This being my first post, I will explain how my blog will work. I want to inspire people so I will always start off with a quote famous, or not so famous that relates somehow to what I have to say.

"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because the control the minds of the masses" - Malcolm X

For a long time... I said I wanted to change the world... And I didn't agree with many policies set forth by our government and even more I disagree with our public school system. Having the mind that I have, the determination and fearless attitude I was blessed with... It only made sense that I would pursue law and when I was younger I had my eyes set on the supreme court. As I grew and learned about different career fields I stumbled across what I believe is the most powerful influence on Americans, advertising.

You see Americans let the media decide what to believe. They allow the media to dictate what's right and what's wrong. The media manipulates and Americans are like putty in their hands. To a certain extent the media is controlled by the government but really only in the form of censorship. Journalist, new reporters, writers, directors, advertising executives and other people in communications/advertising seem to have more freedom, more rights than regular people. Is it really that they have more rights? Or is it that they exercise the ones given to them by our constitution more freely than regular Americans? Are the laws that protect them as long as they remain inside of their ethical code of conduct what allow them to speak their minds publicly about what the people are afraid to say? Or is it that they are like me, some of the few American people not afraid to say publicly and to any who will listen what they really think about politics, policy or even fashion for that matter. Why do people take published work as the opinion we should follow? When did people stop thinking for themselves and start relying on the newspapers and the evening news to tell them who won the debate, what shoes are in, or if that convicted criminal really was wrong. When did we forget that although the news is supposed to deliver straight fact, its often bias. When did we forget that its not illegal for people to interject their own opinions? When did it become okay for people to stop thinking for themselves and relying on others to tell them how to think and what to follow.

The media and advertising is so powerful and the average American doesn't even realize how much it effects the decisions they make in their everyday lives. I'm not saying its wrong, because it isn't. I just think people need to be more aware of the manipulation, for lack of a better term that is taking place and question why they make the decisions they make. Or maybe even take a step back and think for themselves before allowing the media to make the decision for them. Now you may agree, or you may disagree. You may think I'm talking utter nonsense and your entitled to that opinion just as I'm entitled to mine but I'm glad you made that decision without someone influencing you to do so.

I'm open to comments, video replies, anything you feel you need to get your point across. =)