Doesn't it make you crazy when you hear people like Rummy or Thomas Friedman or your aunt Mabel from Des Moines say, "how could we have anticipated that the situation in Iraq would get this bad?" I know you're dying to say "DUH!" or "I only told you so a kazillion times." Maybe you've already sent a letter to GW saying, "those millions of anti-war marchers weren't focus groups, Mr. Decider-in-Chief, they were people who paid attention to the facts and history of the region."
So here's a little video prediction you can send to your friends and family who JUST DON'T GET IT. If reality can't do it, maybe clever commentary can. This news spoof covers a lot of ground in two minutes: globalization, the impending burst of the housing bubble, the economic impact of outsourced American jobs on millions of our citizens, and the deterioration of the Pop music scene.
In addition to rating it as a favorite on YouTube, please send along the links to the video and other "predictions" found in Doublethink: A Tale of Unintended Consequences. You know many of these things have already occurred but Aunt Mabel probably missed them. I know Rummy, Dick, and George have.
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Use these secret weapons to make sure the registered independents and apolitical types on your email lists know that not all politicians are the same. Remember, friends don't let friends vote Republican.
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P.S. If you missed the first video, here's what it would be like to be married to a guy who looks like Cheney if you live in Marin. BTW, the author has a cameo appearance in both videos.