Witness to the news Who'll not confuse. "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." - H. L. Mencken...“You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext.” -- SecState John Kerry
“Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.”― Frank Zappa "Would a government that used lies about WMDs to kill innocent people use a real one to scare patriots to act?" --Rich Scallia "The further you get away from official Washington, the closer you get to reality."

January 23, 2011

Hindsight is 2020 - Part 1

As the economy appears to be getting off government stimulus life support TEMPORARILY, it appears that Obama is a safe bet to getting re-elected in 2012. Also, as the Tea Party will cause internal divisions in the Republican Party by not willing to be identified with the Party of the Rich, this will make the GOP all but unelectable. So following Obama's wise words, let US look forward:

After years of swelling deficits fed by incessant warfare in distant lands, in 2020, the U.S. dollar finally loses its special status as the world's reserve currency. The cost of imports soars. Unable to pay for swelling deficits by selling now-devalued Treasury notes abroad, Washington is finally forced to slash its bloated military budget. Under pressure at home and abroad, Washington slowly pulls U.S. forces back from hundreds of overseas bases to a continental perimeter. By now, however, it is far too late.

Incapable of paying its bills in an economic black hole, U.S. dominion collapses over the oceans, space, and cyberspace. China, India, Iran, Russia, and other powers, great and regional, race to fill the void. Meanwhile, amid soaring prices, ever-rising unemployment, and a continuing decline in real wages, domestic divisions widen into violent clashes and divisive debates, often over remarkably irrelevant issues. Riding a political tide of disillusionment and despair, Citizens United Koch and Scallia funds a far-right patriot who secures the presidency with thundering rhetoric, demanding respect for American authority and threatening military retaliation or economic reprisal. Petraeus…Bueller... (And no, it won’t be Palin in the revealing scarlet dress- even though she does appeal to some black male voters Man Up)

Come 2020, look in the mirror, Sarah. Your WTF time will be gone with the baked Alaskan suntan.