what evidence do
you have that they aren't?
what questions could you ask me that i couldnt ask right back?
see the above...this is about consumerism, you preach the end, someone else sees "stock up" the economy starts it way back up to "booming".
here's my evidence...
the numerous times this has happend through out history.
starting with chicken little.
ending with me and you smoking a joint 1/1/2013.
edit:honestly though, can you contest the validity of mans oldest con? Look over there whilst i do something over here.
it doesnt get much simpler than this.
2012 aka y2k part 2 is all just a big marketing scheme, washed rinsed and re-used...its not like they even tried hard this time...or waited long to re-use it...