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Republican Power Means Less for States 
Posted by CN Staff on January 02, 2004 at 11:09:41 PT
By Jim Abrams, Associated Press Writer 
Source: Associated Press 
Washington -- Traditionally the champions of small government and states' rights, President Bush and his allies in Congress have aggressively pursued policies that expand the powers of Washington in the schoolroom, the courthouse, the home and the doctor's office. Sometimes over the objections of states--and often at the behest of business--Republicans have passed or are promoting legislation and regulations that make Washington the final arbiter on environmental standards, class-action lawsuits, medical malpractice cases and Internet taxes. 
The extent to which this administration has subordinated states' rights in carrying out its political agenda is ``somewhat breathtaking,'' said Michael Greve, who heads the Federalism Project at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. Federal power has always been associated with Democrats, creators of the New Deal and supporters of the 1937 Supreme Court decision that gave Congress, with its authority to regulate interstate commerce, wide berth in entering areas that normally are the prerogative of states. When Newt Gingrich led Republicans to a majority in the House in 1995, he stressed that ``we are committed to getting power back to the states, we are committed to breaking out of the logjam of federal bureaucrats controlling how we try to help the poor.'' But Gingrich's commitments often came with a catch requiring states to fall in line with federal policy: Some of the money available under the massive 1996 welfare law, for instance, was tied to states starting abstinence-only education programs, and states seeking money for new prisons under a big crime bill had to show that criminals were serving 85 percent of their sentences. George W. Bush, the former governor of Texas, ran as a strong states' rights advocate until the Florida election dispute, when it was Al Gore arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that the Florida state supreme court should have the final say on a recount. Bush insisted that the highest federal court step in. Bush has since significantly increased the federal government's reach with two of his biggest legislative achievements. The ``No Child Left Behind'' education act inserts federal testing requirements and progress reports in an area that has always been under state and local control. The ``Patriot Act,'' a result of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, has given federal law enforcement greater authority to supersede states where necessary in investigations and prosecutions of criminal activity. The education act, said Greve, was ``really a big, big marker in many ways, and a big, big turnaround.'' Republicans have recognized the dilemma of being both proactive legislators and pro-states' righters. ``I am essentially a states' rights person... I believe the federal government often usurps a lot of states' rights,'' Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., said this year in attempting to explain why his proposal to limit federal highway money to states that provide illegal aliens with drivers' licenses is a federal rather than a state issue. David Boaz, executive vice president of the Cato Institute, which advocates limited government and individual liberties, said there are inevitable tensions when conservatives try to use federal power to override the actions of more liberal state governments. But he said there's also been a 'hubristic'' streak in the Bush administration, ``an attitude that we know what the policy should be, for instance, for accountability in schools.'' Backed by the business community and after failing in 2003, Republicans in Congress this year will again be pushing bills to move class-action lawsuits from state to federal courts, where damage awards to plaintiffs are less generous, and put federal ceilings on what state juries can award in medical malpractice cases. GOP lawmakers, with support from some Democrats, also are trying, over the objection of some states, to impose a permanent moratorium on Internet access taxes after succeeding at supplanting some tougher state laws with anti-spam legislation last year. In addition, Republicans are trying to give the Securities and Exchange Commission and federal banking regulators ultimate authority over banking fraud and investor rights, angering state officials who say it will undercut their anti-fraud campaigns. The National Association of Attorneys General, in a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, said the OCC's proposed rule that might exempt national banks from state consumer protection laws was ``a radical restructuring of federal-state relationships in the area of banking.'' Bush also signed a bill that, while increasing protections for people's financial information, was criticized by consumer groups for pre-empting tougher state privacy laws. Congress has used federal controls over highway money to compel states to adopt a national standard for drunken driving. The interstate commerce clause also was the basis of a new law restricting private ownership of lions and tigers. Fourteen states have filed suit to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing new rules allowing coal-burning electric plants to make upgrades without installing more pollution controls. Republicans also have extended the federal reach in areas important to social conservatives: Bush in 2001 restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and this year signed a bill that for the first time makes it a federal crime to perform a certain type of abortion. Federal officials are also taking legal action against medical marijuana laws in California and Oregon's assisted suicide law. Cato's Boaz said the next big fight will be over GOP attempts to stop state moves to sanction gay marriages. ``Some conservatives are saying we need one national policy, but that would be an unprecedented federal intrusion into marriage law that has always been controlled by the states,'' he said. Source: Associated Press Author: Jim Abrams, Associated Press Writer Published: January 2, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Associated Press Related Articles & Web Site:The Cato Institutehttp://www.cato.org/A Victory for Medical Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18048.shtmlDemocrat Kucinich Endorses Medical Pot Use http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16441.shtml 
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Comment #31 posted by jose melendez on January 04, 2004 at 04:58:08 PT
goneposthole
designated decoyexcellent story, great idea! Can't wait to try it on video.
