Fourteen 2009 Predictions
by Jim Peake
1) Twitter will explode to #1 in social media and personal news media and the #1 wireless application globally
2) 3 Big News Organizations will file Chapter 11 or Chapter 7 (not including Tribune)
3) News aggregation type outlets i.e. All Top, Friend Feed, PopUrl.com will supersede “main stream media” Craigslist is giving the newspaper industry a run for their money in 2009
4) America will drop the dollar and use the Amero Currency, meaning our financial problems haven’t even started yet
5) TV viewership spirals downward as the Internet gains, meaning trust in news organizations is at an all time low
6) Obama will be challenged by the far left and will find refuge on the right
7) Population on the earth is reaching unmanageable levels and still does not get addressed in 2009
8 ) US National Debt to exceed $11 Trillion
9) US Education continues to lag behind many developed nations
10) Unemployment in the USA will reach 10% +, China will have mass layoff’s causing starvation amongst millions (as of 12-25-08 there are 30,000 factories idle just in the Guangdong province there are about 100million workers laid off due to the economic crisis).
11% + unemployment in several states June 2009
11) Bill Clinton will do something really smart in 2009 and help avert a global disaster
12) Oil will reach $20 per barrel
13) $1 Trillion will go “missing” from the Fed (OK, $1 Trillion IS missing as of May 2009)
14) People will start getting along and working together to solve problems together
