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1955 a movie with English title Road to Life was produced.


5) He felt this manipulation was necessary in society, which he regarded as irrational and dangerous as a result of the 'herd instinct' that Trotter had described.[2] Adam Curtis's award-winning 2002 documentary for the BBC, The Century of the Self, pinpoints Bernays as the originator of modern public relations, and Bernays was named one of the 100 most influential Americans of the 20th century by Life magazine.[3]

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How ancient wisdom can be applied to modern political economies
 
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.."  Second State of the Union address (1862)

Home to the dream-time

How ancient wisdom can be applied to modern political economies
 
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.."  Second State of the Union address (1862)
  
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For centuries people believed in the divine order of the ancient regime. 

The masons and now we all  believe in self government, with democratic capitalism as a social contract. 

The enlightenment of the masons was the radical belief that people could govern themselves.

 The current crisis is to confirm that such a government by the people, of the people and for the people: does not work as well as the responsive, scientific, and authoritarian regime, with good merit systems, education and research infrastructures as in China and Singapore have demonstrated. 

The questions that these sites approximately and virtually encounter is how ancient wisdom can be applied to modern political economies;
  1. Can traditions such as Sufi, Platonist, Stoicism, guide us on how to model social behavior and governance?

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  2. Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the new Millennium is a book of philosophical thought written by the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso published byLittle, Brown/Abacus Press in 1999. (ISBN 0-349-11443-9)

  3. Reason and the scientific methods are the critical elements in the enlightenment from 500 years ago and define the character of the modern world.

  4. However, “We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” the dream-time – gates to the old brain that is as animals think – we can call id

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  5.  Idego and super-ego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche; According to this model of the psyche, the id is the set of uncoordinated instinctual trends sex and death; the super-ego plays the critical and moralizing role; and the ego is the organized, realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego.[1]The super-ego can stop you from doing certain things that your id may want you to do.[2] Civilization and its discontents –

  6. Myths and old stories are the shadow of dream-time and in Plato's tale of the cave of shadows

  7. Modern marketing includes policy, politicians, value making, seeing things, hearing things, that give magical powers to the shades of past and future ghosts. And spirits.

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 The Ghost in the Machine is a non-fiction work in philosophical psychology written by Arthur Koestler and published in 1967. The title is a phrase coined by the Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle to describe the Cartesian dualist account of the mind–body relationship. Koestler shares with Ryle the view that the mind of a person is not an independent non-material entity, temporarily inhabiting and governing the body. One of the book's central concepts is that as the human brain evolved, it retained and built upon earlier, more primitive brain structures. The work attempts to explain humanity's tendency towards self-destruction in terms of brain structure, philosophies, and its overarching, cyclical political–historical dynamics, reaching the height of its potential in the nuclear arms arena.
      


Born in Budapest in 1905, educated in Vienna, Arthur Koestler immersed himself in the major ideological and social conflicts of his time. A communist during the 1930s, and visitor for a time in the Soviet Union, he became disillusioned with the Party and left it in 1938. Later that year in Spain, he was captured by the Fascist forces under Franco, and sentenced to death. Released through the last-minute intervention of the British government, he went to France where, the following year, he again was arrested for his political views. Released in 1940, he went to England, where he made his home. His novels, reportage, autobiographical works, and political and cultural writings established him as an important commentator on the dilemmas of the 20th century. He died in 1983.

How to read and learn from the enlightenment texts.. skim, wander, it is not linear but goes in circles around and builds upon itself, as life is lived not as a band marching but as a  traveler wandering and asking for directions. The themes repeat as in a symphony, music of the spheres, poems and lessons, structured as is the St. Benedict's mass and the book of common prayer.  Socrates didn't write a cookbook because the recipes change with people and conditions . Rule books, instructions, are bad for the mind and spirit, freedom in chains. So let us have a conversation, asking questions and discovering our own truth in our own way. The truth is out there but can not be canned (tinned)  - dialogues please

1.) Welcome, come to me all that are heavy laden 

2.) we make a commitment to love thy god with all our heart, mind and spirit and above all to love each other as yourself as in the unconditionally love of the lord, this is the law above all laws for on the night of our death

3.)if we believe in a creed and great mystery - lessons, prayer of the people and sermons

4.) for on that night of death and suffering, 

5.) we are given a  new life; in the manson of our father, here is the 

6.) gift of food and drink of resurrection and eternal life 

7.) my soul lives, hosanna in the highest for the love that passes all understanding will go with you always hallelujah 

Now that sells for 15 centuries...


The questions that these sites approximately and virtually encounter is how ancient wisdom can be applied to modern political economies;

  1. Can traditions such as Sufi, Platonist, Stoicism, guide us as how to model social behavior? Soc Rel are social-biology relations;

  2. Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the new Millenniumis a book of philosophical thought written by the Dalai LamaTenzin Gyatso  published by Little, Brown/Abacus Press in 1999. (ISBN 0-349-11443-9)

  3. Reason and the scientific methods are the critical elements in the enlightenment from 500 years ago and define the character of the modern world and the source of its success.

  4. The Open Society and Its Enemies is a two-volume work on political philosophy by Karl Popper. Written during World War II, it failed to find a publisher in the United States and was first printed in London by Routledge in 1945. The work criticises theories of teleological historicism in which history unfolds inexorably according to universal laws, and indicts as totalitarian PlatoHegel and Marx for relying on historicism to underpin their political philosophies[citation needed]. It was on the Modern Library Board's 100 Best Nonfiction  books of the 20th century.[1]

  5.  However,We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”the dream-time is to open gates on the old brain, which is as animals think – we can call id passions to survive, reproduce and multiply. Id,ego andsuper-egoare the three parts of the psychic apparatusdefined in Sigmund Freud'sstructural model of the psyche; According to this model of the psyche, the id is the set of uncoordinated instinctual trends sex and death; the super-egoplays the critical and moralizing role; and the ego is the organized, realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego.[1] Thesuper-egocan stop you from doing certain things that your idmay want you to do.[2]Civilization and its discontents –

  6. Myths and old stories are the shadow of dream-time and in Plato's tale of the cave of shadows

  7. Modern marketing includes policy, politicians, value making, seeing things, hearing things, that give magical powers to the shades of past and future ghosts, and spirits.

    What is to be done?

    The capture of the House of Representatives by a pathological cabal that has over powered a weak leadership, now threatens the national welfare.   The question of who if anyone rules, is there a functional ruling class that can impose order on the wing nuts.

    In practice this means a focus on the 40 members in congress that are the immediate cause of a clear and present danger to the welfare of the nation. The ways used to deal with a dangerous domestic enemy involve the actualization of social power by the ruling elites. 

    The new deal formed irregular committees to push programs and ward off enemies. A small group spearheaded social security, another the secret war against Germany.  We, this nation of ours, need quickly to create a war room with contacts with the chamber of commerce, business round-table, main line Republicans, democratic activist and main line elected officials, political and marketing consultants, non-profit foundations, the Rockefeller, Peu, Dupont Slone, Ford, family foundations - each to get their targets and promote with money and organization primary candidates in the districts of trouble makers and dangerous fools. 

    We need a critical examination of new developments in contemporary political theory: post-Marxism, discourse analysis, new theories of ideology and power, hegemony, radical democracy and psychoanalytic theory. When we re-examines the coming disaster we remember Lincoln, "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.."  Second State of the Union address (1862)

    The failure to understand and deal with what is going on is a fault of framing the interpretation. The assignment of meaning to the symbols in formal languages are as used in mathematics, logic, and theoretical computer science are defined in solely syntactic terms, and as such do not have any meaning until they are given some interpretation. The general study of interpretations of formal languages is called formal semantics. 

    The plot is about social status and identity rather than policy. The policy discussions followed by the media pundits are not the irrational stillness as it appears.  The right wing is associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns modern, secular, scientific existence in favor of an imaginary past, before uppity gays, blacks and women appeared in today's complex realities.  A true believer have no loyalties, and no purpose , except perhaps, an impulse to destroy.  The causes are because of the anomie, the general mood of despair at the perceived pointlessness of modern existence. The radical right, white southern, males rebel against the realization that in today's society there has been a loss of traditional norms, rules, or laws that protected their self image and social standing.

    In light of these developments in theory to suggest new ways of thinking about politics through and a reflection on the challenges that confront it. It  will be of great interest to students of postmodernism and poststructuralist theory in political science, philosophy, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies.

    A little ahead of the news:

    We are seeing another Kabuki musical theater, a classical Japanese dance-drama being acted out in today's congressional and wing nut politics. Kabuki theater is known for the symbolization of its drama by actors with elaborate stage characters, makeup and costumes of the stylized performers.

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-bgSFJiKc  

    Really Kabuki is more than an analogy, but a realistic presentation of moral conflict with its psychodrama or melodrama of strong human emotions.  

    Kabuki is often referred to as superficial, phony, and out of date. None of this is true, it is deeply meaningful,  and ahead of the times. The failure to understand is a fault of framing the interpretation. The assignment of meaning to the symbols in formal languages are as used in mathematics, logic, and theoretical computer science are defined in solely syntactic terms, and as such do not have any meaning until they are given some interpretation. The general study of interpretations of formal languages is called formal semantics. 

    The plot is about social status and identity rather than policy. The policy discussions followed by the media pundits are not the irrational stillness as it appears.  The right wing is associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns modern, secular, scientific existence in favor of an imaginary past, before uppity gays, blacks and women appeared in today's complex realities.  A true believer have no loyalties, and no purpose , except perhaps, an impulse to destroy.  The causes are because of the anomie, the general mood of despair at the perceived pointlessness of modern existence. The radical right, white southern, males rebel against the realization that in today's society there has been a loss of traditional norms, rules, or laws that protected their self image and social standing.


Magic Science and Religion: And Other Essays, by Bronislaw Malinowski.

Selected, and with an Introduction by Robert Redfield

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=magic+science&btnG=

https://sites.google.com/site/wiredbrain/consciousness


Death and Rebirth of Seneca

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 1, 2010 -

This book tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake, his visions, and the moral and religious revitalization of an American Indian society -

When people in groups face serious changes in the paradigms they live by and are threaten in their essence that make a culture what it fundamentally is, and without which it loses its identity. The white southern men of the “silent majority” of the ongoing culture wars against “liberals” and secularization, integration, feminism, the counter culture, the rise of scientific methods over the traditional authority of religion.

Culture vs Civilization

All humans have a culture, language, manners, social relationships, myths – except those raised by wolves – or as the saying goes for those without manners “were you raised in a barn?” I worked, a thousand times, with my children on how to hold a fork, the three words, please, thank you, I'm sorry. Manners taught by bears in childcare books on how to maintain their culture taught to me by my parents and their parents back in the mist of times lost. So they could have tea in the palace. 

The mystic money machine


The foundations of the contemporary economy are the magical powers of the banking system. The system creates assets out of blind faith in the accounting system, very few understand;

The banks make 10 to 30 times more loans that can be materially based on money on deposit. This was a practice of medieval gold merchants who could give letters of credit greater than the gold on deposit as long as everyone doesn't claim cash at the same time -with no runs on the bank by the loss of faith in high finance magic. The banks are highly profitable, their managers rich, the economy grows and governments are elected, and reelected.

These loans are counted as assets by banks – so the more the leverage they use the greater the assets of the society and wealth increases, creating a immense money pool that is used for more and more risky investments.

The liabilities are accounts of deposits and accounts with Goldman and the central bank where interbank loans are fully collateralize by the same loans and assets created by the banking system, giving resources largely to governments so politicians can spend money created by the system, and have low taxes and high benefits so loved by voters.

The old ladies of the banks, the central bank, and the Treasury are the witches who circle the cauldron of growth as it bobbles and broils, while chanting that no harm shall come to our wealth until the forest of bad debt comes home to dominate a harder reality, the really real out of the cave of shadows and the dreamland mythology.

There is no viable alternatives. A fixed base such as the gold standard is to doom society to stagnant standards of living and social mobility, without invention, innovation, increasing poverty, social unrest and revolution.

This is the legion on the birth of Civilization:

It began thousands of years ago in monasteries high in the Hindu highland or Kush. Pāriyātra Parvata(Sanskrit: पारियात्र पर्वत) or Paropamisadae (Greek: Παροπαμισάδαι), is an 800 km (500 mi) long mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.The highest point in the Hindu Kush is Tirich Mir (7,708 m or 25,289 ft) in Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

      The monks over the centuries, had developed a practice of enlightenment. This involved being free of the passions and attachments to self and becoming a part of the cosmos.

They discovered this gave them powers over the elements of human life dependent on external reinforcements. Since they were free of social constraints they could do things, think things, make things, using the laws of the universe as practical possibilities.


The skills were grown by practices, a set of lessons somewhat similar to mystics and cults such as that founded by the Jesuits, being highly and clearly aware of the present, but not of the world, free of emotions, conscientious and unconscious. They developed a management and personal development training program, offered at ransom prices to the princes of the area. The graduates were very successful and kings and superiors came from all the way from China and Mesopotamia, Egypt and then went home and founded the ancient Civilizations.


The rulers could become masters of Sufi propaganda and marketing still used in our time by Bernay. Propaganda Paperback by Edward Bernays (Author) , Mark Crispin Miller (Introduction) Crystallizing Public Opinion by Edward Bernays Paperback $10.83

Propaganda Bernayshonest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and influential institutions of contemporary industrial state capitalist democracies.

Noam Chomsky

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”—Edward Bernays, Propaganda

WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON?

"V. S." Naipaul, Rumi's poems can be heard in churches, synagogues, Zen monasteries, Edward Bernays, Propaganda, Edward Deming quality control groups, GURDJEF, The fourth way, the last wave; the themes isn this film are: The nature of socialization - the dreamland (deep sub consciousness) hypnotism- and the reality of the magic power of traditional false beliefs; both white middle class or aboriginal.

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To Sigmund Freud, Bernays was the brother of his wife, and father of advertizing sciences and PR public relations. Bernays applied Freudian depth psychology to techniques used in the manipulation of the libidos and ids of the masses, for the greater power of commercial and political interests. These Lies and half truths appealed to Unreasonable passions, that are the foundations of modern civilizations; capitalist and socialist. Sex and violence, us and them, death wishes, transference, rationalization, sublimation, frustration, repression, subconscious, Oedipus complex, phallic symbols, collective conscientious, archetypes, interpretation of dreams , Friedan slips, all in selling the product be it a president or a fast car, or financial service, or a public policy, a war and , military industrial complex, a happy pill, beer, cigarettes, religions and popular entertainments.


Civilization and its discontents

Greed and fear

Thus the difference between tribes, peoples, nations and Civilizations is that the leaders in civilized cultures are not subject to traditional law and beliefs themselves, not of the cultural fads but the other way around, they can manufacture and use the law where traditions of magical thinking becoming tools of economic and political power.

      

This takes a mind with compartments – where cogitative dissonance become comfortable and skillful. I have to work with people where they are, use what tools I have while being awake to the really real...


Traditional leaders are representatives of ancient belief and completely bondup in history, superstitious magic and mythology. Thus the church is not civilized but a cult or tribe.

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If it were not abortion, it would be other wing nut issues

  Magic Science and Religion: And Other Essays, by Bronislaw Malinowski.

  Selected, and with an Introduction by Robert Redfield

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=magic+science&btnG=


Death and Rebirth of Seneca

 

Anthony Wallace

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 1, 2010 -

This book tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake, his visions, and the moral and religious revitalization of an American Indian society -

When people in groups face serious changes in the paradigms they live by and are threaten in their essence that make a culture what it fundamentally is, and without which it loses its  identity. The white southern men of the silent majority・of the ongoing culture wars against liberals and secularization, integration, feminism, the counter culture, the rise of scientific methods over the traditional authority of religion.

