Ever made up a good conspiracy story to pretend life is more complicated than it really is?

In that case, let’s pretend that credit card companies would stand to gain more money than a few “skimmers” making short change on some debit cards at Michael’s stores.

Could you then stretch your imagination to think that credit card companies would have paid someone to slip a few skimmers into a store and promote headlines that scream, “DEBIT CARDS ARE BAD FOR YOU, JUST LIKE FLORESCENT BULBS IN OFFICES AND RUSTY NAILS SUPERGLUED TO THE INSIDE OF SHOES TOSSED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!!!”

Republicans quit U.S. 2012 presidential race and Schwarzenegger reveals “maid to order” baby all because it’s an international conspiracy that placed a sexually-attacked woman in the IMF chief’s hotel room!

U.S. intentionally withdraws support funds for Pakistan because China has secretly agreed to pickup Pak’s bills!

Queen Elizabeth abandons the royal throne after seeing what a lovely wee place Ireland is and decides to make Limerick her permanent home, apologising for 800 years of oppression while taking up residence in the ol’ king’s castle!

YAWN!  Wake me up when the whole population has outgrown ignorant attitudes and operates on facts, not supposition.

It’s one thing to have a healthy dose of doubt in one’s noggin and quite another to believe everything you hear and make up more when it’s not believable enough because the facts are too simple to accept.