So, what are your predictions for the first year of Obama?

[MicroBalrog]

I've seen lots of people making predictions for Obama's office that are damn near apocalyptic. So, I think it will be nice for members to make their predictions in one condensed thread, so we can poke fun at each other for being wrong.

So, what do you think will happen in the United States (and the world) by January 20, 2010, in the first year of Obama's term?

Here are my prediction:

1. There will not be a new AWB. The people who bought $1500 AKs will look damn silly.

2. There may be other, less horrible infringements - but still infringements.

3.  There will be no riots during the inauguration.

4. None of the infringements on civil rights/enhancements of government of the Bush era will be repealed.

5. There will not be a major Muslim terrorist attack in the mainland United States.

[Standing Wolf]

The great big financial crisis will suddenly and mysteriously get better. That's going to be brought to us by the same people who helped time it for the election, though none of that will be documented for years to come. What's his name will take full credit.

We'll squander trillions so-called "stimulating" the national economy, and end up with socialist so-called "health care."

"The rich" will "finally" be made to "pay their share" of taxes.

The Supreme Court will be packed with more leftist extremists.

The scandals will continue.

We'll see further encroachments against the right to keep and bear arms—and the sun will continue to rise in the east.

[lee n. field]

So, what do you think will happen in the United States (and the world) by January 20, 2010, in the first year of Obama's term?

We're in a depression.  The shine is off the 0ne pretty darn quick, as soon as he's in over his royal head.  Chicago style corruption goes to Washington DeeCee, but the MSM would rather talk about pederastic predilections of has been Hollyweird stars.  ("Hollyweird", right click, add to dictionary.)

The usual.

[Manedwolf]

I've seen lots of people making predictions for Obama's office that are damn near apocalyptic. So, I think it will be nice for members to make their predictions in one condensed thread, so we can poke fun at each other for being wrong.

So, what do you think will happen in the United States (and the world) by January 20, 2010, in the first year of Obama's term?

Here are my prediction:

1. There will not be a new AWB. The people who bought $1500 AKs will look damn silly.

Didn't watch Eric Holder's confirmation hearing, I take it.

[MicroBalrog]

Didn't watch Eric Holder's confirmation hearing, I take it.

He's AG. Not Magician-in-Chief.

[Manedwolf]

He's AG. Not Magician-in-Chief.

And, of course, the AG can't ever do anything questionable with force. Right, Janet?

[MicroBalrog]

And, of course, the AG can't ever do anything questionable with force. Right, Janet?

Of course he can. But he can't pass laws. It's not in the job description.

[Bogie]

I can't wait to see "Hillary paid to have bad news spread about the economy so she could blame Bush" hit the news...
 

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Clinton scandal
Israeli-Palestinian troubles
Flooding in China
Pakistan trouble
Jimmy Carter will say something that makes conservatives want to drop him in a wood chipper
Immigration issue will be dodged
High-priced bailouts
Global Warming fearmongering
Obama gets his CCC mobilized.

[41magsnub]

No AWB or anything on 2A issues at all.  There will be talk and squawking, but nothing happens yet.  That will come in his second term.
Pakistan and India dust up when the Paki nukes might end up in Muslim extremist control
Economy gets much worse before it maybe gets better.  More large companies go under ala Circuit City (not that in this case they didn't earn it)
Stock Market continues to drop
Stimulus package is a boon to Pacific rim MFG companies as people buy cheap electronics from Wallmart instead of American goods or services or pay off debt, trade deficit suffers correspondingly
Agree on Clinton scandal of some kind, that is covered up in the MSM
Major carbon tax on business further trashing the economy
Large federal gas tax to help pay for social initiatives
Fed Gov will not even pay lip service to trying to pay down national debt

[Boomhauer]

Of course he can. But he can't pass laws. It's not in the job description.

Micro, these people don't care what's "in their job description". They don't care about mere laws restricting what they can do. They don't care about abusing their office. The only thing they care about is how much they can get away with... That is what politics is about now...

[209]

Troops will be withdrawn from Iraq.

Iraq slowly starts moving towards Iranian control.

SofS Clinton makes GW part of her agenda and works with UN.  End result is America falling under a little more UN control.

Taxes do indeed go up- for everyone.

Scandals occur concerning cabinet members- media doesn't report them.

Enhanced spending for healthcare and more policies which will take a few more small steps towards a universal healthcare.

Crime goes up.

Immigration control will not be adressed.

More government interference in your day-to-day life.

