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Timeline for the North American Union

Fm: Vive Le Canada.ca
Sept 3, 2006
From: susan.thompson@vivelecanada.ca (excerpt)

April 2005: U.S. Senate Bill 853 is introduced by Senator Richard G. Lugar (IN) and six cosponsors.

"The North American Security Cooperative Act (NASCA) is touted as a bill to protect the American public from terrorists by creating the North American Union. The North American Union consists of three countries, U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with open borders, something that is proposed to be in effect by 2010. Thus, it would ensure the fulfillment of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America." NASCA Rips America, April 2005, www.Freemarketnews.com


June 2005: A U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee policy paper is released: It argued that Congress should pass CAFTA. Foreign tribunals can force us to change our domestic laws to be 'no more burdensome than necessary'on foreign trade."


March 31, 2006: At the Summit of the Americas in Cancun, Canada along with the U.S. and Mexico release the Leaders' Joint Statement. The statement presents six action points to insure that the North American Union be in place by 2007. Including: Provision for North American Emergency Management, Provision for Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza Management...

April 2006: A draft environmental impact statement on the proposed first leg of the NAFT superhighway, the "Trans-Texas Corridor" or TTC, is completed.

June 2006: Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado. demands superstate accounting from the Bush administration: "Responding to a www.Worldnetdaily.com report, Tom Tancredo is demanding the Bush administration fully disclose the activities of an office implementing a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada that apparently could lead to a North American union, despite having no authorization from Congress."

Tancredo Confronts 'Super-State' Effort, June 2006, www.Worldnetdaily.com

July 2006: Public hearings on the proposed NAFTA superhighway begin in the U.S.


COMING IN 2007: Construction is set to begin on the "NAFTA superhighway".

COMING IN 2007: The creation of the North American Union (NAU). clip..

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Hazel's Update 09/15/06

MNN Sept. 15, 06

Sago from Grand River. Today was our 200th day on the Land Reclamation of Kanonhstaton. Interestingly enough, it was also the day that CBC aired Part 1 of the movie "Indian Summer, the Oka Crisis". To say the least, it was definitely a good reminder of how things work for our people. It brought to surface all of the feelings we've all been having for the last 200 days right up to the forefront again. There is alot of similarities in what happened in 1990 to what's happening today and it is hard to watch to say the least.

Watching this first part leaves me wondering what's going to happen. There is no question that our people have learnedfrom the past. The question really is, has the government of Canada?

I know that our people never forget, and seeing the backdoor meetings of the government officials, watching the treatment of our people by the SQ, and witnessing the racistbehaviours of the people in Chatequay are not much different than what's happening today. It really makes you think about what really is going on. The resolve of the people is no different. The focus of title and jurisdiction and the Sovereignty of the Haudenesaunee is forefront in the minds of all who have made this stance. We have our delegates meeting with representatives of the Crown and they are meeting in good faith, but it does bring to question whether or not the Crown has a real understanding of the enormity of this reclamation, and the support of the Onkwehonweh around the world.

At the last meeting of the main table I requested that each of the parties involved in the negotiation process watch this movie. I asked because from our perspective we knew that the tactics of the government of Canada and the similarities of the negotiation process haven't changed much. Iwanted them to understand that to our people, the land is as important as the air we breathe. We are part of the land. There is no separation.

We have gone through the demands of removing the barricades and we have gone through the backpeddling of the government on promises made, and then changed or broken to suit their needs. Weare continually being met with demands of disengagement when we ultimately know that when we walk away from the land, they will walk away from the table. It does not take a genious to figure out that our Confederacy representatives are at the table because of our reclamation. It also doesn't take a genious to figure out that all the while they are negotiating with our Chiefs and delegated representatives of the people, that behind closed doors they are making simulataneous deals withindividuals of the illegal entity known as the band council and are strategizing on how to get our people off the land so that they can go back to working with the party they created as an arm of the federal government.

Elected Chief Dave General has made it clear that he does not support the reclamation and ultimately does not support the people. He continually pushes the land exploration process that thegovernment of canada has designed that does nothing to have the land returned to our people, does nothing to recognize or hold accountable the Crown for the theft, nor does it address the underlying title and jurisdiction; but instead offers minimal monetary compensation that secures nothing for the future generations.

Now mind you, not all of the band councillors are party to this deceit. Some of them are working just as hard and have recognized the need to have the Confederacy deal with the long out-standing theft of our land and the misappropriation of our trust because they recognize that they are the only ones who can represent our treaties and our sovereignty. This is something that our people have waited over 80 years to be able to deal with. Not with the interference of the Crown, but within the Six Nations ourselves. It is the governance of Six Nations.

The initial meeting to begin that process will happen tomorrow morning. We will begin the long process ofhashing out and undoing the mess that was created by the undeniable interference of the Crown in our internal affairs. From my perspective, there is no doubt that the only true government of the Haudenesaunee lies within the Great Law, and that is with the people. The avenue from which the Confederacy Council takes it's direction. The band council is and always will be an administrative body. That should be it's only function. It mimics Canada's parliament and does not truly represent the people. It is the people within Six Nations who have to make that position loud and clear. It is not for Ottawa to decide.

Recently I was given documentation from someone who's uncle had kept for years. It was a declaration of resistance by the people at Six Nations against the illegal imposition and invasionof the Imperial Government of Great Britain in their attempt to impose foreign made laws upon us. This document and petition was dated in July of 1923 and had the signatures of 100's of our people. It was definitely a voice stronger and larger than the 9 or so signatures of people who the crown used to bring in their Indian Act council in 1924. It really makes it clear that back then, just as now, the crown will use a minority of people who they can manipulate or buy to suit their needs.

Today, we have to show the crown that their interference in our side of the Two Row will no longer be tolerated. We have international recognition for our Sovereignty as a Nation and must utilize that recognition and demand the Crown uphold it's responsibilites not only to the treaties but also in its responsibility of having created the situation we are in today. As far as whats been happening at the site, things have been relatively quiet. There have been a few incidents of individuals from the Caledonia Citizens Alliance trying to create violence by taking down signs along the roadway in front of the site, and trying to come into the site on the pretense of having a picnic and in the spirit of peace, in the meantime being intoxicated and ultimately looking for a fight. Their latest move was a letter written to Premier McGuinty requesting permission to have a 20,000 person rally on the land at Kanonhstaton on October 15th.

Their reasoning?

"The Indians have had use of the land for 6 months, we'reentitled to 1 day".

They've invited Jane Stewart, the lead Provincial negotiator to partake in their plans, but we have been told that she declined because of her involvement in the peaceful negotiation process. It would be good if the Canadian government reminded the CCA that the land at Kanonhstaton is not public land. It is being held in trust by the Province at this time, yes, but it has been reclaimed by the people of Six Nations. We have remained peaceful, in spite of the gossip andrumours pegging us as terrorists, and we will continue our unarmed reclamation of our land while this process continues. The whole issue of lights and noise, atv's, fireworks and police buffer zones continues to take precedence over the land at thetable, even though we have respected the concerns of our Caledonia neighbours months ago, and even created a buffer zone well in excess of 100' which our people have respected, but the government fails to recognize. They want it in writing.

Well, we all heard how that plan works. Continually demand further encroachments of police lines until they have you boxed in. Wasn't that Bourassa's plan in 1990?

Whichever government rep it was, we're not buying into it. The 100' buffer zone exists. All the Crown has to do is remind the individuals within caledonia who haven't respected it. The OPP have told the government that it is a policing issue. They have also re-affirmed our position that we have been most respectful ofboundaries, there are no incidents of loud noises, atv's driving around all night, or lights being shone in windows. The only threat of violence is coming from the CCA. It could be just another of those government tactics to justify an invasion, or it could be individuals who don't have an understanding or respect for the truth. Whatever and whoever it is, the onus is on the crown to deal with it.

It is clearly on their side of the wampum and if nothing else has been learned to date, our delegates have been consistent in reminding the crown exactly how that Two Row is suppose to work.

Today CCA representative Jim Smith and a few others held a protest against the OPP and what their terming as a "two-teared" justice system. I don't know if they meant 'two-tiered' but again I have to admit, Jim Smith is absolutely right. That justice system that he refers to is two-tiered and biased. The only people being charged are from Six Nations, inspite of overwhelming evidence and facts clearly indicating that the violence and openly admitted possible use of weapons as a resolve, is coming from within the CCA. I think 1 Caledonian compared to over 50 or more from Six Nations has been charged so I guess Jim's claim's that the Onkwehonweh have been receiving 'special treatment' are true to a certain degree. It's just that, that treatment of the Onkwehonweh, is nothing new, special, nor is it surprising. It just is.

It would be good if some of the people who truly believe in justice, whotruly want to see racism and violations of human rights be stopped, and who truly believe in a peaceful resolution process; begin calling Jane Stewart, Dalton McGuinty, Stephen Harper, Barbara McDougal and Jim Prentice just to name a few, anddemand that the idiotness of the 20,000 person rally be stopped immediately to prevent a possibly volatile situation, and that the Federal Government pull up its britches and begin taking an active role in this resolution process and stop passingeverything off over to the Province. As duly representatives of the Crown, and as recently pointed out to me, representatives of Her Majesty's Privy Council, it is not a choice, it is an obligation.

