The world in 2020
The CIA's updated its period forecast (published every 5 years) on the world 15 years in the future. Their thoughts on the year 2020 are interesting. It's a mixed bag. Some really interesting and positive things happening and some scary.
Reading about all the upheaval and change they expect it's fairly amazing that they say they don't expect major conflict (ie: world war), but cite the US's opportunity to guide things for the better. I've worried since Sept. 11, 2001 that the country's foreign policies could end up on a slippery slope dragging the world toward a broad war and Bush has continued to scare me.
It doesn't surprise me that people have told Dennis Haysbert that they wish he was the President of the United States. President Palmer actually seems to have ethical standards and care about doing the right thing. Unfortunately, I'd vote for Palmer over Bush in a second, even though Palmer isn't even real.