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Secession, which didn't work very well when it was tried once before, is suddenly red hot in the blue states. In certain precincts, anyway.      One popular map circulating on the Internet shows the 19 blue states won by Sen. John Kerry — Washington, Oregon, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland and the Northeastern states — conjoined with Canada to form the "United States of Canada." The 31 red states carried by Mr. Bush are depicted as a separate nation dubbed "Jesusland." The idea isn't just a joke; one top Democrat says, "The segment of the country that pays...

Who cares what the major media liberal spin says about Theresa Kerry's grossly condescending remarks about Laura Bush and stay-at-home Moms? The fact is that Heinz-Kerry regularly, repeatedly demonstrates such a lack of grace and charm that one is forced to admit that she would be a terrible representative of the United States. And don't feed us any nonsense about her not being an "elected official." As the wife of the president she would be in position to become an undeniable embarrassment. Her crude, colonial-elitist, and thoughtless remarks indicate what we'd have to endure with her in the White House....

What would you say if we told you we have a way to add as many as eight new Republican senators to Congress? We could also add eight right-leaning votes to the Electoral College. It's simple, it's fun, and it's perfectly constitutional: Texas should divide itself into five states. Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution says that new states may be created out of existing ones, but only with the consent of "the States concerned as well as of the Congress." These days, a partisan Congress would never agree to a Texas carve-up, since any resulting new states...

Who should represent the Jewish people? poll: Who or what should represent the Jewish people? http://www.geocities.com/redwillf/wjf37wjf37.html

Last week, when everyone who understands the First Amendment was rightly having conniptions over the Supreme Court's ruling that political speech can be severely regulated under the rubric of "campaign finance reform," the court also heard arguments in a major redistricting case brought by Pennsylvania Democrats. They're upset because they have a statewide advantage of some 445,000 votes but Democrats hold only seven of the state's 19 congressional seats. Their claim: Congressional districts are being drawn unfairly. Truth be told, I don't particularly care much about the details of this case. The Democrats complain that the Republicans redrew the map...

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An e-mail from a constituent in Middle Georgia is indicative of public feelings about the Legislature's approach to drawing political lines. "I just found out you were my senator," a woman from Monticello in Jasper County wrote to state Sen. Dan Lee (R-LaGrange), who lives 100 miles away. "This is crazy," the e-mail continued. "I've heard you've been to Monticello many times. I've never been to LaGrange. I can't imagine what we have in common." Many Georgia voters are confused or irritated by the Democratically drawn districts for their state senators and representatives. "The Democrats are missing the point. I...

FM 517 in Galveston County runs east and west, but it's now the landmark that could split one congressional district into two. “Basically, that allows us to have a bigger voice at the table,” said Senate Republican Executive Committee’s Ken Clark. “History says that's not the case,” said Nick Lampson’s Chief of Staff Tom Combs. For all intents and purposes, anyone living south of FM 517 would be in Tom Delay's new congressional district, while every one north of 517 would be in the newly drawn Ninth Congressional District, currently held by Democrat Nick Lampson. Lampson would share a bit...

AUSTIN -- Democrats vainly battled against inevitable defeat as the Texas House approved a Republican redistricting plan early today that likely would eliminate six incumbent Democratic congressmen in next year's elections. "We are all tired, and some of us have been beaten up and bruised in this process," Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio, told the House as debate began on the measure Monday afternoon. Democrats argued that the public had no meaningful input into drawing the maps and that the proposed congressional districts would harm rural representation and dilute minority voting rights. But with Republicans holding a substantial House...

Prince William's top Republican is getting no thanks from Washington, D.C., Democrats in his attempts to get them a vote in Congress and additional school choice. Rep. Tom Davis, R-11th District, whose district covers most of Prince William, is entertaining proposals that would give the District of Columbia voting representation in the House. A WTOP radio report this week said one proposal is to expand the House of Representatives from 435 to 437 members with one seat for the District as part of the Maryland delegation and a seat for Utah, which lost a seat to redistricting.

