[familyop]

"...I do not believe in “shrinks”, either....:)"

But evidence of their evil deeds does exist! ;-)

[Salamander]

I feel so conflicted...I am laughing at your reply but those things are *horrible*....;-D

I once watched a show [that was filmed in the the 70s...what can I say?] that went into great detail about how they are made.

I think Jack Palance hosted it.

{{{{shudder}}}}

[familyop]

Seriously, I wouldn’t call Obama’s speaking tactics hypnotic, but some of them are reminiscent of some of the methods used during the later half of the 1800s (e.g. by Susan B. Anthony). ...also used by some preachers and other kinds of speakers who rely mainly on metaphor-loaded rhetoric.