The Next Great Depression - The Silver Lining

I am generally a pessimist, if you haven't noticed. I have been beating the doom and gloom drum for some time now, and I have been proven right with this developing economic crisis. Let me be clear: we are in no way clear of this mess, and in fact it is just the beginning. This recession will deepen, and will become a Depression - primarily because we are doing all the same things that have brought about this crisis. Obama and the Democrats are spending money we don't have, and like those individual irresponsible American idiots deep in debt they are likewise frittering it away on luxuries that will not stimulate the economy. It is eternally frustrating.

But there is a "silver lining" to this crisis that I am pretty excited about - I have used the word "reckoning" for some time which literally means making things right - it won't be all bad. Here are my optimistic and postive thoughts on the crisis (some serious, some not-so-much, you decide):

1. The Left-leaning areas of the country will fail first - the big cities, California, the Northeast - it will be great fun to see the cities descend into chaos and anarchy as people can't get the things they need and expect and feel they are entitled to - dig a moat around the major cities and we'll all be fine! In the information age we really don't need big cities anymore, so screw 'em! We'll see how long they hold fast to their liberal idealism when the shit hits the fan and it's do or die time.
2. Along the same lines, the current welfare system is just not sustainable under an economic crisis. The worthless bastards that have been leeching off you and me for a few decades now will finally be allowed to fend for themselves, and they'll kill each other doing it. Fantastic!
3. Illegal Immigration will cease - Americans will not allow these people to steal American jobs anymore. This is kind of sad, because most of the illegals are probably great people, but a lot of crime comes with them with the bad apples, so good riddance.
4. Our culture will refocus on what is important. All the trivialities will fade away. First things first will return, because it will be necessary to survive. Not to say we won't have distractions, but that's what they'll be - distractions, not the focus. Maybe American Idol will survive, but not much else will.
5. Sports "stars" will no longer be paid huge salaries to play a game. That will be one of the first things to go. If people can't afford to go to the games, and companies cannot afford to sponsor them, it all trickles down to the talent. Related to #4, maybe the inner cities will refocus on education and values when they see they cannot make millions if they practice really hard at the basketball court.
6. Likewise, Hollywood actors and actresses will not command huge salaries. These huge salaries are just not sustainable, when it is all dependent on a prosperous and paying public.
7. Kids getting away with all the bad behavior that they do in public today will not be tolerated. Remember the days when you could yell at someone else's kid for acting like a jackass? Well, those days are going to return, because guess what: it won't matter if you get sued, because no one is going to have any money!
8. Big payout lawsuits will dry up - no one has any money to sue for!
9. HGTV will go off the air, thank God!!! No home equity loans to do lavish improvements.
10. People will say it like it is - Political Correctness will be laid to rest - if you're an idiot, you will be called one. If you're lazy, you will hear about it. If you're a no-good SOB criminal, you will meet your maker. People will not tolerate flaws of character when things aren't so comfortable and cushy anymore.
11. Global Warming nonsense will no longer be of such importance - when you are struggling just to put food on the table and keep warm, I don't think you're going to give a shit if your lawnmower burns gasoline.
12. The dollar is going to collapse, so everything will reset - no national debt, no personal debt, no personal savings. What you have right now in physical assets is all that you will have, so stock up if you can. People are going to want to get drunk, so invest in liquor. And guns. Lots of guns.
13. The bleeding-heart people who got us into this mess will be unarmed, because they hate guns, so they will not be a problem whatsoever.
14. If the government somehow survives as it is currently constituted and continues down the path to socialism and the USSA, individual states (Texas first) will secede from the USSA to escape the rising taxes and liabilities of Social Security and Medicare. So, we'll have somewhere to escape to with like-minded people! And this new country will be filled with young, hard-working, armed men and women so no one will screw with us!
15. Real work will be valued - not sitting behind a desk punching away at a keyboard, but getting out there and using the hands God gave us to build things, and fix things, and maybe beat the shit out of dangerous people!
16. Family will come first, because that's all we'll have, and it will be enough.

How's that for looking on the bright side of life! This list will probably grow as I think of more things that excite me about the Next Great Depression.