[Bon mots]

"Picture an America that is run not, as now, by a top-heavy Washington autocracy but, in freewheeling style, by an assemblage of largely autonomous regional republics reflecting the eclectic economic and cultural character of the society."

Great solution.
This is one of the reasons that Europe and the West in general raced ahead of China. No oppressive centralization. China had central control, their very alphabet was designed to work across all dialects and languages, which when spoken, could not be understood, but when written down, anyone in the kingdom could understand anyone else.

Europe was always pulling in 100 different directions, so if something was not allowed in one locality, you simply moved to someplace where it was allowed, and like today, you still have more freedom in Europe than in America, just not all in the same place.

The Obamunists are going to screw down the lid tight, and the steam is already building.

[Texas Fossil]

The Obamunists are going to screw down the lid tight, and the steam is already building.

What is brewing is a bit more explosive than steam.

[wintertime]

Great solution.

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Not so fast! What about the blue counties and cities in the red states? Have you noticed that one of Utah's representatives is a Democrat? ( Thanks to Salt Lake City.)

Even within the red states there is quite a bit of tension between the inner cities and the suburbs and rural areas.