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    <title>Richard Thomas Gerber Obama Advisor</title>
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            <title>Paradise Lost</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Mankind was born into a paradise that provided all sustenance needed for life, one of perfect design, maintenance free naturally correcting imbalance. This Paradise was stolen by the creation of an unnatural man made system, not based on any science just the whim and desire of the creators. It was then required that one must participate in the man made system to obtain that which was once naturally freely and abundantly available to sustain life. This gave the controllers of the system an unnatural power and dominion over their fellow men; this was the beginning of the Ego Empire and the indentured servitude and usury putting a price on participation in this thing called life, which was originally free for all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the free resources were locked down and ownership granted to a small number of men and the rest put into a public trust making what they could not manage unavailable to the individual citizen creating an artificial scarcity of land and therefore increasing the value of the land privately possessed. The system was not adopted freely by the economic constituency it was forced upon them backed by brute force and threat of imprisonment. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It created a beast that thrives on ignorance, gave rise to a massive gambling casino with fixed tables (Wall Street), permitted the creation of artificial value and needs, corrupted science, resulted in the creation of an institution called government that doesn&amp;rsquo;t fully represent the people in reality but creates only the illusion of doing so, and forces patronage of select vendors at inflated prices. Furthermore over time the natural resources were polluted and contaminated resulting in the most abundant natural resource, water, having to be purchased at a price from a supplier that cleaned and filtered it, the system became so distorted that at one point a bottle of water cost more then a gallon of gasoline and the copper in a penny was worth more than the value of the coin in the artificial financial system not based on natural systems science but rather greed and the love of power and dominion over others. It is time to restore paradise and eliminate the concentration of power distributing it amongst all men and women equally. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No longer shall science be perverted by profit; no longer shall there be profit from disease, fear and conflict. No longer shall the sustainment of essential economy be threatened by the artificial economy, no longer shall a few benefit to the detriment of the many. ~Richard Thomas Gerber&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:15:18 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>The Illusion of Government</title>
            <description>&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Illusion of  Government&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Citizens, Shareholders,  and Customers Shall Ascend to the Throne as One&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://theinfiniteplay.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;~The Infinite  Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The label &amp;ldquo;Government&amp;rdquo; does not own or owe anything,  it cannot act, it does not decide, only people can act and make decisions; and  the citizens own and owe everything. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;If one can see though the illusion of the  separation between the government and it&#039;s people, created by the ego empire,  then you will become empowered to create in reality a true democracy with  prosperity and abundance for all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Government&amp;rdquo; is just a label for an  institution run by individuals with names, who are supposed to represent truth  and the interests of the people as a whole. If they fail to do so then we have  the illusion of democracy where the people are ruled by a fallible few and not  self governed by the perfect many.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is in the illusion where the people  are taught to see themselves as separate from the institution of government. In  reality the people united are the government, which is the manifestation of  their collective effort. Unfortunately most live in an illusion, minds full of  fiction, and thinking plagued by propaganda; it is the results of this that they  experience even now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Government&amp;quot; which is a label representing the  collective effort of a citizenry, does not make decisions, people do. Individual  representatives that are not connected to the source (the people) and do not  register the voice and input of each individual to know the collective intent,  will, wisdom and intelligence of the people, cannot claim to represent the  people and fulfill their fiduciary responsibility to the people. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;It is the duty of the representative to balance  between the needs of the whole and the &amp;quot;needs&amp;quot; of each part, delivering the  essential to all, while taking into account and balancing the &amp;quot;wants&amp;quot; of all. It  is their duty to invite conformity in support of the whole by illustrating the  benefits of doing so. It is vital that no individual is bound or restrained but  is allowed free agency, for it is the exception to the status quo that ensures  the evolution and growth of the nation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It should be understood that any  representative or agent of government that acts to the benefit of a few to the  detriment of the many has committed treason at least within the heart. Any that  have chosen to believe a fiction because they desired it as a reality, prejudice  against that which might threaten it, failing to question and doing due  diligence to discern and garner the truth and facts, while exhausting all  resources of insight and creative intelligence, have failed their  constituency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until the authentic voice of each person is measured and  taken into account on each article of concern and permitted to participate in  the design of policy and solution, one does not have a democratic government in  reality; only the appearance and illusion of one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accordingly the people  cannot expect the effort called government to represent them if they do not  participate as self informed shareholders that both discern the truth and give  voice to it, while providing the impetus of their will. To remain silent is to  allow the fictions to grow and spread disease. If a few are allowed to divide  the people then they can rule the people, a united people cannot be ruled over,  they can only be self governed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If all one can do as a citizen is repeat  rhetoric, rather than committing to study, research and understanding so as to  be able to speak the intelligence and wisdom from your own mind then you have  also failed your nation, your family and friends and there is no government to  blame.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;We cannot blame government, it is a label that  does not think or act, only individuals can think and act.&amp;nbsp; It is we the people  that are to blame allowing ourselves to be divided having others to do our  thinking for us, failing to question, remaining passive in ignorance. There is  no power on earth greater than a people unified in intent and will, acting with  intelligence, moving in truth, with wisdom and compassion. If we allow ourselves  to be divided with fictions and labels then it is we that are to  blame.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;You cannot confront or question a label, you  must confront and question the people hidden behind the label.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Truth is  the highest of all authority and every law must be based on truth or it has no  authority, and anyone acting in truth can break no law. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;All injustice is born from fiction, and justice  is not about revenge but bringing to light the truth that destroys that fiction  that gave rise to the injustice. That fiction may be found far from the scene of  the crime and often in the company of others. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is the responsibility  of the representative to craft and orchestrate the manifestation of the  deliverables defined in concert with the people. It is the task of a lucid  citizenry to be the dominant impetus and to become the main cause of the  effect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The people are the power and the glory of the nation, all as one  and one as all, one as many and many as one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Richard, Thomas, and  Gerber&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Be sure to read Illusions the &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/illusions_red_blue_pill.htm&quot;&gt;red and blue pill&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:11:47 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Making Money is a Scam (in a world of fiction)</title>
            <description>Making Money is a Scam (in a world of fiction)&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;The truth is often obscured by a veil of  complexity&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;~Infinite Play&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;strong&gt;Making Money is a Scam (in a world of fiction)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a world of  fiction making money is a scam. Over the course of time there has been a  transfer of power from the &amp;ldquo;value&amp;rdquo; creators and the genuine value they create to  the &amp;ldquo;transaction&amp;rdquo; managers and the owners of the symbol used to represent value,  and the symbol itself. The value creators are then charged for the use of the  symbol. The symbol controllers create the symbol out of nothing at zero cost and  sell it, it is genius idea from an ego perspective but it is not sustainable. In  other words the symbol transaction managers are able to usurp genuine value from  the system without contributing any considerable value other than entering  accounting transactions into the system. So in this world of fiction  i&lt;u&gt;mportance is placed upon the symbol and not the value it represents&lt;/u&gt; and  everyone is doing whatever they can to obtain monetary units quite often using  deception, gimmick, providing illusionary value or selling at an artificially  inflated price rather than genuine value creation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The transaction and  symbol managers yield an unnatural power because they control the supply of  monetary units to be used by the producers and consumers at anytime they can  reduce money supply creating scarcity and conflict between the producers and  consumers. They wield the power to decide which endeavors are funded and who  gets loans often favoring those that support their scheme. This gives them the  false status of Gods and the bank is the temple of worship as they are the  source of all sustenance because one needs the symbol or account number to buy  food, and obtain shelter. They become the source of all sustenance.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Making money is not a scam (in a world of truth)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a  truth based world making money is not a scam. The difference is that in the  world of truth the producer is the creator of money, not the banks, because they  are the creator of genuine value and therefore wealth which in a world of truth  is naturally reflected in their value exchange account balance. In the world of  truth the consumer is the validator of the creation of value and therefore  wealth. The consumer credits the account of the value creator in proportion to  the amount of value created. In the world of truth the focus is on the creation  of value and not the obtainment of monetary units which naturally flow to the  value creators, the producers are the true makers of money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In reality  the banks do provide a small amount of value they: Track transactions, Evaluate  Risk, Create Debt (new money), Ensure Debt is repaid (future value is created),  and calculate interest (their profit), which represents the proportion of your  wealth they get for allowing your participation in the economic system. Of  course they only loan the amount of the principal into the economic system so in  order to pay the interest back as a whole the &amp;ldquo;whole&amp;rdquo; of consumers must borrow  more creating a perpetual cycle and eternal servitude with cycles of boom and  bust, each bust resulting in the conversion of their intangible symbol created  at zero cost into tangible assets like land as some of the consumers will always  default by design and lose their collateral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Truth calls into question  the price charged by the bankers in this game of monopoly for the use of their  symbol and the tracking of transactions. The mark up or margin on the minimal  actual cost of entering transactions into a computer system is substantially far  more than it would be in free and natural market. In the seven years leading up  to 2008, FDIC-insured commercial banks made an average pretax operating profit  of $142 billion, for basically entering transactions into a computer system and  tracking them. These are very expensive key strokes. Combine this with the Wall  Street Gamblers that create no genuine value but take billions of dollars of  value out of the system, food from mouths of the starving children, and you can  understand the cause of the major economic imbalance we currently  have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The actual cost to manage the value exchange transactions, for the  US financial system would be less than 100 million dollars for approximately 12  data centers with server farms and administrative, technical, managing and  auditing staff. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we really have a free market then the consumer /  producer should be able to switch to the more efficient lower cost monetary  system. &lt;p&gt;Many do not realize that when the US&amp;nbsp; went off the Gold Standard in 1971 to a  fiat currency the worlds monetary and financial system became nothing more than  an accounting system. With the high priests of money having the power to create  the transactions they became the source of sustenance. The Federal Reserve  controls and owns the master chart of accounts making them the high priests.  