Calgary Herald Validates Argument 09/16/2011
The Calgary Herald in its editorial piece validated the argument I made yesterday on my blog about Media Manipulation. For you to fully understand my argument you first need to review the timeline and sequence of events. Last week Environics published the results of a poll commissioned by Postmedia, parent company of the Calgary Herald and the Edmonton Journal. Environics said they polled PC Party members. Where they got a list of PC Party members is suspicious and a review is being called for. The Poll said Gary Mar had 31% in first place and Alison Redford had 20% in second place. Others weren’t close. Guess who the Calgary Herald endorses today? Gary Mar! And in their words “easily our second choice, Alison Redford”! Okay now go back to the poll they commissioned and see the results: Gary Mar first & Alison Redford 2nd. If you can’t smell that media manipulation stink you are probably are living in Utopia! 2 Comments Scandalous Manipulation 09/15/2011
Have you ever thought about how much we get manipulated by our media? I mean these are the people that we turn to for our news that we expect is impartial. I am heavily involved in the current election campaign to elect a leader for the PC Party who will ultimately become the premier of the province. And I am seeing all kinds of dirty tricks and inconsistencies that are so cunningly played out that the general public would never suspect that they are being heavily manipulated. Take the example of the whole email fiasco with Ted Morton where he is being accused of having a duplicate email under a false name. He was trashed by the Calgary Herald and the Edmonton Journal for 3 straight days before it was revealed that others do it to, including current Premier Ed Stelmach. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2011/09/09/18663721.html Then there is Gary Mar who when he was health minister handed over a bunch of major cash to his executive assistant Kelley Charlebois. Not only was it an un-tendered contract but also there was no deliverables for Mr. Charlebois. Check this out: http://members.shaw.ca/srollans/democracy/beyond/hansard/hansard_05.html Or this: http://www.albertaparty.ca/blog/2011/09/11/pc%E2%80%99s-lack-mindset-transparency/ Now Mr Mar is calling for transparency in government – really? And the media is not saying a word about any of this. If Gary Mar is your next premier who will he surround himself with? Look at what his people are up to now: http://thealbertaardvark.blogspot.com/2011/09/team-gary-mar-gets-caught-giving-away.html Free Memberships is what they were giving away except these are not really free. So is Gary trying to buy this election? No media coverage! And get this Kelley Charlebois is now working on Gary Mar’s election campaign. Outwitting The Devil - I am so excited! 06/27/2011
Finally more that 70 years after the release of Think and Grow Rich and some 40 years after the death of Napoleon Hill the sequel , the real deal is now available. Outwitting the Devil shows you how to actually implement what was shared in the Think and Grow Rich book. And that is why I am so excited! Think And Grow Rich was written in 1938 and is probably one of the most read books on success. Napoleon Hill was motivated to write this book so many years ago which is a conversation between an “earthlander” and “The Devil”. Of course the title “Outwitting the Devil” is not religious book but more of a metaphorical description of what goes on in the mind and how that keeps us from really obtaining what we set out to accomplish with our financial goals. The original manuscript was never released due to the fact that his wife was extremely nervous about the repercussions of it’s release possibly because of the title and the subject matter of the book. The controversy remained even 40 years after his death but his family decided that it was too important of a book not to be shared with the masses. The correlation to the time in which this book was originally written , the times of the Great Depression, and what we are seeing in the World Economies now run a very similar scenario. In the book Outwitting The Devil, Napoleon Hill covers the greatest obstacles that keep us from reaching our goals. Obstacles like fear, anger, procrastination and jealousy saying that these obstacle,. which exist in our minds, are a tool of the devil. He also shows you how to Principles of Good help you triumph to success. He goes further into such principles as:
Humanity's Generosity 05/23/2011
I am always amazed at humanity's ability and willingness to step up and help their fellow humans. The recent disasters in Japan and more close to home in Slave Lake, Alberta are a testament to how incredibly amazing people are. And then I wonder how come there are still so many children dying every year, especially in Africa. The United Nations pegs the number of children dying form water-borne diseases alone at 25,000 per day. Do 'their' governments care? Do their people care? Or do they expect that we will figure out the problem so they don't have to? I am not making judgements here - I truly do not know the answer but the problem still keeps me up some nights. The Cash Flow Game 01/27/2011
