Did anyone hear "Coast to Coast" the other night? They had this guy

[108blessings]

who was an astrologer but seemed like a psychic, too, but the point is that he was making predictions and he said that we should leave the coasts, go to areas away from people and learn to live off the grid communally. Not to depend on government anymore 'cause it's gonna crash. Do it for ourselves. I seem to concur with this but I don't have money to buy land and a yurt and stuff. Just curious if anyone would leave their current life and try to get back to the land.

[108blessings]

1. kick and rec

:kick:

:shrug:

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. You cannot recommend your own thread so I'll do it for you.

[Archae]

2. Another horse's ass making "predictions."

And when none of his predictions come true, (that's a given,) he'll make up excuses.

What's this idiot's past record? Even money he's frantically running away from past failed predictions.

[108blessings]

3. You know this guy? I never heard of him...Actually, if you listen to content

and don't react based upon past experiences, you may surprise yourself. He made lots of sense.

[Archae]

12. Every time someone makes "predictions," they fail.

As in EPIC fail.

And the "predictors" make excuses or ignore their past failures.

[Ptah]

4. go to areas away from people and learn to live off the grid communally

Wait, what?

[108blessings]

6. Sorry, what was confusing to you?

:freak:

[Ptah]

7. If we go away from people, how can we live communally?

:shrug:

[108blessings]

10. The masses in the big city who will be hysterical when all hell breaks loose

He suggests that people are just gonna begin dying in the next few years because they cannot deal with the energy. So many people are used to living one way and the prospect of losing all their little creature comforts may unhinge them. I read on here that during Hurricane Ike in TX, people were losing it because the power was out and they couldn't zone out on tv. Puleeze.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

17. You weren't there, were you???

The whole city of Houston has post traumatic stress, FYI. That's about four million people.

It wasn't just that the power was off and it was incredibly hot and humid. And nobody could get ice.

I was there and I got freaked out from not having any power for over a week.
It wasn't just that we "couldn't zone out on TV".

It was much worse than that.

You seem to have no understanding of basic psychology.

[WolverineDG]

23. Actually, they were losing it because they didn't have air conditioning

After reading the response above, I realize my response seems a bit flippant, but being without air conditioning when it's hot & humid outside, when you can't cook a decent meal, or get a cold drink, or in anyway cool off, you are going to be miserable & short-tempered, and also sleep-deprived (since it's also too hot to sleep well at night).

dg

[SoxFan]

5. Personally, I'm still waiting for John Titor's civil war

[KitchenWitch]

8. When the big one hits, I intend to be the first one in.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

15. I'm only fifteen minutes

from the White House and/or the Capitol. Ten minutes from the Pentagon.

When they nuke DC, I figure I'll be ash before I know it.

Which is really kind of a relief to contemplate.

[LeftyMom]

9. A word of advice: Never ever make a life decision based on something on Coast to Coast.

:eyes:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

11. I think if we checked history

we'd find that most people were close to starving and dirt poor when people were 'back to the land'. When you think about it, this period of time is the only one where such a large group of people lived as middle class citizens. Forever it's always been rich or poor. So if we go back to the land we get poor and hungry. I'd rather we all work together to change the dynamic and create more wealth for the working class (the working class includes college graduates, though they don't often realize it! :) )

[astral]

13. When the Depression hit

there was plenty of new-land development going on, industry was on the rise, people all over grew produce and stuff.

This time, when the crash / depression whatever you want to call it hits -- there is no rope to grab hold of to climb back up again. We don't manufacture anything in the USA anymore, few people (percentage-wise) know anything about growing their own food, which can be done indoors if necessary, and the jobs that are flying out of the country like a herd of -- flies -- aren't coming back.

Shopping malls, restaurants, movie theaters, you name it -- people won't be able to afford to do any of these things and they will fade away.

I would like to believe different, but tell me how it can happen.

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. Only yutes live in yurts.

Probably be popular in parts of the east coast.

[pokerfan]

16. "I'm a little bit psychic..."

[Fire Walk With Me]

18. ...and a little bit rock and roll?

[TZ]

20. Why would I change my life based on the word of a con artist?

Which most psychics are...let alone astrologers who aren't exactly known for practicing anything close to actual science.

[MorningGlow]

21. Probabilities

Hi 108blessings. Thanks for posting this. I will answer in a serious vein, taking psychics seriously (although, as in all professions, not all of them are good, so use your judgment on that). I didn't hear C2C, so I'm not sure who you were listening to.

When you hear psychic predictions, especially planet-changing, dire ones like this gentleman was giving, you have to bear in mind the infinite number of probabilities that make up our future. No future path is carved in stone. Nothing is predestined. However, some probabilities are stronger than others, and that's what psychics see. HOWEVER (again! :) ), as we make our life choices, future probabilities change.

The future option that the coasts will fall off into the ocean and our communities will revert to the Dark Ages is just one possibility. I can say for certain that while some psychics are still swearing that this will happen (I have interviewed a very famous channeler who insists upon it), others have said no--we have changed the future (in part by electing Obama) and an apocalypse is NOT in the offing.

So. What do you choose to believe? What type of future will you choose to manifest? What you expect WILL influence the outcome. The more people who live in fear of an apocalypse, the more likely we are to get one. I prefer to listen to the psychics and channelers who are now saying that despite some rough times ahead in the next few years, we're going to be just fine.

Don't listen to the fearmongers, 108blessings. Having fear as your constant companion is not a fun way to go through life.

:hi:

[Crazy Dave]

22. I predict that one day we (all those reading this) will be dead

I defy anyone to try and prove the almighty and all knowing Dave The Wave wrong on that one :P

[SacredCow]

24. "Coast to Coast" contains way too much looney for me to handle...

but to answer your question- I think it'd take some adjustment for me to live off of the land with no creature comforts. That said, getting away from all of the stresses and aggrivations of daily life- it would probably not be a bad thing.

[WolverineDG]

25. I listened to C2C for years, years ago

they always have someone one who predicts this. :)

dg

[AngryAmish]

26. It worked out great at the Spahn Movie Ranch