[Dusty]

Originally Posted by Old Dog New Trick

I agree that the country needs to be rebuilt. That rebuilding needs to start in Washington D.C., and each state legislature. It needs to start in the classroom of the first grade all the way through college and the universities. No one group of academics should rule the brain of our future.

I believe the Constitution and the idea of a Republic and free 'persons' in a free state should elect representatives that represent a majority of the state and not just the ideology of one city should represent that state. If the electoral college is good enough (still) for national elections it should be implemented at the state level so smaller communities are represented at the same level of one major city. These representatives should make up the congress of the nation to ensure equal and equity are a shared interest between the states. This is that business, healthcare, laws and so on are established that no 'person' is denied their constitutional rights by a local ordinance.

The power of the federal government should be in the hands of its citizens and the three branches of government should return to being a check and balance of each other - not giving one more power than the other but support the majority rule - not special interest and fringe groups.

And yes, our military needs to be and should be the best and brightest in the world because, real threats do exist and they will need to be dealt with.

WoopWoop! ODNT on fiyah.