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		<title>By: Syd Walker</title>
		<link>http://sydwalker.info/blog/2009/06/30/a-simple-program-for-human-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-2502</link>
		<dc:creator>Syd Walker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi NotSylvia

I think we&#039;ll have to disagree about the potential threat posing by human induced climate change. I share the mainstream view within the scientific community that this is a big deal - and I&#039;ve held that view a long time. I try to explain why in &lt;a href=&quot;http://sydwalker.info/blog/2008/12/23/not-far-from-climate-change-consensus-for-action/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Not Far from Climate Change Consensus for Action&lt;/a&gt;

I think that bureaucratization, excessive centralization and corruption are all very important issues. But the question of whether we need another democratic layer to world society is a separate question.

In my view, there&#039;s actually little choice., We already have quasi-global institutions, such as the UN, World Bank and IMF. The real question is whether we allow them to continue to be controlled in a wholly undemocratic way - or whether we actively bring them under a semblance of popular democratic control.

There&#039;s no doubt it will be difficult to do this, I don&#039;;t claim it will solve all the world&#039;s problems and proper global co-ordination is only one aspect of what&#039;s needed. But there are, IMO, very good reasons why plutocrats actually oppose tough global regulation of financial affairs - even though there&#039;s an agenda to create the opposite impression. Tax minimization is only one of them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi NotSylvia</p>
<p>I think we&#8217;ll have to disagree about the potential threat posing by human induced climate change. I share the mainstream view within the scientific community that this is a big deal &#8211; and I&#8217;ve held that view a long time. I try to explain why in <a href="http://sydwalker.info/blog/2008/12/23/not-far-from-climate-change-consensus-for-action/" rel="nofollow">Not Far from Climate Change Consensus for Action</a></p>
<p>I think that bureaucratization, excessive centralization and corruption are all very important issues. But the question of whether we need another democratic layer to world society is a separate question.</p>
<p>In my view, there&#8217;s actually little choice., We already have quasi-global institutions, such as the UN, World Bank and IMF. The real question is whether we allow them to continue to be controlled in a wholly undemocratic way &#8211; or whether we actively bring them under a semblance of popular democratic control.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s no doubt it will be difficult to do this, I don&#8217;;t claim it will solve all the world&#8217;s problems and proper global co-ordination is only one aspect of what&#8217;s needed. But there are, IMO, very good reasons why plutocrats actually oppose tough global regulation of financial affairs &#8211; even though there&#8217;s an agenda to create the opposite impression. Tax minimization is only one of them.</p>
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		<title>By: Alan Gresley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alan Gresley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Syd,

Ok, I have been befuddled by the Left and Right paradigm for over 40 years. When trying to visualize this spectrum last year my thoughts got more tightly knotted. This was finally resolved when I realized that The Australian Liberal party were not a true liberal (Left) party but rather a conservative party. This &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;progressive and conservative spectrum with two axises&lt;/a&gt; made me think. I would say that many Australians have been confused about our conservative liberal party.

You can&#039;t say that Socialism is Communism. If this was true, what is a Social Democrat? My views about the current Globalization agenda would put me in some people&#039;s eyes as a Nationalist but I see myself as it direct opposite, Anarchist. Don&#039;t think that all people who oppose Globalization are Nationalist. Both you and I grew up under a socialist education system. The enemy of which was Communism.

Now about adding a top layer, yes I agree but then most other layers should be removed. I believe in Self Governance. I don&#039;t need any organized hierarchy to provide me with laws to follow. My ideas of Self Governance is build on the virtues of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_fold_path&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Noble Eightfold Path&lt;/a&gt;.

1. Right view.
2. Right intention.
3. Right speech.
4. Right action.
5. Right livelihood.
6. Right effort.
7. Right mindfulness.
8. Right concentration.

I see no world leader that shows any of the above virtues. I&#039;m working on all of them as I have been for over 18 years.

You have specific views of 9/11 which places you close to those that can be seen as Nationalist by the propagandized media but I would say these people are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutionalist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Constitutionalist&lt;/a&gt;. I would like to see a Constitutionalists New World Order and not a Globalist New World Order as proposed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rockefeller&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;David Rockefeller&lt;/a&gt; and the other elite criminals. He is part of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rockefeller#Bilderberg.2C_Council_on_Foreign_Relations_and_Trilateral_Commission&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bilderburg Group, Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission&lt;/a&gt; and is a regular attendee at Bohemian Grove. In his autobiography &#039;Memoirs&#039; on page 405 is,

&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as &quot;internationalists&quot; and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that&#039;s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I would dare say that before we add a top layer to the pyramid of control, a full and transparent investigation of these secret cabals is a necessary. What do you think Syd? We don&#039;t want to lived under some &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H9Y1BUg-M8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;monolithic and ruthless conspiracy mentioned by John F. Kennedy&lt;/a&gt;. For over a year, I have seen this video continuously being removed by YouTube.