In Peace, Love and Light,
Hazel

poster: Thahoketoteh

And may I say I TOTALLY TOTALLY agree with this ...

Lucky for you all, I will not highlight the parts that really get me.

LOL


Christopher Rudy wrote:
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:28:28 -0600
To: GeoNotes@mcn.net
From: Christopher Rudy geonotes@mcn.net


Subject:

INSPIRATION: Healing War Insanity in the Government Nuthouse

The HO'OPONOPONO Process for the Worldwide Web of Conscience

Bringing global healing to fear and mental illness created by "We The People"
Archived at www.heartcom.org/PowerLove2.htm

"You must be the change you want to see in the world."- Mahatma Gandhi

PREFACE:
The big "news" of this last week is how the Bush administration would change the "game rules" of the Geneva accords against war crimes so that government could administer secret torture tactics on people while absolving the administration from responsibility. That's "insane" enough, but the problem -- and solution -- is bigger than that. It requires a holistic healing paradigm on a global "systemic" level.
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About a month ago, I sent the list an article about THE HO'OPONOPONO PROCESS. It's one of those amazing-but-true stories of spiritual healing that heals dangerously insane people in the psycho-ward of a hospital. Not only did it work mentally and emotionally -- all patients were healed -- but also, the physical _expression of their behavior was healed to the point where they were no longer violent, were dismissed as "healthy", and never returned.
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The man who wrote that article, Ron Van Dyke, has written another insightful view of this "world class" process for healing from the top-down -- the "Spirit that matters" (from Heaven to earth). His article follows. Heaven knows that this HO'OPONOPONO PROCESS is the open door to the "Power of Love" -- call it Higher Power -- that "genuine freedom" (of, by and for the people) embraces for ultimate "response ability". It's that good.
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As this PROCESS is internalized in our consciousness, BEING and world, it will bring love and healing to the world in a dramatic way. More on that with application comments following the article.
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- Christopher


"THIS IS SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL PIECE THAT I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND YOU TO TRY THE FOLLOWING EXPERIENCE. FORGET WHO WROTE THIS AND READ IT AS IF YOU HAD JUST WRITTEN IT AND YOU ARE READING THE RESULT OF YOUR WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME, TAKING IT ALL IN..." - Jean Hudon, The Moment of Truth Series #4: Approaching The Great Breakthrough Point Into a Brighter Future

--------- excerpts follow:
"...we must see from an entirely different perspective, and create a more holistic paradigm in whicheach of us is responsible for healing and correcting our valued misconceptions, beginning with our own self-righteousness that is nothing other than a defense mechanism created to avoid and shift blame.""Do you have any idea how expansive this is, how liberating?I tell you, my friends, this is LOVE. But until you are able to see beyond your fear, you will only be able to see it afar off."-----------

article follows:

What You Focus on Expands -- What You Deny Remains Unhealed
By Ron Van Dyke, September 5, 2006

Virtually every metaphysician and every student of spiritual and esoteric "truth" has heard the first dictum. It has been declared repeatedly in many well-circulated books, movies, and channelings. The second one is less well known; in fact, I never heard it at all until my meditation this morning. Its truth resonates within me. Hopefully, it will find resonance in you as well.

It is my belief that the more we understand this principle, and embrace the realities implied therein, the faster we will be able to move forward with healing the less-than-desirable conditions we-collectively-have created, i.e., the human experience of fear-based emotions with all of their ramifications. These "conditions" are those we try to avoid and deny. They are the "negative" energies and creations we are not supposed to focus upon for "fear" of expansion. Too late!

They've already expanded; and they stare every one of us in the face daily: demanding our choice and action.As Librans are wont to do, I have always looked for balance. When I viewed the movie, The Secret, that everyone raved so much about, I was troubled. To me, it was unbalanced; and the people who seemed to rave about it most sometimes give the impression of being in denial to me. Those who know me know that I have never been an advocate of head-in-the-sand mentality. O

ften I have written about the importance of being aware of as much as possible, because not only is knowledge power, without it there can be no intelligent choice. Without that conscious choice, personal and global maladies remain unhealed.Too often, the tendency in human behavior is avoidance and denial of those things in our lives that we would rather not deal with at all. We stuff these "negatives" into our subconscious, attempting to lock them into the closet or basement where all of our dirty laundry and less-than-beautiful demons hide out. Yes, Jung called this part of ourselves: "The Shadow."

"Ron, when are you going to stop talking about the shadow? When are you going to accept the fact that many of us do not want to deal with those things? We are creating a positive world!"Yeah, right. My head isn't in the sand; and I see the world WE have created together. I choose to heal, and to face things I don't like very much either. I am Spirit having human experience; and I am convinced in my heart of hearts that the human experience has great value. The purpose of that familiarity with contrast is ultimate reconciliation of all things -- marrying the polarities within us and creating a synthesis between opposites that allows them to dance the dance of Life itself in beauty and harmony. This, I believe, is an internal choice and action that literally transforms the world by transmuting the enemy and making it a friend. (Are our demons really friends who teach us by showing where we need to heal?)

Speaking of friends, one recently gave me a photocopy of an article from Horizons Magazine about Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. He is the president and administrator of Ho'oponopono (which means "to make right," or "to rectify an error"), a foundation created by Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona, a native Hawaiian kahuna to discover self-identity and become the divine self. Together with Morrnah, Haleakala has worked with thousands of people over the years, including groups at the United Nations, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), International Human Unity Conference on World Peace, World Peace Conference, Traditional Indian Medicine Conference, Healers for Peace in Europe, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association. He also has extensive experience working with developmentally disabled people and with the criminally, mentally ill and their families.

In all his work as an educator, the Ho'oponopono process supports and permeates every breath of his efforts.Interestingly, that was my third encounter with Dr. Hew Len's work. I first heard him on News for the Soul with Nicole Whitley. Then another friend forwarded a piece to me about him. Finally, I was handed the aforementioned article. All this was in the space of two weeks. To me, that has all the markings of a message of importance.

What is very different about Dr. Hew Len's approach is that he takes personal responsibility for everything in his life. If he encounters a problem, it is HIS problem (even if it appears to be in another person). He is the one who needs to do healing work -- on himself. Amazingly, as he repeats, "I'm sorry. I love you," circumstances in the lives of those he works with change; but the change began in him. That's taking personal responsibility to a whole new level of consciousness.

If "others" are pushing my buttons, the problem I perceive in "them" is actually in me. It is MY problem presenting ME with MY opportunity to heal it.What happens if I chose to ignore the problem altogether? What happens if I focus only on what I like, the things that I do not perceive as pushing my buttons? Have you figured it out yet? My answer, should you choose to accept it, is that nothing changes. Nothing happens. Everything remains the same; and we are what we are till the day that we die. No growth!


Succeeding generations stay stuck in the same old morass of polarized reality; and of the polarities it can be said, "Never the twain shall meet." [Until we get our act together. -CR]

As difficult as it is to take responsibility for things I do not like, things I believe are the result of someone else's choice, I have to realize something vital. While I am an individual, I am also part of a much larger collective; and whatever I choose to think, say or do, does effect the whole. The collective called "the human race" has been on a journey into a "far country" to experience separation.

Yes, we are the prodigal son and daughter.

We embarked together on this journey, creating an entire system of illusions to support the separation perception we had chosen. That system contained everything we needed to "prove" that we were not one, that we're not connected. Every negative emotion that can be named or felt is the direct result of our trip into this fantasyland we created.What rules this dream, this world of illusion? FEAR! Even though it is not based in truth, we are such powerful creators that separation appears real. We think about it; we feel it; and we act upon it. Perceiving the disconnect as real, we suffer the painful, fear-based emotions of not good enough, unloved, shamed, angry, lonely, abandoned, neglected, guilty, deprived, sad, weak, lost, limited, and so many more. Because we feel these things and believe them to be real; and because we cannot see the reality of the interconnectedness that still exists as fact, we think those with separate bodies are somehow different than we are.

We project OUR guilt onto "them" -- the other person. After all, we do not even like the problems we see; and as long as we can stay out of the gutter, we can justify our judgment of those in the gutter. We rationalize that "they" made bad choices. It's "their" fault.

Yes, and we do not want to even look at "those bad people" in prison, or up there in Washington, or over in the Middle East, or in Communist China, or anywhere else in the world where we think the problems originate. Oh, yes, I'm as guilty of doing this as the next person. I have done the "avoid-dance" myself. It's the Illuminati's fault, the Zionists, the Bush regime, the Masons, or whatever scapegoat my investigation can uncover that allows me to transfer the blame for what I have created with the rest of humanity to any small segment of the whole. Therefore, I can avoid personal responsibility for MY creation.

But can I really? Does anything change, either within or without? Emphatically, NO!

