So last week, in what was perhaps a moment of madness, I posted a request on my Facebook page: Tell me your political predictions for the year. Among the more restrained answers: “Hyperinflation,” “Civil War,” “financial collapse,” “terribly awful things.”

So in the interest of letting a little light into the room, and with a full realization that our president is doing a bad job, the congress incapable of stopping him, and the media protecting him with coverups and lies, let me list three positive trends that might transform our country for the better in the next two years.

1. Fracking. As I’ve said before, Obama and the EPA will ultimately be splatter on the windshield of this progress.

2. Federalism. Around the country, conservative governors are taking action that could galvanize reform nationwide. Right-to-work laws, state budget cuts, reduced property taxes and creative approaches to education.

3. Reality is on our side. When I call Obama a reactionary, what I mean is that he adheres to a grievance-based socialist ideology he learned in college from professors who were probably old even then. As these academics die and go to hell for all eternity, up-and-comers may begin to notice that the poor suffer under left-wing programs and rise under the free market, that education improves under conservative guidance and gets worse under liberals, and that big business actually gets more entrenched and powerful under the left while the right helps the little guy thrive.

But while there are cycles and phases in history — and while everything made by mortals surely dies — modernity has shown itself full of unique moments and last minute rescues. I think of New York City before Giuliani; America before Reagan. Things can look pretty damn dark before the sun comes over the hill.

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This is a great article!

I appreciate this article.

I'm a mom of two young people. I want them to believe in their futures.

There was a Freeper tagline that said something like, "You may as well enjoy life. No one gets out alive."

We need to stop and smell the roses and dream of the future. Otherwise, why get out of bed in the morning?

The left wants us paralyzed and scared. Let's be happy, instead.

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I appreciate this article.

I'm a mom of two young people. I want them to believe in their futures.

There was a Freeper tagline that said something like, "You may as well enjoy life. No one gets out alive."

We need to stop and smell the roses and dream of the future. Otherwise, why get out of bed in the morning?

The left wants us paralyzed and scared. Let's be happy, instead.

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The biggest problem with the conservative movement right now is a huge leadership deficit. Which is why you are pining for Reagan so hard.

Period.

I don't believe that there are many wise human answers to the problems that we face. I am trying to put my faith to work.

Two years ago I took my children to Washington, D.C. While there we saw everything we could and we talked about history. We did not talk about the men and women that work there today. They don't matter. They are servants of the people. But they are failures. There are no heros in Washington, D.C.

I knew that in 2008. I cried in November of 2008. I didn't cry in November of 2012 because I don't believe there is going to be a knight in shining armor to save us. We have to save ourselves. And the result may not look like what we think it should.

Giants like Reagan, Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington aren't coming. I think that's because something different is going to happen. Fifty years from now, America will not look like it does today. I've accepted that. I'll be dead.

My children will need to work, but the world will be different in ways I can't imagine. I need to prepare them. And my tears don't help them.

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I appreciate this article.

I'm a mom of two young people. I want them to believe in their futures.

There was a Freeper tagline that said something like, "You may as well enjoy life. No one gets out alive."

We need to stop and smell the roses and dream of the future. Otherwise, why get out of bed in the morning?

The left wants us paralyzed and scared. Let's be happy, instead.

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I stay awake a night with angst over what we have handed our offspring. The last time I felt so negative about the future of the country and the planet for that matter was Carter. Then I got involved with Reagan and a weight was lifted. To sum it up I see no one on the horizion that is the hope of conservatives. In fact just the opposite. At this point I am ready to follow Captain America or Ironman. That is how bad I see the leadership of the conservative movement. BTW I would of waded into hell with a squirtgun and a can of gasoline for Reagan. I cannot say that about any other man alive or dead and I have known some great men.

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This is a great article. In order to deal with the problems we face we have to get out of the hysterical panic zone. How many of the fear mongers are profiting off of this? There is nothing wrong with getting prepared for worse case scenario. Being prudent is a good thing. Going overboard with the end of the world predictions is not going to help reach people who are not buying the 0bama BS. Christians especially need to see how this fear mongering is hurting their witness. The Bible is full of verses telling us to "fear not".

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This is a great article. In order to deal with the problems we face we have to get out of the hysterical panic zone. How many of the fear mongers are profiting off of this? There is nothing wrong with getting prepared for worse case scenario. Being prudent is a good thing. Going overboard with the end of the world predictions is not going to help reach people who are not buying the 0bama BS. Christians especially need to see how this fear mongering is hurting their witness. The Bible is full of verses telling us to "fear not".

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The leadership deficit is two pronged: first prong is an actual dearth of leadership. Second prong is an insistent that our leaders be "pure conservatives". This "purity test" is completely killing the movement.

Witness FreakRepublic.

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Thank you for posting, steph.

If you met a stranger and wanted to befriend them, you wouldn't launch in with frightening predictions. You'd offer them a cup of coffee and friendship. Drawing people in builds a community and makes us all stronger and wiser.

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The leadership deficit is two pronged: first prong is an actual dearth of leadership. Second prong is an insistent that our leaders be "pure conservatives". This "purity test" is completely killing the movement.

Witness FreakRepublic.

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The leadership deficit is two pronged: first prong is an actual dearth of leadership. Second prong is an insistent that our leaders be "pure conservatives". This "purity test" is completely killing the movement.

Witness FreakRepublic.

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The leadership deficit is two pronged: first prong is an actual dearth of leadership. Second prong is an insistent that our leaders be "pure conservatives". This "purity test" is completely killing the movement.

Witness FreakRepublic.

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A zealotry test will not help educate people. Obama has the corner on the zealots. Let's go for intelligence and ideas. That's what the Framers did.

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This is a great article. In order to deal with the problems we face we have to get out of the hysterical panic zone. How many of the fear mongers are profiting off of this? There is nothing wrong with getting prepared for worse case scenario. Being prudent is a good thing. Going overboard with the end of the world predictions is not going to help reach people who are not buying the 0bama BS. Christians especially need to see how this fear mongering is hurting their witness. The Bible is full of verses telling us to "fear not".

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