which are you?
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Comment #30 posted by FoM on January 03, 2004 at 10:53:49 PT
sukoi
Thanks for telling me but those would be my words too. Politics don't interest me because it's who knows who and who owes who what but I do love America.
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Comment #29 posted by sukoi on January 03, 2004 at 10:48:19 PT
FoM
I wish that those were my words, but they are Willies', not mine!
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Comment #28 posted by FoM on January 03, 2004 at 10:44:14 PT
sukoi 
I liked what you said about politics. I am not a person who wants to get involved with politics but America oh yes I can! Thanks!
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Comment #27 posted by sukoi on January 03, 2004 at 10:35:16 PT
What Willie says
Willie says: "I am endorsing Dennis Kucinich for President because he stands up for heartland Americans who are too often overlooked and unheard. He has done that his whole political career. Big corporations are well-represented in Washington, but Dennis Kucinich is a rare Congressman of conscience and bravery who fights for the unrepresented, much like the late Senator Paul Wellstone. Dennis champions individual privacy, safe food laws and family farmers. A Kucinich Administration will put the interests of America's family farmers, consumers and environment above the greed of industrial agribusiness. 
I normally do not get too heavily involved in politics, but this is more about getting involved with America than with politics. I encourage people to learn more about Dennis Kucinich at his website and I will be doing all I can to raise his profile with voters. I plan to do concerts to benefit the campaign." http://kucinich.us/endorsements/endorsements/willie-nelson.php
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Comment #26 posted by FoM on January 03, 2004 at 09:01:35 PT
I Love Willie Nelson
God Bless Willie for writing his new song. When an artist uses his talent to help the world I become a big fan almost instantly! I hope more artists that have stood the test of time make songs to show the world how bad this administration is. Be The Rain from Greendale says it all too.BE THE RAINSave the planet for another day  Attention shoppers.  Buy with a conscience and save.Save the planet for another day  Save Alaska!  Let the caribou stay.Don't care what the governments say  They're all bought  and paid for anyway.Save the planet for another day  Hey Big Oil!  What do you say?
Greendale -- Lyrics
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on January 03, 2004 at 08:53:06 PT
BGreen
Happy New Year! Last night ekim posted that the concert will be live from 8 to 10 tonight. ****Willie Nelson shows support with concert, new song
LIVE in Austin Jan. 3 - Willie Nelson and Friends
Watch here LIVE online 8-10 p.m. Central Time. -- http://kucinich.us/****I don't know what player will be used and as long as it isn't the newest Media Player I will be able to get it. There just isn't any news so we are watching Rust Never Sleeps and turned the news off for the day! 
