tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555502.post112717912112745929..comments2023-10-30T08:12:13.060-07:00Comments on Thosethingswesay: Federalist Walking Papers?Mike M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14716539792698477275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555502.post-1127238128794201052005-09-20T10:42:00.000-07:002005-09-20T10:42:00.000-07:00I don't think Honduras would mock New Mexico. Cos...I don't think Honduras would mock New Mexico. Costa Rica, probably. But we'd still be able to lord it over Alabama. <BR/><BR/>You know, Mike, I had a weird thought about New Mexico. It's the fifth largest state in the union geographically and, last I checked, has about 1.5 million residents. I was taking the el home from work, and I realized that if you evacuated less than half the Chicagoland area, you could move all of New Mexico's population into the vacated houses.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure there are any number of deeply insightful conclusions one could reach from that. Mostly it just made me say, "huh."Jon E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07879175378866305992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555502.post-1127187578453865752005-09-19T20:39:00.000-07:002005-09-19T20:39:00.000-07:00*Sigh* I guess enough people read us that we now g...*Sigh* I guess enough people read us that we now get spammed pretty regularly. But, gotta keep the comments open, I think, because we don't have near enough readers to keep things up if we create hurdles.<BR/><BR/>As for the substance of this post: I have no problem accepting that locals made mistakes. But the federal government is bigger, better funded and simply has more raw power than any local or state government. It also should attract more qualified talent, unless people are purely hired and appointed by the spoils system. It's a simple fact that head of FEMA or the Department of Homeland Security is a better paying and more prestigious post than head of Oklahahoma Security. Don't forget Worthington's Law: More Money = Better Than!<BR/><BR/>I should do my own post on this since I'm going on too long, but... if the states could handle EVERY problem on their own, we wouldn't be the United States. States and localities make a lot of compromises, giving up local beliefs and acepting broader common beliefs, because very few, if any, states could actually survive the world's dangers as independent nations. Even heavily populated states or rich states like New York or Connecticut or California, which pay more in taxes to the Feds than they receive in aid would be, at best, third world countries if left to fend for themselves. I don't even want to to think about what a place like my home state of New Mexico would be if it were wholly on its own but... "A place Honduras mocks," would probably be a good description.Mike M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14716539792698477275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555502.post-1127179266611454032005-09-19T18:21:00.000-07:002005-09-19T18:21:00.000-07:00AP's asap Opens For BusinessNetwork Live: Looking ...AP's asap Opens For Business<BR/>Network Live: Looking For A Good Night To Go With Bon Jovi's "Nice Day" : I never could have ... The exclusive features include the reminiscence of a former White House correspondent about biking with the First Biker but I'd have expected something more current like a Katrina notebook.<BR/>Great Blog! Interesting!<BR/><BR/>Posted by a <A HREF="http://www.1-forex.com" REL="nofollow">forex historical data</A> related site. <BR/><BR/>Come and check it out if you get time :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com