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We are going to have to face up to the fact that the global trend is towards larger nation-states and there is nothing we can do about it. Just as in business, where mergers and acquisitions are the rule, and entire industries are distilled into just a few major players, the same forces are going on with nations.

I fully agree with most of you here that the United States should not merge with anybody and give up even a shred of sovereignty. What we need to do instead is go into acquisition mode. Instead of "merging" with Canada and Mexico, we need to acquire them and fold them into our system of government. Sort of like how we grew from 13 colonies to a super nation of 50 states in less than 150 years.

This is entirely possible to do by peaceful means. One or two of the Canadian provinces could be lured into the United States and once that starts the rest would soon follow like dominoes. Mexico is a tougher nut to crack, but I think with a little care, we could eventually absorb them into the Union as well. Once that is achieved (and we are talking as long as 50 years), it will be a relatively simple matter to bring the entire Carribean and Latin American countries into the fold.

I believe the Manifest Destiny needs to be extended to the entirety of North America all the way from the Arctic Circle to the Panama Canal. But we need to do it the right way with no concessions whatsoever to U.S. sovereignty.

Think about this however- you say the trend is toward greater consolidation, but consider the strength of decentralization and the power of the individual, united in liberty.

Look at how the file-sharing phenomenon has impacted the music industry. Once centralized under record labels, now decentralized relationships, illegal as they are, have gutted their profits somewhat. ITunes has provided something of a solution- a decentralized approach to legit intellectual property. Another example is AlQueda- kill Osama, and they will keep going. The Apache nation was organized the same way, that’s why they were a threat for 300 years, while the Aztecs were brought down in only 2.

There are many more examples, both good and bad- but the point is, you can’t cut the head off of a decentralized entity.

A return to Constitutional government, with much more individual liberty, can take on the best of what a worldwide Tower of Babel has to offer, and in fact, overcome it.

This is America’s assignment from God- to impact the planet with freedom. We (the People) can’t just give up, regardless of what our control freaks politicians try to do.