Gary wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2008 09:58:25 -0700 (PDT), California Poppy
> <GoldenStatePoppy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> If I were queen of the world, I would make some changes. I would
>> decriminalize all drugs. Sell them through a local pharmacy, tax
>> them, and treat them just like any other product.
>>
>> I would eliminate all laws relating to abortion. It should be a
>> woman's choice.
>>
>> I would subsidize research on stem cells by the government. In fact,
>> we should set up research labs such as we did for nuclear weapons, but
>> for biological research.
>>
>> We would live within our means...both financially and with people. I
>> would encourage sterilization after two children and in fact pay for
>> it for anyone who couldn't afford it.
>>
>> I would eliminate "crimes against humanity" as a criminal matter. It
>> is too indefinite a term and has been abused. In fact any words where
>> the definite is shaky or ambiguous such as "civil rights" would be
>> impossible to use in law.
>>
>> I would form a North American Union which would consist of Canada, US
>> and Mexico with Central American countries a consideration. Just as
>> there is a European Union, there should be a counter power on this
>> side of the pond.
>>
>> These are just a few of my ideas. Feel free to add to them or to
>> dispute them.
>
> I agree with you on all but the last. I'd lean in the opposite
> direction and make at least three nations out of the USA and possibly
> five.
Did you ever read "The Nine Nations of North America", by Joel Garreau?
It was published in 1981. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Nations_of_North_America.
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