Worst Case sCenarios

Prediction Time… What will Bush do with his "mandate".

Even with all those Red states, thanks to a deeply divided House and Senate we wonâ??t be seeing these.

29th Amendment - Making the discretion of the American Flag a Crime.

30th Amendment - Definition of Marriage as between a man and a women

31st Amendment - Repeals the 19th Amendment ending Presidential term limits.

32nd Amendment - Repealing various Amendments allowing women, blacks and under 21s the right to vote.

Some of those are a bit of stretch but given the mentality of our country one never knows.

What we will see is

The elimination of the National Endowments of the Arts and Humanities.
Deep cuts in NIH funding unless it deals with a diseases which affect white men. i.e prostrate cancer, heart disease.
The privatization of the National Gallery of the Arts, and the Smithsonian.
Regulations limiting the use of In vitro Fertilization.
Cutting loose those pesky liberally biased groups PBS and NPR
New weapons programs. Star Wars anyone?
Increased NASA funding to pay for all those mighty fine Texas and Flordia based contractors.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Star Wars anyone?

How are the new DVDs?

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Prediction Time… What will Bush do with his "mandate".

Even with all those Red states, thanks to a deeply divided House and Senate we wonâ??t be seeing these.

29th Amendment - Making the discretion of the American Flag a Crime.

30th Amendment - Definition of Marriage as between a man and a women

31st Amendment - Repeals the 19th Amendment ending Presidential term limits.

32nd Amendment - Repealing various Amendments allowing women, blacks and under 21s the right to vote.

Some of those are a bit of stretch but given the mentality of our country one never knows.

What we will see is

The elimination of the National Endowments of the Arts and Humanities.
Deep cuts in NIH funding unless it deals with a diseases which affect white men. i.e prostrate cancer, heart disease.
The privatization of the National Gallery of the Arts, and the Smithsonian.
Regulations limiting the use of In vitro Fertilization.
Cutting loose those pesky liberally biased groups PBS and NPR
New weapons programs. Star Wars anyone?
Increased NASA funding to pay for all those mighty fine Texas and Flordia based contractors.

Wow, some of the things you've listed are indeed pretty scary. Are these items actually on his agenda or are you merely speculating?

My prediction is the following sCenario:

Kosmo and George W. finish in the middle of the pack in the DC area spelling bee. :p

Christ Kosmo, go hide in your bunker already. Do you really think NPR or PBS are just going to go away? They've got funding, and I don't think they'll lose it. Plus, evil corporations need to give NPR/PBS money so they don't look so evil to the public.

Anyone for burqas?

true, the chances of passing those amendments are slim. but this scenario IS likely:

crazy republicans write the laws/amendments, bring them to a vote in the house/senate, and they fail. then, for the '06 and '08 elections, they use them as wedge issues, pounding voters with ads that say "So and so voted against the ban on flag burning. They hate our freedom."

what about the amendment allowing nationalized citizens who have been in this country for more than 20 years to run for president?

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
what about the amendment allowing nationalized citizens who have been in this country for more than 20 years to run for president?

Bruce Springsteen's against that one.

Nothing really crazy happened in the last 4 years, well apart from the war on Iraq, Oh, and the gay marriage thing.

let me start again, othing really crazy happened in the last 4 years, well apart from the war on Iraq the gay marriage thing, oh and banning stem cell research….

Most of the things you fear seem fairly odd in comparison.

The most likely of which is more funding to NASA, but if you want to go to Mars you gonna have to send some money. I am sure whatever happens the world will kepp turning and everything will be just fine in the long run.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
what about the amendment allowing nationalized citizens who have been in this country for more than 20 years to run for president?

Won't happen in the next four years. I'd be surprised if it occurs within the next 20 years. If it did, the case would have to be made by someone who is not: related to the Kennedys, pro-stem cell research and/or pro-choice.

purely speculations… but more important things need to be paid for after all those tax cuts. who needs liberal culture anyways, with Nashville cranking out the hits and NASCAR booming. One goes to church to be entertained with multimedia experiences.

I've haven't done alot of research into the matter but any member of the reality-based community should be worried about the faith-base make up of the Presidents Panel on Bio-Ethics. It's leader Leon Kass has basically said that science has outlived its usefulness to society and limits should be placed around.

Oh yeah forgot a couple items…

More loggint in oldgrowth forests.
More developement on protected lands.
Cut the Park Service funding for maintaining historic sites, unless of course the civil war took place there.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Star Wars anyone?

Empire Strikes Back.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
My prediction is the following sCenario:

Kosmo and George W. finish in the middle of the pack in the DC area spelling bee. :p

yeah yeah yeah i'll get more sleep tonight…

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:


Most of the things you fear seem fairly odd in comparison.

Didn't Bush Sr make a serious run at the NEA and NEH?

Forget another one… Reagen's face staring at us from a piece of currency.

Originally posted by econo:
Christ Kosmo, go hide in your bunker already. Do you really think NPR or PBS are just going to go away? They've got funding, and I don't think they'll lose it. Plus, evil corporations need to give NPR/PBS money so they don't look so evil to the public.

Well the wingnuts have been doing this for years, guess it's my turn :p I didn't say that these would go away. But, that liberal agenda is going to have to be silenced, otherwise the Dittoheads will get confused, they might not get to hear the same phrase repeated daily. Sinclair and Clear Channel needs more stations anyways…

Proud to be a puppethead!

Somewhat off-topic - I predict the Bush twins will have their own reality show.
A little competition w/ the Olssen twins and Niki Hilton and what's her name. It amazes me - moral values were a deciding factor and the crap that people are watching on TV don't seem to relate.

What I think we really need, is for a congressman to commit political suicide and tell it like it is. Maybe someone on the way out, i don't know, but someone with the balls to just say how it is, and how it' gonna be. No cutting corners. The Dems have been so hesitant to call Bush out on stuff, even during the election. Without a doubt it ends your political career, but isn't it time someone stopped being a politician and just spoke out against this administration?

Yeah, you're right, never gonna happen…

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
Somewhat off-topic - I predict the Bush twins will have their own reality show.
A little competition w/ the Olssen twins and Niki Hilton and what's her name. It amazes me - moral values were a deciding factor and the crap that people are watching on TV don't seem to relate.

Oh, and one of the twins will receive a record deal. This year's Ashlee Simpson needs replacing. Wonder when GW will appear on SNL?

Rumours spreading that some changes in his cabinet imminent…….Ashcroft and Powell are on the chopping block by all accounts.

I predict Ashcroft is out to become hee-haws next Supreme Court Justice nomination, and Powell is going to exchange his army uniform for a jockey one and become a new lawn ornament for the rose garden.