Hail 2006
A bruised 2005 showed the scars of tsunami, hurricanes, earthquakes and wars was keen to exit. 2006 gave me a preview:
We will moan and groan and be out of Iraq by the year end. Iraq will lapse into a low grade civil war. Rumsfeld will become the sacrificial goat...
On the eve of 2006 elections, US will claim that Bin Laden is killed or dead. With politicians running for cover, Jon Stewart, Rush Limbaugh and ilk will have a field day. In the end, Democrats will gain the Senate. House will stay Republican. Spitzer will be the New York Governor.
We will have dramatic legislative skirmishes on healthcare, immigration, fixing 9/11 mess, cutting taxes, Alito, Karl Rove, and gerrymandering. Alito will get through but rest will be business as usual.
The North Korean clown will continue his tango; Iranians will use US as a bait to insulate itself against poverty and joblessness. Pakistan will stay as the biggest threat to civilization as largest breeder of terrorists... Africa will still be the forgotten world. India and China will wean more jobs and manufacturers from US
The unending misery of 2005 had driven me to religion. But, when I went to the church and kneeled with my osteoarthritis ridden knees to plead with the Almighty for a break from hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis, I heard nothing. I hallucinated and shuddered[KS1] . What if 2005 was a pre emptive strike by God? [KS2]
The Americans are the most hardworking people on the earth and their eternal optimism is bound to make 2006 a Great New Year.
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