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  • About Mech_Engineer
    Biography
    I am a born-and-bred engineer, working in the field of precision optical instrument design.
    Country
    United States
    Interests
    Off-roading, vehicle repair, R/C cars and aircraft, computers, guns.
    Educational Background
    Master's
    Degree in
    Mechanical Engineering
    Favorite Area of Science
    Aerospace Design, Robotics, Defence Applications
    Profession
    Optomechanical Engineer
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    "That factor of 2 will get you every time!"
    - H. Perkins


    "The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."
    -Thomas Henry Huxley


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  • Join Date: Apr20-06

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Posted Dec7-11 at 09:34 AM by Mech_Engineer Comments 1
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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. The...

Posted Apr1-11 at 08:49 AM by Mech_Engineer Comments 1
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"When the Government fears the people, we have liberty. When the people fear the Government, we have tyranny."
- Thomas Jefferson

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
-Thomas Jefferson
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