the end of ‘09 marks both the end of the year and the end of the first decade of the 2000s. rather than reflect on all that has happened thus far, this is what i would like to see in the coming decade:

- a real commitment to alternative energy and cleaner, more efficient ways to burn fossil fuels, which reduces our dependence not only on foreign oil, but on oil altogether

- a focus on water conservation, environmentally sustainable agriculture and logging, and reclamation of land that has fallen victim to desertification. it’s going to be expensive, but sooner or later, we’re going to have to face up to these problems. the next great struggle isn’t going to be over oil but over water.

- greater transparency in our government and on wall street. i work for the government, so does that mean i trust it? hell no! if i am going to die for my country, it damn well better be for the right reasons. and if my taxpayer dollars are going to taken from my paycheck, it damn well better be for something truly important — not to bail out some corrupt corporation that is so inept it can’t survive on its own. fuck that corporation! let it die and let it be replaced by one that knows what the hell its doing.

- sustainable spending habits. people are finally starting to save instead of living well outside their means and living on borrowed credit. hallelujah! now it’s time for our government to follow suit. if frivolous spending habits are what caused the recession, then in what way does it possibly make sense that the government — already at a $12 trillion deficit — can solve the problem by spending even more?!

- parents actually having the chutzpah to do the right thing!!! this sense of entitlement kids today feel has got to go. no one owes you anything. if you really want something, go out and make it happen. but with most kids spending more time in the virtual world than the real world, i’m not too optimistic…

- james takes delivery of his brand new challenger srt8, buys his first of many houses, and makes it out of afghanistan alive.

- james gets married. james has kids.

- james possibly starts working on a law degree, paying his way through school on the government’s dime, or on a stock portfolio which increases by an average of 30% (a little overly hopeful on the return perhaps, but one can dream…)

- victory

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