Oct 22 2008

Not new, but probably true

Category: freedom,philosophy,politicsharmonicminer @ 9:39 am

I was reminded of this at azusapacificalumni.com

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 Athenian Republic some 2000 years earlier: “A democracy is always temporary in nature: it simply cannot exist as a pemanent form of government.”
“A democracy will continue to exist up until the time voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.”

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Oct 22 2008

Closing arguments

Category: Uncategorizedharmonicminer @ 1:12 am

Here is The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama, much of it in his own words, with links, quotes and video. If you need a single place to which to refer, this is it.

h/t: Hugh Hewitt