Julia K Cole

As it turns out, kids these days actually do know less than they used to. Kent State University researchers conducted a study that evaluated the general knowledge of students in the U.S. during the year 2012 by using an exhaustive test first implemented in 1980. The study ranks the most commonly known facts among college students and compares those rankings to their 1980 equivalents. Click HERE to find out what the top 10 things are Or copy and paste the URL below http://www.takepart.com/photos/10-things-kids-knew-1980-dont-know-today?cmpid=tp-ad-outbrain-general

To kick off my Blog  for 2012 --  I thought it befitting to focus on all the yearly predictions made.  In particular, I wanted to give “kudos” to all those psychics who  made not so much a prediction as they did a declaration to what 2012 will be bringing.    One was ... I foresee the global consciousness changing and improving in 2012.   Really?  He’s claiming that one as an original prediction?  *ROFL* There is  this one psychic who claims that the entire political establishment will be done away with in 2012.  One can only hope! And then there are the ones “predicting” earthquakes, fires, floods, and hurricanes.   Seriously? You mean to tell me that there is actually going to be … *gasps*  … earthquakes, floods and hurricanes in 2012???!!!  And fires??!!!  WHAT?!!!  Noooooo! Come on people!  Let’s get realistic here!  These are not psychic predictions.  They’re predictions --...

The days leading up to the new year is always a time of reflection.   While this year is no different, 2011 seems to have  prompted many to really dig down deeper than ever before.   The years leading up to this present year no doubt had a great deal to do with this.   To say the very least -- it’s been a rough couple of years! While each year brings with it a renewed since of hope,  there is something about 2012 that brings an added boost to that feeling.  In truth -- 2012 carries an excitement that causes all other years to pale in comparison.     Maybe it’s all the “hoopla” surrounding this year that has us all collectively in a tizzy.    I mean, we all have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of this particular year for some time now.   Waiting with baited breath to see if the so called “prophecies” are true.   Speaking of prophecies -- the Mayan calendar-- in no way, shape, fo...

In 2011, while the general public continued on with their various distractions -- Congress sneaked several bills under the wire.    One was Bill S 1867.    This is the bill that gives the military  the right to arrest and detain anyone they believe to be a threat against America.    Now I know that our politicians are sworn to uphold the Constitution and protect this nation against threats both foreign and domestic.   I get that.    But history has shown the down side of giving the military that much control.     Germany.  Russia.  China.  Korea.  Are only a few examples, both past and present, of that downside. Many are stating that folks just got all worked up over this bill.  That it doesn’t apply to “good Americans.”    And good Americans have nothing to fear.  Yea?  Interesting.    Many Austrians and Germans were told they ha...

2011 has been an interesting year of intense challenges.   Perhaps more so than in previous years. Depending on who you talk to -- it has been a year of pure hell on every level for a great number of people world wide.   Some claim 2011 as being the year to shed off the remaining residual energies of all that no longer serve.    While others see it as the beginning of the end of the world.   Speaking of the end of the world -- 2011 was allegedly the year for that.   According to evangelist Harold Camp anyways.   Yea ... well ... so much for that ... eh? Fanatics ... the world is full of fanatics!  All kinds of fanatics!  Sports and celebrities; religious and political.   While it has always been around --fanaticism (political and religious most particular) appears to be gaining steam these days.  I'm guessing it has alot to do with the whole myth surrounding 2012 that's making people more fanatical....