Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by mord Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº?
“I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac.
“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle.
"If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon
"I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards

Originally Posted by Neapolitan Seriously ask yourself this question: do you live in the United States of America, or in the United Population of America?

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord At this point states aren't even federal anymore. They're just administrative districts of the central government. States are no longer their own quasi-countries where the vision of the people of that state is only hindered by issues that would threaten the union of those states. That experiment failed and we fought a war over it. We're a population.

Originally Posted by mord Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº?
“I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac.
“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle.
"If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon
"I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards

Originally Posted by Neapolitan The only time that happened was during Confederate States of America. I know you're from the South and all, but please fast-forward to the present. I think you mean the control over States leans more toward the federal level than the state level.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord Yes let's decide policy by landmass and not population. Makes total sense. Montana is ****ing big, yo, who cares if there's only a million people there. Cause looking at a map makes LA and New York City look small and who gives a ****?

Originally Posted by OccultHawk I was called upon by the muses for greatness.

Originally Posted by Frownland I'm bald, ja.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan Half of the US population lives in nine states.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan Seriously ask yourself this question: do you live in the United States of America, or in the United Population of America?

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Originally Posted by The Batlord I don't think you know what "federal" means. "Federalism" is when the central government has equal power with states, provinces, or whatever. That is no longer the case because the central government has seized more and more powers from the states, making the US a de facto, weak unitary country.

"Federalism is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or 'federal' government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) Federalism country.

Originally Posted by mord Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.

"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº?
“I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac.
“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle.
"If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon
"I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards

Originally Posted by Neapolitan Yeah, that is how I used the term as in "the central or 'federal' government." Are you trying to say states are so control by the federal gov't, the states aren't federal anymore? I don't know what you mean and it doesn't make sense to me. Not the part where the federal gov't has more control. The part where you think the state government isn't federal anymore.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.