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I think all these people bashing Hodges should answer two questions. First, if he was a conservative republican would they still be upset with him? And second, would they welcome those spent fuel rods to their own neighborhood?

I am no fan of Hodges, but the guy is attempting to make the Federal government stand to account for its behavior within his State. I don't know what his personal reasons for it are, nor do I care, but as a State action I am glad to see it.

He is asking for the timetable, he is asking for the government to follow its own rules via Environmental Impact statements. Both are good things. The Federal government does not want to do these things and thinks it can do whatever it wants in any of its constituent members with impunity. It believes it can ignore the desires of the people of South Carolina because the rest of us only care about our rights as semi-sovereign States when it is WE who are targeted as a dump site, or a Federal reserve.

It is a good thing for the Federal government to be reminded that it is indeed a 'federal' government and that its constituent sovereignties are not mere provinces. Its a good thing that it be reminded from time to time that it is not the only judge of the extent of its own powers. A little modern Virginia and Kentucky Resolution or South Carolina/Nevada Resolution might not be a bad thing.

Even though the rest of us are not directly involved in the Plutonium issue and may not agree with the Plutonium issue or care about it. We are still concerned with our State's ability to defend itself against a tyranny of the majority within our federal republic. For this reason it might be worthwhile for the rest of our States, particularly small rural ones, to give political backing for the people of South Carolina's freedom to have their say in what goes on within their borders.

Otherwise, the Nevadas and South Carolinas will continue to have their roads closed, their irrigation channels closed, their land seized by corrupt administrations for park lands, or designated as poison dumps by larger States who need one.