“You peasants can't handle the truth”

See The Grand Inquisitor is a parable told in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879・880). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Inquisitor

As we are to deal with meaning, let us begin with a paradigm: viz., that sacred symbols, the Geist that functions to synthesize a people's ethos--the tone, character, and quality of their life, its moral and aesthetic style and mood --and their world view--the picture they have of the way things in sheer actuality are, their most comprehensive ideas of order. In religious belief and practice a group's ethos is rendered intellectually reasonable by being shown to represent a way of life ideally adapted to the actual state of affairs the world view describes, while the world view is rendered emotionally convincing by being presented as an image of an actual state of affairs peculiarly well-arranged to accommodate such a way of life.

This confrontation and mutual confirmation has two fundamental effects. On the one hand, it collectivizes moral and aesthetic preferences by depicting them as the imposed conditions of life implicit in a world with a particular structure, as mere common sense given the unalterable shape of reality. On the other, it supports these received beliefs about the world's body by invoking deeply felt moral and aesthetic sentiments as experiential evidence for their truth. Religious symbols formulate a basic congruence between a particular style of life and a specific (if, most often, implicit) metaphysical, and in so doing sustain each with the borrowed authority of the other.

Religion has marketed itself with cliches platitudes, truisms, banal slogans that works so well in advertising. The church has fought the modern world since the renaissance and Galileo. “The 13th century was good and leave us alone to rule in peace” .

Religion has marketed itself with cliches platitudes, truisms, banal slogans that works so well in advertising. The church has fought the modern world since the renaissance and Galileo. “The 13th century was good and leave us alone to rule in peace” .

RE: Arrogant and foolish:Hubris Arrogance False Pride

For behavorist if it can't be measured it does't exist 

Hubris Arrogance False Pride

Someone has to be the decider. George Jr. felt he was the one chosen. Decisions can be hard. Even personal ones from buying from the 1000's of things on offer, to partners, to investment,  work and play, because the future is uncertain. Even how we will fell tomorrow, and will they love us in the morning is uncertain. Dogs may be counted on but people not so much. We will be disappointed. Our expectation are too high, our rationalizations, or projections too strong and hidden even from ourselves, but choices have to be made, Since no choice is a choice to put up with the devil you know (he/she work, car, computer) has its good points and will I still love it in the morning? We fool ourselves, and others and are fooled more than once but then have to live with the consequences.

Since big complex systems have multilayer interlocking parts; decisions have not only known effects, and known unknown effects, but unknowable effects in many different ways, time and costs and benefits. So it takes Hubris Arrogance False Pride to make decisions and never look back with regrets. Hubris Arrogance False Pride Que carbonates or ovaries. 

The religious right is most radical, the liberal left most conservative. 

The idea of conservatism is there is wisdom in tradition and social political experiments are dangerous  and don't work out as desired. The left was founded by radicals who believed in making things better by change. It has been disappointing since the end of socialism and Hegelian - thesis - antithesis - synthesis belief in progress - Wars, betrayal, show trials, mass propaganda making popular anti-progressive hate and violence.

The fundamentalist have no such reservations - after all God made the world in 6 days and it took Hubris Arrogance False Pride to take the 7th day off. Hubris Arrogance False Pride will do it every-time

 They are not confused by science and facts but trusting in miracles and magic and it will do it overtime - or it will sometime - trust me and the word of the lord.

 I have false pride and am immensely stupid. I believe that my pathetic ideas are a authentic representation of reality. How could my shallow thoughts reflect the order of nature itself. How could my thoughts comprehend the true nature of life, physics, the cosmos, time, and even my own being. To think my ideas are reality, is indeed most arrogant and foolish. It is said that the beginning of wisdom is awareness of ones ignorance. I am worse than rocks, than beasts and savages because I try to impose my foolishness on the world.

As we are to deal with meaning, let us begin with a paradigm: viz., that sacred symbols, the Geist that functions to synthesize a people's ethos--the tone, character, and quality of their life, its moral and aesthetic style and mood --and their world view--the picture they have of the way things in sheer actuality are, their most comprehensive ideas of order. In religious belief and practice a group's ethos is rendered intellectually reasonable by being shown to represent a way of life ideally adapted to the actual state of affairs the world view describes, while the world view is rendered emotionally convincing by being presented as an image of an actual state of affairs peculiarly well-arranged to accommodate such a way of life.

This confrontation and mutual confirmation has two fundamental effects. On the one hand, it collectivizes moral and aesthetic preferences by depicting them as the imposed conditions of life implicit in a world with a particular structure, as mere common sense given the unalterable shape of reality. On the other, it supports these received beliefs about the world's body by invoking deeply felt moral and aesthetic sentiments as experiential evidence for their truth. Religious symbols formulate a basic congruence between a particular style of life and a specific (if, most often, implicit) metaphysical, and in so doing sustain each with the borrowed authority of the other.

Religion has marketed itself with cliches platitudes, truisms, banal slogans that works so well in advertising. The church has fought the modern world since the renaissance and Galileo. “The 13th century was good and leave us alone to rule in peace” .

Science, magic, superstition and finding answers:

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The natural human desire to find explanations underlies both science and magic. People like or need to find reasons for what is going on. Anthropologist found that tribes will use evidence and facts when they have them. They are very material and practical. They also have magical solutions to everyday problems when there are no better alternatives. Questions of weather, animal migration, disease and other natural phenomena are matters of life and death, so people want some control over these events. Magic gives them that sense of doing something and having an input into the process of life and death. All religions are based on faith and magic where performing certain ceremonies have powers of healing, rain making, even eternal salivation and the triumph over death. Gods and saints can give hope to the hopeless and direction, rules, order to civilizations. The claims are magical and hysterical calls to worship or patriotic emotions that underpin civic order. A spiritual and traditional sense of purpose, direction, order and meaning are required by humans to organize their societies.


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If it were not abortion, it would be other wing nut issues

  Magic Science and Religion: And Other Essays, by Bronislaw Malinowski.

  Selected, and with an Introduction by Robert Redfield

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=magic+science&btnG=

The mystic money machine

The mystic money machinePhoto  Photo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZR8f_AkSbU

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=banking+system+explained&oq=banking&gs_l=youtube.1.3.0l10.28281.30301.0.37554.7.6.0.1.1.0.233.747.4j1j1.6.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.3Kir-bmrKgE

The foundations of the contemporary economy are the magical powers of the banking system. The system creates assets out of blind faith in the accounting system, very few understand;

The banks make 10 to 30 times more loans that can be materially based on money on deposit. This was a practice of medieval gold merchants who could give letters of credit greater than the gold on deposit as long as everyone doesn't claim cash at the same time -with no runs on the bank by the loss of faith in high finance magic. The banks are highly profitable, their managers rich, the economy grows and governments are  elected, and reelected.

These loans are counted as assets by banks – so the more the leverage they use the greater the assets of the society and wealth increases, creating a immense money pool that is used for more and more risky investments.

The liabilities are accounts of deposits and accounts with Goldman and the central bank where interbank loans are fully collateralize by  the same loans and assets created by the banking system, giving resources largely to governments so politicians can spend money created by the system, and have low taxes and high benefits so loved by voters.

The old ladies of the banks, the central bank, and the Treasury are the witches who circle the cauldron of growth as it bobbles and broils, while chanting that no harm shall come to our wealth until the forest of bad debt comes home to dominate a harder reality, the really real out of the cave of shadows and the dreamland mythology.

There is no viable alternatives. A fixed base such as the gold standard is to doom society to stagnant standards of living and social mobility, without invention, innovation, increasing poverty, social unrest and revolution.

When the bank makes an additional loan, the person receiving the loan gets a bank deposit. At this stage, when the bank makes a loan, the money supply rises by more than the amount of the open-market operation. This multiple expansion of the money supply is called the money multiplier. Bank loans and purchases of securities are described as bank credit. It is the existence of bank credit that makes the money stock larger than the monetary base, also known as "high-powered money". High-powered money consists of currency and bank deposits at the Fed. 

Because money is used in virtually all economic transactions, it has a powerful effect on economic activity. An increase in the supply of money works both through lowering interest rates, which spurs investment, and through putting more money in the hands of consumers, making them feel wealthier, and thus stimulating spending. Business firms respond to increased sales by ordering more raw materials and increasing production. The spread of business activity increases the demand for labor and raises the demand for capital goods. In a buoyant economy, stock market prices rise and firms issue equity and debt. If the money supply continues to expand, prices begin to rise, especially if output growth reaches capacity limits. As the public begins to expect inflation, lenders insist on higher interest rates to offset an expected decline in purchasing power over the life of their loans.

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/MoneySupply.html 

Death and Rebirth of Seneca

 The diferent images of the dream-time - old brain deep activity and feeling and instinctive force, subconscious, repressed passions - causes psychoneurotic human attachments and war, death, love, transferance, projection, and political economy madness of crouds making panics of greed and fear in markets

A the  the founding fathers were FAMasons, the great seal is masonic, every President untl Kennedy were masons and was the organizational and ideology of  the rebellion and connects to commitees of public safety in France, Jafferson, Franklin, Washington, FDR 33% masons?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Freemasonry

   

 According to one, the operative stonemasons who built the great cathedrals and castles had lodges in which they discussed trade affairs. They had simple initiation ceremonies and, as there were no City and Guilds certificates, dues cards or trade union membership cards, they adopted secret signs and words to demonstrate that they were trained masons when they moved from site to site. In the 1600s, these operative lodges began to accept non-operatives as “gentlemen masons”. Gradually these non-operatives took

over the lodges and turned them from operative to ‘free and accepted’ or ‘speculative’ lodges. The other theory is that in the late 1500s and early 1600s, there was a group which was interested in the promotion of religious and political tolerance in an age of great intolerance when differences of opinion on matters of religion and politics were to lead to bloody civil war. In forming Freemasonry, they were trying to make better men and build a better world. As the means of teaching in those days was by allegory and symbolism, they took the idea of building as the central allegory on which to form their system. The main source of allegory was the Bible, the contents of which were known to everyone even if they could not read, and the only building described in detail in the

Bible was King Solomon’s Temple, which became the basis of the ritual. The old trade guilds provided them with their basis administration of a Master, Wardens,Treasurer and Secretary, and the operative mason’s tools provided them with a wealth of symbols with which to illustrate the moral teachings of Freemasonry.


More than a few famous Masons were U.S. Presidents

including Washington, Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Polk,

Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Garfield, McKinley, Taft,

Theodore Roosevelt, Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt,

Harry S. Truman, and Gerald R. Ford.


Freemasons were instrumental and participated in the

American Revolution.  Benjamin Franklin,

John Hancock, Paul Revere, and John Paul Jones.


Some well known military leaders were also famous masons.

These easily recognizable names include: George C. Marshall,

Gen. Omar Bradley, John J. Pershing, Douglas McArthur,

Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle.


The fight for the Republic of Texas included fellow masons

Sam Houston, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and

Santa Ana.

North America would have many independent lodges in the 18th century. Authorisation, which later would become a Warrant, took time and expense, especially in the period when the nearest Grand Lodge was on the other side of the Atlantic. Many lodges became "self starters", and only applied for Grand Lodge authorisation when they were reasonably confident that the lodge would survive for more than a few years. George Washington was initiated into the Lodge of Fredericksburg in 1752. The same lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1758.[27] The first properly chartered "Scottish" lodge was only two years earlier, being the Lodge of St. Andrews in Boston. Members included Paul Revere and Joseph Warren, and later lodge outings included the Boston Tea Party.[78]

George Washington (who was a member of a Virginian lodge) as the first Grand Master


Anthony Wallace

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 1, 2010 -

This book tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake, his visions, and the moral and religious revitalization of an American Indian society -

When people in groups face serious changes in the paradigms they live by and are threaten in their essence that make a culture what it fundamentally is, and without which it loses its  identity. The white southern men of the silent majority・of the ongoing culture wars against 斗iberals・and secularization, integration, feminism, the counter culture, the rise of scientific methods over the traditional authority of religion.

“You peasants can't handle the truth”

Science, magic, superstition and finding answers:

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The natural human desire to find explanations underlies both science and magic. People like or need to find reasons for what is going on. Anthropologist found that tribes will use evidence and facts when they have them. They are very material and practical. They also have magical solutions to everyday problems when there are no better alternatives. Questions of weather, animal migration, disease and other natural phenomena are matters of life and death, so people want some control over these events. Magic gives them that sense of doing something and having an input into the process of lifer and death. All religions are based on faith and magic where performing certain ceremonies have powers of healing, rain making, even eternal salivation and the triumph over death. Gods and saints can give hope to the hopeless and direction, rules, order to civilizations. The claims are magical and hysterical calls to worship or patriotic emotions that underpin civic order. A spiritual and traditional sense of purpose, direction, order and meaning are required by humans to organize their societies.

Everyday the news reports give explaining reasons why the “market” has gone up or down. They sound like the market has purpose and intention. In fact no one knows why markets have day to day variations beyond there are more buyers or more sellers at a moment of time. Thousands of individuals and computer programs make thousands of individual choices partly based on what all the other actors are doing and making assumptions about the reasons behind these decisions. Except when there are great events most of the time there is a random element that defies explanation. Never the less some magical words are used to explain the unexplainable.

The desire to find purpose and intention in evolution and human existence is quite natural and also impossible. Disposing with the idea of an external, perhaps even supernatural, vitalizing force, describes how we have arrived at the picture of ourselves and all organisms as Self-Made Things. Our creations include governments, constitutions, institutions, magic, superstitions, ceremony, ritual, flag waving, songs, etc. Our gods are made by us not the other way around. They are made because we need them. They should not (but often do) become a Frankenstein.

    

So we have to take things for what they are. Social conventions, religious ceremony, national character, are useful and even necessary. They are NOT science or material facts. There are very important ideas and beliefs beyond or outside science – arts and literature, song and dance, mystery and magic, wonder and dreams – Santa Claus and the tooth fairy the lands of wonder and magic – the problem arises when belief systems make material judgments (stem cell research) outside their competence. Science can be arrogant about people’s useful and practical beliefs. (Alternative medicine). Science must support the moral and useful desire to do good works, spread truth and justice, equality and fairness which have no material meaning (you can’t find the stuff of kindness and measure it) or do these beliefs have a scientific basis.

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Paradigm shift


I first became clear about the concept of a quantitative and qualitative leaping change in thinking with a study of native American tribal cultures. The white Europeans said “take me to your leader” assuming a hierarchical structure with someone in charge. In native's community it just doesn't work that way, they have wise men, tribal elders who discussed everything until they reached consensus. Sometimes the Japanese do this which is slow but implementation is better and faster because they all know the goals, process, and expected outcomes. The idea of elections was problematical because it involved conflict and someone putting themselves forward as being better than someone else. Real leaders in-bodies the living containers of the culture, they are the law in so far it is inside and they reflect the customs and are preservers of the traditions of their forefathers in generations past. They are truly judicial conservatives living with the law as handed down to them. Traditions are the way of survival, where the knowledge helps find where game and is used when it works and answers “what does the weather patterns mean”..


A second paradigm shift was with a understanding of Edward Deming quality control groups. 

The core of the shift is that inspection, fixed procedures and rules, close supervision, only make things worse beyond rote activity. It is quality is not oddments hung on the tree but needs to grow from the roots.

