CONVENTION LAW OR MARSHAL LAW

2000-04-29 Thread Ed Goertzen
also maintain one's competative economic place in it. Those fortunate to have risen above that level are those who play their part as a game. A game of power and prestige and manipulation. We are "bonded" to the money system. Peace and goodwill Ed G Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

Extract from T. Courchene's Book "Redistributing Money & Power"(1995)

2000-03-29 Thread Ed Goertzen
s and gradually transfer the value of such property to the public domain for the benefit of all of society. Regards Ed G Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

RE: Blaming the victors

2000-03-16 Thread Ed Goertzen
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > One reply I get, though, is that the only > faultless move a bureaucrat can make is to do nothing!! Gee, and I thought doing nothing was the *main* fault of bureaucrats... Most of the time they play "bureaucrat Mikado" -- the first one who moves has lost! ;-) Chris Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

Re: Reply to: The Simple Solution Again

2000-03-03 Thread Ed Goertzen
ld or should be set at a level that would not act >as a >> barrier but as a progressive inhibitor for any country to subjugate any > >> other country through the use of money or trade imbalance. >> >> Ed Goertzen, >> Oshawa >> >> > > Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

Reply to: The Simple Solution Again

2000-03-01 Thread Ed Goertzen
t than Switzerland is today but much more affluent than the former colonies of Spain are today, after a century of struggle under the English/American public policy they learned from the USA a century ago. Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

FREE ALL MINORITIES ! CALL FOR PROPOSALS [Wrong!]

2000-02-25 Thread Ed Goertzen
aws democracy will remain a utopian pipe dream. That can only be achieved by our elected representatives representing policies and proceedures, not just people as numbers. Regards Ed G ==== Peace and goodwill Ed Goertz

Comment: Capitalism and Resource Waste

2000-02-21 Thread Ed Goertzen
was holding in trust for the people? Regards Ed G Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

Re: The Bill of Gates fallacy -- Self-service "savings"

2000-02-14 Thread Ed Goertzen
I detect just a little "Ludditizm" here? What about the theraputic value of work. Humanity does have an urge to "creative effort" to different degrees. Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

FW & BI: Usury is a redherring

2000-02-07 Thread Ed Goertzen
ide for ones needs with the material at hand, and the opportunity to trade any surplus, the foundation for a healthy society will have been laid. Regards Ed G Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

FW [comment] CCPA Update: Alternative Federal Budget 2000

2000-02-05 Thread Ed Goertzen
port was that "a dollar income is a dollar income and should be taxed as a dollar income." Regards Ed G Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

Office of Research Services - Research Reports[ a political exercise]

2000-02-03 Thread Ed Goertzen
employment protect workers from the worst inequality found in flexible and vulnerable forms of work. Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\Office of Research Services - Research Reports.url" Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

A Couple Quotes from Habsbawm

2000-01-29 Thread Ed Goertzen
e gratification; with the ethic of hard work; with family duty and trust; but certainly not with the antinomian rebellion of individuals". Pp16 Age Of Extremes by Eric Hobsbawm Ed G Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

Re: FW: Breeding, was: Re: FW: The structure of future work...

2000-01-27 Thread Ed Goertzen
l their produce at a profit when large scale farming led to a surplus [at a greater cost per acre]. The myth that small farmers are inefficient is that they go out of business first since they don't have venture capitalists supporting them. Bill Ward Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

Perception problems at Human Resources [Walker][Milne]

2000-01-23 Thread Ed Goertzen
blic services. The free market model, it seems, only applies to subsidies that don't go to wealthy folks and political pals. On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Victor Milne wrote: > Hmm, didn't all this mess develop after the government aggressively adopted > a business model for its operations?

Re: WesBurt on: Perception problems at Human Resources Development Canada

2000-01-22 Thread Ed Goertzen
Income, which will restore the integrity of our labor markets and is the only practical alternative to the corruption prone means-tested welfare-state. Wesburt Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa

Stone Dead Democracy: Revolution needed

2000-01-18 Thread Ed Goertzen
e numbers of the electorate who still participate in this sham democracy. Surprised to the same extent as the media pretends to be at the number of electors who ignore the process. Ed Goertzen 607 Pinewood St Oshawa, ON,CA L1G 2S2 905-576-6699 == At , you wrote: >Ed Goertzen: &

Re: Edtiorial 2000/1/11 Reform not Canada's Official Opposition

2000-01-12 Thread Ed Goertzen
t the exceptionally large numbers of the electorate who still participate in this sham democracy. Surprised to the same extent as the media pretends to be at the number of electors who ignore the process. Ed Goertzen Peace an

