After reading proposed amendments, counter proposals,
opinions and other things that go onto a debate, I'm
convinced that there was more smoke than fire here.
When one has to burn wet wood that tends to be the
result.
The proposals are well written and I compliment the
authors. I would suggest to take a a step back and
take a look at the situation. I did that myself and
asked myself the the question, "How has this affected me
and my county subscribers and participants?"
The answer was, other than me reading the proposals and
other items, it hasn't affected me or my county
participants. I then asked myself, "Who threw the rock
at the so-called hornets' nest?"
I don't know the answer to that one, but let's just say
that hornets don't stay mad forever, they go back to the
business of maintaining their hive after their initial
flareup.
Perhaps we should all get back to the business of what
we do best, taking care of the hive, doing our county
sites.
There is trouble, but I would bet upon self-examination,
90 percent lies within. The other 10 percent can be
dealt with less 'throwing the baby out with the
bathwater' approaches.
It seems that the rewrite of a constitution is an
admirable idea, but to what end? The proposer to said
amendments should voice why they think these amendments
are better than the old ones and why we would be better
off with the new ones.
As I've said before, there was a small tif with the
Census Project, most of it I was unaware, but I was not
affected other than what I read in the forum and any
individual county or their subscribers in any way were
not affected other than what they might have read. My
guess is some feelings got hurt and perhaps some pride
stepped on or perhaps the magical philosophical,
political idealogy quandrum.
Now for some real pain, I have an appointment to go see
my dentist, so have to close now <grin>.
James W. McCluer
repa(a)worldnet.att.net
County Coordinator Richland County Ohio