"...Robert Michels, a friend of Weber's, also was concerned about the

depersonalizing effect of bureaucracy.  His views, formulated at the

beginning of this century, are still pertinent today.


The Iron Law of Oligarchy


"Michels (1911) came to the conclusion that the formal organization of bureaucracies inevitably leads to oligarchy, under which organizations originally idealistic and democratic eventually come to be dominated by a small, self-serving group of people who achieved positions of power and responsibility.  This can occur in large organizations because it becomes physically impossible for everyone to get together every time a decision has to be made.  Consequently, a small group is given the responsibility of making decisions.  Michels believed that the people in this group would become enthralled with their elite positions and more and more inclined to make decisions that protect their power rather than represent the will of the group they are supposed to serve.  In effect Michels was saying that bureaucracy and democracy do not mix.  Despite any protestations and

promises that they would not become like all the rest, those placed in

positions of responsibility and power often come to believe that they too

are indispensable, and more knowledgeable than those they serve.  As time

goes on, they become further removed from the rank and file...


http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/germany/sp000711.txt


University adminstration and profesors, school professionals, labor unions, military industrial complex, law enforcement and security empires, congressional leadership, etc

They all are there to serve the public interests but end up taking care of their managers first - they can to Washington to do good and they end up doing very well.  

"Bureaucracy happens. If bureaucracy happens, power rises. Power corrupts."[3] Any large organization, Michels pointed out, has to create a bureaucracy in order to maintain its efficiency as it becomes larger—many decisions have to be made daily that cannot be made by large numbers of disorganized people. For the organization to function effectively, centralization has to occur and power will end up in the hands of a few. Those few—the oligarchy—will use all means necessary to preserve and further increase their power.[2][3]

Michels, Robert. 1915. Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy. Translated into English by Eden Paul and Cedar Paul. New York: The Free Press. From the 1911 German source.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy

You peasants can't handle the truth”

See The Grand Inquisitor is a parable told in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Inquisitor

As we are to deal with meaning, let us begin with a paradigm: viz., that sacred symbols, the Geist that functions to synthesize a people's ethos--the tone, character, and quality of their life, its moral and aesthetic style and mood --and their world view--the picture they have of the way things in sheer actuality are, their most comprehensive ideas of order. In religious belief and practice a group's ethos is rendered intellectually reasonable by being shown to represent a way of life ideally adapted to the actual state of affairs the world view describes, while the world view is rendered emotionally convincing by being presented as an image of an actual state of affairs peculiarly well-arranged to accommodate such a way of life.

This confrontation and mutual confirmation has two fundamental effects. On the one hand, it collectivizes moral and aesthetic preferences by depicting them as the imposed conditions of life implicit in a world with a particular structure, as mere common sense given the unalterable shape of reality. On the other, it supports these received beliefs about the world's body by invoking deeply felt moral and aesthetic sentiments as experiential evidence for their truth. Religious symbols formulate a basic congruence between a particular style of life and a specific (if, most often, implicit) metaphysical, and in so doing sustain each with the borrowed authority of the other.

Religion has marketed itself with cliches platitudes, truisms, banal slogans that works so well in advertising. The church has fought the modern world since the renaissance and Galileo. “The 13th century was good and leave us alone to rule in peace” .

Science, magic, superstition and finding answers:


The natural human desire to find explanations underlies both science and magic. People like or need to find reasons for what is going on. Anthropologist found that tribes will use evidence and facts when they have them. They are very material and practical. They also have magical solutions to everyday problems when there are no better alternatives. Questions of weather, animal migration, disease and other natural phenomena are natters of life and death, so people want some control over these events. Magic gives them that sense of doing something and having an input into the process of lifer and death. All religions are based on faith and magic where performing certain ceremonies have powers of healing, rain making, even eternal salivation and the triumph over death. Gods and saints can give hope to the hopeless and direction, rules, order to civilizations. The claims are magical and hysterical calls to worship or patriotic emotions that underpin civic order. A spiritual and traditional sense of purpose, direction, order and meaning are required by humans to organize their societies.


Everyday the news reports give explaining reasons why the “market” has gone up or down. They sound like the market has purpose and intention. In fact no one knows why markets have day to day variations beyond there are more buyers or more sellers at a moment of time. Thousands of individuals and computer programs make thousands of individual choices partly based on what all the other actors are doing and making assumptions about the reasons behind these decisions. Except when there are great events most of the time there is a random element that defies explanation. Never the less some magical words are used to explain the unexplainable.


The desire to find purpose and intention in evolution and human existence is quite natural and also impossible. Disposing with the idea of an external, perhaps even supernatural, vitalizing force, describes how we have arrived at the picture of ourselves and all organisms as Self-Made Things. Our creations include governments, constitutions, institutions, magic, superstitions, ceremony, ritual, flag waving, songs, etc. Our gods are made by us not the other way around. They are made because we need them. They should not (but often do) become a Frankenstein.

So we have to take things for what they are. Social conventions, religious ceremony, national character, are useful and even necessary. They are NOT science or material facts. There are very important ideas and beliefs beyond or outside science – arts and literature, song and dance, mystery and magic, wonder and dreams – Santa Claus and the tooth fairy the lands of wonder and magic – the problem arises when belief systems make material judgments (stem cell research) outside their competence. Science can be arrogant about people’s useful and practical beliefs. (Alternative medicine). Science must support the moral and useful desire to do good works, spread truth and justice, equality and fairness which have no material meaning (you can’t find the stuff of kindness and measure it) or do these beliefs have a scientific basis.

    

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Paradigm shift


I first became clear about the concept of a quantitative and qualitative leaping change in thinking with a study of native American tribal cultures. The white Europeans said “take me to your leader” assuming a hierarchical structure with someone in charge. In native's community it just isn't work that way, they have wise men, tribal elders who discussed everything until they reached consensus. Sometimes the Japanese do this which is slow but implementation is better and faster because they all know the goals, process, and expected outcomes. The idea of elections was problematical because it involved conflict and someone putting themselves forward as being better than someone else. Real leaders in-bodies the living containers of the culture, they are the law in so far it is inside and they reflect the customs and are preservers of the traditions of their forefathers in generations past. They are truly judicial conservatives living with the law as handed down to them. Traditions are the way of survival, where the knowledge helps find where game and is used when it works and answers “what does the weather patterns mean”..


A second paradigm shift was with a understanding of Edward Deming quality control groups. The core of the shift is that inspection, fixed procedures and rules, close supervision, only make things worse beyond rote activity. It is quality is not oddments hung on the tree but needs to grow from the roots. 

 

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Sunday, May 01, 2005

The Robespierre factor:

Benedict tried to overcome the idea of cultural equality ( not everything is right ) and the doctrine of cultural relativity, what ever works for you is OK by me. Societies she said have a flavor, character and are not all equally functional. Some societies are “anxious”, surly, nasty, aggressive, and hateful, this come from insecurity and causes low morale. ( such as the Chuckchee, the Ojibwa, The Dobu, and the Kwakiutl) Other societies were “nice” people, affectionate, kind, secure and with high morale. ( Zuni, Arapesh, The L(d)eKota, Eskimo ).

The critical element in the concept of synergy is aggression vs. cooperation. Synergy is where individual benefit and groups welfare are in sink. Farming, fishing, hunting can product mutual benefits of cooperation. Selfish self-interest (winner/losers) vs. unselfish, altruism (win/win).
Siphoning vs. funneling of wealth, use vs. ownership, Comforting vs. Frightening Religion, high energy or low energy institutions, are characteristics of synergy, where are we ? We have had a out break of win/lose - me and mine - the hell with the hind most,
winner take all, activity. This discourages the losers, causes aggression, and is socially dysfunctional. A few institutions maintain high energy but the society is winding down. Synergy is spirit and systems for successful cooperation, institutional means of using aggression (learning for conflict), and rewards for all from social success (tide lifts all boats).

Seeking to preserve a religion based on the notion of a higher power that would replace Christianity, Robespierre organized the Festival of the Supreme Being held in June 1794, casting himself in the title role.

In retrospect, this attempt to arrive at a compromise between deism and atheism seems to have precipitated Robespierre’s fall and the end of the Terror. Robespierre’s proposed synthesis of Enlightenment views on religion and republican values troubled some, who thought that “The Incorruptible” had now lost all self-restraint and was paving the way for a dictatorship. Others feared that he was abandoning the dechristianization campaign and that their activities would now expose them to the Terror. These fears mounted when two days later Robespierre pushed through the Law of 22 Prairial (10 June 1794), which put the apparatus of the Terror directly under the control of the Committee of Public Safety and thus increased the possibility of explicit political prosecutions and executions. Robespierre justified the new law as a necessary instrument to instill virtue in the citizenry, but these remarks merely persuaded people that he sought to eliminate his opponents and establish a personal dictatorship. By the end of July, Robespierre’s enemies had begun circulating false rumors in Paris suggesting that he intended to make himself king. Even his base of support at the Jacobin Club was eroding because he continued to rely on Terror to achieve his political goals. Those who feared another purge helped his detractors pass a resolution in the Convention condemning him and his followers, which led to their arrest and execution. The leaders of the coup against Robespierre acted to save themselves from the Terror, not to end the Terror as such or to dissolve the Committee of Public Safety. It would take several months before this fear of further purges would bring the authorities to repeal the law of 22 Prairial, emasculate the CPS, eliminate the revolutionary tribunals, and abandon the maximums. By the late fall, however, this transition would be complete and a new era of the Revolution would have begun.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap7c.html
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RE: A.H. Maslow: The Farther Reaches of Human Nature

“Synergy in the Society and Individual” An Esalen, Penguin Books
1976 ISBN 0 14 00.4265 2 Chapter 14, Page 191

Ruth Benedict (Patterns of Culture; Race, Science and Politics)
an essay on holism, invented and developed the idea of synergy at
lectures at Bryn Mawr College in 1941. Maslow had the only copy
which was to be published with the assistance of Margaret Mead in
1970.
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# posted by Peter Pflaum : 5/01/2005 06:06:00 AM

International Native Guides:

Why you need a native guide - and a good one - honest - friendly - knows their way around - get you what you want not what they think you want and just like every tourist --- be careful, get references or recommendations, check the price don't be hustled by over active salesman

Visitors everywhere have a few basic questions: Who can I trust? Guidebooks? Internet? Hotel staff? Taxi drivers? Where do I go to eat? What do I eat? Where can I find the place that fits my taste and needs? What do I need to know about local culture on tipping? How do I read a menu in a foreign language?

There are consumer guidebooks and web services such as Angie's list based on user reports about services, plumbers to doctors. This is a virtuous cycle the good is separated from the not so. You learn from others mistakes and ratification – restaurant and hotel reviews are found very helpful. When traveling a reliable, knowledgeable, truthful, friendly, English speaking guide will make all the difference between wonderful experiences and not so much.

We will license guides who are issued documents and a id with their picture and name pin with the official medallion. They pay a fee $10 and a percentage (10%) of actual fees they collect with with this surcharge. There will be a web page guide and advertising. This includes American Cities with arrangements made with major hotels. They get a service fee (10%) and call a certified guide drive tour director, as a concierge service.

This will take time and effort in getting direct participation and working with travel agents, hotels, general agents as Expats, all of whom have to be proven reliable and honest. There is risk that supply and demand will not match, that getting through the clutter of the inter-net’s noise to message ratio will be difficult. I am in Bali Indonesia and will work from here. We have a imperial structure 10% for local agents, hotels, etc. who run a chain of at least seven Native Guides, who pay 10% to the agents, so 25% in fees over the base cost of service but paying 125% for good service is a whole lot better that paying 100% for bad service. Also our guides do not over charge and live off kick backs from the restaurants, shops, where they take their clients.  

I have been looking on the web for a year to find the best place to retire - live reasonably (with a $2000 month pension) safe, civilized, etc.. There are places that are wonderful but expensive, such as the Seychelles; places that are very cheap but rough and unpleasant as in Central America, Nicaragoua is cheap, so provides a useful alternative to the low income retired: Even those countries that are relatively peaceful often have poor infrastructure, like a lack of paved roads or regular supplies of electricity, and limited access to internet services, and medical care. In many cases, the cost of living is low because of high unemployment and an unproductive economy. Life can become a endless pursuit of the things that make modern life possible, plumbing, power, ATM's, cooking, supplies: super stores, tools to make life comfortable, a half competent staff, what a pain – not what you dreamed about.http://www.blogger.com/home?pli=1

http://www.wisegeek.org/which-countries-in-the-world-have-the-lowest-cost-of-living.htm

But overall don't think you can do better than here in Bali - Hindu - good karma - but I am going to look in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam to see for myself.

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"...Robert Michels, a friend of Weber's, also was concerned about the
depersonalizing effect of bureaucracy.  His views, formulated at the
beginning of this century, are still pertinent today.

The Iron Law of Oligarchy

"Michels (1911) came to the conclusion that the formal organization of
bureaucracies inevitably leads to oligarchy, under which organizations
originally idealistic and democratic eventually come to be dominated by a
small, self-serving group of people who achieved positions of power and
responsibility.  This can occur in large organizations because it becomes
physically impossible for everyone to get together every time a decision
has to be made.  Consequently, a small group is given the responsibility of
making decisions.  Michels believed that the people in this group would
become enthralled with their elite positions and more and more inclined to
make decisions that protect their power rather than represent the will of
the group they are supposed to serve.  In effect Michels was saying that
bureaucracy and democracy do not mix.  Despite any protestations and
promises that they would not become like all the rest, those placed in
positions of responsibility and power often come to believe that they too
are indispensable, and more knowledgeable than those they serve.  As time
goes on, they become further removed from the rank and file...

http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/germany/sp000711.txt

University adminstration and profesors, school professionals, labor unions, military industrial complex, law enforcement and security empires, congressional leadership, etc

They all are there to serve the public interests but end up taking care of their managers first - they can to Washington to do good and they end up doing very well.  

"Bureaucracy happens. If bureaucracy happens, power rises. Power corrupts."[3] Any large organization, Michels pointed out, has to create a bureaucracy in order to maintain its efficiency as it becomes larger—many decisions have to be made daily that cannot be made by large numbers of disorganized people. For the organization to function effectively, centralization has to occur and power will end up in the hands of a few. Those few—the oligarchy—will use all means necessary to preserve and further increase their power.[2][3]

Michels, Robert. 1915. Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy. Translated into English by Eden Paul and Cedar Paul. New York: The Free Press. From the 1911 German source.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy

Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk
https://www.facebook.com/bobby.artana

I have a loft if you want
Bali to Singapore

Pictures of Amed
Open google search "images" put in Amed Bali go...

LONG TERM RENTAL AT $1000 USD OR LESS
You can be a long term resident then pay by the month - with a 50% discount from listed prices. Are you looking for a large room or Villa; do you desire a STAND ALONE bungalow with nice big balconies in a Superior or Deluxe AC Bungalow where you can boast of magnificent sea views, and a very good pool, big size-bed in a villa with 8 m high ceilings, Air Conditioning, hot & cold water shower, WiFi, minibar or fridge, very quiet and peaceful? Looking for a place to live or visit, that is cheap, safe and orderly, warm all year, you can't do better than Bali. And Amed is best place on the island- it is on a side road 10 Km from the highway. It is quiet from the motorcycles; it is a international center for divers, it has good karma. You can set up housekeeping, get service that cleans, cooks, drives, shops, etc at nominal cost.


