it will take 8 months to fully convert the bookcases into entertainment centers, cover the hardwood floors in carpet and replace the chandeliers with recessed lightning. The white house will be on cribs.
in 12 months the US will be attacked. The terrorist strike will come through the mexican border, a dirty bomb in either Dallas , or NYC . Piracy will quadruple on US boats. The seas will no longer be safe for travel.
Israel will be attacked in 4 months. There will be no coverage on this, so keep an eye on deutsche-welle (
d-welle.de) Israel will unleash a low-yield nuke into Jordan. the US will give Jordan 3 warships and an airforce wing to block the Med.
The military will fall apart at this point. Marines, that were dispatched in the middle east but now redispersed over the american midwest for border patrol and building.
Employment rate is the lowest since Hoover. 45% unemployment rate. Canada opens 4 more ports of entry into Canada for unemployed americans to commute. Private flight becomes a very popular career in Canada
One of the bridges across the Hudson into New England shuts down because a bomb is found. The bomb is diffused, but all traffic across all bridges into New England shuts down. 4 weeks later all of New England (including the very armed and patriotic New Hampshire and Maine) are lining up on the backs of red-cross trucks to eat.
Weapons are confiscated regionally around the US. The first to go will be the midwest - A massacre will take place along the border in either western Texas or somewhere in New Mexico. This shoot out will leave hundreds dead. Racially motivated gun confiscations will take place. California, already working on complete disarming, will succeed totally by the massacre. Door to door "safety checks" will take months.
the south will be encouraged to give up their weapons through comprehensive buy-backs.
3 years from now, Obama declares himself an emergency president to continue his work to "unite" the world. China takes over all shipping contracts on all seven seas. a t-shirt will cost $30 and take 2 hours of waiting in line.