I am wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and a little bit of humor to end the year.  2008 will go down as the worst year financially in our lifetimes.  When we survey the damage to our portfolios and real estate market clearly a “Polished Turd” is the most positive spin we can muster at this juncture.  However, we must look to the future and take heed in the prognostications of the great visionaries that manifest themselves in the communist block.

 

A Russian professor took time out from playing with his Lego set to exclaim that the United States of America will self destruct in the year 2010.  According to this great visionary, the US will be split into six separate states by civil war and the unrest of our financial markets and our overindulgence on debt and a general reckless abandonment for responsibility will doom us.  It is said that the Mexicans, the Canadians, and the Chinese will each rule a portion of the US. 

 

My fellow Americans, I am afraid.  Such a prognostication for a professor that probably helped build the nuclear sub the Kirsh must be taken seriously if the US is to survive another 11 months.  The last time I checked Russia was run by the mob.  Their submarines sink to the bottom of the Arctic and blow up.  Their currency has limited convertibility.  Their oil & gas production, that they rely on as their sole economic resource, is declining due to lack of infrastructure investment.  I think you get the picture.  Is it time for us all to move to Russia? 

 

What a bunch of losers.  I think the Russians are just jealous that our women are hot and we have real freedom.  Are you expecting me to believe that Mexico is going to be in charge of a portion of the new establishment?  I have trouble with the Mexicans that cut my lawn.  Don’t get me wrong I like them very much, however, I have a sprinkler system that comes on automatically and I have asked them over the years to show up around noon so their mowers don’t get stuck in the yard.  It’s become an annual ritchual. I don’t get mad anymore.  Every season I watch six of them argue as they rock a mower back and forth in a desperate attempt to free if from the side yard.  After my wife and I are done laughing the leader just drops by with a 50LB bag of grass seed and smiles.  Thanks fellas, I will take care of it and reseed the yard.  Now you are telling me these guys are going to control one of the six new US territories? 

 

I won’t even get on a rant about the Chinese.  Let’s face it, the world has more dysfunction in it then we can handle.  It’s truly a comedians dream for material. 

 

On a more serious note, the housing/mortgage crisis is a real problem but we will get through it and prevail.  Freedom, Capitalism and the Entrepreneurial spirit of our country is a flame too bright to be extinguished.  Do you remember all the idiots that proclaimed that the world has decoupled from the US and that as the US economy went into the tank the emerging economies would eventually take over?  Well I never believed that for a moment.  Once again, it appears that was just another farce and that the US is the world’s predominant engine of growth and financial clearing house.  Just look at the carnage in China and Russia and other countries around the world.  It is laughable that they are so dependent on our country. 

 

Do yourself a favor. Turn on the Smithsonian or the Military Channel and check out “Carrier Group Enterprise”.   I have a friend named Don that is an F-18 Super Hornet squadron commander on one of our nuclear aircraft carriers.  Let me tell you my friends, if you are worried about the US being divided up by tyrants and left for dead, spend an hour having a couple beers with Don and you will sleep like a baby every night.  The only thing that is going to happen to the United States in 2010 is that we are going to be once again stuck herding sheep as the rest of the world tries to get their act together.

 

I love this country and I love the free comedy all the assholes and morons from China to Russian to Venezuela provide us.  Hey, does anybody want to rent a couple tanks and go run some students over on TV?   Let’s put 2008 “The Year of the Polished Turd” to bed and never look back.  Blogging from the front line of the housing crisis www.thenegotiatedsolution.com .

 

GHunter

Submitted on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 9:36 am