I am suggesting to you that some of our most cherished "truisms" may, in fact, be very misleading. The one we began with -- what you focus on expands -- may be the exact opposite of reality. The truth, as I see it, is that we are actually focusing on avoidance and denial of what we want to go away; and it is the very thought of ignorance (ignoring what we do not like) that CAUSES the problem to remain and grow. Have you noticed that the problems seem to keep getting larger; or have you chosen to look elsewhere? Do you think you can make these situations diminish or disappear by simply denying their existence in this "reality of illusions" WE have created? I think not!

Hear me, I am NOT suggesting that we must fight and wage war against any perceived enemy that appears to be outside of us. On the contrary, that kind of focus is certain to bring more of the same; i.e., terrorism and war. What I am saying, is that we must see from an entirely different perspective, and create a more holistic paradigm in which each of us is responsible for healing and correcting our valued misconceptions, beginning with our own self-righteousness that is nothing other than a defense mechanism created to avoid and shift blame.To do this, we must focus intently on the problems WE (holding ourselves accountable) created.

What I have been doing since having Dr. Hew Len's work hit me squarely in the face is to look at the things I do not like, think to myself, "I created this," and then say, "I'm sorry. I love you."

I haven't had a long enough time as yet to ascertain the results, but I deeply feel that this is both new and powerful. At some level, I already know it is working. I can feel it.

In closing, I am learning to become grateful for everything in my life. I am finding that I am actually able to be thankful for those things I have hated. I love my body. I love my physical existence. I love my illusions. I love having the opportunity to heal myself by remembering that I am more than any of this human experience. When I choose to give up my body, I still go on and on and on. I am eternal, connected, loved, and graced with the chance to learn more about my amazing being by going through things that teach me what I am not. Do you have any idea how expansive this is, how liberating? I tell you, my friends, this is LOVE. But until you are able to see beyond your fear, you will only be able to see it afar off.

I am sorry. I do love you.

Aloha

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Also see Ron's other recent article...

THE PARADOX MAN SPEAKS: THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST!
(August 30, 2006)

http://www.metagroups.divinespectrum.net/Articles.html

We live in interesting times. That's an understatement. The dramas being played out on the world stage are mind-boggling. Two worlds are colliding in a virtually invisible confrontation. You won't see it on the six-o'clock news or even on the 24-hour news channels. You won't read about it the daily newspaper or in most mainstream journals and magazines. For the most part, the government is mum. The sermons from most pulpits are devoid of acknowledging, let alone articulating the awakening that is happening before our very eyes-at least those eyes opened to see beyond, behind, and beneath the surface of approved news and commentary.

For all those who do not see, especially those who refuse to see, I have a word: "The first shall be last!"

Those who have ruled by deception, by secrecy, by conspiracy, by greed, by force, by intimidation, by violence, by treason, by cover-up, by scapegoating, by smearing, by perverting justice, and by the sheer arrogance of egocentric pride: your day is passing quickly into history. The last shall soon be first; and the shift will be obvious. CLIP

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Comments, continued from above:

The "dance of polarities" is not a mystery or merely "The Secret" of one-sided Positive Mental Attitude (PMA). Reconciliation with "the shadow" of fears, denial and "dark side" reality requires a higher standard for love than just a good attitude. Loving one's enemies is indeed loving one's ALL-connected Self. We avoid that because we avoid pain. Damage control becomes pain avoidance. But the "collateral damage" for denying Greater LOVE is always our humanity. "No responsibility" translates to no love at heart.
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There is a way to float all boats that are grounded on the shoals of global insanity. You would think that would interest 100% of humanity. Or at least that's true if you agree that "humanity" means every human who has the inner sense of responsibility for humane virtues of loving kindness. If such REAL LOVE healed the violent mental illness in Dr. Len's psycho-ward, what happens when the same HO'OPONOPONO PROCESS is applied to our own government through the global Internet?
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Would you like to know how that could happen? If true responsibility empowers the ability to respond, are you that "response able"? What do you think will happen when we "Ho'oponopono" not only one's personal meditation process but also the planetary “mediation process” whereby the instant-everywhere-interactive Internet media connects our hearts and minds with this higher level of response ability?
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That's really the CORE issue of planetary civilization, isn't it? In an instant-everywhere ALL-connected world, there's just too much pain and fear to go around if we don't love more. THE HO'OPONOPONO PROCESS -- on the scale of a global LOVE Network -- can provide cultural DNA for the Net reality of ALL-connected response ability.
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I'll always remember the story of a very successful football coach who said, "If you treat players as winners, they will be". That's true for the game of life as well. But treating players as "winners" is more than aptitude or a winning attitude. A good coach doesn't beat his players up with fear of consequences if they lose. It's more important to focus on playing the game well. That does not include changing the rules of fair play. As my game-loving Father often told me, "It's not whether you win or lose but HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME."
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Winning is more than the "toys", cars, money or power an individual or nation has. People are more important than things. Civility is more important than global war profiteering rackets. Where is the civility in a system of self-government that sustains war powers by threatening loss of security with their terror war mantra to "Be afraid - be very afraid"? It reminds me the cartoon character Pogo who said, "We have found the enemy and he is us."
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Quite often, the most strident in such fear-mongering are the most fearful and wounded, crying out to everyone with their pain. It's the same in national politics due to power elite potentates who are ethical infants with a vested interest in an endless war mindset. If you think it's criminal that leaders use every dirty trick in the book to justify war and tyranny on the world, how much more criminal is it that people are purposely intimidated into submission to this psychology of subservience to tyranny?
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For lack of REAL LOVE, we can see the endless war problem as a blame game of those who have failed to PLAY THE GAME WELL. Instead of responsibility for fair play, they would change the rules so they can torture who they want with no responsibility. And to mask their war-profiteering, they condemn any challengers to their win-at-any-cost judgement as "cut and run" cowards. Bad sports out of sorts in the government nuthouse.
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So how do we overcome our victum dictum with victory virtues NOW... and on the GLOBAL playing field of Net reality? Can we agree that the sense of separation -- the source of all suffering -- is not limited to our little world of personal relationships when we are ALL connected in a global village of instant-everywhere Internet interaction?
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The global game requires global game rules for fair play. The abundant life requires abundant LOVE. It's rather insane to war over a scarcity of oil when there is an abundance of clean, virtually free energy from proven technologies like water fuel-cells and scalar energy technology that has been ruthless suppressed by Big Oil. It's even more "not sane" to discover that abundant peace is the enemy of military-industrial war profiteers who are playing the endless war game out of the White House. Perhaps even more criminal is the scarcity of truth regarding all this due to biased mainstream media that has a vested interest in war not only as an elitist and supremacist ideology, but also through ownership by military-industrial war contractors who put stockholder profits ahead of TRUTH in the the mainstream media.
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That's NO PROBLEM for the HO'OPONOPONO PROCESS once applied on a grand scale. There is no time or space in an instant-everywhere connected world. Consider what will obviously happen when a transparent "interactive interface" for the HO'OPONOPONO PROCESS is established with the "LOVE Model" at the heart of global TeLeComm. Centering and connecting through this vision -- in frequency and form -- will balance and heal the communication networks that define the "nervous system" of humanity. Details on this process at www.heartcom.org/CosmicCube.htm .
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We have all experienced betrayal of faith, hope and charity, and sometimes fall into the sense of separation, fear and loveless despair. Any yet, every mature soul knows in their heart of hearts that betrayal of virtue through the denial of love is not the answer.
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To say "I'm sorry" embraces the wrong. To say "I love you" heals it. And when we make the holy spirit of LOVE -in-action the heart of Net reality, the living grace of divine love will bless humanity with a millennial Golden Age of Light-in-LOVE on Earth.
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Indeed, LOVE floats all boats, even those stuck on the shoals of endless war insanity.
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When the Law of LOVE -- call it the HO'OPONOPONO PROCESS -- becomes the rule for "terms of engagement" on the global playing field, HOW WE PLAY THE GAME becomes a win/win. The healing begins. Divine Love rules.
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Christopher Rudy, GeoNotes@mcn.net
Director, The LOVE Network, “Linking the Light”
Connecting Lightworkers with Universal Coordinates for Global Oneness,, establishing the Worldwide LOVE Foundation with a "web of Light” (universal language of consciousness), that frames the “Constitution of LOVE” (universal “law of the angles”) with the frequency of holy compassion at the “heart of it” (universal “language of the angels”)


"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and
love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time
they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS."
-- “Mahatma” (Great Soul) Gandhi

http://www.freeworldacademy.com/
This is one interesting site!

Too many good Looooooooooooong items

showing up on the internet

But you need to read the big three I am posting today.

I don't have a nice tiny url for this, so bear

with it if you can and then let me me know

what you think about it ....

GLOBAL TRENDS 2030

THE WORLD IN 2030

SUMMARY: MAPPING THE WORLD-2030:

Revision 2005

This final paper summarizes the results of our ten previous regional surveys: The USA and North America, Central America and Caribbeans, Australia and Oceania, China and North East Asia, South East Asia, India and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, South America, Europe.

By the end, our futures studies provide you with an unique scenario.The world in 2030 will be divided into three areas:

1-A Globalizing area (51.5 % of the population, 74.5% of the world GNI) with a growing middle class.

