Let us work on resolutions in our state. Resolutions that reverberate in sound terms an Independent Michigan. The Federal Government is broken beyond repair. It is high time we pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps out of the cesspool of Washington D.C. mandated politics. New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, are all good examples of Republics with direction. Maine with a new state resolution opting out of the required National ID act mandated by Homeland Security by 2008. New Hampshire with their heavy emphasis on individual freedoms and their "Live Free or Die" attitude leaves a taste of envy in this Michigan citizens mouth. Vermont with their Second Republic of Vermont secession movement underscores what it really means to be free. If Michigan were truly independent we would be the 6th wealthiest country in the world based on GDP per capita. We would no longer be subsidizing impoverished states by seeing 10-20% of our federal tax dollars diverted elsewhere. Most importantly of all we would be free of the tyranny which gnaws away at what little liberties we have left. What do Michigan children have to look forward to given the current course of U.S. policy? We must act on a State level to insure our future viability soon or it will be too late. www.unitedpeninsulas.org