Predictions for year 2008

The first woman president Hilary Clinton will take office in 2008.

I can guarantee that won't happen. Inauguration isn't until January 2009 ;-)

1. The democrats will rule the Whitehouse, The first woman president Hilary Clinton will take office in 2008. --Very likely.

2. USA and its Allies will Bomb Iran and destroy the nuclear power station and prime military targets February 2008..--- No. Maybe in 3 or 4 years.

3. USA handover of Iraq will take place in August 2008.--- No. There is no one to hand it to.

4. The free Iran Citizens war September 2008 will start due to threats to Iraq by the Iran government. Operation: Camel Train. ---No.

5. Impeachment proceeding against Hilary Clinton concerning election funding will rear its ugly head late October 2008. --Maybe. Lately, the losers try impeachment. But if will get no where.

6. Bin Laden captured in Pakistan early December 2008. --Not likely. It would make no difference anyway.

7. China starts exchanging US$ for Euros of which causes the dollar to drop 10% in value in mid December 2008. ---No. That would harm China's economy.

8. Ex president George Bush will nominated to receive the Nobel Peace award for bringing peace and freedom to Iraq. December 2008. NO. Even if he did bring full peace in 08 .

9. Tony Blare will be included in the new years honors list and will be knighted as Lord Blare. Maybe.

Tony Blair, not Blare.

babelfish, if your predictions come true, you will become famous. I'll expect an invitation to visit at your fabulous villa next big bash.

Please recheck #7. George W. Bush will still be POTUS until January 20, 2009. Yes, there is a chance someone will nominate him but he won't be ex-president until 1-20-09.

Well, time will tell.

Interesting predictions.

You forgot the most important one:

10. The Mets will win the World Series. (Ya gotta believe!)

I'm going to make the 'safe bets,' though I guess you could characterize my predictions as pessimistic. Here are my 2008 predictions:

1) Unless somehow Gravel, Kucinich or Paul are elected, it won't matter who is elected president, as whoever it is will undoubtedly side with corporate/money interests over the average citizen's interests. Civil liberties will further be eroded, and dissenters (pro-peace people) will be declared 'enemies of the state.'

2) The FEMA concentration camps will see their first influx of permanent (life-sentence or death-sentence, depending on how you look at it) prisoners (be they political dissidents, refugees from a "terror attack," or bird flu or some other pandemic victims). All the innocent-since-not-proven-guilty-people on the "terrorist watch-lists" will be paid a surprise visit by riot police who will take them to the camp in their area. Depending on level of re-education/re-indoctrination necessary to be readmitted into society, some people will find their way to the gas chambers instead of to the permanent barracks. Since food will be a short commodity with the crash of the economy, starvation will be one of the leading causes of death in the camps--as well as lack of medical treatment.

3) The attack on Iran will commence if it hasn't already. This will draw Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Russia and China into the war in time (probably not all of them till 2009). With the "west's" ground forces over-extended and outnumbered, this will leave it to the EU/United Nations to send troops into America (and the 'middle east') to stabilize the situation since the economy will have crashed due to major (intentional?) mistakes made by the financial, executive, judicial and congressional branches in choosing the path of war (profiteering), fixed/fraudulent elections, and tyranny over the path of peace and liberty.

4) The military draft will begin in late 2008 or early 2009.

5) Bin Laden or look-alike will still manage to release more propaganda despite probably having been killed in ~2003. Propaganda will probably will be a splice-job like recent release(s).

6) The skynet...errr, Galileo distribution/total information awareness system will go online in late 2008 or early 2009. The "brave new world" thought to potentially arrive in 1984 will be upon us.

7) Most Americans will still be too distracted by entertainment to notice much of this happening.

1. I see this is as rather likely.

2. Doubtful, though it depends on what you mean by "handover." Full autonomy + full pullout? A more autonomous Iraqi gov't with a US "peacekeeping force"?

3. I'm gonna say "no."

4. Nope. Even assuminga correct time frame, there's no precedent for any impeachment predicated upon something as relatively minor as campaign funding. Heck, Bush didn't even technically win and lied about WMDs, and there wasn't even a hint of any serious consideration to impeach him.

5. You're a more optimistic man than I.

6. Not gonna happen, for reasons already discussed above.

7. Hehehe, I hope this is a sarcastic joke.

8. I frankly have no idea.

9. I don't know if it'll be Clinton, but it'll be a Dem. Then again, I personally don't like Clinton, so that biases my opinion.

US will bomb BABEL FISH house for none of the prediction coming true!!

Similar discussion going on right now tied to The Economist Magazine's "" feature. The interview with the magazine editor is posted on theworld.org, along with the ability to challenge his predictions and submit your own for debate.

I doubt the US will bomb anyone else so soon(we all know what happened the last time that happened). They'll probably divert forces to Afganistan. On the other hand, a parting "screw you" gesture from George might take the form of a nuke.

Hilary for prez? I suppose the pendulum is due for another swing.

