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		<title>American Idol, Casey Abrams, Steven Tyler, and Ego</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did American Idol judge Steven Tyler&#8217;s ego comment accidently sabotage Casey Abrams? You decide.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did American Idol judge Steven Tyler&#8217;s ego comment accidently sabotage Casey Abrams? You decide.</p>
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		<title>You Have A Quick and Easy Way to Help House and Employ 1,800 Homeless People</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All you have to do is cast an online vote. There are others who will take it from there. There is a proposal to convert an underutilized golf course into a community that will house 1,800 people. The owner of the golf course, the City of San Diego, California, could provide use of this land [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All you have to do is cast an online vote. There are others who will take it from there.<br />
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There is a proposal to convert an underutilized golf course into a community that will house 1,800 people. The owner of the golf course, the City of San Diego, California, could provide use of this land in exchange for work that would be done by the residents of the land.</p>
<p>The city has an enormous backlog of projects that are stalled for want of money. The residents would help the city by working on those backlogged projects.</p>
<p>Everybody wins.</p>
<p>This project is ready to launch. However, the San Diego City Council must approve this use of the land.</p>
<p>This is where you can help. You can cast an online vote and tell the council that you&#8217;re in favor of the project.</p>
<blockquote><p>Even if you don&#8217;t live in San Diego, your online vote tells the council that the eyes of the world are upon them. Your online vote tells them that the world will look upon them favorably if they allow this project to move forward.</p></blockquote>
<p>You can cast your vote <a href="http://gopetition.com/online/34128.html">by clicking here.</a></p>
<p>Your vote will help get the measure on the November ballot.</p>
<p>This wonderful, practical, humanitarian project is being done by Amikas. You learn more about Amikas <a href="http://amikas.org/">by clicking here.</a> </p>
<p>This really is a quick and easy way to make a big difference. Please help.</p>
<p>Your friend,<br />
Jim</p>
<p>P.S. The Amikas project can set an example for the rest of the world. Cities everywhere can do similar projects and clear up homelessness.</p>
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		<title>USA Bailout Spending = $76,000 Per Person</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually get into such matters on this blog. But this whole economic situation is ridiculous. It&#8217;s messing up peoples&#8217; lives. The recent bailout has come to $23.7 trillion by one estimate. And there is no end in sight. There doesn&#8217;t seem to be any accounting of where this money went. This spending comes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t usually get into such matters on this blog. But this whole economic situation is ridiculous. It&#8217;s messing up peoples&#8217; lives.</p>
<p>The recent bailout has come to $23.7 trillion by one estimate. And there is no end in sight. There doesn&#8217;t seem to be any accounting of where this money went.<br />
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This spending comes to about $76,000 per US citizen. If that money would be given equally (and gradually) to each US citizen we&#8217;d be in an economic boom, not an economic recession or depression.</p>
<p>Businesses boom when people have money. This includes businesses big and small, new and old.</p>
<p>There would be a skyrocketing of production and sales of things people want. There would be very little production of things people don&#8217;t want. People could choose jobs that make sense &#8211; not just scarce jobs grasped out of desperation.</p>
<p>There would be a huge increase in personal creativity and fulfillment.</p>
<p>Families would be more harmonious. People would be realizing their dreams.</p>
<p>Why can&#8217;t the government get this right? You tell me.</p>
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		<title>The Age of Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mankind is evolving from Homo Sapiens to Homo Spiritus. This is a state of existence based on love with reason thrown in when appropriate. There is no mental churning. There is peace of mind. There is little conflict. People love each other. There is no &#8220;what&#8217;s in it for me?&#8221;. There&#8217;s a viewpoint of mutual [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mankind is evolving from Homo Sapiens to Homo Spiritus. This is a state of existence based on love with reason thrown in when appropriate.</p>
<p>There is no mental churning. There is peace of mind.</p>
<p>There is little conflict. People love each other.<span id="more-19"></span></p>
<p>There is no &#8220;what&#8217;s in it for me?&#8221;. There&#8217;s a viewpoint of mutual respect and admiration. This is a pay it forward economic system.</p>
<p>The economic system is evolving from one where banks create money and loan it at interest. In the new system banks create money and give it to all people equally. There is no debt because people know that money is to be created to support the overall economy; it is not created for the benefit of the money creators.</p>
<p>Governments are flourishing because the people are flourishing. There is no government debt because people have lots of money to pay taxes. Government expenses are less because there are few people needing government assistance.</p>
<p>The military budget is minimal because there is no war. The military is more like a public service organization. Much of the military duty and training involves spiritual exercises for the overall raising of consciousness of society.</p>
<p>You might have heard of the experiments where large groups of people prayed or meditated together for many hours per day. There was a significant reduction of crime in the surrounding areas.</p>
<p>This is the true function of the military in an enlightened society.</p>
<p>My unpublished novel <em>Duke Blisser and the Meditating Marines</em> tells the story of a group of friends who go to Camp Pendleton and teach the Marines to meditate. There is a widespread breakout of peace. Although the novel is fiction, the basic principle holds true.</p>
<p>Politicians and judges are ethical. Laws are passed and interpreted for the common good. Unjust laws are overturned. There is an elimination of genetically altered food and a return of natural foods on the farms.</p>
<p>There is no need for health insurance. People have enough money to pay for the health care of their choice, not just the health care empowered by legislation and insurance companies.</p>
<p>There is abounding health and few accidents as people are freed from the stress of a loan driven economic system.</p>
<p>People have all the paid work they want. And there is abundant money for people to buy the fruits of each others&#8217; labors of love.</p>
<p>Love abounds in society. Entertainment is at a whole new level. People don&#8217;t really need entertainment. They simply see beauty and love everywhere. There is a tremendous joy in interacting with others.</p>
<p>However, the arts are at a major new high. There is a renaissance throughout all of society &#8211; not just in a select few. People have an enormous capacity to love the creative works of others. Although blockbuster movies continue, there is a flourishing of low budget movies and multi-media productions.</p>
<p>Artists easily sell their works because of the free economic system and the enormous capacity of people to appreciate art.</p>
<p>Most people are already renaissance people and the others admire them and are undergoing their own personal renaissance.</p>
<p>Artistic expression is everywhere.</p>
<p>People communicate freely with tremendous mutual respect.</p>
<p>Love abounds.</p>
<p>Is all this really possible? Yes it is. At a personal level we can experience this with regular spiritual exercises. We can live our lives based on the principle of kindness to all forms of life in all circumstances.</p>
<p>Kindness raises the happiness of the giver, the receiver, and the witnesses.</p>
<p>As we evolve we help others evolve. We simply be who we are and recognize the Divine Essence in others.</p>
<p>With love,<br />
Jim Kitzmiller</p>
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