Are you looking for a large room 30² meters with a nice big balcony, a Superior or Deluxe AC Bungalow is desirable. It has a magnificent sea view, at least one good size-bed, Air conditioning, hot & cold water shower, WiFi, minibar or fridge, very quiet and peaceful, with a wonderfully helpful and friendly staff; in Amed Bali for a little under $1,000 a month.


The girls cook and clean, the native guide shops and drives, you can set up a mini kitchen, or you can order from nearby restaurants, or go next door to the Cafe Amed restaurant for really good food, and there is a mini mart across the street. It is the good life on the cheap.


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Bali to Singapore
I have been looking on the web for a year to find the best place to retire – where I can live reasonably (with a $2000 month pension) that is safe, civilized, basic services. There are places that are wonderful but expensive, such as the Seychelles; places that are very cheap but rough and unpleasant as in Central America, Nicaragua is cheap, so provides a useful alternative to the low income retired: Even those countries that are relatively peaceful often have poor infrastructure, like a lack of paved roads or regular supplies of electricity, and limited access to internet services, and medical care. In many cases, the cost of living is low because of high unemployment and an unproductive economy. Life can become a endless pursuit of the things that make modern life possible, plumbing, power, cooking, supplies:
no super stores, no tools to make life comfortable, a half competent staff, what a pain – not what you dreamed about. 

http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Retiring_abroad is an excellent source of practical considerations and culture and background.

Also consider any  local difficulties  with transportation or services. Remote or less developed areas may be cheap and interesting, but roads can be awful, electricity unreliable or available only a few hours a day, and Internet or telephone service problematic. Also, few people in such areas speak English. Having no hospital within easy reach is risky at any age, and this becomes more important after retirement age.   

http://www.wisegeek.org/which-countries-in-the-world-have-the-lowest-cost-of-living.htm
But overall don't think you can do better than here in Bali - Hindu - good karma - but I am going to look in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam to see for myself.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256031/Worlds-best-value-countries-Live-grand-month-retire-cheap-endless-sun.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/retire-abroad-southeast-asia_n_2162228.html
Do you have any ideas and suggestion?
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http://bobbysvillasbali.com/
A social six months visa:
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I have a loft if you want to visit

I have a small pension and want to find a nice place I can afford to live. 
I left the country (USA) Jan 15 2013 for Bali, I am 77,  recently divorced, a retired professor. I have been 30 years in New Smyrna Beach FL with my now X-wife in a $500,000 house I paid for thus have a settlement. I have good character: a professor at leading universities with degrees from the University of Chicago (BA), Harvard (Ed M), FSU (PhD). I have been a high level federal employee   with security clearances.

Nothing is straight forward in Bali. Been here 7months going 8 soon and have looked at a range of business options, villas to live etc. One day you get one price the next day another. Balinese live in present so things are done in the present. You have to accept the way things are done here and not compare to home otherwise there is no point in coming. I chose to come here knowing the pitfalls. Bali has a lot going for it but like every country it has its pro's and cons. 

Driving: its manic on the roads so advice if coming either get used to it or catch cabs. As rupiah high more and more traffic congestion especially around seminyak.  Alternative is to get a driver with car that way if you have an accident you are not as liable as if you were driving yourself.  If on bike good luck. You know what i mean.

Work: There are heaps of people looking to work in Bali. Suggest you look at Bali adverstiser for opportunites or Global expat, Concord services. If you speak bahasa you have more opportunities here unless can get transfered here from your organisation whic works especially if in hospitality. A kitas costs 1200 usd and then about 7-8 mill rupiah so a sponsor can help or can pay if someone willing to help. It takes just over a month to get a kitas.

Setting up a business: fraught with issues. Need to be very specific what you want to do. Much to complicated to explain here. Toursim/hospitality most expensive to set up. Need X dollars in bank acct here but ways to get around, need to employ staff, have reg office, costs about 14-20,000 aus with all kitas etc. No longer can set up a Cv only PT and PMA. PMA gives a foreigner total control anything other is in name of nominee, director, commisionare which are indonesian. Need notaris to set up. Takes up to 6 months to organise paperwork which is sent to jakarta

Living: Many foreigners with dollars live in Sanur, Ubud, Seminyak, Kerobakan, Canguu and Umulas. Others live in different locales for a range of reasons. Each has positives and negs for living however the prices are on the rise and in Seminyak, kerobakan, Canguu and Umulas. You pay for a leased villa around 60-180 mill a year paid upfront. The price difference is due to your expectations, air con, wifi, pool, no of beds etc. Some villa owners will only go into negotaitions if you take for 2 years or more.

Hope this helps those interested in coming here to live.  Sue

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Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk
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Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk

http://bobbysvillasbali.com/
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, these are my work on where Home: AWAY FROM HOME
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Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk
For more information please contact the
owner Bobby Artana
Telephone: +62(0)36323471
Hp: +62(0)81338430009
E-Mail for booking: bobbyartana@yahoo.com
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LONG TERM RENTAL AT $1000 USD OR LESS
You can be a long term resident then pay by the month - with a 50% discount from listed prices. Are you looking for a large room or Villa; do you desire a STAND ALONE bungalow with nice big balconies in a Superior or Deluxe AC Bungalow where you can boast of magnificent sea views, and a very good pool, big size-bed in a villa with 8 m high ceilings, Air Conditioning, hot & cold water shower, WiFi, minibar or fridge, very quiet and peaceful?

Looking for a place to live or visit, that is cheap, safe and orderly, warm all year, you can't do better than Bali. And Amed is best place on the island- it is on a side road 10 Km from the highway. It is quiet from the motorcycles; it is a international center for divers, it has good karma. You can set up housekeeping, get service that cleans, cooks, drives, shops, etc at nominal cost.

Are you looking for a large room 30² meters with a nice big balcony, a Superior or Deluxe AC Bungalow is desirable. It has a magnificent sea view, at least one good size-bed, Air conditioning, hot & cold water shower, WiFi, minibar or fridge, very quiet and peaceful, with a wonderfully helpful and friendly staff; in Amed Bali for a little under $1,000 a month.

The girls cook and clean, the native guide shops and drives, you can set up a mini kitchen, or you can order from nearby restaurants, or go next door to the Cafe Amed restaurant for really good food, and there is a mini mart across the street. It is the good life on the cheap.

https://sites.google.com/site/bobbysvillasbali/

http://bobbysvillasbali.com/

Nice web site, these are my work on where Home: AWAY FROM HOME
Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages
wiredbrain@gmail.com
Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk
For more information please contact the
owner Bobby Artana
https://www.facebook.com/bobby.artana
Telephone: +62(0)36323471

Hp: +62(0)81338430009
E-Mail for booking: bobbyartana@yahoo.com
wiredbrain@gmail.com

I have a loft if you want to visit

https://sites.google.com/site/bobbysvillasbali/

https://sites.google.com/site/wiredbrain/
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I have a small pension and want to find a nice place I can afford to live.
I left the country (USA) Jan 15 2013 for Bali, I am 77, recently divorced, a retired professor. I have been 30 years in New Smyrna Beach FL with my now X-wife in a $500,000 house I paid for thus have a settlement. I have good character: a professor at leading universities with degrees from the University of Chicago (BA), Harvard (Ed M), FSU (PhD). I have been a high level federal employee with security clearances.

Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages
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https://sites.google.com/site/wiredbrain/
Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk

I understand the need to control SPAM - I have no commercial interests BUT do promote services I enjoy and believe deserve good reviews. I was for two months at Tradisi villas up the beach and it is a good place but was treated badly by Ketut (excessive charges - I brought my own yogurt and avocados because they were out of most things but then was charged for them again - yougert and honey 30,000 Ir a day when I bought my own breakfast) I have not said anything but just moved. I am supporting the three brothers because Bobby is good to me long term including being my sponsor for immigration. There is support but I have no connection except as a satisfied long term client.

Discounts: Superior Villas


Full rate = 60 USD = 600,000 Ir per day
DISCOUNTS FOR EXTENDED STAY
50% / 31 days = 1.6 %
10 days is 1.6 % x 10 = 16 %
20 days is 1.6% x 20 = 32%
30 days is 50%
Week 11.62% discount = 60 x .116 = 6.66 from 60 = 53 USD per day x 7 = $373
two weeks 22.4 % discount $13.44 = 46.56 USD per day= 14 days = $651.84
four weeks = 31 days x 1.6% = 50% or $30 per day = $930

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What you need to know about the next decade

How will the future effect what you do now?

Planning for the decline of progress, big complex systems grow more slowly with age after they go over their limits; ecology of human society.
Three mega trends:
 1. Shift of populations with urbanization of many unmanageable mega cities of the 20 million range
 2. Game chancing technology,  whole ways of earning a living decline in context of high underemployment, unemployment of masses of people – focus on youth
 3. massive instability in less developed countries, underemployment of youth, loss of economic opportunity, crisis of populations, environment, and resources
 4. Paul R. Ehrlich educator outlines the direct threat to human survival and the  environment  of the planet.  ...
40 KB (5,810 words) - 01:33, 15 July 2013
 5.
It's a big world out there – going to nine billion people which cause conflict
 1. resources – materials and water – force higher prices among income limited people
 2. environmental disasters, natural disasters from climate change
 3. negative feedback – things getting worse causes violence, anti-democratic ideological fringe
groups – inter-group conflicts 
The native Americas faced social collapses from the advantage of iron weapons by the invaders and germs from Europe, created the white Buffalo cults. The Seneca Effect: Why Decline Is Faster Than Growth and the breaking of the social, psychology, physical niche to allow people to earn a living. ^  Anthony F.C. Wallace,  The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca  (New York: Vintage Books, 1969).  ISBN 0-394-71699-X Seneca people From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So what is to be done?
How to be on the right ideological attitude to change and uncertainty, high risk environments.
Saving over consumption stored in basic commodities (not gold or silver but farm land, materials that will be required – survival materials but not the kook stuff) 
Moving with the tide – one wave ahead – information industry – online working – shopping – learning – where the money is - 
Wealth inequality in the United States, also known as the "wealth gap", refers to the unequal distribution of  assets  among residents of the  United States.  Wealthincludes the values of homes, automobiles, personal valuables, businesses, savings, and investments.[2]  The top 10% wealthiest possess 80% of all financial assets.[3]Although different from  income inequality, the two are related. 
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SYNERGY (term coined by Ruth Benedict): A situation or society is set up so that when I am pursuing my own self-interest, I automatically benefit you (or everyone else), whether I intend to or not. And you do the same or me. Sharing vs. exploiting  "Daron Acemoglu is co-author of the book “Why Nations Fail,” the simple thesis of which is that nations thrive when they develop “inclusive” political and economic institutions and fail when those institutions become “extractive” and concentrate power and opportunity in the hands of a few. Egypt, with its heavy state, notes Acemoglu, is a classic extractive society. What it needs most is a leader who can combine a spirit of inclusion with a brutal honesty to tell the people they have wasted so many years and really need to start over, by strengthening education, shrinking the state, stimulating entrepreneurship, empowering women and reforming the police and judiciary."

that for now ; the next note will take off from here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wAmericaiki/Democracy_in_

Alexis de Tocqueville
Further thoughts about synergy (sharing) greed is bad vs. extraction - greed is good

The instruction in democracy, if possible to reanimate its beliefs, to purify its mores, to regulate its movements, to substitute little by little the science of affairs for its inexperience, and knowledge of its true instincts for its blind instincts; to adapt its government to time and place; to modify it according to circumstances and men: such is the first duty imposed on those who direct society in our day. [I]nstruct democracy, if possible to reanimate its beliefs, to purify its mores, to regulate its movements, to substitute little by little the science of affairs for its inexperience, and knowledge of its true instincts for its blind instincts; to adapt its government to time and place; to modify it according to circumstances and men: such is the first duty imposed on those who direct society in our day.[5]

Democratic of hearts and minds - how we treat each other  the spirit of equality ennobled by the frontier. This spirit existed in the Soviet Union in the 1920's, in Spain in the 1930's, in Alaska before 1970, cooperative  recognition of others as difference and their freedom to be different. This spirit seems to be going as inequality and shobness of wealth's gated communities, private clubs, private banks, tax advisors, private rooms at hospital, and the disdain of the 47% and the resentment and venue of powerlessness of the 47%.  

"But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom".[11] He continues to comment on equality by saying "Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power. As none of them is strong enough to fight alone with advantage, the only guarantee of liberty is for everyone to combine forces. But such a combination is not always in evidence."[12] 

Tocqueville's main purpose was to analyze the functioning of political society and various forms of political associations, although he brought some reflections on civil society too (and relations between political and civil society). For Tocqueville as for Hegel and Marx, civil society was a sphere of private entrepreneurship and civilian affairs regulated by civil code.[14] As a critic of individualism, Tocqueville thought that through associating, the coming together of people for mutual purpose, both in public and private, Americans are able to overcome selfish desires, thus making both a self-conscious and active political society and a vibrant civil society functioning independently from the state.

Tocqueville did not originate the concept of individualism but changed its meaning, and saw it as a "calm and considered feeling which deposes each citizen to isolate himself from the mass of his fellows and to withdraw into the circle of family and friends ... with this little society formed to his taste, he gladly leaves the greater society to look for itself".[3] While Tocqueville saw egotism and selfishness as vices, he saw individualism as not a failure of feeling but as a way of thinking about things which could have either positive consequences such as a willingness to work together, or negative consequences such as isolation, and that individualism could be remedied by improved understanding.[3] When individualism was a positive force and prompted people to work together for common purposes, and seen as "self-interest properly understood", then it helped to counterbalance the danger of the tyranny of the majority, since people could "take control over their own lives" without government aid.[3]

Tocqueville warned that modern democracy may be adept at inventing new forms of tyranny, because radical equality could lead to the materialism of an expanding bourgeoisie and to the selfishness of individualism. By advIn such conditions we lose interest in the future of our descendents...and meekly allow ourselves to be led in ignorance by a despotic force all the more powerful because it does resemble one.[15] Tocqueville worried that if despotism were to take root in a modern democracy, it would be a much more dangerous version than the oppression under the Roman emperors or tyrants of the past who could only exert a pernicious influence on a small group of people at a time. In contrast, a despotism under a democracy could see "a multitude of men", uniformly alike, equal, "constantly circling for petty pleasures", unaware of fellow citizens, and subject to the will of a powerful state which exerted an "immense protective power".[3] Tocqueville compared a potentially despotic democratic government to a protective parent who wants to keep its citizens (children) as "perpetual children", and which doesn't break men's wills but rather guides it, and presides over people in the same way as a shepherd looking after a "flock of timid animals".[3] As done by Walt Disney and consumerism
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SPONSOR: IN ENGLISH
1.This is a draft letter of sponsorship
From and to;
Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages
wiredbrain@gmail.com


SPONSOR:
Staying in a villa of sponsor
Villas Amed (Bobby Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, Indonesia 80361
Amed beach Jemeluk in
For more information please contact
Owner Bobby Artana
Phone: +62 (0) 36323471
Mobile: +62 (0) 81338430009
E-Mail for booking: bobbyartana@yahoo.com
wiredbrain@gmail.com
Long lease long term lease at $ 1000 USD per month
https://www.facebook.com/bobby.artana
Bobby & family
A sponsorship letter is at the immigration office in Singaraja from;
Proof of Foreign PERSON REGISTRATION
Register numbers; 2G11ED.0244 - MK
Gede De Marta
e mail gede_marta@yahoo.co.id
Phone +62 (0) 85739824024
81,805,562,946
Amed II. Kingdom Culik
Abang, Karangasem, Bali Indonesia
Province BALI - DISTRICT KARANGASM
5107051407800002
I Gede Sumarta
14-07-1980 kidnapped men FEET AGENCY BR BUAYANG

2. sponsor ID card copy,

3. Dealing with why you come to bali,
Peter E. Pflaum, Bali, Indonesia attracted a consultant to resorts and Bioenergetics teaching yoga or Zen center. His interest in the building as a resident and has an annual visa. He has been practicing Die Gestalt is a German word for form or shape. It is used in English to refer to the concept of 'wholeness'. Gestalt may also refer to: Gestalt psychology Dr. Pflaum has been used for 50 years.

