Beginning to look a little more likely. Not probable, but was unthinkable pre-Bush. They could have the ultimate gated communities.

MOSCOW - "If you're inclined to believe Igor Panarin, and the Kremlin wouldn't mind if you did, then President Barack Obama will order martial law this year, the U.S. will split into six rump-states before 2011, and Russia and China will become the backbones of a new world order."

"There's a lot of different scenarios," Perry said. "We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot."

"Obama: Most Polarizing President Ever." This comes as the people who caused the problems don't want to participate in solving them.

Arf