Brain-washing is alive and well!

Yesterday, a friend of mine went into the trouble of scanning an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal and emailing it to me. Coincidentally, I had seen that article about Obama’s upcoming tax policies and its impending catastrophic effect on the U.S. economy. The fact is that the opinion pages of that famous business newspaper have been steadfastly singing the glory of the Bush administration without ever anticipating and warning us about the debasing of our economy over two consecutive presidential terms. First, the unnecessary tax-cuts, then the unbridled “laissez-faire” in the financial sector, the foolish and ruinous Iraq war and - combined with it - a total absence of foresight in the energy arena. I told my friend all of that and sincerely believe that a lot of well-intentioned business people blindly follow the Wall Street Journal ideology that is no other than our government mouthpiece. Instead of relying on just one source of information - and this goes for me as well - people who think they’re smart should always adopt a varied diet of information and systematically explore both sides of any idea instead of running blindly with the one they’ve been fed through their favorite media. In the end, they would always perceive a more balanced and reasonable view of the world we’re in. These days, politics are far too corrupt to be trusted, no matter which side of the fence we’re standing on. These times require more critical thinking than ever as well as verifying every bit of information we get, even if the final cost causes us to becoming even more cynical than ever before!