4. My name is Peter Edward Pflaum, born October 31, 1936 in Barcelona Spain from American parents. My passport number is 468250524 issued by the State Department in Washington DC on March 28, 2010 and ended on March 27, 2020.
I have a pension of more than two thousand USD per month and be able to live in Bali.
I left my country (USA) January 15, 2013 to Bali, I 77, recenatly divorced, a retired professor. I have 30 years in New Smyrna Beach, FL
225 Robinson Road
New Smyrna Beach 32169
with my now X-wife a $ 500,000 house that I paid to have a settlement. I have a good character: a professor at a leading university with a degree from the University of Chicago (BA), Harvard (Ed M), FSU (PhD). I have high-level federal government officials with security clearance.

5 copies of ID card sponsor,
1 passport photo,
appropriate application form filled in by you and your sponsor,
no need for a bank statement from WI

6. I came to Bali January 17 VOA for 30 days and then I went to Singapore on FEB 17 and back to Bali on February 22, with a 60-day visa.
Now I have to go to the immigration office in Singaraja
· Passport with visa V6A026328 2A125P2030-M 211/60 DAYS until May 21, 2013 which was published in Singapore, new for May, June and July, and will renew for August
l Hold a passport valid for at least six months on entry with one blank visa page
l Hold proof of sufficient funds - no need for a bank statement from Wells Fargo Bank, California USA

Hold proof of onward flight / back
7 Outbound Flight: Booking Code: J6Q8YF
Departure: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:40 Singapore JetStar
Flight VF241
Arrival: Friday, September 20, 2013 13:30 Bali - Denpasar Direct
Inbound flight: Booking Code: Q3YBGB
Departure: Thursday, March 20, 2014 13:00 Denpasar (Bali) (DPS) Air Asia Flight QZ8494
Arrival: Thursday, March 20, 2014 15:35 Singapore (SIN) Direct Flights $ 182


Education and experience of Dr. Pflaum's
Florida State University, Department of Government, Ph.D., 1972 including the field of Educational Administration, Urban and Regional Planning and Economics of Human Resources. Dissertation topic: "
Use of Geographic Coding in Public Policy and Planning, computer applications and Redistricting districting. "
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Center for Education and Public Policy, Ed. M., 1969 Human Resource Planning and Economics, Master paper on the National Assessment Program.
University of London School of Economics, Modern History and International Economics, Economic Papers, Political and Social Impact of Science and Technology from the 18th century to the present.
University of Chicago,
The College, A.B. degrees, in the Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Economics and American History.

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Culture vs Civilization
All humans have a culture, language, manners, social relationships, myths – except those raised by wolves – or as the saying goes for those without manners “were you raised in a barn?” I worked, a thousand times, with my children on how to hold a fork, the three words, please, thank you, I'm sorry. Manners taught by bears in childcare books on how to maintain their culture taught to me by my parents and their parents back in the mist of times lost. So they could have tea in the palace. 

This is the legion on the birth of Civilization:

It began thousands of years ago in monasteries high in the Hindu highland or Kush.        Pāriyātra Parvata(Sanskrit: पारियात्र पर्वत) or       Paropamisadae       (Greek: Παροπαμισάδαι), is an 800       km (500       mi) long       mountain range       that stretches between central       Afghanistan and northern       Pakistan.The highest point in the Hindu Kush is       Tirich Mir       (7,708 m or 25,289       ft) in       Chitral District       of       Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

The monks over the centuries, had developed a practice of enlightenment. This involved being free of the passions and attachments to self and becoming a part of the cosmos.  They discovered this gave them powers over the elements of human life dependent on external reinforcements. Since they were free of social constraints they could  do things, think things, make things, using the laws of the universe as practical possibilities. 

The skills  were grown by practices, a set of lessons somewhat similar to mystics and cults such as that founded by the Jesuits, being highly and clearly aware of the present, but not of the world, free of emotions, conscientious and unconscious.  They developed a  management and personal development training program, offered at ransom prices to the princes of the area. The graduates were very successful and kings and superiors came from all the way from China and Mesopotamia, Egypt and then went home and founded the ancient Civilizations.  The rulers could become masters of Sufi propaganda and marketing still used in our time by Bernay. Propaganda       Paperback
by       Edward Bernays (Author)       ,       Mark Crispin Miller       (Introduction)
Crystallizing Public Opinion       by Edward Bernays       Paperback       $10.83 
Propaganda         釘ernays・honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and influential institutions of contemporary industrial state capitalist democracies.迫Noam Chomsky
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”—Edward Bernays,       Propaganda
To Sigmund Freud, Bernays was Brother to Freud’s wife, who used the psychology so it could be used to manipulate the libido and id of the masses, to the greater power of commercial and political interests that are the foundations of civilization. 
Thus the difference between tribes, peoples, nations and “Civilizations” is that leaders in civilized cultures are not subject to mass traditional beliefs, but the other way around, they can  manufacture and use traditions and magical thinking as tools of power. 
Traditional leaders are representatives of ancient belief and completely bond up in history and superstitious magic and  mythology. Thus the church is not civilized but a cult or tribe.
If it were not abortion, it would be other wing nut issues
  Magic Science and Religion: And Other Essays, by Bronislaw Malinowski.
  Selected, and with an Introduction by Robert Redfield
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=magic+science&btnG=

Death and Rebirth of Seneca
 
Anthony Wallace
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 1, 2010 -
This book tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake, his visions, and the moral and religious revitalization of an American Indian society -
When people in groups face serious changes in the paradigms they live by and are threaten in their essence that make a culture what it fundamentally is, and without which it loses its  identity. The white southern men of the 都ilent majority・of the ongoing culture wars against 斗iberals・and secularization, integration, feminism, the counter culture, the rise of scientific methods over the traditional authority of religion.
“You peasants can't handle the truth”
See The Grand Inquisitor is a parable told in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov (1879・880). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Inquisitor
As we are to deal with meaning, let us begin with a paradigm: viz., that sacred symbols, the Geist that functions to synthesize a people's ethos--the tone, character, and quality of their life, its moral and aesthetic style and mood --and their world view--the picture they have of the way things in sheer actuality are, their most comprehensive ideas of order. In religious belief and practice a group's ethos is rendered intellectually reasonable by being shown to represent a way of life ideally adapted to the actual state of affairs the world view describes, while the world view is rendered emotionally convincing by being presented as an image of an actual state of affairs peculiarly well-arranged to accommodate such a way of life.
This confrontation and mutual confirmation has two fundamental effects. On the one hand, it collectivizes moral and aesthetic preferences by depicting them as the imposed conditions of life implicit in a world with a particular structure, as mere common sense given the unalterable shape of reality. On the other, it supports these received beliefs about the world's body by invoking deeply felt moral and aesthetic sentiments as experiential evidence for their truth. Religious symbols formulate a basic congruence between a particular style of life and a specific (if, most often, implicit) metaphysical, and in so doing sustain each with the borrowed authority of the other.
Religion has marketed itself with cliches platitudes, truisms, banal slogans that works so well in advertising. The church has fought the modern world since the renaissance and Galileo. “The 13th century was good and leave us alone to rule in peace” .
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The natural human desire to find explanations underlies both science and magic. People like or need to find reasons for what is going on. Anthropologist found that tribes will use evidence and facts when they have them. They are very material and practical. They also have magical solutions to everyday problems when there are no better alternatives. Questions of weather, animal migration, disease and other natural phenomena are matters of life and death, so people want some control over these events. Magic gives them that sense of doing something and having an input into the process of lifer and death. All religions are based on faith and magic where performing certain ceremonies have powers of healing, rain making, even eternal salivation and the triumph over death. Gods and saints can give hope to the hopeless and direction, rules, order to civilizations. The claims are magical and hysterical calls to worship or patriotic emotions that underpin civic order. A spiritual and traditional sense of purpose, direction, order and meaning are required by humans to organize their societies.

Everyday the news reports give explaining reasons why the “market” has gone up or down. They sound like the market has purpose and intention. In fact no one knows why markets have day to day variations beyond there are more buyers or more sellers at a moment of time. Thousands of individuals and computer programs make thousands of individual choices partly based on what all the other actors are doing and making assumptions about the reasons behind these decisions. Except when there are great events most of the time there is a random element that defies explanation. Never the less some magical words are used to explain the unexplainable.

The desire to find purpose and intention in evolution and human existence is quite natural and also impossible. Disposing with the idea of an external, perhaps even supernatural, vitalizing force, describes how we have arrived at the picture of ourselves and all organisms as Self-Made Things. Our creations include governments, constitutions, institutions, magic, superstitions, ceremony, ritual, flag waving, songs, etc. Our gods are made by us not the other way around. They are made because we need them. They should not (but often do) become a Frankenstein.

So we have to take things for what they are. Social conventions, religious ceremony, national character, are useful and even necessary. They are NOT science or material facts. There are very important ideas and beliefs beyond or outside science – arts and literature, song and dance, mystery and magic, wonder and dreams – Santa Claus and the tooth fairy the lands of wonder and magic – the problem arises when belief systems make material judgments (stem cell research) outside their competence. Science can be arrogant about people’s useful and practical beliefs. (Alternative medicine). Science must support the moral and useful desire to do good works, spread truth and justice, equality and fairness which have no material meaning (you can’t find the stuff of kindness and measure it) or do these beliefs have a scientific basis.


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Paradigm shift

I first became clear about the concept of a quantitative and qualitative leaping change in thinking with a study of native American tribal cultures. The white Europeans said “take me to your leader” assuming a hierarchical structure with someone in charge. In native's community it just doesn't work that way, they have wise men, tribal elders who discussed everything until they reached consensus. Sometimes the Japanese do this which is slow but implementation is better and faster because they all know the goals, process, and expected outcomes. The idea of elections was problematical because it involved conflict and someone putting themselves forward as being better than someone else. Real leaders in-bodies the living containers of the culture, they are the law in so far it is inside and they reflect the customs and are preservers of the traditions of their forefathers in generations past. They are truly judicial conservatives living with the law as handed down to them. Traditions are the way of survival, where the knowledge helps find where game and is used when it works and answers “what does the weather patterns mean”..

A second paradigm shift was with a understanding of Edward Deming quality control groups. 
The core of the shift is that inspection, fixed procedures and rules, close supervision, only make things worse beyond rote activity. It is quality is not oddments hung on the tree but needs to grow from the roots.
"...Robert Michels, a friend of Weber's, also was concerned about the
depersonalizing effect of bureaucracy.  His views, formulated at the
beginning of this century, are still pertinent today.

The Iron Law of Oligarchy

"Michels (1911) came to the conclusion that the formal organization of
bureaucracies inevitably leads to oligarchy, under which organizations
originally idealistic and democratic eventually come to be dominated by a
small, self-serving group of people who achieved positions of power and
responsibility.  This can occur in large organizations because it becomes
physically impossible for everyone to get together every time a decision
has to be made.  Consequently, a small group is given the responsibility of
making decisions.  Michels believed that the people in this group would
become enthralled with their elite positions and more and more inclined to
make decisions that protect their power rather than represent the will of
the group they are supposed to serve.  In effect Michels was saying that
bureaucracy and democracy do not mix.  Despite any protestations and
promises that they would not become like all the rest, those placed in
positions of responsibility and power often come to believe that they too
are indispensable, and more knowledgeable than those they serve.  As time
goes on, they become further removed from the rank and file...

http://www.spunk.org/texts/places/germany/sp000711.txt

University adminstration and profesors, school professionals, labor unions, military industrial complex, law enforcement and security empires, congressional leadership, etc

They all are there to serve the public interests but end up taking care of their managers first - they can to Washington to do good and they end up doing very well.  

"Bureaucracy happens. If bureaucracy happens, power rises. Power corrupts."[3] Any large organization, Michels pointed out, has to create a bureaucracy in order to maintain its efficiency as it becomes larger—many decisions have to be made daily that cannot be made by large numbers of disorganized people. For the organization to function effectively, centralization has to occur and power will end up in the hands of a few. Those few—the oligarchy—will use all means necessary to preserve and further increase their power.[2][3]

Michels, Robert. 1915. Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy. Translated into English by Eden Paul and Cedar Paul. New York: The Free Press. From the 1911 German source.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy





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Can Egypt Pull Together?

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/opinion/sunday/friedman-can-egypt-pull-together.html?hp

SYNERGY (term coined by Ruth Benedict): A situation or society is set up so that when I am pursuing my own self-interest, I automatically benefit you (or everyone else), whether I intend to or not. And you do the same or me. Sharing vs. exploiting. 

The American republic was clearly founded by people who were much more concerned with process than effective, efficient, competent government. The issue between federalist and democrats were about public goods vs. personal liberty protected from an autocratic state. 

They were surprisingly effective in preventing an effective federal government but not so much in protecting liberty, justice or fairness by sharing the wealth and power.  The worse case is an autocratic incompetence, as in the case of Egypt and in many of the under performing, less developed countries. They are Neither democracy or efficiency. But you can have elections and be a disaster as in Indonesia where I live or no elections with great success - meritocracy in China or a little democracy and great competence in Singapore. .so competence trumps democratic elections while elections by themselves do little to improve life or freedom. Democracy is not the worst system except for all the others - incompetence, greed, corruption, with or without elections are worse but competence even without elections can be better.

Democratic centralization as in labor unions

Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems inYouTube

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The text What Is to Be Done? from 1902 is popularly seen as the founding text of democratic centralism and by the social-democrat Jean Baptista von Schweitzer.

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Bali to Singapore:

Singapore is so 21st century if not 22nd Century. It has the biggest, tallest, largest, most numerous, newest, concentration of modern structural materialism imaginable, if fact it is unimaginable until you get here and see for yourself, its really real. The apartment blocks row on row, the malls that go on forever in many layers, the office building of striking design, an indoor air conditioned madena (a market in north Africa also called the casabah) for 650 stalls, Orchard street is the miracle mile upon mile, expensive hotels and malls and more hotels and malls.

Singapore grew up on this swampy island all at once in the last half of the 20th Century for the Chinese who did not want to be in Malaysia. It had been ruled by the British and became independent only in the 1960's. It clearly is run by competent technocrats. The way of attacking traffic jams is to build a first class road system, an efficient metro SMRT, lots of buses, time related road fees ( a plan then used by the city of London), but because it is not democratic, the government can charge 100% duties on cars, limit the number of 10 year permits to own a car, (prices are bid on the market and average 10,000 SD) and it works. Cigarettes are over 10SD, because they is no popular political opposition, limited press freedom, government control of TV (they can't control satellites) but the foreign media doesn’t cover local issues. Most of the population does not know English to read the Straits Times which is mostly business and careful. Its a club and membership is required. AND I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE AND IT WORKS..Lincoln Steffens said about the Soviet Union in the 1930's. Everything is up to date in Kansas City..



Everything a real city planner could wish for and was starting in a fairly empty space the city state went from almost nothing to 8 million in the last part of the 20th century and this part of the 21st it has a building boom, construction private and public drawing in a million guest workers. Now they are going to build a high speed train to Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur The state and big thinking developers are married.

