Monday, August 8, 2011

Optimism On The Rocks, Please

Bartender, I'd like an optimism on the rock with a double shot of hope and float just a dash of energy on the top for a little added kick of excitement.

After today, I sure could use it. I'm pretty young and spry, so I don't have a lot banked in the stock market as of yet, but I have to feel for anyone who does, especially after the 634 points the Dow dropped today. There is chaos in the Middle East- Syria gets worse by the day and Libya creeps forward hopefully before suffering some setback that seems to doom any hope of success. There are riots in London- and now apparently Birmingham, there were some ugly incidents at the Wisconsin State Fair of all places and now... now the US has lost its AAA credit rating and the economy is taking a swan dive straight down the toilet.

So, some optimism would be nice. A bold statement by someone in Washington D.C. would be wonderful. Something radical and revolutionary, something to convince people that's it not a load of bunk and that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Unfortunately, we're witnessing the twilight of the 20th Century Liberal Welfare State. It's coming apart rapidly and as people realize just how much they've been swindled, people are going to be pissed. You think riots in London are bad- wait until they get over here. And the politicians are steering us straight towards the iceberg of doom in the middle of a Category 5 Hurricane with no inclination to change course whatsoever.

Time to turn into the wind and fight the storm. Fight for something, some new paradigm, some new evolution, some new anything!

If not, things are only going to get worse before they get better.

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