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To: jttmab who wrote (185822)	4/27/2006 7:52:58 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I would never advocate such a thing myself but I have heard that you can put steel plates or something equally heavy into those prepaid envelopes that annoying merchandisers send out. They get charged by the ounce so heavy is the order of the day. Steel plates could get to be expensive but maybe a brick or two would do the trick. As I said, I would NEVER advocate doing such a thing. I heard that Ameriquest or some other equally predatory carnivorous outfit masquerading as a business actually filled out nonsense applications for people. I think they got hit with big fines but no one went to jail for fraud. I'm not sure which 'representative' system is the best. The original point about having 2 Senators per state and an electoral college system appeared to stem from fear of the unwashed masses and tyranny of the majority which is always the unwashed masses. I think 300 million people is way too many for any one person or group of people to 'rule' or 'lead' or whatever. In the case that another Dubyette kind of insanity takes hold in Washington local politics acts like a bulwark against nationwide stupidity. Not that local politicians and 'government' is any better (same kind of thuggery) but at least they're different. Congressional lines should be drawn in nice even squares...like brownies. The ones on the edges get a little oddly shaped but that's to be expected. In the end, I can't see anything improving in the US without 100% publicly funded campaigns. Who knows what that would produce? If politicians had to listen to what actual individual voters said since they couldn't buy their way into office, would that create 100's of different parties?