Future Not So Perfect
I had a chance to read some about the Mrs. Cleo scandals today. What I found to be the oddest thing about them all is not once does anyone accuse her of not being psychic. Every lawsuit is filed as a “false advertising” type having to do with the amount of money charged and the harassment that followed after calling. According to the article I read, the reason they weren’t pursuing the “not a psychic” approach is that you can’t prove that she is or isn’t in court. If I claimed to be the direct descendent of Napoleon, then I could be charged with fraud if the DNA didn’t match up; but if I wanted to say that I’m the direct descendent of God, the courts can’t touch me. I may end up visiting the men in the white coats, but no jail time.
At the other end of the spectrum is John Edwards; John doesn’t claim to be able to predict the future, he talks to the dead. Where Mrs. Cleo claims to predict the future for lots of money, John comes out to a live studio audience and just starts getting the vibe. I don’t know if John has the ability to talk to the dead. I originally tuned in to ‘catch him in the act’. I knew he had to be a fraud. The problem is that I haven’t been able to catch him and now I really don’t want to. See, where John succeeds is he comes across as likeable, funny and a nice guy. He knows how to work a room and gets a laugh just by being himself. I watch Crossing Over regularly now. Not because I want to debunk him or because I’m a firm believer that he’s doing what he claims; I watch because I enjoy the show, it’s entertaining. You get to see some insight into people’s lives and I come away from it wanting to call my parents and say I love them.
And guess what, all of this is free. I don’t have to call John. I am not barraged by TV commercials and emails telling me that he has a message for me. If I want to spend some money, he’s published a few books. I haven’t read them because it’s not the topic that makes me come back to the show, it’s his personality. Plus, they have a great tag line for the show: “The Afterlife Will Be Televised.”
So, where Mrs. Cleo couldn’t seem to predict her future legal problems, maybe John Edwards can come in and get her in touch with her career, ‘cause it’s definitely dead mon’.
I had a chance to read some about the Mrs. Cleo scandals today. What I found to be the oddest thing about them all is not once does anyone accuse her of not being psychic. Every lawsuit is filed as a “false advertising” type having to do with the amount of money charged and the harassment that followed after calling. According to the article I read, the reason they weren’t pursuing the “not a psychic” approach is that you can’t prove that she is or isn’t in court. If I claimed to be the direct descendent of Napoleon, then I could be charged with fraud if the DNA didn’t match up; but if I wanted to say that I’m the direct descendent of God, the courts can’t touch me. I may end up visiting the men in the white coats, but no jail time.
At the other end of the spectrum is John Edwards; John doesn’t claim to be able to predict the future, he talks to the dead. Where Mrs. Cleo claims to predict the future for lots of money, John comes out to a live studio audience and just starts getting the vibe. I don’t know if John has the ability to talk to the dead. I originally tuned in to ‘catch him in the act’. I knew he had to be a fraud. The problem is that I haven’t been able to catch him and now I really don’t want to. See, where John succeeds is he comes across as likeable, funny and a nice guy. He knows how to work a room and gets a laugh just by being himself. I watch Crossing Over regularly now. Not because I want to debunk him or because I’m a firm believer that he’s doing what he claims; I watch because I enjoy the show, it’s entertaining. You get to see some insight into people’s lives and I come away from it wanting to call my parents and say I love them.
And guess what, all of this is free. I don’t have to call John. I am not barraged by TV commercials and emails telling me that he has a message for me. If I want to spend some money, he’s published a few books. I haven’t read them because it’s not the topic that makes me come back to the show, it’s his personality. Plus, they have a great tag line for the show: “The Afterlife Will Be Televised.”
So, where Mrs. Cleo couldn’t seem to predict her future legal problems, maybe John Edwards can come in and get her in touch with her career, ‘cause it’s definitely dead mon’.
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