2016 Postmortem
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That the Mayan Calendar says the world will be ending soon.
JiminyJominy
(340 posts)To think they had that much power.
DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)My Star Membership is up for renewal in about a month.
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regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...than a Rmoney presidency!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)That would have been the sign.
Guitarzz
(105 posts)and, according to them, we're good till 2014.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)than a Romney presidency would.
Cha
(297,211 posts)I think you're right because it would be a slow excruciatingly painful end.
craigmatic
(4,510 posts)ready for it to end but it hasn't yet and it won't in December. If the Mayans were so smart why didn't they see the Spanish as a threat or an end to their own civilization?
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)you switched out your calendar?
It's gonna happen again, only..... WORSE!
NBachers
(17,108 posts)Harry Monroe
(2,935 posts)Otherwise look at your Gregorian Calender. You'll be fine, trust me. The whole thing is a crock of shit.
brooklynite
(94,550 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)We just enter a new baktun, which will be marked by Kukulkan rising from the sea and remaking the world anew. Nothing about the world ending, sheesh.
This is a face you can trust!
So don't sweat it, so long as you've been tithing regularly to Xibalba - corn is good, gold is better - then you will not be sent to the depths of the caverns underneath to be devoured by Camazotz when the blessed rain-bringer renews his creation.
You... have been tithing, right?
Grown2Hate
(2,011 posts)Goddamn Mayan to English Altavista translator...
cheezmaka
(737 posts)Even in the Scriptures, Jesus told his disciples "no man knows the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will return..." In that SAME passage, Jesus stated that he HIMSELF doesn't know the time of his return except the Father. If Jesus, himself doesn't know the time of the end of the world, the Mayan's DEFINITELY don't know. What's important is that we receive Jesus as Lord and Savior in the pardoning of our sins, so if the end of the world comes soon or later in the future we'll be prepared whenever it happens...
Grown2Hate
(2,011 posts)according to my 2012 calendar, a miniature version of January still continues on after December, so I'm THINKING we'll be good (albeit maybe a little scrunched?).
teabaggersarestupid
(111 posts)Because you are one of the people keeping me from jumping off the ledge with your reasonable poll analysis. Please don't fuck with me like that. I have no sense of humor until after election day.
kickysnana
(3,908 posts)If it is false nothing will happen.
You won't know until something happens.
By then it won't matter.
Go watch a cartoon.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts).
shireen
(8,333 posts)either way, there's nothing you can do about it.
Kennah
(14,265 posts)... you'll be so damned busy shaking hands with all your friends, that you won't have time to worry.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)I've read that the Mayans meant something entirely differ and that it's been misinterpreted by people what their message really meant. shock. lol... it's okay, you're okay, we're all okay, come down from the ledge, my friend.
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ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)that the world ends the day before my birthday. No presents or cake. Damn!!
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)I know it's not as glamorous as a saturday birthday, but at least you get to eat an entire chocolate cake, and not worry about it! lol...
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)But the rogue planet Nibiru will crash into the earth on December 23 of this year and will end civilization as we know it.
The Mayans didn't know anything about Nibiru so they are full of bunk.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)The Mayans didn't have leap years.
We do.
The people who translated the end of their calendar to 2012 didn't take that into account.
If you account for leap years, the date already passed. And the world's still here.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Aliens will land in D.C. and take Congress hostage, the Founders will rise from their graves, Abe Vigoda will croak, George Bush will confess to having a gay lover, Rush Limbaugh will become a Communist, and Earth will turn into Venus.......yes, it's all true.
Coexist
(24,542 posts)JOEBIALEK
(7 posts)It has often been said {and written} that a person's vote for a incumbent should be based on what he or she believes that candidate has done to benefit them personally. Well, for the first time in my 49 years on this planet I can honestly state that I personally benefited from the actions of President Barack Obama. Because of him I am a official HAMPster. It may
have taken two and one-half years along with a lot of blood, sweat and tears {well maybe not blood unless you include paper cuts} but the effort required to jump through every financial hoop possible proved to be more than worth it in the end. The interest rate on my mortgage is now the same or similar
to what is being offered on the refinance market today. In full disclosure I supported Hilary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination back in 2008 and became somewhat disillusioned and embittered by her defeat. Still in all President Obama has done very well in staying the course of our economy all the while being gridlocked by a party that offers no alternative ideas of
it's own.
As for Mr. Romney; he appears to be the "Dagwood Bumstead" of American politics. One pratfall after another leads me to believe that this is the last person we need in the White House. As the old adage instructs "think before you speak." Mr. Romneys over reactive quips demonstrate a pattern of
someone who clearly has not thought the issues through but rather views public service as a business; something to be tinkered with until the right outcome is achieved and then on to the next issue at hand. I can recall Nixon admonishing Reagans war on the poor as too severe even for his standards. Mr. Romneys policies will be far worse and drive this country even deeper into division than even the rich are willing to risk.
This election is about a definite choice between someone who represents the few who have never had it so good and someone who represents the many that know we can {and will} do better. His name is Barack Obama and he deserves another four years.
Joe Bialek
Cleveland, OH
PS: The loss of Sesame Street in favor of Wall Street does not resonate well
with Main Street.
"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric." Bertrand Russell
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