"[I]nstead of speculating years out that some future Congress and White House may possibly, hopefully, eh-who-knows, take responsibility for today's budgetary selfishness and shortsightedness to do so.
Many have speculated for years that Chrome OS and Android would merge.
In France critics and publishers had speculated for years about the author's identity.
The Times, earlier this month, published a piece about Ben headlined "DEATH OF A DOWNTOWN ICON," which speculated that years of addiction may have been to blame for his death.
Fans on the wonderful Howling Fantods website have speculated for years about material cut from the final version, which might have shed more light on the novel's enduring mysteries.
Mr. Douglas, 68, had previously speculated that years of smoking and drinking played a role in his disease, and his spokesman later said that although the actor had discussed oral sex's link to cancer, he did not say it was the cause of his own cancer.
Mathematicians have speculated for years that P322 might be an early trig table used for astronomical calculations, or perhaps the number-theoretic work of some lone genius.
After just one week, political reporters and pundits -- some who speculated for years about Gingrich getting in the 2012 race -- are already counting him out.
While human rights groups, and others, have speculated for years about the dearth of bona fide terrorists at Gitmo, the information Wilkerson provided this week was classified until now.
To commemorate "Seinfeld's" memorable finale, HuffPost TV took a look back at 15 other endings that split their fanbase, caused an outcry or are still being speculated about years later.
