And the thought of having a hothead in the White House is exceedingly scary.

I noticed that rise in violence myself, when the USA starting making attacks into Syria and Palestinian.

Building up more forces in a position to attack Iran and doing the same now in Lebanon.

It's unfortunate that the director of national intelligence, Michael McConnell, doesn't seem to realize that.

Seriously. Invading other countries, killing woman and children, wiping out families, homes and industry -- by us -- is perhaps the biggest contributor to the increase in world-wide violence.

He is right, though, I'm afraid about how real serious shortages of food, clean water and oil will make things worse.

Rich people and rich nations will certainly do better than the poor.