Saturday, December 31, 2005
Predictions for 2006
What will happen in 2006? Predicting the future has never been an exact science, of course; since this Blog didn't as yet exist at the end of 2005, we cannot go back and check a list of predictions for this past year, but a year from now, we may be able to (that is assuming that the lights are still on).
For one list of predictions, you can read this. Here are exactly 25 of my own, many of which I admit are fairly general.
(1) The Federal Government will grow larger.
(2) The national debt will continue to skyrocket.
(3) CAFTA will go into effect and begin costing even more Americans their livelihoods, continuing the New World Order goal of crushing America's middle class. The defenders of "free trade" will continue to claim globalization creates prosperity.
(4) Measured in real terms, Americans will be on the average poorer on December 31, 2006, than they are now. On that date, no economist or mainstream media lapdog will describe Americans as poorer than they were a year ago.
(5) The housing bubble will continue to deflate, causing what the mainstreamers will describe as a "mild recession" and leaving many of those naive enough to buy those McMansions on credit stuck with huge debts they cannot pay.
(6) There will be no bird flu pandemic.
(7) The enviro-wackos will still be going on and on about global warming.
(8) Unchecked immigration will continue to cause problems both in Europe and in the United States.
(9) The Bush Administration will remain mired in Iraq. Neocons will continue their mindless prattle about "nation building" and "democracy."
(10) Either Israel or the Bush Administration will attack Iran--probably before the end of March 2006. What happens after that is anyone's guess.*
(11) The nations of Europe will continue to lose their sovereignty. There will be populist resistance of the sort that refused to sign onto the EU Constitution; globalist Eurocrats will continue to ignore this resistance.
(12) America's "conservative" masses will continue to believe, against all reason, that George W. Bush is one of their own, and not a globalist.
(13) America's Christians will continue to believe, against all evidence, that Bush is one of their own, and not an unscrupulous opportunist who is using Christianity to bring about non-Christian ends.
(14) The hassles involved in traveling in the U.S. will continue to worsen.
(15) Evidence of Sustainable Development will continue to turn up everywhere, in every city, town and community in America--but since it will almost never be called that, it will be evident only for those who know what to look for ("smart growth," "visioning" sessions, public-private partnerships, etc.)
(16) The diversity police will continue to control academia. We will see a few more real victims hung out to dry for saying something politically incorrect.
(17) Government schools will continue to turn out civic illiterates, who will not be called civic illiterates. The latter will continue to feel good about themselves.
(18) North American elites will continue their Fabian gradualist efforts to dissolve national borders.
(19) Congress will renew the USA Patriot Act.
(20) Privacy for Americans will continue to diminish. Identity theft will remain a problem.
(21) Commercial television will get even stupider. The mindless focus on celebrities will continue unabated.
(22) Athletes' salaries will remain ridiculously high, indicating where Americas' masses' priorities really lie.
(23) Second parties such as the Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party will continue futile efforts to run candidates for elective office in our one-party system, proving that they don't understand how the latter works. These parties may even be joined by a few new ones.
(24) I will still be an adjunct instructor of philosophy on December 31, 2006, though will still more of my writing in print. Most academic philosophy will continue to be a waste of time.
(25) I will still be single on December 31, 2006.
*If either the Bush Administration gets us into an escalating war or there is a massive terrorist attack in at least one American city, then all bets are off, although I am sure (25) will remain true.
Happy New Year!
For one list of predictions, you can read this. Here are exactly 25 of my own, many of which I admit are fairly general.
(1) The Federal Government will grow larger.
(2) The national debt will continue to skyrocket.
(3) CAFTA will go into effect and begin costing even more Americans their livelihoods, continuing the New World Order goal of crushing America's middle class. The defenders of "free trade" will continue to claim globalization creates prosperity.
(4) Measured in real terms, Americans will be on the average poorer on December 31, 2006, than they are now. On that date, no economist or mainstream media lapdog will describe Americans as poorer than they were a year ago.
(5) The housing bubble will continue to deflate, causing what the mainstreamers will describe as a "mild recession" and leaving many of those naive enough to buy those McMansions on credit stuck with huge debts they cannot pay.
(6) There will be no bird flu pandemic.
(7) The enviro-wackos will still be going on and on about global warming.
(8) Unchecked immigration will continue to cause problems both in Europe and in the United States.
(9) The Bush Administration will remain mired in Iraq. Neocons will continue their mindless prattle about "nation building" and "democracy."
(10) Either Israel or the Bush Administration will attack Iran--probably before the end of March 2006. What happens after that is anyone's guess.*
(11) The nations of Europe will continue to lose their sovereignty. There will be populist resistance of the sort that refused to sign onto the EU Constitution; globalist Eurocrats will continue to ignore this resistance.
(12) America's "conservative" masses will continue to believe, against all reason, that George W. Bush is one of their own, and not a globalist.
(13) America's Christians will continue to believe, against all evidence, that Bush is one of their own, and not an unscrupulous opportunist who is using Christianity to bring about non-Christian ends.
(14) The hassles involved in traveling in the U.S. will continue to worsen.
(15) Evidence of Sustainable Development will continue to turn up everywhere, in every city, town and community in America--but since it will almost never be called that, it will be evident only for those who know what to look for ("smart growth," "visioning" sessions, public-private partnerships, etc.)
(16) The diversity police will continue to control academia. We will see a few more real victims hung out to dry for saying something politically incorrect.
(17) Government schools will continue to turn out civic illiterates, who will not be called civic illiterates. The latter will continue to feel good about themselves.
(18) North American elites will continue their Fabian gradualist efforts to dissolve national borders.
(19) Congress will renew the USA Patriot Act.
(20) Privacy for Americans will continue to diminish. Identity theft will remain a problem.
(21) Commercial television will get even stupider. The mindless focus on celebrities will continue unabated.
(22) Athletes' salaries will remain ridiculously high, indicating where Americas' masses' priorities really lie.
(23) Second parties such as the Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party will continue futile efforts to run candidates for elective office in our one-party system, proving that they don't understand how the latter works. These parties may even be joined by a few new ones.
(24) I will still be an adjunct instructor of philosophy on December 31, 2006, though will still more of my writing in print. Most academic philosophy will continue to be a waste of time.
(25) I will still be single on December 31, 2006.
*If either the Bush Administration gets us into an escalating war or there is a massive terrorist attack in at least one American city, then all bets are off, although I am sure (25) will remain true.
Happy New Year!
