Irreconcilable Differences

Is there any divorce that would meet with God's approval? What if the two sides realized that they will never, ever get along again? Remember, God hates divorce. Marriage is a uniting of two into one. Divorce is the taking of that one and tearing it into two, again. It was never meant to be.

---

But, what if the irreconcilable differences were not concerning the marriage relationship? What if the divorce had to do with Left vs Right? What if the union being divided was the Union? Would God have an opinion on a national divorce? They tried this once, back in the 1860s. It resulted in the Civil War being fought over states rights (the cause of the south) and slavery (the cause of the north). After four years of killing, the Union was preserved. Since we know that God is in control, we must recognize that the outcome of the Civil War was God's will. Would we have to physically fight each other in America in order to find God's will, again? Maybe your solution would be a healthy dose of union counseling. We could all lay our emotions on the table and just try to be more understanding and not so dogmatic in getting our own way. Maybe a duel could solve the issue. Each side would each pick one person and these two would have a sword fight - winner takes all. Maybe we could have an election. Oh wait, we have already been doing that and look where we are. If the right wins, the Left will claim the Right stole the election. If the Left wins, the Right will know that the Left cheated. What do we do? Ten paces, turn and shoot? Have a drawing for a winning philosophy? Stand across a field in Virginia and shoot at each other? No matter what course we choose, the winner will claim victory and the loser will not accept the results. "Irreconcilable differences" is just what it says, there are differences in the way each side wants to take this country that do not work together. They are mutually exclusive. They cannot exist side-by-side.

United Coastal Liberal America and American States United

So, what do we do? Maybe it is time for the great, national experiment. Split! Go our separate ways! Part in peace and wish the best to each other. There could be the United Coastal Liberal America (UCLA) made up of Hawaii, the west coast states, the northeast states, D.C. and we will throw in New Mexico. The remainder of the states, Alaska, the mountain and central states, and the southeast states could become American States United (ASU). This could be done without firing a shot, which would be good for UCLA as they have few states where they actually have guns. We could form trade agreements where the workers in ASU could sell to the entitlement class in UCLA. Since the UCLA population will not be manufacturing anything and all of their jobs will be government or service related, once in a while we could go on vacation to the coast and let them pamper us for a few days until we longed for the smell of freedom and went back home to ASU. Clearly, there would be an initial population shift to get the socialists all located in UCLA and rescue the producers, business owners, doctors, manufacturing companies, etc from the territories where they are despised. Once the settling-in was complete, let the experiment begin. The Left could go socialist, Marxist, fascist, communist; just as far as they want. They would have no resistance and their leaders could quickly establish rulership over their masses in the lower class. The Right could re-establish a republican form of government (rule of law), find the last known copy of the Constitution and reinstate its principles. We may have to have a few amendments to make some minor changes that will ensure that what begins good will stay that way and not slide to the left as what happened in the former USA. As ASU will have the lovers of God, supporters of national defense, low taxes, non-union workers, limited government influence; and of course, freedom; I believe we would be just fine without L.A., San Francisco, D.C., New York, etc. ASU could actually close the borders instead of just talk about it. But, of course, we would have borders on all four sides that we would have to close. We don't want illegal aliens from California or New York trying to get in without our permission. Let's see, would ASU have what it needs for survival?

• military - check
• farm, ranch land and forests - check
• oil, natural gas and coal - check
• air bases, naval yards, army bases - check
• freedom to drill for additional sources of energy - check
• hunting and fishing - check
• booming economy with production jobs - check
• no national debt - check
• like-minded people who are willing to work for a paycheck - check
• no Obama, Pelosi, Reed, Clinton - a big check

What would we be missing?

• free-loader entitlement-minded goof-balls - check
• high taxes - check
• "Big Brother" - check

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote that irreconcilable differences can make it "necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another." He also understood that "whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends (life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness), it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles." We love you, Leftists, we just hate how you think and what you are doing. Go in peace and may the best country win.