Is that any worse that the governor of Louisiana? Or Arkansas or 4 or 5 other states? How about malfeasance in the federal government. Since the start of home rule in the district, there has been how incidents? Compare that to the number in the Federal government and in the states. Its no better or no worse.
Why shouldn't all Americans who live on US territory have voting representation in Congress? larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Lon Lentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:01 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: My fellow Americans > > > It's not a state, thankfully. It gets one delegate in the House of > Representatives, but > has not voting power. And because it has no Congressional > representation, > the residents > there have no presidential vote, as they do not get an > Electoral College > Delegate. D.C. was > never intended to be a full time residence for the citizens. > It also does > not get a star > on our flag. > > Congress is given the responsibility by the Constitution to > administer > D.C. It got some > crazy notion of self rule several decades ago and the citizens there > subjected us to > Marion Barry. Who got re-elected after getting video taped > smoking crack > with some > prostitute. "B*tch set me up." The level of corruption in > the self-rule > government has > forced Congress to rescind self-rule and kicked the mayor, > and his possee, > to the curb. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harkins,Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 9:26 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: My fellow Americans > > > Oh I forgot I'm Canadian.... A quick geography question: > Is Washington D.C. a state of its own, or is it in Maryland? > > thanks, > > Patrick > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
