Is This Where We're All Headed?

Jim Kunstler is a favorite writer of mine.  Doomsayer that he is, he manages to do it with wit and insight.  And he does know how to turn a phrase.

Above all Kunstler is a major Bellwether of our times.  You may not like what he has to say about our future, a future he terms as the "Long Emergency," the title of one of his books.  But I notice that his prognostications have laid out a path we all appear to be following, like it or not.

At any rate, here is a quote from Jim's blog today, and here's a link to his blog should you want more.  I need to forewarn you however, read Kunstler at your own risk.

Nobody can believe what's happening. Nobody knows what to do. Well, here's some straight dope: do you want to have an economy? Then prepare to cut your losses and move on. There's so much to do "out there" in America, but the catch is it's not the same as what we've been doing. Do you want to eat a few years from now? Get serious about reorganizing agriculture on a smaller, finer, more local scale. Believe me, there will be plenty of jobs. Only they won't be like sitting in a cubicle writing a marketing plan for a video-game about the slaughter of gym rats from another planet. 

Sounds a little like what we're already about in the "D."