Old saying in US journalism: "Write for the Kansas City milkman."I know a bit about Kansas, the wide open spaces mostly where a consensus for a common interest could be made if launched properly in careful hands. Start small with a model for others to look at. Kansas isn't a place folks expect to find foolishness. If it works in Kansas, others say, why couldn't it in (fill in the space). You're going nowhere if you're scaring people.
This sounds good, but are there other considerations? How about the last US 'popular' vote. On the one hand, the single state of california could be seen as the lone reason that hill won the pop vote. That point alone is a fact, but it's the meaningless talking point that drives the 'conversation', at least as much as it's the flavor of the week.
Of any state, doesn't cali drive the national mantra about enviro ideology. Back to starting small. Have you ever seen such a campaign to delegitimize the will of so many people who voted for the current President? Doesn't the electoral college represent 'Kansas', when cali spots the dem a 20% head start to 270, the second voting closes?
On a side note, I'd rather leave gramps old five hundred dollar beater in the closet than buy some stamp or permit for it to shoot lead for some romantic notion. Whats given in the way of permit will certainly be taken at some point. The main difference would be that places like cali would teach us what would now happen to the old duck gun when it comes time to pass it on to the next generation.
