Spinal Fire Scientia Est Potentia

This article seems ridiculous, but there may be more to it then we know...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28477607/?GT1=43001

[quote]For seriously predicting that the United States will break into six parts in June or July of 2010, Igor Panarin has suddenly become a Russian state-media celebrity. Hardly a day goes by without another interview or two for the KGB-trained, Kremlin-backed senior analyst. The clamor in Russia for his ideas is growing, he says.

Panarin's disintegration divination comes complete with a map. In it, Alaska goes to Russia. Hawaii goes to Japan or China. "The California Republic" — the West from Utah and Arizona to the Pacific — goes to China. "The Texas Republic" — the South from New Mexico to Florida — goes to Mexico. "Atlantic America" — the Northeast from Tennessee and South Carolina up to Maine — joins the European Union. And "The Central North-American Republic" — the Plains from Ohio to Montana — goes to Canada. [/quote]

I think his analysis lacks of the Cultural regions and fault lines within the United States, yet I would say it may just be possible if a major crisis were to occur. For example, if the US had a full blown currency crisis and the value of the dollar dropped to nothing, anything could be possible.