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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 12, 2008, at 8:26 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> Government regulation is a poor substitute for church and family.    
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Ah, now we are getting to it. Family and community, not always but  
often in the form of church, have been the traditional support system.

It is true that the poor will always be with us and it is true that in  
times past the poor were with us. Modern America has evolved with  
government first in the wings, then beside us, now center stage. The  
worst of it is both parents having to work and the weaker family that  
results. That has been compounded with job transfers taken to  
locations far from support systems.

Rising gas prices may well exert an influence that helps to lead us  
back to what was better.

Meanwhile, GWB has poisoned the water. McCain, a confused man  
attempting to follow a man who is in over his head, has no chance. The  
traditional small-government party will take years to regroup. So I  
will cheer myself with the balance that comes from throwing out the  
incumbent--in this case the incumbent party--and bringing in the new.  
Keeping the pendulum nearest the center is the best we can do until  
rising pain creates better thinking.