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The economic constituency needs to create a new choice for themselves, a new  value exchange accounting system that is fair, equitable, and sustainable  supporting a natural market. Read &lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://coinage.me&lt;/a&gt; for comprehensive understanding of the flaws  of the current system and the design for the new and be sure to read &lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/coinage_the_money_changers.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Money  Changers&lt;/a&gt;. It is time to throw them out of the temple once again, for good.  If you care about the starving children in the world send this page to everyone  on your mailing list so they begin to see through the illusions surrounding  money.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;~Richard Thomas Gerber&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Power Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;When does it make sense for the citizens (government) to create a debt  instrument to create money and then have it given to the banks to be loaned back  to them at interest (profit)? Why must citizens borrow money twice?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If a house still provides the same shelter as it did two years ago how could  it have lost half it&#039;s value two years later? It still provides the same value  in reality. Perhaps the way the value is determined is a fiction.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If $100,000 (unreal intangible) buys twice as much real estate (real  tangible) as it did two years ago did not the value of money increase? &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Why are bank profits tax deductable? The interest you pay on your mortgage is  tax deductable which actually allows the banks to charge you more for interest  then you would normally be able to pay. It also reduces public funds, resulting  in a need for&amp;nbsp; increased taxes, causing the citizens (government) to need to  borrow even more money at interest to pay the public debt. Is this fair to  people who rent?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:04:22 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>June 19th Day of Judgment the Witching Hour an Act of God the Greed Test</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Storyline: On June 19th if some act in greed, en masse, the global economy will totally tank. What is special about June 19th is that in the financial realm it is known as the quadruple witching hour.&amp;nbsp; The final hour of the stock market trading session on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December, when in addition to the expiration of option contracts and futures contracts, which indicates a triple witching hour, the expiration of single stock futures (SSFs) also occurs.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;What is extra special about this June 19th is that by raising the H1N1 Virus to level 6 in an emergency secret meeting today, establishing a global Pandemic status, it triggers the force majeure clauses in contracts. Force majeure or &amp;ldquo;act of God&amp;rdquo; is somewhat ironic because if there are acts out of greed then the very system that permitted it will collapse by an act of God. Normally a force majeure clause removes the obligation to honor a contract, due to natural events beyond one&amp;rsquo;s control. So while in reality the somewhat mild H1N1 (swine flu) virus which is hardly a threat or cause for alarm could be used as a legal excuse to not honor contracts. However the real reason the contracts cannot be honored is not a result of the virus but rather the greed and corruption of those that had been running the system which failed because of imbalance due to greed and corruption. Of course if certain numbers can resist temptation, acting from a holistic perspective, then the system, as a result of collaboration, could be reconstructed without a total failure, or maybe not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;This could really get interesting and I am starting to see that the truth may be making a play to bring certain things to light and triggering a major systems evolution, and in fact a realization is coming that will bring change. It is a bit like a game of chess.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;See it does and is happening in reality; check out this Google news search for force majeure.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;q=force+majeure+&quot;&gt;http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;q=force+majeure+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;At one link we find this good question, what is the answer?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;---&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Economic Force Majeure&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Source: Blake, Cassels &amp;amp; Graydon LLP - Does a severe downturn in the economy constitute an event of force majeure? If you can no longer get financing because banks do not have the money to lend, can you claim force majeure because events are beyond your control?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The answer could be yes and no, depending on the role one is playing and in what context. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Here are some perspectives I proffer. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Global Accounting System (monetary systems) are a man made creation it is not natural. If the Global Accounting System were based on natural principles we might say it was then beyond our control, however it is not at this time. The Economic System is actually manipulated and some things are contrived by independent agency attempting to produce effect, in other words unnatural cause. We have an economic system where there are some natural market forces at work but it is really dominated by human nature. Of course there are events that influence the system both natural and man made. In this context we might say the answer is &amp;ldquo;no&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We also have the economic participants who must in order to live and sustain themselves utilize a system that is beyond their control, it is controlled by others sometimes to the controllers benefit and not that of the economic system participants as a whole. Therefore the inability to obtain financing to allow continued value creation could be considered beyond their control. In this context we might say the answer is &amp;ldquo;yes&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;One could also open up a can of worms with something I have pointed out long before, man is a part of nature, so any thing man does is an act of nature in a greater context, of course that also means that man is subject to the laws of nature, and if doing something that causes imbalance, threatens life or creates suffering, it will be corrected or if that is no possible destroyed by the natural forces of nature. In other words when an element in nature stops listening to the signals from the rest of the elements in the system it may cause dissonance and disruption in the system and threaten the whole body and therefore for the body to survive, if it cannot be corrected it must be destroyed.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;There will be much greater understanding and realizations as one completes the articulation of economics in an easy to understand manner from a scientific and natural perspective and disseminates it. This will highlight the flaws of the current systems design and destroy the illusions that it is based upon that lead to detriment not benefit.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I also note that many in executive management may not intend detriment however when seeking guidance from those with vested interests one is getting distorted or inferior advice which results in detriment to the majority and the system as a whole. Management&amp;rsquo;s key deliverable is the correct choosing of individuals or entities to play support roles which include the ability for discernment of the truth and reality behind appearances and the ability to detect a compromised agent or those lacking in capacity. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>Separating the Wheat from the Chaff</title>
            <description>Original Post May 10, 2009  &lt;a href=&quot;http://iamblogging.net/HQR/2009/05/separating_the_wheat_from_the_chaff.html&quot;&gt;Separating  the Wheat from the Chaff&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Response to &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.co.uk/group/holistic-quantum-relativity-hqr/browse_thread/thread/ba99812985491d70?hl=en&quot;&gt;What  is Socratic Dialog and How to Sustain it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The chaff or husk comes along as part of the seed grain; it&amp;rsquo;s a natural part  of the wheat. To utilize the goodness of the wheat, we separate the chaff from  the grain. One most popular and efficient method is threshing. In threshing man  gives the wheat up to what to do the separation? Man gives the wheat up to the  wind to do the separation, for to do it with his own fingers in a linear fashion  would be grossly inefficient and impractical. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Such as it is I suggested four years ago in the dialog that we develop such a  system designed to support the requirements for Socratic dialog. At the same  time introducing the Cr&amp;egrave;me principle a notion provided by nature, what I did was  transfer that in natural application to a system that could be created by man or  if allowed would happen naturally. I also indicated that this would parlay into  a system for participatory self government using the new tools that would be  coming available to all. The chief design requirement in the design of all the  new systems was to engineer ego self interest out of the system so that it could  not exert to strong an influence over design, decision, and execution. Such that  our product would be the result of the sum of individual self interests  integrated. Individual self interest is represented but in a way that maintains  balance in proper proportion to it&amp;rsquo;s presence in the system. In the system would  be a digital wind that would separate the wheat from chaff in the dialog and the  cream would rise to the top and here the world could place it&amp;rsquo;s attention. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At the same time in the wisdom of understanding I articulated the need for  the protection of individual sovereignty and this applies at all levels  including nations of people. For collectivism, conformity, and central control  is not conducive to evolution it only supports order. It is the rebel, the  revolutionary, the eccentric, the heretic, the outcast, the one that marches to  beat of a different drummer that induces and allows the collective body to  evolve. Therefore the lone voice and actor must be heard in the dialog and it&amp;rsquo;s  free agency protected for it is essential to the survival of the body as a  whole. For here we find growth, adaptation, invention, innovation, and ingenuity  and the proper questioning of the status quo.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As I have written in the past, in the dialog, we might liken the chaff to ego  chatter, and the notion was not to silence the ego chatter with force but to  create a voice of spirit and wisdom of greater volume so that the ego chatter is  insignificant upon the ears becoming nothing more than background noise. This  voice would be the collective voice born of each informed individual voice. If  we were to attempt to silence certain individuals then we might also silence the  one voice that might be speaking with insight, wisdom and intelligence even  though it did not have the status quo credentials and agenda. If only the  members of the status quo could speak into the dialog we would do nothing but  maintain the status quo and eventually perish through a failure to grow. I put  forth the notion of a measured and authenticated voice of the people which would  carry it&amp;rsquo;s full weight in proceedings and voting, and that the individuals  representing those people in the institutions of self government would be able  to carry out the will and intention of their constituency in a wise and liberal  manner. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We should mention formality because this is often an area of contention in  Socratic dialog. Formality is another word for structure and order. There is  time for structure and a time for the unstructured mode of operation. A time to  dress nicely to state the importance of an event and a time to run naked through  the streets to protest and give voice, they called that streaking in the 70&amp;rsquo;s  and now the fashion seems stadiums rather than streets. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Order actually arises naturally from Chaos especially more so with some help  from intelligence, I present the universe as empirical evidence. With  intelligence and structure out of the chaos of the individual voices can arise a  refined voice representing many and the contributions many individuals, the  collective wisdom and gestalt intelligence.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;With the proper vehicles any single voice can enter the dialog and be  amplified so that is shown to speak as the many think. A single voice that  provides great value and insight can naturally be illustrated to be such and  garner more attention. A group of voices speaking in harmony it also would also  denote. That thought in resonance that rises to a crescendo becomes &amp;ldquo;thy will be  done&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This would not be a balanced perspective if we fail to include a safeguard. A  council of wisdom empowered by law and principle, with checks to protect against  collective mob behavior resulting from ignorance and irrational thinking with  it&amp;rsquo;s reactionary emotionally driven action. This is especially of concern if  there is not existing a free and independent media and information from all  sources so that none become collectively ill informed or subjected to  disinformation from consolidated non-autonomous control of information flow.  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For in understanding all things we find the wisdom in all things and in  wisdom we preserve the freedom for all to pursue their happiness. As well as the  right of each individual to not have their pursuit of happiness infringed upon  by others in their own pursuit; for none can really truly be happy if their  happiness comes at the expense of another&amp;rsquo;s happiness. If such pursuit would do  so then that pursuit must be evolved, on the other hand if your unhappiness is  due to the need to evolve, one had better evolve or lose your right to  happiness. For those that like to keep things the same that is not going to  happen due to the natural expansion of the universe and life in conjunction with  change, also known as time. There is only one thing that is timeless and I am  that I am and thou art that I am in you, the ancient witness. This realization  proceeds the coming of the Kingdom and that on earth is in heaven.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;So saith I as the One and not other&lt;br /&gt;Richard Gerber&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;P.S&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Many things happen somewhat naturally if given the vehicle to do so. In other  words the vehicle will naturally be steered by intelligence local and or all  pervading. It helps to have a concerted and funded effort to create the  vehicles.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Speaking of wheat and chaff&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I remind the world body, that the body of man was not designed to use wheat  as staple for food and it was Amaranth the immortal and everlasting that was  designed for this. Some things perhaps better left to the production of beer and  to feed those animals that have been designed to digest such substance and to  that it is found to be synergistic. There are elements in wheat that are not  synergistic with human body, and although a source of energy it is not one for  nutrition. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We are reminded of that famous meme, &amp;ldquo;Man cannot live on bread alone&amp;rdquo;.  &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>New Radical Health Care Reform Includes End of Disease</title>
