Post your Predictions for 2009

Free Republic ^ | 12.01.08 | Perdogg

[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

[boxer21]

Senate seats won 61 38

House 292 143

That last figure should be 55.5% not 67% as I originally indicated.

I heard the figures in a speech by a Forbes’ guy in a speech last night.

[TheWasteLand]

Economic Year End: Oil $30. Dow 6000. Unemployment 12%. Euro collapses as Germany steps away from the EU economic pie to protect itself.

Entertainment: Look for a state owned/run media organization (akin to the BBC) will to be created. NYT/LAT etc. layoffs go here. DVD sales plunge.

World: Chinese instability, Russian aggression (agree on possible Ukraine invasion). Germany and Japan rearm. Obviously mid-East conflict too.

[jongaltsr]

I predict that we will remember who “John Galt” is (or was).

[Our man in washington]

here’s mine:

1. The Fairness doctrine will not pass.

2. Union card check will pass. The mass media will be surprised at how much people hate it.

3. The Freedom of Choice Act will be heavily watered down in Congress and will then pass. The new version will allow people and organizations the right to refuse an abortion, but will also eliminate parental notification and waiting periods. Mainstream media surprised to find the majority of the country doesn’t like the new law.

4. Obama does not pull troops out of Iraq and does not close Gitmo. Mainstream media claim Bush put Obama in a terrible position, and therefore, Obama was forced to break his promise. It is of course all B.S.

5. By the end of the year, the hardcore left will start calling Obama “another Bush.” Leftist rhetoric will get more anti-American.

6. The recession will grow worse through 2009. Obama will try all kinds of spending to stop the problem while only making things worse.

[untwist]

Obama will sign the Freedom of Choice Act. The Pope will publicly denounce him. Rev. Billy Graham will publicly denouce him. Christians will begin to rise from their political slumber.

Rev. Graham will go to heaven.

Sen. Byrd will resign from the Senate.

Speaker Pelosi will authorize congressional inquisitions on fmr. Pres. Bush and former VP Cheney. Congress’ approval ratings will be 20%.

[SonnyBubba]

The media will protect Obama and still blame GOP for everthing.

[boxer21]

I predict that Obama will wear a long ermine robe and will be crowned by Rev. Wright at his coronation on January 20, 2009.

[Perdogg]

which 4 for 2009?

[Revolting cat!]

Olympic Games will not be held!

[Frantzie]

Is his maker a guy with horns?

My prediction - Leo Donofrio wins his case in SCOTUS just in Dec 2008 and other lawsuits will be filed in all 50 states immediately to disqualify Obama.

Constitutional crisis and the shell shocked Electors vote in Hillary.

[Revolting cat!]

My prediction:

Frantzie will wake up from a dream.

[freedumb2003]

The new fuhrer's handlers and the new Reichstag will:

• Effectively end gun ownership by hyper-taxing ammunition and firearms; banning all but the most basic hunting rifles by extending the Brady Bill; and federally suspending all State CCW laws
• Effectively end Free Speech by re-enacting the "Fairness" Doctrine and aggressively pursuing it exclusively against all Right Wing commentators AND by ensuring anyone who speaks against his regime be given the "Joe the Plumber" treatment
• Effectively end US Sovereignty by signing on to anti-US treaties, including Kyoto, the International Court, the International Global Warming Court, the UN International Treaty on Pay Equality, etc.
• Effectively end Capitalism by taxing everyone who makes more than $100,000 a year and by adding special Global Warming taxes to all corporations and partnerships until they can no longer compete
• Effectively ensure complete reliance on the Government Teat by increasing the EIC to the point where it is more cost-effective to have a minimum-wage job than it is to try to get education and climb the corporate ladder; enhancing welfare hand-out programs; and creating federal make-work programs that produce nothing but keep people dependent on the Government
• Effectively end US Culture by signing Amnesty for all 30 million illegal aliens and halting the building of the border wall and gutting the Border Patrol, inviting a wave of 40 million or more to enter the US illegally and unmolested

Stay tuned for what he (well, his eminence grice handlers, anyway) will accomplish in Year 2.

[stylin19a]

Unemployment
Whinehouse
Romney
Rudy

[boxer21]

Unfortunately, your predictions are not funny.

[Mr. Blonde]

People’s ears start working and Nickelback fails to sell a single CD or concert ticket.

Maybe that is more of a hope than a prediction.

[jveritas]

Thanks for the info. Still their majority in 1977 was bigger than what they will have in 2009.

[B4Ranch]

Ask the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their job in the past month if they agree with your definition of recession.

[kidd]

Mine:

1) Deepening recession by the end of 2009. No recovery at all. DJIA below 8000.
2) Gasoline will cost more than $4.50/gallon by end of summer. Odds are 50/50 that it will be more that $10/gallon by end of 2009.
3) We will experience at least one large domestic terror event. Obama will under-react.
4) There will be several major skirishes/local wars: Russia/Ukraine, India/Pakistan, Venezuela/Colombia, Israel/Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya
5) Israel will attack Iran. Obama will speak out against Israel.
6) We will not find OBL alive.
7) Temperatures will be far cooler than expected.
8) Tennessee wins the Superbowl by defeating the Vikings.
9) Rays win the World Series, defeating the Mets.
10) Actors go on strike. Hollywood has worst year ever.

[freedumb2003]

I could add “Dodgers win World Series” — that will cause guffaws up and down the board.

[freedumb2003]

10) Actors go on strike. Hollywood has worst year ever.

I knew there would be a ray of hope in there somewhere.