Look at what &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH6_i8zuffs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Globalization has done to Argentina&lt;/a&gt;. I have believe that Capitalism by it&#039;s very nature would cannibalized itself. This is an opinion that I have held for over 20 years. I believe that America is becoming the new Argentina.

You write,

&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Interest-free credit in truly large amounts are surely best issued at a global level, backed by the consensus and collective guarantee of humanity as a whole.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Any backing (money or credit) should be from our collective labor and be traded in something of similar value like Gold or a common currency backed by Gold. Not something that is worthless and flows freely off the printing presses like fiat currency, aka &#039;Current Reserve Currency&#039; or &#039;US dollar&#039;. About that fiat dollar, the principal unit is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_one-dollar_bill&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;$1 dollar&lt;/a&gt;. Two questions for you Syd.

1. Why does the reverse side have a pyramid with the &#039;Eye of Providence&#039; at it&#039;s top?
2. Why does the obverse side have a tiny little OWL hidden in the top right corner?

You say Capitalism and Socialism are like Yin and Yang. I will suggest again that we have a triangle of Democracy, Communism and Fascism fighting against each other (Divide and Conquer). Consider these points.

a. Both Democracy and Fascism encourage Capitalism (opposite to Communism).
b. Both Democracy and Communism encourage Socialism (opposite from Fascism).
c. Both Communism and Fascism encourage Authoritarianism or dictators (opposite to true Democracy).

We are led to believe or is that indoctrinated to believe that democracy is true freedom. This I think is why we don&#039;t see the above triangle working. If you think you a free, then how could you think that your Democracy in which you live is Authoritative? If one is not wise to this then people are blind to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vuNcQV7YHc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;world revolution that is slowly building&lt;/a&gt;.

I am in total agreement with Notsilvia Night, that man make Global Warming is a hoax. If you ponder this and allow critical thinking to happen (prove that this is not a hoax) you may see where I am coming from.

&lt;em&gt;(Remainder of post, which contained personal videos, was deleted by the Blog Editor)&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Syd,</p>
<p>Ok, I have been befuddled by the Left and Right paradigm for over 40 years. When trying to visualize this spectrum last year my thoughts got more tightly knotted. This was finally resolved when I realized that The Australian Liberal party were not a true liberal (Left) party but rather a conservative party. This <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum" rel="nofollow">progressive and conservative spectrum with two axises</a> made me think. I would say that many Australians have been confused about our conservative liberal party.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t say that Socialism is Communism. If this was true, what is a Social Democrat? My views about the current Globalization agenda would put me in some people&#8217;s eyes as a Nationalist but I see myself as it direct opposite, Anarchist. Don&#8217;t think that all people who oppose Globalization are Nationalist. Both you and I grew up under a socialist education system. The enemy of which was Communism.</p>
<p>Now about adding a top layer, yes I agree but then most other layers should be removed. I believe in Self Governance. I don&#8217;t need any organized hierarchy to provide me with laws to follow. My ideas of Self Governance is build on the virtues of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_fold_path" rel="nofollow">Noble Eightfold Path</a>.</p>
<p>1. Right view.<br />
2. Right intention.<br />
3. Right speech.<br />
4. Right action.<br />
5. Right livelihood.<br />
6. Right effort.<br />
7. Right mindfulness.<br />
8. Right concentration.</p>
<p>I see no world leader that shows any of the above virtues. I&#8217;m working on all of them as I have been for over 18 years.</p>
<p>You have specific views of 9/11 which places you close to those that can be seen as Nationalist by the propagandized media but I would say these people are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutionalist" rel="nofollow">Constitutionalist</a>. I would like to see a Constitutionalists New World Order and not a Globalist New World Order as proposed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rockefeller" rel="nofollow">David Rockefeller</a> and the other elite criminals. He is part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rockefeller#Bilderberg.2C_Council_on_Foreign_Relations_and_Trilateral_Commission" rel="nofollow">Bilderburg Group, Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission</a> and is a regular attendee at Bohemian Grove. In his autobiography &#8216;Memoirs&#8217; on page 405 is,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as &#8220;internationalists&#8221; and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure &#8211; one world, if you will. If that&#8217;s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>I would dare say that before we add a top layer to the pyramid of control, a full and transparent investigation of these secret cabals is a necessary. What do you think Syd? We don&#8217;t want to lived under some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H9Y1BUg-M8" rel="nofollow">monolithic and ruthless conspiracy mentioned by John F. Kennedy</a>. For over a year, I have seen this video continuously being removed by YouTube.</p>
<p>Look at what <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH6_i8zuffs" rel="nofollow">Globalization has done to Argentina</a>. I have believe that Capitalism by it&#8217;s very nature would cannibalized itself. This is an opinion that I have held for over 20 years. I believe that America is becoming the new Argentina.</p>
<p>You write,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Interest-free credit in truly large amounts are surely best issued at a global level, backed by the consensus and collective guarantee of humanity as a whole.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Any backing (money or credit) should be from our collective labor and be traded in something of similar value like Gold or a common currency backed by Gold. Not something that is worthless and flows freely off the printing presses like fiat currency, aka &#8216;Current Reserve Currency&#8217; or &#8216;US dollar&#8217;. About that fiat dollar, the principal unit is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_one-dollar_bill" rel="nofollow">$1 dollar</a>. Two questions for you Syd.</p>
<p>1. Why does the reverse side have a pyramid with the &#8216;Eye of Providence&#8217; at it&#8217;s top?<br />
2. Why does the obverse side have a tiny little OWL hidden in the top right corner?</p>
<p>You say Capitalism and Socialism are like Yin and Yang. I will suggest again that we have a triangle of Democracy, Communism and Fascism fighting against each other (Divide and Conquer). Consider these points.</p>
<p>a. Both Democracy and Fascism encourage Capitalism (opposite to Communism).<br />
b. Both Democracy and Communism encourage Socialism (opposite from Fascism).<br />
c. Both Communism and Fascism encourage Authoritarianism or dictators (opposite to true Democracy).</p>
<p>We are led to believe or is that indoctrinated to believe that democracy is true freedom. This I think is why we don&#8217;t see the above triangle working. If you think you a free, then how could you think that your Democracy in which you live is Authoritative? If one is not wise to this then people are blind to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vuNcQV7YHc" rel="nofollow">world revolution that is slowly building</a>.</p>
<p>I am in total agreement with Notsilvia Night, that man make Global Warming is a hoax. If you ponder this and allow critical thinking to happen (prove that this is not a hoax) you may see where I am coming from.</p>
<p><em>(Remainder of post, which contained personal videos, was deleted by the Blog Editor)</em></p>
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		<title>By: Notsilvia Night</title>
		<link>http://sydwalker.info/blog/2009/06/30/a-simple-program-for-human-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-2485</link>
		<dc:creator>Notsilvia Night</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Syd
I do not totally disagree with you on the need for global cooperation. I understand where you are coming from, since I used to have a socialist world view not so long ago.
But I think, that a global government will just become another even more corrupt and inflexible institution of control freaks, with a distrust and disdain for democracy.
History has taught us, that concentrated power always leads to power-abuse, to oppression of the people with less power.