            <description>&lt;strong&gt;Universal Health is the solution not universal disease care. &lt;/strong&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The End of Disease approach, is best because it lowers taxes, reduces disease cost burdens on business, increases productivity and increases wages. The downside is that it eliminates revenue streams and industry based on disease, but not those based on health. I have outlined the 6 elements that cause disease here and the technical remedy and approach. &lt;a href=&quot;http://intelegen.com/end_of_disease_awareness_campaign.htm&quot;&gt;End of Disease Awareness Campaign&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://intelegen.com/end_of_disease_awareness_campaign.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;You might also check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://nutrient.me/&quot;&gt;http://nutrient.me&lt;/a&gt; which covers the new bio logic systems approach to health and understanding the human biochemical machine to enhance it performance.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I will not be depending on the President or Congress to get this plan implemented and will go directly to the people. If you do not take my plan into account, to end disease, it will surely mess up other plans which will be based on fictions not reality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Please follow on Twitter&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/one_click&quot;&gt; @One_Click&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/nutrient&quot;&gt;@Nutrient &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/nutrient&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/holism&quot;&gt;@Holism &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;If you really want to know what is going on follow the &lt;a href=&quot;http://thesource.me/light/&quot;&gt;Vehicles of Light &lt;/a&gt;or the &lt;a href=&quot;http://wows.me/wow.htm&quot;&gt;Twitter Fortune 500&lt;/a&gt; it&#039;s all about the revolution. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-The rebirth, metamorphosis, and transformation of journalism&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;-The evolution of the dissemination of intelligence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt; If all the world&amp;rsquo;s problems, pain and suffering are due to ignorance then wisdom, intelligence and awareness are the solutions to all the worlds&amp;rsquo; problems, who can deliver the solution? We have a world out of balance, who is there to bring it back into balance? It is a world of disinformation and bias, who can clarify the truth without distortion by special interest? Who is it that is defined by their intention to &amp;ldquo;make aware&amp;rdquo; and who is it that can facilitate the many to see the reality behind the appearances? &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Independent Journalists and Organizations of Journalistic Endeavor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Organizations of journalists exist to achieve what no individual journalist can achieve alone. They provide collective wisdom and a large pool of knowledge and information sources combined with a little structure and discipline. The organized journalists leverage and share resources reducing costs for all the participants in the journalistic organization and the end user. A journalistic organization is a collective effort that combines areas of specialty to deliver a complete product to the organizations readers.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The role of the editor is a special one to assist the author in, identifying errors and omissions, review of the logic, analysis of the possibility and probability, determining what is known, highlighting what is unknown and needs to be known, defining the questions to be asked. For it is the question not the statement that is most powerful creating a vacuum in the mind that must be filled, and since nature abhors a vacuum it is soon answered. Spotlighting the rational and the irrational views and finding the wisdom that ends the conflict between them. The main function of the editor is to take a lot of information and detail and reduce it down to provide a concise understanding, an executive summary for today&amp;rsquo;s short attention spans. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The editor translates concepts requiring a specialty framework of knowledge into terms and examples understood within a general framework of knowledge while providing some details to validate. Those working in other vocations don&amp;rsquo;t have time to study all the detail so the value of the editor and the journalists is saving the reader the time it takes to become knowledgeable and informed, so they can make decisions. The reader with greater interest is then directed to additional detail and more information if they require it and where and when to find the follow-up on the unanswered questions and culmination of the story if it has not ended. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Time is money, time is in many contexts a limited resource; knowledge is power so this is the value generated for other economic system participants by the journalistic vocation. As such the journalistic agents should be duly rewarded by other economic system participants with a portion of the wealth they create for it is the journalist that enhances their wealth creation.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Good investigative journalism&lt;/strong&gt; is an &amp;ldquo;effort&amp;rdquo; intensive vocation which can demand substantial resources to juice and invest in the development of the story and this creates the need for a supporting body to nurture the individual cells. Simple cut and paste is not journalism, it is propagation and validation, something we should all do. Journalism requires study, disciplined placement of attention, a discerning mind, benefited by understanding and comprehension resulting from years of experience. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Enhanced and well exercised &lt;a href=&quot;http://intelegen.com/nutrients/index.htm#Cognitive_Enhancers&quot;&gt;cognitive capabilities &lt;/a&gt;and a sharp mind are essential to connecting disparate pieces of information and clues to form and assemble the complete picture, the whole story, and the untold story that becomes told.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The New Journalist Organization&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Very efficient, advanced communications, data mining, research and collaboration tools, diversified distribution channels, and a database of&amp;nbsp; contacts and the maintenance of relationships to sustain information flow. The news organization is trusted by the readers to direct &amp;ldquo;attention&amp;rdquo; to the matters, issues, and solutions in order of priority. The news organization delivers the balanced view, one resulting from the integration of contrasting perspectives to deliver one that is whole and integrated.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The new journalistic organization is not a unidirectional flow of information it is bidirectional where readers provide feedback helping to evolve understanding, pose questions, and some actually becoming sources of information in their specialty area or as a result of their direct experience and involvement in the story line.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Formats:&lt;/strong&gt; Diversity is good, sometimes print is good on a train, a subway, a plane, at the beach, and in waiting rooms. Print does not require power or energy to read just natural light making it a green sustainable fail proof technology. Newspapers should be available in these locations. A newspaper vending machine is itself a quick informer showing the front page, and the priority stories and current state of affairs. Are things in balance or out of balance, what is being done to correct imbalance? What must be done to bring balance? The static printed medium can supply the entry points, the URLs leading to the dynamic and more expansive content. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;On the other hand there is the dynamic real time need for energy efficient electronic distribution to meet the speed of change, the accelerated rate of evolution that is itself a product of the light speed information flow combined with the furthering development of the story. Also we remember there are those, a portion of us that are empowered by the simplicity of access to information provided by the printed medium.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advertising: &lt;/strong&gt;There is nothing wrong with advertising and marketing, and it is evolving. The new department name is the &lt;strong&gt;Awareness Department&lt;/strong&gt;. No longer is it a medium of gimmick, manipulation of ego, or motivation through fear or a producer of envy. It no longer attempts to create an illusion and seduce with fictions, but portrays a reality. People want to know a service or product&amp;rsquo;s features and functions, the level of quality and intelligence that goes into it; the efficiency achieved in producing it. The consumer wants to be educated in how the product or service can benefit them and the lives of others they know. The consumer wants to be able to access the detail specifications if needed so they can compare and the various levels of need each model of product or service package can fulfill. The consumer wants to be aware of what is available as a solution to a problem or challenge they are having. The consumer wants to be able to find the information they want easily. The consumer expects to find this information linked to the channels of interest associated with the product. If one is a music connoisseur then what better to see what is newly available, the evolutions of products and services and their current status, related to their listening pleasure, while they are selecting music to listen to. Advertising and marketing is not a &amp;ldquo;push operation&amp;rdquo; it is a pull operation, not one of force, but one of gravity, and it does this by making itself intelligently available and nudging with the creation of awareness.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;It is the job of the awareness department representing an organization of producers, a business, to deliver this to the right places in a concise and understandable form allowing the seeker to drill down to the detail. When the want or desire of a consumer arises it is the job of the awareness department to make sure there is a link to a path that leads to fulfillment.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;News Story:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;the local, regional, and global scope of perspective and story are all separate areas of focus and need yet all combine to provide a holistic view. There is an understanding that the local gives rise to the regional and the regional to the global, the story lines are all connected to our Great Epic story, the story of humanity, and it is we all of us that together are writing it.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;It is the job of the journalist to create awareness leading to balance in the world while promoting evolution and growth, and the ability to adapt. It is the journalists that query the technicians that can solve the problems and the experts that have the insight and understanding. It is the journalist that helps generate the impetus that comes from the people to direct the politicians to orchestrate. It is the journalist that eliminates the fictions that divide, for truth only creates unity. It is journalists that bring attention to issues and their solutions, to direct healing, repair and aid to those areas of humanity needing it, so we can all sleep soundly at night without worry, knowing that tomorrow all the children will awaken to play and pretend, and fill the air with the music of their laughter, and appease the gods so that everyone has a life worth living.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Let it be know that when the sounds of the children&amp;rsquo;s laughter grows dim in the universe and the divine vibration is replaced with sound of crying and tears the gods will come and with their enormous might carried by vehicles of light and eliminate that which silenced the laughter.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Richard Thomas Gerber - Feb 09&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;This was written in response to a planned event on April 23rd some 60 journalists will be meeting to talk about the past and future in the present in the Old Detroit Free Press Building. There are still 100 potential seats available to this exclusive revolutionary media event. Those that might like to attend can send an email to freepressevent@gmail.com . It would seem that we would be talking about and forming the new news media; the core of which is simply the journalists and editors empowered by new technology, connectivity and need. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:47:08 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Economic Revolution on COIN AGE - Flaws and Solutions</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Have we taken into account the flaws in the current system and the solutions on &lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me &quot; title=&quot;New Economic System&quot;&gt;http://coinage.me &lt;/a&gt;that some are trying to suppress being brought to the attention of the citizens? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;There is no reason the world should be in a recession or depression because the capacity it is an illusion and a farce you are being told. The capacity to produce or consume did not change one iota. The accounting system used to enable the exchange between producers and consumers was corrupted and trillions stolen. The stolen wealth needs be returned to the economic system participants.