Predictions For 2016 Or Why 2016 Should Scare You
Each of the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac has unique characteristics; each one corresponds to one animal. Guess which one corresponds to 2016 — the monkey — in fact, the Red Fire Monkey.
My experiences with monkeys have never been good. I was just never able to have a meaningful relationship with a monkey in all my 72 years. I get along well with rats, horses, even sheep and goats, even the occasional snake. But saints preserve us — it’s monkey time, Republican monkeys at that.
So the burning question is what will 2016 bring?
Historians believe there are crossroad years, Epochs, if you would, where history makes decisions — 1941 would be one of the years, 1929, 1861 another, and 1963 following JFK’s assassination. And as frightening as it may sound, 2010 when his father’s Supreme Court decided George W. Bush should be our next president. So here it comes folks, 2016 year of the monkey, when we’re going to make decisions about foreign and domestic policies that will affect us for the rest of my life, your life, and the yet to be born.
The Democrats believe this will be another historic first. We’ve had the first black man, now we’re going to get the first white grandmother. The Republicans are scared to death that if they don’t serve up the Donald, he breaks from the grand old party, runs on his own, and that walks grandma in. We have what some people call the open double, that means the presidential election with no incumbent running in either party, and therein lies the monkey. At some point something’s gotta give.
There’s a war out there. Each day it draws nearer and closer, there’s a body count, there’s insanity abroad, seemingly mindless people presenting the news, worse people heading the country. Again here comes, “the monkey.” In the former Secretary of State’s words, “I’ll run this country in a way that it’s never been handled before.” When Donald Trump proclaims he’ll run the country, he says “wait till I get in office and I’ll show you what I’m going to do.”
Frankly, are you as frightened as I am, when I’m leaning toward Trump, simply because I think it’s going to be fun to watch? With Mrs. Clinton, she and her rapist husband return to fight for inequality for women. We’re almost to the point where Jeb Bush has become, rightfully so, the laughingstock of the Republican Party. I don’t know what you do with the other also Republicans. On the Democratic side, we’ve got an old hippy Socialist who people say went on his honeymoon to the Soviet Union, although it was a guided tour. He seems to want to replicate the French Socialist model in the United States. Gee, we sure need that.
So what to watch for? According to the Chinese historians I have read that speak about the year of the monkey, the monkey is clever, has the passion of fire; great, that could lead to a very deceitful atmosphere. The monkey follows the year of the sheep, which we were told was going to be a very steady year — shows you how much trust you should put in the Chinese Zodiac.
So here we go. You’ll be reading this in January and because of the way the Chinese zodiac reads this year of the red monkey won’t appear for another 60 years. So get ready, another exciting new year is headed your way. I hope the monkey brings you health, prosperity and longevity, but with what I’m watching I wouldn’t count on it.
Let’s hide and watch.
Happy New Year.
— Peter
P.S.: Here’s my Amazing Kreskin moment . . . it’s going to be Hillary, like it or not, she’s going to be your next Potus!!