When did that happen?
Good morning, all. I hope you’re feeling chipper and spiffy this fine morning. Well, it’s pretty fine here – and if this is global warming, give me more of it, please.
I seem to have made it through the Valley of the Macallans and Champagne relatively unscathed – at least my injuries were minor enough that they’re responding well to a couple of cups of coffee.
Now I get to spend the next couple of months making mistakes with the year every time I type a date, until the year change finally sinks in. I hate that.
I wish I could give you a learned chin-puller about everything that is going to happen this year, but I got tired of making a fool out of myself. Instead, I’ll tell you what I’d like to see.
- Mitt Romney does not win the GOP nomination.
- Barack Obama loses in November.
- Iran’s nuclear program is destroyed.
- The Republicans, on a Tea Party Wave, take solid control of both houses of congress.
- John Boehner is deposed as Speaker of the House.
- Obamacare loses at the Supreme Court, and is repealed by the legislature and the new president.
- Shall Issue comes to all California cities and counties.
- The markets and the economy begin a massive rebound as soon as it becomes certain that Obama has been defeated.
- All of my readers who need a good job find one.
- My new book sells for a solid six figure advance and is an immediated best seller when it is published.
That’s it. That’s what I got.
What about you?
Whirled Peas!
Count me as one of your readers who _finally_ landed a full-time job.
That’s great, growler! Happy New Year!
See the power of Daily Pundit? My wishes are even retroactive!
I’ve said it before:. Liberty and justice for all.
Many would prefer mercy to justice, of course…
1) The Euro collapses as a monetary unit.
Obama wins.
2) The Chinese economy collapses due to the housing bubble and the poor world trade.
3) South Korea decides to reunify with the NORKs. By force.
4) Boehner and McConnell continue their strong leadership in Congress.
5) The borrowing for the federal budget goes above $3T/yr.
6) SCOTUS upholds ObamaCare.
7) Ben Bernanke goes ahead and creates the $1T coin. 100 of them.
9) The derivatives market collapses.
10) World banking collapses.
That’s what you’re hoping for, Jack? Or predicting?
Either way he’s got us all outgloomed.
Wow, Jack – and I thought I was more-than-somewhat depressed before I read all that -
As for myself, what I’m hoping for is a return to full-time employment, not too horridly distant from home, commencing soon and lasting all year…what I’m predicting, though, is at least several months of “(not so)funemployment”, followed by an indeterminate (but likely briefer than I’d prefer) period of underemployment.
Here’s hoping both Jack and I prove to be really bad at this “prediction” stuff.
Reality often sucks, but it’s still reality.
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In a remarkable highly localized and momentary rescission of gravity, my ex-wife falls off the face of the Earth and floats slowly off into the void. Almost instantly, the rest of my problems seem to somehow take care of themselves.
Mike, I have a similar issue disturbing my life. Perhaps and and I can come to some mutually-beneficial arrangement.
Now, as a meta-comment, should I leave some indication that that was not an entirely serious suggestion, or I should I leave it hanging, allowing the perpetually bothered to bother themselves into a turgid state where they can’t help but stick their prickish selves into someone else’s business.
Leave it hanging, it’s more fun.
Christmas in NY, sugar and spice and everything nice daughters, interesting music, good food and beautiful North Carolina. Live for the now. We all have the bad times. Ex anything is the yesterday, memories are best remembered for the good times and put the bad times in a box. Remember Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, the most passionate love album ever recorded with perhaps the best band ever assembled (Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Carl Radle, Bobby Whitlock, and Jim Gordon). Eric married his muse years later and it ended undramatically.
Layla is now a MOR acoustic driven song or a middle of the concert slow blues rocker. Beautiful still but a “I’m over her” concert staple.
Write a song about it, rip it apart with emotion and go forward.
btw Love your blog #2 after DP. Harsh their mellow, it’s worth it.
Heh. Criss-cross, eh, Steve?
I didn’t say that. I did NOT say that.
You wanted hope so I gave my hopes. If you want predictions, I can do that too.
1) SCOTUS splits the difference on ObamaCare.
Gun sales will double in 2012 over 2011.
2) China goes into recession.
3) Romney is the nominee and wins. But what difference would it make if ANY of Snow White or the 7 dwarves won?
4) The Euro goes bust next fall.
5) Boehner and McConnell continue to sell-out America even with both sides of Congress in Republican hands.
6) The Tea Party realizes that they were too little too late. And amaturish anyway.
7) Egypt becomes the Haiti of the Middle East.
9) Survival gear sales will sky-rocket.
10) Neil Farage and Mark Steyn will write a book about how great things are going in Europe. Just kidding.