[LTC.Ret]

I also believe that we are coming to “S” -— because I for one will live free or die, and I know I am not alone.

I may be 100% wrong, but I do not think that the federal government can set the military against the citizens now, either, because the military ain’t stupid and they as individuals see what is going on as well.

I see the left and the right as so diametrically opposite that I can’t imagine any compromise between the two.

Either you approve of killing the preborn, or you oppose it -— there is no middle ground, alive is alive, and dead is dead, period!

Either there is personal responsibility and decisions have consequences, or there is a cradle to grave government safety net without accountability.

Either you are a law abiding individual who wants just laws that are equally enforced across the board, or you are a lawless individual who only wants the laws enforced against people you don’t like and don’t agree with, while giving a pass to certain “protected classes”.

I could go on and on, but the divisions are as stark as binary code -— you are either -0- or -1-, either “yes” or “no” -— there is no “other” or middle choice on so many issues, fronts, and choices ———>

IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES.

[ilovesarah2012]

I am all for dividing the country - north and south. We are so divided already. The south keeps the military.

[OrangeHoof]

I’m beyond pondering. I’m ready to get started.

Imagine...
* No IRS
* Fewer federal mandates.
* God and prayer welcome in the public square again.
* No ACLU
* A pro-business, pro-capitalist environment that champions growth, jobs and wealth.
* Common-sense care of the environment minus the extremism of zealots.
* Serious attempts to control our borders, not mere lip service.

IMO, Washington is broken, the welfare state is broken and the premises of some Supreme Court decisions has damaged some of the principles of the Constitution beyond repair. We need to start over but we need to create a worldview where the welfare/freeloader class doesn’t have the same voting strength as the working/investing/producing class.

I believe this can be done and as the America we used to love slides deeper into debt and socialism, right-thinking people need to break free from it before it sucks us all under.

[rockthecasbah]

I would prefer amending the constitution. Limit voting rights strictly to persons who are net payers into the system. This would preclude persons who receive more in government supplied benefits than they pay in taxes from continually voting themselves goodies (like welfare recipients and public sector workers). It would bring accountability and common sense back into the political realm.

[rockthecasbah]

I would prefer amending the constitution. Limit voting rights strictly to persons who are net payers into the system. This would preclude persons who receive more in government supplied benefits than they pay in taxes from continually voting themselves goodies (like welfare recipients and public sector workers). It would bring accountability and common sense back into the political realm.

[mo]

“It really comes down to this: My conservative political philosophy does not threaten or affect the freedom of liberals. I don’t ask them to sacrifice anything for me, but they DEMAND I sacrifice for them””

[x]

Just one year into his tenure, however, America has become more resentfully divided than any time in generations. Conservative “Scoop Jackson” Democrats have become nearly non-existent, as have liberal “Rockefeller” Republicans.

Congress isn't the country. The political class and the people who post on Internet bulletin boards aren't the country either. I don't doubt that Congress is more divided than it's been in years, but I wouldn't conclude that the country itself is so bitterly divided. Most people just aren't that interested in politics, and they help keep the country going.

If this generation splits up the country our children and grandchildren will curse us for having thrown the country away. If the US ever does break up, we'll probably find the Chinese government had its hand in the secession movements, since the PRC will be the chief beneficiary of separation.

[RJS1950]

The revolution was not secession, this is not the 1860s and it would not succeed as it did not then. What should have been done in 1865 was to outlaw the democrat party and jail/hang their leadership. That, unfortunately did not happen. Not making the effort to take back the Constitution and the Republic and opting instead for secession fractionates any concerted effort to regain the Constitution and is the coward’s way out.

[Chickensoup]

Personally I think there will be partitioning.

[Outlaw Woman]

Which side would prosper and experience an influx of migration from the other?

Ticks always go where the blood supply is.