The Dangers of Democracy

(in other words, giving EVERY illiterate, uninformed "Joe" and "Jane" a vote....can be risky) If only we Americans cherished our privilege of voting, and took it seriously; rather than considering it a right to be toyed with.

This requires absolutely no commentary; it speaks for itself....and I definitely DO NOT trust myself as to what I would comment anyway.

Please listen:
Why are you supporting Obama?

Here's an excerpt from a great article by HSLDA's Mike Smith (read the full article here )

Alex Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh at the time of America's birth, wrote a warning to America in 1787. He observed that the average age of the world's greatest civilizations was about 200 years, during which they inevitably progressed through the following sequence:
from bondage to faith,
from faith to courage,
from courage to liberty,
from liberty to abundance,
from abundance to complacency,
from complacency to apathy,
from apathy to dependence, and
from dependence back to bondage.


I'm afraid the culture at large today is stuck somewhere between apathy and dependence, and on our way to bondage.