[Vision2020] ID Legislature falling behind?

[Art Deco]

Is there a correlation between the scenic beauty of a state and the
insanity of their legislature -- Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, ...  ?

w.

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Donovan Arnold <
donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Most Idahoans wouldn't notice if the United States went into economic
> collapse because most Idahoans already live in a State that has
> economically collapsed for them. $7.25 an hour is not exactly a livable
> wage unless you don't have rent or a mortgage, need medical care, pay
> utilities, maintain a car, or need to eat or wear clothes.
>
> Donovan Arnold
>
>   *From:* Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com>
> *To:* vision2020 at moscow.com
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 26, 2012 8:25 PM
> *Subject:* [Vision2020] ID Legislature falling behind?
> **
>   Why is the Idaho Legislature falling behind Wyoming in looniness? What
> if Wyoming has an aircraft carrier floating on the Snake and we don't?****Ron
> Force**Moscow ID USA****Wyoming House advances doomsday bill****By JEREMY
> PELZER Star-Tribune capital bureau | Posted: Friday, February 24, 2012
> 6:00 pm | ****CHEYENNE — State representatives on Friday advanced
> legislation to launch a study into what Wyoming should do in the event of a
> complete economic or political collapse in the United States.**House Bill
> 85 passed on first reading by a voice vote. It would create a state-run
> government continuity task force, which would study and prepare Wyoming for
> potential catastrophes, from disruptions in food and energy supplies to a
> complete meltdown of the federal government.**The task force would look
> at the feasibility of**Wyoming issuing its own alternative currency, if
> needed. And House members approved an amendment Friday by state Rep. Kermit
> Brown, R-Laramie, to have the task force also examine conditions under
> which Wyoming would need to implement its own military draft, raise a
> standing army, and acquire strike aircraft and an aircraft carrier.**The
> bill’s sponsor, state Rep. David Miller, R-Riverton, has said he doesn’t
> anticipate any major crises hitting America anytime soon. But with the
> national debt exceeding $15 trillion and protest movements growing around
> the country, Miller said Wyoming — which has a comparatively good economy
> and sound state finances — needs to make sure it’s protected should any
> unexpected emergency hit the U.S.**Several House members spoke in favor
> of the legislation, saying there was no harm in preparing for the worst.**“I
> don’t think there’s anyone in this room today what would come up here and
> say that this country is in good shape, that the world is stable and in
> good shape — because that is clearly not the case,” state Rep. Lorraine
> Quarberg, R-Thermopolis, said. “To put your head in the sand and think
> that nothing bad’s going to happen, and that we have no obligation to the
> citizens of the state of Wyoming to at least have the discussion, is not
> healthy.”**Wyoming’s Department of Homeland Security already has a
> statewide crisis management plan, but it doesn’t cover what the state
> should do in the event of an extreme nationwide political or economic
> collapse. In recent years, lawmakers in at least six states have introduced
> legislation to create a state currency, all unsuccessfully.**The task
> force would include state lawmakers, the director of the Wyoming Department
> of Homeland Security, the Wyoming attorney general and the Wyoming National
> Guard’s adjutant general, among others.**The bill must pass two more
> House votes before it would head to the Senate for consideration. The
> original bill appropriated $32,000 for the task force, though the Joint
> Appropriations Committee slashed that number in half earlier this week.**University
> of Wyoming political science professor Jim King said the potential for a
> complete unraveling of the U.S. government and economy is “astronomically
> remote” in the foreseeable future.**But King noted that the federal
> government set up a Continuity of Government Commission in 2002, of which
> former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson, R-Wyo., was co-chairman. However, King said he
> didn’t know of any states that had established a similar board.**Contact
> capital bureau reporter Jeremy Pelzer at 307-632-1244 or
> jeremy.pelzer at trib,com****Copyright 2012 trib.com. All rights reserved.
> This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
> ****Read more:
> http://m.trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/wyoming-house-advances-doomsday-bill/article_af6e1b2b-0ca4-553f-85e9-92c0f58c00bd.html#ixzz1nY441OSm
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