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Comment #24 posted by BGreen on January 03, 2004 at 08:32:21 PT
Here are the lyrics
What Ever Happened To Peace On Earth?by Willie Nelson01/02/03There's so many things going on in the world
Babies dying
Mothers crying
How much oil is one human life worth
And what ever happened to peace on earthWe believe everything that they tell us
They're gonna' kill us
So we gotta' kill them first
But I remember a commandment
Thou shall not kill
How much is that soldier's life worth
And whatever happened to peace on earth(Bridge)
And the bewildered herd is still believing
Everything we've been told from our birth
Hell they won't lie to me
Not on my own damn TV
But how much is a liar's word worth
And whatever happened to peace on earthSo I guess it's just
Do unto others before they do it to you
Let's just kill em' all and let God sort em' out
Is this what God wants us to do(Repeat Bridge)
And the bewildered herd is still believing
Everything we've been told from our birth
Hell they won't lie to me
Not on my own damn TV
But how much is a liar's word worth
And whatever happened to peace on earthNow you probably won't hear this on your radio
Probably not on your local TV
But if there's a time, and if you're ever so inclined
You can always hear it from me
How much is one picker's word worth
And whatever happened to peace on earthBut don't confuse caring for weakness
You can't put that label on me
The truth is my weapon of mass protection
And I believe truth sets you free(Bridge)
And the bewildered herd is still believing
Everything we've been told from our birth
Hell they won't lie to me
Not on my own damn TV
But how much is a liar's word worth
And whatever happened to peace on earth
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Comment #23 posted by BGreen on January 03, 2004 at 08:30:39 PT
Willie Nelson on MSNBC
sometime pretty quick. It's 11:30 eastern time, 10:30 central.Willie's got a new song with a message and he's introducing it at a Kucinich rally.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #22 posted by goneposthole on January 03, 2004 at 08:26:21 PT
lighter side- a true story
A police officer was parked outside a bar in a small town in Minnesota 
when a man came staggering out of the bar, and stumbled to his car. The 
man fumbled with his keys, sat beside a car for a while, then tried his 
keys on four or five different cars. About that time the bar emptied out and 
the rest of patrons came out and got in their cars, leaving the man alone 
in the parking lot with one sole car which he promptly climbed into. After 
trying to get the key in the ignition, and then turning on the wipers (it was 
not raining), backing up about 3 feet, and finally putting the car in gear and 
heading out on the street, the policeman, who had been patiently waiting, 
put his car in gear and followed the driver down the street for a couple 
blocks before he turned on his siren and red light. He pulled the 
unfortunate fellow over, and made him get out and take a breathalizer test. 
The man passed with flying colors and the cop was dismayed. He said to 
the driver, "I'm sorry but my breathalizer must be broken, I'll have to take 
you down to the station to check you out." The driver replied, "I'm sorry too 
but your breathalizer is not broken, I'm the designated decoy". 
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Comment #21 posted by JSM on January 03, 2004 at 06:30:26 PT
Comments
This site is intended for comments and the remarks posted are simply eloquent and thoughtful. None of the commercial outlets can compare with the orginality and insightfulness of what is here.My heartfelt thanks for any and all who stand up and say the truth about this very serious issue. 
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Comment #20 posted by jose melendez on January 03, 2004 at 04:38:10 PT
You can't be drunk in a bar?
