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<b>History of Democracies</b> <br />
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Food for Thought!<br />
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This is very interesting and a worth while read. The statistics on this are mind boggling!!!<br />
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About the time our original 13 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 the Athenian Republicsome 2,000 years prior:<br />
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&quot;A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.&quot;<br />
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&quot;The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:<br />
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;<br />
2. From spiritual faith to great courage;<br />
3. From courage to liberty;<br />
4. From liberty to abundance;<br />
5. From abundance to complacency;<br />
6. From complacency to apathy;<br />
7. From apathy to dependence;<br />
8. From dependence back into bondage ..&quot;<br />
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Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St.Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000<br />
Presidential election:<br />
Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million;<br />
Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000<br />
States won by: Gore: 19 Bush: 29<br />
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2 Bush: 2.1<br />
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Professor Olson adds: &quot;In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the tax-paying citizens of this country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned projects and living off government welfare...&quot;<br />
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Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the &quot;complacency and apathy&quot; phase of Professor Tyler's definition of<br />
democracy, with some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the &quot;governmental dependency&quot; phase. The critical point is when people living on government entitlements passes 50% and can control future elections. From that point, the party that promises the most free entitlements wins. Unfortunately less than 50% of the population will be paying the taxes to support the majority. It won't be long after that the country will be bankrupt.

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just heard the news! <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/colorado-washington-states-legalize-recreational-marijuana/story?id=17652774#.UJn0429jrng" target="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/...4#.UJn0429jrng</a>

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I'm doin a frame swap on the junk f4i that u got and while I'm already there we decided to rebuild the motor...where do you get the rebuild kits at...anything helps thanks

If anyone saw my build, I just got done with my 50 and now need to go hit the streets and practice. My only question is whats the preferred method of popping up the front wheel? I've never rode anything without a clutch... so not sure if just powering up is the method or popping into second with throttle open?<br />
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and is the second method bad for the bike at all?<br />
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heres a video of me when I took it out for the first time, I did the clicking into second with full throttle. not to impressive but I figured it was something. <br />
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Figured i would make this thread now since i started to get parts in. For starters i ordered a all black 2013 636 and im doing all parts in red. Waiting for bike should be about another week, im hoping sooner but anyways. Any suggestions????<br />
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Parts.<br />
Rsc Adjustables<br />
Rsc Subcage<br />
Rsc AM lever<br />
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Sup guys, i have a lil problem with my headlights, if i start the bike, the lights turn on. 2 mins later the lights will turn off, then maybe turn back on. sometimes i have to turn off the bike and on again. and i have to keep my high beams on so the chance that the light stays on is better. everything else works great even when light dont work. just headlights... and speedo too, 50/50 chance it works<img src="images/legacy/smilies/banghead.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Banghead" class="inlineimg" /><br />
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any help idk what to do!

I recently ordered zero degree clipons for my build. The more I think about it, the more I'd like to try out mx style bars. So my question to you guys is...Is there an aftermarket triple for mx bars that can replace my stock triple? Or is this just wishful thinking?