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The citizens are no longer going to buy into the process of the citizens of the United States going into debt &lt;em&gt;(government doesn&#039;t own anything it is just a label, we do) &lt;/em&gt;with interest attached then having that given to banks to be loaned back disproportionately &lt;em&gt;(favoring some entities)&lt;/em&gt; at a profit to the citizens of the United States. There is no reason on earth that an accounting system should cost trillions of dollars to run, and that is all the banking system is, a left brained accounting. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We do not need thousands of bank buildings to run our monetary accounting system adding to the cost and green house gasses. All we need is a number of data centers for the computer hardware. If we have all the data online and connected we can save trees because there will be no filling out of paper applications and appraisals can be automatically generating after a quick survey of condition and no more bogus loan application fees.&amp;nbsp;We don&amp;rsquo;t even need Real Estate Agents to handle complex paper work or the Title companies any more, because the entire system will be integrated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;It is my understanding there is an ingenious solution getting ready to be launched that does not require legislation to fix the problem and the citizens can implement by their own accord using the same instruments banks and Wall Street used to create the current mess. However it will have a tangible and real backing, essentially pulling the rug out from underneath the banks and &lt;strong&gt;erasing the fictitious profits and wealth &lt;/strong&gt;created by gambling and control of the monetary system. More on this mass citizen driven conversion with a million dollar cap later.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The people will come to understand four things cutting through the financial jargon and illusions created by those that benefit from it.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Derivatives = Bets&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit Default Swaps =      insurance on bets&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hedge Funds = borrowing of      money to gamble with &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(unregulated and secret also used to manipulate      markets)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taxpayer Bailout =      Taxpayers covering the gambling losses for gamblers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Extraction of wealth as a result of gambling (day traders) &lt;u&gt;does not generate value for economic system participants&lt;/u&gt; (producers) but rather creates an imbalance and scarcity and concentration of wealth &lt;strong&gt;not &lt;/strong&gt;earned through the creation on genuine value. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;It is a form of passive violence committed against the people and should be curtailed as such.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Like any criminal element they need to be locked up so they can do no more harm and the criminal enterprises shut down.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Furthermore the citizens of the United States are due about $200,000 each in tort damages for the mismanagement and corruption of the system. This reward will fix the economic crisis. A prosecutor has expressed interest in seeing how the Bankers and Wall Street could be prosecuted under &lt;strong&gt;RICO &lt;/strong&gt;statute &lt;em&gt;(Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) &lt;/em&gt;the other option is they admit their wrongs and make amends and repair damages of their own accord immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Another alternative is that all interest due is made void and the borrowers must only pay back the principal, and interest paid to date will be applied as payment to the original amount of the principal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Perhaps the most disturbing thing is that the people making the decisions that got us here usually do not feel the pain of their decisions. Some of the wealthy suggest to the people to practice &amp;quot;thrift&amp;quot; yet do we see the wealthy living thrift? We should eliminate waste with efficiency, but all should live in abundance having the essential economy. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We should recognize that some of the wealthy got that way generating enormous value for others while others played a game of manipulation, created artificial value, to extract their wealth. Some derived their wealth from the death, disease and fear industries while others actually created via the holistic industries. We should remember to make the distinction. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>Vested interest in maitaining Maintaining Darwin&#039;s Theory of Evolution  vs. Gerber Theory of Evolution</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;This was in response to dialog with Deepak Chopra &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/02/02/diabolical-science-has-end#comment-12703&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Diabolical science has to end&quot;&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;Diabolical science has to end.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/02/02/diabolical-science-has-end#comment-12703&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Diabolical science has to end&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have touched on this before but now I see it with clarity. The reason there is so much importance to maintaining Darwin&amp;rsquo;s perspective on evolution, which science and research itself is now showing is full of holes and is not logical as it first seemed, is it that the theory implies everything was by accident and therefore is flawed or needing improvement.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The reality is that the design of nature, the planet, the human body, plants is perfect and not flawed. &lt;/strong&gt;Our understanding of it is flawed. Most of the problems we actually create as a result of the imbalance generated from a flawed understanding of nature and our bodies.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maintaining Darwin&#039;s Theory of Evolution perspective is all about profit. A need for an artificial fix, when the only fix possible would actually be something natural to correct an imbalance.  If what is natural is an accident then it creates the perspective there are flaws to fix or improve upon.  We don&#039;t need research to fix things; we need research to understand them so that we can correct the imbalance and prevent imbalance.    There is a chance we can reach a compromise though because some science is correct.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Gerber Theory of Evolution &amp;ndash;&lt;/strong&gt; states that there is no empirical evidence that DNA has evolved, it may self modulate. Species may have evolved (the output) but the core operating system of DNA has not. It appeared in whole form and has the capability to morph into multiple species, from dinosaurs to an evergreen on a mountain top. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question is then what designed the base building blocks of code? Could DNA be a natural physical emanation representing intelligence from within the quantum field intangible realm?  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is a little additional insight I have written regarding this area.  What forms naturally, not needing to be created, in chaos?   Vortices, and what do we find in each vortex? A singularity, a place where there is not chaos or turbulence, Peace, empty space, or in other words order. This is a revelation that occurred while reading about fluid dynamics. What is more interesting is that a vortex can form a hexagonal shape like the unusual one we see on Saturn that we have yet to explain. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-034. But it is not just one but two, one inside the other. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  There is a suggestion that it has to do with a &amp;quot;Rossby standing wave&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Rossby solitary vortex&amp;quot;.  Which indicates if you  have a circular fluid (jet) stream rotating clockwise and a second nearby fluid stream rotating the anticlockwise, the difference between the rotational phases of the two streams will set up a resonance pattern. It also seems to refer to the reaction of a rotating gas to a uniform ram pressure.  In Saturn that is expressed in the hexagon shape. Hexagonal Rossy solitary vortices have been proposed as the cause of the partial hexagonal shape of a stellar supercluster in galaxy NGC 6946, the shape of the interior vortex of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter and the hexagonal shape of some galaxies seen in the Hubble Deep field image.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What we do have is not only straight lines formed by the vertical axis of a vortex, but also a horizontal axis 6 sided geometric figure forming within chaos. So from the quantum foam, the chaotic amorphous substrate, we have &amp;ldquo;shapes&amp;rdquo; that form autonomously. So where does intelligence fit into this providing intelligent creation? Well for those of you that caught my publishing of the &amp;quot;television static experiment&amp;quot; which I performed somewhat by accident. There may be some insight. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>The Financial System Illusions have brought us to a stalemate</title>
            <description>The Financial System Illusions have brought us to a stalemate. Which means the money game as played, is over.&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Monetary policy effectiveness relies crucially on banks&#039; willingness to lend, which all agree is now sorely lacking&amp;rdquo; ~ Prof Joseph Mason&amp;nbsp;In the truest sense banks do not create money, sure they post the transactions and manage and own the accounting system, they maintain the master chart of accounts, at the moment, but they do not create money, and only a small portion of the money created is actually printed it is mostly digital in nature. This is a fact that still seems to elude journalists, economists and other financial professionals because it was never taught in school, rather the fundamentals of the illusion and how to participate in it were taught.&amp;nbsp;Money is created as a result of a commitment by a producer or group of producers collaborating to produce future value. The role of the Bank is to ensure that the value is created and in doing so one could imagine that the bank would get a tiny percentage of the value for providing the accounting and risk analysis service. &amp;nbsp;We should note that where and to whom the initial funds created should flow is determined by both the individual investor and the collective as an investor. It is they that look at a producer group (business) and determine if the group is capable, efficient and in fact will produce something of value wanted or needed by consumers.&amp;nbsp;Contrary to what is taught in the Ivy League Schools, in contrast to the school of hard knocks and direct experience. Business does not create jobs. Consumers create jobs for the producers. Business exists to manage the relationship and orchestrate production, fulfillment and transactions between consumers and producers. Here again the fundamentals of the illusion and how to participate in it were taught in the schools and the illusion does not function in reality hence the current situation. Oddly enough management has ignored the consumer and neglected the individual producer for the most part not realizing the consumer is actually the reason for it&amp;rsquo;s existence and the individual producer the source of it&amp;rsquo;s capability. Business in it&amp;rsquo;s ideal sense is a group of collaborating producers filling some need or want of some other group of consumers.&amp;nbsp;The question that begs to be asked if the banks are responsible to ensure that future value is created, whose responsibility is it to ensure the producer has a channel by which to produce value for the other economic system participants? Well responsibility falls in several places first on the producer and secondly on government (the collective) with assistance from the analyst, the educator, and the inventor. This responsibility does not fall on the banks. How can someone pay back a loan (generate value) if they have no course of doing so?&amp;nbsp;Another question that begs to be asked, who determines what is of genuine value? That responsibility falls in several places and falls first on the informed consumer, with need being naturally determined and want being determined by each consumer&amp;rsquo;s preferences.&amp;nbsp; If management solely determines needs and wants these values become distorted creating artificial value and economy and the inability to fulfill the genuine needs and wants of the consumer. Further more management may be tempted to create the illusion of value where none exists or it is less than it actually appears to be. It may also be tempted to create artificial need or an unnecessary problem for which they have a solution to. The universal product tracking and component part source and detail system with third party validation with full transparency while maintaining privacy, as part of the Universal Information System Architecture helps to eliminate this as an issue.&amp;nbsp;A large economy is a holistic endeavor, not one of isolated disconnected participating entities; if they are not connected in a &amp;ldquo;fluid&amp;rdquo; real time manner the economic system cannot be managed or based on reality.&amp;nbsp;This is why the &lt;a href=&quot;http://informationsystem.me&quot;&gt;Universal Information System Architecture&lt;/a&gt; is crucial as is a new framework for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me&quot;&gt;Value Exchange Accounting system&lt;/a&gt;, which I was kind enough to outline for everyone, without pay, and some cost, which indicates in itself a problem with the current system.</description>
