Predictions for 2011

Well, 2010 is coming to a close and it's time to start thinking about 2011. Through exhaustive research and intuition I've compiled a list of things that I think will happen in 2011. We'll see how well I did when 2012 gets here.

#1 - There will most likely be an assassination attempt on a US politician. Nobody super important; probably somebody very few people have ever heard of.

#2 - There's trouble brewing in the Middle East. (Isn't there always?) I think this year's going to be much worse than usual though. I would guess that a few governments might even get toppled. It seems like Egypt will probably be at the heart of all the problems.

#3 - Gas prices will increase (I'm really going out on a limb on this one). I don't think they'll get as high as they did a few years back, but they'll be pretty high most of the year.

#4 - It's been a few years since we had a good tsunami. As much as I hate to see it happen, there will most likely be a major tsunami in the Pacific Ocean this year. Probably on the Asia side of the Pacific. I don't think California's quite ready for the big one yet.

#5 - We've had some quiet years for hurricanes and tornadoes. We're probably still okay hurricane-wise for a year or two, but it's pretty likely there will be a lot of tornado activity in the southern US states this year.

#6 - President Obama will probably finally give into pressure and release a birth certificate. It still won't put the argument to rest, though, and he won't release any other information that people have been requesting for years.

#7 - Prince William will finally marry that Middleton chick, but someone else will try to upstage her.

#8 - The laziest Americans seem to be getting lazier and lazier. In 2011 I think that a large group of them will finally give up and just hang out in parks and on the sidewalks claiming to be protesting some injustice, but they'll really just be hoping for handouts.

#9 - I think this will be the year that we finally take out Osama bin Laden. He'll probably be found in Pakistan because that's the only place we haven't looked yet.

#10 - Christmas season shopping will pick up pretty good in 2011, but nobody will dare call it Christmas shopping. It's 'holiday' shopping.

Well, we'll see how I did in about 14 months. I may not write again before then, but I'll try. It's tough to come up with ideas about things to write about. Maybe I'll try this prediction stuff again, though, unless I'm totally wrong on all of these.