I think that if Obama is not replaced in 2012 we will most likely not not make it through much of 2013 without a massive melt down.
Obama is incapable learning from his mistakes and is hell bent on repeating them over, and over expecting a different outcome that has never in history come from tax and spend. We all know that is the definition of crazy.
I am still waiting for a Conservative Statesman step foreword with logical solutions and deliver them in a forceful fearless way that shuts down the Radicals on the left, and points out Obama lies and mistakes in the process.
Not being a partisan and thus not tied to silly and useless cross-party hatred I would suggest that what any leader could do today doesn't matter. Whatever party is not in the White House always blames the economy on the President. The counter party argument is always that Presidents don't have that kind of power and yada, yada. Mean while Rome bloody burns. "He hit me first", has never been helpful in
any situation. It's a massive waste of time. Partisan schoolyard bickering ad nauseum is tedious at best.
If we look at the situation pragmatically the answer is quite obvious - if the U.S. is in fact going to hit the skids in 2013 it's too ****ing late now to do anything about it now! Oh sure, you might mitigate the damage, but that isn't the topic of this thread. IMHO, we are going to financial hell in a hand basket before this winter, probably sooner. Who am I to question Roubini, but I'd say the old boy is being gracious in stating that our economic demise would depend on a "perfect storm". To that I respectfully say to Mr. Roubini, "Yo mama!"
The climate itself can do us in. Food prices are going to go through the roof. We have yet to see the hell untold coming from the Fukushima debacle. Already radiation levels are causing health issues in the US Northwest. If food sources, including fish are contaminated a lot of people will be fairly ****ed. But there's much more than that and there's no sense listing what we already know is very well possible. Hell, another Katrina could do it.
So, I don't know that I agree that it would require a perfect storm, unless most of the pieces are already in place to make it perfect. I believe - and man, do I hope I am wrong - it's too late. It's time for guns, gold and whatever the third thing is, I can remember, food, I suppose.
Order seeds, grow your own food, as much as you can. Buy guns, and learn how to be proficient with them (you don't have a lot of time, so you might want to hurry this one up a bit) and invest in gold you can hold, or junk silver still isn't a bad investment and might be easier to spend later. Now if Roubini or Risky or both are wrong, you've got good fresh veggies, gun(s) you can sell without losing much of your investment, and a bagful of precious metal. Not bad. If Roubini is right you can send him a thank you card for giving you a heads up. Whining about Obama isn't going to get you jack in the short term and likely nothing in the long term.
I didn't vote for Obama. I won't vote for his re-election, but it is what it is. Whine all you like, I'm taking care of me and mine, hell or high-water.
