The long-awaited date of December 21st, 2012 is nearly upon us, with international hysteria continuing over a supposed Maya prophecy. Yet the purveyors of the hysteria (some of whom have made a fair sum of money) aren’t even in agreement. Is it the destruction of the planet or “just” the destruction of civilization? Others have presented the date as ushering in a new “cosmic consciousness”. That’s sufficiently vague to make it easier to backpedal than for those who predict something cataclysmic. The whole thing is fraudulent, however.
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Blog entry by Allan Wall, published on VDARE.COM on December 17th, 2012.
The hysteria has been building up for years, based on the belief that a Maya prophecy foretells the end of the world on December 21st, 2012.
Even the purveyors of the hysteria, some of whom have made a lot of money, can’t agree on what is actually to occur. Some say the world will be destroyed on the 21st as a result of a collision with Planet X or Nibiru or a black hole or for some other reason.
Others predict not a destruction of the planet but the end of civilization. In a Super Bowl ad, General Motors portrayed a destruction of civilization which can, however, be survived by a man and his dog in a Chevy Silverado. (See the commercial, on YouTube, here).
Other 2012 promoters approach it from another angle, predicting that December 21st will usher in a new “cosmic consciousness” or something like that, which is easier to climb down from than predicting something cataclysmic that doesn’t occur.
Did the Maya actually predict something cataclysmic or transcendent on December 21st, 2012?
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Article by Allan Wall, published on Mexidata.info, December 17th, 2012.
On December 1st, 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto was inaugurated as President of Mexico, and he followed up with a busy first week in office .
First impressions are important in politics, and the success, or perception of success, of a new president can affect his entire term.
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Article by Allan Wall, published on Mexidata.info on December 10th, 2012.
On December 1st, 2012, Enrique Pena Nieto became the President of Mexico, replacing Felipe Calderon, who had been president since 2006. The President of Mexico has a six-year term, and cannot be reelected.
Pena Nieto won the 2012 Mexican election held on July 1st. Mexico has a five-month long transitional period between election and inauguration, and on December 1st that period was finally over.
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Article by Allan Wall, published on Mexidata.info on December 3rd, 2012.
Tags: 2012 Mexican Election, Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexican Politics, Mexico City, Violence
English immigrant Lauren Bell, currently residing in Madison, Georgia, has received a deportation order, effective on her 21st birthday, on January 28th, 2013.
Lauren was brought to the U.S. nine years ago by her parents. She has resided in Madison since 2003. She has graduated from high school and is now a junior in college.
Wait a minute—isn’t Lauren covered by President Obama’s unilaterally-declared Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA)?
No, Lauren’s problem is that she and her family immigrated here legally. In contrast, millions of illegal immigrants are being favored by our government.
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Article by Allan Wall, published Nov. 29th, 2012, on VDARE.COM.
Tags: Immigration Policy
In a matter of days Felipe Calderon is scheduled to step down as President of Mexico, at the end of a six-year term, to be replaced by Enrique Pena Nieto, winner of the 2012 Mexican election. The transition is proceeding on schedule.
As for Felipe Calderon, he seems to have been enjoying his last few months in office. The pressure is off and Calderon is able to do a lot more fun things, like public infrastructure dedications and things that like.
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Article by Allan Wall, published Nov. 26th on Mexidata.info.
The Puerto Rican plebiscite, held on November 6th (the same day Barack Obama won his second term to the U.S. presidency) was historic in that, for the first time in history, the statehood position won.
So should we just accept Puerto Rican statehood? How about the flag, how would 51 stars be portrayed? ( Click here for some proposals).
Not so fast there, it’s actually more complicated than that. What exactly did occur in Puerto Rico on November 6th?
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Article by Allan Wall, published Nov. 15th, 2012, in VDARE.COM.
Tags: 2012 Election, Puerto Rico
Mexico’s 2012 presidential election was won by Enrique Peña Nieto of the PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institucional). Peña Nieto is scheduled to take office on December 1st.
Nevertheless, everybody did not recognize Peña Nieto’s triumph, chief among them runner-up candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (often referred to as AMLO), who ran under the banners of three leftist parties.
Granted, no system is going to make everybody happy. However, Mexican lawmakers might consider changing Mexico’s electoral system to allow a second round of voting, as some other countries do. Such a system might decrease the number of politicians who contest future elections.
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Article published on Mexidata.info, Oct. 29th, 2012.
The 2012 Presidential election is now history. Republican challenger Mitt Romney was unsuccessful in his bid to unseat Democratic incumbent Barack Obama, who has now won another four years as president.
There were only a few million votes separating this election’s winner and loser. So why did Obama win and Romney lose? There are several factors that answer that question.
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Article by Allan Wall, published Nov. 17th, 2012, on News with Views.
Tags: 2012 Election, Demography
Life is full of choices. Every four years, Americans choose their president.
This year the choice is between the incumbent, Democrat Barack Obama, and the Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
It’s a shame they both can’t lose. Neither man seems particularly dedicated to the U.S. Constitution nor to the historical American nation. Neither is prone to conduct a rational foreign policy. Both favor mass immigration, which we don’t need, as we already have millions of unemployed Americans.
Neither would be my first choice for the presidency, but they are the pair that the two major parties have delivered to us.
I plan to vote for Romney.
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Article by Allan Wall, published Nov. 6th, 2012, on News with Views.
Tags: 2012 Election