On September 26, I made the following prediction on this blog:
I feel a psychic prediction coming on: gas prices will stay low until election day, but will be significantly higher three weeks after election day than they were on election day.
It’s now three weeks after election day. So, how did that work out?
Here are the posted prices from four gas stations near my house on election day:
Here are the posted prices at the same four stations today.
Somehow, my prediction was wrong. I can think of three possible explanations:
- Even before taking office, the newly-elected Democratic Congress is somehow correcting six years of Bush and Cheney letting Big Oil run roughshod over consumers.
- The oil companies are reading this blog, and deliberately manipulating prices to make me look stupid.
- I’m stupid.
I’m inclined to go with “a” or “b”.
If “c” is true, does that mean that Mr. Rumsfeld was right all along? That it’s just too complicated for me to understand, or for him to explain? That things really are going well in Iraq?
Nah. I’m not that stupid.
Update: I’ve been informed that real psychics never remind people of their incorrect predictions. Live and learn.
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