyes

and wiser hearts with love and loyalty.

It's these and many other things

that make her grow more dear.

More admired and more appreciated

with every passing year!

I love you Mom...

You Know That You Are Going To Have A Bad Day When...

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:09:22 GMT

You Know That You Are Having A Bad Day When...
Current mood: energetic

Your car horn stick's on the freeway while you are behind 32 Hell's Angels.

You call the Suicide Prevention Hotline and they put you on hold.

You get to work and find the "60 Minutes" news team waiting in you office.

You find your son's GI Joe doll dressed in drag.

You turn on the tv and they are showing emergency routes out of the city.

Your twin sister forget's it's your birthday.

It costs more to fill your car with gas than it did to buy it.

Your blind date turns out to be your EX.

Your income tax check bounces

You compliment the bosses wife on her unusual perfume and she is not wearing any.

You take longer to get over SEX, than it did to have it.

Your therapist offers you your money back.

Parenthood

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:17:17 GMT

A Mother's Child

by Mom

A mother's child is every breath that she takes,
walking hand in hand, they are every step that she makes.

And as their steps will grow to strides,
still a child, in mother's eyes.

Every ache and pain they shall feel,
mother will share and with love she will kneel.

She will pray to God to take care of her child,
to protect and guide them through every mile.

Her child is the very core of her soul,
from baby in arms to an adult they will grow.

For to a mother, her child will stay,
the precious infant she held that day