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F.O.A.D.

On 11/20/13, 4:14 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:03:22 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 11/20/13, 3:34 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:22:15 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

States rights...a concept that should have been discarded generations
ago. And why don't you tell us what percentage of a state's National
Guard funding and materiel comes from the federal government?

That is one of the founding tenets of the Constitution. The framers
had a fear that big urban states would try to impose their will on
smaller rural states and that is why every state gets 2 senators and
why they have that representation in the Electoral College.
It is natural that those urban residents resent it.
Nobody is forcing people to live in Oklahoma, Mississippi or Alabama.
They can move to California or New York if they want and many have.

You forgot it being used as a justification for segregation.

That is not what we are talking about now though is it? Don't go all
"Kevin" on me.

Do you feel the same about the states with medical marijuana laws or
the states that defied DOMA when it was the federal law?
The 9th and 10h amendments clearly give the states and he people wide
latitude with any powers that are not granted to the federal
government by the Constitution.
That has been eroded constantly for the last 60 years.

Sure. Discrimination by gender is a form of segregation.

I proposed a solution. Withhold federal funds for Oklahoma's national
guard until it complies with federal regulations. Oklahoma can either
comply, fund its guard on its own, or disband its guard.

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