<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417571552251067163</id><updated>2011-04-21T12:44:07.695-05:00</updated><category term='Investing'/><category term='Capitalisim'/><category term='Quotes'/><category term='Capitalist'/><category term='Socialism'/><category term='Investment'/><category term='Real Estate'/><category term='Loan'/><category term='Tech'/><category term='Ideas'/><category term='Borrow'/><category term='Bromides'/><category term='The System'/><title type='text'>Objective-Investor</title><subtitle type='html'>My life as an objectivist, an account of my success and failure. My points of view.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>objectivist actualization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16900427361747044135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417571552251067163.post-1838775424853415779</id><published>2007-06-22T22:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T01:33:10.634-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Opera Mini 4</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://opera.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v4mfsI7ZBgI/RnyYDK7Jn1I/AAAAAAAAABU/hOni7qdELI4/s200/operatest9gu6322cc0eetw7.jpg" class="posticon reflect" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;his Browser is a representation of everything the mobile internet can and should be it works very well on any java enabled phone. I have been using it for more than one and a half years. I have to say the newest incarnation is the beta version Opera Mini 4 it is amazing as a beta I really cant imagine  what it will be like in its final release.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;y first day of using it convinced me that i will not be using Opera 3 anymore. It makes it very easy to navigate sites in parallel and filled in gaps in perception as it went along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;n fact the only things that i have to complain about is nothing new with opera mini, when you install this new opera mini it will have no access to you book marks or feeds, if opera would simply make it so that when you try to save your first book mark or subscribe to your first feed opera should sign you to account and sync your bookmarks and feeds, so when you switch to new versions or upgrade old ones you can have consistent info. The second thing is more me than the browser, my muscle memory wants me to push left and right to get the page to go up and down, so i will need to stop doing that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Y&lt;/span&gt;ou must download and try the beta, it will not install over your old opera they can co exist. When you do you will agree with me how visually stunning it is. They must have re-worked the entire rendering engine because it looks beyond amazing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;utm_medium=referral-button&amp;utm_content=all_dark-728x90&amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.prosper.com/images/referrals/referral_all_dark728x90.gif" width="728" height="90" border="0" alt="Great Rates, No Banks. Borrow. Lend. Prosper."/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4417571552251067163-1838775424853415779?l=values-on-earth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/feeds/1838775424853415779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4417571552251067163&amp;postID=1838775424853415779' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/1838775424853415779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/1838775424853415779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/2007/06/opera-mini-4.html' title='Opera Mini 4'/><author><name>objectivist actualization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16900427361747044135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v4mfsI7ZBgI/RnyYDK7Jn1I/AAAAAAAAABU/hOni7qdELI4/s72-c/operatest9gu6322cc0eetw7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417571552251067163.post-6314182361340035962</id><published>2007-06-19T23:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T04:28:44.737-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Genius Types review of Rich Dad, Poor Dad...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://geniustypes.com/rich_dad_poor_dad_by_robert_kiyosaki_review/"&gt;&lt;img class="posticon reflect" src="http://geniustypes.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/wp-andreas01-12/img/brain.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;enius Types has a &lt;a href="http://geniustypes.com/rich_dad_poor_dad_by_robert_kiyosaki_review/"&gt;good review&lt;/a&gt; of Robert Kiyosaki's 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' for those of you who have never heard of it or those who have heard of it bu think you don't need to read it or have never got a round to reading it maybe reading this article will change your mind.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;utm_medium=referral-button&amp;utm_content=all_dark-728x90&amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.prosper.com/images/referrals/referral_all_dark728x90.gif" width="728" height="90" border="0" alt="Great Rates, No Banks. Borrow. Lend. Prosper."/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4417571552251067163-6314182361340035962?l=values-on-earth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/feeds/6314182361340035962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4417571552251067163&amp;postID=6314182361340035962' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/6314182361340035962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/6314182361340035962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/2007/06/genius-types-review-of-rich-dad-poor.html' title='Genius Types review of Rich Dad, Poor Dad...'/><author><name>objectivist actualization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16900427361747044135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417571552251067163.post-1129326496202006142</id><published>2007-06-19T03:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T01:33:10.797-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Time, Life, and Money</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v4mfsI7ZBgI/RneYxa7JnzI/AAAAAAAAABE/pIYFEPBcAxE/s1600-h/tam.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" class="reflect" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v4mfsI7ZBgI/RneYxa7JnzI/AAAAAAAAABE/pIYFEPBcAxE/s200/tam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077695079691951922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153);font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;his is a perspective piece that will tie into my upcoming 'Deal Blueprint'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;ime has several states. Past, Present, and Future. Time by itself is as meaningless as any other fact of reality, but to a living being it can have value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;ll objects have a past a present and a future but only living entities can value their past, past present or future&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;nly intelligent beings value their past. Humans regularly trade portions of their past for money so money is actualy a symbol for a mans life and the value he holds for other individuals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;hat is why an emplyer no matter what he says always finds his employes less valuable than himself, it is moral to value yourself above others it is not moral to lie to other people and tell them you value them more than you actualy do. but if you want an objective point of view for value just follow the money maybe that is why lee iacocca's claims that his employees were the most important people in the company was proven by the fact that he recived a 1 dollar paycheck and everything else was risidual income from stock in the company. He bet on his people, he said he valued them and showed them by rellying on their productivity.