Re: Einstein: Time's man of the century [China]

2000-01-11 Thread Ed Goertzen
==Ed G said: Many thanks to Ray for his detailed answer. Ray Evans Harrell, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > replied to Brad and Ed G Brad said: Needham's orienting question was: Why, when China was in many ways more advanced than Europe even in the 1500s, did Europe "take off" but China rem

Re: Einstein: Time's man of the century

2000-01-10 Thread Ed Goertzen
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 13:02:38 -0500 From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Brian McAndrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brian McAndrews wrote: > > A friend sent me this articleFrom Monthly Review, New York, May, 1949; he felt that Time

FW Rachel #680: MONEY RULES [Canadian Perspective]

1999-12-28 Thread Ed Goertzen
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 14:05:27 +0100 Subject: FW Rachel #680: MONEY RULES >Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:47:33 -0500 (EST) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Rachel #680: MONEY RULES >MONEY RULES =My Comment==Thus== > >Here we begin our traditional year-end review of significant >event

Microsoft and the Mars Lander

1999-12-22 Thread Ed Goertzen
Has anyone else heard that a Microsoft Windows crash was not the cause of the Mars Lander crash? As evidence, when Microsoft Windows crashes, the screen turns a deep blue. The screen displaying the image from Mars was a deep pink. Merry Christmas and Health, Happiness and Prosperity for the Ne

FW World Labor Conference (fwd) [Battle or War?]

1999-12-19 Thread Ed Goertzen
Date:Fri, 17 Dec 1999 22:40:51 -0500 From:RS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OPEN WORLD CONFERENCE By far the majority of international trade is conducted to satisfy an insaitiable world wide monetary systems. Immense quantities of resources (and jobs) are engaged in to satisfy internationa

Re: The Johnny Holiday/John A. Taube "Technocracy" post

1999-12-17 Thread Ed Goertzen
t does not even make them unpopular. It makes them invisible and therefore irrelevant. And it does so by redefining what we mean by religion, by art, by family, by politics, by history, by truth, by privacy, by intelligence, so t

Tinbergen's Law [economics]

1999-12-17 Thread Ed Goertzen
eased interest rates were to affect only new production/consumption it would be a valid inhibitor of economic activity. However, that affect is only a miniscule element when compared to the interest cost burden in the economy. Regards Edwa

Re: population resolution, Aspen Colorado

1999-12-16 Thread Ed Goertzen
ng equitable wages and benefits for >>workers and community environmental protections to be part of all free trade >>agreements; and (4) by mandated enforcement of our immigration laws against >>illegal immigration, thereby promoting the future well being of all the >>

Re: [Brad] Re: The two essential features of the capitalist system

1999-12-16 Thread Ed Goertzen
X-Envelope-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Envelope-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:00:13 -0500 From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ed Goertzen wrote: [snip] > Brad wrote > I know this is "utopian", but one of the main problems

[Brad] Re: The two essential features of the capitalist system

1999-12-15 Thread Ed Goertzen
SNIP Jack Cole wrote: > On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, john courtneidge wrote: > > >Part of Ed's post begs a reply. > > Dictionary definitions of capitalism highlight two essential features of the > > capitalist system: that the factors necessary for the production of those > > commodities necessary for hum

[Brad] Re: The two essential features of the capitalist system

1999-12-15 Thread Ed Goertzen
SNIP Jack Cole wrote: > On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, john courtneidge wrote: > > >Part of Ed's post begs a reply. > > Dictionary definitions of capitalism highlight two essential features of the > > capitalist system: that the factors necessary for the production of those > > commodities necessary for hum

Comparative Advantage Myth. [Mike] [Ray][Bob]

1999-12-15 Thread Ed Goertzen
tion does not just wipe out financial (money) assets, it also wipes out financial (consumer?) debts. That kept the production pot boiling and unprecedented prosperity. === Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa, L1G 2S2, +

The two essential features of the capitalist system

1999-12-14 Thread Ed Goertzen
Edward’s comment follows the thread: == From: "john courtneidge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:19:12 +0100 Subject: The two essential features of the capitalist system (Was Re: torn: Reply to Ed Wieck) X-Envelope-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To Jack Cole: The two essential features of the capitalist system

1999-12-14 Thread Ed Goertzen
Thanks Jack: If we could expand on what you said I think we would have a firm foundation. You have grasped the essence of what I have been attempting to say. In reference to the "tourtured philosophy" one of the most interesting books I have read in a long time is Mortimer J Adler's "10 Philosoph

"The Shame of the Budget Surplus"

1999-12-11 Thread Ed Goertzen
n inhibitor on exports did not, as the press popularly parroted, apply to exports. Current proposals to reduce the Corporation tax by 5% and abolish the 5% surtax on income is precisely the wrong policy. Ed Goertzen Oshawa, Ont. CA = ***Anyone who would rathe

Human Face of Capitalism?

