[outdog]

Well, to hear you guys describe it, the federal government has become engorged to the point where it basically has it's fingers in every pie. If true, I fail to see how it could be pried away like a limpet from a rock, whilst leaving no mark.

Very easily.

I'm not "you guys"...

[teergoBissono]

Less FED-and if there's any more government at ALL-make it local, otherwise we'll have some jerk in DC that's originally from somewhere like New York trying to tell everyone to give up their transportation and take the subway.
Or maybe some jerk from Southern Cal telling people in Minnesota to walk or ride their bike in the dead of winter.
One size doesn't fit all.

Yep. You get it.

[itsmycock]

Very easily.

I'm not "you guys"...

Then your reality is the mainstay for your fellows.

I have often reflected upon just how much I hate you, Jeshu.

[IACJdKfU]

America has accomplished a lot. Including the American government.

It's easy to point out the faults. They are outweighed by the many accomplishments.

Liberalism is destroying everything that was once good about America.

[myspauyijbv]

I say we all go round to Jeshu's place, and hand him the beating he so richly deserves.

I'll bring my cudgel.

[feseEscaple]

Pretty much how it was set up, what we have now is an abject perversion of the original intent.

Representation is key. You elect the best leaders, if you can. But you acknowledge that leadership is necessary.

But, after electing representatives, it is far easier to make your feelings known to the local town council made up of people who you know and live with than it is to effect decisions thousands of miles away where you have only one representative or a few that are beholden specifically to you and your community, your culture, etc...

This is why it should function in a pyramidal shape. The vast majority of decisions should be made in the town or city jurisdiction, and as you go farther and farther away, the amount of power and function should be shrunk, until at the very top, there are only a handful of items which concern the National body.

[Cinzomzm]

I say we all go round to Jeshu's place, and hand him the beating he so richly deserves.

I'll bring my cudgel.

It always goes to cudgels before I know it...

[Affolfembonge]

It always goes to cudgels before I know it...

I hate it when that happens. It does sting some.

[Caursedus]

People think just because you're immortal, they can scourge you to their heart's desire. We still feel the pain...

[engideNedmupe]

People think just because you're immortal, they can scourge you to their heart's desire. We still feel the pain...

Yeah, but we get to laugh at the look on their faces when we stand up again.