What comes around, eh? I figure the Dulles TSA chief was likely depressed, stressed out by a job that seems to accomplish nothing.The quote about arrested patrons having blood alcohol levels is wonderful - stupid, ignorant and idiotic, yet wonderful in the sense taht perhaps others will see that arresting someone for being high ONLY benefits those gainfully employed in the incarceration industry. "In the two weeks since the arrests, Fairfax police have been bombarded with questions and criticism.   The entire Herndon Town Council has complained about the tactic and questioned why county police were raiding Herndon bars. Fairfax Supervisor Catherine M. Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill), who represents the Reston area, has asked police to explain their actions. Katherine K. Hanley (D), chairman of the Board of Supervisors, said she had "serious concerns" about a tactic that has won little community support. Hanley said the sting was unlikely to be repeated.   Police say their tactics have been unfairly characterized. Police Chief J. Thomas Manger alleged yesterday that an organized campaign against police has been spread on the Internet.   "People think that customers were yanked off bar stools by SWAT teams," he said. "That's untrue. What's true is that 18 people were asked to do sobriety tests voluntarily [and] half of whom were arrested. Public intoxication is against the law. You can't be drunk in a bar."   Asked where one could get drunk, he replied, "At home. Or at someone else's home, and stay there till you're not drunk."   Manger said police had done nothing improper. "If a patrol officer observes someone violating the law, I don't know how I could ask him not to enforce it," he said.   But several of the tavern owners and their customers contend that police overreached.    "We don't want to see police officers coming in, tapping people on the shoulder and giving them sobriety tests at the door," Jimmy Cerrito, owner of Jimmy's Old Town Tavern in Herndon, told the Town Council on Tuesday. Several of his customers were arrested, and the ABC is investigating whether to fine him.   Several council members said they never want it to be repeated in Herndon.   "It is the unanimous opinion of the council that police overstepped their bounds and overreacted," said council member John M. De Moyer. "It was improper behavior."   Council member Dennis D. Husch said police should have sought cooperation by educating residents that it is illegal to be drunk in a bar even with a designated driver.   "Fairfax County should investigate the circumstances that allowed such a twisted application of the law, a reprimand of who was involved to ensure it never happens again, and the issuing of a formal apology to the citizens of Herndon," he said.   The police are not without supporters, however.   "In our view, law enforcement is doing its job," said Chuck Hurley, an official with the National Transportation Council and former national board member of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.   Hurley noted that the nine men arrested for being drunk in public had blood alcohol levels ranging from 0.14 to 0.22. The legal limit for drivers is 0.08.   "That's not just a few drinks," Hurley said. "Nothing in the Constitution says you're entitled to be intoxicated at these levels. "-snipped, from:http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63933-2003Jan16yet, from:http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html#articlei"No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. "" Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.""The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states. ""The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence. ""The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. ""No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. ""The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people""The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. "
what if YOUR drugs were illegal? Drug war is TREASON!
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Comment #19 posted by FoM on January 02, 2004 at 21:32:40 PT
RasAric
Thanks! I don't remember that one but I probably saw it back then. I don't think I wished you Happy New Year so Happy New Year!
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Comment #18 posted by RasAric on January 02, 2004 at 21:25:25 PT
FoM & System Gone Down:
In answer to your inquiry to yesterdays NORML thread: The MSNBC thing was a repeat of a biased documentary on the canadian canna-business where a number of Grow-ops where shown and the police were wining about all of the problems caused by prohibi...er, marijuana growers/dealers. They gave a tiny bit of airtime to a couple folks who were allegedly in the business, but they clearly gave the police the "stage".I believe that it was originally aired in October.
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Comment #17 posted by sukoi on January 02, 2004 at 19:21:21 PT
Kapt,
 that is exactly the question that I asked. I won't go into the details here as it wouldn't be appropriate, but the responses that I received are nothing like you suggest they would be, quite the opposite in fact. Of course I am in just a small corner of Texas! 
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Comment #16 posted by kaptinemo on January 02, 2004 at 19:14:00 PT:
I can't help but laugh
I live in the area, and know about the FCP. Take a look at this:http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63933-2003Jan16They went INTO bars and pestered the patrons, arresting them right on the stools. They'll bug you in theaters if you happen to be standing up, asking to see your ticket like an usher.Looks like maybe somebody dropped a dime on the TSA chief; a lieutenent seeking his job, perhaps?More examples of no honor among thieves...as they all live off of your economic life's blood...
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Comment #15 posted by breeze on January 02, 2004 at 18:17:40 PT
Off topic- but ironic and interesting ...
Chief of the Transportation Security Administration for Dulles International Airport Arrested for DUI.
Before you go to this site and read the news, keep in mind that this guy is supposed to be protecting us from them. And yet, if it were you or me, we would not be able to afford the fines without making a huge sacrifice, I am actually surprised he was even arrested. The irony is actually in his job title.
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRF_SECURITY_ARREST?SITE=LALAF&SECTION=HOME
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Comment #14 posted by westnyc on January 02, 2004 at 17:15:23 PT
We are all different, it's true!
