How about those international elections over the weekend?

France decided to elect a socialist. Yep, they are screwed. For all his other faults, at least Sarkozy was trying to get the budget in line and working with the other EU countries on budget restraint.

It's obvious that the people of France are not students of history, just like us here in the United States. Socialism has never worked, never, ever, at any time in the history of our world. It has always been a failure every time it has been tried.

Greek voters reject austerity measures and head back toward the out of control spending that got them in trouble to begin with (the path we are on). Look for that country to collapse in the near future.

Putin gets sworn in and suddenly the new Russia looks a lot like the old Russia. Anti-government protestors are beaten and arrested. Next thing you know people will be disappearing in the middle of the night.

It seems like the entire world is going to hell. Buckle up folks, it's going to be a bumpy ride...