Well, golly gee, what have you done to me?
Well, I guess it doesn’t matter anymore.
Buddy Holly (1956)
Americans are caught up in a frenzy about the November election as if it matters who we choose as president. But it doesn’t.
An economic, military, and political hurricane is building strength just off our coast, and soon, it will slam ashore as a Category 5 storm–destroying our economy, our status as a world power, and our way of life.
Here’s what’s coming our way:
The war in Ukraine. Separatists and Russian troops have been fighting Ukraine in the Donbas for ten years. Ukraine has lost that war and will never reclaim the territory Russia holds. It’s lunacy to talk about throwing Russia out of Crimea.
Americans are treating the war like the lottery. Every month, we pour money down the Ukrainian rathole, hoping we’ll eventually buy the winning ticket. We don’t seem to realize it’s a sucker’s bet.
Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. Israel has been fighting Islamic hatred since 1948, and American money and armaments have kept the wolves at bay.
But the progressive left is bored with Israel, and it’s now fashionable to support the Palestinians. President Biden and Antony Blinken are at the roulette table, and they think they can win if they put half their resources on red and half on black. Another sucker’s bet.
Our sucker economy. Our government has maxed out all its credit cards. There’s not enough money to fight a war in Ukraine and another in the Middle East while paying out all those Social Security checks, Medicare bills, and student loan payouts. Soon, we’ll be asking the global loan sharks for cash, but we can’t afford the vig. Yet another sucker’s game.
So, to riff Buddy Holly, golly gee, who gets sworn in as president doesn’t matter anymore. Neither Harris nor Trump can turn the ship of state around.
In short, Americans have behaved like gamblers playing the slots at a Biloxi casino—they didn’t realize they were on the dirty side of the storm until the hurricane arrived to blow their gambling den to smithereens.
Is it time to stock up on canned goods and ammunition? Maybe not. But it’s definitely time to stop gambling with America’s future.
