Some blurbs from TV today. What do you think/hear/believe - when you hear such news reports? IS it a report?

1. The stock market fell on profit taking.
2. Greatest threat to capitalism since the cold war?: '08 election.
3. The polls say the public is worried about a rapid withdrawal.
4. The sub prime problem is overblown, there are some great opportunities
5. Must-see class reunion.
6. Is the huge stock market rally a major defeat for Al Queda?

Below are some quick thoughts you could have. I made these up and could come back an hour later and make up new ones. The point is to not accept this stuff as facts - including the samples I have below. If you would discuss topics and look deeper who knows what you might discover about the world you live in.

Here's something else to think about: What if these were the topics on British, French, or Iranian TV? What do you think the discussions would be like? Is one Right? There's a big clue to THE secret here.

1. The stock market fell on profit taking.
Millions of transactions, yet someone (WHO?) claims to know the reason they sold their stock? It could be true, but it's just a guess, NOT a fact.

2. Greatest threat to capitalism since the cold war?: '08 election.
As Jon Stewart ran: You can say anything if you end it with a question mark. This headline invokes enough thoughts for a short book. Let's start with just the word capitalism. Before you begin to talk about threats to it, you need to think about what capitalism is for you. Is it GE, Wal-Mart, ADM, Microsoft? Or the new pizza shop down the street, your friend that's selling on eBay, The landscaper in your neighborhood? When you start thinking, you could see that many people would like to see a "threat" (restrictions) to some of the mega corporations. So is every threat to capitalism a bad thing? Which capitalism? etc etc

3. The polls say the public is worried about a rapid withdrawal.
This was a lengthy discussion, my first question of the reporters would be: How does the public have any information upon which they base this concern? How can any of us have any understanding about what could happen unless we learned about people, leaders, conditions, etc. in Iraq. So hasn't this worry been loaned to us by reports we have seen? Who made the reports, the polls, who was polled??? etc etc What is the real source of the "worry".

4. The sub prime problem is overblown, there are some great opportunities.
OK so what is the opportunity HE"S selling?? It's JUST an opinion. My guess (also only an opinion) is that the people who make the big bucks on these types of guesses aren't TV reporters.

5. Must-see class reunion.
Yawn. Who says? What difference would watching this make in MY life?

6. Is the huge stock market rally a major defeat for Al Queda?
Another of the question mark deals. Wow! Here is just one way to look at this from the background. If you are a multi-billionaire like Rupert Murdock, you would probably want ALL public opinion to be behind all the activities, laws, etc that support big business. A story like this attracts our emotional side. Yeah, hurt those terrorists!! But maybe it's really about shaping public opinion that huge stock market increases helping billionaires is a good thing :-))