An email I received: In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinborough, 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 2011 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
When you are a competent technician, news is not necessary. The event plays out on the chart, and that is all one needs to make money bugs. You need to get some daylight and come out the ET basement every so often, it is good for you.
Okay, one of my parents is a research historian. So Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire is something I read in high school. What you post is a foregone conclusion, I have said many many times we are beyond the event horizon. My career and business choices reflect that I knew this 20 years ago. I am built for mobility both professionally and personally. So all of us does not apply to me.
First, the meltdown as I see will not be a nationwide thing all of a sudden. It will occur in stages. One reason why I live in Central Illinois, have befriended farmers and learning to grow my own food. I served in the military to learn combat tactics as much as serve my country. The MidWest, believe it not will be one of the last regions hit. The meltdown will start with the large coastal cities and those states. So, I live, work and play in an area that is self reliant, and very heavily armed. Until it is time look internationally, this works just fine.
Republicans get with the program and plan to adopt my plan. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...2-4-trillion-debt-increase-spending-cuts.html
The largest amount of spending is in Defense. Yeah, there are too many social programs, but Defense is the real sacred cow that both sides rarely bring up. I think the US spends more than the next couple of nations combined on Defense spending - but that is because it plays Global Policeman. If some of our politicians would debate whether they are For or Against continuing that role, it would show where they stand on trimming the largest expenditure. Eisenhower warned of a military-industrial-Congressional complex when he left office (he was persuaded to remove the "Congressional" part before speaking, but it was in his original draft). So - US as Global Policeman? Thumbs UP or Thumbs DOWN. Senator? Congressman? Bueller?....Bueller?....
Excellent post. Personally speaking, I've seen enough. I'm setting up to do a John Galt, basically a nearly total pullback from consumerism and taxation, at least until this Marxist is out of office.