1999-12-11 Thread Ed Goertzen
dwill Edward Goertzen Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa, L1G 2S2, 905-576-6699 + SIGNATURE - About bureaucracy "….it ceased to be merely a servant of social institutions and became their master. Bureaucracy no

What's Been Powering the U.S. Economy?

1999-12-10 Thread Ed Goertzen
th national and international the ER is must reading. Regards Ed Goertzen === >http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_current.html > >An obsession of this page has been figuring out what's been powering the >U.S. economy. Conventional explanations, like the wondrous flexibility of

Re: The Battle of Seattle 99/12/09

1999-12-09 Thread Ed Goertzen
Ed Weick replied to Bill Ward who wrote >What has been of interest in the discussion of the WTO across several list servs is the lack of discussion about why nations have developed a new organization and have not used a variety of organizations within the UN. > >I can anticipate some of the possi

re: torn: Reply to Ed Wieck

1999-12-07 Thread Ed Goertzen
itable distribution and a capitalist is one who engages in that activity. Snipped Regards Ed G == Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa, ON, CA L1G 2S2, 905-576-6699 + Timocracy: A form of governance known in ancient Greec

torn [Cordell/Middleton/Cordell

1999-12-07 Thread Ed Goertzen
Snipped Cordell responds to Middleton responding to Cordell. When we consider that the monetary system forces both overproduction and overconsumption, and that the "safety valve" is war to get rid of all the excess capacity. We could do with a lot less production and consumption and still have th

Re: torn: Response for Brad

1999-12-04 Thread Ed Goertzen
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 18:44:06 -0500 "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Wrote Real democracy is peer participation in all the important areas of one's life. Representative democracy is an oxymoron, in which the only democracy is the democracy of the representatives (like in Athens: ther

Re: Knowledge - The New Frontier (Copyight & Patent)

1999-12-03 Thread Ed Goertzen
Ed G == X-Envelope-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Envelope-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 01:11:52 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Reuss) Subject: Re: Knowledge - The New Frontier (Copyight &

Re: torn Reply to Andrew

1999-12-03 Thread Ed Goertzen
ns to increase the diversity of precisely the stockholding ownership that drives this system. Make more people owners. Active owners. Both in core AND in peripheral countries. Any other answers? Concerns? Andrew U. D. Straw Fredericksburg, VA Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa, L1G 2S2, 905

Re: Knowledge - The New Frontier (Copyight & Patent)

1999-12-02 Thread Ed Goertzen
istorted apportioning of ownership of property is predicated on the principal of "minority rule." The minority rule due to two pol. sci. trueizims, (1) the majority can never get their act together, and (2) dictato

Re: Why are we in debt? [Snipped & Comment]

1999-11-25 Thread Ed Goertzen
SNIP Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Courtneidge Wrote: Dear Friemds, all, I snip from Ed's amd then comment below. -- >From: Ed Goertzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Why are we in debt? [Snipped & Comment] >

Re: Why are we in debt? [Snipped & Comment]

1999-11-24 Thread Ed Goertzen
claim ownership of real property. The really biggest problem is to find a way to get back to a regulated system without destablising the economy. Ed Goertzen Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa, L1G 2S2, 905-576-6699 + SIG

The 'Privatisation of Knowledge' agenda

1999-11-20 Thread Ed Goertzen
uot;. Also known as enslaving the mind. Enjoy the weekend! Ed G. Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa, ON, CA L1G 2S2, 905-576-6699 + Timocracy: A form of governance known in ancient Greece that means "go

The Free Market Hoax

1999-10-11 Thread Ed Goertzen
a Free Market of muggers for/of the poor. "Survival of the Safest"... The Invisible LongFinger will take care of it! Chris Peace and goodwill Ed Goertzen, Oshawa, ON, CA L1G 2S2, 905-576-6699 + Timocracy: A form of gove

Can we stand a little satirical levity?

1999-10-11 Thread Ed Goertzen
of the welfare rolls. We don't even have to mention the advantages of being able to deduct several spousal tax exemptions to see that the advantages are enormous. When we really take a good look at the alternatives, any objections pale to insignificance. Truly, it is an idea whose time has not only come but is demanded by the economic times in which we live. Ed Goertzen ==