2-A backward area dominated by Islamism ( 34.5% of world population and only 3.5% of world GNI) with low incomes, economic regression and chaos

3-A declining area (European Union and South America: 14% of the world population and 22% of the world GNI).

NOTE: GRAPHICS MISSING ...

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According to our analysis, a limited globalization and a containment policy (Against Islamism) will shape the international scene in 2030. You will find here a single picture mapping these results.

The first column indicates the regions. The golden area represents the globalizing world (Global driver). The green area represents the regions influenced by the new islamic driver (The revival of Muslim identity) or by authoritarian societies (Central Africa). The gray area applies to countries in transition, that are expected to leave the globalization in moving toward new paradigms: Cultural relativism and islamic values for the European Union, neo-Communism and Populism for South America.

The third column indicates the repartition of the population that will attain 8.2 billion in 2030 (6.5 in 2005). The net increase to come (1.7 Billion) will occur in countries influenced by the islamic driver (green area) and will be mostly composed with poor muslim people. This increase could have bad consequences on governance, environment through deforestation and gender inequalities.

Globally, the Population under islamic influence will represent 34.5% of the world population.The second column indicates the repartition of the world GNI that will attain 94,290 $Billion in 2030 ( 39,305 in 2004). The increase to come (55,000 $Billion) will occur in the golden area (85%). As a result, this area will represent 74.5% of the world GNI.

More precisely, the world economic power will be concentrated around the Pacific ocean: North America, Oceania , North and South East asia will get 67% of the world GNI. By contrast, the green area, with 34% of the world population will only get 3.5% of the world GNI.The fourth column indicates the income per capita repartition: In 2030, 34% of the world population, will be on an income that exceeds $10,000 per capita (16% in 2004). The most important fact is the growing Middle class: High and Upper Middle income groups will represent 61% of the world population in 2030 ( 25% in 2004). As a result the percentage of poor people (Lower Middle Income en Low income) will decrease from 75% to 39% and will be concentrated in the green area ( Islamic driver). The growing middle class in China and India also means the emergence of a huge well educated work force at low cost. European Union which imports poor migrants and exports its scientist will endure the main shock of this evolution. Its blue collars and even its middle class could heavily suffer of this trend.The main consequences of this global situation are obvious: All the increase of population will occur in the countries dominated by the islamic driver. All the increase of wealth will occur in the globalizing world.

As a result, we may expect a new world divide: Free societies versus islamic societies with long range political consequences.Regarding political matters (Fifth column), the brown circle represents wars, the red circle: terrorism and the black circle: genocides.

We forecast an arch of instability along a line going from South East Asia to Western Europe. The Middle East and Africa will remain the world black sheep until 2030. Clearly, terrorism, wars and genocides are both expected in this green area. The globalizing world will also endure wars (brown circles) on its borders with Islam. However we are confident that these countries will have the willingness to resist and to organize a containment policy against Islamism.

In our opinion, the European Union is the main target of the islamic surge. Thanks to immigration and enlargement to Turkey, the islamic movement expects to gain a growing political influence in Europe. At the difference of Asia, the European Union is unable to resist because it has given up its values and surrendered to the cultural relativism and the islamic values. The Europeans leaders plead openly for a cooperation with Islamism because they hope a decrease of the terrorist pressure (Red circles).

In the long term, cooperation could be replaced by alliance. It means that the main threat could come from Europe instead of China. This high flow of discoveries will boost the future growth (Sixth column). The increasing trend will be concentrated in the globalizing area and we expect that the US will maintain their predominance by 2030. However, Asian nations are rapidly increasing their ability to train their own scientists and engineers. On the other hand, the European Union will be slipping behind Asia. Of course, the countries affected by the islamic obscurantism will be completely out of any scientific competition.

WARNING:

1-We invite you to report to our Methodology and Standards of quality. About the sources of tables and stats, Go to: Economic stats-World Bank: www.worldbank.org/data.

Population stats: UN: www.un.org/esa/.

Bear in mind that we do not use the Purchasing Power Parity in this final survey.


2-We invite you to compare our results with the CIA Global trends 2020 .

The CIA Survey results in five scenario: Davos world, Pax Americana, A new Caliphate, and the cycle of fear.

In our opinion, it does not take enough in account the Islamic driver.

3-We also invite you to report to our initial survey written in 2000. Click here.-

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11-The big pictures
111-Evolution of world populationAccording to the updated projections of the United Nations ( Revision 2004- Medium scenario ), the population will attain 8.2 billion in 2030. It will grow to 9 billion in 2050. Then it should stabilize and begin to decline after 2100. Go to www.un.org. and www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm.

Consider the next drawing (In million):

DRAWING
2Years-----------------
2005----- 2030----- 2050----- 2100

Medium scenario------ 6,464----8,199----9,075---- 9,000

High scenario----------- 6,464----8,784----10,696--- 18,000
Low scenario ---------- 6,464----7,618-----7,679-----5,000

112-Regional repartitionThe regional repartition is given by the next drawing ( Population in Million and share of world population in % ). The country composition of regions is based on the FWA analytical regions and may differ from common geographic usage.

Go to annex 1 : Classification DRAWING

3 Years------------------------- 2004---------------2030

Wider Europe-------------------799 (12%)---------763 (9%)
North America------------------330 ( 5%)----------400 (5%)
Latin America-------------------561 ( 8%)----------722 (9%)
Oceania-------------------------33-----------------42
Sub total-------------------- 1723 (25%)------1927 (23%)


South East Asia----------------555 ( 8%)----------700 ( 9%)
North East Asia---------------1,524 (23%)-------1,542 (19%)
South Asia------------------- 1,478 (23%)-------2,044 (25%)
Central Asia----------------------63 ( 1%)-----------75 (1%)
Sub total--------------------3,620 (57%)-----4,361 (54%)


Middle East and North Africa----386 (6%)---------- 585 ( 7%)
Sub saharan Africa ------------ 751 (12%)--------1,328 (16%)
Sub total-------------------- 1,137 (18%)----- 1,912 (23%)


Gross total------------------6,480 (100%)---8,200 (100%)

The ten most populated countries are/or will be
( In million ):-In 2004: China (1,315), India (1,103), the European Union (470), the USA (298), Indonesia (222), Brazil (186), Pakistan (157), Russia (143), Bangladesh (141), Nigeria (131).

These ten countries represent 64 % of the world's population-In 2030: India (1,449), China (1,346), the European Union enlarged to Balkans and Turkey (605), the USA (360), Indonesia (270), Pakistan (262), Brazil (235), Nigeria (217), Bangladesh (205), Ethiopia (136). These ten countries will represent 63 % of the world's population

These figures shows some evolutions in the share of the different regions:

1-Globally, the net increase to come (8200-6480=1720) will exclusively occur in under developed countries. It will be mainly composed with Asian : 42% (Mostly Indian and Malays) and black african 33%.

2-The share of Wider Europe will fall from 12% in 2004 to 9% in 2030. However, if we take in account North and Latin America + Australia, the share of “ethnic European” attains 25% in 2004 and nearly 23% in 2030. It means that "ethnic Europe" will have the same share of the world population in 2030 as in 1750. Thanks to the growth of Latin America, the Latin descent ( Hispanic, Portuguese, French and Italian ) will increase at the detriment of Anglo Saxons, German and Slav descent.

3-The share of Asia (57% in 2004) will diminish in 2030 (54%). Inside Asia, Indian, and Malays will increase at the detriment of Chinese.

4-The share of Sub saharan Africa (12% in 2004) will increase to 16% in 2030. Sub saharan Africa will have an higher growth than any other region. ( Go to Africa ).

12-Causes: the drivers


To explain the stabilization of the population the demographers use the demographic transition theory. It postulates that all nations will move to a fertility rate of about 2.1 children per woman ( Replacement level ). Go to www.prb.org and read the article about the "transition in world population". Clearly, the transition implies that people focus on the well being , use contraceptive and promote gender equality.

However, the fall in fertility rates is fast in some countries (Notably Europe) and very low in many muslim countries. The islamic driver explains why the transition theory is not yet at work in many under developed countries. The Islamic groups claim that a large population is recommended by religion. They believe that the larger the population of muslims, the greater the power. They explain that family planning represents a Western conspiracy to reduce the number of muslims. As a result, the Islamic population will rapidly increase its share in the world population. The world population will increase by 1.7 Billion between 2004 and 2030. On this amount, Muslims will bring 780 million ( 46% ).

Today, Muslims represent 24% of world population ( One man out of four). This figure will attain 29% in 2030 ( One man out of three ). This phenomenon would mean serious consequences for many countries: For example, thanks to the enlargement to Turkey and migrations, the population of the European Union ( 605 in 2030) will include 150 million muslim ( Turkey: 90 million, Balkans: 7 million and Western europe: 53 million. This last estimate of 53 million is in accordance with the CIA high projection of muslims in the European Union : 40 million in 2025)

13-Consequences
131-Developed countries

The expected decline of the European population would only be an adjustment, compared to the rapid growth occurring in the past. What is more, this decline would be a good new: Western Europe is crowded and less population will mean a better living and less pollution. Unfortunately, the vacuum could attract silent invaders and predators!

