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11-11-2002, 04:22 AM
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Television Crosses Over
This says to me that American society is leaning toward a trend in magical thinking. Sad indeed.
<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,69794,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,69794,00.html</a> |
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11-11-2002, 04:28 AM
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"Pet Psychic"? *shudder*
You guys have my sympathies. |
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11-11-2002, 08:34 AM
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Right! Our appetite for baloney here in the US rises onward, unabated. But that is what we are most successful at: selling stuff (and services). Of course, pets are frequently more than just cute companions to us. So, this attention to afterlife contacts represents that fully.
I can't forget the wonderful penultimate page of E. Waugh's "The Loved One": "Your little Aimie is wagging her tale in heaven tonight, thinking of you"  [ November 11, 2002: Message edited by: Ernest Sparks ]</p> |
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11-11-2002, 08:53 AM
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My husband and I use ads for these shows as an opportunity to talk to our daughter about how psychic scams work. We deconstructed the pet psychic last night whilst watching Jeff Corwin.
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