tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post7498932589830364541..comments2023-06-08T05:24:02.622-07:00Comments on oldjudgesays: WHAT'S THE USE?Thomas E. Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04074239891233597277noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-18761455840791381572010-11-12T01:51:26.384-08:002010-11-12T01:51:26.384-08:00I don't know if Tocqueville had seen The Cycle...I don't know if Tocqueville had seen The Cycle of Democracy:<br /><br /> From bondage to spiritual faith;<br /> From spiritual faith to great courage;<br /> From courage to liberty (rule of law);<br /> From liberty to abundance;<br /> From abundance to complacency;<br /> From complacency to apathy;<br /> From apathy to dependence;<br /> From dependence back into bondage (rule of men)<br /><br />I believe that the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments were an attempt to freeze our situation permanently in liberty and abundance. Creeping glut and socialism has proven unavoidable and now it seems that a substantial crisis affecting the gluttony of our people will be the only escape from the trajectory. Incrimentalism will not extracate us from our predicament any more than it freed the slaves or brought Israel up out of Egypt. In my opinion we have two major problems: 1. Our finances its activities with theft (direct taxes and currency devaluation); 2. Our country supports murder of unborn children.<br /><br />Worrying about our next glutonous meal, luxurious carriage, or upkeep on our castles while engaging in theft and murder holds us in very poor company. Thinking that we are anything but such a group is denial.<br /><br />We must start with the basics of right and wrong in our own lives and apply those principles to our government via law, if we hope to regain our position as moral leaders living in abundance versus petty tyrants living in self indulgent gluttony.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425881701755239156noreply@blogger.com