On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been thinking about what seems to be a big issue for a lot of Americans > these days - that the federal government is way out of sync with what people > in their neck of the woods believe. I really like the idea of breaking down > the House to have a far more representative level of Representative - e.g. > the 30,000:1 ratio that we had when the US was founded. But that still > leaves the Senate and the Presidency, which clearly has become a job for an > entire team of people rather than one person.
I really don't know about the rest of the country, but the Federal Government hasn't really been a big issue here. It's not like we feel like we are being repressed by the Feds, except in a couple of instances (like Portland dropping out of the Joint Terrorism Task force because of concerns about the FBI's involvement in local law enforcement). Honestly it is more of an issue that we don't seem to have all that much in common with the rest of the country. It isn't that we hate you all, we just really don't care. We think that people in Southern California are insane. We have little in common with folks in the Midwest or South and the East Coast folks need to chill the fuck out and get off their high horses. That's it really. Not a big oppression thing, it just seems more manageable if we have our own little place where we have things in common with each other. Nor. Cal, Oregon, Washington, B.C. Maybe Montana and/or Idaho. People that understand trees and mountains and oceans. The need for space. Good beer, coffee, wine and pot. It's more a cultural affiliation rather than a rebellion, honestly. I got no problems with the Federal Gov, in general. Sometimes I just wonder if we'd better off with smaller, regional entities instead of a big country. There is some power in our diversity. And there is a history I appreciate. A smaller scale is just easier to grasp and hold in your head. I do heartily approve of a reorganization to fix the number of people a single House of Rep. seat covers though. I've been harping on that one for years. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296208 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
