> according to the Mayan calendar and Nostradamus we are all going to be dead
> because the World is going to end in December of 2012.

That's a common misconception regarding the implications of the Mayan calendar. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon#Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar#2012_and_the_Long_Count

And I'm not aware of Nostradamus having said anything about 2012.