Reply #7: This is more of a question.

[MissMarple]

Or several.

How are the family farmers and ranchers doing as opposed to corporate agribusiness? How is "farm aid" working or not working, as well as Bush's past and proposed budgets?

Also, has the Internet been made more or less available under Republican administrations either national or at the state level?

How are the local school districts doing under No Child Left Behind? Has this helped, hindered, or been held neutral? Has it cost the districts money but not helped appreciatively, and not worth the time?

How are the county, state, and U.S. roads and highways? Any bridges crumbling?

What are the concerns of your county commissioners, town mayors, school superintendents, and organizations like Duck's Unlimited? What will clear cutting lumber do to fishing and hunting habitat? Colorado is experiencing some local problems with hazardous waste dumps in rural areas potentially being used for low level nuclear waste.

Do rural injured or ill veterans have to travel for care? How is healthcare availability in general? Are your doctor's happy, or do they come and then go?

These are just a few questions, but I would love it if someone could find the answers. Putting rural issues forward and explaining how things are going in the different sectors of rural life under this administration in one place would be quite helpful. For me, I just see it piecemeal, and it's hard to put the pieces together to understand the whole picture.