Amusingly enough, it is six years to the day since I wrote a similar blog post on why I was optimistic in the fight to defeat a different piece of legislation -- and for similar reasons. The sad thing is that I was able to express the same thoughts in less than half the word count, and probably said it better.
http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/cope-ing-nicely-thank-you/
