Ed Huntress wrote:

Yet, my town is loaded with Muslims, mostly East Indian. One is my son's
best friend. The ones I know are great, generous, hard-working people. My
cardiologist's name is Muhammed, and he's a laugh a minute. g I really
don't get it.

I do. He's a sleeper agent. Watch your back!


Defense is always going to be politically tough, but I'll be right behind
you. As for cutting federal education contributions, all it will do is push
the costs onto the states. I really don't see that one having legs.

I'm all for that. Education should be a very local issue.
The Feds should have never stuck their nose under that tent.


Education, we don't need a federal department of education. Let the
States deal with it
on their terms. You seem to have a lot of faith in the feds. I have a
lot of faith in
the individual states. If one state is screwing up, it will soon look to
how the other
states that are getting it right are doing it.

I have almost no faith at all in the states. I agree with James Madison that
government becomes less competent as its geographic and population scope
become smaller. If they weren't propped up by the federal government, they'd
collapse like so many houses of cards.

If by competent you mean efficient, I don't know that I want a very
efficient federal government. Germany was very efficient until about 1943.

And they're much more corrupt. The state governments are mostly either
corrupt as hell, buffoonish, or both.

The Feds are giving them a real run for their money, but Illinois and NJ
are way ahead. But there are plenty of good examples in State
government. If you ignore Rick Perry (and we do), I think we're doing OK
on that score here in Texas.


We can even put charging coils in interstates and main arteries to
increase range of EV's
to make them acceptable.

Probably cause cancer, or at least insanity.
(Do I really have to put a smiley after a line like that?)