The Voice of Reason: Headlines We'll See if Obama is Reelected

If you're a news junkie like I am, you read newspapers, watch television, listen to radio and browse the internet trying to keep up with what's going on in our country and the world.
 

During the past three and a half years, we've seen thousands of headlines in the newspaper about the current administration.  But I wonder, what would the headlines in American newspapers be like if President Obama is given another four years?   Here are a few headlines I strongly believe we'll see,  given the radical political views of our current President and the current direction of our country:

• EPA Orders All Remaining Coal Plants to Close

• Unemployment Tops 8% for 60th Straight Month

• National Debt Increases to $22 Trillion

• Unemployment Tops 10% for 10th Straight Month

• Unemployment for Blacks Tops 30%

• More Americans Now on Disability, Unemployment than Working

• Average American Sees 75% Increase in Electricity

• Power Grid at Breaking Point:  Not Enough Power Plants to Power America

• Half of America Dark During Week-long Blackout

• Americans Turn Violent without Jobs, Power

• EPA Turns Attention to Natural Gas, Oil

• Americans Paying $8.25 for Gasoline; Prices Headed Higher

• Obamacare Produces Three Month Wait for Office Visit

• President, Congress Raise Taxes on All Americans to Pay for Programs

• Millions Take to Streets to Protest President's Policies

• Standard of Living for Americans Lowest Since Great Depression

The sad part is that not even one of these headlines is out of the realm of possibility.  In fact, given the direction this country is headed and our President's policies, I believe that the vast majority of these headlines have a high probability of being seen in our newspapers in the coming four years.

Do I see the unemployment rate remaining above 8%?  Yes. Do I see the unemployment rate heading above even 10%. Yes, I do, especially if the President continues his anti-business, anti-growth policies, which he'll do if he's reelected.

Do I truly see coal being phased out as an energy source?  Absolutely. Millions of Americas employed by coal directly and indirectly will be out of jobs.

Do I foresee America's power grid in grave danger?  Yes, I do.  With so many coal plants being shut down and even tougher EPA regulations on the drawing board -- with politics now driving America's energy policy -- our nation's reliable supply of electricity is at risk.

Do I see the EPA turning its attention to natural gas and oil after it has destroyed coal?  Absolutely.  The Obama Administration is against all fossil fuels that are extracted from the earth.  The Obama Administration wouldn't even approve the Keystone Pipeline, which would have provided millions of barrels of oil from our neighbor to the north, Canada.

Do I see gasoline at over $8 a gallon?  Any conflict in the Middle East, coupled with our President's "head in the sand" energy policy, could cause gas prices to top $10 a gallon.

Do I think that the President and Congress will raise taxes on all working Americans to fund their social programs?  Absolutely.  Raising taxes on only the wealthiest Americans won't raise enough revenue.  The math just doesn't add up.

Do I see mass protests and a standard of living for Americans close to what we faced during the Great Depression?  Without a doubt.  We are heading towards a financial cliff with soaring debt, economic stagnation and millions more on various government programs.  Again, the math just doesn't add up.

Some may think I'm being an alarmist.  I happen to think that I'm being a realist.  Knowing that he won't have to run again, our President will be free to do what he wants in a second term, which will result in an expansion of the policies he enacted in his first term.

We have a choice this election, and I believe that choice is crystal clear.