[SAJ]

Charge me a rate of taxes (by preference not too extreme) to maintain roads and sewers and assorted infrastructure, promote trade (mutually beneficial to all), let me go about my trade unmolested insofar as I cheat or deceive no one, establish an objective code of law that WILL (not might) punish those who do defraud or violate other citizens, defend the nation (for which I shall gladly pay my share or even somewhat more) against foreign invasion...and I'm all yours.

I think I must have sent one response to message A to party B, and vice versa. My apologies if so.

[Fledermaus]

Oh, but we are extremists. We complain Bush increased AmeriCorp (a total joke and worthless agency that does NOTHING) and get called names.

Like I said, his daddy's big accomplishments were ADA, a large tax increase, and "cable bill" legislation. Does anyone even think today that the "cable bill" did anything?

And what was wrong with letting cable companies charge enough to make a profit and invest in new techonolgy and increase the channels? Yeah, we now have another "entitlement" to 14 shop at home channels for $40 a month! Woo hoo!

But I should regress, otherwise I'll bring up the "do not call list" that was the same folly in fuzzy, feel good legislation even "conservatives" seemed to like.

What's next? Banning used car salesmen?

[nopardons]

Yes, I think you have, since this post has nothing at all to do with my last post to you.

That's okay, it's late and I'm off to bed. So ends our discourse.