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;U&lt;/span&gt;ltimately the bromide "Actions speak louder than words" is truly a principle of a moral individual. Because it is results that matter in the real world not intentions, because we must live with the results and not the intentions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;utm_medium=referral-button&amp;utm_content=all_dark-728x90&amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.prosper.com/images/referrals/referral_all_dark728x90.gif" width="728" height="90" border="0" alt="Great Rates, No Banks. Borrow. Lend. Prosper."/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4417571552251067163-1129326496202006142?l=values-on-earth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/feeds/1129326496202006142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4417571552251067163&amp;postID=1129326496202006142' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/1129326496202006142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/1129326496202006142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/2007/06/space-time-and-money.html' title='Time, Life, and Money'/><author><name>objectivist actualization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16900427361747044135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_v4mfsI7ZBgI/RneYxa7JnzI/AAAAAAAAABE/pIYFEPBcAxE/s72-c/tam.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417571552251067163.post-5437761769773820554</id><published>2007-06-14T13:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T02:52:16.794-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.freecentury.com/2007/06/14/video-ron-paul-on-colbert-report-61307/"&gt;&lt;img class="posticon reflect" src="http://www.ronpaul2008.com/img/about-ron.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freecentury.com/2007/06/14/video-ron-paul-on-colbert-report-61307/"&gt;Ron Paul on Steven Colbert&lt;/a&gt; I do not support the libertarian party, I do think that Mr. Paul is the lesser of all evils in this race.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;utm_medium=referral-button&amp;utm_content=all_dark-728x90&amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.prosper.com/images/referrals/referral_all_dark728x90.gif" width="728" height="90" border="0" alt="Great Rates, No Banks. Borrow. Lend. Prosper."/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4417571552251067163-5437761769773820554?l=values-on-earth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/feeds/5437761769773820554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4417571552251067163&amp;postID=5437761769773820554' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/5437761769773820554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/5437761769773820554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/2007/06/ron-paul-on-steven-colbert-i-do-not.html' title=''/><author><name>objectivist actualization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16900427361747044135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417571552251067163.post-6359205014018944439</id><published>2007-06-14T12:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T02:52:45.600-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ideas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tech'/><title type='text'>My phone will not flash you?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070614/tc_nm/kodak_sensors_dc_1"&gt;&lt;img class="posticon reflect" src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070614/2007_06_14t092749_450x370_us_kodak_sensors.jpg?x=180&amp;y=147&amp;amp;sig=eVFeUQpGAxIwVfJWPYJpbA--" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;y first though at reading &lt;a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070614/tc_nm/kodak_sensors_dc_1"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; was that it would be perfect for use in cell phones. If you can get major resolution on two sensors for stereo graphic images hook up the lenses that are deep field (no focus) this would be perfect because all processing could be done post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;peaking of  which i think cell phones need image processing software built into them. Most people who take pictures with their phones never process the images beyond raw capture. I would think it ranges from not having the tools to do so all the way to loss of interest or being over whelmed by the time the photos get to the computer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;utm_medium=referral-button&amp;utm_content=all_dark-728x90&amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.prosper.com/images/referrals/referral_all_dark728x90.gif" width="728" height="90" border="0" alt="Great Rates, No Banks. Borrow. Lend. Prosper."/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4417571552251067163-6359205014018944439?l=values-on-earth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/feeds/6359205014018944439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4417571552251067163&amp;postID=6359205014018944439' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/6359205014018944439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/6359205014018944439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-phone-wont-flash-you.html' title='My phone will not flash you?'/><author><name>objectivist actualization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16900427361747044135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417571552251067163.post-7626972014968206762</id><published>2007-06-13T17:44:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T02:54:47.909-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Borrow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Loan'/><title type='text'>Go ahead be my banker.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral-button&amp;utm_content=all_dark-180x150&amp;amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;&lt;img class="posticon reflect" src="http://www.prosper.com/images/referrals/referral_all_dark180x150.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; thought i would post a link to &lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;utm_medium=referral-link&amp;utm_content=link&amp;amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;prosper&lt;/a&gt;, its a good site for you to be the banker or for a person to decide if they will lend you money or not. Have a quick look around and see if you like it. I think it is the highest form of capitalism that exists in our world the personal loan taken to the next level with technology. I am honestly surprised that there is no law that prevents something like this from being allowed to exist. Give the government enough time and there will be. As you take the power out of the average mans hands to lend or borrow money, you take the power out of his hands to control his own destiny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;lso by following the link above you and i will both get twenty five dollars towards our prosper accounts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;utm_medium=referral-button&amp;utm_content=all_dark-728x90&amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.prosper.com/images/referrals/referral_all_dark728x90.gif" width="728" height="90" border="0" alt="Great Rates, No Banks. Borrow. Lend. Prosper."