I found this to be interesting:
"Dissatisfaction is growing, and at the moment it is only being held back by the elections and the hope that Obama can work miracles. But by spring, it will be clear that there are no miracles."
I read it a few weeks ago, it's tough to call it speculation/BS. But in the same aspect, we made it through the Great Depression, we survived a Civil War, and not to mention Birthed a country from the grip of Great Britain. Speed bumps in the forward progress of our society.