On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > I think that's the heart of the issue. When this country was founded, local governance was everything. We've strayed far from that model. > 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. > Exactly. The federal government is a good thing, but today there seem to be many more unelected people than elected people actually running it. That needs to change, and electing people locally or regionally seems to me an effective way of bringing back some local control over our affairs. > 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. > Hell yes, let's start a petition for a Constitutional Amendment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:296269 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
