Reply #162: I tend to believe that the country would be better off to split...

[Iowa]

How that could be accomplished, I have no idea, but it's clear to me that a large portion of the country has chosen a different path than the one establish by the founders. So I tend to think both sides would be better off if we just parted ways. One country (ours) would continue as the founders intended. The other would continue down the corporatist path they love so much.

In many ways we already have two separate countries. Example: I don't consider Bush to be my president - I see him as their president. I feel like my country ceases to exist while under their control. Another example: Patriotism isn't really a virtue anymore... whether one is patriotic or not depends entirely upon who is running the show. When the republicans are at the helm, in many ways it's an entirely different country than the one the founders established. So how is it virtuous to be patriotic when we're suddenly living in a predatory country that openly condones torture, spying on its citizens, and countless other evils? That certainly isn't our country - is it? And if it isn't, wouldn't patriotism be a vice under those circumstances?

In a way we have already split - so why force two groups - one that believes in the constitution, and one that clearly hates it - to swap governments periodically and live under a regime that either one or the other despises? Oh, there will always be things we don't like about the powers that be, but this is different; here we're talking about irreconcilable differences that strike at the very core of what makes this country what it is (or used to be).

So maybe the time has come to split.