I Told You So...

I love to stick my neck out, that is, I delight in giving unsolicited predictions about important events. I've been keeping score and I must say my batting average is very satisfactory.

Politics

• Erap got pardoned by the Arroyo government;
• Former NEDA Chief Neri's first Senate testimony on the ZTE scandal implicated former COMELEC Chair Benjamin Abalos;
• Long before the Senate investigations, I already concluded that high-level corruption had taken place;
• Gloria wasn't booted out as a result of massive rallies last February;
  

Economy

• Recession fears in the US were already apparent early last year;
• My notes on the direction of interest rates, exchange rates and inflation have been pretty much accurate;
• Prices of cooking oil are shooting up, as current supply is unable to cope up with demand from industrial, commercial and household sources;
• The issue of trans-fats is starting to take hold of consumers' health consciousness;
• Gold and metal prices are zooming to unprecedented levels;
• Bio-fuels are fast becoming a fad;

Those are my hits, as for my misses, I can only think of one: the Burmese junta didn't fall from power, contrary to what I expected.

Anyway, as for the Obama-Clinton tug-of-war for the US Democratic nomination, I'd place my bet on Obama. Also, if this will be the case, I think Hillary would be willing to slide down and run as Obama's Veep. Get back at me if this will not bear out in the next few months.