Here are some of my past predictions and New Year’s resolutions.
In January of 2011 I wrote:
Here are my New Year resolutions.
- I will pray for my son Brian every day, especially when he deploys to Afghanistan with the Oklahoma National Guard.
- I will try to buy fewer products made in China.
- I will keep track of Oklahoma judges who make poor decisions so I can advise readers to vote them out in the next election.
- I will not join Facebook (I don’t have time).
(Brian was diverted to Kuwait and returned home safely. He is now out of the Guard.)
In January of 2012 I wrote:
Here are some things I would like to see in 2012.
- A new president
Barack Obama is easily the worst president since Jimmy Carter and at the rate he’s wrecking our economy, he has bypassed Carter. - The safe return of our troops
The mission in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait is accomplished. We went there to put a dent in terrorism and to punish those responsible for 9/11. The job is done. - The end of Oklahoma casinos
Oklahoma, smack dab in the middle of the Bible Belt, has more than 100 Indian casinos. That’s more than one per each of the 77 counties.
(Obama won again in 2012 and now we have almost 140 casinos.)
In January of 2013, I wrote:
- Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones will be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft and will start for his team in the fall.
- Obama will raise taxes for everyone in America.
- The Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce will spend thousands of dollars pushing for a new tax increase.
- The Tulsa World will face layoffs as circulation dips due to liberal coverage and editorial policy.
- Sales of guns and ammunition in America will increase.
- Hillary Clinton will form an exploratory committee to run for president in 2016.
(All of these happened but the one about Landry Jones. He was drafted in the fourth round by the Pittsburgh Steelers and was cut this summer.)
In January of 2014, I wrote:
What’s going to happen in 2014?
- The federal government will continue its invasion in our private lives with drones, cell phone surveillance and spy technology.
- In Tulsa, nothing will change politically. The chamber runs the show and there will be a big push for a sales tax increase “to put water in the river.”
- Music radio on FM stations will have problems because so many young people don’t listen to radio anymore. AM stations will be OK because of talk radio.
In January of 2015, I wrote:
- Oklahoma State Coach Mike Gundy will listen to some other job offers.
- The Tulsa World will pretend to be “conservative.”
- Michelle Obama will tell us what to feed our children.
- Tulsa streets will not get better in 2015.
In January of 2016, I wrote:
Here are some of my New Year’s resolutions.
- I will lobby for Baker Mayfield to get three years of eligibility at OU.
- I will hope that Kevin Durant resigns with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
- I will not get a flu shot.
- I will not drink Tulsa tap water.
- I will not spend a penny at a casino.
(Baker Mayfield did get a third year of eligibility and Durant didn’t resign with the Thunder. I don’t drink unfiltered tap water and I don’t go to casinos).
In January of 2017, I wrote:
Okay, here are my New Year’s resolutions.
- I will try to remember to send in my overdue dues to the Procrastinator’s Club of Tulsa.
- I will not watch a San Francisco 49er football game if Colin Kaepernick is playing.
- I will pray for President-elect Donald Trump and for his administration.
- I will not carry a cell phone, join Facebook or climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
- I will work to get rid of liberal, activist judges.
- I will visit Cherokee, Oklahoma, where my late father graduated from high school in 1939.
(Kaepernick is no longer in football. I still don’t carry a cell phone and I haven’t climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. And I haven’t been to Cherokee, Oklahoma, yet.)
Last January, I wrote:
Here are some of the things I predict will happen in 2018.
- Mason Rudolph will be drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft.
- Oklahoma will legalize the medicinal use of marijuana – the first step to full-blown legalization of marijuana for recreational use.
- Tulsa will not get a new Amazon headquarters.
- Jim Bridenstine will be the new chief administrator of NASA.
- Alcohol sales will skyrocket at QuikTrips, Reasor’s, drug stores and other retailers in October.
- Some liberal Democrats will switch to the Republican Party, run for office, claim to be conservative and then get elected to the Oklahoma Legislature.
(All came true except for Rudolph, who was drafted in the third round by the Pittsburgh Steelers).