Let's make some perdictions for the new year

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

• The Iraqi Information Minister is given a US Citizenship, and writes a book. He is also offered several television positions, including his own comedy show, and a commentator on Fox News. Many suggest he should run for the Govenor of California next year.
• Terror Alert level is Navy Blue (REALLY Ultra high alert status) for several weeks for no explained reason. Homeland Security claims several terrorist attacks were planned. Hundreds are detained without access to lawyer. PATRIOT Act II, III and IV are signed.
• Michael Jackson is sent to jail for 5 years, massive protects errupt. Claims of racism are very confusing.
• More reality TV shows are created, including SURVIVOR: NYC, the succesor to the Bachleor THE ADULTER in which 15 women compete to try to get a married man to sleep with them, and AMERICAN IDOL ADVANCED, where instead of singing live, all contestants have their voices enhanced in a studio.
• Isreal security wall is completed, financed by US "aid". It surronds several Isreal settlements, making all peace attempts useless All Palestine towns on Isreal side are demolished.
• Bush is re-elected for second term with the US economy not so screwed and Iraq somewhat better. He continues to support that Iraq had "the ability to create WMD in the future" as a good reason to invade and that Iraq is a "important part in the war on terror."
• RIAA sues more teenagers for thousands of dollars. CD sales continue to plummet as Kazaa gets more popular. In addition, .99 cent per song sites get more popular.

[Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi]

I thought of a few more:

1. Pope John Paul II dies, and the next white, Anglo-Saxon Pope helps bring the Church into the 19th century.

2. Computers where you can download songs for 50-99 cents are put into record stores. The RIAA sues the stores anyway.

3. The height of the new building at the WTC site is pushed up to 1,953 feet, to make it even taller and more impressive, and because many kids believe that the American Revolution happened 50 years ago anyway, keeping the symbolism.

4. Al-Qaeda commits a terrorist attack on Las Vegas, killing Celine Dion at one of her performances. The attack is deemed "worth the destruction", and Al-Qaeda is commended. The War on Terror, however, continues.

[Darth Garden Gnome]

• I will get a newer, better video card with more memory than 8MB (thank god).
• Dean will be elected President of the United States of America, but the Confederate Army will overthrow Dean anyways, installing Bush as their dictator.
• Just as all this happens, the after effects of Y2K+4 hit and all the nuclear missiles on Earth are launched at the US; millions of people die.
• Bushistan (formerly the United States) uses this to declare war on everyone, everywhere and occupies the entire planet.
  
  At last, Bush rules the known galaxy.
• Tragically, less than a year into Bush's term as Galactic Overlord, the Yuuzhan Vong invade Earth and enslave the entire human race. Bush dies fighting. It is the end of the world as we know it.

And I feel fine

[h0rus]

I think it would be fun if we made perdictions for the new year, and then saw if it came through, fun, and relativley spam-less.

"Lord of the Spam".

Uh, hehe.

I predict that more weird threads will continue to be made in 2004.

[Lord Pounder]

Straha will create more meaningless poles in a shameless effort to bolster his post count.

[Solid Snake]

On February 30th, the purple worm with the tuning fork will do a raw blink on hara-kiri rock. I hear thats pretty amazing. Then I will need scissors, 61!