I really liked that last line of your post "Just love "smaller government" conservatives freak-out at the thought of smaller government ... does your nanny-state need to change your diapers? ..." I will try to remember the line of thought when small government republican applaud removing regulations and oversite, just to be removing regulations and oversite as it is always a good thing.
A lot of people on here still do not realize, the de-funders and dis-banders are really talking about replacing, not doing away with it to live in 24/7/365 lawlessness. Logic goes out the window at the extremes.