Now Bali is a mess. Too many cars, too little road equals constant traffic jams with flocks of motor bikes moving in and out in what appears a very dangerous manner. It is better on the north and east coast, far away from Kuta. Places can look beautiful with layers of rice fields inside a tropic forest and no mess. While Singapore has thousands of neat stalls many offering food, Bali has messy road side Comados ? ( The Puerto Rican little store, bar, cook out, etc.) Like in central America, not regulated and a blot on the roads.

Singaporeans are clearly industrious people, Balinese are not – they are extraordinary patient in their traffic jams, there is no pushing or shoving, they are soft spoken, friendly, helpful if they can, and mostly honest. Now Singapore is no way as pushy as New York Paris or Rome and traffic is orderly. But in comparison with Bali they are in a hurry – not quite as rapid moving as I saw in China or Londoners who move faster that Spaniards - its an interesting measurement.

What I observe in this are shadows on the future of technology and technocrats and big developments that have a sterility, being not very human in scale and reflecting a race to earn and spend – the global brands are much in presence here – you know who they are – Gucci, Prada, south beach, the grove, Beverly hills, Michigan Avenue or Fifth avenue in spades etc. I don't know but everyone else does. And cell phones or personal devices are everywhere.






Florida has its share of road side tick tack and Daytona Beach shows no signs of intelligent planning. So I show my prejudice for Spanish small towns, rural Italy and France, quiet more human and quaint .. built like Sienna carefully over centuries and I look upon a future of more Singapore like alien creatures with concerns – issues raised by Louis Mumford 50 years ago with the answer being green-way, new planned communities as functional towns, as in Finland, Sweden, new towns out of London, but there is not enough space in Singapore.

It's OK to be rich, much better than poor, its good to be efficient, its better to have things work than have lots of breakdowns - BUT give me a break – can't cities be collections of neighborhoods like in London, most of New York – Chicago: Singapore has Chinatown and little India as tourist sites, neighborhoods are blocks with numbers such as building 28 of huge apartments houses like Soviet developments. Two thirds are state supported public housing which is then sold to the residences at near market prices, the state must make a killing. They look the same as private developments and are as well built. Socialism run rabid in a very capitalist state – like in China itself - Maybe there is something in the culture of China that produces this synergy of shared benefits between capitalist and socialist planning. Surely this is massive State Capitalism without massive secret police.

While




Indonesia has state capitalism, military industrialism, it has not effected Bali except consumer goods (cars and motor bikes) and a few shopping centers in Kuta which is a Benedorm type tourist city – not native.

MUCH of the blogs and reviews of SE Asia are prejudiced by cultural bias. No it is not Cleveland but further west, so far west that it is the far east. After six months it will all seem normal. The disorder becomes a new kind of order, difference becomes the new normal. What is misunderstood becomes understandable. A little cultural anthropology in the field. Americans and Australians are more provincial than Europeans because they are all over the blasted continent. Not much difference between regions and cultures in the great melting pot – a pot that contains too many ingredients becomes a mush as too many colors become muddy brown lacking high points and sophistication.

You have a bunch of tourist who don't know much – as the British foreign service has long time residents, the Americans have tourist who just begin to understand when they are transferred, as are generals in command of the wars. Don't believe much of what you read from tourist.

The St. Thomas USVI joke. There was a West Indian who suddenly died. When she met St. Peter she was told that her record was incomplete so she would be given a chance to visit heaven and hell so she could decide for herself where to spend eternity. She when to heaven and it was a boring! Just a bunch of angles sitting around praising god and singing hymns, not up beat at all.

Then she visited hell and it was just like the West Indies, beach party with steel band, rum, sex, dirty dancing and rag gay. So she choose hell. BUT when she returned it was hell, fire and brimstone (what ever that is)

She complained to St. Peter who told her that last time she was a tourist.

MUCH of the blogs and reviews of SE Asia are prejudiced by western cultural bias. No it is not Boston but much further west, so far west that it is the far east. After six months it will all seem normal. The disorder becomes a new kind of order, difference becomes the new normal. What is misunderstood becomes understandable. A little cultural anthropology in the field.

Americans and Australians are more provincial than Europeans because they are all over the blasted continent. Not much difference between regions and cultures in the great melting pot – a pot that contains too many ingredients becomes a mush as too many colors become muddy brown; lacking high points and sophistication. Sidney becomes American, holiday inns, Hummy foods (KFC, subway,) Big Mac, whopper, fast food mass produced...and not really cheap.

You have a bunch of tourist who don't know much –not like the British foreign service which has long time residents, the Americans have tourist diplomats who just begin to understand what is going on, when they are transferred, as are generals in command of the wars. Even ATT did not want their people going native so moving left them with only the company as their society and their total commitment.

No wonder we don't know our way around Cuba, Syria, Iran, Mesopotamia, Vietnam, USS-was, etc.. Don't believe much of what you read from tourist. Journalist can be better but there a few real foreign corespondents left. Just helicoptered in faces on green screens. It's Friday so this must be Istanbul -

"The Nasruddin stories, known throughout the Middle East, constitute one of the strangest achievements in the history of metaphysics. Superficially, most of the Nasruddin stories may be used as jokes. They are told and retold endlessly in the teahouses and caravanserais, in the homes and on the radio waves, of Asia. But it is inherent in the Nasruddin story that it may be understood at any of many depths. There is the joke, the moral- and the little extra which brings the consciousness of the potential mystic a little further on the way to realization." - The Sufis, Idries 

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The story of the blind men and an elephant originated in the Indian subcontinent from where it has widely diffused. It has been used to illustrate a range of truths and fallacies. At various times it has provided insight into the relativism, opaqueness or inexpressible nature of truth, the behaviour of experts in fields where there is a deficit or inaccessibility of information, the need for communication, and respect for different perspectives.

Fred and Barney are having a few drinks in the neighborhood bar, and Fred decides it’s time to go home. He says good-night and stumbles out the door towards the parking lot.

Half an hour later, Barney also calls it quits and heads out the door. He’s surprised to find Fred still out there on the sidewalk, searching the ground under the streetlamp directly in front of the bar’s entrance.

“What are you doing?” Barney asks.

“I dropped my car keys! I’ve been looking and looking, but I can’t find them!” moans Fred.

Barney helps Fred scour every square inch of the ground in front of the bar, but the keys are definitely not there.

“Are you sure you dropped them here, Fred?”

“Here?” replies Fred. “Why, no. I’m pretty sure I dropped them back there.” Fred points towards the dark parking lot.

“Then why are we searching here, under the streetlamp!?!” exclaims Barney.

“Because here the light’s so much better!” Fred explains.

Don't believe much of what you read from tourist.

"I can see in the dark," boasted Hodja one day while sitting in a tea shop."

"If that's true," said his friends, "why do we sometimes see you carrying a light at night?"

"Well," he replied, "I only use that lamp to prevent other people from bumping into me."
***
One day a friend asked Hodja for a loan, saying that he would repay him the following week. Hodja didn't believe him but gave him the money anyway. Much to his surprise, the man kept his word and repaid him.

A few months later the same man wanted another loan from Hodja, and he said to him, "You know my credit is good. Last time, I repaid you promptly."

"You're not going to get the money this time,"said Hodja. "You deceived me last time by repaying me when I thought that you wouldn't. I am not going to let you fool me again."
***
Hodja wanted to learn how to play the lute. So he approached a music teacher and asked him, "How much do you charge for private lute lessons?"

"Three silver pieces for the first month; then after that, one silver piece a month."

"Oh, that's very fair, " exclaimed Hodja. "I'll start with the second month".
***

One day a poor hungry man was passing through the streets with only a piece of bread in his hand. As he passed by a restaurant, he saw some delicious-looking meatballs frying in a pan. He waved his bread over the pan for a few seconds, and then he ate it. The restaurant owner had seen what he did and grabbed him by the neck and dragged him before the judge, who happened to be Hodja. 

The restaurant owner demanded that this poor peasant pay for the price of the meatballs.
Hodja listened carefully and then took two coins from his pocket and told him, "Come and stand by me a minute." The restaurant owner obeyed, and Hodja shook his fist so that the coins made a rattling sound in the man's ear.

"What are you doing this for?" he asked

Hodja replied, "I have just paid you for the meatballs. Surely the sound of money if fair payment for the smell of food."

***
One day a friend visited Hodja and said, "Hodja, I want to borrow your donkey."
"I'm sorry, " replied Hodja, "but, I've already lent it out to someone else."
As soon as he said this, the donkey brayed.

"But Hodja,I can hear the donkey! It's in the stable."

Shutting the door in this friend's face, Hodja told him with dignity, "A man who believes the word of a donkey above my own doesn't deserve to be lent anything!"

***
One day Hodja was heartbroken over the loss of his dear wife. All his neighbors and friends tried to encourage and comfort him by saying, "don't worry about her, Hodja we'll help you to find and even better one."

A short while later his donkey died as well. Hodja seemed to mourn the donkey even more than he had his wife. 

Some of his friends noticed this and approached him concerning this matter, and he replied, "When my wife passed away, all my friends promised me that they would find an even better one for me, but so far no one has offered to replace my donkey."
***
For some reason the people of Aksehir became very angry with Hodja and wanted to expel him from the town. They complained to the magistrate so that he was forced to summon Hodja. He said to him, "Hodja, the people of this town don't like you. They all want you to move."
"It is I who don't like the people here," replied Hodja. "As far as I'm concerned, they can all leave."
"But they are many and you are one," said the magistrate.
"Well, because they are many it is even easier for them. They can all work together and build a village wherever they decide to go. But how can I, all alone and at my age, build a new home and cultivate a field in the country?"






The St. Thomas USVI joke. There was a West Indian who suddenly died. When she met St. Peter she was told that her record was incomplete so she would be given a chance to visit heaven and hell so she could decide for herself where to spend eternity. She when to heaven and it was a boring! Just a bunch of angles sitting around praising god and singing hymns, not up beat at all. Then she visited hell and it was just like the West Indies, beach party with steel band, rum, sex, dirty dancing and rag gay and montgay. So she choose hell. BUT when she returned it was hell, fire and brimstone (what ever that is) She complained to St. Peter who told her that last time she was a tourist. https://sites.google.com/site/bobbysvillasbali/ Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillageswiredbrain@gmail.com

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For 20 Aug 2013, The cost of moving to Thailand or Vietnam is less than the cost for agent and expenses plus endless paper work in Indonesia.

Trip Aug 20 to Sept 20
VIETNAM Thailand SE Asia


https://sites.google.com/site/bobbysvillasbali/
OTHER WEB SITE;
http://bobbysvillasbali.com/


I will be in Thailand on Aug 20 with a hotel until the 25th of August, the Rambuttri Village Plaza.


CONFIRMED AirAsia Booking number : ZC7DXG
1. Total paid: 1,171,000.00 IDR
Bali (DPS) about $117 USD
20 Aug 2013, 1200 (12:00 PM)
DMK (DMK)
Bangkok – Don Mueang (DMK)
20 Aug 2013, 1515 (3:15 PM) Tuesday

Rambuttri Village Plaza
Booking number 369.916.156
PIN code 0577
Email wiredbrain@gmail.com
95 Soi Ram Buttri, Chakkra Phong Road, Phra Nakorn, 10200 Bangkok
Check-in:Wednesday, 21 August 2013 from 14:00 (changed to 20)
Check-out:Monday, 26 August 2013 until 12:00
For: 5 nights, 1 room Last one! , max. 1 person.
1 Room VAT (7%) included Service charge (10%) included
You pay today THB Total price:(for 5 nights)
US$ 127.94 for 5 days = $25 per day
( THB 3,750 )/5 = THB 750 / $25 = 31 to USD

Then Aug 25 - 26 by bus to the:
Manathai Resort 4 stars Plaket
121 Srisunthorn Rd, Surin Beach, Thalang, 83110 Thailand ‎+65 6226 3310‎
Package 1 : 1 Room, 1 Adults
Guest Name : Peter Pflaum
Room 1,470.00 x 9 nights 13,230.00
Subtotal Package 1 : 13,230.00 /31 = 1470/ 31 = $425 / 9 = $47 (booked at $40)
Total : 13,230.00/9 = 1470 tb
Final balance to be paid at hotel : 0.00
CHECK IN 26 August 2013 Monday
CHECK OUT 3 - 4 September 2013 Wed
then back to Bangkok by shuttle bus airport for 04 Sep 2013, 0745 (7:45 AM)


One-way price 51 USD
Total per person*
Select
CONFIRMED
Booking number : LGR1UE
Total paid: 2,085.00 THB / 31 =
Thai Air Asia SGN Ho Chi Ming city $69 plus one way
CONFIRMED
FD 2790
Promo
DMK (DMK) Bangkok – Don Mueang (DMK)
04 Sep 2013, 0745 (7:45 AM)
SGN (SGN) Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) Saigon
04 Sep 2013, 0915 (9:15 AM)


I go to Vietnam Sept 4th SGN and have a hotel there until the 9th at the Signature Saigon Hotel .
How to get to Signature Saigon Hotel :
From Tan San Nhat International airport, take a taxi from one of the following companies: Mai Linh Taxi ( Tel : 38383838 ); VinaSun Taxi ( Tel : 38272727 ) to our hotel in the centre of the city which is 100 meters from the Ben Thanh Market, close to the Art Museum. Rate: VND 180,000 (roughly USD 12). Journey time: 30 minutes. Sept 4 to 9 - 10 then to
the PHU QUOC PARIS BEACH HOTEL
Ap Cua lap, Xa Duong To,Huyen Phu quoc Tinh Kien giang VIETNAM
Tél/fax:0084(0)773994548-Email:contactphuquocparisbeach@gmail.com
The Paris resort Sept 10th for 5 - 7 days on the Island of Phu Quoc Island Hotels, Discount Hotels in Phuquoc Vietnam: Phu Quoc Resort looks nice, and cheap and right next to Cambodia
Paris hotel Sept 9 to 14 or more
The Island of Phu Quoc Island Hotels, Paris Discount Hotels in Phuquoc Vietnam: Phu Quoc Paris is booked the Resort looks nice, and cheap
Go through Sihanoukville Cambodia
bus to Singapore Sept 16 or 18 no real air connection
Get 6 months social visa from
Then back to Bali Sept 20
A social six months visa:
With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore I can maybe get a six month social visa for about $160 plus costs;
​Company Name:
MAJU TRAVEL SERVICE PTE LTD
Address:
60 Eu Tong Sen Street #01-16 Furama Hotel Shopping Centre Singapore 059804
Telephone:
(65) 6533 1666 Fax: (65) 6535 6222
Contact: MR GAN
Nice web sites, these are my work on where Home: AWAY FROM HOME

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Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk
For more information please contact the
owner Bobby Artana
Telephone: +62(0)36323471
Hp: +62(0)81338430009
E-Mail for booking: bobbyartana@yahoo.com
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Outbound Flight: J6Q8YF

JetStar flight VF241 departing Friday, September 20, 2013 10:40:00 from Singapore
arriving Friday, September 20, 2013 13:30:00 at Bali - Denpasar

If you need to change your itinerary, please go to https://booknow.jetstar.com/Login.aspx and log on with username (e-Mail) "F791245t6@elsyarres.net" and password "F7x79124" and follow the instructions given on that site.



