re: #292 freetoken

Dude… you beat me by 60 seconds…

I’ll add this part of the story:

This is really getting to the heart of a major problem the atavists have - accepting reality.

Phoenix is not a “small town” - it’s a good sized city and an especially sprawling urban conglomeration. And it needs to be governed like a major city, not a small town.

The Tea Partiers really are reality challenged.

The Tea Party idolizes the small town, because it’s the kinda place their ideology finds fertile ground in. Fewer people from diverse backgrounds, more likely to have their nose in the business of others and unafraid to voice their disapproval of the lifestyle of others. But most importantly, the kinda folks who think that they’re “self-sufficient” and thus don’t need no “big government” there to help them. Except for the welfare checks…and the Social Security checks…the Medicare checks…farm subsidies…etc.