<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>On Nov 11, 2013, at 6:43 AM, "spike" <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><span>Perfect example of why we empower states:</span><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>But "we" don't "empower" states. They didn't you or me, "Hey, guys, would you allow us to place several layers of despotism over you? No? How about this: we pretend these levels compete with each and this makes you more free than, say, if each of you decided these issues without our meddling in everyone's lives? Isn't that a delusion that will satisfy the easily distracted?"</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Regards,</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Dan</span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"> A thriller by me set in the far south seas:</span></font></div></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GHX2M1O">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GHX2M1O</a></div></div></body></html>