I just love the game CashFlow even though my kids always seem to beat me at it. The game was created by the folks at Rich Dad, Poor Dad which in itself is an excellent series of books produced by Robert Kiyosaki and company. The game CashFlow is meant to imitate life somewhat in that you start the game in the Rat Race. You must go through all kinds of challenges while at the same time trying to create Passive Income mostly from Real Estate. When your Passive Income exceeds your Expenses you are out of the Rat Race and on to the Fast Track. Pretty cool huh! So as we were playing the game I got to thinking how many of the people around me have ANY Passive Income at all and the answer is extremely few. Most of my friends know nothing about Real Estate investing and to be honest with the high RE prices one has to be quite an expert to get any Cash Flow out of a property in Alberta or at least Calgary. Most of my friends have tried to create passive Income through Network Marketing but that has been a pain for many of them because they need to chase family and friends. Even I am tired of that. That’s why I like what I do now. I create passive income WITHOUT talking to family and friends and without calling leads and without the huge investment usually required for Real Estate Investments. Since I don’t need to talk to my friends or family about it, if you want to know more, ask me for a special invite but only if you are really serious and really looking for extra income. I don’t have to recruit anyone so I enjoy that. However, anyone who knows me knows that I like to look after my friends. Only problem is that I often want for them what they are not willing to do for themselves. More on Change! 01/23/2011
Here is another post from a blog I kept in 2001 and it too is about Change. I must have been going through somethings back then but they act as a nice reminder now. Check it out... I can't remember how many times I have read or been told, when things are going wrong in your life look in the mirror. Recently there were several sequences of events that had me totally frustrated. Why were people being such jerks with me? Why were they screwing up when it came to my stuff? Maybe I am just in a bad cycle, I thought. I would just have to put up with it until it passed. Then I remembered the proverbial mirror. Was it me? Could it possibly be me? Hey, everybody else was being mean, they were the ones messing up, so how could it be me? I decided to run a little test over a couple of days. I was going to do everything in my power to forget about all the customer service nightmares I had just been through. I was going to expunge them from my thoughts. Every time these thoughts would enter my mind, I would flush them. Moreover, I was going to be happy and nice. Not just on the outside. I knew that everyone deserved to be treated with real love and respect without any expectations on my part. The results were phenomenal. What I learned was what I already knew. When things are going wrong in your life, look within. Look at yourself. You may not like what you see. You may not even want to admit it. Unless you do however, you can't move forward because, Change begins with YOU! That is the first level of change that must take place if you want to change your world. The next inevitable level of Change begins at HOME! Then and only then can the third level of change begin. That is in the people around you. Choices 01/22/2011
I love the concept that if I want to change what is happening to me and even around me then that Change begins with Me! I like it because it puts me in control of my own destiny. Everyday we have people pulling our strings, pushing our buttons and we, not them get to choose how we react. Get mad, even if you don't show it, and they win. Remember this. He who gets mad first loses. If I am driving too slowly and the person behind me honks his horn, I can get mad and salute him in unfriendly ways or I can just let it slide. The choice is mine and mine alone. If the other person chooses to get mad, that is his choice. I didn't make him angry. How can I, when he is in control of his own destiny and emotions just as I am. Ultimately Change is all about Choices! Choose to be in control of your own emotions. Choose to be Happy! Choose to be Nice! Choose to associate yourself with positive people! Choose to be a Giving person! Choose to monitor and control your thoughts for your thoughts become words. Words can cut or they can heal; choose to use them wisely. Your words become Actions. Understand your actions for they become Habits. Study your habits for they will become your Character. Develop your Character, for it becomes the beacon of change for all, in the corner where you are. (Taken from a Blog post I wrote in 2001) My Thoughts 01/22/2011
"Stand back and view the whole painting. If you stand to close you will only see the dots, the blemishes, and the brush strokes." Allan Marston My Thoughts 01/22/2011
"If you let your feet get tangled in the weeds of detail you might fail to see the glorious picture that lies beneath the surface." Allan Marston Wisdom of The Soul 01/22/2011
"As you become wiser in the ways of the world, you are less wise in the ways of the soul." I remember when I was a child I would trust my instincts more. I would know almost intuitively, what was supposed to happen. As I grew older and as I grew smarter, I trusted my gut less and listened to my peers. When I was older, well, I was much wiser I figured, so I did not listen to my gut at all. I listened to my friends, my co-workers, my bosses, my family and all those people who loved me so much. After all, they were only looking out for my best interests. One day after almost giving up all hope I sat in a room all by myself. I shut out my friends, my family and everyone else and all of their voices I banished from my head. At first, I cried. Then I became quite. Very quite! From deep within, I heard a voice cry out. "Why don't you listen to me?" I did not answer. "No one loves you more than I do. No one cares about you more than I do," the voice continued. So where have you been, I thought. "You used to listen to me when you were younger. Not only don't you listen to me, you do not trust me and I have never steered you wrong. I am always here, trying to reach you over the voices of the world. My voice is soft! My nudges are gentle!" I will be back, I thought. This feels so wonderful. All the wisdom in the world is within me! "You make it sound like you have to visit me in some distant place. I am with you, within you, available to you 24/7/365. All you have to do is pay attention." ©2001 Allan Marston | Allan Marston
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