PREDICTIONS FOR 2014

1. The human race will survive another year-barely.
2. Tom Cotton, right-wing, tea-bagging, Republican, from Arkansas, will lose his bid for the U.S. Senate. If he should win, I'm moving to a different foreign country.
3. I see the Republicans trying to buy another election.
4. The Pope is saying all the right things. Let's hope, in the New Year, he starts doing all the right things.
5. The biggest story this year will be Japan. Unfortunately, not sushi. Nuclear.
6. I'm thinking maybe this year, Obama will wake up.
7. It's pretty much the same thing year after year: The rich keep getting richer, and the poor just keep getting it. It's about time for that revolution.
8. Hot Springs Village, land of the right-wing Republicans, will be sold on E-bay to the highest bidder. The money will be used to bail out Bush and Cheney, who will be jailed for war crimes. Don't argue with the crystal ball.
9. I've been too easy on right-wing, Christian, Republicans. This year I'm putting it on them. No holds barred.
10. THE New Year: America cannot survive by promoting economic greed, violence, and intolerance. Our resolve must be strong and enduring: Where there is hatred, we must counter with love; where there is intolerance, we must speak of Christ's overwhelming acceptance of everyone; where there is suffering, we must show compassion; where there is violence, we must stand firm in our commitment to peacemaking; and where there is injustice, we cannot be afraid to step forward and expose it. For it is in peeving those who would attempt to control us that we gain everlasting satisfaction.