"Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish. Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever, who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives freedom to the prisoners."
- Psalm 146:3-7
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
On this date, exactly two years ago, I made the following predictions.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Predictions
Posted by Philip @ 2:24 pm CST
1-Mitt Romney will win the Republican Nomination in 2012... but will ultimately lose to Obama.
2-Wearing your pants too low will finally go out of fashion, the direct cause being the "Pants on the ground" song which the general public will start singing behind the backs of guys wear their pants that way. The harassment will just become too much, and one man will have destroyed a fashion with a little song as catchy as a commercial jingle, and decent Americans everywhere will rise up and call him a hero.
3-Arnold Schwarzenegger will make another Terminator movie after he moves out of the governor's mansion...because he will be desperate for popularity.
4-Joe Biden will not return for Obama's second term, citing family and personal reasons, and Hillary will insist on being VP.
5-Obama will kill the "From Moon to Mars" space program, saying we need the money here on earth.
6-Joel Osteen will resign from public ministry because of depression. Dude's gonna burn out.
7-We will find Osama Bin Laden.
So how am I doing?
Status So Far
1- Looking good so far. The probability that I will be right has increased.
2- Looking good so far. What do you think? Seen anyone wearing their pants too low lately?
3-Looking really good so far. News Story from April, 2011 that Arnie will star in Terminator 5 and will be directed by Justin Lin.
4-Not looking good, but not out of the question. People are talking about it.
5-Partially right. Obama killed the Bush version of the plan that involved going to the moon by 2020 and then Mars after that for financial reasons as I predicted. However, the plan now is to go to an asteroid and then Mars.
What I meant was that he'd cancel "Project: Constellation" which he did, but we are still going to Mars, so I wasn't totally correct. Sigh.
6- Not looking good. At all.
7- Done. Nailed that one. My one definite so far.
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Comments on ""My Predictions" Status Update - 2 Years Later":
2. Quaid
- 01/18/2012 7:43 am CST
I agree with Tony. I think the decision on Biden won't be made until mid-Summer. By then, the GOP nomination should be locked up. (It almost is now). The public will have their two candidates and people will start making up their minds.
If it looks bad for BO, then they may jump to Hillary, or even someone new (although I cannot think of who that may be - Jon Huntsman? Just kidding.).
All I'm saying is that the VP decision is miles away. I give it six months, minimum, before they make that call.
Keep your eye on gas prices. If they go as high as people are predicting, people will get hacked and Obama will need every trick in the book to swing things his way. (Which puts your #1 somewhat in doubt, as well)
3. Raindream
- 01/18/2012 9:26 am CST
Joel Osteen cannot resign from his life mission. He is an element of the universe. Exuberance, I think. Mindless exuberance. He should try to minister in Nuevo Laredo for a while.
4. Bill
- 01/18/2012 12:29 pm CST
Shrode,
You are the Nostradamus of Thinklings. That's all I've got to say. Good job!
(I think you're wrong on Obama getting re-elected, but it will be tight. And considering my predictive abilities, I probably just guaranteed that he will be)
6. Raindream
- 01/18/2012 1:41 pm CST
Speaking on low-riding jeans, I saw J. Bieber in a grocery store with jeans about to hit the floor. So, you're probably wrong on that one.
8. Bill
- 01/18/2012 2:18 pm CST
Thanks Tony . . . but keep in mind I'm the guy who predicted, in 2004, in this space, that John Kerry would win the presidency. I also predicted, via email with the Thinklings back before the blog started, that Al Gore would win in 2000. I've never lived that down.
Of course, in 2008, I predicted Obama would win. And I was right. A stopped clock, and all that . . .
Hopefully I'm right this time.
10. Shrode
- 01/19/2012 9:07 am CST
I know NOTHING about low-riding jeans for women. That's not what I was talking about. I am totally oblivious to that discussion.
I was talking about that ridiculous fad in which young men who wear baggy jeans, and cinch the belt UNDER their buttocks so that they are wearing boxer shorts where their pants should be and their pants only cover their legs. Such people are constantly having to tug on their pants to keep them from falling...which occasionally they do.
11. Karl
- 01/19/2012 9:40 am CST
Jennifer, the issue lies in the caveat "so long as the shirt is long enough." What appears to be a long enough shirt when the woman is standing up straight, looking over her shoulder at herself in the mirror, is frequently way too short when she is squatting down and bending over to get something out of her purse on the floor, or to deal with a child, or reach anything at or near floor level. Or even more embarrassingly, when she goes to the altar rail at our church during the weekly time we alot for people to go up and pray after the sermon, hunches over and shows the top 4-5 inches of her rear to the congregation. I have unintentionally and unwillingly seen more female crack + the top half of rear end in the last few years than I ever would have dreamed possible. I'm not all wringing my hands over it. It is usually easy enough to just avert the eyes. But I won't be sorry when the fashion for women's jeans moves the fit back up around the waist.
13. damien howard
- 01/20/2012 7:58 am CST
i predict the thinklings will regain their position as the intellectual epicenter of the universe.
14. Bill
- 01/22/2012 3:04 pm CST
i predict the thinklings will regain their position as the intellectual epicenter of the universe.
Heh.
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Not bad Shrode! I think your #4 is a strong possibility though. Depending on who Romney picks as his running mate - the republican ticket could look pretty strong and the not so important VP debate could be disastrous for Biden and Obama.
Of course I hope you are dead wrong about #1 :)
#3 on the surface seemed pretty far fetched to me without your evidence. Unless Terminator V is about marriage :D That wasn't very Christian like of me was it? Ah, he is/was a politician, they are fair game, no?