For those of us who read with a fixed-size "system" font it's more like
13 for the quote and attribution alone. As I type this, my window is
maximized and your .sig takes about 40% of the available lines on screen.
Stlaurent Mr Steven wrote:
> LOL
>
> Since it is time to vote next week, though the actual signature is only
> 8-font size, the quote is to keep voters in remembrance what not to vote
> for.
>
> --------------------------------------
> Steven St.Laurent
> C4I System Engineer
> Engineering Branch, PSD, MCTSSA
> MARCORSYSCOM, U.S. Marine Corps
> Office (760) 725-2506 (DSN Prefix: 365)
> "Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
> It can only exist until voters discover they can vote themselves
> largess (generous gifts) from the public treasury. From that moment
> on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most
> benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy
> always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a
> dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations
> has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this
> sequence: from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to
> liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency;
> from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from
> dependence back again to bondage.
> (By Alexander Tyler Frasier, over 200 years ago.)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: raymond.irons@gm.com [mailto:raymond.irons@gm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:43 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: RE: DML: Crate Hemi 5.7 or www.COPARTFINDER.COM (Chris)
>
>
> <snip>
>
>>Steven St.Laurent
>>C4I System Engineer
>>Engineering Branch, PSD, MCTSSA
>>MARCORSYSCOM, U.S. Marine Corps
>>Office (760) 725-2506 (DSN Prefix: 365)
>>"Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
>>It can only exist until voters discover they can vote themselves
>>largess (generous gifts) from the public treasury. From that moment
>>on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most
>>benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy
>>always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a
>>dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations
>>has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this
>>sequence: from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to
>>liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency;
>
>>from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from
>
>>dependence back again to bondage.
>>(By Alexander Tyler Frasier, over 200 years ago.)
>
>
> Steve,
> I can't give you the web site. They won't let anyone with more then 5 lines
> on their signature view their website! ROFLMAO!
>
>
> Ray Irons
> Dover, DE
> "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal"
> (By Alan Kulwicki, Nascar Winston Cup Champion)
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