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      An interesting post on "Activism" over at Sebastian's.  Worth reading -- and it's worth seeing all the wheel-spinning and infighting in the comments, too.

      The American Revolution succeeded because of a focus on what the States had in common; the Constitution was adopted because the drafters focused on the shared interests of States, to the point of making terrible compromises with one another so that a mutually acceptable Federal government could be put in place.

      If you want to move forward -- or even just not move backwards -- better stop carping and sniping over side issues and fealty to personalities, and zero in on the issues.

      And for pity's sake, calling politicians cutesy names and entertaining paranoid fantasies may well be all kinds of fun, but they don't move the pointer.  Maybe take up needlepoint instead?