This is the time of year when our newscasters become prognosticators making predictions for the coming year. I do hope that what they are seeing is rosier that what I fear is coming. The indicators I am looking at are pointing to difficult times ahead. It appears that the world will move closer to a nuclear war now that there is a mad rush for smaller countries to develop bombs of their own. As we see with Iran there is no international force that will stop them.
Speaking of Iran it is on a campaign to bring down the dollar. At the same time one of the largest holders of the American dollar, China is in the process of getting rid of it's holdings which will further weaken the dollar. I foresee the time when the US dollar will fall from it's lofty state of being the preferred international monetary exchange and go the route of the British Pound.
The US food producing industry is being battered by foreign competition and bad weather. At the rate we are going it won't be all that long before we will be unable to produce enough to feed our people.
Our society is showing signs of tearing itself apart. The political, cultural and religious divisions are growing. Hatred and fear are replacing tolerance. It appears to me that our melting pot is rapidly becoming a boiling pot. For now our anger is focused on the war in Iraq. Once it is over I foresee this anger will be turned inward on other segments of our society.
As I see it all the signs are there for this nation to follow the other world power of our time the Soviet Union into a rapid decline. Who will fill the vacuum? Look to a Germany let European union. Will all this happen in one short year? I could be wrong but I don't think so. It could take two or three years.
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