I can see the newspaper headlines now – “Joe slipped on a banana peel in the White House kitchen while hunting down an ice cream fix”. Or something like that. Anyway, this is a case where Joe, who never even knows what month it is, goes “bye-bye” this time for good. What happens in the case where an American President can no longer serve? Do they just turn out the lights on the Washington Monument, go home, and call it a day? Or will Hunter Biden assume the role of the Presidency? That’s what the Democrats would be clamoring for, for certain. But seriously, wouldn’t inquiring minds want to know? Why am I the only one in America expressing concerns over this important issue?

The whole mess we’re in as a country reminds me so much of the domestic and geo-political turmoil that took place back in the 1970’s. The similarities to today are truly astounding! This is what I want you to take away from this writing. Those of you who weren’t born yet or just a toddler during the 1970’s you missed a ton of stuff, while bands were pumping out rock music the quality of which was second to none the entire world seemed to be turned upside down. I graduated from high school in the mid-70’s just around the time the U.S. withdrew all troops from South Vietnam which put an end to the long and very unpopular Vietnam Conflict. In addition, Bear Markets in stocks accompanied with high inflation left an indelible mark on American’s wallets throughout the entire decade of the 70’s. OPEC ruled over oil production and prices which allowed Islamic Regimes to extend control over America’s ever-growing need for fossil fuel. Meanwhile, protests on college campuses against the war and anything establishment in particular gave rise to a hate for the police [and the rule of law in general], eventually culminating in a student massacre on the campus of Kent State by the Ohio National Guard, [May 1970]. So the 70’s was a decade that began on a sour note, however, it wouldn’t be long before the Kent State Massacre would be out done by a new scandal, a scandalous event that would capture the lives of every American and for years afterward. On June 17, 1972 five men burglarized the Democrat National Committee headquarters @ Watergate in Washington, D.C. They were caught and accused of spying, intelligence gathering, and wiretapping type activities. The problem was they were Republican operatives working under the cooperation of then sitting President, Richard Nixon. This break-in led to an enormous scandal, and launched the career of the reporter who first broke the story, Bob Woodward. The uncovering of this criminal activity led to some prosecutions and the eventual resignation of Richard Nixon. He would have faced certain Impeachment had he not voluntarily resigned. Meanwhile, Vice President, Spiro Agnew, was convicted and received probation and paid a fine for bribery and other illegal activities unrelated to Watergate; by 1974 Agnew was replaced by then Speaker of the House, Gerald Ford. Once again, it was Ford who assumed the office of the President upon Nixon’s resignation. Once the term ended Ford campaigned to be an elected President but because he was a Republican the country traded him in for a peanut farmer from Georgia instead. Great idea – NOT! And boy did good-hearted Democrat Jimmy Carter fall into a hornet’s nest. Hey, it was the 1970’s – C’mon Main! [my best J. Page impression] 🙂 So Carter was in and Ford was out. What happened next extended the height of a chalk board across the country because chartists had to step upon ladders just to keep up with increasing levels of hyper-inflation. By 1979, 30-year home mortgages climbed to 11.2% and bank deposits were paying crazy high rates also; by the end of the decade rates on certificates of deposit were said to have climbed to as high as 14%.

Returning to the here and now, can you identify some socio-economic similarities with life in the 1970’s with life in America today? Kind of spooky! So, what does take place once Joe slips on that banana peel? Well, it will be mostly ugly to say the least. Leftist extraordinaire, Kamala Harris would assume the role of the President while Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy would step into the Vice Presidential role leaving a need for the House of Representatives to select a new Speaker. However, Republicans would still hold a small majority in the House so that’s one positive. On the negative side, Kamala holds the record for the most left leaning progressive voting record in the Senate maybe ever recorded. The current Pro Tempore of the Senate is a Democrat, Patty Murray, and she may get some role or have a say in things should this re-shuffling of duties occur before the next election cycle, I’m not the expert on all this. Needless to say I would be looking at this whole situation as a [high probability] event as the coming months unfold especially if I were tasked to follow breaking news out of Washington, D.C. So the question remains, “Why are our major news outlets so silent on an event this probable?”

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