Luckily for all of us, our progressive neighbor to the north, Canada, has a solution. A number of reports surfaced post-election that Canada is offering up a deal to Conservatives in America who just can’t handle an America governed by Barack Obama. So far these reports have yet to go beyond internet rumor and have not been confirmed by the Canadian government, but given that actual facts bear little significance in their worldview, there’s some buzz that some Conservatives are already looking into this refuge offer as an alternative to secession and another Civil War.

According to this so-called deal for disgruntled Americans, Canada is opening up its northern-most province of Nunavut to anyone from the states who just can’t stomach another four years of President Obama’s ruthless, tyrannical, moderate rule. Each immigrant will receive 40 acres of land conveniently located near open water. And Canada is also generously offering a used snowmobile and a sled to any newcomers as well.

There’s no doubt that life in Nunavut, fending for yourself without any help from the Nanny State, will take some getting used to, especially for those Southerners who hail from states that receive far more government benefits than they pay in tax revenue. Not to mention, the weather is a bit different in Nunavut than it is in Florida.

But the weather woes shouldn’t last too long. Global warming could soon turn it into a climate like today’s New York – and it may only take a generation or three.

And hopefully a deal can be worked out between the new oligarchs of Nunavut and the Canadian government to absolutely make sure that the horrors of single-payer healthcare, which all Canadians have access to, never cross the border into that new Libertarian refuge in the Arctic.

I think this is the best solution for all. The Conservatives get their freedom from President Obama, while progressives still here in the United States find an electorate much more receptive to their ideas.

And thanks to one local Fox News station in Oklahoma, soon-to-be secessionists now know the easiest way to make it Canada without getting stuck in traffic. Let’s wish them well.

Already a number of Republican governors are dealing with pressure from hard right constituents to resist implementing Obamacare as much as they can, particularly focusing on refusing to set up state exchanges on the presumption that doing so will overwhelm the federal government and stall out the new law. Some of them suggested that they're on board with this plan, but right now, it looks like most are getting cold feet, except Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, who claims he's going to refuse to create the exchange this week. States also have to decide if they're going to accept the Medicaid expansion, which the Alabama governor has refused alongside the state exchange.

The former Confederate states already perform poorly on many measures of citizen's health compared to other states, and this kind of ideological posturing about "states rights" can't help. Women and children will likely suffer the most, as is customary in these kinds of situations. Just this morning, Mississippi yet again topped the list of states with high infant mortality, with over nine babies per 1,000 dying before their first birthday. The teen pregnancy rate seems to drift upwards as you move south, as does the unplanned pregnancy rate. Both are associated with higher negative health outcomes for both mothers and children. Guess it's easy for these conservative governors to preen about states rights, when it's someone else who will be paying the price for their ideology.