[fabsroman]

I'm not going to do the research for the powder transport questions, if that is alright with you.

Regarding term limits, I agree completely with you. Nobody should be able to make a career out of being a politician. Now, what we need is for EVERYBODY in this nation to vote out those that are in power right now. Do you think that will happen. Heck no, because the Republicans will be worried that the Democrats will gain control and the Democrats will be worried that the Republicans will gain control, and I am not talking about the politicians worrying about it, I'm talking about the voters worrying about it.

Regarding lobbying, I am against that too. I don't see why we cannot elect somebody to put these things on the floor of Congress, allow them to vote for it to make it an Amendment, and then make it public how our Representatives and Senators vote on it. Good Lord, that would be some serious change. Mind you, the Supreme Court has recently held that big business can endorse any candidate they want, and advertise on that candidate's behalf, because that is freedom of speech. So, we can't get rid of big business completely.

As far as government wanting to "control" me, good Lord. That gun legislation you wrote about is older than me, and where is the control? If this country turns into a gun grabbing country like Nazi Germany, I think there will be a lot more problems than what records they have on people. Plus, how hard is it really to hide a gun? You don't even need to keep all of them at your residence. So, if we get to that point, at which I am sure you will give them the bullets before the gun, are you really that worried because you would probably die anyway by fighting a completely corrupt government that it out of control and is probably a dictatorship at that point. About the only thing I can really see bringing that about is the national debt and ridiculous inflation.

The reason nothing gets done in government that is beneficial is because of all the fear mongering on both sides of the aisle, and I am talking about voters. Another reason is that because the majority of Americans are uninformed and/or ignorant. Death panels, please.

My issue with health care is that the cost of health care is growing faster than GDP, and at an alarming rate. If that continues, and it is supposed to, this country is doomed and/or nobody but the rich will have health care. A health care bill might not pass now, but wait until Medicare is cut, or eliminated, and more working stiffs are without health insurance. When the number of people without health insurance becomes the majority, you can bet that a health care bill will get passed and it will probably be single payor at that point.

Do you think the cost of health care is going to go down, or remain even.

As far as your smart ass comment about the OBGYN not actually delivering a baby, there is an agreement with all OBGYN's practicing at the hospital that they will take turns being the "house" OBGYN and covering each other's asses, so my OBGYN gets to bill for that. $4,800 is still ridiculous and I am not at all happy about how it went down. If I post about how my wife's OBGYN was late and the reason for it, I will be here all night.

Just so we are clear on this, I am all for common sense legislation. In fact, if I decide to run, I'm not going to run on a platform of "Hope and Change", but on "Common Sense and Long Term Stability".