[gunsmith]

Iraq still has troops, GITMO still has prisoners, HRC becomes defacto co President ( Biden who? )
War on terror gets name change.
War on coal producing states, Obama angry that he is incapable of quitting tobacco, declares "war on addiction" and we have a war on tobacco states, as well as drugs.
Blackhawk Down/ Somalia type fiasco but even worse, so bad that even libs wonder why they were snowed.
The second year will be worse.

[gunsmith]

Didn't watch Eric Holder's confirmation hearing, I take it.

ugh, you're right again Manedwolf!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ebLFmI2f0Y

[280plus]

Back to the "cop killer bullets" rhetoric... Wonderful! 

[Balog]

There won't be an AWB. There will be the threat of an AWB to scare the NRA into supporting an ban on "cop killer" bullets. The NRA will claim this as a victory until they use it to ban pretty much all ammo. Oopsie.

The economy will continue to get worse "due to all the damage Bush did." :rolleyes: nationalization of the oil companies will take a couple years.

No nuclear, but billions will be pissed away on "alternative energy" and Kalifornia style rolling black and brown outs will go nationwide.

[Manedwolf]

There won't be an AWB. There will be the threat of an AWB to scare the NRA into supporting an ban on "cop killer" bullets. The NRA will claim this as a victory until they use it to ban pretty much all ammo. Oopsie.

I see a different course. I think the absolutely draconian HB 45 could be used as a ruse, they'd "back off" on that, if they "accept" the "much less strict" fact of JUST an AWB.

[Iain]

It's not the end of the world?

[Tallpine]

If I had a confident specific prediction, then I would be out doing something / preparing for it instead of posting it on the innernet

My general forecast is that things will not be getting better ... :(

[AZRedhawk44]

I don't see any Congressional/Executive action on 2A issues...

But I do see the UN making "progress" on the matter now that Bolton will be gone and the US will not have an agenda of "US first, UN later" in all agreements.  There will be some sort of small arms treaty that further restricts imports, whether cheap combloc weapons... or just ammo.

I can't even follow how far in the hole everyone in DC keeps promising we'll go.  I heard 2 trillion about a month ago, and then we just got this 800 billion dollar boondoggle this last week.  Call it 2.5 trillion so far?  Anyways, the spend-madness has fully taken over there and if these spending increases appear to institutionalize themselves into next year's budget then look for American credit ratings to drop or inflation to leap forward in the next year.

[doczinn]

More government control, less freedom.

[Tallpine]

I can't even follow how far in the hole everyone in DC keeps promising we'll go.  I heard 2 trillion about a month ago, and then we just got this 800 billion dollar boondoggle this last week.  Call it 2.5 trillion so far?  Anyways, the spend-madness has fully taken over there and if these spending increases appear to institutionalize themselves into next year's budget then look for American credit ratings to drop or inflation to leap forward in the next year.

I predict engineering notation on paper money 

[Fly320s]

More government control, less freedom.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner. 

[Ben]

3.  There will be no riots during the inauguration.

Of course not -- the other guy lost.


The CIA will become involved in climate change and the environmental agenda in the name of national security.

[Waitone]

Lots of progress toward implementing various international agreements which will be use to:

1>push O'Bama et al anti-gun agenda.  Congress will keeps its hands clean of gun control.

2>implement a combo carbon tax / carbon trading program which will:

3>bail out the investment banking outfits that who perfectly screwed up in the 90's to mid 00's.

In general O'Bama will pretty much behave himself first two years since he has to get re-elected a strong democrat congress.

O'bama's self-control will not be mirrored by congress.  Democrats in control will engage in serious overreaching.  They will misconstrue their election over moribund republicans with America's assent to full-throat socialism.  What Americans really said was Bush was a mistake and republicans basically sucked in the area of governance.

I fully expect to congress act post haste on imposing a variation of the fairness doctrine on talk radio.  A parallel effort to control the internet will be tried.  Political opposition in this country is now centered around talk radio and the internet.  O'Bama and Soros need to control both before they can usher in the socialist utopia they envision.

I also predict McCain will be O'Bama's point man in the senate to implement his agenda (what ever that agenda is).  Only then will we finally see how rigged the election was and ultimately how little choice we had.

The republican party will be racked with rebellion.  Infighting will be intense.  The so-called conservative rear guard will declare war on Rockefeller republicans.  At stake will be the republican name, not for historic reasons but because of the virtual impossibility of placing third parties on state ballots.  Conservative insurgents will have to gain control over republican infrastructure in order to have a shot at victory at the ballot box.