Posted on 11/30/2008 6:26:31 PM PST by Perdogg
Let's recap my 2008 Predictions
National/Political:
>Rudy Guiliani/Haley Barbour will defeat Hillary Clinton/Bill Richardson in November 52-47-1
WRONG
>Republicans will take back the House; Net -2 in the Senate.
WRONG
>Bush will pardon Scooter Libby, Ramos and Campeon Christmas eve 2008.
TBD
World:
>The US will hit Iran nuclear program hard causing the regime to fall in Tehran.
WRONG
>Israel and Hezbollah will take the gloves off in 2008, by early spring.
WRONG
>Major upheavals in North Korea.
Upheavals, yes - Major, unknown
>OBL will be declared dead by 01/31/08.
WRONG
>Terrorist attack in Europe, probably italy.
WRONG
>More details will come to light over the 9-11 commission. Iraqi involvement will be requestioned.
WRONG
Sports:
>2008 NCAA Football: Georgia will be number 1 will play Oklahoma number 2 in 2009 for the BCS championship.
TBD - Most likely half wrong
>NFL: Dallas will defeat New England in the Super Bowl; Tony Romo will announce his engagement to Jessica Simpson (She will have a hot bun in the oven). Gibbs to retire; McNabb traded.
1/4 Right
>NCAA Basketball: UNC over Memphis State for NCAA Championship.
Half right
>MLB: The Cubs will not make the playoffs, but the Cardinals will defeat the Yankees, 4-3 in the world series.
WRONG
>Jimmy Johnson will win another NASCAR championship beating out Tony Stewart.
RIGHT!
Entertainment:
>Nude pictures of Hayden Panettiere will hit the internet. She will be fired from Heroes.
WRONG, unfortunately
>Britney Spears will come out of the closet and blame her repressed sexuality for her problems.
WRONG
>Lohan will announce both marriage and pregnancy in 2008
WRONG
>Anna Kournikova will pose nude for Playboy.
WRONG
>The "it" girl for 2008 will be Ashley Tisdale.
WRONG
Business Economy Dow will finish around 15,500 at the end of 2008. WRONG No recession WRONG The Dollar will make a come back. RIGHT Oil will finish the year at around $70.00 ppb after hitting $115 ppb in the late Spring. Mostly WRONG
Ave atque vale:
Margaret Thatcher - WRONG
Charleston Heston - RIGHT
I give a better than 50% chance the new fuhrer will be assassinated.
GB Trudeau is a PUMA. Just my opinion.
Probably so, especially since he’s one of those lily white limo libs from the NE; years ago, his “Clyde” character was just a vicious stereotype. Also, when Ford was president, he made his famous statement, “the print media, the electronic media, and Doonesbury, not necessarily in that order” and took along Trudeau (that is, we paid his way) when he went to China.
Perhaps, but it won’t happen on US soil.
But that’s impossible. How will the Emperor Obama maintain control without the bureaucracy?
Pump prices fall to lowest since ’04
AP via Houston Chronicle | Dec. 26, 2008, 10:30PM | Chris Kahn
Posted on 12/27/2008 6:47:03 AM PST by thackney
Edited on 12/27/2008 6:48:35 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2154832/posts
American Thinker: The Future (”This is the Rosy Scenario”)
American Thinker | Randall Hoven
Posted on 02/01/2009 3:03:39 PM PST by quesney
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2176394/posts
Obama May Get to Appoint Two Supreme Court Judges
Yahoo News | November 6, 2008 | Lucile Malandain Lucile Malandain
Posted on 11/10/2008 7:09:07 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129787/posts
[President]Barack Obama Wants SCOTUS To “Break-Free” From Constitution
Now Public | October 27, 2008 | Edmund Jenks
Posted on 01/28/2009 9:44:27 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2173531/posts
-pursuant to message 16-
USSC Justice Ginsburg has surgery for pancreatic cancer
CBS Radio | 02/05/09 | CBS Radio
Posted on 02/05/2009 10:02:56 AM PST by Kieri
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179024/posts
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery today for pancreatic cancer.
