Hopefully by the time this column is published, the Supreme Court of the United States will have reminded the Florida Supreme Court that their job is not to rewrite law but merely interpret it. At which point we will have a 43rd President named Bush and the Democrats can get on with trying to damage the economy so they can blame it on the Republicans. Or Jesse Jackson can call for riots because he believes that voting machines can distinguish the race of the voter. The Democrats in Congress are already questioning the legitimacy of a Bush Presidency, setting the tone for the next four years. Their Amen Chorus in the national media will parrot their position until the gullible majority see it as gospel. Power at all costs seems to be the rule for the Democrats these days. Fortunately for the Democratic Party, the people who support them will believe anything. The next four years will show that the "Sore Loserman" signs were an understatement.

Our country is now sharply divided between those who think the government should control our lives and those who don't. The Democrats assume everyone's an idiot and cannot be trusted to run their own lives or spend their own money. Considering the Democratic voters in Palm Beach County, Floriduh, this argument may have merit. I for one don't want the government taking half my paycheck and doling it out to the parasite class. I believe there are no guarantees in life. People not willing to expend the same effort as I do making a go at living in a free country should not be carried along as so much excess baggage on my dime.

We are quickly approaching an impasse. This country has survived longer than any other nation in history based on individual liberty and economic freedom. It has been a good run. The time has come for us to seriously consider a split. Two nations. One would keep the current Constitution, be a Republic, have limited government, free markets and unfettered capitalism. The other would write a new Constitution, be a Democracy, have a large bureaucratic central government, controlled markets and socialism.

I would live in the Republic. We would get rid of the IRS, the Department of Education, the Department of Commerce, HUD, have a national sales tax, school choice, be a "right to work" nation, promote business and the competing political parties would be Republicans and Libertarians. The Democracy would have all the current government plus the addition of a Department of the Environment, a Department of National Health, keep their kids in a failing public education system, raise taxes to 50%, outlaw wealth and the competing political parties would be Democrats and Greens.

The Democracy would have universal healthcare, free day care, and free education through college. Of course they would have the confiscate their citizen's property to pay for it, since most if not all of the wealth producers would live in the Republic. The Republic would have to send energy to the Democracy so they wouldn't freeze in the dark since the Democracy would never allow power plants or oil exploration within their territory. The Republic would have a standing army that we would use to guard our borders. The Democracy "loathing the military" would soon have a population consisting mainly of illegal aliens who would be given the same benefits as their citizens, plus the right to vote. I imagine the criminal class would opt for the Democracy where they would be safe from the death penalty and could ply their trade knowing the populace was unarmed.