There has been a lot of ink, cable TV shows, and at least one movie, on how 2012 is poised to be the end of the world, partly playing off the idea that 2012 is the end of the Mayan calendar. However, the scary part might have little to do with the Maya and a lot to do with American politics.
This morning, while I was meditating in my seat before church started, I was thinking that there might not be a FY 2012 budget. If the results of November's elections have enough Tea Party Republicans, either elected with their support or fearful of being primaried willing to vote down a budget compromise with the Democrats, we might see the federal government shut down come October.
However, when we have a federal government that seems not to be thinking quite straight, that might be an improvement. AG Holder's comments while I was off at church doesn't seem to help, where he's threatening a second racial-profiling lawsuit against Arizona if their new laws prove discriminatory. Since they are unlikely to see a lot of people of German or English descent busted for being in the country illegally, that is something that may well happen even if there is no racial profiling per se.
The original Boston Tea Party was a precursor to the American Revolution, with anti-British terrorists trashing a ship-full of tea in Boston harbor; that imagery is what had me leery of the modern anti-Washington conservatives who have taken on that name. However, that's starting to change as Washington seems to be beyond repair.
If the federal government makes it hard for our border states to keep the rule of law there, they might have no choice but to declare independence from Washington. Quite a few other states might want to join them; Texas Gov. Perry floated that idea not that long ago. Between immigration issues and budget issues, it might not be the worst idea on the planet to recreate 1990 in the USSR and dissolve the US into 50 independent countries, to call the US quits after 9/30/2011 and just not fund the beast for FY 2012.
Stranger things have happened. I think that is too radical for my tastes, for border crossings to go to Toledo or South Bend don't sound appealing, but it will be a prospect on the minds of quite a few people as we go forward.
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