The Critical Thinker

"It's alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America." Every time one of these incidences occur,  reporters always find someone who says, "We didn't think that could happen here." My question when I hear that is , where is it supposed to happen? Why could it not happen "there."  This whole notion of anywhere being the safest place in America is absurd.  We must come out of denial and face the brutal truth that anything can happen anywhere at anytime.  Read between the lines or decode what the statement really says. It says it could happen somewhere else, but not here.  Why? Because it is quiet and has tree lined streets?  I truly wish the reporters would remove that line from the scripts. This also holds true for the phrase "Quiet tree lined streets" said in a hushed tone.  Does the fact that the community is quiet and have tree lined streets make them exempt from tragedy?  Take a listen to today's podcast. It is The Reading Circle with Marc Medley in its entirety for December 15, 2012. The show is heard live on Saturday mornings at 6 a.m. ET on WP88.7 FM and is web streamed around the world on www.gobrave.org.  My prayers are with the people of Newtown, Connecticut and everywhere else these tragedies keep occurring. Something has got to give because enough is enough.  Follow The Critical Thinker on Twitter @thinkcritical01 and follow the blog at thereadingcircleblog.blogspot.com

Read both What's Wrong With These Pictures Parts 1 & 2 by visiting the links below:



Part 1 - http://thereadingcircleblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/whats-wrong-with-these-pictures.html



Part 2  - http://thereadingcircleblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/subliminal-racism-or-whats-wrong-with.html

Click the link below and take The Critical Thinker Challenge. Can you determine what is going on these ads? Be sure to critically think.



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Happy Thanksgiving 2012 and be sure to always and in all things give thanks.



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Marc A. Medley

Host

What are your thoughts concerning many retail stores opening for "Black Friday" beginning at 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving night.?  To learn my thoughts, visit The Critical Thinker at www.thereadingcircleblog.blogspot.com  Feel free to also follow The Critical Thinker on Twitter @thinkcritical01.

Blog post Gee.....What Went Wrong?  Let's See.... was posted to The Critical Thinker on Sunday 11/11/12. It is a thought provoking and satirical look at possible reasons why voters voted the way in which they did in the recent Presidential Election.  To read the written version,  please visit www.thereadingcircleblog.blogspot.com. You are invited to follow The Critical Thinker on Twitter @thinkcritical01

Welcome to my first Critical Thinker podcast. I am thrilled to be able to expand The Critical Thinker into yet another medium. There is the critical thinker blog, the critical thinker video blog, and now the critical thinker podcast.  The Critical Thinker is a spin-off of The Reading Circle a book talk radio show heard live every Saturday beginning at 6 a.m. ET on WP88.7 FM and is web streamed around the world at www.gobrave.org. My objective when posting to The Critical Thinker is to challenge you to critically think about the issues appearing in the blog. During each Critical Thinker podcast I will bring issues to you for you to ponder; thought provoking and in many instances controversial issues to jumpstart your thinking. The topics are usually things that you would not give any thought to unless it was brought to your attention. That’s what the critical thinker does; it raises your antennae and causes you to stop and pause…… to think. Many of the issues are taken from the sound bites you hear on the news and the question is asked, “Does that make sense to you?” The critical thinker really is for those who choose to move beyond the sound bites that are heard on the news each evening and the topics range from serious to silly to satire. For those of you who are old enough to remember Andy Rooney on Sixty Minutes and the sitcom Seinfeld, you will see that the Critical Thinker is a cross between the two. Here on the Critical Thinker, I ask you to give some thought to the issue at hand, triangulate information and come up with an informed decision or opinion for yourself.

In this podcast you will have the opportunity to hear the audio version of the Critical Thinker while the written version can be found at thereadingcircleblog.blogspot.com, so tune in frequently to see what the topic of discussion is for each broadcast. The tagline for the critical thinker is a quote from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. and the quote says "Nothing pains some people more than having to think." I challenge you to read the critical thinker blog, follow the critical thinker podcast and follow the critical thinker on twitter at thinkcritical01. Thank you and I look forward to sharing many thoughts in this podcast for you to critically think about. Again, I say welcome to The Critical Thinker.