It’s that time again. Making resolutions and making predictions. 

My 2016 resolution is to expose all politicians and all media blowhards for the frauds they are. That was easy. The Muckster has spoken.

Now the hard part. What will happen in 2016? Do I have the mucking foresight to forecast the future, or am I as foolish as all of the rest of the prognosticators? Check back on December 31, 2016 to find the answers.

Now for 2016 predictions. First and foremost: “We the People” will not attain what we want and need to happen: safety from terrorists, economic growth and a small, limited government at all levels. Why? Leadership, or put more bluntly the lack of leadership. 

For a refresher on the year 2015, I recommend reading Thomas Sowell’s excellent article: Remembering 2015 (December 29, 2015)

How shall we remember 2015? Or shall we try to forget it? It is always hard to know when a turning point has been reached, and usually it is long afterwards before we recognize it. However, if 2015 has been a turning point, it may well have marked a turn in a downward direction for America and for Western civilization. Read more 

For a perspective from Australia read “Year of Disenchantment: Memories of 2015” by Binoy Kampmark from the Liberty Beacon (December 31, 2015)

Years tend to only become memorable much after the fact. This point is aptly illustrated by the observation, made by E. H. Carr, that history is read by the contemporary circumstances that give meaning to them. Some years have been totally forgotten; others have revived.

The fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire in 1453, effectively ending the Eastern imperial arrangements in place after the fall of Rome, sent shudders through Christendom. But it was only historians and their subsequent theses about the loss of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire that made the event even more significant. Alternative trade routes, for instance, needed to be found. Exploration on the part of rapacious and ever hungry European powers were given a fillip. Cause and effect led to the search for new continents, and markets. Read more  

For those who want to forget 2015, I suggest you find a method to forget the leaderless years of 1989-2016 as well.

Okay. That’s enough reality. Enough doom and gloom. I am still optimistic that a small minority of the citizenry will awaken and peacefully overthrow the government and reinstate our Constitution. We did it in 1776 – we can do it 2017. I just don’t see it happening in 2016. The 2017 presidential inauguration will be the final wakeup call America so desperately needs. We will wake up and wonder how did we let this happen? How did we allow ourselves to be brainwashed into believing politicians and lobbyists could restore American exceptionalism?

Foresight or Folly? You decide. Peace be with you and God Bless America.

For a refresher on the year 2015, I recommend reading Thomas Sowell’s excellent article: Remembering 2015 (December 29, 2015)

How shall we remember 2015? Or shall we try to forget it? It is always hard to know when a turning point has been reached, and usually it is long afterwards before we recognize it. However, if 2015 has been a turning point, it may well have marked a turn in a downward direction for America and for Western civilization. Read more 

For a perspective from Australia read “Year of Disenchantment: Memories of 2015” by Binoy Kampmark from the Liberty Beacon (December 31, 2015)

Years tend to only become memorable much after the fact. This point is aptly illustrated by the observation, made by E. H. Carr, that history is read by the contemporary circumstances that give meaning to them. Some years have been totally forgotten; others have revived.

The fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire in 1453, effectively ending the Eastern imperial arrangements in place after the fall of Rome, sent shudders through Christendom. But it was only historians and their subsequent theses about the loss of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire that made the event even more significant. Alternative trade routes, for instance, needed to be found. Exploration on the part of rapacious and ever hungry European powers were given a fillip. Cause and effect led to the search for new continents, and markets. Read more  

For those who want to forget 2015, I suggest you find a method to forget the leaderless years of 1989-2016 as well.

Okay. That’s enough reality. Enough doom and gloom. I am still optimistic that a small minority of the citizenry will awaken and peacefully overthrow the government and reinstate our Constitution. We did it in 1776 – we can do it 2017. I just don’t see it happening in 2016. The 2017 presidential inauguration will be the final wakeup call America so desperately needs. We will wake up and wonder how did we let this happen? How did we allow ourselves to be brainwashed into believing politicians and lobbyists could restore American exceptionalism?

Foresight or Folly? You decide. Peace be with you and God Bless America.

Finally, an author who brings you solutions, instead of problems.

Americans have lost faith in their overreaching federal government. “We the People” don’t need to be overregulated or have their taxes misspent. Americans are victims of a crumbling economy, high prices and stagnant wages. They view government as bloated and politicians as corrupt. They do not trust the leadership at any level. They see politicians of both parties as self-centered narcissists whose only objective is re-election. The author is like you, with one principal difference and 20 reasons for optimism. His “Vision” of America is “clear.” It is a vision of the Constitution and America the way it could be, the way it should be. The author’s eyesight is twenty-twenty.