Bob, considering that we are on opposite ends of the spectrum except for a few key issues in common, I'd say that you would be more comfortable with the Arizona legislature, a positive for you, a negative for me. You would agree, be pleased, with many results of the legislature, but you may agree with me that the means to those ends is corrupted.
The report was done by a school back east, which didn't measure the social programs, or education, drop out rate or certain types of crime, or teen pregnancy rate, which Arizona is surpassing Mississippi and West Virginia on. I wish I still had the article. It was comparing factors like, free speech, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and civil rights, with that of other states and countries around the world. Ol' # 50 took the cake, but also compared with faked democracies which are totalitarian in reality. It was way way down there in those criteria. We have a good ol' boy state, run by an established wealthy few that don't like democratic process as much as power and control. It is simply fascist by most definitions. As I read it, I had to concur with each point. It wasn't just some highfalutin liberal ivory tower intellectual exercise. It was cut and dry. I wasn't surprised by the obvious findings.
The wide open spaces that still exist, my lifestyle and outlook make me free in the ways that it counts. The fascism in the state disgust me, but there is nothing for me to do about it, for now. I just have to accept that and wait for the opportunity to throw the traitors to the constitution out, if that should arise. I figure that given the rope, they will hang themselves, which they probably have just done.
Come on down. You'll love it here...naked.
Jbee
