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Thanks for your thoughtful response, General. While I am still doubtful, I am trying to be open minded enough to honestly consider your comments. Of course, a lot of it is that I am still so angry about how our entire government system broke down and let us down.

When government reaches the size that this one has, IMO it is time to limit Congressional sessions. When Congress is in session 10 months out of every year, it only leads to mischief - and lousy legislation. I believe that they feel obligated to do something - anything - that gives the appearance of justifying their jobs. If Congress is limited to one 6 month session every other year, it will do wonders to curb spending, mischief, lousy legislation, and the size of government. Realistically, how many laws do we, the "freest nation on earth" need? Over 20,000 gun laws are on the books and gun-related crimes are still committed every day.

In addition, I am not convinced that Congress needs to gather in Washington, D.C. With the communications systems we have available today, our elected reprersentatives can stay at home and phone their work in. We need to have elected representatives who are grounded in the real world, NOT the fantasy world of Washington. Right now, we need lawmakers with the courage and backbone to repeal CFR in its entirety to fix the current situation. I don't want to see amendments, I want to see it completely repealed.