Yeah, I Said It....

I'm not into the doom and gloom per say, however, due to the economic instability these days and the fact the internet affords me the opportunity to look up stuff I would have otherwise over looked as it didn't pertain to my daily life or that of those around me or connected to me since times have changed and we are living now in a false sense of recovery as perpetuated by the mass media, it prompted me to just scan the net to see what or if there were some sort of  pending predictions of what 2010 will hold for Americans.

And to my delight, I’ve found Gerald Celente.  You ask who Gerald Celente is?

He's the President of Trend Research Institute and he's been predicting future events that have impacted our lives for the last 3 decades.  It would behoove anyone reading this article to perhaps take a few moments to visit Mr. Celente's website and see how accurate he's been in his predictions.  Not to mention he has been touted by CBS, MSBC and Oprah for his ability to predict future trends.  When you have Oprah backing you, now that's some serious shit.  Yes, I am being a smartass thank you very much.

Now, normally I wouldn't "push" what some may call crystal ball nonsense, but, let me say, Mr. Celente has been mighty damn accurate in his predications and if what he says for 2010 into 2012 is a "possibility" then again I say, it would behoove the reader to take into considerations of what not acting on his predictions will mean for his/her ability to navigate a life that we've not seen before.  In the end, let's say some of the following things don't transpire all the time and effort that you put into researching and planning will not be for nothing.  You may very well learn that you can live with less money, less debt and more freedom than before.  Or you could learn absolutely nothing and end up right back in the same place you are today.

Let's just take a look at what Mr. Celente's is predicting or rather what the top trends will be for 2010:

The Collapse of 2010 - It would "appear" by Wall Street and mainstream media's perception that we are on the road to recovery.  At least that's what we keep being fed by all reports.  However, unemployment is still at 10% and that's if you really want to believe that percentage, Wall Street is making money like always, Goldman Sach's is reporting profits again, yada, yada, yada, yet foreclosures are on the rise, unemployment/under employment is still a huge problem whether anyone wants to report to truth or not and the commercial real estate bubble is getting ready to pop as well.  Also, when MA elects a Republican after over 40 years of being a blue state, you just have to go, WTF????  Not that I care whether MA is blue, red or purple for that  matter, both parties suck in my humble opinion, so technically from where I sit who the hell cares??

Terrorism 101- It would appear that the growing Anti-American sentiment around the world in regards to our presence in Afghanistan and Iraq perhaps will lead to another 9/11 yet on a much larger scale.  With the Underwear Bomber and the Fort Hood Tragedy it would seem that we need to be looking in our "OWN" backyard instead of tromping around where we are clearly not wanted fighting for something that still eludes me and the majority of Americans not to mention wanting to pledge millions more to these foreign Wars, when we cannot even fight the battles on our home front.

I could cover the rest of Mr. Celente's future trends, yet, I feel that it's necessary for the reader to take a look at his website, www.trendsresearch.com and judge for yourself his accuracy over 3 decades.

The question now is how angry are you?  Is it time to stop pointing fingers at the standing political parties since both clearly do not and have not had the American peoples’ best interest at heart for many years?  Will Americans start taking some responsibility for their part in this screwed up society, and when I say their part, you voted for the bastards because you believed that they were actually going to do what they said they were, or you might be one of the thousands that bought a house you damn well knew you couldn't afford so own it and move on, and you could also be one of the thousands that's still living off the welfare system because its just to damn easy to keep on that cycle.

I know I'm taking my part of the responsibility for the situation me and my family are in and for my part of voting for politicians that were just damn good liars and because I was to ignorant and lazy to do my homework before I pressed that button the voting machine.  I have no one to blame but myself and my lack of knowledge in many areas of politics, finances and our economic standings.  I know more now in the last year than I have in over 25 years and for that I am ashamed.

And if I offend anyone I don't really give a shit anymore, because I've got nothing to lose.  There's going to be allot more people like me except for one difference, I'm doing my rants via the internet, these folks are going to be doing it on the streets and when you have nothing more to lose then it's on.

Today, however, I am empowered with the knowledge of what is going on.  I am no longer sitting on the side lines waiting for my congressman or senator to step up and do what's right.  I am fighting back, one article at a time and yeah, maybe it's not reaching the masses yet, but I have faith and I am resilient and I'm not giving up, I'm not backing down and to hell with being politically correct.

When I see that our Government pledges millions of dollars for relief effort in Haiti that clearly we do not have to pledge it pisses me off and before you start bashing me for that statement, I’m not against helping, yet when you can’t even help those in your own backyard, well there’s a problem.  When I see that our Government wants to spend billions more on two wars that are going nowhere it pisses me off.

When I read article after article of it’s the Republicans fault, we inherited this disaster and the likes, well, yeah you got it, and it pisses me off.  When I read that the Democrats are trying to save the economy and that the Fed and the Treasury saved us from total economic collapse, which really pisses me off.  The farce congressional hearings over the banksters and their fraudulent bullshit is a joke, the feel good HAMP programs that isn't benefiting anyone except those few lucky ones is a joke.

Oh and let’s not forget all of the self-centered I'm better than you and honk if I'm paying your mortgage pissy ass whiners out there who piss me off. Here's an update for you: not everyone who's asked for assistance and really want to keep their homes and have every intention of making good on the contract they signed that were legitimate is a low-life, deadbeat, living off the Government piece of shit you want to tout that they are.  Their just like you, they've paid their taxes, they've go to their jobs every damn day and they've fallen on hard times like everyone other tax paying citizen  and all they want is a bit of a reprieve until things turn around.

So how's about you getting of your high and might ass soapbox and take a look around you if your capable of pulling that plank out of your eye.

My dad always said and still does, "I don't mind helping any of my kids out in hard times as long as I see that they are working and doing everything they can to help themselves."   Maybe some of you could take my dad's attitude and use it to help someone else, or maybe you can just keep sitting up there on your pedestal and pass some more self righteous judgment and when the day comes when and if your standing at those pearly gates, you can explain to the man upstairs why you didn't reach out to your neighbors in their time of need.  And if I’m lucky to be standing there hoping for forgiveness for my potty mouth kiss my ass attitude I hope that he'll understand that everything I’ve said, I meant with love and if not, I’ll be the receptionist in hell welcoming you in.

So, in closing, I'm pretty sure I’m going to get blasted for this article and guess what, I don't give a shit.  That's the beauty of free speech.  You don't have to like what I say, you don't have to agree with it and you can slam me for days, but, when today comes to an end and I lay down to sleep, the only thing that will affect it is, if one of the babies wakes up in the middle of the night or if the husband's snoring is too loud.  Outside of that, I'm good.  And I said what I mean, I mean what I say and I am helping where I can what the hell are you doing?