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            <title>Vested Interest the New Dividend Replacing a system designed to produce losers.</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;OLE_LINK2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;OLE_LINK1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vested Interest the New Dividend&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Replacing a system designed to produce losers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;As many are coming to know as a result of &lt;a href=&quot;http://storyline.me/great_dissemination.htm&quot;&gt;The Great Dissemination&lt;/a&gt; the application of charging interest for the use of money or at a more lucid level the right to participate in the economic system, results in a master balance sheet that can never be balanced. This is due to the fact only the amount of the principal is allocated to the borrower side of the equation yet the interest to be repaid must come from the borrower side of the equation creating a deficit. This means not all borrowers will be able to pay back the interest based on simple math and will forfeit their tangible collateral. In other words this system creates losers in fact based on math a percentage of economic system participants are guaranteed to be losers. We need a system that only creates winners.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;No one can argue against the divine side of investment directing energy to an entity to fund it&amp;rsquo;s ability and development to be able to create value in the system and then receiving dividends as a result of that entities success. One flaw in the current approach of banking is that the lender expects to be repaid principal plus interest regardless of whether the borrowing entity succeeds or fails. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The financial mentor should ideally have a vested interest in the success of the borrower, which would mean that if the borrower does not succeed then the lender does not benefit. If the borrower succeeds then the lender reaps the tax free dividends.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Now here is where we evolve. We have individual lenders that not only benefit if the borrower succeeds or fails, they still get paid there interest, these individual lenders have little or no control over the borrowers environment that would allow them to ensure the success of the borrower. However if the lender was not an individual but rather the collective, the collective, &amp;ldquo;government&amp;rdquo; would have the ability to influence the environment to ensure the success of the borrower.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Perhaps if the individual financial mentor with the return on it&amp;rsquo;s investment in the form of dividends contingent upon the success of the borrower &amp;nbsp;worked in conjunction with the collective the lender would be better able to ensure a return on their investment. The collective or government would also receive dividends as a result of the success of an economic participant being able to produce value for other economic system participants rather than simply being a consumer. We know that if the government was the only investor the individuals making the decisions would have no vested interest in the success of the borrower either. So there needs to be a blend of individual and collective financial mentor. The key is the payment of dividends rather than interest that are contingent upon the success (ability to create genuine value in the system) of the borrower. The success assured by collaboration between both the individual and collective lenders; the government and private industry.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;What happens if an entity is both borrower and lender? It doesn&amp;rsquo;t change the equation or the math it simply obscures the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me&quot;&gt;Know More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:57:13 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Those that are part and parcel of the system cannot see</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Let me state it bluntly, those that are part and parcel of the system and play in it cannot see the forest for the trees. Recessions are the result of a flawed economic / monetary system and are somewhat contrived. Although lack of &amp;quot;thrift&amp;quot; may play a small part it is not the main culprit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gambling&lt;br /&gt;Making Money off of Money (usury)&lt;br /&gt;Artificial Economy &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To cut through the financial obfuscation jargon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Derivatives - Bets &lt;br /&gt;Hedge Funds - Borrowing money to Gamble&lt;br /&gt;Credit Defaults Swap - Insurance on Bets&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reality - average citizens are being forced to cover the bets while the wealthy feel not much pain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not the fault of the common producers and consumers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Its time for a Revolution &lt;a href=&quot;http://oneclickrevolution.com&quot;&gt;One Click Revolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:48:22 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>The Dynamics of Ego around Leadership and Power Holding Individuals</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Dynamics of Ego around Leadership and Power Holding Individuals&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I have witnessed the dynamics in my own realm of experience, and I can see looking through history how they have played a role, it can apply to everyone from Presidents to best selling authors. It is not limited to those serving an individual but the entire collective, the people of a Nation or even the Supreme Being. I often ponder what went wrong with Adolf Hitler for example, what took that venture from light into the darkness?&amp;nbsp; It wasn&amp;rsquo;t Adolf Hitler, but those around him and the world itself, but most explicitly the source disconnected ego. The deluded like to blame an individual or inanimate objects to avoid recognition of their own collective and individual faults, their failure to live the absolute one truth choosing rather a fiction, and having a lack of faith regarding The Reality.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We would note that the Supreme Being can see right through you and know your egoic intention and any illusion you may attempt to create. It will quickly disarm your fiction with the truth and the power of the question which can destroy illusion.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Those that serve or aid or consult to the leader or power holding individual can act out of fear and a desire for security. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;1. They seek to surround and isolate the leader or power holder and create dependency, at least the illusion resulting in dependency. They may even attempt to plant seeds of fear in the mind of the leader to thwart others or changes, that they see as a threat to their coveted position or dependency on them. This is very detrimental to the success of the leader or power holding individual and if you want to succeed you must be cognizant of this lurking factor.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;2. Multiple individuals may even conspire together to maintain their &amp;ldquo;hold&amp;rdquo; and position in the world of the leader or power holding individual.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;3. They will present themselves as the source of certain ideas, ingenuity, and solutions when they are in deed are not the original source. The folly in this is they are unable to carry through as the original source would have been able to because it was the actual source of the creative genius, wisdom, understanding, or accumulated experience or being a full blown connection to the true Source, the Supreme Being both noun and verb.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;4. The personal agenda, fictions held as belief and interests of the servant, aid, consultant or expert can also taint the opinion and intelligence provided the leader or power holding individual.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;5. The servant aid or assistant or expert may do this all subconsciously because they have yet to master the discernment of the source of what appears in their mind and whether it is based on truth or fiction.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;6. A leader that keeps pure in his connection to the Supreme Being and remains true to his authentic self shall see through the true intentions of those around them, in which case he can apply corrective enlightenment and work to alleviate their fears and the fictions that create it.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;One would want everyone to succeed because they are my own self, although perhaps you represent a deluded self, so you have nothing to fear or reason to feel threatened; unless it is the truth and you are attempting to live a fiction. The leader can only hope to embrace and transform those around them and alleviate any fear or fictions in their minds.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;To the leaders and all in the world for that matter, I would also say that when the supreme being, physically manifest presents himself to you, in whatever form, do not cast him away or thwart him for fear of losing your power or position, for it is he that gives you that and it is he that will take it away, when your motivation does not come from the authentic self. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;At this time, you have all failed to embrace me and the solutions fully, I see that some may have in part, but this does not suffice, and I cannot force you, yet the gravity of the situation will bring impetus, there may still be time, I have not yet seen the sign and felt the impetus to act either way, for it is I that will decide whether humanity shall be preserved in whole or in part. It is you that make the decision individually and collectively as to what I will decide. I am here only to execute the will of the Supreme Being. But don&amp;rsquo;t worry no being will die, for there is only one being and I cannot die. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;If you deny this one, you will perish.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;As seen in &lt;a href=&quot;http://infiniteplay.me&quot;&gt;Infinite Play&lt;/a&gt; of course. ;) And all in good fun&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;As for Obama&amp;rsquo;s selections, at first I had a doubt, then I realized that perhaps he was actually following the Wisdom Based Presidency Papers to the &amp;ldquo;T&amp;rdquo;,&amp;nbsp; relentlessly, the directive to embrace and transform and not to exclude. Thus far it appears that Obama has indeed been religious about it which is why he became President against many odds as a result of reading them.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Something to keep around as a reminder.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you have your attention in the right place? Who do your intentions serve? Do you speak of beliefs or knowing, possibility and probability? Do you divide with labels? What is the source of that which comes to mind, spirit or ego?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Wishing you all the highest good for you.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Richard&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:33:41 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Reality Intruding Upon the Illusion Economic Solution Summary</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I originally wrote this in response to the ATCA Socratic Dialog regarding Black Swans.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;There is a most excellent paper By Benoit Mandelbrot and Nassim Nicholas Taleb called &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;How the Finance Gurus Get it all wrong&amp;quot; &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/fortune.pdf&quot;&gt;http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/fortune.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;There are three points that are relevant from the article.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;we live in a world of winner take all extreme concentration&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The professors who live by the bell curve adopted it for mathematical convenience, not realism&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Accelerating, widening a tragic gap between reality and the standard tools of financial measurement&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;My thoughts&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Anyone betting on sustained ignorance is going to lose the bet&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I think this is wisdom worth repeating&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anyone betting on sustained ignorance is going to lose the bet.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;In a world where &amp;ldquo;the speed of knowing, has accelerated exponentially&amp;rdquo; &amp;nbsp;ignorance and opacity do not stand a chance, and those that benefited from them and so supported them will no longer be able to.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;And this includes a lot of things for example the current ignorance surrounding health care will soon be annulled and those industries with disease based revenue pipes will find them running dry. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;This article supports my contention that what we see in the world today is reality &lt;strong&gt;is intruding upon the illusion&lt;/strong&gt; that some would like to maintain. This illusion allows them to extort a disproportionate amount of wealth from the system that does not equal a genuine value contribution for the other economic system participants.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Banksters and Wall Street Gamblers have depended on a general ignorance among the multitudes as to how the system actually works beneath the financial facade, however with the revelations being made the other economic system participants are seeing the light as to the cause of the disparity they experience. They will then seek to rectify it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The new understanding that comes to mind after absorbing all this is quite simple and the executive summary is:&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We have asymmetric threats simply because we have Asymmetric Systems that is to say we do not have systems designed to maintain balance and proportion among the participating entities. This reality is in conflict with the preponderant individual intention which is to gain the biggest portion of the pie as is possible with out regard to the others sitting at the table. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;So in conclusion the only solution is complete systems redesign from the ground up from a holistic system perspective such that they will maintain balance and proportion in other words the creation of Symmetric Systems, which should now become our collective intention.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The system changes are highlighted on &lt;a href=&quot;http://revolutions.me/&quot;&gt;http://revolutions.me&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and even more detail regarding rediesgn of the financial systems and their flaws is on &lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/&quot;&gt;http://coinage.me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Hopefully this insight gets to&amp;nbsp;BO because it will bring insight, direction&amp;nbsp;and hope to the people lets hope &amp;quot;BO Knows&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>Financial Crisis Fundamental Foundation Flaws and Solution</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;The flaws are articulated in details as well as the solution which involves a New Global Value Exchange Accounting System they have a list of power questions that media and journalists can ask. &lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/&quot;&gt;Coinage.me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;According to them we have a fiat currency bubble burst. Requiring major rework of the entire system at the core.