Perhaps they are just following the lead of their handlers, Nancy Pelosi and Tom Daschle, or maybe they go the hint from Terry McAuliffe and Hillary Clinton, whatever the case what is happen in Texas is just plain wrong and possibly illegal if one looks at the circumstances with an eye of common sense. Roughly 50 Democrats from the Texas House of Representatives have fled their state and taken up as squatters in Ardmore, Oklahoma in a questionable move that blocks the Texas House from completing their redistricting. By not being present to vote there isn't a quorum and because...

<p>Santa Clara County leaders are considering a proposal to place a 1 percent payroll tax on the ballot as a way to bail out the financially strapped Valley Transportation Authority.</p> <p>The tax -- which could be on the ballot late this year or in 2004 -- would raise an estimated $600 million a year, more than enough to keep the buses running, expand light rail and bring BART to San Jose.</p>

Watching the State of the Union speech President Bush gave earlier this year one wouldn’t have noticed the walkout staged by a group of the most liberal Democrats, which occurred about ten minutes before President Bush's speech ended, but it did happen. As the president was talking about the serious problems that face the United States and the world with regards to Iraq, North Korea and the War on Terror, serious matters that no doubt should have commanded everyone’s attention and which prompted Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to the United Nations Security Council recently, a group of the...

<p>HARRISBURG -- Gov. Ed Rendell will close Pennsylvania's official office in Washington at the end of the month and replace it with two lobbyists working on the state's behalf, a person close to the situation said.</p> <p>Rendell plans to replace six full-time positions at the Hall of States, located at the base of Capitol Hill, with lobbyists Peter A. Peyser Jr. and former Democratic Rep. Bob Borski, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.</p>

Proportional Representation is valid

Latinos, Asians, gays gain in a Legislature looking more like California By Jim WassermanASSOCIATED PRESS March 6, 2002 LOS ANGELES – Latinos, Asian-Americans and gays continued 1990s gains in state Senate and Assembly primaries, setting the stage for a Legislature that looks more like California's increasingly diverse population. Women, too, boosted chances to expand their legislative presence. Asian-Americans, approximately 11 percent of the state's population, could raise their representation from four to six members in the Nov. 5 election. Gay men and women are almost certain to hold five seats later this year. And Latinos, representing one-third of California's 35...

Taxation and Representation by Thomas R. Eddlem As the crates of British tea splashed into the salt water on that cold Boston night, the band of patriots dressed as Indians could he heard shouting, "No taxation without representation!" and "Taxation without representation is tyranny!" Led by John Hancock, the early Americans at the Boston Tea Party set in motion the process that culminated a year and a half later when the 13 original colonies declared their independence from England. When the Founding Fathers fashioned our Declaration of Independence, chief among their complaints was the fact that the King was taxing...

Canadian Soul By James Bredin Canadian Immigration lost a hundred thousand phony refugees, Many came from the United States where they were considered deportees, But the Liberals accepted them because they are good future voters, Treat these terrorist warlords on welfare as great Liberal promoters, And Canadians endured this type of conduct from their Liberal politicians, They never question Immigration Commission positions and traditions, Because Canadians have been told and told almost every day of their lives, It’s all Charter Rights and human rights for all those who arrive. And the Liberals are not corrupt according to their propaganda machine,...

U.S. high court to rule on new 15th District* The suit challenges the Legislature's allocation of state Senate seats. BERKELEY SPRINGS - A Martinsburg attorney is awaiting word from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether justices will hear an appeal of West Virginia's redistricting plan. In December, a panel of three judges upheld the State Senate's redistricting plan, despite objections from local legislators that not enough representation was given to the Eastern Panhandle, and too much was given to Kanawha County and other areas of the state. Attorney Larry Schultz filed the appeal on behalf of John Unger(D), John Overington(R),...