[cashless]

Unless and until a majority of state's legislatures stand up to Washington's continued power grabs and unfunded mandates, nothing, ABSOLUTELY nothing, will change. As much as I appreciate the focus we put on the scum and vermin called the House and Senate, until we go to our respective state legislatures and pressure them to stand up to Washington (and repeal the amendment making Senate elections by popular vote), we are fighting against entrenched power. It starts with electing conservative minded city and county officials that interact regularly with conservative minded elected Congressional Representatives and state legislators, who will then select conservative minded Senators. It should have started with the first Congressional election in 1982 but we settled for having Reagan and didn't care enough to drain the swamp back then. We had another opportunity in 1994 but unknowingly we elected Democrat-lite instead of conservative-heavy. Now we face the same challenges we have always faced and we are hanging our hopes on the Republican party—the only political party I know that can secure defeat from the jaws of victory.

[grumpygresh]

If Obamacare passes we must do everything in our power to oppose this government usurpation. I have spoken directly with my WI state assemblyman and senator. I know there is a ballot initiative in AZ specifically opposing health care mandates.
In some states, ballot initiatives may be the fastest way, in others, legislation, and others may require court challenges. In all likelihood, we must proceed on a 3 fronts. As the libs have effectively stymied fossil fuel extraction and mining through environmental legislation and court actions, we too must be relentless in pursuit of the opposite aim of the statist, the preservation of individual liberties.