/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4417571552251067163-7626972014968206762?l=values-on-earth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/feeds/7626972014968206762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4417571552251067163&amp;postID=7626972014968206762' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/7626972014968206762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/7626972014968206762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/2007/06/go-ahead-be-my-banker.html' title='Go ahead be my banker.'/><author><name>objectivist actualization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16900427361747044135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417571552251067163.post-3017996931261384771</id><published>2007-06-13T16:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T01:33:11.130-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Investing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The System'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quotes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bromides'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Real Estate'/><title type='text'>A sad indictment of capitalism ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Pyramid_of_Capitalist_System.png"&gt;&lt;img class="posticon reflect" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v4mfsI7ZBgI/RneIu67JnyI/AAAAAAAAAA8/TAWplvfNnaM/s200/Pyramid_of_Capitalist_System.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;any elements of this picture are true, a popular bromide says &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Every good lie has a bit of truth in it"&lt;/span&gt;, and while i would say that this is a good representation of the system we live in, i would argue that we do not live in a capitalist system. We live in a system that is a compromise between capitalism and socialism with a large dose of mystical overtones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;n a true capitalist system &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"A rising tide raises all boats"&lt;/span&gt; to quote another bromide. Every bromide becomes a bromide because it rings very true. Capitalism is not a 'Something for nothing', 'Some win at others expense' zero sum game. Capitalism is geometric in its progression. Value creates more value, and consumption of a value is the fuel for the creation of yet more value. Take for example freight that is hauled on long-haul trucks. A driver or a team of two drivers pick-up freight from a shipper and spend fuel, buy food and pay for entertainment while in route to the receiver of the freight. The drivers receive enough compensation to make the payment on the truck, fuel, and meet their expenses. This payment must be added onto the cost of the freight. Consumers pay for this service to receive the products they want and need. In return the consumer works making products and providing services for other people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;U&lt;/span&gt;nderstand that you get out of capitalism what you put into it, and it rewards thoughts that create benefit above all else, but thoughts alone are useless there has to be action taken to bring the thoughts out of mans mind and into the world that he lives in. I have chosen for example as my ultimate goal to provide housing to people, either through sale or rent. I am in the process or rehabbing my first house, I will probably break even on this house because to many mistakes were made in the rehab, but i will gain knowledge and next rehab i do will actually turn a profit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;utm_medium=referral-button&amp;utm_content=all_dark-728x90&amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.prosper.com/images/referrals/referral_all_dark728x90.gif" width="728" height="90" border="0" alt="Great Rates, No Banks. Borrow. Lend. Prosper."/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4417571552251067163-3017996931261384771?l=values-on-earth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/feeds/3017996931261384771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4417571552251067163&amp;postID=3017996931261384771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/3017996931261384771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/3017996931261384771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/2007/06/sad-indictment-of-capitalism.html' title='A sad indictment of capitalism ?'/><author><name>objectivist actualization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16900427361747044135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v4mfsI7ZBgI/RneIu67JnyI/AAAAAAAAAA8/TAWplvfNnaM/s72-c/Pyramid_of_Capitalist_System.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417571552251067163.post-8508849044000321224</id><published>2007-06-13T14:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-13T15:03:28.014-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Investment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitalisim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitalist'/><title type='text'>Investments: you are not a capitalist if you do not invest</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;Welcome to my blog, as it stands now this blog is mainly for my own consumption, but if you can gain value from what i write then that is a bonus =o)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;Now my first thoughts for this blog...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Investments: you are not a capitalist if you do not invest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Capitalist&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span style="font-size:-1;"&gt;An owner of capital.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;y the very definition of the word, if you do not have money you are investing you are no capitalist. investments range from having money in the bank, to owning a multi billion dollar business.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.prosper.com/referrals/all.aspx?referrer=WTaylor&amp;utm_source=referrer-WTaylor&amp;utm_medium=referral-button&amp;utm_content=all_dark-728x90&amp;utm_campaign=referrals-all"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.prosper.com/images/referrals/referral_all_dark728x90.gif" width="728" height="90" border="0" alt="Great Rates, No Banks. Borrow. Lend. Prosper."/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4417571552251067163-8508849044000321224?l=values-on-earth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/feeds/8508849044000321224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4417571552251067163&amp;postID=8508849044000321224' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/8508849044000321224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4417571552251067163/posts/default/8508849044000321224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://values-on-earth.blogspot.com/2007/06/investments-you-are-not-capitalist-if.html' title='Investments: you are not a capitalist if you do not invest'/><author><name>objectivist actualization</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16900427361747044135</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
