Over dinner last night, with some really smart people I'm honored to call friends, during conversation, the question was posed - "Tell me how we, as a country, are not fucked."

Someone mentioned our President Elect and his shaping cabinet and administration. Another mentioned the two wars - if only to mention that our engagements, and monetary obligations to which, are going to minimize drastically in the coming years.

Then the room got quiet. And suddenly, we as a collective group of smart kids, who, throughout our lives have confidently had the answers, suddenly didn't.

This was followed by some nervous squirming. "I - I - think the capital influx into the market shows some confidence in our ability to recover over time," said the financial analyst.

... but he said it in a way that sounded rehearsed, as if it's the thing he's told his girlfriend, worried parents, and maybe even himself, late at night, when the sweat beads of worry wash over his face.

All the while I'm thinking I can't wait to post this here as a thread.

Think it over. Don't be reactionary. Get to a quiet place and dig deep. Try not to quote things you hear from other people or news outlets (as I've just done.. Doh!).


Whats' your gut say?


How are we NOT fucked?