Liar

Henry Rollins Writes a Love Letter to Ann C*****r.

After watching that video, I cared less about Ann C***, and more about watching Henry wash windows, do laundry and organize his CD collection.

The Future

A Russian professor and former KGB agent Igor Panarin has predicted that the US will fall apart in 2010. He suggests that US will end up in civil war and will break into six regions, each controlled or influenced by another foreign power. Of course, looking at this from a Russian perspective might make one more apt to predict disintegration, given the ease that the Soviet Union split. This was, of course, due to the various ethnic peoples and countries that were subjugated by the Soviet Empire. As for the U.S., he predicts the West coast will fall under control of the Chinese, the East coast to the Europeans, The North to Canada and the South to Mexico. Alaska will go back to Russia (that's going to be one hell of a surprise for Palin) and Hawaii to an Asian power. Another version of the report also adds a central regiona of Native Americans and an area consisting of some of the Southern states will go to Mexico, separate from Texas. Panarin notes a growing independence movement in Texas, and I really don't see them voluntarily falling under control of Mexico. How this might happen is not explained in detail, but it seems that after complete economic collapse, the richer states will secede from the U.S. and the remaining state will have to form their own republics or be quickly consumed by other governments. In this interview, he elaborates a little more. Apparently, he believes two factions, the globalists and the statists, are fighting for control of the government in both parties. I have to say, I find this quite plausible, given what I've read about the last forty years of government.

Panarin's ideas are not far removed from my own vision of the future, although much more bleak and immediate than I would conceive. It's quite obvious that the US is split in a culture war that may become unreconcilable. Additionally, we are faced with a growing economic disaster that if not controlled immediately will possibly lead to a breaking point with an unprecedented outcome. Further, given the treacherous global landscape in the coming years, there is no certainty that the US can remain a stable power in foreign affairs while dealing with dramatic internal difficulties.

Will the US continue to lead the manifest destiny of the New World, promoting democracy and freedom into the future? Or will America become a small note in future history books, listed as a rebellious colony of the British Empire that confronted the East with weapons of global destruction and then faded away in decadence and corruption? I imagine the next few decades will begin to show us the answer. If the latter, then perhaps a faster disintegration would be best, providing a "preservation through destruction."