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My opinion of Arpaio, Brewer and McCain is similar to yours. Where we differ is in how the situation is going to be resolved. Quayle might turn out to be a decent man to send to D.C. but once there he will, in all probability, change. It seems to happen to all of them and I’d be surprised if he were any different. Still, it’s worth a try before we have to take “more direct action.”

Here on FR and other conservative forums, it’s easy to believe we can somehow forge ahead and change enough minds to elect people who will steer our ship of state away from the rocks. Here we’re surrounded by people of like minds but stand on any street corner and watch those who walk by and you’ll see the 60% or so that is completely or partially dependent on federal subsidies to maintain their standard of living. If we are to effect real change we’ll have to disenfranchise most of them and they vote too.

There have been a lot of figures tossed around about how many people actually participated in our own revolutionary war. I think it’s safe to say that about 1/3 of the population was in favor of maintaining British rule, another 1/3 was willing to work with whatever government was in power and the final 1/3 was ready to throw off the monarchy. Of that final group, only about 10% actively fought in the war - and then not all the time. This works out to about 3% of the total population, a figure that several others have touted - it may be close to right.

Anyway, it was that 3% that changed the lives of the other 97%. That’s about normal. In most wars, the actual army is a small percentage of the population yet it effects the change.

It will be so again. Elections are neccesary now, if for no other reason than to prove to the people just how ineffectual they are. Every election is riddled with corruption and fraud and it’s getting worse. In time we will see fewer and fewer ballots cast as the elctorate loses confidence in the system. Eventually, as always, bullets will be substituted for ballots. I will be gone by then but my children and grandchildren will have to experience all that horror and heartache. Yours too.

There was a time in the early 1930’s, when someone with foresight could have changed the world and steered it away from global conflict with a well-aimed rifle shot. Had Someone killed Hitler in 1932 things might have turned out differently. I believe we are past that time in this iteration of world affairs. There are simply too many villains to dispose of and too few people with the foresight and the ability do the job. We’re screwed.

Good luck to you and yours.