What is Your Greatest Worry...

[Peter Frank]

...???

[Tommy_J]

1. A deep and enduring economic depression

Its not the worst thing that could happen but its likely enough to be my top "great worry"

[Golden Raisin]

9. Our rapid descent into an American version of fascism.

[B Calm]

14. Since the republican party has looted our national treasury

this looks to be a possibility in the very near future.

[salin]

15. add the encouragement and escalation

of accumulated personal debt. And the financial practices of corps since the late nineties and continuing almost unabated in the post enron-worldcom implosions which indicate there is a heck of a lot of shakily-leveraged corporate debt which is backed by major financial institutions (which means there is a lot of unbacked debt held by banks). I sadly think there is a house of cards effect in our economy that could easily collapse from individual, to corporate, to local through fed govt, financial institutions... etc. Given the interconnectedness of the global economy - the aftershocks of a collapse would be huge around the world.

I think the reason so many foreign govts and financial institutions keep buying up our debt (to pay off our deficit spending) is to a) protect the assetts they already have (in terms of US debt, which would become worthless) and b) to prevent an international financial collapse.

[PublicWrath]

2. Theocracy at home. More war abroad. n/t

[Selatius]

3. More war...and more flag-drapped coffins n/t

[stevedeshazer]

4. Nuclear war

The more things change, ....

[countryjake]

5. The rising fascism.

[ratzworth]

6. Us getting into a prolonged/nuclear war with Iran.

n/t

[Jigarotta]

7. our children

and what they will have to suffer for the foolishness we allowed.

the * and the obvious preamble to him.

[OneBlueSky]

8. all of it . . . Bush's finger on the button, economic depression . . .

loss of civil liberties, theocracy, loss of the Internet, the war, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and all the rest . . .

but MOSTLY it's how we're abusing the planet, and how she's getting back at us . . .

I believe the Earth to be a self-regulating system that will respond appropriately to keep itself in some form of equilibrium . . . such as when humans dump billions of tons of junk into the air, water and land . . .

if we don't change our ways -- dramatically, and soon -- I also believe that the Earth will simply spit us out (along with a lot of other species, unfortunately) . . . a global methane fart from the melting tundra is one mechanism that could accomplish that . . .

then the whole evolutionary process can start anew . . . maybe humans (or whatever) will do better next time . . .

[0007]

10. The human race will continue their deep slumber and will sleep

through Armageddon

[ClintonTyree]

11. One word answer.....

Bush. The damage one man has caused and the damage he's yet to inflict upon the world scares the shit out of me. Bush. That name will forever be identified with failure, insanity and stupidity.

[B Calm]

12. Since I've had two corporations file bankruptcy and stolen my pensions

I worry about the cheap labor cons doing away with social security and salivating over the prospect of millions of desperate baby boomers to exploit as cheap labor!

[laruemtt]

13. nuclear war, and

an accident or serious illness that leaves us in disability and wipes us out.

[dysfunctional press]

16. that i might smell like poopy when i go out in public...

it always grosses me out when some ripe-smelling person gets within whiffing range.

[dysfunctional press]

17. i would have said global warming-

but why worry about the inevitable?
i'm just going to enjoy the show.
interesting times ahead.

[Joe Fields]

18. World War, and that my 18 year old won will be drafted.

Although he has told his mother and me that he will refuse to serve, even if it means jail.

[upi402]

19. kids in American theocracy, wage slavery n/t

[converted_democrat]

20. The KBR detention facilities have me a little worried. I'm afraid

that if we attack Iran gas will go to 10.00 a gallon, and the economy will grind to a halt..