2007 the end of the world or not?

Okay, so I read this AP article, and I think, "wow."

Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster. These are among Americans' grim predictions for the United States in 2007.....

Six in 10 people think the U.S. will be the victim of another terrorist attack next year, more than five years after the Sept. 11 assault on New York and Washington. An identical percentage think it is likely that bad guys will unleash a biological or nuclear weapon elsewhere in the world.

So, I go to AOL to try to get more information, and I find this,

An AP-AOL News Poll finds that while most Americans said 2006 was a bad year for the country, three-fourths thought it had been a good one for them and their families.....

Seventy-two percent of Americans feel good about what 2007 will bring for the country, and an even larger 89 percent are optimistic about the new year for themselves and their families, according to the poll.

So, what the hell?

(Further, 6 in 10 expect another terror attack in the US? 6 in 10 expect nuclear or biological weapons in the next year? Coupled with the fall in Bush approval, I think this really captures the way Iraq/Katrina has undermined perception of the Bush presidency. That's about as high as those numbers have been since 2003, and yet that "terror number" does not help Bush approval.

ALSO: Don't miss this in the AP version, "One in four, 25 percent, anticipates the second coming of Jesus Christ." (in 2007.))

(Later still: Now I can't stop singing Vera Lynn's "We'll meet again.")