China continues their economic boom but must confront environmental problems and their banking system. They will be confronting the fact that they are too big to govern effectively just as other huge countries, including the relatively smaller USA, are discovering that.
 
Russia still has a fantasy of being a world superpower even though that paradigm is becoming no longer viable. Like the USA they will continue to
pursue a path of dividing and conquering, also an old paradigm that has no future. Until they get a new dream they are doomed to follow a road already trod, one that already brought misfortune.
 
As long as old structures of extreme corruption and mistreatment exist on the African continent, many African nations will continue to experience meltdown and violent uprisings. Global warming will contribute to these problems but in the longer run there will be a new paradigm at work that will transform the African continent from write-off to admirable.
 
Structures, organizations, and political leaders representing the old paradigm will be seriously eroding. The spotlight will be put on those abusing and using power for their own personal gains. Much will topple this year. People in general will be reviewing what real leadership means the world over and how structures can be made to follow the will of people everywhere.
 
Europe is likely to feel strong effects of US recession but will be able to weather the storm better than some countries.
 
Those spoiling for a fight between the USA and Tehran will try to force a conflict into the open that will further destabilize the mid-east.
 
USA
 
More minority group leaders will be coming to prominence in politics and in all walks of life. More independents will appear on the scene, both voters and politicians. It is possible there will be a big upset at election time.
 
It is highly probable that more government and administrative corruption will be revealed.  Issues will arise to bring big questions about the balance of powers in government.  The country looks at itself and does not like what it has become even more than before.
 
People question how the country can hold together. These are much the same issues and climate which existed during the American Civil war. For the first time in a long time secession will come up as a topic of conversation among the states.
 
The administration will continue to be in shambles over corruption and investigations. Cheney’s health is likely to be at risk. Despite being
highly unpopular with the vast majority of people the Bush administration will continue their policies as before with no let up. It is probable that these policies will commit the United States to big crises that will not only compromise changing administrations in the fall but handcuff new
leadership.
 
Afghanistan will ramp up as a war zone and can turn very ugly while Iraq powers down and becomes a long term background morass. It will become evident that Iraq’s oilfields have been assured for US consumption.
 
The USA will most likely fall into recession and continue to lose control of the economic world.  The dollar will be allowed to fall even more against other currencies. The housing crash will likely continue to ripple outward and threaten to topple the economy.
 
Immigration will cease to be a flashpoint as the year goes on and serious efforts will be made to sort out the problems of illegal residents.
 
Whoever inherits the presidency will inherit a world of enormous problems for the USA.  Experience from the past will not necessarily be an advantage in coping with what exists tomorrow. A fresh understanding based on a bigger philosophy will be most helpful. Any candidate owned by the corporations, who is self serving and opportunistic or has a myopic view, will be unable to turn toward a more constructive path. The majority will assess the candidates according to these criteria. Beware those who don’t measure up and play the conflict and fear card effectively.  World events will determine whether that succeeds at that point in time.  The candidates who play the fear and conflict card will then experience an administration and a reality that mirrors just that. Those who promise to defend through force will produce war and instability. Candidates with a philosophy toward healing will experience just that if they hold way.

This is important for the voting public to know.