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		<title>Leadership Through Insight</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2011/12/28/leadership-through-insight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About four weeks ago, I was invited to a private dinner party with some old political associates and friends I made during my years with the Green Party. The guest of honor was former Leader of the Green Party of Ontario, Frank de Jong. Also present was former and present Green Party of Manitoba Leaders, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subtle Observations About the 2011 Federal Election</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2011/05/08/subtle-observations-about-the-2011-federal-election/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2011/05/08/subtle-observations-about-the-2011-federal-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 20:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So in following up on the obvious and newsworthy events arising out of the 2011 Federal Election, I am following up with a list of more subtle, interesting, or amusing events. First, despite all of the pro-democracy people talking about how the people have spoken I will think of it as a bit of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Endings in 2011: A Historical Federal Election</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2011/05/03/new-endings-in-2011-a-historical-federal-election/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2011/05/03/new-endings-in-2011-a-historical-federal-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 Election was worthy of note because it created so many new endings. Lots changed on May 2. Yet, some things didn&#8217;t. Despite the best polling and computer simulations, nobody predicted that Stephen Harper would end up with a Majority Government. Early on in the CTV Election Coverage, their computer statistics expert claimed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Economics Trumps Democracy</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/12/05/why-economics-trumps-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is talk that the Euro will become obsolete because the European Union is close to becoming insolvent. Well, I don&#8217;t think that will happen since governments can just print more money to keep afloat and deal with inflation by implementing price controls. This creates other problems and only delays the inevitable problem of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Relationship Between Cost and Value</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/11/12/the-relationship-between-cost-and-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have the balanced relationship with money, you see it as a means to an end. Money is a tool that gives you control over your life and more money can give you more control over your life, but to a limit. How we spend our money determines the value of what we experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curing the Diseases of Optimism and Pessimism</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/06/30/curing-the-diseases-of-optimism-and-pessimism/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2010/06/30/curing-the-diseases-of-optimism-and-pessimism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In relation to my previous post talking about understanding Human Nature as the centre of all general and political philosophy, I thought I would touch on two mindsets that plague us as much as ideology. The twin-opposites of Optimism and Pessimism. Optimism is about emotional states of being including hope, wishful thinking, and at its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its Our Human Nature, Stupid</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/06/26/its-the-human-nature-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have read my blog for a while, you will know that I am a thinker. I like to mull ideas around, post about them, and the re-post again when a new insight arrives. Today&#8217;s blog post appears to be a cumulative of many years of thinking. I think that I have solved an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Social and Economic Class</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/04/02/rethinking-social-and-economic-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have stumbled across a few books and websites that are pointing to a new understanding of social and economic class. Its a refreshing and what I believe, accurate, understanding of social change in modern nations. In contrast to the Leftist/Communist understanding of Class Conflict, the Creative Class is a term given to what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel Huntington</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/03/20/book-review-the-clash-of-civilizations-and-the-remaking-of-world-order-by-samuel-huntington/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2010/03/20/book-review-the-clash-of-civilizations-and-the-remaking-of-world-order-by-samuel-huntington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many ways The Clash of Civilizations is a rebuttal against Francis Fukuyama&#8217;s The End of History. Instead of arguing that the liberal democratic values endorsed in the West are the natural pinnacle of human civilization, Huntington says that The West&#8217;s values will attacked by competing civilizations. Huntington does not believe that nation states are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Rule x 2</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/02/02/the-golden-rule-x-2/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2010/02/02/the-golden-rule-x-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people know about &#8220;The Golden Rule&#8221;, which some say is the basis of most religions. &#8220;Do unto others what you would have them do to you.&#8221; or its negative form &#8220;Do not do to others what you would not like to be done to you.&#8221; It is pretty hard to disagree with this principle. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Poverty</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2010/01/16/defining-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poverty is generally defined as being in material want of something. Not having enough to eat or money to buy essentials is the general understanding of poverty. But I would also say that poverty is also having an attitude of feeling powerless, helplessness, or even non-gratitude. It is psychological and is how you define yourself. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack, the Beanstalk, and Market Intervention</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/12/12/jack-the-beanstalk-and-market-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2009/12/12/jack-the-beanstalk-and-market-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year end is fast approaching and it appears that the global financial crisis has being contained. Governments around the world stepped in to nationalize banks and insurance companies and invested heavily into their economies to keep them from collapsing. They played the role of the hero, just like Jack in the fairytale Jack and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Government Aphorisms</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/12/03/anti-government-aphorisms/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2009/12/03/anti-government-aphorisms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.billogs.net/?p=782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled onto some aphorisms (Usually an aphorism is a concise statement containing a subjective truth or observation cleverly and pithily written) stated by the late American President, Ronald Reagan. Here they are: &#8220;Government&#8217;s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Are Not Worthy&#8230; Rational Charity Giving</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/11/23/some-are-not-worthy-rational-charity-giving/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2009/11/23/some-are-not-worthy-rational-charity-giving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that giving to the less fortunate is beneficial both personally and socially. When a person demonstrates generosity by giving to a charity, their spirit is enriched in some non-material way; it is like invisible bridges are built between them and others. This is nothing to be said of the how the act of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Subtle Slope of Self-Determination</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/10/28/the-subtle-slope-of-self-determination/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2009/10/28/the-subtle-slope-of-self-determination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working in health care, I am faced with questions about a person&#8217;s ability to say no to health care treatment or service. Unfortunately, there is so much uninformed thinking about this issue, we waste energy on something that should be much simpler. The problem is that self-determination is a concept that does not possess singular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Humility of Free Enterprisers</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/09/25/the-humility-of-free-enterprisers/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2009/09/25/the-humility-of-free-enterprisers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a dinner with a friend recently and we talked about some of the personality characteristics of those who are for and against Free Enterprise. Since we had both spent time with Anti-Free Enterprise types over the course of our political experience and have since evolved into believing in the Free Enterprise system, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear at Social Heights</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/09/09/fear-at-social-heights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like there is an increased fear when somebody is at the top of a tower/building, so there is increased fear the higher one&#8217;s position is in a social organization. A friend was telling me how her store manager gave a customer a replacement plant even though it was obviously neglected and they had no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competition Is Over-Rated In Capitalism</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/09/01/competition-is-over-rated-in-capitalism/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2009/09/01/competition-is-over-rated-in-capitalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest criticisms I have heard from the anti-capitalist crowd (which I was once a part of in my younger years) against capitalism is that it is all about competition.? Capitalism has no room for cooperation, or so we are told in the countless business and marketing books and courses (The Art of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>True Leadership Avoids Systemic Scapegoating</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/08/09/true-leadership-avoids-systemic-scapegoating/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2009/08/09/true-leadership-avoids-systemic-scapegoating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is almost a year ago an individual, Brian Sinclair who was both physically and medically compromised died in the Emergency Room of our largest hospital. He died because for almost three days, he did not receive easily available antibiotics for a common bladder infection. Understandably, the media, public, and opposition parties were outraged and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polls, Parties, and Power: Waste and Distortion in Canada&#8217;s Elections</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/05/18/polls-parties-and-power-wasted-and-distortion-in-canada-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://billogs.net/2009/05/18/polls-parties-and-power-wasted-and-distortion-in-canada-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a cruel joke. I worked for hundreds of hours on my publication, Polls, Parties, and Power: Distortion and Wasted Votes in Canada&#8217;s Election 1980-2000. I was convinced that people would see &#8220;the facts&#8221; and naturally gravitate to adopt Proportional Representation. Now, I have come to admit that voting reform does not matter. What I [...]]]></description>
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		<series:name><![CDATA[Proportional Representation Series]]></series:name>
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		<title>Static Democracy and Changing Ideals</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/05/13/static-democracy-and-changing-ideals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting (and personally changing) result in the May 12 Referendum held in BC. The proposal to switch the existing system (First-Past-the-Post) to the single transferable vote electoral system (BC-STV) proposed by the Citizens&#8217; Assembly on Electoral Reform was defeated. The results were 38.82% in favor of switching, which was far away from 60% they [...]]]></description>
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		<series:name><![CDATA[Proportional Representation Series]]></series:name>
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		<title>Critiques of Democracy</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/04/23/critiques-of-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Months ago, I was doing some Google searches on different philosophical tangents and one of them was &#8220;Critiques of Democracy&#8221; and I stumbled upon an intriguing website called Promethea. What caught my interest was its statement on its notes page that &#8220;all things should be examined according to their impact on life, and popularity by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Pension Plans a Type of Ponzi Scheme?</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/04/09/are-pension-plans-a-type-of-ponzi-scheme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading about Bernie Madoff&#8217;s investment scandal and it suddenly struck me that defined-benefit pension plans (public and private) operate on the same principal as Madoff&#8217;s Ponzi plan. Bernie Madoff defrauded his investors of $65 billion dollars with a massive ponzi scheme. Madoff was smart by? never offering suspicious high returns to everyone, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Nature via Nurture by Matt Ridley</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/03/26/book-review-nature-via-nurture-by-matt-ridley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being intrigued by the title, I picked up this book to learn finally once and for all which side was right &#8211; Are humans a product of biology of genes or social environment? Spoiler Alert: Its both. As a society we have witnessed a longstanding feud between two camps &#8211; one set of people believes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Crisis Challenges Convictions</title>
		<link>http://billogs.net/2009/03/17/credit-crisis-challenges-convictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Billows</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have re-watched the Credit Crisis video a few times and each time its message really hits home. Not only was the crisis created by collective greed, but also a sophisticated scheme to generate money without actually contributing much useful. It was all about getting rewarded without doing any heavy work. Sure sounds like socialism. [...]]]></description>
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