tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074368219201555953.post7005950357884115515..comments2023-12-28T13:45:10.211-08:00Comments on Three Beers Later...: The Problem's Not Obama...richard mcenroehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074368219201555953.post-42163804650825734952012-05-22T10:47:48.550-07:002012-05-22T10:47:48.550-07:00No, we won't fix it overnight. But in Novembe...No, we won't fix it overnight. But in November, we can make a damn good start.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074368219201555953.post-27362278004526174242012-05-21T15:12:24.935-07:002012-05-21T15:12:24.935-07:00Deborah Leigh said...First they came for the lemon...Deborah Leigh said...First they came for the lemonade stands, then the bake sales, and now the garage/yard sales. The loss of these are far greater than the glass of cold lemonade from a child' hand, a cupcake for some usually noble cause, or a useful object no longer needed by the seller. The loss is liberty. The freedom to do with what you have how you determine to. <br /><br />There is a movement to have lemonade stands across the country on June 13th. It is gaining national support. I most surely support such an endeavor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074368219201555953.post-63398878837015181332012-05-20T13:09:38.679-07:002012-05-20T13:09:38.679-07:00It's as Alexander Tyler wrote long ago:
"...It's as Alexander Tyler wrote long ago:<br /><br />"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury.<br /><br />"From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising them the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.<br /><br />"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence:<br /><br />"From bondage to spiritual faith;<br /> from spiritual faith to great courage;<br /> from courage to liberty;<br /> from liberty to abundance;<br /> from abundance to selfishness;<br /> from selfishness to apathy;<br /> from apathy to dependence;<br /> from dependency back again into bondage."Robert Heweshttp://www.newatlantean.comnoreply@blogger.com