Third world activists suggest a massive immigration. They use wrong arguments and influence media and policy makers: Report to international migrations and future of Europe. In fact Migrations can have either positive or negative effects. It just depends on the economic context of the receiving country. International migrations are an asset for the US economy. On the contrary, Europe would have better to limit the migrations and to tighten its controls. We disagree with the CIA judgment stating " Migration has the potential to help solve the problem of a declining work force in Europe"


132-Developing countries
Clearly, the increase of population in poor countries is not a good asset regarding the future of mankind. A recent UNICEF survey reports that more than 1 billion children are suffering of basic "deprivations" : One billion children means about 500 millions girls. These girls who are today 5 years old, will marry in 2010-2015. Since they are mostly living in Africa and the Middle East ( With high fertility rate), each girl will have an average of 3 children before 2030. It means that the expected increase of the population (1.7 Billion) will mainly come from these mothers who have been deprived of food, education, decency and so one: What is more, we have to recall that some surveys in the 70 released that children born from poorly-fed mothers would never get their full brain development. This increase in poor countries will result in another consequence regarding the mankind: More deforestation ( Go to ecology ).

Rainforests in South East Asia and Central Africa will be seriously damaged by 2030 ( 3,000,000 km2 of forests risk deforestation between 2000 and 2030). with irreversible consequences for the climate. The availability of water will be also a serious threat in the entire North Africa and Middle East, as well as in Central Asia.

133-Women at risk

As a result of the islamic driver, an increasing number of women will endure a bad situation, both relatively and absolutely, compared to the world women population. The survey gender determines the number of girls and women who could endure a minor status in the future. The results are given by the next drawing ( In Million of women)
.DRAWING
3YEARS------------------------- 2005------- 2030
Women world population---------3200---------3950
Minor status--------------- ----580----------850
Domestic slavery-------------- 175----------260
Female genital mutilation------165----------260

These figures show an expected increase of gender inequalities because the most backward countries are also those which will have the higher growth of population. In 1980, one women in seven was at risk. In 2030, one in five will be exposed to a subordinate situation. In short, the islamic surge is annihilating all the progress made in the 20th century in various regions of the world. Consequently, we disagree with the CIA survey that states "By 2020, women will have gained more rights and freedoms—in terms of education, political participation, and work force equality—in most parts of the world, " (The CIA just adopts the UN indicators: Women’s share in the global work force , wage gaps and political participation. We have clearly explained in gender why these indicators were biased).

15-Uncertainties
According to the CIA survey, some experts posit that different uncertainties could impede this evolution ( Shortage in food, pandemics, natural catastrophe, wars and so on ). In our opinion, none of these events is able to change the future trend as described above.Shortage in food and fresh water: 500,000 children are presently at risk of starvation in Niger. This fact and the lingering shortages of food will not prevent Niger ( Today 12 million ) to get 98 million by 2100! ( A larger population than Germany or Russia ). More globally, any Malthusian notion based on the scarcity of natural resources corresponds to an out dated economic model.( Go to New growth theory ).

Pandemics : You have to bear in mind that the yearly growth rate of the world population accounts for 1.2%: It means that the population presently increases by 78 Million a year. Compared to this figure a new pandemic, such as the 1918–1919 influenza virus that killed an estimated 20 million worldwide, would have a minor effect on the global trends.Climate change and natural catastrophes: The above argument also applies to a tsunami or an earthquake. Wars and genocides: These events will not prevent Sub Saharan to double its population between 2005 and 2030. By the same token, a terrorist attack killing hundreds of thousands would have none effect on the population trend. Only a major nuclear war could have devastating effects but it seems to be an highly unlikely event before 2030. -


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21-The big pictures

211-Evolution of World GNI

The world GNI attains 39,305 $Billion in 2004. It is expected to reach 94,290 in 2030. Consider the next drawing: GNI in $Billion, population in million, income per capita in $.
DRAWING 4 Years---------------------------2004---------- 2030
WORLD GNI ---------------------39,305---------94,290
Population----------------------- 6,480----------- 8,200

World income per capita--------- 6,065--------- 11,500


This economic trend implies an average growth rate of 3.4% over 26 years. Compared to the population growth rate 1%, it means that the world income per capita will increase by 2.4% per year over the period. Many people contest the compatibility of this trend with the exhausting of natural resources and notably oil ( In the 60, the Club of Rome predicted that most of the natural resources were rapidly exhausted). In spite of the present rise in oil price the CIA survey asserts that " Recent estimates indicate that 80 percent of the world's available oil still remains in the ground, as does 95 percent of the world's natural gas". Moreover, we can expect a decrease of oil prices by 2015 because natural gas usage will increase more rapidly than that of any other energy source. It means that the present high oil prices could be followed by a price collapse. Finally, in the long term ( After 2030 ), the fusion reactors would bring an inexhaustible source of energy. It will mean a drop in petrol consumption and a solution to the global warming.

212-Regional repartition

The next drawing shows the evolution of the main economic zone in % of the world GNI. According to our classification, the detailed figures, region by region, are in Annex 2.


DRAWING 5 ---------------2004-------------------------------------2030

1-85% of the huge World GNI increase to come, will occur in the globalizing area that will represent 74.5% of the world GNI. More precisely, the world economic power will be concentrated around the Pacific ocean: North America, Oceania , North and South East asia will get 67% of the world GNI.
2-North America ( USA and Canada ) will keep quite the same share of the world GNI as in 2004.
3-North East Asia ( China, Korea and Japan) will grow from 19% to 30% ( The same share as North America in 2030 ). We also take notice of the emergence of South Asia ( In fact mainly India ) as a new major partner in 2030. This global growth of Asia is made at the detriment of the European Union.
4-The area dominated by authoritarian societies and the islamic driver ( The Islamic world and Africa) will only get 3.5% of the world GNI with 34% of the world population
5-The European Union share will fall from 31% to 19% in spite of the enlargement to the Balkans and Turkey.The fifteen major economic powers are/or will be

( In $Billion ): The increase to come (55,000 $Billion) will occur in the golden area (85%). As a result, this area will represent 74.5% of the world GNI. .-In 2004: USA: 12,150; Japan:4,750; Germany: 2,490; China: 2,130; United Kingdom: 2,020; France: 1,860; Italy: 1,500; Canada: 900; Spain: 880; Mexico: 700; India: 680; Korea: 670; Brazil: 550; Australia: 541; Netherlands: 515. These countries represent 82% of the GNI and 55% of the world population.

-In 2030: USA: 26,000; China: 18,000; Japan: 6,990; India: 4,760; United Kingdom: 3,320; Germany: 3,100; Korea 3,100; France 2,500; Russia: 2,215; Canada: 1,950; Italy: 1875; Spain 1550; Mexico 1,520; Australia: 1,500; Brazil: 1,190. The countries represent 84% of the World GNI and 52% of the population.At first glance, the major economic powers will not change too much: The USA will remain the first economic power. Only one country, Russia, will enter the club. On the other hand, the ranking differs with China, India and Korea outpacing most of the European countries.

213-Income repartition

The Global GNI pictures the economic power. The income per capita (GNI/Population) represents the well being of the population. According to the World Bank, the world economy is divided into the following income groups:
Low Income= $825 or less;
Lower Middle Income= $826 to $3,255;
Upper Middle Income= $3,256 to $10,065; and
High Income= $10,066 or more.

The next drawing shows the repartition of the world population (In %) into these income groups in 2004 and 2030.

DRAWING 6-----------------2004---------------------------------2030
These stats picture some important evolutions.

1-in 2030, 34% of the world population, will be on an income that exceeds $10,000 per capita (16% in 2004)

2-The most important fact is the growing Middle class: High and Upper Middle income groups will represent 61% of the world population in 2030 ( 25% in 2004). For example, China and India's middle class will sharply increase (650 million expected in China by 2030). In turn, this greater middle class will mean a consumption explosion and will boost the world economy.

3-As a result, the percentage of poor people (Lower Middle Income en Low income) will decrease from 75% to 39% and will concentrate in South Asia (Except India) and in Africa. Large segments of the world population will endure a greater poverty than in 2004. For example, the situation in Sub Saharan Africa will be catastrophic: The GNI per capita ( $355 in 2004-Except South Africa ) will drop to $290 in 2030.4-The inequalities will rise. In 2004 the income of the hyper rich ( North America- More than $30,000 per capita ) is about 60 fold the average low income (500). In 2030, it will represent 140 fold ! ( However, bear in mind that these growing inequalities are also caused by the compounded interests: Suppose two persons A and B with respectively 100 and 1000. Suppose A enjoys a growth rate of 10% and B only 3. The difference (1000-100=900) will increase until year 21 and only begins to decrease after this date. As long as developed countries have a positive growth rate, the inequalities may only increase in the short term).

22-Causes According to our methodology, the causes of these contrasted evolutions are connected to the paradigms and the main drivers at work.

