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OK, I’ll play.

The lady that cleans house for my sis in Arkansas, a good hard working and uncomplaining lady, has best said what is happening to our sad nation, “We have never known for sure what will happen to us but now we are pretty sure it is going to be bad.” On balance, I see nothing good happening to the nation this coming year.

1. Immigration “reform” gets shoved down our throats just like obamacare. The protests are loud but unheard
2. EPA is unleashed like a pack of wild dogs and rule making comes down to the level of the swale in your yard. Ammunition becomes almost impossible to buy because of lead shortages. Car battery prices double and so on.
3. China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan all deepen their differences and it comes to skirmishes but not blows.... yet.
4. The economy is falsely kept afloat to preserve the legacy of obungo. The fall that will come only becomes worse.
5. During the year, the oil boom goes bust because of oversupply. The bust will last two to three years because the decline in production from shale is so precipitous and that production alone falls by 40 to 50%.
6. Outright FRAUD in the fall elections is clearly evident. Not just irregularities but FRAUD. As a result, there are a few outbreaks similar to the Athens War (McMinn County War). All the perpetrators are rounded up quickly and essentially “disappear”. In fact, the outbreaks are not even acknowledged nationally and become an open secret only whispered.
7. As a result of Election FRAUD rats retain the Senate and the house majority is diminished. Instead of the obvious pubbie lawsuits there are rat lawsuits claiming fraud and demanding recounts for unwon house seats. pubbies refuse to file any charges citing the fragility of the republic.
8. The military continues to rot and accidents from failed and wasting equipment begin. The rot begins to look like that of the Soviet Union in the 90s. The number of troops on food stamps grows.
9. Blue stripe (Homeland Security) vehicles become more and more common (we have already seen them at some malls in the Houston area). I have wondered if the “blue turbaned horde” is not Homeland Security. That title truly does sound and look like something out of a movie.
10. I like to think that morals conflicts will begin between decent people and queers but am doubtful. See Athens War perpetrator retaliation for the administration and left response to any pressure from decent people.

I am always able to see the bad side of a thing first, it is my nature to be an Eeyore. I pray I am totally wrong but I doubt it.

Meanwhile, the front yard deer herd is acting confused by the piles of leaves I suppose or something. Squirrels are acting a little frantic in digging up the summer’s peanut treasure so the weather may be changing again. The great blue heron is making his rounds in the pond as I listen to recorded fireplace sounds and Christmas Carols. We are blessed by a few good friends who call or we call and will have others over for dinner today. We miss the kids but we have to share with the other grandparents.

I’m filled though with wondering how we will all make it and what is to become of us.