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To: paulycy
Alexis de Toqueville wrote the following (which I believe Pinkerton is getting at obliquely):

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."

May God help us survive the past and present decades of a deficit of statesmen. We must also do our part with unrelenting criticism and vigilance.

Regards . . . Penny

2 posted on 11/27/2008 4:49:35 AM PST by Penny
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To: Penny

And he was right. Barring a miracle, with nearly half the country not paying an taxes, America will not survive much longer. Because politicians are adverse to using one word: No. It is pathetic we have such a lack of guts and courage, and it is pathetic that so many Americans only look at their own concerns or pocketbook when it comes to voting. Narcissism will be our destruction.


14 posted on 11/27/2008 6:57:13 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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