In <200312051903.hB5J325Q055814@phobos.aros.net>, on 12/05/03 at 01:50 PM,
   Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> said:

>Date:    Fri, 5 Dec 2003 10:03:09 -0800
>From:    "John D. Foster" <jidd@JIDDWARE.COM>
>Subject: Re: WAS:dumbest auto company NOW: Representatives (NVC)

>Ahhh, thanks for the lesson.  I was looking at it purely from a state
>level, not down at the district level.  It makes sense that a rep from a
>district in my state other than the one in which I live could care less
>how I feel about an issue.

Get real folks. :-) There are about 525 elected "representatives" in
Congress, for 280 million citizens. You can throw in a district rep if you
want, but you are still looking at one person "representing" about half a
million people. If you wanna call that representation, I guess its still
somewhat of a free country......

John