I have made the point in class that socionomics indicates a turn to a much darker mood. I have noted the popularity of Twilight and True Blood (vampires) The Dark Knight (the city has no hope, since then CA and NY are going broke) and other negative signs.
The Chicago Seven really got student protests going at the Democrat Convention in 1968. After Tet in Viet Nam, student protests spread quickly across America, and the world.
Now guess what, students in Greenwich Village at NYU
are protesting, barricading themselves in an admin building. They want of course, lower cost education and while they are at it, to run the school. While O Reilley labels them pinheads, he is missing the socionomic point, trends start among the young and the young are ANGRY. Expect more serious anger in the very near future.
As the economy slows down attendance and sponsorship at sports events is doing likewise. NASCAR is looking for sponsors. NBC became its own best client at the Super Bowl commercial fest. I suspect that UTSA's entry into football, if it comes in 2010, could not be at a worse time. Perhaps the market will be trending up by then but the mood is most likely to be somber at best.
From the Saturday Feb 21 SA Express, First Friday Draws Complaints
Residents have noticed more graffiti, fighting, and vandalism at the Frist Friday art event south of downtown. Neighborhood Associations have urged police to do more. Some are signing petitions suggesting the event be ended.
"It's just one night a month, we need to get control of it." That statement sums up the stock market, the economy, the housing market, etc.
Professor Elam 
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