It is getting to be the time to reflect on the what the past year has brought and predict what the next year will bring. 2008: Who would have predicted Barack Hussein Obama would be the president-elect of the United States? Who would have predicted oil would get to $147/barrel only to crash to less than $40/barrel? Who would have thought the New York Giants would win the Super bowl? Who would have thought the US economy would be leading the world down a path towards depression after a melt-down in the financial markets? 2009: I think it will be remember mostly as a year of despair. I think we will have unemployment at levels unthinkable only a few short months ago.(10+%) Lets see what all of you predict for 2009?
An island will sink. Unemployment will soar. A major hybrid improvement will be announced. The Democratic party will be split down the middle. Katey Perry will be the new Courtney Love/Amy Winehouse only the media will like her. Tom Cruise will attack someone. A company endangering our health will be exposed. Cable internet will get a new challenger.
There will be turbulence in the middle east. The stock market will go up and down. It will rain occasionally. I will go to New Zealand in April. Mutant fuzzy bunnies from outer space will take over Norway.
I suspect 2009 will be remembered as a year of transition, perhaps gut wrenching. Our lifestyle, which for the vast majority was completely unsustainable, will erode to more "normal" levels If our currency collapses, we may experience hyperinflation. That will wipe out the savings of those who were prudent enough to plan for a downturn I would hope saner minds prevail, and we don't descend into Internecine warfare. What is "normal" to 80% of the global population, may be considered horrible suffering here. In time, we will adapt, learn from our mistakes, and approach new challenges with renewed vigor* * if you believe that horses*** I will also be crowned Supreme Ruler of Earth
Employment will continue its slide Obama will work very hard to try to fix the mess Bush left US economy will keep world economy down OPEC might switch to Euro for payment Bush will be tried in absentia by the World Court for war crimes
Maybe in 2009 the utterly outrageous income of top management will move a little closer to the normal white/blue collar worker and politicians are starting to represent the interest of their people. *pop* Hey, who woke me up?
The Prime Rate will become so low that banks will (blatantly) charge you for depositing money there and actually pay you to take out loans.
The US will wise up to the predatory trade practices of the Chinese and Japanese and then we will find out the hard way that all those chinese factories were owned by the chinese military.
price of gas will exceed $2.75 a gallon another industry will go thru a major shakeup... im looking at either cellphone, cable or internet services... stock market will go back up. a little the government will provide huge incentives for alternative energy, hybrids, and EV's colleges and universities will start to fail
1. New TV shows in 2009 will be worse than in prior years. 2. patsparks will have 3583 new posts. 3. People will use the Internet to view porn.
Wait a minute, YOU CAN DO THAT?!? :twitch: The fact that nobody bothered telling me about this, is very revealing
