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This is relatively new to me but worth listening to if you like the energy question.  Pickens is just comforting to listen to with the Texas drawl and all. Click on the link and watch the short video on the landing page.

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Because we all need a little reminder that the world needs changing, and that there is no one more qualified to make a difference in the world from your seat than you.  Others may have a different way of doing things that will make great waves but you and only you can accomplish the great [...]

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I have had an overwhelming amount of email from people wanting to help out Jason’s family.
He left behind two beautiful little girls and a wife who are now trying to figure out how to go on without him. Jason did not have a life insurance policy, so it’s going to be a [...]

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The Bad
The real estate market is getting worse every day… Don’t you just want to throw your computer when you read a paragraph that starts out with that sentence? I swear, every day I read another article about how bad its all getting and how we all need to just hide in caves [...]

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I found this article to be a bit more inline with reality than the rest of what I have been reading all week about the sub-prime mortgage issues we are having and their affect on the rest of the financial world.
Levi

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As people, we need a way to quantify things. We need all the things in our life to fit in our basic little boxes and we are constantly simplifying complex things so that we can measure them dice them up and put them where we can understand them.
We take mortgages and narrow them down to [...]

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Less anyone misinterpret this as an endorsement of communism, perhaps a little explanation is warranted.
We’re concerned about the implications of a capitalistic society that privileges economic growth above all else. We do think capitalism has a place but currently the marriage of capitalism with the lack of corporate responsibility and ethics is dangerous and [...]

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I have been getting that question a lot lately.
What people want to know is how we are getting funding to buy and develop all these properties, so I thought I would post a response here since it seems to be on everyone’s mind.
Eco-Urban funding:
LJ Urban purchases land “raw” which basically means its un-entitled or a [...]

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I’ve been working on a part 2 from my entry about Profit last week and am finding that its taking longer than expected. So, in the absence of original thought, I’m presenting someone who has thought much longer and deeper than I have about many important issues of the day.
For all his socially-conscious thinking, [...]

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Money, its a crime.
Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
But if you ask for a raise its no surprise that they’re
Giving none away.
Pink Floyd
Today’s entry is a starting point in my response to some timely and important issues being discussed in the [...]

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