The other day my crystal ball became unclouded, and this is what
appeared:
The year is 2045, and George W. Bush, Jr. (2040-), the first son of
GWB’s daughter Jenna, is now in his second term as President of the
United States, succeeding George P. Bush, Jr. (2032-2040), who
succeeded Jeb Bush, Jr. (2024-2032), who succeeded George H. Bush II
(2016-2024), who succeeded Jeb Bush (2008-2016).
The United States in 2045 is in the second decade of a massive
depression: the trade deficit is now $5 trillion; the budget deficit
is at $17 trillion and unemployment has reached 40 million, which is
10% of the population of 400 million Americans. The oil sadly dried up
for Americans during the administration of Jeb Bush, Jr. (2024-2032)
when Iran, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kurdistan (a
new nation in 2012), the Shiite Kingdom, and the United Sunnis all
formed a consortium and decided to deal exclusively with the European
Union and China. This was a significant cause of the U.S.A.’s two
decades of economic depression. Used SUVs, however, continue to enjoy
a brisk business, but no longer for transportation, since oil has been
pretty much unavailable for more than ten years. No, the used SUVs
function as “Hoovervilles,” and one can drive by vast communities of
rows and rows of SUV-towns housing the jobless.
To stave off the depression, America agreed to sell off all but 5% of
its weapons of mass destruction, long-range bombers, and other means
of making war. For a time the Bush family and friends and Carlyle
Associates made enormous profits from these sales, and the Bush
dynasty was able to purchase virtually every means of mass
communication and information delivery services in the country.
Some Americans were nervous about the course of events and
particularly about having one family control the presidency for
forty-five consecutive years, but the public was reassured by everyone
in the media that this was clearly God’s will. Furthermore, with
elections now the purview of private companies whose vote count always
seemed at odds with post-election polling surveys, it appeared as
though democracy had undergone a dramatic transformation.
The enormous power of the Bush dynasty, however, did not escape the
notice of the Arab Federation, headed up since 2035 by a nephew of the
late Saddam Hussein, Baddam Hussein, who called upon the United
Nations to inspect the United States for weapons of mass destruction.
Baddam believed that the U.S. had secretly gone over its agreed upon 5
percent of the world’s WMDs, and Baddam was upset. The U.S. agreed to
allow the inspectors into the U.S.A., and they were roving the deserts
of the Southwest when the U.S.A. began to notice a build-up of Arab
League armed forces in Mexico (a recent ally of the Arab League).
The U.S. protested this build-up, but Baddam said that God told him
that the U.S. was lying about its 5 percent limit. Furthermore, he
said that God wanted him to eliminate the evil Bush dynasty and
restore democracy to the U.S.A. So thus in March of 2045, the Arab
League attacked the U.S.A., launching what they called a “Daze and
Amaze” assault on San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Cleveland,
Chicago and Miami all in one night. Then Arab troops invaded cities
all over America. They came prepared to be received as saviors
liberating America from the Bush dynasty. Their plan was to restore
election proceedings to the public sector, to restore a balance of
private and public operations of the media, and to require the top 5
percent of Americans to pay taxes (Jeb Bush had outlawed all taxation
on all incomes over $200,000 in 2009), and to restore various social
services to the general public.
Some Americans seemed delighted at these prospects, but others
resented foreigners occupying their land. “The Brits did that to us
once before – we aren’t going to let it happen again” was the rallying
cry. And paramilitary groups, secret militia and Armageddon Club
members all took to resisting the Arab invaders. Snipers were
particularly effective, and chaos began to rear its ugly head. A lot
of people died in a short period of time… but before I could see where
this was all going, the crystal ball became clouded up. No matter;
certainly nothing so preposterous could ever happen, anywhere, at any
time.
