http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/03/17/critical-thinking-and-the-media-awareness-brings-a-new-eye/#comment-19962 Jill Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:00:49 +0000 http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/03/17/critical-thinking-and-the-media-awareness-brings-a-new-eye/#comment-19962 You have hit the nail on the head - I agree with you completely. I have a 12 year old son, and it has become a game to figure out what the commmercials are REALLY saying and selling. Your Visa example is a good one; the one that bugs me is either a Visa or Mastercard one. Remember the commercial where everything is running like clockwork in the store, the credit cards and their users are flying and spending in perfect motion, until the activity grinds to a halt because someone wants to use - gasp!- cash! When did real live cash become a bad thing?? Anyways, keep up the good work on your blog, and keep poking holes in those assumptions! You have hit the nail on the head - I agree with you completely. I have a 12 year old son, and it has become a game to figure out what the commmercials are REALLY saying and selling. Your Visa example is a good one; the one that bugs me is either a Visa or Mastercard one. Remember the commercial where everything is running like clockwork in the store, the credit cards and their users are flying and spending in perfect motion, until the activity grinds to a halt because someone wants to use - gasp!- cash! When did real live cash become a bad thing?? Anyways, keep up the good work on your blog, and keep poking holes in those assumptions!

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