CNN | Feb. 5, 2009 | CNN
Posted on 02/05/2009 10:12:46 AM PST by FocusNexus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179038/posts
(Supreme Court Justice) Ginsburg is hospitalized with pancreatic cancer
Breitbart | 02/05/09
Posted on 02/05/2009 11:22:30 AM PST by Pfesser
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179102/posts
-archival-
Faith & frailty (Justice Ginsburg ill?)
ABC News | Jan Crawford Greenburg
Posted on 03/02/2007 9:26:09 AM PST by Owl_Eagle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794068/posts
NJDC Accuses McCain of “Picking on Jewish Supreme Court Justices”
IsraPundit | 8/21/08 | Bill Levinson
Posted on 08/21/2008 9:54:12 AM PDT by Winged Hussar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065602/posts
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Change Basis for Allowing Abortions to Slavery Amdt
LifeNews.com | September 3, 2008 | Steven Ertelt
Posted on 09/03/2008 10:28:39 AM PDT by julieee
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073857/posts
100 Most Powerful Women: #72 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(Beware Obama’s Supreme Court Picks)
Forbes | 08/27/08 | Tatiana Serafin
Posted on 10/04/2008 12:51:54 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097547/posts
Well said. VERY well said. Bravo.
Predictions for 2009
Business/Economy
1) The last half of 2008 will be declared a recession and it will continue through the first quarter. We will have little growth in the 2nd and 3rd quarter, modest growth in the 4th quarter.
RIGHT
2) The Dow will finish at 11,500 on the last trading day of 2009, which will be Thursday, December 31st.
TBD
3) Dollar at the end of 2009 will equal € 1.32
doubtful
4) Unemployment will peak in early fall.
doubtful
5) Oil will be at $40 ppb on 12/31/09
doubtful
Sports
1) The Giants and the Steelers will play in the Super Bowl and the Giants will win.
wrong
2) UNC, UConn, Pittsburgh, and Texas will be in the 2009 Final Four - UNC will defeat Pittsburgh for the Championship.
Right
3) NBA - Shaq will retire after the season. The Rockets will defeat the Celtics 4-2 to win the championship.
Wrong
4) NHL - Red Wings over the Hurricanes 4-0.
Wrong
5) MLB - Boston over the NY Mets 4-3.
Wrong
6) Danica Patrick will leave IRL for NASCAR, Jimmy Johnson will lose the points race to Jeff Gordon.
Wrong
7) BCS #1 and #2 December 2009 - Florida and Ohio State. Pete Carrol and Mack Brown leave for the NFL after the college season of 2009.
Wrong the rest TBD
Entertainment
1) Jolie and Pitt marry by 12/31/09.
doubtfull
2) Spears and Lohan will stay out of jail in 2009, ‘Circus’ will be a commercial success, but critical failure.
right
3) AnnaLynne McCord will be the ‘it’ girl by the end of 2009
wrong
4) After nudes of Blake Lively hit the internet, Blake will be fired from the Gossip Girls.
wrong, unfortunately
5) Amy Whinehouse will O.D.
wrong
Politics
1) Obama will be at 45% approval on 12/31/09
right
2) Congress will be at 30%
right
3) A republican will be elected governor of Virginia - how is that for bold!
right
4) Bloomberg will lose in NYC.
wrong
5) Palin will announce her intentions for 2012 by 12/31/08.
maybe
6) Romney will drop out of the 2012 race.
doubtfull
7) Rudy will announce he will run for the open US Senate in New York.
right
World:
Depending on the severity of the following, my previous predictions may not be applicable.
1) Israel and Iran/Hezbollah will be at war by March.
wrong
2) Russia will invade the Ukraine in July.
wrong
3) Major Terrorist attack in the United States.
wrong
4) There will be an attempt on the life of a major world leader.
TBD
5) Bin Laden’s fate unknown 12/31/09
TBD
6) Bibi will be elected PM of Israel
right
Ave atque vale: Margaret Thatcher, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, and Robert Novak
unfortunately, 3/4 right
>A famous rock musician will die unexpectedly.
right!!!!!!!
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