RE: "...next to last paragraph..."
Thank you. Just trying to lend a hand.
Yeah, I guess that paragraph WAS kind of from the "Tell me how you *REALLY* feel !!!" files... (Does anybody know off hand what percentage of the land area of the state is *ALREADY* state-owned [or state-controlled through 'conservation-easements, and the like]...???)
I doubt that the Guv will really 'get' it, or ACT on it even if he does, but we gotta 'dance with the gal what's brung us' and, while he is certainly not without warts, he is never-the-less...:
1.) Way better than ol' Gray, and
2.) Obviously a pragmatist, else he would NEVER be Guv in THIS state, with it's Left-of-Lenin political environment.
...Hmmm...kinda like Bush, I guess.
Perhaps we should ask one of THESE Great Ladies to whip up a fire...er...letter... or two 'for the cause'... They certainly do not seem to be 'without talent' for that sort of thing...
"The bureaucrats, who seize and dole out other people's assets, initially see themselves as humanitarians. Eventually, they conclude they are indeed superior to others, and treat themselves accordingly. They make laws to which they are not subject; they vote themselves and their wards privileges and benefits. They no longer serve; they rule a nation of the government, by the government and for the government. --Linda Bowles
"Never underestimate the ability of unelected bureaucrats to overturn the expressed will of the people if it threatens their power." --Linda Chavez
"Tax cuts aren't something you pay for. It's less money for the government to spend." --Ann Coulter
Unfortunately Linda Bowles can't help as she's gone to her reward. She lasted almost a year after the death of her beloved husband. Sad to the maximum!!! She was one of our favorite heroins!!!
The bureaucrats and most of the legislature in this state make us all suffer from their insolence in office.
Pragmatism is certainly better than Communism, but certainly is hard on basic principles of freedom. But, it does play well in bizzare politics until a real leader can be found to communicate the benefits to society of true principled leadership and make the public want it, like Ronauldus Maximus.(sigh)