Maybe next March or April after another 6 months I will go with less detailed planning and reservations but now I am insecure about budget and new places. By paying in advance I need less cash and money in the bank. I still need to go from PHU QUOC PARIS BEACH HOTEL to SIN
Singapore by way of Sihanoukville Cambodia
and from SIN a round trip to Bali returning to SIN in six months - April 2014

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Immigration

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Bali to Singapore

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" Indonesia’s immigration policies are based on outdated laws originally designed to protect Indonesia’s workers from job-stealing foreigners. In today’s reality, the immigration system has been distorted into a cash cow for those that manage it.
The real cost of this inability of the nation’s civil service to reform itself is seen in the nation’s weak economic performance, by the lack of confidence of business to invest in wealth producing industries – of which the ailing tourism sector is only one.
While today’s immigration rules cost the nation billions of dollars in lost business, our near neighbors earn cash windfalls from unwitting (and unwilling) visa-run tourists.”

The tour of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia which was a look for alternatives may becomes an interesting tourist trip August 20 to September 20.

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​My name is Peter Edward Pflaum, born October 31, 1936 in Barcelona Spain of American parents. My passport number is 468250524 issued by the Department of State in Washington DC on 28 March 2010 and expires on 27 March 2020.

SOCIAL VISA

Peter E. Pflaum, now in Bali, Indonesia is interested in being a teaching consultant on Bioenergetics to resorts and yoga or Zen centers. His interest is in establishing as a resident and having annual visas. He has practiced Die Gestalt which is a German word for form or shape. It is used in English to refer to a concept of 'wholeness'. Gestalt may also refer to: Gestalt psychology Dr. Pflaum has used for 50 years. SEE translation below

Bioenergetics: The Revolutionary Therapy That Uses the Language of the Body to Heal the Problems of the Mind [Paperback] Alexander Lowen

- The Way to Vibrant Health: A Manual of Bioenergetic Exercises, 1977

Dr. Pflaum's education and experience

Florida State University, Department of Government, Ph.D., 1972 fields include Educational Administration, Regional and Urban Planning and Human Resource Economics. Dissertation topic: "

The Use of Geographic Coding in Public Policy and Planning, a computer application of districting and Redistricting."

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Center for Education and Public Policy, Ed. M., 1969 Human Resource Planning and Economics, Master's papers on National Assessment Program.

University of London School of Economics, International Modern History and Economics, Papers on Economic, Political and Social Impacts of Science and Technology from the 18th century to present.

University of Chicago,

The College, A.B. degrees, in Liberal Arts and Social Science, American History and Economics.

Graduate work at Columbia, General Studies. Teaching

Certificates, some Spanish and French - Some computer languages Fortran and Basic

HIGH SCHOOL: EVANSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ILLINOIS

1978+1982 PROFESSOR/DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, MBA/MPA

1975 +1978 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, California State University at Long Beach, CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION; Director of Institute of Health and Social Policy

1969+1972 Associate Professor/Research Associate, Mankato State University, Minn.

Assistant Professor, Inter-American University, San Juan Puerto Rico; Hato Rey and San German Puerto Rico, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences, Political Science and History. Lecturer in St. Albans, England; FIET Institute, Turin Italy

ON THE JOB TRAINING in computer analysis (systems analysis) and small area data and graphics; social program analysis; investment strategies; workshops and seminar planning and training methods in basic supervision management planning (goals and objectives), stress workshops, training of trainers.

Bioenergetics is the subject of a field of biochemistry that concerns energy flow through living systems. This is an active area of biological research that includes the study of thousands of different cellular processes such as cellular respiration and the many other metabolic processes that can lead to production and utilization of energy in forms such as ATP molecules.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioenergetics

The Mystic Masseur – (1957) (film version: The Mystic Masseur (2001))

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC (born 17 August 1932) is a Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Trinidadian heritage of Brahmin[1][2] known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire's colonialism. He has also written works of non-fiction, such as travel writing and essays.


Pikiran [Paperback] Alexander Lowen

- Jalan Menuju Kesehatan Vibrant: Sebuah Manual Latihan bioenergi, 1977

Dr Pflaum itu pendidikan dan pengalaman

Florida State University, Departemen Pemerintah, Ph.D., 1972 bidang termasuk Administrasi Pendidikan, Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota dan Ekonomi Sumber Daya Manusia. Disertasi topik: "

Penggunaan Coding Geografis dalam Kebijakan Publik dan Perencanaan, aplikasi komputer districting dan Pemekaran. "

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Pusat Pendidikan dan Kebijakan Publik, Ed. M., 1969 Resource Planning Manusia dan Ekonomi, makalah Guru tentang Program Penilaian Nasional.

University of London School of Economics, Sejarah Modern Internasional dan Ekonomi, Makalah Ekonomi, Dampak Politik dan Sosial Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Teknologi dari abad ke-18 untuk hadir.

University of Chicago,

The College, A.B. derajat, di Liberal Arts dan Ilmu Sosial, Sejarah Amerika dan Ekonomi.

Graduate bekerja di Columbia, Studi Umum. Pengajaran

Sertifikat, beberapa Spanyol dan Perancis - Beberapa komputer bahasa Fortran dan Basic

HIGH SCHOOL: EVANSTON SEKOLAH PUBLIK, ILLINOIS

1.978 1.982 PROFESSOR / DIREKTUR, BIRO ADMINISTRASI PUBLIK, COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN KEPULAUAN, MBA / MPA

1.975 PROFESSOR 1978 ASOSIASI, California State University di Long Beach, PUSAT UNTUK KEBIJAKAN PUBLIK DAN ADMINISTRASI, Direktur Institut Kebijakan Kesehatan dan Sosial

1.969 1.972 Associate Professor / Research Associate, Mankato State University, Minn

Asisten Profesor, Inter-American University, San Juan Puerto Rico, Hato Rey dan San German Puerto Rico, Asisten Profesor Ilmu Sosial, Ilmu Politik dan Sejarah. Dosen di St Albans, Inggris, FIET Institute, Turin Italia

,

ON THE JOB TRAINING dalam analisis komputer (sistem analisis) dan data wilayah kecil dan grafis, analisis program sosial, strategi investasi, lokakarya dan seminar perencanaan dan metode pelatihan manajemen pengawasan perencanaan dasar (tujuan dan sasaran), lokakarya stres, pelatihan untuk pelatih.

Bioenergetika adalah subyek dari bidang biokimia yang menyangkut aliran energi melalui sistem hidup. Ini adalah area aktif penelitian biologi yang mencakup studi tentang ribuan proses seluler yang berbeda seperti respirasi sel dan proses metabolisme lain yang dapat menyebabkan produksi dan pemanfaatan energi dalam bentuk seperti molekul ATP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioenergetics

The Masseur Mystic - (1957) (film versi: The Mystic tukang pijat (2001))

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC (lahir 17 Agustus 1932) adalah seorang penulis Trinidad-Inggris Indo-Trinidad warisan Brahmana [1] [2] dikenal karena novelnya berfokus pada warisan kerajaan Inggris yang kolonialisme. Ia juga menulis karya-karya non-fiksi, seperti menulis perjalanan dan esai.--

Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages

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Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia

in Amed Beach Jemeluk

I have a loft if you want to visit




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A sponsorship letter; have in the immigration office in Singaraja and from Bobby:

I have a sponsor Bobby Artana at

Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages

wiredbrain@gmail.com

Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com

Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indosesia

in Amed Beach Jemeluk

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​After a 2 months visa from Singapore then I got a one month extension with three trips to the immigration office until May 21st.

1. one trip to get papers and file and get your picture taken and finger prints taken

2. second trip to pay $25 fee

3. three to get stamp and passport back.

I got the 60 day visa in Singapore from Feb 22, I got a month until May 21, then Gede does it again for June 21, and again until July 21 and again to August 20 the trip cost $30 and the fee of $25: = $25 x 4 = $100 plus 16 trips at $30 each = $480 = $580 not including three flights Bali to Singapore, and back and out again you have to have a ticket out to come in, with costs = $1000.

A social six months visa:

With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore I can maybe get a six month social visa for about $160 plus costs;

​​​My name is Peter Edward Pflaum, born October 31, 1936 in Barcelona Spain of American parents. My passport number is 468250524 issued by the Department of State in Washington DC on 28 March 2010 and expires on 27 March 2020.

1. The applicant is aged 55 years old or more;done 77

2. Possessing a valid passport;done

3. Latest photograph;done

4. Curriculum vitae;done

5. Finance statement from a nominated pension foundations or similar, which basically states that the applicant is financially steady and can reside in Indonesia with his or her on funding. The applicant is also required to own the sum of US$ 18.000 on his banking account or equal to US$ 1.500 monthly;yes $2,000

6. Medical statement from a nominated life insurance company; w

7. An accommodation statement, proven and issued by the applicant checking account;done

8. A written statement made by the applicant regarding his intention to hire an Indonesian house-maid or a nurse care during his stay in Indonesia;can do

9. A sponsorship letter; have in the immigration office in Singaraja

I want:

​Kartu Izin Tinggal Terbatas or Temporary Residency Permit - KITAS: valid for one year. A KITAS Visa is the most common visa for foreign residents and requires an Indonesian sponsor. Valid for five years in total, it is first valid for one year and must subsequently be extended every 12 months.

or

The Limited Stay Visa is a single entry visa for a visit that is related to work and to other purposes such as investment, research, family unification, performance, sport, social activities, retired/senior citizen, etc. The Limited Stay Visa will be granted upon authorization from the Indonesian Immigration in Indonesia.​

I am 77 years old a retired professor with a BA from University of Chicago, EdM from Harvard and PhD in government from Florida State University. I was divorced in December 2012 after 30 years of marriage and have a settlement of $1200 a month on common property (a $500,000 house in New Smyrna Beach Florida) and Social Security of $800 so a income of about $2,000 to live on and decided on Bali.

I came to Bali January 17 VOA for 30 days then I went to Singapore February 17 and returned on Feb 22 with a 60 day visa.

Now I have gone to the immigration office in Singaraja

· Passport with visa 2A125P2030-M V6A026328 211/60 DAYS until May 21 2013 issued in Singapore

l Hold a passport valid at least six months on entry with one blank visa page

l Hold proof of sufficient funds – bank statement

l Hold proof of onward/return flights

I have a sponsor Bobby Artana at

Maybe we should look for what I want:

​Kartu Izin Tinggal Terbatas or Temporary Residency Permit - KITAS: valid for one year.

Almost impossible - and I need to know your fees - I am in Amed a small village and dive resort - and

1. Your valid passport; ok

2. Your bank statement;

​ I can down load it from Wells-Fargo it is on the long document I sent you​

3. Your home contract or proof of residence; ​

​Paid 10 million ($1000) or more a month and have bank statement

4. Your life insurance paperwork;

​Don't have one​

5. An affidavit made on your behalf stating that you will be hiring local maid

​OK​

6. Your divorce paperwork;

​Have to get from Florida Maybe I can download from court records​

7. Recent photograph (send us soft copy so we may reproduce for this purpose)

​OK​

Company Name:

MAJU TRAVEL SERVICE PTE LTD

Address:

60 Eu Tong Sen Street #01-16 Furama Hotel Shopping Centre Singapore 059804

Telephone: (65) 6533 1666

Fax: (65) 6535 6222

Contact: R GAN

or

Address: Platinum Express Travel

7500A Beach Road

#09-313 The Plaza

Singapore 199591

A social six months visa:

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HANA EXPRESS

163 Tras Street, #10-06 Lian Huat Building,

Singapore 079024

Tel: 65 - 6221 2181

Fax: 65 - 6344 6912, 6224 2975

Mobile: 65 - 9654 0870

General Enquiries: shohib@starhub.net.sg

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I need a visa that is good for a year or at least a 3 months extension from Aug. I now have a three months visa V6A026328 until 21 May 2013. I have the one month extension and can get 3 more June, July, August 21. Then my 6 months from February 22 is up.

The deal on VISA and Indonesia you have a limit of six months unless you get a extended stay permit.

And it is very hard to get the application for longer stays.

My six months ends in August then I have to leave and come back = a three ticket trip

1. ticket to Singapore and

2. back to Bali

3.then from Bali back to Singapore because you must have a ticket out to come in.

4. The cost of moving to Thailand is far less

5. AirAsia

CONFIRMED

Booking number : ZC7DXG

Total paid: 1,171,000.00 IDR

1,171,000.00 IDRDPS (DPS)

Bali (DPS) 22 Aug 2013, 1200 (12:00 PM)

DMK (DMK) Bangkok – Don Mueang (DMK)

22 Aug 2013, 1515 (3:15 PM)

For extended stay:

Please submit the requested documentation as previously mentioned on the last email, which are:

1. Scan copy of your valid passport;

2. Softcopy of your recent photograph;

3. The residence contract made between you and the residence owner, that states you're renting the house & paid $1.000 a month as you described.

4. Divorce paperwork or divorce decree

In the meantime, please send us copy of your photograph & valid passport so we may check your current permit within the immigration headquarter. 

Case Style: MARY ANNE WATKINS PFLAUM v. PETER EDWARD PFLAUM

Case Number: 2012 12314 FMDL Category: Dissolution of Marriage

Case Type: Family Law Filing Date: 08/09/2012

Case Status: Closed Related Cases: NO

Venue Information - 04 - Matthew M. Foxman

Processing Location: DeLand Court Location: DeLand

Disposition Information - Disposed By Judge

Disposition Date: 12/10/2012 Jury Trial: NO

Appealed: NO Contested: NO

UCN: 642012DR012314XXXXDL

​My name is Peter Edward Pflaum, born October 31, 1936 in Barcelona Spain of American parents. My passport number is 468250524 issued by the Department of State in Washington DC on 28 March 2010 and expires on 27 March 2020.

1. The applicant is aged 55 years old or more;done 77

2. Possessing a valid passport;done

3. Latest photograph;done

4. Curriculum vitae;done

5. Finance statement from a nominated pension foundations or similar, which basically states that the applicant is financially steady and can reside in Indonesia with his or her on funding. The applicant is also required to own the sum of US$ 18.000 on his banking account or equal to US$ 1.500 monthly;yes $2,000

6. Medical statement from a nominated life insurance company; w

7. An accommodation statement, proven and issued by the applicant checking account;done

8. A written statement made by the applicant regarding his intention to hire an Indonesian house-maid or a nurse care during his stay in Indonesia;can do

9. A sponsorship letter; have in the immigration office in Singaraja

I want:

​Kartu Izin Tinggal Terbatas or Temporary Residency Permit - KITAS: valid for one year. A KITAS Visa is the most common visa for foreign residents and requires an Indonesian sponsor. Valid for five years in total, it is first valid for one year and must subsequently be extended every 12 months.

or

The Limited Stay Visa is a single entry visa for a visit that is related to work and to other purposes such as investment, research, family unification, performance, sport, social activities, retired/senior citizen, etc. The Limited Stay Visa will be granted upon authorization from the Indonesian Immigration in Indonesia.​

I am 77 years old a retired professor with a BA from University of Chicago, EdM from Harvard and PhD in government from Florida State University. I was divorced in December 2012 after 30 years of marriage and have a settlement of $1200 a month on common property (a $500,000 house in New Smyrna Beach Florida) and Social Security of $800 so a income of about $2,000 to live on and decided on Bali.

I came to Bali January 17 VOA for 30 days then I went to Singapore February 17 and returned on Feb 22 with a 60 day visa.

