In Smoke and Dream

"How vain the fondest hopes of mankind seem! How tempting all their promises of rest. And yet they fade away in smoke and dream."
(So said a wise man whose name faded away with the smoke and some of my brain's neurons.)

Whoop-dee-doo! Off year elections were held yesterday and the Rebublican candidates for governor in NJ and VA both won. NJ was a particularly big upset. Now all the experts are wondering whether this is a referendum on President Obama.
I say: who cares?
The fact of the matter is, the good old US of A is bankrupt and no politician is going to change this. Afterall, the only way to change the dire situation we are in would be to end most government programs, especially at the federal level. Of course, this won't happen. Americans have lost the ability, as well as the will, to be self sufficient. Without the government trough to feed at, we little piggies would starve ourselves into oblivion.
Without a life changing event, like a meteorite strike, nothing will change the situation. ( And who wants a meteorite strike?)
Our society, our country, once the greatest in God's creation, will slowly spiral downward into the dustbin of history.
I'm guessing somewhere between the year of our Lord 2050 and 2070. Fortunately, I won't be around.
Unfortunately, most of my descendants will be.