[wterrell]

Tacfoley,

It is a sorry system. Replace it. We did not have the luxury of a constitution either. Changing your system could be your raison d'etre. Wish you luck!

Government governs by the consent of the governed. It is that simple. There is no more to be said.

An example:
My wife and I did not care for the public school system for our children. We objected to the brutalization of baby minds through peer pressure and the like, and were totally dissatisfied with the lack of quality of public education. At the time, there were no state provisions to allow for home schooling in the state in which we resided. So, we defied the law and openly schooled them at home. The costs were tremendous financially, socially, personally, and career wise. But those sacrifices were small in comparison to the character of our two children. Neither have ever stepped foot inside a public school and both are now in their second year at Computer Science Engineering College at Colorado University.
Not everything is smooth and easy, dear Tacfoley.