“We have been programmed since our earliest school years to become followers, not individuals. We have been conditioned to embrace teams, the herd, the masses, popular opinion — and to reject what is different, eccentric, or stands alone. We are so programmed that all it takes for any business or authority to condition our minds to follow or buy something is to simply repeat a statement more than three or four times until we repeat it ourselves and follow it as truth or the trendiest thing.” ~Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun Pumpkin political rally / Cindy La Ferle_________               To view “Featured Posts”…