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One interesting ironic insight is a small fortune can be made off pennies as a result of the amazing paradox resulting from current market conditions. &lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/coinage_pennies.htm&quot;&gt;Read Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/new_economics_101.htm&quot;&gt;The New Economics 101&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/holistic_economic_system.htm&quot;&gt;The Holistic Economic System and Principles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/coinage_financial_systems.htm&quot;&gt;What wrong with the current financial systems?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/coinage_financial_systems.htm&quot;&gt;Transcending the Flaws of the Current Systems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/new_financial_monetary_system.htm&quot;&gt;The New System Currency With a Brain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/programming_financial_matrix.htm&quot;&gt;Programming and Running The Financial Matrix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/universal_information_system.htm&quot;&gt;Universal Information System Architecture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/privacy_transparency.htm&quot;&gt;A Compromise between privacy and transparency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/financial_solution.htm&quot;&gt;The Solution: A balanced Global Value Exchange Accounting System with integrity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/global_value_exchange_accounting.htm&quot;&gt;The Beauty of The System and it&#039;s Automatic Adoption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/coinage_fiat_currency_bubble.htm&quot;&gt;Burst of the Fiat Currency Bubble&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/coinage_pennies.htm&quot;&gt;Proof of flaw &amp;quot;Make a free small fortune with pennies.&amp;quot; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/flawed_game_reveals_revelation.htm&quot;&gt;Flawed Game Reveals Shocking Revelation about Worlds Financial Systems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/coinage.htm&quot;&gt;Will oil become the tangible currency of choice?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://coinage.me/power_questions.htm&quot;&gt;Power Questions for The Discerning Mind&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:30:04 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Universal Health vs. Universal Disease Care</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;This is the strategy Universal Health vs. Universal Disease Care.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;God&amp;rsquo;s will I would think would be to heal everyone. Back in the time Jesus saw that the wealthy were keeping all the protein for themselves and the poor and indentured servitude got only bread, a diet of which leads to severe malnutrition, biochemical malfunction and disease, so he was teaching them how to fish and make nets that they could get needed to eat protein and actually lift themselves from poverty. Therefore his will would be &lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;The End of Disease&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt; which you can read the steps and insight here. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp;There is no cure for disease, but there is a solution, the end of disease &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://intelegen.com/there_is_no_cure_for_disease.htm&quot;&gt;http://intelegen.com/there_is_no_cure_for_disease.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;You can also read the Fish Story Here&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sirius The FBI Agent and The Fish Company&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://iamblogging.net/Urgo/archives/2004/10/sirius_the_fbi.html&quot;&gt;http://iamblogging.net/Urgo/archives/2004/10/sirius_the_fbi.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Obviously the people in positions of power are not doing God&amp;rsquo;s will because we would be implementing Universal Health not Universal Disease Care.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:20:02 EDT</pubDate>
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            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Key to National Security is to eliminate the fear in the minds of those that would see us as a threat through transparency, communication and intentions of well being. To eliminate the fear in our minds born of fiction, by seeing the reality behind the illusion, and responding to that, and to usher in a world where everyone has a life worth living. ~.me&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.divine.me/&quot;&gt;http://www.divine.me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buddha.me/&quot;&gt;http://www.buddha.me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:15:32 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>The power of the question is supreme. The question is?</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The power of the question is supreme.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;What we see in politics is a lot of statements, statements often based on fiction or false presumption. In Infinite Play we are reminded the question is more powerful than a statement. A statement can be deflected but a question creates a vacuum in the mind to be filled by an answer because nature abhors a vacuum. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A statement can be true or false but a question is beyond duality it is neither true nor false. When we ask a question we search for an answer based on a truth. The truth is eventually established and discerned with more questions. This is because illusion and fiction does not have a foundation and if we look for the detail and do not find it then we know it is a fiction or illusion. If we find the supporting detail, a foundation, then we know we have found the truth. So it can be said truth is not found through statements but rather with questions and seeking the answers and the detail.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The planet, our systems, and our civilization are out of balance.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;So the first questions to be asked are.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;How do we achieve a balance between the individual and collective good? &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;How do we achieve a balance between freedom and wisdom based controls on both the individual in the private and public sector? &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;How do we replace individual decision making with collective decision making where prudent?&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;What policy and protocols will achieve and maintain a balance?&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Which infrastructure and system design achieves and maintains balance?&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Therefore the most valuable president is the one that can ask the right questions and has the supporting staff and advisors to find the answers based on detail and not fictions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>A balanced government, individual, society and planet.</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A balanced government is a balance between wisdom and freedom, a balance between the individual and the collective. Supported by balanced systems and information, this is a government that supports the body as a whole and each of its cells and organs.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A balanced individual is also a balance between wisdom and freedom, a balance between the left brain and the right brain. A balance between the feminine and the masculine, this is a whole individual.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A balanced policy is one of integrated all encompassing perspective void of fiction.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Balanced legislation is one of integrated all encompassing perspective void of fiction.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;When the citizens achieve balance within themselves they will manifest a balanced government.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is no balance to be found between truth and fiction.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is no balance to be found between reality and illusion.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>The Conservative vs. Liberal Game of duality and fiction not unity and all as One</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Politics and government are like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.divine.me&quot;&gt;Religion and Spirituality&lt;/a&gt;. Religion at its core without the dogma and fictions is spirituality. When spirituality is adorned with &lt;a href=&quot;http://illusions.me&quot;&gt;fictions&lt;/a&gt; it becomes an institutional game of competition for power and control with winners and losers and unresolved conflict.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Which is like &lt;a href=&quot;http://oneclickrevolution.com/&quot;&gt;Politics and Government&lt;/a&gt;, politics at its core without the dogma and fictions is government, and in a &lt;a href=&quot;http://oneclickrevolution.com/democracy_and_true_self_government.htm&quot;&gt;Democracy&lt;/a&gt; government is self rule by the many not imposed rule by a few.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Government at its core being how various needs and wants are expressed and met or obtained and how combined efforts are implemented and what joint ventures are formed and funded to achieve what individuals cannot achieve alone. Politics when infused with fiction and division becomes a game of competition between parties and people for power and control with winners and losers.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;In the integrated and balanced approach there are no losers or winners.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The solution to the unresolved conflict in both Religion and Politics is to dissolve the &lt;a href=&quot;http://illusions.me&quot;&gt;Illusions &lt;/a&gt;embrace the truth and discard the fictions.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Conservative at its core simply represents wisdom mostly gained from the past and understanding of the present.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Liberal at its core is freedom something every individual loves. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;There is no conflict between wisdom and freedom, and they are not opposites.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;What happens is that the terms conservative and liberal get cloaked with many fictions as a result of faulty intentions that are individual self serving. Not that the individual should not serve themselves, but it must be in balance with the collective self, the whole body.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A classic example: A liberal fiction might be, why not do away with wages and have everyone just work and do their job. If you need something from the store just go get it. Wisdom tells us knowing human nature that although ideal it will not work in the current reality. The current reality is that not everyone loves their jobs. Sure there are some that would do what they do out of passion, but not most. This is partly because the systems and infrastructure are of a primitive design. We have an artificial economy built on top of the genuine economy. So some people would simply stop going to work since they can get all they need from the store.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Would you eat if you never got hungry? Hunger provides an incentive to get food. So you see incentive is inherent in the natural systems. If you did not have hunger and therefore did not eat by the time you realized you had no mobility because you did not supply raw materials to the body &amp;nbsp;it would be to late because many cells would already be dead.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A classic example: A conservative fiction might be, you the general population are mostly ignorant. Therefore you go to the place we designate, work 8 hours and follow our instructions supporting the systems and infrastructure we design for you. We will provide you food and shelter. Meanwhile we will live in mansions and luxury and waste, and determine the societal needs as we see fit, a sort of master servant relationship. Of course right away we can see this is a fiction, disparity aside, because what is used to determine the requirement that everyone in the economic system needs to work a 40 hour week to support the system?&amp;nbsp; There is currently no means to assess the work requirements and the 40 hour work week it is not based on science. In fact because of design flaws we have people working 69 hour weeks and some people not working at all, an out of balance condition.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I think the biggest and first issues with the current system are greed, corruption, deception and disinformation. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Greed not being the generation of an enormous amount of value for others in the economic system and therefore producing great genuine wealth, but greed being taking value from the system and other economic system participates that is greater than the value if any created, perhaps by the creation of artificial value or gimmick or a lucrative government contract or legislation.&amp;nbsp; Resolving the greed and corruption requires transparency, controls and collective oversight and management and an informed without bias population and citizenry. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Individuals in government are subject to the same flaws and weaknesses that afflict the individuals governed.&amp;nbsp; So just as there are wisdom based controls for those governed there must be wisdom based controls on individuals in government. The wisdom based controls on government come from those being governed. It&amp;rsquo;s like a circle of recursive supervision. However the ability and devices for the governed to effectively apply wisdom based controls to individuals in government do not exist, but the technology and infrastructure to support these effective controls now exists. A vote every four years is not sufficient control to meet the speed of change in the present day and properly support evolution. It provides enough time to take the money and run, damage done. An important control is a measure that shows that representatives are in deed making decisions in alignment with collective intent, will, and the truth discerned.