I saw on one of Kodiac's posts that he thought we should start over with the Articles of Confederation. I do not beleive that this would ever work. Sure, each state had absolute say in what went on, but a nation cannot function with a set of laws that makes it so that one state can prevent the wishes of the other states, no matter it's size. Also the national level government could not enforce anything, not even treaties. This is not the way to run a country, this way would make America split into 50 little countries the likes of which reside in Europe and Asia today. It is like a football team where all 11 players on the field are a captain and do not have to follow the playbook. You have 11 people running around in their own little part of the field and the other team comes and wipes them out. I personally think that what is nessecary is to start over with the Constitution. Sure, even a few changes could be made to it, such as making it harder to amend bills with riders and such. I know of only one true Confederation that worked in modern times and that was the Iriquios(sp?) Nation. And I don't want to hear that the US is a confederacy, it is not because the states do not actively participate in the governing of the country. Is there anyone out there that has some good things to say about the Articles of Confederation?