Leapfrog's Journal: Predictions

No matter what comments it brings, I want to go on record with a couple of predictions for the next four years in the US.

1. The first constitutional ammendment that will be presented to Congress will be one protecting the "sanctity of marriage", restricting that privelege to couples consisting of one man and one woman. Riots and demonstrations will ensue.
2. Closely following on the heels of the "Sanctity of Marriage" ammendment will be one protecting the rights of the unborn. The "Right To Life" ammendment will pass with very narrow margin. Capital punishment will be suggested for the worst offenders. Riots and demonstrations will ensue.
3. Another ammendment will be proposed removing the presidential two term restriction. This ammendment will not pass. Riots and demonstrations will ensue.
4. A large, privately funded effort will be put forth to recount all voting records in the swing states. Significant evidence of vote tampering will be discovered. The evidence will be widely ignored or discredited because the studies are done by the same sorts of people who would want to find that sort of evidence. Michael Moore will make a movie about it.
5. Victory will soon be declared by the administration in Iraq. American troops will continue to fight, and die, for at least three more years.
6. Closely following on the heels of the victory in Iraq, more pre-emptive wars will be started in "terrorist nations" North Korea and Iran. Riots and demonstrations will ensue.
7. Shortly after the start of the attacks in North Korea and Iran, a draft will be initiated to provide enough troops for the effort. Riots and demonstrations will ensue.
8. The War on Terror will turn out to be as effective, inexpensive, and short as the War on Drugs.
9. More tax cuts for the rich will make the wealth gap widen. Incentives for offshore outsourcing will lead to a decline in skilled blue-collar jobs.
10. Students seeking higher education will be unable to afford the rising tuition and falling grants and scholarships. They will either settle for barely subsistence wages in unskilled labor or acrue massive amounts of student loan debt to pay for education.
11. Stagflation. Slow inflation accompanied by a lack of economic growth. Unemployment will hold steady.
12. National public debt will gain a digit.
13. Oil prices will go down for about six months. Gas prices at the pump won't decrease significantly. When oil prices start to rise again, gas prices will jump accordingly.
14. NASA will seriously consider going to go back to the moon, at the president's directive. The program will start, run over budget for three years in a row, and be cut by the administration due to its expense. NASA will instead send another rover to Mars.
15. Life will go on. People will continue living, loving, hating, eating, breeding, sleeping, and otherwise carrying about. Some will live. Some will die. The sky will not fall(although it may become slightly darker).
16. After the revolution and the ensuing currency crash, several alternative currencies will be considered. Grapefruit juice will be the most widely accepted.
17. Michael Moore will not win an Oscar for Fahrenheit 9/11. Riots and demonstrations will ensue.
18. Science will succeed in grafting eagle's wings onto pigs. Eagle feather jackets will become first the new fashion statement, then the next faux pas. Thrift stores nation wide will be clogged with eagle down pillows. A breeding pair will be accidentally released into the wild. An FAA bulletin will warn domestic pilots to look out for these monstrosities.
19. Simon and Garfunkel will have a reunion concert. Cher's Farewell tour will continue indefinitely.
20. An ammendment will be proposed removing the requirement that the President must be a natural-born citizen. Among much protest, it will be passed. Schwarzenegger/Ashcfoft 2008 will be anounced with great fanfare.
21. On New Year's day, Anno Domini Two Thousand and Eight, our Lord Jesus Christ will return to take His Faithful to the New Kingdom. The Antichrist will be revealed to be Mary Kate Olsen. A terrible earthquake will kill one third of the survivors. Etc, etc. Chaos will ensue.
22. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea... And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." (Rev 21:1-4, KJV)
23. In the new heaven and earth, workplace coffee will be improved dramatically.

Comment all you like; I am unlikely to respond much. These are my predictions. I wait anxiously to see which ones come true.