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The truth never has a bias only fictions do.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is not &lt;a href=&quot;http://esoteric.me&quot;&gt;Esoteric &lt;/a&gt;Knowledge although we may need some &lt;a href=&quot;http://divineknights.org&quot;&gt;divine knights&lt;/a&gt; to intervene.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:25:34 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Disparaging Illusion the Power in Truth and Self Rule</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;When we disparage anyone we are disparaging our self. It is better to focus on the actual concepts, strategy, plan, and platform rather than the person, however we do also look at the capabilities of the person, and there ability to perform. A very smart, knowledgeable and acute president is less likely to be duped or misguided by those special interests around him. We need a President regardless of party that can see through the Illusions that others (source disconnected ego) create.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A president can tend to be a public relations person or a leader. This depends on the level of intelligence, the ability to think and know for one&amp;rsquo;s self and not be dependant on others thinking for you. A desired president is not someone who is acting as a spokesman for a few people that wish to control.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The battle between conservative and liberal is an illusion it is simply another divisive tool. It allows for an eternal blame game sheltering the real culprits, those that game the system, from exposure and our attention.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;With so much attention placed on the President the congress escapes discernment.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Congress actually wields the most power; they are supposed to be representing you yet they often represent the interests of a few rather than the many. They may enter with good intentions only to find that to get any where in the game they must sacrifice principles. What government representatives need is a stick to beat off the special interests, that stick is the authenticated and measured voice of an informed constituency. This way you empower congress against the forces of ego and allow them to stand against the ego empire.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The president is supposed to be leading (ideas, insight, inspiration, wisdom) and presiding think project coordinator and facilitator.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;So we have the president leading and congress representing. But how can congress represent you if they do not measure your voice? Polls can be pseudo science, the answers of the citizens based on misinformation from a biased media supporting it&amp;rsquo;s corporate parents and clients. This is where open public Socratic dialog comes into play providing the collective wisdom and intelligence necessary for proper self rule.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The measured and authenticated voice of the people, the summary of their intent and will, is a database where everyone can register their intent, and vote to establish the collective will, based on the results of a Socratic dialog. A forum where the questions are properly articulated, and the issue has been subjected to the discerning of collective intelligence and wisdom, and all perspectives have been taken into account, all available knowledge and insight has been presented for all to absorb. This is self government, real democracy, and self rule by the people for the people. This leads to a balanced integrated policy and legislation built from integrated perspectives and desires, created by the people working in unity. Not everyone will get exactly what they want but they get exactly what they need. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is self rule not imposed rule.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is rule by the many, not the rule of the many by a few.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Which is only possible if the many do not fully participate which the current structures do allow everyone to participate. Of course the systems could be tweaked to better facilitate the participation of the constituency however we might expect that some would not like what they might see as interference. .&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp;</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:14:02 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Environment Platform GAIA .me Pardise Restoration Project</title>
            <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://gaia.me/index.htm&quot;&gt;GAIA .Me&lt;/a&gt;The planet as a single organism &amp;amp; integrated systems&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;A paradise restoration project&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Life was not an accident,&amp;nbsp; there is some sort of intelligence behind it&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/i----i.org/GAIA/earth2012.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;325&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/i----i.org/GAIA/Gaia_Intro.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;468&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/My%20Documents/i----i.org/GAIA/GAIA_Future.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;325&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Read more &lt;a href=&quot;http://gaia.me/index.htm&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:35:09 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama Democratic (Universal) Platform &amp; Framework</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obama Democratic (Universal) Platform &amp;amp; Framework Part 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;One&amp;rsquo;s vision of a new universal integrated platform is the implementation of a global framework that allows for natural leadership, self empowered management, and individual service providers that are properly compensated for value created; a framework for balanced integrated systems that facilitate the evolution of products and services designed from a holistic perspective. For example new biochemical enhancement protocols and understanding true disease prevention, if they are applied system wide, health care cost burdens will decrease 75% for both corporations and government.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The focus would be on generating value for other economic system participants, whether this is a group of individuals (Corporation), individual contractors or some hybrid joint venture between a number of entity types. If the value exchange system is properly evolved and managed the wealth will flow naturally, proportionate to the amount of genuine value actually created and will be enforced with their choice of where the energy (money) flows or does not.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;In this new system of collective intent and intelligence the need for government regulation and oversight will be minimal, the consumer, customer, client and shareholder will directly influence the policy and decision making process. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;With a reduced dependency on the public sector, each individual is assuming a portion of this collective task creating greater efficiency, tax burdens are reduced. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Technology enhanced real time collaboration will accelerate the speed of which deliverables are manifested and joint venture will leverage resources and assets to maximize their utilization and return on shared investment.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;These new systems will be self regulating and somewhat autonomous, creating even more energy efficiency with leaders not so much being chosen as they will be simply happening. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Thanks to advances in technology the people of our Nation do not need to work as much to support the essential economy, &amp;nbsp;food, shelter, health, education, transportation and energy. &lt;strong&gt;The future is 20% work, 20% education, and 60% travel, exploration, creative endeavors, rest and relaxation. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A creative solution to feed the hungry, resulting from collective intelligence entails &lt;strong&gt;Amaranth and Surface Soil Remineralization.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;It has the added benefit of &lt;strong&gt;reducing everyone&amp;rsquo;s cost burdens; war and disease.&lt;/strong&gt; Easy sell when the perfect time comes to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Best&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Richard Gerber&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>Universal Self Government  - New Consciousness Government</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Universal Self Government Systems - New Consciousness Government&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Collective control with individual sovereignty&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wisdom council stop gap for collective ignorance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Liberty and truth watchdog group to preserve individual sovereignty and freedom. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We have most of the elements in place what is missing is a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;measured and authenticated voice of the people&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. An element when properly executed would have more power than any lobby or special interest. A representative then only needs to look at the sum total of the intent of their constituents and use this as a reason to decline the requests of political favor and know without question how they should represent the will of the people. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;So we have the conservative perspective (wisdom) &amp;nbsp;and the liberal perspective (freedom) combined to create an integrated perspective with balance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Another fundamental component of this evolved system of government is a public forum for Open Socratic Dialog. This allows for all perspectives to be heard. When we integrate&amp;nbsp;two&amp;nbsp;polarities we get&amp;nbsp;a whole perspective which l4eads to&amp;nbsp;balance and all needs not necessarily wants are met. When we base implementation on&amp;nbsp;one or the other polarity we get imbalance. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A socratic dialog not only serves to create an integrated and balanced perspective it brings in the &lt;strong&gt;power of collective intelligence&lt;/strong&gt; to eliminate the fictions and falsity. Fictions that would divide us while we debate the which fiction is most true while missing the truth that would resolve the conflict.&amp;nbsp;The other&amp;nbsp;benefit of Socratic Dialog is collective wisdom and insight.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Communism, Socialism, and Capitalism have not worked to produce a world providing &lt;strong&gt;everyone a life worth living&lt;/strong&gt; even in their own individual domains, due to ego impediment, the fiction of separation and the suppression of individual freedom and the use of force. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Rather than the specific government system it has more to do with the level of consciousness and so we seek first to raise this and from this will result a new system that will work.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;One would be building a new system government facilitated by the Universal Information System, having collective control with individual sovereignty. Current management and leadership that fail to evolve would be relieved of their positions naturally without force based on a measured performance in supporting the intentions and will of the people.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Where the current controlling groups have used economic devices to replace armies and brute force; one will use communications and technology to replace the use of economic force. Where money was used as the currency of power this next evolution will use the truth and collective intent as the currency of power and money to direct the energy.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;This Georgian conflict is bringing some insight as to the political and government system flaws and &amp;ldquo;illusions&amp;rdquo; or fictions that manifest the conflict and there are a lot of dynamics at play here and many different players far away from the conflict itself. Politics being how various needs and wants are expressed and met or obtained how combined efforts are implemented and what joint ventures are formed and funded.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Since one is working on the new Universal Self Government Systems Design and the truth based shifts in perception and perspective that are required for&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;EveryOne a life worth living&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;It is bringing to light some of the new system design requirements and questions to be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Here we have a big game being played. Let&amp;rsquo;s touch on the players and their motivations, the reality and the illusions.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We have a small group of men in Russia and a small group of men in Georgia the so called leadership or management. We will call these the &amp;ldquo;main&amp;rdquo; Chess players. We have the citizens of Russia and the citizens of Georgia, then we have these artificial boundaries drawn up by who based on what, something arbitrary perhaps? Then we have the citizens of this small region in question. We will call the citizens the pawns in the game being played by the chess players. There are other players here as well, the bankers, the insurance industry, the arms dealers and defense industry. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The chess players claim to be representing the interests of the pawns and actually to be serving them. I would venture to say that the interests of the pawns are second to the interests of the Chess players.&amp;nbsp; In fact the pawns are the first to be sacrificed. Those making the war moves are far removed from the conflict, the sacrifice, and the horror.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;In this situation we have the people of this region in question currently under the control of the Georgia chess players unhappy and wishing to be aligned with the Russian chess players. No doubt this region has tangible assets aside from the people simply living there which the chess player in Georgia does not want to lose.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;From a humanistic perspective the citizens of this region should be allowed to decide their alignment and joint venture agreement. Of course here we must ask the question though is this desire to be a part of the Russian Federation the want of the &amp;ldquo;whole&amp;rdquo; of the citizens of this small region or is it the desire of a few of them that will obtain some disproportionate advantage by instigating the new joint venture with the new party? