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Thank you for the idea! Excuse me now while I to go check what monkey wrenches I might have in my toolbox.

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Very comprehensive indictment, counselor, and eloquently presented. The next question is whether we will prosecute it, and how. Problem is there's 168 million registered voters. That's a powerful inertia. They tend to keep doing what they've been doing, which is, of course, what got us in this mess. And probably half are utterly clueless and will go along with whatever the mob they run with demands. We gotta change some minds.

We have elections in November that the outcome will probably hinge on. If we shift enough seats in congress and legislatures to give meaningful control to opponents of the insanity that has afflicted us for two years, then we can begin reversing the degradation that has undermined society for decades.

Everyone needs to learn who the candidates are and what they stand for, and what they promise. We can passively agree and vote for our favorite and hope it works, and be guaranteed more of the same. Winning requires participation. It requires money and labor. Then we need to convince our neighbors. The pack follows the big dog. Be the big dog.

I spend some time studying the financial markets. They've been weak for a couple of months. Markets are controlled by big money interests that lean left. The market weakness probably indicates they expect election losses for the left, and they're depressed. But rational government will be good for business and as the polls start firming up, the markets will rebound.

We can still save the nation. Protests won't help -- they'll censor it. Complaints won't help -- you can't out-bureaucrat bureaucracies. Political action might help. If not, we'll need to take it to the next level. We'll need support from our neighbors for that, too.

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