i dont think we shoudl abandon trying to make decision sometimes government, politicians and the polis need to act and make a choice in order to get anything done or make things better however these choices are not black and white there is some truth and some untruth about almost everything whether it be policy or a candidates position or campaigne nothing is hard cut and honest but that doesnt mean we cannot make the best educated decisions just like sstudents do when taking a test. you make an educated guess, not saying we should guess what to do but we shouldnt give up all together. people or politicians however may in a sense "con" people to believe their side or their opinion is truth. to make things black and white in a grey world takes some manipulation and conning

in relation to our own economy and modern society we have to be relentless and active and we cannot simply stand back and let things blow over or ignore problems or strict situations such as our economic issues or previous issues on war and terrorism, certian situations call for an active and relentless point of view, however this aggressive tactic shouldnt not be used on a constant basis and we should definitely take a step back and let things unfold and blow over jst as Jay-z did with other rappers that are "hating"

when it comes to the "rustle in the grass" example do you believe that we should assume the rustle is a dangerous predator or just the wind? In other words is it beneficial to be extra cautious and make an "incorrect causal story"? how are we caustious in Public policy and what causal stories do we create to rationalize our decisions in the way we view policy?

i would agree that money is the least imortant goal for the dimensions of development because as a country you do not need money to become developed, in the long term money will become more and more of an importance but as a goal you do not need money to beecome a developed country. the problem with money being a means and whether or not a country is developed if they are poor but have culture and human rights is that many poor countries do not have many freedoms and are lacking in the human rights department, as well as in the freedom to express the culture they come from. many poor countries have litttle to no human rights, whether it is directly afffected by money or not is something i would like to look up. i agree with his assertions that human rights are extremely important to becoming a developed country, how can you develop with no freedoms? and having a rich and growing culture is important to the people and affects the countries development. so i agree.

i would say yes, with every con or manipulation the con artist, depending on the audience, will use a certain frame to draw that particular "buyer" in. they will either frame the product to the consumer or they will convince the consumer that they need the product. either way the manipulation and framing is there otherwise the audience wouldnt be as easily convinced, in relation to the public sphere all i can think about is infomercials. typically the spokes person is the manipulator/con artist and the viewers are the victims. the spokes person will frame the situation to convince the consumer that it is necessary to have the item thus conning them, thats in a consumer model. in political framing politicians con, for lack of a better word, voters into thinking they are the only candidate that can fulfill what the public "needs". and when it comes to passing bills society frames them around what people want to hear and manipulate it so voters see something they agree with and arent educated on other reprocussions of that bill. Manipulation and framing techniques can be seen everywhere!!