Republicans & Common Sense; a bit like oil and water

Some folk, Republicans generally, argue that the states should hold the balance of power. The argument has some merit; people in states, and each region has different needs and requires different responses. Sometimes, at least. Others, such as Ron Paul, argue that the states are the basic entity and should have final say over all matters. Something like Europe when it was continually waging war against itself.

To be fair, Ron Paul also argues that the Federal government has a role; in providing for the common defense, for instance. Coupled with his other ideas, America would end up with one man for an army, who probably took Tuesdays off. But in general, the Republicans favor a state-oriented approach to the 10th Amendment:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

And then you read about the Republicans in various states...

Three of them in New Hampshire wanted to base their laws on the Magna Carta. Without having actually read the thing. Alabama passes laws that Jim Crowe would have been delighted to see. Republicans in almost every state seek to curtail voting rights, in an effort to fight an almost non-existent problem. And then there's this. An Oklahoma Republican, State Senator Ralph Shortey, wants to ban the use of human fetuses in the production of food.

Yes. You read that correctly.

It's a big problem, apparently. Well, it might be. He's not actually sure. He heard that Pepsi had hired a company that did stem cell research.

Normally, I'm a bit of a Federalist. I like Europe, I like the Federal government. And so on. But after reading this? Yeah, there's a definite argument to devolve and cede [...] power to the states...
:-P

Carolyn Ann