I agree with the statement that there is an "old school" and a "new school." Our differences really don't matter so much, we all agree that the time for legalization is NOW! ;-)
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Comment #13 posted by kaptinemo on January 02, 2004 at 15:57:29 PT:
Too bad Krishnamurti passed away long ago
His Socratic method of asking questions caused many to reconsider the origins of their beliefs...and who benefited by putting those thoughts in their heads, and why.To ask the simple question, "Why is marijuana illegal?" is to cause mental gear-jams in 90% of the people who are asked that question. Many will simply not understand that they have been literally 'programmed' to accept common - and false - information as a basis for policy. To those whose minds have not been ossified from habit, the question opens up a mental universe of *other* questions.Dangerous questions. Dangerous, that is, for those whose paychecks are derived from those questions remaining unanswered logically. Or, as Upton Sinclair put it in his work The Jungle, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." Keep asking that question, and watch the gears jam...and sometimes free themselves. Nothing like seeing the light go on...
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on January 02, 2004 at 15:33:36 PT
westnyc
It is a big problem. I mind issues being complicated. That's a general feeling. I like yes and no questions and answers. I can answer this question. Would I want a teenage child of mine to go to jail for smoking marijuana? No! Then we need to ask how can we protect children from going to jail for experimenting with marijuana. Change the law.
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Comment #11 posted by E_Johnson on January 02, 2004 at 15:33:35 PT
It's a learning experience
The marijuana movement has an old guard and a lot of new recruits. The new recruits come from God knows where, all over the political and social map, and everyone is going through a learning experience learning how to drive the giant bus of marijuana reform with so many new drivers in the back seat all shouting out directions and struggling for the wheel.
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Comment #10 posted by westnyc on January 02, 2004 at 15:22:11 PT
FOM - You are correct.
Sometimes I think the biggest obstacle in the legalization movement is the Reform Movement itself. For example, that restitution clause was kind of moronic - even though I personally feel it would be fair. Another example, is associating marijuana legalization with sex as we saw on the Washington buses. Trying to subvert puritanical conservatives to the reform side will not work by promoting "sex is better with marijuana." This movement will never get the conservative backing by silly measures such as this. In fact, it may actually turn liberal supporters away. Issues like sex are still taboo in the good ole USA. I think the reform movement is starting to get-it right; no more portrayals of "drugged-out hippies" or "slackers," etc. It deserves to be proven that most marijuana users are of the recreational variety and are decent and honorable folk; and, not total societal miscreants. Respect, dignity, and a positive image of this culture is what will finally drill some sense homeward.
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Comment #9 posted by SystemGoneDown on January 02, 2004 at 14:02:13 PT
Stats...
Just a thought.......I'd be interested in finding statistics of how many pot loving Americans move out of America for fear of persecution. ABC news said that HALF of the customers in the Dutch cafe's are Americans. While alot of Dutch people love cannabis just as much Americans, they don't have the appreciation of it being legal to want to go to these cafes. That means HALF these cafe customers are going across the globe to enjoy their love of nature. It's kind of absurd when you think of all the "greatest country in the world" talk that your taught growing up about the U.S.A. Marilyn Manson had an album name that made alot of sense to me.  The title was "Mechanical Animals", I find fits undeniably with Americans. The reason marijuana is still illegal after all these years lies within, not the government. Americans are either "anti-legalize", "legalize" or what I think is the largest- "legalize is a secondary issue"... Public opinion is that the marijuana debate is not 'that' important. You can't blame this opinion when you got terror threats, drug busts and other fear factors that stop people from sacrificing time and thoughts into seeking what's right.... The GREATEST thing that we pot advocates can do is get the awareness of the brutality and unconstituionality that marijuana prohibition brings. Our priority should be to GET IT OUT THERE, so that the public can feel it IS something worth changing. Most Americans, while blinded by TV, do feel marijuana should be legal. But because of bias media and mind control in our society, they fail to look past that because they are UNAWARE of how serious and how vital this marijuana issue is to defining freedom as we know it. Right now, there's no fight in the people, and America's capatalism is exploiting that and raping our System.    
