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Thank you kindly for saying so. I've gotten reactions ranging from "nut" to "MOVE if you don't like DC." Glad to have yours.

This in: since I posted I have been filtering through the internet and I find there are groups advocating becoming primary state citizens. These groups are primarily interested in not paying taxes.

I think anyone who can think only of not paying taxes doesn't see the big picture.

Katrina gun confiscation victims are now in that bigger picture. People whose property is being taken via Kelo is in that bigger picture. Somehow the illegal alien situation fits into the bigger picture.

A critical point is being reached when we can no longer fail to see the problem and fix it. As an imperfect person I am trying to suggest the problem might be with our citizenship choices. Others might have more relevant ideas. So be it.

Since I'm posting anyway, I found this. It has not been verified (by me) for authenticity. So if it interests you, do your own due dilligence and verify it. I plan to do so for myself.

Quote: I have no doubt that those born in the Territories, or in the District of Columbia, are so far citizens as to entitle them to the protection guaranteed to citizens of the United States** in the Constitution, and to the shield of nationality abroad; but it is evident that they have not the political rights which are vested in citizens of the States. They are not constituents of any community in which is vested any sovereign power of government. Their position partakes more of the character of subjects than of citizens. They are subject to the laws of the United States**, but have no voice in its management. If they are allowed to make laws, the validity of these laws is derived from the sanction of a Government in which they are not represented. Mere citizenship they may have, but the political rights of citizens they cannot enjoy until they are organized into a State, and admitted into the Union. [People v. De La Guerra, 40 Cal. 311, 342 (1870)]

I do hope that case is real and exists on record, or I look bad for posting it. It is not on the internet except a few freedom movement sites. It will need to be verified at a law library, in a book.