By Maya Prodgers
Come the winter solstice, 2012, the planets will be positioned in a rare alignment that has taken thousands of years to come about. Many people around the world are wondering how this alignment will affect us.
The most common fear is that the gravitational pull of the other planets will all act together and cause such a huge pull on the Earth that earthquakes result. The pull would be greater on one side than the other given that there are more planets further out than there are between us and the Sun.
However, this fear seems unfounded, as the gravitational pull decreases significantly as the distance from us increases. Yet, since this kind of alignment has not occurred in human memory, there is no way to know for sure whether the gravitational pull of one planet will cancel out that of another or whether they would magnify each other. The results wait to be seen.
Other people say that it will be increased tidal forces that are more likely, given the fact that it is the gravitational effect of the moon that causes the tidal shifts on Earth. Again, there is a chance that with the distances involved, and the fact that one planet's gravity may cancel out another's. that any changes to the tides will be negligible.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Will the Mayan 2012 Prophecy Come True?
By Maya Prodgers
Some believe that the world will end based on the fact that the Mayan Long Count Calendar ends on December 21, 2012. But is this really a prediction for the end of the world? The problem with any prophecy is that until the time of the predicted event has been and gone, there is no way for sure that we can say that they will or will not come true. But there are things that we can look at for a guideline, things that we know to be true.
Here's the story. The Mayans as a people existed for thousands of years and were already around two thousand years before Christ. In their time. they were one of the most advanced people in the world and understood abstract concepts, such as the value of zero, long before other civilizations did.
Some believe that the world will end based on the fact that the Mayan Long Count Calendar ends on December 21, 2012. But is this really a prediction for the end of the world? The problem with any prophecy is that until the time of the predicted event has been and gone, there is no way for sure that we can say that they will or will not come true. But there are things that we can look at for a guideline, things that we know to be true.
Here's the story. The Mayans as a people existed for thousands of years and were already around two thousand years before Christ. In their time. they were one of the most advanced people in the world and understood abstract concepts, such as the value of zero, long before other civilizations did.
The Realities of 2012
By Anagarika Eddie
As with most serious problems in our country, only a crisis of major proportions generates action. By the time action is taken, however, it is always a day late and a dollar short. This results in bad judgment and further serious consequences. But this time it's going to be 2012, the end of our world as we know it.
All of the following will not happen by 2012. By 2012, however, the handwriting will be on the wall, and it will say that the only way we could ever get our power back is through a world war.
Both parties of congress point fingers at each other regarding the deficit, but neither acts when they are in power. That would be political suicide. Better to kick the can down the road and let the next group in power worry about it.
This arrangement of can kicking has worked for a long time, but it's obvious that we are about to get OUR can kicked.
The realities of 2012 involve a laundry list of eventual cuts that will affect every level of society from our adored military to our beloved entitlements and everything in between. Things will look nothing as they look today. Our military will be a shell of its former grandeur and old folks will be either roaming or rooming; roaming the streets or rooming with their kids, and getting medical care from the local pharmacist or medicine man.
As with most serious problems in our country, only a crisis of major proportions generates action. By the time action is taken, however, it is always a day late and a dollar short. This results in bad judgment and further serious consequences. But this time it's going to be 2012, the end of our world as we know it.
All of the following will not happen by 2012. By 2012, however, the handwriting will be on the wall, and it will say that the only way we could ever get our power back is through a world war.
Both parties of congress point fingers at each other regarding the deficit, but neither acts when they are in power. That would be political suicide. Better to kick the can down the road and let the next group in power worry about it.
This arrangement of can kicking has worked for a long time, but it's obvious that we are about to get OUR can kicked.
The realities of 2012 involve a laundry list of eventual cuts that will affect every level of society from our adored military to our beloved entitlements and everything in between. Things will look nothing as they look today. Our military will be a shell of its former grandeur and old folks will be either roaming or rooming; roaming the streets or rooming with their kids, and getting medical care from the local pharmacist or medicine man.
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