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on January 02, 2004 at 13:36:54 PT
SystemGoneDown 
I think I remember the comment you are mentioning but I know why it would seem wrong. The Initiatives failed more because of being misworded or adding something that people didn't want. Restitution to people who had been arrested in Alaska was one reason one failed a few years back. Having the police to distribute medical marijuana was another one. I think that's why they failed.
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Comment #7 posted by SystemGoneDown on January 02, 2004 at 13:22:57 PT
Law and Disorder...
I went to pot-tv.com...... ABC news had a segment called "Law and Disorder".......and it basically was about how the cocaine and heroin problem in America would be fixed by legalizing marijuana... And someone on this site was telling me that "0 out of at least 3" states that tried to legalize recreational use failed to pass the initiative in favor of legalization. Well on this ABC news show, they had a survey/poll that said 79% voted yes for legalization, while only 21% said no. 
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on January 02, 2004 at 12:59:54 PT
My 2 Cents
When a countries rulers think that people don't have the ability to figure out what is right or what is wrong they make laws so we get the point. I trained horses for years. I came from the thought that a horse with a broken spirit wasn't a good horse. Spirit is what makes a horse stand out from the rest. Spirit is a good thing. Trusting individuals to know when to check themselves is something our country doesn't believe in. When a government breaks the Spirit of it's people it makes them much easier to control but the end of growth and creativity will be the results of a government that rules that way.
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Comment #5 posted by firedog on January 02, 2004 at 12:47:28 PT
The purpose of government 
It took me a long time to finally be able to describe in words what I believe the purpose of a government should be, but I finally did it:The purpose of government in a civilized society is to act as a counterforce to the natural tendency for power to concentrate in the hands of the few. This applies to all types of power, including physical, economic, political, and social.I believe that Kucinich shares my viewpoint as well, whether he states it or not, and that's the main reason why he gets ignored by the media. Today's Republican power elite (and Democratic power elite, for that matter) are the ones doing the concentrating, and the media are accessories to the crime.There is a fundamental conflict in society between those who want to concentrate power and those who want to decentralize it. Sometimes you get a battle between two power-hungry factions, but both factions have the same desire when it comes down to it. These days, the battles that are most important are between the two groups I've described, separated by different philosophies towards power.
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Comment #4 posted by Max Flowers on January 02, 2004 at 12:01:20 PT
Hey imperialist feds...
...we're taking our country back. Care to watch?
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Comment #3 posted by kaptinemo on January 02, 2004 at 11:38:48 PT:
Where the rubber meets the road
...you'll see Fed tire tracks on the backs of the States.This author has fallen into the very same trap far too many of his ilk have: Those presently in power are not, repeat, most emphatically, NOT 'conservatives'.They are not even NeoConservatives, for 'neo' implies 'new'. They are not conservatives of *any* stripe at all, not old, not new, not anything conservative.They are Imperialists. A conservative of the old school, what is often referred to as a 'paleo-conservative', is someone who truly believes in the seperation of powers between Fed, State and the individual, not overweening Fed power dominating all. No paleo would have accepted the results of the Supreme Court illgeally detremining the election of 2000, and would have impeached any Supreme that dared to overstep their authority. A 'paleo' would have George Bush and his cronies on trial for treason in dragging us into two Constitutionally illegal undeclared wars under false pretenses...and would have gotten to the bottom of 9/11 in double quick time as a genuine threat to the security of the nation. A paleo would scrap the War on Drugs in a heartbeat, leaving up to the States and the sovereign individual to determine policy in that area.If these goons in Washington are 'conservatives', then I'm a nine year old Hindu boy from Bangalore...
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Comment #2 posted by E_Johnson on January 02, 2004 at 11:38:00 PT
Republican Party as we knew it is gone
It's a good thing for Bush that Reagan has Alzheimer's.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on January 02, 2004 at 11:16:26 PT
Please Give Me Liberty
Each state is special. Each state has interests that only are for them. Making us all try to think and act the same will never work. Our diversity is or should be our badge of honor.
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