As for a global currency backed by all the larger currencies and the world economy, it might work. 
But the question is still, who is going to regulate this currency and how can these regulators be kept from abusing their enormous power. 

We already see, that the nearly unassailable power of the EU commission and of the EU Central Bank is seldom wielded in the interest of the ordinary Europeans. The EU bureaucracies have become self-serving and serving the interests of the bankers and the European left parties (different from the social democrats) have become as opposed to the EU bureaucracy as the right-wingers, not for nationalist reasons but more for reasons social justice and civil liberties, which are being cut down as we speak.

As for the environmental problems, I don´t think they are actually global problems. I believe every region has it´s own unique problems, and they must be solved locally according to local needs, not be decree from a global institution. Icelanders can compare notes on certain issues with Australians, but our environment and yours have very little in common.

And, of course, I don´t believe that human beings cause global warming. This theory has in my opinion been sufficiently discredited from just about every angle. It´s pushed for political reasons to serve a Malthusian agenda, which propagandizes: There are too many people in this world, and they must be reduced one way or another. And the people of the developing countries cannot be allowed to achieve a comfortable living standard.

I believe that when people become economically secure living in a socially stable environment, they will also become more environmentally conscious. But threatening human life to protect the biodiversity of the planet won´t work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Syd<br />
I do not totally disagree with you on the need for global cooperation. I understand where you are coming from, since I used to have a socialist world view not so long ago.<br />
But I think, that a global government will just become another even more corrupt and inflexible institution of control freaks, with a distrust and disdain for democracy.<br />
History has taught us, that concentrated power always leads to power-abuse, to oppression of the people with less power.</p>
<p>As for a global currency backed by all the larger currencies and the world economy, it might work.<br />
But the question is still, who is going to regulate this currency and how can these regulators be kept from abusing their enormous power. </p>
<p>We already see, that the nearly unassailable power of the EU commission and of the EU Central Bank is seldom wielded in the interest of the ordinary Europeans. The EU bureaucracies have become self-serving and serving the interests of the bankers and the European left parties (different from the social democrats) have become as opposed to the EU bureaucracy as the right-wingers, not for nationalist reasons but more for reasons social justice and civil liberties, which are being cut down as we speak.</p>
<p>As for the environmental problems, I don´t think they are actually global problems. I believe every region has it´s own unique problems, and they must be solved locally according to local needs, not be decree from a global institution. Icelanders can compare notes on certain issues with Australians, but our environment and yours have very little in common.</p>
<p>And, of course, I don´t believe that human beings cause global warming. This theory has in my opinion been sufficiently discredited from just about every angle. It´s pushed for political reasons to serve a Malthusian agenda, which propagandizes: There are too many people in this world, and they must be reduced one way or another. And the people of the developing countries cannot be allowed to achieve a comfortable living standard.</p>
<p>I believe that when people become economically secure living in a socially stable environment, they will also become more environmentally conscious. But threatening human life to protect the biodiversity of the planet won´t work.</p>
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