Hickenlooper's good idea
The Egypt mess is too sad to think about. I wanted Morsi to succeed and prayed hard for his success. Israel didn't want him to succeed, so he's out. If he had managed the country better, things might have worked out, but it's clear that he wasn't allowed to manage. Pure tragedy for Egypt and for the world.

I'll think about something more positive. A neat idea by Colorado Gov Hickenlooper. Western states should work together to fund and share a fleet of firefighting planes. Excellent. No state needs a dozen planes all the time. Big wildfires are rare events in any one location, so no single state can justify the year-round storage and maintenance expenses. But five states pooling their resources can afford it, and the total number of fires in five states would come closer to justifying the expense.

We could use a lot more ideas along these lines. One of America's few remaining advantages is the solid principle of federalism, which remains in the structure and culture long after Madman Lincoln ripped it out of the Constitution. States need to exert their sovereignty at every opportunity, and working together regionally is an ideal exercise. When several states have a system locked in place, it becomes much harder for the evil Feds to kill it.

Immigration would be another good exercise. When Arizona was acting on its own, the satanic Feds were able to knock down every sane and sensible effort. If the states that need Mexican farm labor could work in sync with the states that have a door to Mexico, it might be possible to fund a rational immigration system. Georgia needs Mexicans to pick peaches? Okay, pay Arizona to filter and admit the proper set of Mexicans.

The ultimate goal of these ad-hoc arrangements, of course, is to crowd out Satan entirely. At some point all the sane states will emerge from their long stupor and shout "Hey! Wait a minute! We're still paying Satan for all these services, and we're not using even one! Let's just stop."  ¶ 3:28 PM