My thoughts exactly.
Yeah, that Sovereignty looks great on paper, but when it comes down to whether or not to take that federal money, I'll bet the states will be down on their knees, rolling over, or whatever else it takes.
Honestly, the way I see this is at least it’s a start. If there is any hope to restrain the Federal Government (especially with Obama & the Dems in charge) is to actually educate people about what the Constitution really says, and what it really means.
If more people in these various states understood the reason for these resolutions, then they will start being in a better position to resist. Education is the first step, and we all know that the education children are receiving in their schools are revisionist ideas, and progressive ideology - hardly a good background if we expect people to understand these issues.
Eventually, the citizens themselves may be the ones that demand their state legislatures STOP accepting Federal funds for ANYTHING other than Constiutionally authorized reasons (which of course there is even more argument on - roads, post office, etc...).
Anyway, I see this all as a step in the right direction at least. Especially when it comes, as I said, to re-introducing these issues to the public discourse, and educating the citizens regarding their rights, and the restraints inherent in our Constitutional Republic.
One of the biggest problems we have nowadays as far as the collective understanding of political institutions in our country comes from the fact that so many erroneously consider the U.S. a “Democracy”. Unfortunately, even Bush fell into this trap when he pushed for bringing “Democracy” to Iraq. It would’ve been much wiser, IMHO, if he had pushed the idea of bringing FREEDOM, and a CONSTIUTIONAL REPUBLIC with Democratic Elections - however, I do realize that in today’s world of sound bites that may have been a tall order.