Looking into America's crystal ball finds the rest of the year and much of 2008 to be unsettling and disturbing. However, these events will trigger a rebirth in American cultural, social, economic and political circles.

The Iraq war will not end. In fact, the United States military will maintain a vast presence in that country for decades - perhaps generations - until we've sucked all the OIL out of Iraq's sands. If that's not the case, WHY are we building the largest U.S. embassy in the world on a 104-acre site in downtown Baghdad overlooking the 'new' Iraqi puppet government installed by the Bush administration? Why has Halliburton been contracted to construct fourteen (yes -14) new permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq? All because this 'war' is - and always has been - about OIL and WAR PROFITEERING;

Before the end of 2007, Bush will declare 'war' on Iran for the very same reasons: rich fields of cheap, easily-accessible OIL. Opportunities will abound to add billions more dollars in profits to American government contractors, most notably the Carlyle Group and Halliburton, both companies of which have direct ties to the Bush-Cheney White House;

The new Democratic-led Congress will be as impotent, arrogant, contemptible, incompetent and corrupt as the Republican-led Congress that allowed Bush to run rip shod over our Constitution. Democrats will clandestinely realize that those who really run this country from behind-the-scenes are adamant about continuing this insipid 'war'. There might be a 'token' reduction in troops, but the 'war' (or at least the U.S. military dominance) will continue for years;

There will be another 'terrorist attack' staged in the U.S., this time in the Midwest (probably St. Louis or Chicago) in a flaccid attempt to boost the Bush approval ratings, and the approval ratings of Congress. It will also serve as a 'prelude' to an even more dramatic 'attack' to take place in 2008, just months or weeks before the election;

The stock market will take a severe nosedive by the end of this year, which will lead to the worst economic depression in this country's history right after Bush leaves office in 2009. Millions will find themselves destitute, millions more will be homeless and jobless. At least three of the major national bank conglomerates will fail and the United States government will be unable to cover all the 'insured' savings. China, our biggest creditor, will 'revoke our credit cards' which will cause an economic

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