"No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine." - - - William Blum

May 21, 2003

Engel Eyes Our State Legislatures


A British observation of American state legislatures. Snippet:
"Yet under normal circumstances - barring sexy stuff such as the Texan fun or budget cuts or smoking bans - no one takes any interest. Press scrutiny is very limited and declining, as monopolist local papers cut back; and TV news, the dominant source of local information, is far more interested in blood and gore. Thus it is very hard to know what goes on, day-to-day, in these state legislatures."

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