In North America, Central america, Oceania, and many countries of North East, South and South East Asia the main paradigm is the liberal society and its global driver (Freedom of consciousness, creativity). In some other Asian countries, the paradigm is not completely established ( China is not yet a democracy). However, the economic components of the global driver (Creativity, entrepreneurial spirit) are working on the fast lane. By the same token, the Far East of Europe (Russia, Ukraine) is also on this trend with bright economic prospects.On the other hand, since September 2001, the islamic driver is prevalent in countries based on the authoritarian paradigm. As a result, the GNI of the Middle East and North Africa ( Without Israel ) is expected to slowly evolve. The islamic driver also plays a major role in some countries of South Asia ( Pakistan ) and South East Asia ( Indonesia and maybe Malaysia) and finally in the Sub Saharan Africa. The most fascinating fact is the shift of paradigm occurring in the European Union. Since the 18th, Europe was the cradle of Civilization and its paradigm had been based on the Free society.

Presently, the European Union is giving up its values, adopts the cultural relativism and tends toward the islamic values in the long term. As a result, creativity and the growth prospects are rapidly declining. South America, just like the European Union, also endures a shift in paradigm. In the 1990, the region was clearly in the globalization. Thanks to a dreadful depression in the 2000, the South American paradigm is shifting toward a mixture of Communism and Populism. As a result, the future growth will be limited.

23-Consequences

The main consequence is obvious: All the increase of population will occur in the countries dominated by the islamic driver. All the increase of wealth will occur in the globalizing world. As a result, we may expect a new world divide: Free societies versus islamic societies. We cannot agree with the CIA diagnosis that posits: "We now view it (The globalization) more as a “mega-trend”—a force so ubiquitous that it will substantially shape all of the other major trends in the world of 2020". According to our own diagnosis , the globalization will be limited to the golden area in 2030.

In poor countries, the economic collapse will have major consequences in the political domain ( See below ).Even in the rich countries the inequalities could rise. The growing middle class in China and India also means the emergence of an huge well educated work force at low cost compared to wages in the US or Europe. The blue collars in the rich countries (And also the white collars) will endure a severe competition and their wages could be downgraded. !>

On the other hand, the Asian rise in consumption will offer new opportunities and new jobs in the advanced economy. Unfortunately, those who are expected to lose their jobs are not the same as those who can benefit of the new jobs linked to new opportunities. New jobs will be driven by technological change. European Union which imports poor migrants and exports its scientist will endure the main shock of this evolution. Its blue collars and even its middle class could heavily suffer of this trend.In the very rich countries, we may expect that all the basic requirements will be covered in 2030. According to this fact, what could be the meaning of the $72000 income per capita expected in the US by 2030? We think that instead of working more and more to consume more and more goods with a decreasing utility, people will favor leisure and free time. This fact could have a strong influence on the economic trend. Right now, it is yet occurring with the increase of retired persons ( It is also why the argument about the need to replace aged by migrants is deprived of any economic ground ). However due to the present inequalities even in the rich countries, we expect that the choice between leisure and work will not intervene before 2030.

24-Uncertainties

According to the CIA survey, some experts believe that Globalization would be endangered by a new pandemic if the death toll rose into the millions in several major countries. In our opinion, since such a pandemic would mainly hit poor countries with low GNI, its result should be a low impact on the world economy. Some facts such as conventional wars, religious and ethnics wars, terrorist strikes are mainly related to the islamic driver and have a high probability. However, they have yet been taken in account in our future trends analysis. On the other hand, a major terrorist strike has also a high probability. Happening in the US, it could result in a sudden collapse of the world economy. Happening in Europe, it will have lower consequences because national markets are more separated. Clearly, this high probability event is the major uncertainty. However we can expect that the US will apply some sound recommendations (See below)

Regarding other events that could have a great impact on the world economy, we have listed a nuclear war, a revolution in China or a great depression in the US. The experts think that these events have a low probability.


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31-Basic assumptionsIn 2000, our survey stated two basic assumptions: -There will be no Cold War between China and the West. -Any resuscitation of fascism or communism is out of the question in Japan, the United States and enlarged Europe. The first assert according to a consensus of experts remains true. The second was wrong: Since september 2001, we attend the surge of a Nazi-islamism spreading over the entire world including Europe. Go to the new war. Thanks to the present revision, our basic assumptions are the following:-We maintain the low probability of a China-US conflict.-We expect that the islamic surge will going on until 2030. -As a result, we think that a limited globalization and a containment policy (Against Islamism) will shape the international scene in 2030.

32- International situation

We forecast an arch of instability along a line going from South East Asia to Western Europe and confronting free societies and the authoritarian Islam. In Asia, Islamism will be blocked through local wars and repression of separatism. On the other hand, Islamism will progress in Western Europe and Africa where it will not encounter too much resistance.By opposition, North America and North East Asia (China) belong to the same paradigm: globalization and the experts consensus does not expect any major conflict between these two regions before 2030.

321-Situation in free countries

In 2030, supposing that China becomes a democratic country, the entire globalization area as defined above will be made up of free countries. The USA will remain the main provider of global security. However, this country will have to share more and more its power with China, India, and Russia.The free countries will endure wars on their borders with Islam. India and South East Asia will face with a growing muslim unrest both on their borders and inside their own territories. Russia will be at war on its borders. However we are confident that these countries will have the willingness to resist and to organize a containment policy against Islamism. The alliance between America, and free Asia should be the best demonstration that the world war against Islamism is not a clash of civilizations or a clash between the riches and the poor's. It will prove that it is the war of the united civilizations against a single barbarism.The free countries have also to pay attention to the increasing criminal activities that account for about $2,000 billion (World corruption, Drug trafficking, counterfeiting, prostitution, monkey business and so on). Since Globalization intensifies the relations with the fake business class of the dictatorships, a new society is appearing : Not the free society, nor the classic authoritarian society but the mafia society. Go to our survey titled "world corruption"

322-Situation in other countries

Globalization has begun in the eighties and flourished in the nineties. With the Soviet Union collapse, people thought that democracy and globalization should extend to the entire world : In fact, since the nineties, democracy has only extended in the former Soviet block (Notably in the Eastern European countries) and in a few countries in Africa. It seems blocked by a hard rock in North Africa and the Middle East. Clearly, we have underestimated the political factors such as the resistance of the dictatorships and their ability to rally uneducated people and to generate a new terrorism. We have also too much nurture a benign neglect to the chaos spreading over many third world countries. The Middle East and North Africa will remain the world black sheep until 2030 (Terrorism, wars, fanaticism, Grand corruption, dictatorships, Illegal immigration, proliferation and constant threat for the civilized world). The situation in black Africa is most worrying. A high quantity of available labor, negative beliefs and chaos will attract many predators and could facilitate a resurgence of slavery on a large scale and the occurrence of new genocides.

323-Road to a limited globalization

By the end of WW2, the allies expected an increase of democracy, human rights, free trade and so on. However, they met the Soviet Union opposition and three issues appeared: To make war, to cooperate, or to accept a divided world with the iron curtain and the containment. Finally, the latter solution prevailed.Today, we are confronted to the same issues:

Firstly, everybody agrees that democracy is a prerequisite of any globalization: Have we the willingness to extend it ? By 2004/2005, we have got two new democracies: Afghanistan and may be Iraq. It remains 102 countries partly free or not free!

Secondly, democracy implies human rights and liberal reforms such as the civil equality, the abolishment of polygamy, stoning, mutilation and the entire sharia’a. It should imply a complete reeducation ( And notably a reform of Islam) similar to the denazification process which was implemented in Germany by the end of World War

2. Have we the willingness to impose such reforms? In fact, we may impose democracy but it's impossible to change rapidly people habits. It needs a long time and a large education as a prerequisite. Since we have not the willingness to export democracy through wars, the best guess is a containment policy separating the Free world from the dictatorships. Such a containment could diminish our vulnerability to terrorism only due to the fifth islamic column living in the free countries. Some measures should seem obvious: To neutralize the suspected terrorist cells, to expel the fundamentalist groups campaigning for the Jihad, to forbid any immigration coming from countries contaminated by the islamic plague and so on. According to this policy, instead of a global village, we will get a Free world and a black planet inhabited by the dictatorships and orbiting all around. Look at the next drawing.

DRAWING 7

According to our analysis, this limited globalization and its containment policy will shape the international scene in 2030.33-A major uncertainty: The European Union

In our opinion, the European Union is the main target of the islamic surge and more specifically France (and Germany). Thanks to immigration and enlargement to Turkey, the islamic movement expects to gain a growing political influence in Europe. You have to bear in mind that France is a large nuclear power and the islamic groups would be happy to get control on it. Of course such an event will not happen before 2030 but the islamic movement is going on steps by steps, in combining terrorism, blackmail about oil and grand corruption notably through media, scholars and policy makers. What is more, it benefits of a powerful ally with the European Commission.At the difference of Asia, the European Union is unable to resist because it has given up its values and surrendered to the cultural relativism and the islamic values. The growth prospects are declining and the European Middle class will suffer from the Asian competition (See above). Many businessmen would like to enlarge the European Union to the Arab world in order to counterbalance the rising Asia. This trend could lead to protectionist policies. On the other hand, European policy makers plead openly for a cooperation with Islamism because they hope a decrease of the terrorist pressure. This "Munich agreement" would expose the Union to a constant contamination of corruption, illegal immigration, and a permanent blackmail.

