Crisis Talk - Don't Be Influenced By It.

The mass media is in the business of trying to get
attention. They get it through sensationalism. Their weapon
of choice is the headline. If they don't get your
attention, they lose ad dollars.

To get your attention they take extreme examples and make
you think they are common. They manufacture crisises. Do
you ever stop and think: Is this really a crisis or normal
life? Is this problem really that pervasive or very
limited? Where are the facts? Are these facts a fair and
balanced representation of the event deemed a crisis?

Even if it is a crisis, what good does it do if I get all
hyped up by it? Can I do anything?

I know many gullible souls, ah bless 'em, who are
continually talking about the latest crisis. Yet, they
never do anything about it. They are NEVER impacted by the
so called crisis. So, what was the point of getting all
worked up and bent out of shape?

Crisis talk is something you should puy in the "purely
enteratainment" category. Never take it seriously. Even if
it is a crisis, who can say what it will lead to? The media
doesn't have a crystal ball. They are clueless about the
future.

In fact, the moment they are most adamant that it's just
the tip of the iceberg and the future will be bleak, we
have hit the apex of the crisis and shortly after, it
passes. They just drop it and distance themselves from the
hype. In time people forgot that "last time they hyped
something it never came to pass".

If only people would keep a journal. "Xyz crisis: Earth to
fall out of orbit". Follow up: Never happened. "Abc crisis:
Sun to disappear". Follow up: Never happened.

Guess what would happen if you kept a diary of all these
supposed crisises? You'd have the GAME all figured out and
the next crisis you would greet with a smile.

Is the end near? Is a major catastrophe in the cards?
Possibly, but it's NOT the one they predict. They NEVER
predict events that actually do occur.

"Trustworthy insider says that the U.S. will strike Iran in
days"? I have heard that for years. Wrong, wrong, wrong,
wrong. Just the other day I read a headline saying that the
U.S. was planning an attack on Iran and had "picked up to
2,000 targets".

Say this is true (for a change). They are making something
of nothing. The military, just as businesses, engages in
"contingency planning". Preparation for possible scenarios
is actually a wise thing. It is NOTHING NEW. They have done
that since day one. Should the military instead sit around
and play poker? Big surprise: The military plans military
attacks. Next thing you know they'll report "Evil karate
expert plans for possible attacks."

"Terrorists will strike with a dirty nuclear bomb".

You have incredibly low odds of ever being a victim of
terroism. You had better put your focus on driving,
instead, as your odds of getting into a car accident are
significantly greater than being killed by a terrorist.

Your fellow citizen is a far bigger threat to your being
than some wacko in a distant cave.

"New cancer drug holds promise", etc., etc. Yada, yada. Why
don't they just shut their traps and stop giving people
false hope? I can't imagine one person who benefits from
constantly having the hope rug pulled out from under him.
Just keep quiet until the cure is official!

Why don't they?

It's simple: It's called filler! They would be out of jobs
were it not for the strategy of hype spewing.

And, fine, they can spew hype. BUT, just don't take it to
heart. It's just entertainment. So long as you never
forget: It's hype. And hype is for entertainment purposes
only.

Look. The truth is: When there is a cure for something you
will find out without ever reading a line of type. It'll be
everywhere. Just like with Advil.

The best thing to do is ignore predictions and adjust to
outcomes (99.99% of the predictions will never come to
pass).

The media has a LOUSY batting average - and there's ZERO
accountability. No one tracks all these predictions and
follows up with them. When a politician makes a promise or
prediction but doesn't keep it, the media is all over them.
BUT, when the media does it... no problem, they get off
scott free.

We need a news source that tracks the media's predictions.

*** Never be influenced by crisis talk. And forget dire
predictions. Over and over again I have heard doom and
gloom predictions and never have they come to pass. Never
will they. Or, when they do, there'll be nothing we can do
about it.

The ONLY crisises I have to worry about are the ONES I
create or the ones perpetrated on me by fellow citizens or
father time.

Put your attention on yourself, your family and those you
come in contact with. That's your jurisdiction. The rest?
You can't do squat about it. All the efforts of the common
man are as inconsequential as a grain of sand in the Sahara
(for things outside his sphere).

You want to hear about a REAL crisis?

Aging is the TRUE crisis and no one is doing anything about
it. Despite all the hype about medical advances, people
still look old, and frankly, they look awful (wrinkled,
bald, etc.). And, they aint stopping the clock from
ticking.

They make a big deal out of the fact that people now live a
bit longer than 20 years ago! Big whoop: Another year with
bad hearing, senility, wrinkles, balding, lack of energy,
pets dying, friends dying, family members dying, regrets,
2nd guessing, longing for youth and the past, diseases,
etc.

And, death, there's a REAL CRISIS and they can't do squat
about it.

That's how it is: The only crisis affecting us directly,
they don't mention, and can't do jack about it.

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