Several things may surprise you when you are made aware of them and reason your way through the paths they bring up. What your father said is true. But of course the legality of the cities laws are in question. It is reported that many illegal aliens have left since the tone has been set. We are a melting pot or a porridge of many peoples. Most of the people came here legally. Millions of them! Legally. But the town is Hazelton, PA and you can google or ask it all over he place. Unless you are native American your ancestors came from somewhere else. The idea of territoriality is deep within us. Again like Cara Gunderson almost gets to in here description of myspace's reasons for success. Don't think territoriality doesn't reside in you like it does in most of the rest of us -- a part of our identy, a part of ourselves. Who do you want to represent you in this terrible form of government known as a republic? You should take a bit of time and re-read the Constitution of the United States. Just google it, choose a site and start reading the document. There are many examples of things that we in our experiment with self-governance have been lax in doing. One of the things is allowing a concentration of power over our rights to be focused in DC (Destiny's Child) where lobbying is a major industry. Government for sale. I ask you to take a read of my Fifth Article xombyte and reflect on it. Then take a look at www.article5.org and www.cc2.org. When the constitution was written there was no Congress. Congress was an idea. To induce the states to ratify the plan for a republic thus outlined as a from of government, the Fifth Article (Article V) was conceived and penned. It was, subsequently, in Federalist #85, explained so that its meaning and simplicity would be both appreciated and understood. Hamilton described it as the fitfh article of the "plan"; what we now call The Constitution. Again, realize, Congress did not yet exist, but the idea of it had been invented. Congress, now, is violating the rule of our supreme law, the Constitution, and we are letting them do it. One shadow or ray of hope that the Constitution will survive is in a lawsuit appealed to the Supreme Court. Walker v. Members of Congress, et. al. case number 06-244 that still awaits a judgement to be worthy of hearing. There are things that need to be changed. A good place to start is in changing the Congress, the House and the Senate. And to compel a calling of the amendatory convewrntion completely removed from the all powerful central government. vote this year. Think about your desires for the place in which you want to live.