By the end, cooperation could be replaced by alliance. In the long term, a return to the period preceding WW2 with a nazi-islamism spreading over in the European Union and eager to confront America could appear as a possible future: A great Euro-Arab Reich may be on the agenda after 2030. It means that the main threat could come from Europe instead of China. On the other hand, we can also expect that the European unity will not resist such tensions for very long. The United Kingdom and other European countries could break off from the European Union to move closer to North America. -

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Clearly, we have known more discoveries from 1945 until today than since the beginning of mankind until 1945. This high flow of discoveries will boost the future growth.


41-Some expected advances

All the future technical progress from here to 2030 is yet in the laboratories because it needs decades to go from the basic research to the marketing of the new products. We may only list some likely developments:-

Computers: The computing power is following a curve of exponential growth. Artificial intelligence is yet embedded everywhere in today's society ( Medical devices such as electrocardiogram machines and credit card fraud detection software). Before 2030, computers will be embedded in the environment and into materials such as clothing and eyeglasses. Images will be written directly on human retinas ( Today, the military are using this technology in modeling virtual reality environments)-

Nano technologies and Biotechnology: Devices from internet to direct computer-to-brain connections will enhance the human ability. Nanotechnologies can replace used organs in compliance with the general trend extending the duration of life. -

Genetics: Work will mainly concentrate on prevention of diseases and on prostheses. We will manage to invent prostheses that make it possible to cure certain types of blindness. Advances should also be made for the paralyzed. The possibility of improving intellectual capabilities of individuals by means of genetics no doubt relies in a more distant future. On the other hand, genetic researches could be slowed down by ethical restrictions. -

New energy sources : One of the future challenges is achieving nuclear fusion that can provide mankind with an unlimited supply of energy. Moreover, the industrial development of satisfactory electric vehicles will take place in the years to come. -

Space exploration: A landing on March can be expected by 2030. However, many people are questioning about the scientific outcomes of space exploration that consumes big money.-

Weaponry : Non lethal weapons based on the use of microwaves that temporarily disrupt the conscious faculties of the enemy would be developed. These non-lethal weapons could represent an amazing progress in the history of humanity, by avoiding the killing inherent to conflicts.

42-Consequences on world power

The knowledge will be concentrated in the Free societies. For more than half a century, the US has led the world in scientific discovery and innovations and they will maintain their predominance by 2030. However, Asian nations are rapidly increasing their ability to train their own scientists and engineers. The role played by Europe will probably be less important for three reasons: The excessive weight of the State in education and research; the limitations of outdated regulations and the religious misgivings about work in genetics. the European Union will be slipping behind Asia.Of course, the countries affected by the islamic obscurantism will be completely out of any scientific competition.
-SUMMARY
1-POPULATION
2-ECONOMY
3-POLITICAL FORECAST
4-ADVANCE IN KNOWLEDGE
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ANNEX

1Definition of majors areas and Regions

The country composition of regions is based on the FWA analytical regions and may differ from common geographic usage. According to FWA classification, the following areas include:

1-Wider Europe: The European Union (25) + Iceland, Switzerland, Norway, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Albania, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Turkey.

2-European Union: In 2004, the 25 countries + Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway. In 2030, the precedent + Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Albania, and Turkey.

3-Far Eastern Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia

.4-North America: The United States of America, Canada, Bermuda, Greenland,Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

5-Central America and the Caribbeans: Mexico, Belize, guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Antigua and barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican republic, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Anguilla, British virgin islands, Cayman islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos islands, Puerto Rico, US virgin islands, Aruba, Netherlands antilles (Curacao), Martinique, Guadeloupe, St Barth and St Martin.

6-South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, French Guyana.

7-Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia (Including Papua New Guineas), Micronesia, Polynesia.
8-South East Asia: Myanmar (Burma), Lao, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
9-North East Asia: China (Including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Japan, the two Koreas and Mongolia.
10-South Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri lanka and Maldives. 11-Central Asia: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyz.
12-Middle East and North Africa: Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Iran.
13-Sub saharan Africa: All the African countries minor North Africa, Sudan and Mauritania.

ANNEX 2

Regional repartition of GNI, Population and incomes per capita
The next drawing shows the evolution of the GNI (In $Billion),
population (In Million) and
incomes per capita (In $) region by region.
The color code indicates the area:
Globalization: Brown. Authoritarian: Green.Transition: Black

DRAWING 8 Years-------------------------2005------------------2030---------------------GNI-----Pop-----Inc-----GNI-----Pop-----Inc
North America---13,050---330---39,500---28,100---400---70,300
Oceania------------ 640----33---19,390-----1,750----42---41,700
Central America---- 880---186----4,730-----2,170---238----9,151
Far Eastern Europe- 580---203----2,857-----3,360---158---21,265
North East Asia--7,565---1,524---4,963---28,400---1,542--18,417
Whom China-----2,130---1,315---1,619---18,000---1,346--13,370
South Asia-Islamic 180-----375-----480------350-----595-----590
India---------------680---1,103-----616----4,760---1,449---3,285
SEast AsiaIslamic- 365-----246--- 1,480-----940----- 310---3,030
SEast Asia---------420-----309----1,360----1,525---- 390---3,900-no Islamic
Middle East and NA-790----379-----2,084----1,482----575---2,577
Israel --------------120------7----17,140-----228------10---22,800
Sub Saharan Africa -250----704------355----- 370---1,278-----290
South Africa-------- 165-----47-----3,510---- 330------44----7,500
Central Asia----------60-----63-------950-----220------75--- 2,930
European Union--12,000---470----25,530---18,235---605---30,140
Balkans and Turkey- 425--- 126-----3,370
South America---- 1,090--- 375-----2,900----2,070---484----4,280
Gross total--------39,305--6,480---6,065---94,290--8,195---11,500

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The Quietly Building War Clouds

Peoplenomics.com 14 September 2006


You probably don't like thinking about World War IV any more than I do, yet we continue to see large-scale military positioning going on globally which has the potential to be part of the "set-up" for global conflict. First, on the purely military front:

Chinese media report today that NATO commanders have failed to respond to calls for more UN forces to fight the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
Poland, however, is sending more forces in.

While US is trying to support high participation by NATO in Afghanistan, the main US front in the Resource and Religious Wars continues to be Iraq where a Sunni leader says the entire political process in country could collapse as a result of sectarian fighting.

Not that US policy in Iraq is successful; besides the 60+ bodies found dead of sectarian terror, we note that UN Secretary General Kofi Annan reports the Middle East leaders he has spoken with call our gunpoint democracy efforts a 'disaster." 10 more dead today in bombings and shootings in Iraq.

As if that weren't enough, the chief judge in the Saddam Hussein trial in Baghdad is quoted as saying to Saddam: "You were not a dictator." Naturally, this sets up the prospect of the Hussein trial turning into a policy nightmare/train wreck for the Bush administration's hand-picked Iraqi government, especially since disclosure last week of previously secret reports that clear Hussein of any links to al Qaeda. Those facts notwithstanding, US Veep Dick Cheney is trying to spin his way out of pre Iraq invasion claims that there was a link.

Iran meanwhile continues to play rhetoric and the calendar: Iran's president says UN sanctions are unlikely on the one hand, but the US continues to push for action against Iran on the other.
While the footwork continues in the Middle East, the US and Europe are waging a wider but quiet political war in what used to be the Soviet buffer states.

The West seems to have the upper hand in the hearts and minds - but it's really the pocketbook - battle for influence in the Ukraine. Chinese report the EU is talking about a Free Trade Area for Ukraine.

In Georgia, as well, the US seems to be setting up some mutual defense sounding arrangements. There have been rumors in Georgia that Russia's Vlad Putin would back a coup in order to overthrow the "too West-leaning" Georgian government - but it's not true says the Kremlin.
Then there's Belarus, where a state-like relationship with Russia may come up for a vote. But, if it does, the US and EU are being asked in advance not to recognize the vote by pro-West opposition leaders. Shouldn't be a problem, the US seems to acknowledge democratic processes only if they serve the corpgov interests of the US...

And then we get around to following the money:

A key Russian central banker was assassinated today. The press reports seem to characterize this as a "contract hit" by shady financial figures.

And the recent weakness in oil prices have led to renewed hopes in Japan among auto makers that same-old same-old growth will continue... so the Japanese market rallied.

Still, most people probably aren't worried about events between now and when open warfare seems likely to break out later this year...so long as the tock market just keeps perking along.

Peak Oil? Not by this Guy...

Of course he's a Saudi oil exec - and the Saudis are looking for $25 billion to invest in infrastructure - and they're already pumping at capacity and, and, and...Still, the claim is the world has only tapped 18% of available supply. He may be right, but if the economics require $5000 a barrel to develop untapped, we'd call that as good as shut-in.

Soft Landing Indicator?
Home Loan Demand rose for a 2nd week says the Mortgage Banker's Association

$700 Gold
That's one forecast out today - and with gold firming up, I can only offer two bits of advice: First, I'm not a "noise trader" so ups and downs don't bother me. The other bit of advice for my precious metals detractors? "Sit on it and twirl."

