Four More Years
Sorry its taken me a while to get around to this but I've been busy- mourning the loss of my country.
Now that we're well on our our way to becoming an "evangelical" nation of insecure immigrants its time to reflect on a few things that we'll be facing in our futures.
First and foremost, in a few short years, it will be difficult to tell the difference between America and Iran. Both will be governed by self serving elitists who, in the name of religion, can pretty much foist anything over on us now; just short of mass revolt that is. I don't think it will happen quickly. First, there will be an admendment to the constitution on the marriage issue; a document that stands for freedom, admended to restrict the very same thing it professes to reinforce. Next, will be supreme court justices. Significant rulings on privacy rights and personal freedoms will come next, setting precidence in a way that will set the pulse of this country back to the turn of the century.
Meanwhile, American servicemen will continue to die daily in a Vietnam like vendetta with an improvished country still trying to climb out of the 5th century, while an inconsistent foreign policy fosters the proliferation of really dangerous regimes like North Korea. Its no wonder that Arab countries are afraid of us. Do not be surprised if, by the time this administration's tenure comes to a close, fully a quarter to a third of your disposable income will go to skyrocketing fuel bills. GW's relationship with the Saudi's cannot withstand continued foreign policy fopaws in the Arab community forever, which will respond by punishing us with high oil prices.
Look for Colin Powel to step down. Ashcroft will leave because of his dismal public image (the administration should have fired him summarily years ago) and a new league of neo conservatives will take their place. This time, they will be individuals that are much more effective than their predicessors. Things will change for us all.
Life for the middle class will become much more difficult with earning power continuing to fall. Lack of money at the Federal level will continue to constrict funds at the state level, in turn, causing a dramatic increase in local and state levies such as sales tax and property taxes. Coupled with rising fuel costs, real income will be the lowest since the depression and nearly every industry will suffer. Do I hope I'm wrong? You bet. Am I optimistic? No.
America is a great country only relative to the rest of the world. When the rest of world looks down on us will we maintain the stature that has been cultivated at such great cost by our forefathers? What happened to the compassion of the sixties? Have we forgotten what it means to be American?
Good luck for the next four years.
Now that we're well on our our way to becoming an "evangelical" nation of insecure immigrants its time to reflect on a few things that we'll be facing in our futures.
First and foremost, in a few short years, it will be difficult to tell the difference between America and Iran. Both will be governed by self serving elitists who, in the name of religion, can pretty much foist anything over on us now; just short of mass revolt that is. I don't think it will happen quickly. First, there will be an admendment to the constitution on the marriage issue; a document that stands for freedom, admended to restrict the very same thing it professes to reinforce. Next, will be supreme court justices. Significant rulings on privacy rights and personal freedoms will come next, setting precidence in a way that will set the pulse of this country back to the turn of the century.
Meanwhile, American servicemen will continue to die daily in a Vietnam like vendetta with an improvished country still trying to climb out of the 5th century, while an inconsistent foreign policy fosters the proliferation of really dangerous regimes like North Korea. Its no wonder that Arab countries are afraid of us. Do not be surprised if, by the time this administration's tenure comes to a close, fully a quarter to a third of your disposable income will go to skyrocketing fuel bills. GW's relationship with the Saudi's cannot withstand continued foreign policy fopaws in the Arab community forever, which will respond by punishing us with high oil prices.
Look for Colin Powel to step down. Ashcroft will leave because of his dismal public image (the administration should have fired him summarily years ago) and a new league of neo conservatives will take their place. This time, they will be individuals that are much more effective than their predicessors. Things will change for us all.
Life for the middle class will become much more difficult with earning power continuing to fall. Lack of money at the Federal level will continue to constrict funds at the state level, in turn, causing a dramatic increase in local and state levies such as sales tax and property taxes. Coupled with rising fuel costs, real income will be the lowest since the depression and nearly every industry will suffer. Do I hope I'm wrong? You bet. Am I optimistic? No.
America is a great country only relative to the rest of the world. When the rest of world looks down on us will we maintain the stature that has been cultivated at such great cost by our forefathers? What happened to the compassion of the sixties? Have we forgotten what it means to be American?
Good luck for the next four years.
posted by Politico at 8:34 PM
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