[RoosterRedux]

I'm sure he knows much more than he is saying...but wouldn't there be an underlying tension in his voice if he thought America were going down?

I didn't get that sense.

Perhaps he has the blind-sided vision of a typical beltway insider.

But he doesn't see himself as an insider.

[DirtyPigpen]

Yeah, if let on about all he knows people would be buys food, water, ammo, guns and not his fancy book.