The Right Votes
Interesting read out of the Argus about how non-voters tend to be more liberal than their voting right-leaning counterparts. Of course, because the non-voters don't vote, we end up with more conservative/corporatist government than the true center of America favors.

Uniformed Prayer Case
A Navy chaplain was convicted yesterday for wearing his uniform at what the Navy says was a political event, but the chaplain argued he attended in his chaplain role.

Name Change?
I need your advice. As you know, I have a web site called the "Independence Journal" where I've posted a bit about semi-rural life. http://www.independencejournal.com/. It occurred to me (on about page 10 of "Origins of Brands" that UrbanSurvival might have more readers if the name was less...well..."Out in Idaho somewhere sounding." (No offense to the Boise crowd...)

When I periodically get my 'serious reporter" hat on and call a government office and wish to talk with a press relations person, I note that saying "Hi, I'm from UrbanSurvival.com" doesn't seem to carry the same press "weight" as would "Hi, I'm from the Independence Journal..."

So, what would you think about UrbanSurvival changing it's name (but not content) and acting a little more like a newspaper? Maybe even a newspaperly layout, for example - even classified ads...

Please click to vote:
Yes: I would like the name "The Independence Journal" better than UrbanSurvival.

No: UrbanSurvival is a great name - established brand - don't screw with it.

Both: Why not publish BOTH and see what works?
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THIRTEEN RULES FOR DEALING WITH SOCIOPATHS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

THIRTEEN RULES FOR DEALING WITH

SOCIOPATHS

IN EVERYDAY LIFE

from Martha Stout's book The Sociopath Next Door

1. The first rule involves the bitter pill of accepting that some people literally have no conscience.These people do not often look like Charles Manson or a Ferengi bartender. They look like us.

2. In a contest between your instincts and what is implied by the role a person has taken on-educator, doctor, leader, animal lover, humanist, parent-go with your instincts.

Whether you want to be or not, you are a constant observer of human behavior, and your unfiltered impressions, though alarming and seemingly outlandish, may well help you out if you will let them. Your best self understands, without being told, that impressive and moral-sounding labels do not bestow conscience on anyone who did not have it to begin with.

3. When considering a new relationship of any kind, practice the Rule of Threes regarding the claims and promises a person makes, and the responsibilities he or she has. Make the Rule of Threes your personal policy.

One lie, one broken promise, or a single neglected responsibility may be a misunderstanding instead. Two may involve a serious mistake. But three lies says you're dealing with a liar, and deceit is the linchpin of conscienceless behavior. Cut your losses and get out as soon as you can. Leaving, though it may be hard, will be easier now than later, and less costly.

Do not give your money, your work, your secrets, or your affection to a three-timer. Your valuable gifts will be wasted.

4. Question authority.

Once again-trust your own instincts and anxieties, especially those concerning people who claim that dominating others, violence, war, or some other violation of your conscience is the grand solution to some problem. Do this even when, or especially when, everyone around you has completely stopped questioning authority. Recite to yourself what Stanley Milgram taught us about obedience: At least six out of ten people will blindly obey to the bitter end an official-looking authority in their midst.

The good news is that having social support makes people somewhat more likely to challenge authority. Encourage those around you to question, too.

5. Suspect flattery.

Compliments are lovely, especially when they are sincere. In contrast, flattery is extreme and appeals to our egos in unrealistic ways. It is the material of counterfeit charm, and nearly always involves an intent to manipulate. Manipulation through flattery is sometimes innocuous and sometimes sinister...

Peek over your massaged ego and remember to suspect flattery.

This "flattery rule" applies on an individual basis, and also at the level of groups and even whole nations. Throughout all of human history and to the present, the call to war has included the flattering claim that one's own forces are about to accomplish a victory that will change the world for the better, a triumph that is morally laudable, justified by its humane outcome, unique in human endeavor, righteous, and worthy of enormous gratitude. Since we began to record the human story, all of our major wars have been framed in this way, on all sides of the conflict, and in all languages the adjective most often applied to the word war is holy. An argument can easily be made that humanity will have peace when nations of people are at last able to see through this masterful flattery. Just as an individual pumped up on the flattery of a manipulator is likely to behave in foolish ways, exaggerated patriotism that is flattery-fueled is a dangerous thing.

6. If necessary, redefine your concept of respect.

Too often, we mistake fear for respect, and the more fearful we are of someone, the more we view him or her as deserving of our respect.

I have a spotted Bengal cat who was named Muscle Man by my daughter when she was a toddler, because even as a kitten he looked like a professional wrestler. Grown now, he is much larger than most other domestic cats. His formidable claws resemble those of his Asian leopard-cat ancestors, but by temperament, he is gentle and peace-loving. My neighbor has a little calico who visits. Evidently, the calico's predatory charisma is huge, and she is brilliant at directing the evil eye at other cats. Whenever she is within fifty feet, Muscle Man, all fifteen pounds of him to her seven, cringes and crouches in fear and feline deference.

Muscle Man is a splendid cat. He is warm and loving, and he is close to my heart. Nonetheless, I would like to believe that some of his reactions are more primitive than mine. I hope I do not mistake fear for respect, because to do so would be to ensure my own victimization. Let us use our big human brains to overpower our animal tendency to bow to predators, so we can disentangle the reflexive confusion of anxiety and awe. In a perfect world, human respect would be an automatic reaction only to those who are strong, kind, and morally courageous. The person who profits from frightening you is not likely to be any of these.

The resolve to keep respect separate from fear is even more crucial for groups and nations. The politician, small or lofty, who menaces the people with frequent reminders of the possibility of crime, violence, or terrorism, and who then uses their magnified fear to gain allegiance, is more likely to be a successful con artist than a legitimate leader. This too has been true throughout human history..

Do not join the game.

Intrigue is a sociopath's tool. Resist the temptation to compete with a seductive sociopath, to outsmart him, psychoanalyze, or even banter with him. In addition to reducing yourself to his level, you would be distracting yourself from what is really important, which is to protect yourself.

8. The best way to protect yourself from a sociopath is to avoid him, to refuse any kind of contact or communication.Psychologists do not usually like to recommend avoidance, but in this case, I make a very deliberate exception. The only truly effective method for dealing with a sociopath you have identified is to disallow him or her from your life altogether. Sociopaths live completely outside of the social contract, and therefore to include them in relationships or other social arrangements is perilous.

Begin this exclusion of them in the context of your own relationships and social life. You will not hurt anyone's feelings. Strange as it seems, and though they may try to pretend otherwise, sociopaths do not have any such feelings to hurt.You may never be able to make your family and friends understand why you are avoiding a particular individual. Sociopathy is surprisingly difficult to see, and even harder to explain. Avoid him anyway. If total avoidance is impossible, make plans to come as close as you can to the goal of total avoidance.

9. Question your tendency to pity too easily.

Respect should be reserved for the kind and the morally courageous. Pity is another socially valuable response, and it should be reserved for innocent people who are in genuine pain or who have fallen on misfortune. If, instead, you find yourself often pitying someone who consistently hurts you or other people, and who actively campaigns for your sympathy, the chances are close to 100 percent that you are dealing with a sociopath.

Related to this-

I recommend that you severely challenge your need to be polite in absolutely all situations. For normal adults in our culture, being what we think of as "civilized" is like a reflex, and often we find ourselves being automatically decorous even when someone has enraged us, repeatedly lied to us, or figuratively stabbed us in the back. Sociopaths take huge advantage of this automatic courtesy in exploitive situations.

Do not be afraid to be unsmiling and calmly to the point.

10. Do not try to redeem the unredeemable.

Second (third, fourth, and fifth) chances are for people who possess conscience. If you are dealing with a person who has no conscience, know how to swallow hard and cut your losses. At some point, most of us need to learn the important, if disappointing, life lesson that, no matter how good our intentions, we cannot control the behavior-let alone the character structures-of other people.

Learn this fact of human life, and avoid the irony of getting caught up in the same ambition he has-to control.

If you do not desire control, but instead want to help people, then help only those who truly want to be helped. I think you will find this does not include the person who has no conscience. The sociopath's behavior is not your fault, not in any way whatsoever. It is also not your mission. Your mission is your own life.

11. Never agree, out of pity or for any other reason, to help a sociopath conceal his or her true character.

"Please don't tell," often spoken tearfully and with great gnashing of teeth, is the trademark plea of thieves, child abusers-and sociopaths.

Do not listen to this siren song. Other people deserve to be warned more than sociopaths deserve to have you keep their secrets.

If someone without conscience insists that you "owe" him or her, recall what you are about to read here: "You owe me" has been the standard line of sociopaths for thousands of years, quite literally, and is still so. It is what Rasputin told the empress of Russia. It is what Hannah's father implied to her after her eyeopening conversation with him at the prison.We tend to experience "You owe me" as a compelling claim, but it is simply not true. Do not listen. Also, ignore the one that goes, "You are just like me." You are not.

12. Defend your psyche.

Do not allow someone without conscience, or even a string of such people, to convince you that humanity is a failure.

Most human beings do possess conscience.

Most human beings are able to love.

13. Living well is the best revenge.