Now I have gone to the immigration office in Singaraja

· Passport with visa 2A125P2030-M V6A026328 211/60 DAYS until May 21 2013 issued in Singapore

l Hold a passport valid at least six months on entry with one blank visa page

l Hold proof of sufficient funds – bank statement

l Hold proof of onward/return flights

I have a sponsor Bobby Artana at

Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages

wiredbrain@gmail.com

Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com

Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indosesia

in Amed Beach Jemeluk

Maybe we should look for what I want:

​Kartu Izin Tinggal Terbatas or Temporary Residency Permit - KITAS: valid for one year.

Almost impossible - and I need to know your fees - I am in Amed a small village and dive resort - and

1. Your valid passport; ok

2. Your bank statement;

​ I can down load it from Wells-Fargo it is on the long document I sent you​

3. Your home contract or proof of residence;

​Paid 10 million ($1000) or more a month and have bank statement

4. Your life insurance paperwork;

​Don't have one​
5. An affidavit made on your behalf stating that you will be hiring local maid

​OK​
6. Your divorce paperwork;

​Have to get from Florida Maybe I can download from court records​

7. Recent photograph (send us soft copy so we may reproduce for this purpose)​OK

I have a sponsor Bobby Artana at

Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages

wiredbrain@gmail.com

Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com

Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indosesia

in Amed Beach Jemeluk

For 20 Aug 2013, The cost of moving to Thailand or Vietnam is less than the cost for agent and expenses plus endless paper work in Indonesia.

http://www.overseasthinktankforindonesia.com/tag/kitas/

" Indonesia’s immigration policies are based on outdated laws originally designed to protect Indonesia’s workers from job-stealing foreigners. In today’s reality, the immigration system has been distorted into a cash cow for those that manage it.

The real cost of this inability of the nation’s civil service to reform itself is seen in the nation’s weak economic performance, by the lack of confidence of business to invest in wealth producing industries – of which the ailing tourism sector is only one.

While today’s immigration rules cost the nation billions of dollars in lost business, our near neighbors earn cash windfalls from unwitting (and unwilling) visa-run tourists.”

The tour of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia which was a look for alternatives may becomes an interesting tourist trip August 20 to September 20.

After a 2 months visa from Singapore then I got a one month extension with three trips to the immigration office until May 21st.

1. one trip to get papers and file and get your picture taken and finger prints taken

2. second trip to pay $25 fee

3. three to get stamp and passport back.

I got the 60 day visa in Singapore from Feb 22, I got a month until May 21, then Gede does it again for June 21, and again until July 21 and again to August 20 the trip cost $30 and the fee of $25: = $25 x 4 = $100 plus 16 trips at $30 each = $480 = $580 not including three flights Bali to Singapore, and back and out again you have to have a ticket out to come in, with costs = $1000.

A social six months visa:

With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore I can maybe get a six month social visa for about $160 plus costs;​

Company Name: MAJU TRAVEL SERVICE PTE LTD

Address: 60 Eu Tong Sen Street #01-16 Furama Hotel Shopping Centre Singapore 059804

Telephone: (65) 6533 1666

Fax: (65) 6535 6222

Contact: MR GAN

or

Address: Platinum Express Travel

7500A Beach Road

#09-313 The Plaza

Singapore 199591

A social six months visa:

https://sites.google.com/site/wiredbrain/






HANA EXPRESS
163 Tras Street, #10-06 Lian Huat Building,
Singapore 079024

Tel: 65 - 6221 2181
Fax: 65 - 6344 6912, 6224 2975
Mobile: 65 - 9654 0870

General Enquiries: shohib@starhub.net.sg


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Looking for a place to live or visit, that is cheap, safe and orderly, warm all year, you can't do better than Bali. Amed is best place on the island- it is on a side road 10 Km from the highway. It is quiet from the motorcycles; it is a center for divers, it has good karma. You can set up housekeeping, get service that cleans, cooks, drives, shops, etc at nominal cost.


You can be a long term resident so pay by the month - with a 50% discount


Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk


Great place - with great people - great prices - great location - dive Amed


Are you looking for a large room or Villa; do you desire a STAND ALONE bungalow with nice balconies a Superior or Deluxe AC Bungalow then you can boast of magnificent sea views, and a good pool and big size-bed in 8 m high ceilings, Air Conditioning, hot & cold water shower, WiFi, minibar or fridge, quiet and peaceful?


I don't feel like climbing stairs. I am looking for a large room 30² meters with a nice big balcony, a Superior or Deluxe AC Bungalow is desirable. I can hope to have a magnificent sea view, at least one good size-bed, Air Conditioning, hot & cold water shower, WiFi, minibar or fridge, quiet and peaceful, with a helpful and friendly staff; like all that I have now in Bali for a little under $1,000 a month. The girls cook and clean, the native guide shops and drives, I have set up mini kitchen, or can order from nearby restaurant, or go next door to Cafe Amed restaurant for good food, and there is a mini mart across the street. It is the good life on the cheap.


LONG TERM RENTAL AT $1000 USD OR LESS
You can be a long term resident then pay by the month - with a 50% discount


http://www.booking.com/hotel/id/three-brothers-bobby-s-villas.id.html?aid=346999;label=hotel-455800_T-1_Pool-com_Slice-99999;sid=3ce24b9b29bd152ce9ac96208a23a84d;dcid=1;checkin=2013-06-02;checkout=2013-06-09;srfid=15e1d29fa7ce17b136d7deccfc488e2a8c38cfa2X1


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Located in Amed, Three Brothers Bobby’s Villas is a beachfront resort with a large outdoor pool overlooking the ocean. Its air-conditioned bungalows feature a private terraces and en suite bathrooms. Free Wi-Fi is accessible in all areas. Three Brothers Bobby’s Villas is 8 minutes’ drive away from Lempuyang Luhur Temple. Tirta Gangga Water Palace and Tulamben diving spots are all within 10 minutes’ drive away. Ngurah Rai International Airport can be reached by a 3.5-hour car ride from the property. Included in all units are a fridge, minibar and a safe. Fitted with a seating area, each private terrace offers views of the sea. Hot and cold shower facilities are available in the attached bathroom. Fishing, diving and snorkeling trips can be arranged upon request, while luggage can be stored at the 24-hour front desk. Staff can assist with car rental and laundry services. Airport transfers can also be arranged at a charge, while free on-site parking is provided. Breakfast is served daily in the resort’s dining area. With room service, guests can enjoy meals in the comfort of their rooms.


With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore you can maybe get a six month social visa for about $160


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booking list at:
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You will get a lower rate if you become a resident. Here are bungalows or villas on the beach,the pool is nice,


You can be a long term resident then pay by the month - with a 50% discount


I can't find as good a place in SE Asia


I have been seeking an alternative in SE Asia.
Where you can be a long term resident then pay by the month - with a 50% discount




I don't feel like climbing stairs. I am looking for a large room 30² meters with a nice big balcony, a Superior or Deluxe AC Bungalow is desirable. I can hope to have a magnificent sea view, at least one good size-bed, Air Conditioning, hot & cold water shower, WiFi, minibar or fridge, quiet and peaceful, with a helpful and friendly staff; like all that I have now in Bali for a little under $1,000 a month. The girls cook and clean, the native guide shops and drives, I have set up mini kitchen, or can order from nearby restaurant, or go next door to Cafe Amed restaurant for good food, and there is a mini mart across the street. It is the good life on the cheap.


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Looking for a place to stay long term and call home. I have been renting by the month and have paid in advance no more than a $1,000 each month, $33 USD a day. You can be a long term resident so pay by the month - with a 50% discount


I have been living in a bungalow (Villa) next to the ocean in Amed Bali Indonesia which is very good and I like it, but after 6 months I have to leave to renew my visa, so on Aug 22 I will go to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia to see if I can do better. I am l ooking for a place to stay long term and call home? I have been renting by the month and have paid in advance no more than a $1,000 each month.


Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk


But I maybe able to get a social six months visa:
With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore I may get a six month social visa. The tour of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia which was to look for alternatives now may become a nice tourist trip around SE Asia from August 22 to September 22. I can leave my big bag in Bali and travel light.


I get a lower rate because I become a resident. I like stand alone bungalows or villas on the beach, the pool is nice, You can be a long term resident so pay by the month - with a 50% discount .


I have been living in a bungalow (Villa) next to the ocean in Amed Bali Indonesia which is very good and I like it, but after 6 months I have to leave for new visa on Aug 22 I go to check out the alternatives in SE Asia.


Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk


I get a lower rate because I become a resident. I like bungalows or villas on the beach, a pool is nice,


PICTURES;


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(Bobby’s Villas)
Amed - Bali


Directly on the beach. Big Bungalows in two floors and bungalows with double bed. Swimming pool, Hot and cold water, AC, Minibar, Safety box.


For more information please contact the owner Bobby Artana
Telephone: +62(0)36323471
Hp: +62(0)81338430009
E-Mail for info: mth99@hotmail.com
E-Mail for booking: bobbyartana@yahoo.com


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Looking for a place to live or visit, that is cheap,
orderly, warm, you can not do better than Bali.
Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk


LONG TERM RENTAL AT $1000 USD OR LESS


With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore you can maybe can get a six month social visa for about $160


With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore
you can maybe can get a six month social visa for about $160


Looking for a place to stay long term and call home. I have been renting by the month and have paid in advance no more than a $1,000 each month.


I have been living in a bungalow (Villa) next to the ocean in Amed Bali Indonesia which is very good and I like it, but after months I have to leave on Aug 22 to Thailand and Vietnam to check out the alternatives.
Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk


But I maybe able to get a social six months visa:
With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore I may get a six month social visa. The tour of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia which was to look for alternatives now may become a nice tourist trip around SE Asia from August 22 to September 22. I can leave my big bag in Bali and travel light.


I get a lower rate because I become a resident. I like bungalows or villas on the beach, THE pool is nice, You can be a long term resident so pay by the month - with a 50% discount .


http://bobbysvillasbali.com


I am an elderly (77) American living on a pension. I am looking for a place to stay long term and call home. I have been renting by the month and have paid in advance no more than a $1,000 each month.


I have been living in a bungalow (Villa) next to the ocean in Amed Bali Indonesia which is very good and I like it, but after 6 months I have to leave on Aug 22 to Thailand because of impossible immigration rules and procedures in Indonesia.


But I maybe able to get a social six months visa:
With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore I may get a six month social visa. The tour of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia which was to look for alternatives now may become a nice tourist trip around SE Asia from August 22 to September 22. I can leave my big bag in Bali and travel light.


I get a lower rate because I become a resident. I like bungalows or villas on the beach, a pool is nice, E-mail me at wiredbrain@gmail.com


I am long term resident so I pay by the month - so the first month would be from Sept 19th and 30 days would be until Oct 18th - I will pay in advance or put down a deposit. I am also trying to find the bus to Sihanoukville Cambodia Sept 19th 2013 from SGN Saigon or south Vietnam since there is no airplane.


I should state that I don't feel like climbing stairs. I am looking for a large room 30イ meters with a nice balcony, a Superior or Deluxe AC Bungalow is desirable. I can hope to have a magnificent sea view, at least one good size-bed, Air Conditioning, hot & cold water shower, WiFi, minibar or fridge, a backup generator, quiet and peaceful, with a helpful and friendly staff; like all that I have now in Bali for a little under $1,000.




I am an elderly (77) American living on a pension. I am looking for a place to stay long term and call home. I have been renting by the month and have paid in advance no more than a $1,000 each month.


I have been living in a bungalow (Villa) next to the ocean in Amed Bali Indonesia which is very good and I like it, but after 6 months I have to leave on Aug 22 to Thailand because of impossible immigration rules and procedures in Indonesia.


But I maybe able to get a social six months visa:
With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore I may get a six month social visa. The tour of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia which was to look for alternatives now may become a nice tourist trip around SE Asia from August 22 to September 22. I can leave my big bag in Bali and travel light.


I get a lower rate because I become a resident. I like bungalows or villas on the beach, a pool is nice, E-mail me at wiredbrain@gmail.com


I am long term resident so I pay by the month - so the first month would be from Sept 19th and 30 days would be until Oct 18th - I will pay in advance or put down a deposit. I am also trying to find the bus to Sihanoukville Cambodia Sept 19th 2013 from SGN Saigon or south Vietnam since there is no airplane.


I should state that I don't feel like climbing stairs. I am looking for a large room 30イ meters with a nice balcony, a Superior or Deluxe AC Bungalow is desirable. I can hope to have a magnificent sea view, at least one good size-bed, Air Conditioning, hot & cold water shower, WiFi, minibar or fridge, a backup generator, quiet and peaceful, with a helpful and friendly staff; like all that I have now in Bali for a little under $1,000.


I will be in Thailand on Aug 20 with a hotel until the 25th of August, the Rambuttri Village Plaza and I am looking for a place from the 26th of August until Sept 4, two weeks in Thailand.


I go to Vietnam Sept 4th SGN and have a hotel there until the 9th at the Signature Saigon Hotel . I am looking for a place to stay, long term. Two weeks in Vietnam.
The Island of Phu Quoc Island Hotels, Discount Hotels in Phuquoc Vietnam: Phu Quoc Resort looks nice, and cheap.
Air by AirAsia from Bali to Bangkok Aug 20th and then Ho Chi Mhin Saigon Sept 4th


I have a small pension and want to find a nice place I can afford to live. Then maybe to Cambodia September 14th, Sihanoukville, Cambodia; two weeks in Cambodia then to Singapore for the visa and finally return to Bali on September 22nd.


I left the country (USA) Jan 15 2013 for Bali, I am 77, recently divorced, a retired professor. I have been 30 years in New Smyrna Beach FL with my now X-wife in a $500,000 house I paid for thus have a settlement. I have good character: a professor at leading universities with degrees from the University of Chicago (BA), Harvard (Ed M), FSU (PhD). I have been a high level federal employee with security clearances.


Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages
wiredbrain@gmail.com
Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk


For 20 Aug 2013, The cost of moving to Thailand or Vietnam is less than the cost for agent and expenses plus endless paper work in Indonesia.


http://www.overseasthinktankforindonesia.com/tag/kitas/


" Indonesia’s immigration policies are based on outdated laws originally designed to protect Indonesia’s workers from job-stealing foreigners. In today’s reality, the immigration system has been distorted into a cash cow for those that manage it.
The real cost of this inability of the nation’s civil service to reform itself is seen in the nation’s weak economic performance, by the lack of confidence of business to invest in wealth producing industries – of which the ailing tourism sector is only one.
While today’s immigration rules cost the nation billions of dollars in lost business, our near neighbors earn cash windfalls from unwitting (and unwilling) visa-run tourists.”


The tour of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia which was a look for alternatives may becomes an interesting tourist trip August 20 to September 20.


After a 2 months visa from Singapore then I got a one month extension with three trips to the immigration office until May 21st.
1. one trip to get papers and file and get your picture taken and finger prints taken
2. second trip to pay $25 fee
3. three to get stamp and passport back.


I got the 60 day visa in Singapore from Feb 22, I got a month until May 21, then Gede does it again for June 21, and again until July 21 and again to August 20 the trip cost $30 and the fee of $25: = $25 x 4 = $100 plus 16 trips at $30 each = $480 = $580 not including three flights Bali to Singapore, and back and out again you have to have a ticket out to come in, with costs = $1000.


A social six months visa:
With Bobby's help and help from his agent in Singapore I can maybe get a six month social visa for about $160 plus costs;
​Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages
wiredbrain@gmail.com
Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk


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Dr. Peter E. Pflaum, GlobalVillages
wiredbrain@gmail.com
Villas Amed (Bobby's Villas) bobbyartana@yahoo.com
Bali Jl. Raya Amed, Karangasem, 80361 Indonesia
in Amed Beach Jemeluk