You've got to be kidding....
1). We know a democrap is gonna take the white house.
The sequel to the Sticking up the Americans from the Clintons'.
2). I just hope to GOD she's Vice Prez.
3). JR BUSH already has IRAN on the military slate. You can't have
a nuclear Iran, in this world or the next.
4). No one cares about Bush or Blair or Hillary, they're all grasping for straws, anyway.
5). China taken EURO's, so what. Someones' got to buy all this paper
we'll selling. We take there goods, and give them an I.O.U. Seems to me
the best way to pay off heavy debt, is to wipe your backside, and flush
away that last thick burrito.
5a). Don't buy into EURO's just yet. There's so much fraud in that
currency, from all the 27-united economic nations that the currency
is just as good as toilet paper. YOU know where we are moving to,
an international currency.... FastPay anyone?
6). Finally, Here's a prediction that everyone can follow:
Love they neighbor, Help out your fellowman, Do onto others as you
pray they do unto you, ..... 'cause that's all we will have in the end.
When our cheap china tools break, when it's too expensive to drive,
when you've been downsized, and tossed out or to the side by the
younger crowd. Remember, in a dog eat dog world, make sure it's
DOG that you are eating.

x). Everyone, including my cat, knows that Demo take the white house.
x). I Just pray that Hillary (From the Up the American's Backside years of the 90's)
is just Vice Prez.
x). War with Iran, No way, I thought Bush JR was just kidding. Just let the plant
start, then wham, an ICBM accident.
x). No one cares about BIN, BUSH, BLAIR or even HILLARY. Award here, Knight-
hood there. Prez-elect. So what. In congress it's politics as usual.
x). China, doesn't care about the worthless and less USA currency. It was greed
that built their industry to record production. And just as industry built and was
turned over for the war effort in the Fortys' so with the Chinese when it's their turn.
x). Don't RUN to the EURO just yet. What is 27-28 nations united in currency?
Yeah, sure, no fraud here. Honest to goodness, trustworth governments working
for the greater good.... sure.... Here's a prediction for ya. Euro wipe like
Toilet Paper, too.

Here's my take on "predictions":

In 1928, a famous seer was consulted by a group of German citizens who asked him to predict what life would be like in their country in 10, 15, 20, and 40 years' time.

The seer began, "Well, for a start, in 1938 your country will be ruled by a certifiable madman, who will exterminate all personal liberties, lead Germany to war, and annihilate most of European Jewry."

Stunned, the citizens said, "Well, life will surely be terrible in 1943!"

The seer said, "Umm, well, actually, no. Germany will be at the height of her power and will rule a vast empire from the Arctic to the Mediterrean, from the Atlantic to the Urals. All Europe will tremble before her!"

The befuddled citizens then said, "Times will certainly be good in 1948, won't they?"

The seer light up his pipe, took a long draw, and then said, "Unfortunately not. In 1948 much of Germany will be leveled due to great aerial bombings; it will have been crushed by a great Alliance of eastern and western powers and then divided up amongst them. Life for many Germans will be almost medieval."

Aghast, the citizens finally said, "In that case, life will be terrible in Germany in 1968!"

The seer took another draw from his pipe, thought for a moment, and then calmly said. "No. In 1968 Germany will still be divided, but life will be actually rather good for the eastern part, and exceptionally prosperous for the western half. The two Germanies will, between them, be the economic powerhouses of Europe. I daresay the western half of Germany will take its place among the great democracies of the world and, in many respects, it will be even more powerful and respected than ever!"

Having received this final prediction from the seer, the group of citizens did the only logical thing possible....

...they immediately locked him up in an insane asylum.

demo will take white house
Iraq will not end till 2010
one currency to begin happing in spring 2011
Iran just wants Iraq no war there for usa bush for nobel come on I hope they do find BIN LADEN

Saying that Clinton is out of the picture, I would say you are off. Also, there is no sign of peace in Iraq for the next few years. We ar enot pulling out for a few more years. Bush will not get the nobel. He started a modern day vientnam, how is that peace?

Expelling and impeaching are two separate procedures. Expelling simply involves removing an individual from office. Impeachment involves charging them criminally. If Hillary is simply expelled then the question of her guilt or innocence is left undecided, to be settled in the courts or not at all. Both involve the individual leaving office, but they should not be deemed the same thing.

As for your source, it's true that we have seen a marked distaste regarding impeaching members of Congress. And some do argue that they are not civil officers, and so not subject to impeachment. But I think it's fairly plain that if one of them has been impeached before, the members of Congress at that time must have considered themselves civil officers subject to impeachment. A position which has never actually been ruled upon. Blount's impeachment was dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction, since they had expelled him from the Senate in an unrelated proceeding and he was no longer a Senator. Therefor, while it is not presently customary, Senators are still subject to impeachment until such time as law or precedent establishes that they are not. Right now, the only standing precedent is that they can be.

I see that you were VERY MUCH off. Nice predictions.

Stumbled across your list of predictions for 2008. Wow, way off. Of course you are not a psychic claiming to have preminitions but still, way off.