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A friend of a friend sent this to my friend, who gave me a hard-copy and was promptly asked to forward the electronic version so I could post it without having to retype it. (I would have; I want a perma-copy.)

Yes, this is somewhat divisive. So is divorce. I do not think they are evil, those to whom this letter is addressed. In as much as I can make a blanket statement about the group, I think they’re well meaning, and that they think they’re doing good.

They are just misguided.

In my opinion.

That’s why I think this resonated so well with me.

Enjoy.

Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters, et al:

We have stuck together since the late 1950′s or the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce…. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.

Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let’s just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.

Here is a model separation agreement:

Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.

We don’t like redistributive taxes so you can keep them. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we’ll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military. We’ll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and you can go with wind, solar and biodiesel. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O’Donnell (You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them).

We’ll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart and Wall Street. You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal aliens. We’ll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO’s and rednecks. We’ll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood . You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we’ll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we’ll help provide them security.

We’ll keep our Judeo-Christian values.. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McClain. You can also have the U.N. but we will no longer be paying the bill.

We’ll keep the SUV’s, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon you can find.

You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors. We’ll continue to believe healthcare is a luxury and not a right. We’ll keep The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the National Anthem. I’m sure you’ll be happy to substitute Imagine, I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing, Kum Ba Ya or We Are the World.

We’ll practice trickle down economics and you can continue to give trickle up poverty your best shot.

Since it often so offends you, we’ll keep our history, our name and our flag.

Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I’ll bet you Answer which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.

Sincerely, John J. Wall Law Student and an American

P.S. Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara Streisand, & Jane Fonda with you.

P.S.S. And you won’t have to press 1 for English when you call our country.

Amen.

President Gordon B. Hinckley, Prophet of God and 15^th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints passed from this world to the next this evening, 27.Jan.2008, about 7 pm local time (midnight UTC).

He was a great man, a loving man, a man dedicated to doing the work of the Lord in building up the Kingdom of God.

I will miss him.

He has been a part of the scenery of my life since I was a youth. He brought humor and warmth to meetings I attended as a teen, when I wished I could be someplace more exciting—or at least, less uncomfortable. As a councilor to President Kimball, he made it so I could stand sitting in the hard seats and survive the meetings I attended. During his time as prophet and mouthpiece for the Lord, he spoke with power and conviction of simple, but important matters, focusing on the youth of today, and on Temples and the work done there for our ancestors.

It’s sad—for me—to see him go, having been one of the focal points of my life. At 97 years of age and with declining health, his passing is certainly not unexpected, and yet having been such a fixture, it’s still going to take a while before I won’t feel that twinge, realizing he’s not going to be the one speaking to us from the pulpit. He has had a “good run” though, and I’m sure he is happy to be reunited with his sweetheart, Marjorie. With the life he has led, I’m sure the Savior was there to welcome him home as well.

Yes, I will miss him, but I know he has “fought a good fight”, lived a great life, and goes on to join his fellow bretheren in continuing the work he dedicated himself to here on Earth.

He was—and is—truly a man of God. Fare thee well, Brother Gordon! Huzzah!