I am not sure whether life and world events just seem surreal because we are living in Mexico with interesting new tensions between Mexico and the United States, but my sense is that something important has changed worldwide. Who knows whether that is good or bad. The situation with the cartels seems to be a very hard problem because the are embedded in much of society and, with some notable exceptions, the are not really located in one place. I heard today that the Sinaloa Cartel has 60,000 employees, not dissimilar to what happened in Columbia during the cocaine heyday. The war to control that took literally decades. I hope that does not happen here. It is such a beautiful country and people are the friendliest in the western hemisphere.
In the meantime, the fraud and waste being discovered up in the States is unprecedented and there will be a lot upheaval before things start to get better. My own work might not even survive what is coming. That will change my retirement plans somewhat if it happens, but long term, we will be find. And this is not just a fiscal/greed problem. Cultures within the States are colliding and one of the other will win–at least short to medium term. I am so glad God has his hand in all this.
