The offical 2009 Prediction Thread

[Josh Aston]

Texas will secede and I will be elected 5th President of Texas. 

[RocketMan]

Texas will secede and I will be elected 5th President of Texas. 

And then your Mommy will call you inside for dinner. 

[Balog]

I predict that Obama will not be up to the task of administering the country, and that his loyal followers in the media and the electorate will do their best to conceal, confuse, or ignore that fact.

^^^This. I predict it will strain the media's lying creative presentation skills to the max finding the good in all of the Obamaton's screw ups. I can see his slogan in 2012: "Anyone but Bush!" I mean if he can campaign against someone who isn't running once.....

[seeker_two]

Texas will secede and I will be elected 5th President of Texas. 

Shortly after, East Texas will secede and, with the combined might of Arkansas and Oklahoma, take back the state and put Josh on trial for crimes against humanity. He'll be found guilty and sentenced to live out the rest of his life in Lousiana....


 

[WhiteTiger]

Same ol' same for '09. Lots of noises of all sorts from the herd who will continue to do nothing but make noise as the movers and shakers bend them over collectively yet again.



Tiger

[Bogie]

In 2009, the NRA will blow its entire budget on irritating junk mail telling you that the world is about to end.
 
They'll receive $1.98 in donations, while Bubba's Mil-Surp Reload Bunker will become the newest member of the Fortune 500.
 

[Waitone]

I predict the media will at some point turn on O'Bama.  Media will be able to suppress stuff only so long before their own credibility begins to suffer.

[Nematocyst]

People on APS will still be arguing about AGW.

No way! Really? Ya think?

In addition, it will be colder in January than July.
Leaves will pop out on deciduous trees in early spring,
and fall to the ground in early fall.

Summer solstice will happen on June 21.
Winter solstice will occur on December 21.

Britney Speers, Oprah and Will Smith
will be in the news at least once.

How do I know these things?
Send me $19.95 and I'll let you in.

[El Tejon]

Texas will secede

You mean we have to go whip Texas ass yet again?

Can't you Texans just surrender now; Yankees got stuff to do.

[makattak]

Unfortunately, I'm a pessimist. My prediction?:

The beginning of the next depression. Our CURRENT administration is already taking the steps that Herbert Hoover did that turned us to the first Great Depression. Our next administration will suck even more confidence and capital out of the free market with "Government Jobs!" and "Stabilized Wages!" that no one will invest.

But hey, we'll all get jobs with the WPA II digging ditches and planting trees.

Oh and free health care. That will suck. And collapse in on itself in about.... I'll say 5 years.

Oh, and gun owners are screwed. Assault Weapon Ban at the VERY least. Possible ammunition regulations as well.

...

Anyone interested in starting a new colony?

(I'm not always so pessimistic... really!)

[RoadKingLarry]

I predict the media will at some point turn on O'Bama.  Media will be able to suppress stuff only so long before their own credibility begins to suffer.

Media still gots credibility? Where?

*Back door attacks on gun ownership through ammo restrictions like lead bans and draconian OSHA rules on powder and primer shipping and handling (again).

*BATFE intensifies it's persecution of FFL dealers.

*The new administration continues to through astronomical sums of money at our declining economy only to wonder in slack jawed amazement at is continued decline.

[seeker_two]

You mean we have to go whip Texas ass yet again?

Can't you Texans just surrender now; Yankees got stuff to do.

When did Texas ever get whipped by the Yankees? As I recall, the only two defeats Texas ever had didn't even occurr on Texas soil (Battles of Galveston Island & Glorietta, NM--and why any Texan thought conquering California was a good idea is anyone's guess  :rolleyes: ).

You Yankees ought to be glad that Texas did return to the Union after the War of Northern Aggression...we've had to prop the rest of y'all up ever since.... 

[Cliff47]

I see...

  ..Kwanzaa being observed in the White House

  ..Israel mopping up the Middle East and opening a chain of Wal-Mart Superstores

  ..the Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg trying to cash a reality check...and it bounces

[Josh Aston]

Shortly after, East Texas will secede and, with the combined might of Arkansas and Oklahoma, take back the state and put Josh on trial for crimes against humanity. He'll be found guilty and sentenced to live out the rest of his life in Lousiana....


