Great Moments In Failed Predictions

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Power Line:

John Hinderaker

1/20/13

 

As we contemplate another four years of Barack Obama, a sense of doom has settled over the nation. It is easy to imagine man-caused disasters from which the United States cannot recover. So perhaps it helps to be reminded how consistently doomsayers have been wrong over the years. Anthony Watts has an entertaining post titled “Great Moments in Failed Predictions.” An excerpt:

 

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* In 1939 the US Department of the Interior said that American oil supplies would last only another 13 years.

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In the sad catalog of human error, Paul Ehrlich deserves a chapter all to himself:

 

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Claim: “By the year 2000 the United Kingdom will be simply a small group of impoverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people … If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.” Paul Ehrlich, Speech at British Institute For Biology, September 1971.

 

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Just in case you're wondering.....

 

(incomplete)List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events

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Will You Celebrate or Mourn Obama’s Inauguration?

Alan CarubaFull Story

Traditionally, the nation celebrates an inauguration as a demonstration of the peaceful transfer or extension of presidential power, but for half of the nation’s voters Inauguration Day 2013 is more likely to be a day of mourning, a day of fear for the nation’s ability to survive Barack Hussein Obama.

Let’s start with the basics. As Terence P. Jeffrey points out in a recent commentary on CNSnews.com, “During Barack Obama’s first term as president of the United States, the debt of the federal government increased by $5.8 trillion, which exceeds the combined debt accumulated under all presidents from George Washington through Bill Clinton.” http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52536