A Hard Rain

James Howard Kunstler Blog ^ | 7 Oct 2019 | James Kunstler

[amorphous]

IMO, he nails it, except for, "and chilling silence falls over this mob as they look to the sky and see the indictments raining down".

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James Howard Kunstler is the author of many books including (non-fiction) The Geography of Nowhere, The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition, Home from Nowhere, The Long Emergency, and Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology and the Fate of the Nation. His novels include World Made By Hand, The Witch of Hebron, Maggie Darling — A Modern Romance, The Halloween Ball, an Embarrassment of Riches, and many others. He has published three novellas with Water Street Press: Manhattan Gothic, A Christmas Orphan, and The Flight of Mehetabel.

[wastoute]

There is literally no way this nation can conduct an election next year that anyone will respect. None.

[Lurkinanloomin]

We swallowed the Kenyanesian Usurpation.

They think we will swallow anything.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The day may be not far off when a great and chilling silence falls over this mob as they look to the sky and see the indictments raining down.
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That is the only peaceful resolution.
Restoring the rule of law.
Exposing the Kenyanesian Usurpation and ALL of its crimes.

[moovova]

...a gonna fall.

[Celerity]

“I did not vote for Mr. Trump (or Mrs. Clinton) but I resent the coup mounted to overthrow him.”

We’re not on the same team. He’s not welcome at the table.

... and should the author see me walking to him he would do best to cross the road.

[Theophilus]

I did not vote for Mr. Trump (or Mrs. Clinton) but I resent the coup mounted to overthrow him

I resemble this. Will read rest later.

[amorphous]

And I disagree with this:

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"The techno-industrial phase of history is ending, and we are left only with inadequate fantasies for coming to terms with it and moving forward. The dynamic relationship between affordable energy supplies and the operations of money roils at the core of this predicament. They are undoing each other and the result will be a contraction of human activity. The big question we refuse to face is how to cope with contraction."

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Contradiction of human activity results from "beast" governments growing to a point of unsustainability, and through centralized control, corrupt the natural flow of this activity.

Today, technology is key. Take it away, or limit it to a few, and human populations will be drastically affected. We must work together to solve our problems. It's why divide and conquer is so effective.

[Jack Black]

Kunstler was preaching doom and gloom on peak-oil for a decade. Then fracking happened. At first he tried to minimize it and pretend like peak oil as still real.

Then, eventually, he just shfted to writing about other things. Which is an improvement, because he's a smart guy in a lot of ways.

But as a futurist, accurately predicting future events, he's taken his shot and missed. Hopefully he's right about indictments falling like rain, but I wouldn't bet on it at this point.

[SanchoP]

Good article until the "D versus R" crap. DC is a massive leech sucking the life out of this nation.
No matter what you think of him personally,we have one man putting his wealth,family and honor in jeopardy for the American people A "throwback" to our founders that deserves not only our vote but our prayers and support.

[amorphous]

I completely agree. From here, I can’t see either side abiding by the outcome.

[gundog]

Some day a real rain will come, and wash all this scum off the streets. -Travis Bickle

[amorphous]

No matter what you think of him personally,we have one man putting his wealth,family and honor in jeopardy for the American people...

Personally, he's surprised me greatly. I know he has a lot of courage, and while I don't agree with everyone he has picked as advisors/staff, he's shown that he'll move 'em out if they don't perform. I also disagree with some of the methods he's using, such as tariffs, but I don't know the circumstances that drove him to use them.

And just today, I personally was glad to hear him call for "ending these endless wars."

Regardless, DJT is our best and last hope to MAGA. And no, we're not there yet.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[amorphous]

I trust in technology and “free” enterprise to find solutions to our problems. We need those who warn us of problems ahead. Take a look at all the fracking sites out West on Google Earth, and it seems we’ve got a straw in every possible nook and cranny. So yeah, we need to be working on alternatives to oil from ground - maybe coal gasification/liquification is an answer, or some other tech. Whatever the solution is, free markets and bright people will find it, given the opportunity.

[Garth Tater]

"We swallowed the Kenyanesian Usurpation."

"They think we will swallow anything."


And we prove them right every day.

[SanchoP]

And just today, I personally was glad to hear him call for "ending these endless wars."

We're 0 for 5 since WW2. It's about time.

[cgbg]

Kunstler has excellent writing skills.

He gets confused from time to time, but just when you are about to give up on they guy he writes something brilliant.

This was one of his better columns.

[Lurkinanloomin]

deserves not only our vote but our prayers and support.
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He deserves more than that.
He deserves a Congress that works with him to Make America Great Again.
He does not deserve back stabbing Bush League Republicans.
Only we can change that.

[moovova]

“Kunstler was preaching doom and gloom on peak-oil for a decade.”

Yes, I do remember his (and other’s) predictions. I was worried back then...not so much know. Just bought a gas guzzler truck. :-)