Goodbye, farewell, now get lost

"Yes, I mean it. 2023 - goodbye, farewell, and now get lost. And please don't let the door hit you on your numbers as you exit!"  

Really Bird? Has it been that bad in 2023? Actually - yes. Here are some somber facts of things which happened this year:

• The dead and wounded keep piling up in Ukraine. So far, the causality count is 320,000 Russians and 500,000 Ukrainians. And there is no end in sight.
• The October 7th attack in Israel was beyond butchery. Besides the over 1,200 Israelis either slaughtered or taken captive, 33 Americans were killed. Biden's response? Still waiting.
• It is estimated we lost just over one million innocent unborn Americans to abortion in 2023.
• The country is ablaze with constant pro-Palestine demonstrations. Antisemitism is off the charts. Why? Who knows. It was the Israelis who suffered under the October 7th attack. 
• Ivy League schools have shown just how corrupt they are in their thinking. Harvard in particular, was shown to be bias and insufferable. The damage to their reputation was terminal. 
• Our president turned 81 this year. He spends 40% of this time on vacation, and much of the remaining 60% half asleep. Meanwhile, the world burns.
• Inflation, especially food and fuel are still higher than when Biden took office. Many people are living paycheck to paycheck. 
• More than 3.2 million illegals have crossed into our country this year. That is more than the four years that Trump was president. Where are they all going to go? What will they do? Great questions, with no answers.
• Donald Trump, who is our last president and will probably be our next president, has more legal troubles right now than all the other candidates put together - by a long shot. 
• Hunter Biden. Enough said.

Any good news in here? Well, we have not yet been nuked by Putin. But stay tuned on that one. And an asteroid has not hit Earth - yet. 2024 will be a wild year for technology, but a tough year for humanity. EVs are no longer looked upon as the "golden fleece", as they have big problems in cost and marketing.

Even though Christians have been told by God to love one another, the hated for each other in our country is palpable. Part of the problem is we are short on Christians and getting shorter all the time. Many think, we actually are on the edge of a civil war. 

Do I have any prognostications for 2024? Only one. 2024 will look a lot like 2023. War will continue in Ukraine and Israel. Our economy will still strand many folks who are living on the edge. Inflation will continue to be the major culprit. And the millions of illegals who have set up shop in America? Good luck to them. Most of the manual and untrained jobs (the only thing they can do), will be gone in six years. Many will soon find out (as the expression goes), that "Hawaii is not like the brochure."

Yes, I mean it. 2023 - goodbye, farewell, and now get lost. And please don't let the door hit you on your numbers as you exit!