The best way to find out where you're going is to simply get out a map. It will tell you where you're headed. There's no emotion in a map, no hidden objectives, no political correctness.

Today OPEC, of all places gave the United States a map. It tells, as objectively as possible exactly where our economy is headed. And to say that the news in bad, is an understatement. Although to the keen observer, it is not unexpected.