Comments on: Balancing Act http://www.briankaneonline.com/2010/01/25/balancing-act/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: shelley http://www.briankaneonline.com/2010/01/25/balancing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-8485 shelley Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:28:55 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/?p=2898#comment-8485 I for one am happy to see you posting more, Brian. And your clever is back in high gear .... I for one am happy to see you posting more, Brian. And your clever is back in high gear ….

]]> By: Brian http://www.briankaneonline.com/2010/01/25/balancing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-8483 Brian Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:19:32 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/?p=2898#comment-8483 <i>You’ve been on a roll with posts these last few days.</i> Yes, but you'll recall I had absolutely nothing to post about for most of the month of December. Some days there's so much interesting stuff I can't begin to keep up, others not so much. You’ve been on a roll with posts these last few days.

Yes, but you’ll recall I had absolutely nothing to post about for most of the month of December. Some days there’s so much interesting stuff I can’t begin to keep up, others not so much.

]]> By: Tony http://www.briankaneonline.com/2010/01/25/balancing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-8482 Tony Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:04:14 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/?p=2898#comment-8482 You've been on a roll with posts these last few days. As Maine (and practically every other state) struggles with budget problems and, consequently, every unit of local government struggles with budget problems, I have found myself wondering more and more frequently whether the boundaries of many political subdivisions (states, counties, municipalities) really make sense any more: Beyond whether they make sense from an economic, political, or legal perspective, how many of them are really relevant in terms of how we identify ourselves? Reminds me somewhat of "Nine Nations of North America," which you recommended to me and, I think, have mentioned here before, only that was more an exercise in the demographic and cultural distinctions you allude to, as I recall. More than once lately I've found myself thinking, "there was a time when all this was new; why do we have to keep these boundaries if they don't work for us any more?" Problem is, I don't think Massachusetts wants Maine back, and I know for sure there are many people in Maine who would rather be part of New Hampshire (or Idaho) than a province of the commonwealth. Not like it's going to happen anyway.... You’ve been on a roll with posts these last few days. As Maine (and practically every other state) struggles with budget problems and, consequently, every unit of local government struggles with budget problems, I have found myself wondering more and more frequently whether the boundaries of many political subdivisions (states, counties, municipalities) really make sense any more: Beyond whether they make sense from an economic, political, or legal perspective, how many of them are really relevant in terms of how we identify ourselves?

Reminds me somewhat of “Nine Nations of North America,” which you recommended to me and, I think, have mentioned here before, only that was more an exercise in the demographic and cultural distinctions you allude to, as I recall. More than once lately I’ve found myself thinking, “there was a time when all this was new; why do we have to keep these boundaries if they don’t work for us any more?” Problem is, I don’t think Massachusetts wants Maine back, and I know for sure there are many people in Maine who would rather be part of New Hampshire (or Idaho) than a province of the commonwealth. Not like it’s going to happen anyway….

]]> By: Karan http://www.briankaneonline.com/2010/01/25/balancing-act/comment-page-1/#comment-8479 Karan Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:01:37 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/?p=2898#comment-8479 At least I won't have to change my address labels. At least I won’t have to change my address labels.

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