 

Anywhere but Lousiana, it's almost as bad as East Texas. 

[Jamisjockey]

And then your Mommy will call you inside for dinner. 

And take his wookie suit to the dry cleaners for him.

 

[BridgeRunner]

The economic crisis will turn out to be not so bad in 49/50 states.

Michigan will still be a wreck.

[Scout26]

Check your predictions !!!

[MicroBalrog]

Oh and free health care. That will suck. And collapse in on itself in about.... I'll say 5 years.

None. Not even planned.

Oh, and gun owners are screwed. Assault Weapon Ban at the VERY least. Possible ammunition regulations as well.

Not in the works.

R. Emmanual will step down as Whitehouse Chief of Staff.

Still there.

[Scout26]

So that's (thankfully) 0-3 there MB ?? 

[MicroBalrog]

So that's (thankfully) 0-3 there MB ?? 

See, this is why I didn't make any predictions. :D

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Don't ask, don't tell revoked.

I was a year off.

Russia tries to reassert itself further, may issue an ultimatum vis a vis other peeps invading Iran.

I can't remember them doing anything.

China has flooding and people die.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/04/china-flood.html

Media-inspired love affair with Obama continues. Smart/cynical cookies notice that most of his policies come from his cabinet - some members of which are nutjobs.

Chris Matthews forgot Obama was black for an hour, whatever the hell that means. Obama's still pretty popular.

Power struggle of some kind twixt Hillary and Obama... after all, there is only one Lord of the Rings, and (s)he does not share power.

There was a power struggle between Hillary and Bill re: who was secretary of state. 

Michelle makes various stupid/radical remarks.

Have heard nothing.

Lots of talk about the Fairness Doctrine, which won't be implemented that year.

Don't recall hearing much/anything about it, but it didn't get implemented.

Economy goes further south. The oracle of Obama throws money at the problem, hard and fast.

Yep.

Possible uptick in foreign aid, probably AIDs in Africa for the most part.

Don't have a clue about this.

Triple-C programs are set up... probably not until the end of the year.

Don't think they were set up after all.

Gun issue is muttered about, not really acted upon.

Yes.

Pakistan does something stupid as hell. Loses a nuke, massacres a few hundred of its own people who are protesting, invades India...

Well, they pretended the US didn't have their permission to fly drones around to pwn terrorists.

Iran's fearless leader traipses around the globe, pissing people off withersoever he goeth.

Natural order of things.

Oh crap. North Korea didn't really stop making nukes. They want a bribe to stop their nuke production.

They didn't stop nuke production, and did set one off.

Gas prices rise, especially during the summer.

Always goes up in summer, but not as much as I thought.

SCOTUS dodges any Heller-related cases.

Didn't act on any, but have accepted some.

The number of pictures of Barack Obama in all media surpass or equal the number of pictures of Hannah Montana.

I think this may've happened.

Hollywood becomes deeply patriotic.

Hasn't worked out.

[seeker_two]

Texas will secede and I will be elected 5th President of Texas. 

Shortly after, East Texas will secede and, with the combined might of Arkansas and Oklahoma, take back the state and put Josh on trial for crimes against humanity. He'll be found guilty and sentenced to live out the rest of his life in Lousiana....


 

....and no one has heard from Josh since.... 

[RocketMan]

Shortly after, East Texas will secede and, with the combined might of Arkansas and Oklahoma, take back the state and put Josh on trial for crimes against humanity. He'll be found guilty and sentenced to live out the rest of his life in Lousiana....


 



....and no one has heard from Josh since....  

That's because my prediction was right: his Mommy called him back inside.

[charby]

I was wrong in all of mine, but I think I am going to buy some corn today.

[makattak]

None. Not even planned.

Not in the works.

Still there.

Which is why, as I've said many times, economists shouldn't be making predictions. 

I'm glad I was wrong, though.