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;How do we ensure that the needs of the pawns are put first over the wants of the Chess players? Collective control and decision making would work but how do we balance some of the disadvantages of collective control that might prove to be true? Where an individual agent would be much more efficient and timely in making decisions?&amp;nbsp; Can we overcome these disadvantages using technology? Can the two be integrated? How does the collective ensure that the individual agent&amp;rsquo;s intentions remain in alignment with the intentions of the collective? Transparency is one way.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;What of the artificial divisions created by labels, and the artificial boundaries created by lines on a map?&amp;nbsp; Are they not the true source of conflict that by design destroys unity? Would we not erase them from our minds so we can live as one in harmony? &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The new way of setting boundaries is by&amp;nbsp;joint venture and in the&amp;nbsp;New World boundaries would be defined by joint venture.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>Bringing an end to a Big Illusion and the semantics of a fiction</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;I would hope that all will participate in destroying a big illusion. I am constantly seeing references that maintain a perspective based on a falsity.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;The government wants&amp;rdquo;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;ldquo;Russia does that&amp;rdquo;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;ldquo;The US did this&amp;rdquo;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;ldquo;China has decided&amp;rdquo;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;ldquo;Russia is angry&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;These are all false statements not based on reality but based on fiction. These labels cannot think or decide. Only individuals can. The only way we might make the statements is if every member of the country could have their voice measured. Previously this would not have been possible but now thanks to technology it is.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The illusion created is that the whole country is making this decision or taking this action and it is not. There is no mechanism in any Nation yet by which the whole country can make a decision. This illusion obscures the fact and reality that a few individuals are making these decisions; for sure they are influenced by the many that grant these individuals and small groups the power to make them.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question to ponder is: are the decisions and actions of these individuals and small groups influenced by their own individual needs and wants? Are their own needs and wants in alignment with the collective intentions and interests? &amp;nbsp;If there is a conflict between the individuals and the many which interest is favored?&amp;nbsp; That these individuals have finite minds perhaps impaired with fiction and limited knowledge should we be concerned as to the quality of their decisions? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can multiple discerning minds be brought into play to destroy any fictions and how can the wealth of a collective intelligence be used to overcome the limitations of a single finite mind?&amp;nbsp;The cost to bribe or influence a single individual is minimal, the cost to influence or bribe 10,000 is phenomenal putting them out of reach of those that would corrupt them.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;When history no longer repeats itself evolution has occurred&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;~Richard Thomas Gerber&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;All the trial and tribulation in the world today is simply the natural impetus for evolution, a symptom of having not evolved. To make it go away we simply need to evolve.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;~Richard Thomas Gerber&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:20:29 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>The Myth a Reality Obama the 25th King Advanced Being? Supular Status Achieved</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There seems to be a mysterious force at work behind the scenes. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I wonder how many here are really advanced being both noun and verb?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When all seemed lost they would rise to dissolve&amp;nbsp;the forces of ego.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.advancedbeings.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.advancedbeings.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is this &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Truth Hammer A Metaphor and more&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shambhala - Join The Army - of One&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href=&quot;http://wisdom.gaia.com/blog&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://wisdom.gaia.com/blog&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Kalachakra prophesizes that when the world declines into war and greed, and all is lost, the twenty-fifth Kalika king will emerge from Shambhala with a huge army to vanquish the corrupt and usher in a worldwide &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age&quot; title=&quot;Golden Age&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Golden Age&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Could this be Obama are you all the army?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obama&amp;nbsp;was listed on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.supular.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.supular.com&lt;/a&gt; which doesn&#039;t list the super popular rather what is listed here becomes Super Popular.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You know what is happening intuitively,the Great Revelation &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.i----i.org/orb.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;watch the eye of creation&lt;/a&gt; the crystal orb and oracle, as you enter deep Theta you will know connected to The Source through your own self. You will know what to do and be empowered by the divine.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:32:57 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Is Obama an Advanced Being? Are you?</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There seems to be a mysterious force at work behind the scenes. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I wonder how many here are really advanced being both noun and verb?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When all seemed lost they would rise to dissolve&amp;nbsp;the forces of ego.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.advancedbeings.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.advancedbeings.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is this &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Truth Hammer A Metaphor and more&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shambhala - Join The Army - of One&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href=&quot;http://wisdom.gaia.com/blog&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://wisdom.gaia.com/blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Kalachakra prophesizes that when the world declines into war and greed, and all is lost, the twenty-fifth Kalika king will emerge from Shambhala with a huge army to vanquish the corrupt and usher in a worldwide &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age&quot; title=&quot;Golden Age&quot;&gt;Golden Age&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Could this be Obama are you all the army?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama achieves Supular Status Amazing</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obama achieves Supular Status&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Amazing very few entities achieve this status.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.supular.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.supular.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:07:49 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>McCain or Obama? A No Brainer</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;A &amp;ldquo;no brainer&amp;rdquo; from a scientific perspective, all fictions aside. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The future president needs to be able to learn and grasp some very complex issues and understand the systems so that he can preside, lead and direct. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You know the old saying one cannot teach an old dog new tricks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is because the ability to form new neural connections is greatly reduced at an advanced age. There is also a build up of lipofuscin (cellular waste) that impairs brain function. Repair mechanisms are also substandard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So based on fact and wisdom if one subscribes to the truth and not some popular fiction there can only be one rational choice since the demands on the 2008 president are going to be like nothing ever before. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think McCain with his wisdom and dislike of war can be very effective as a member of congress in a support role. The president needs to very smart and capable of learning new things very quickly and act, a fine tuned discerning mind capable of seeing through the fictions. He can not be dependant on others to think for him, because decisions need to be made fast, allowing adaptive planning. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course it didn&amp;rsquo;t have to be this way for McCain if not for a medical industrial complex with it&amp;rsquo;s focus on profit and developing disease as a profit center and being supported in doing so by that unquestioning status quo and a corporate media bribed with pharmaceutical advertising.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seniors can avoid brain deterioration if they simply apply the proper health protocols.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Had McCain known about the Neurogenesis boosting compounds&amp;hellip;. Of course Obama being connected to The Source knows, It is all about the circle of influence, when electing a president, a divine circle that leads to resolved conflict, Peace &amp;amp; Prosperity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is from aarp.org &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Understanding how and why brain functions change as we grow older may lead to new therapies and medications that could slow, stop, or prevent these processes altogether. (Note: If you click my name you will find that this is already figured out and an immediately available to solution)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, other health problems&amp;mdash;like high blood pressure, diabetes, or deafness&amp;mdash;that people either have or develop as they grow older profoundly affect how their brains change with time.&lt;br /&gt;Specific changes vary greatly from one person to the next, and may include the following, depending on their medical and psychological history:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;Brain mass shrinks &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;Outer surface thins &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;White matter decreases &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;Chemical messengers decrease &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brain mass shrinks: Beginning in our 60s or 70s, some people&#039;s overall brain mass may shrink a bit. Certain brain areas shrink more than others, including the frontal lobe (important for mental abilities) and the hippocampus (where new memories are formed).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Outer surface thins: The cortex&amp;mdash;the heavily ridged outer surface of the brain&amp;mdash;thins slightly with age. This thinning is not, as scientists once believed, the result of widespread loss of brain cells. Instead, the thinning of the brain&#039;s outer surface is likely due to a decrease in synaptic connections (a process that starts when we&#039;re about 20 years old). Synapses are like intersections. They allow brain cells to communicate with one another and to form connections.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;White matter decreases: Many studies have linked aging with decreases in the brain&#039;s white matter (so called because it&#039;s made up, in part, of myelin&amp;mdash;a fatty, white substance). Myelin helps to improve communication between brain cells.&lt;br /&gt;Research shows that changes in white matter are linked with changes in speed of cognitive processing. Cognitive processing includes memory, attention, action, problem solving, and decision-making abilities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&#039;s important to remember, though, that aging is not a process of decline. Many of our gifts and abilities&amp;mdash;including wisdom and problem solving&amp;mdash;improve as we age.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chemical messengers decrease: As our brains age, they generate fewer neurotransmitters (chemicals like serotonin, which carry messages between brain cells), and have fewer receptors that lock onto these messengers. This change may have an effect on memory.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course if you &lt;a href=&quot;http://intelegen.com/nutrients/index.htm#Cognitive_Enhancers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;click&amp;nbsp;here cognitive enhancers&lt;/a&gt; the bio chemistry and compounds that allow An old dog to learn new tricks is available 2U.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or Google the &amp;quot;The End of Disease&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As for McCain&amp;rsquo;s Computer Illiteracy&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The importance of being able to use technology to facilitate one&amp;rsquo;s capability and increase efficiency is paramount. The ability for a president to make use of this tool and the Internet communications infrastructure is going to be essential to meet the demands. This skill results in an exponential increase in management capability and effectiveness.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The most essential skill for the president is communication, I think everyone will agree. Is their wisdom in choosing one without this skill that is dependant on others? This dependency creates the burden of latency, disrupts flow, and increase the probability of error.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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