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By cranston36 (USA), Section United States of America
Posted on Mon Jun 26, 2006 at 09:48:28 PM PST

Kansas has a small population compared to the greater United States but it has inordinate weight in matters of national importance.

Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas has been reluctant to act on Iraq.
He doesn't see any reason why the United States should declare a date for withdrawal.
He intimated that announcing a withdrawal date would send the wrong message.
Apparently the wrong message would be sent to his home State of Kansas.
Kansas is at the heart of ethanol production. They also pump a lot of oil - oil they normally could not sell unless the price of oil were high - as it is today.
Don't you see that the big wheels in Kansas are making a lot of money because of the continued instability and war in Iraq? Of course they don't want the United States to pull out. Of course Senator Roberts would be making these bizarre statements.
I am still amazed that a man from a state that makes up less than 1 percent of the total population of the United States is sitting at the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Do you think that is intelligent?
The reason is obviously not political. It must be economic.
If politicians are pushing democracy internationally for economic reasons isn't it time for Americans to start thinking of domestic politics economically?
How long will young Americans sit in Iraq defending the interests of Kansas corn farmers and oil men?
How many of our good girls and boys from Missiouri, Kentucky, New Hampshire or Nebraskao or any state must be maimed and killed before the people of Kansas have enough money?

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by zitiancn (Afghanistan) on Wed Dec 06, 2006 at 08:17:04 AM PST

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by puck61 (USA) on Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 05:56:13 PM PST

Pride and greed and obstinancy. I want to be optomistic, but it seems after 50,000 years man kind hasn't learned that "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"
Is a world community possible?

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by Second Matchstickevsky (USA) on Sun Jan 20, 2008 at 12:13:04 PM PST

You have some very good points. It is true that "big wheels" are making huge profits off of the American government, through war or other various methods. Yes, economic interests, or rather personal interests, trump (devour may be more appropriate) politics, and the good of those in power rides upon and over the interests of the little man.

This is all true, however, I do not think this has very much to do with Kansas. The states have not truly acted as separate entities since before the civil war. The fact that Mr. Roberts comes from Kansas is moot, especially when we observe the big picture. Even the powergrabbing by those already in control for personal interest is a little thing when compared to the entire system which both allows and supports such corruption.

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by NewAgitator (USA) on Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 10:19:40 AM PST

www.DelegateSnub.com
www.WhyApril15th.com

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