THE END IS NEAR…AGAIN

Ok….I’ve seen more than enough end of days stuff on TV and the Internet, most of it concerning the movie “2012″.  Personally,  I don’t understand what it is about disaster movies that get so much play. My gosh, all you have to do is turn on the TV and flick through the guide and there is one disaster after another (including Jon and Kate). Just in the last week, I’ve seen documentaries about 2012, Nostradamus, sci-fi movies about giant ice twisters, and meteors slamming into the earth. What ever happened to the good ol’ days when we were attacked by giant bugs,  giant gorilla’s , or Godzilla? Now it’s all about weather, space debris, earthquakes and volcanoes. It sounds like  the movie, “2012″ brings them altogether at the same time.

Now, many people will say that it’s no big deal, it’s just a movie, but ya know what? There are people out there who take this stuff seriously. Remember the Y2K  scare  a few years back? I saw people at Sam’s Club stocking up on bottled water, generators, and canned food. I’ll bet they’re still eating that canned spam they bought. Of course, those are the idiots who watched this   garbage….

Yup…all is hopeless. No lights, no electricity, planes are going to collide in mid-air…not just because the pilots are on their laptops or drunk, either. It’s the end of the world. Of course, there is the obligatory picture of the religious icons being destroyed, just like the movie “2012″.

Of course, there is the element of people who think that they can escape the end of the world…they are the survivalists. Be afraid! Be very afraid…but be prepared.  They’re kind of like boy scouts on steroids.   Run to the store!  Get your water!   Buy cases of spam and Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup! Get your guns and ammo ready!!!

So what happens when a humongous meteorite lands on those guys in the mountains that are camping out, eating squirrels, blogging, and cleaning and polishing their guns?

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve met with a few Catholic survivalists out there, too. I guess the whole gospel thing about no one knowing the day or the hour didn’t sink in because they’re ready for that “Three Days of Darkness” they keep trying to sell to anyone who will listen. The Church doesn’t condone this stuff as far as I know, but it doesn’t seem to detour those who believe in it. They may not have cases of spam and water stocked up in their basement, but their homes are filled with blessed candles. According to this crowd, “Three-quarters of the human race will be exterminated, – more men than women.” Hmmm….that might not be so bad.

And there are also the “Left Behind” crowd.

It seems that all the Catholics are going to be left behind because we’re the “Whores of Babylon”. Man, if I had a nickle for every time someone yelled that to me when I changed lanes without using my signal.

Ok, what I’m getting at in this post is this….if ya wanna spend your weekend going to movies or watching documentaries on TV about how we’re all gonna die, most likely in 2012, don’t waste your time. There are worst ways to go, and it could happen this Thanksgiving. Just keep telling yourself, “There’s no such thing as an evil turkey…There’s no such thing as an evil turkey”. (Following video has some nasty language….just so ya know).

GOBBLE GOBBLE!