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
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.
2) The Dow will finish at 11,500 on the last trading day of 2009, which will be Thursday, December 31st.
3) Dollar at the end of 2009 will equal € 1.32
4) Unemployment will peak in early fall.
5) Oil will be at $40 ppb on 12/31/09
Sports
1) The Giants and the Steelers will play in the Super Bowl and the Giants will win.
2) UNC, UConn, Pittsburgh, and Texas will be in the 2009 Final Four - UNC will defeat Pittsburgh for the Championship.
3) NBA - Shaq will retire after the season. The Rockets will defeat the Celtics 4-2 to win the championship.
4) NHL - Red Wings over the Hurricanes 4-0.
5) MLB - Boston over the NY Mets 4-3.
6) Danica Patrick will leave IRL for NASCAR, Jimmy Johnson will lose the points race to Jeff Gordon.
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.
Entertainment
1) Jolie and Pitt marry by 12/31/09.
2) Spears and Lohan will stay out of jail in 2009, 'Circus' will be a commercial success, but critical failure.
3) AnnaLynne McCord will be the 'it' girl by the end of 2009
4) After nudes of Blake Lively hit the internet, Blake will be fired from the Gossip Girls.
5) Amy Whinehouse will O.D.
Politics
1) Obama will be at 45% approval on 12/31/09
2) Congress will be at 30%
3) A republican will be elected governor of Virginia - how is that for bold!
4) Bloomberg will lose in NYC.
5) Palin will announce her intentions for 2012 by 12/31/08.
6) Romney will drop out of the 2012 race.
7) Rudy will announce he will run for the open US Senate in New York.
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. 2) Russia will invade the Ukraine in July. 3) Major Terrorist attack in the United States. 4) There will be an attempt on the life of a major world leader. 5) Bin Laden's fate unknown 12/31/09 5) Bibi will be elected PM of Israel
Ave atque vale: Margaret Thatcher, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, and Robert Novak
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Homeless all get homes no later than Jan 21st 2009.
MSM will report that the the economy is stronger than it’s been in 8 years- on Jan 30th, 2009.
Gitmo gets made larger in 2009.
AIDs resurfaces as major epidemic in 2009.
Biden asks Obama and Ted Kennedy to go for a drive. Teddy drives.
Can we add the Hayden Panettiere one again? :o)
Teddy meets his maker
You can predict it!
OBamBam with the aide of the Rat congress critters will be well on their way to destroying the US economy in 2009.
The Dow will conitnue to fall as the Obama economy really kicks in.
There will be a major terrorist attack in the US (at least one) and OBamBam will use that as an excuse to take away more of our freedoms — more goobermint, perhaps Martial Law, an excuse to raise taxes.
I think that the Giants & Steelers will make it to the Superbowl if we all live that long.
Oh that's cheap.
Pony up and guess whether there will be a fatal OD or not.
Fatal.
Barack (not Hussien) Obama will be named Time Magazine’s 2008 Person of the year. Ok, so I’m not going out on the limb much with that one.
I predict 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 are going to be VERY long years.
Rudy will have two intriguing possibilities in 2010. He can have his choice of running against an un-elected governor, or for Hillary’s open senate seat.
The 2009 Virginia elections are going to be big for the GOP. We need to do well there. I very much hope we can get a Republican elected.
I predict Oklahoma wins the national championship early in 2009, and Utah wins their bowl game (so long as they don’t play Florida).
Lets make the Compean & Ramos prediction true.
Please everyone contact President Bush and plead for the release of these two guys. Lets bring them home for Christmas. I know many think its a waste of time, but there is strength in numbers.
comments@whitehouse.gov
202-456-1111
Ginsberg will retire after the SCOTUS finishes making their rulings of this year.
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I see it. Mary Jo will slap him from above.
My prediction: The Red Sox will win the World Series...regardless of who they play.
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