One Mans Opinion 12/29/2010
By Dewaine Shoulders

Goodbye 2010, and may you be remembered for what you were... A very bad year!

Now before you get your panties in a wad over that statement, let me explain why I believe that. Even though the Republicans came back in November and retook the House and narrowed the gap in the Senate, 2010 sucked like a Hoover Vacuum on a nappy rug.

Overall, 2010 was marred with an oil spill in the gulf, DADT, START, high unemployment and Obamacare. More states are on the verge of insolvency due to pension plans, with the Porkulus Bill as more socialistic policies reigned supreme while being touted by the POTUS as Stimulus.

And finally, 2010 was the year that we saw NASA lose the Moon and Mars postponed again in favor of reaching out to Muslims for their contributions to the space program? I wasn't sure how making rockets and launching them into Israel made the Muslims a space pioneering religion, but what do I know?

The good things in 2010, aside for the aforementioned November elections, was Sarah Palin becoming a Fox News contributor and having her own show on TLC called Sarah Palin's Alaska. And the further influence of the TEA Party on our broken political system. Those things were important milestones indeed.

Well, that sums up the good things I can recall.

So, in essence, 2010 was a bad year, but 2011 is showing some promise. With the 112th Congress convening in January, perhaps the socialistic tendencies of the POTUS and his administration can be offset, if not out and out reversed. And maybe this time next year, we can fondly look back on 2011 and say it was a better year.

But there again, there are a few 'in the know' people who are already predicting a double-dip in the housing market and the recession; $4 a gallon gas by spring/summer, and even higher unemployment. It makes me wonder if 2011 will be as bad, if not worse than 2010. I, for one, hope the 'in the know' people are totally wrong!

As for 2010, I will not miss you. I'll be glad you have passed into history.

But that's just my opinion, I could be right!