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The very serious dilemma facing America may be an Urban vs. Rural life style issue. Increasingly the US, as well as most other countries, have been creating more and more larger urban complexes with millions and millions of people. These urban life styles are at odds with those embraced by people in rural and less densely populated states. This looks a bit like an emerging civil war issue, because people are not inclined to look at how we can remain a United States of America and still allow people to chose to determine their political and cultural environment within their States' Rights domain. The abortion issue along with the Electoral College issues may be the primary concerns for some people, but they are not late night issues for most people. People need to vote and be informed, of course, and voters ought to be aware that the media and the two political parties are doing their best to polarize our country so we can't make common sense decisions. Again, perhaps we just need to stop voting for all incumbent politicians, and perhaps we really should think about why we allowed less than 10 giant corporations to own all our media.

Are we really willing to seriously consider whether 21 states should matter less than California?

I seriously hope not.

Mr. Hartman's Citation: Forty-two Senators represent 21 states whose aggregated total populations are smaller than the single state of California, which is represented by only two Senators. (Those 21 states are Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, Rhode Island, Maine, Utah, Iowa, Nevada, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, Idaho, Hawaii, West Virginia and New Hampshire.)