[GJM] The Second Annual UsuryFree Week: - Monday, November 13th - Sunday, November 19th, 2006

[robert searle]

  Dear Mu,

        What good is respect if it is misplaced?

Robert Searle



--- Muhammad Mukhtar Alam <mukhtaralam2000 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Robert,
>    
>   I respect the spirit for the weeks ..Tom is doing
> good..I conisder such week to be of important
> communication and advocacy events for making the
> world systems usury free..
> 
> robert searle <dharao4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>   Dear All,
> 
> 
> Maybe some, or all of you may have received
> this communication on LETS in Canada. Personally, I
> have little, or no respect for such initiatives as
> they do NOT address the real problem of having the
> present banking system. 
> 
> I am still of the opinion that it is vitally
> necessary
> for us to largely work with the banks, and
> corporations along the lines indicated on this
> discussion group. Unfortunately, it does require
> rare
> intelligence, and vision to understand why....AND
> WHY
> IT IS SO URGENT....AND WHY THIS IS THE BEST WAY
> FORWARD..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Robert Searle. 
>
http://kheper.net/essays/Transfinancial_Economics.html
> 
> 
> PS. Apologies for any errors in my last
> communication.
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Tom J. Kennedy" wrote:
> 
> > The Second Annual UsuryFree Week: - Monday,
> November
> > 13th - Sunday, November 19th, 2006
> > 
> > Founded on May 13th, 2001, the UsuryFree Network
> > (UFN) has designated Monday, November 13th, 2006
> as
> > the second annual UsuryFree Day - which launches
> the
> > second annual UsuryFree Week ending on Sunday,
> > November 19th, 2006.
> > 
> > This second annual UsuryFree Week will celebrate a
> > series of events will take place at various
> > locations in Ontario (and elsewhere) to promote
> > awareness about the design flaw of 'usury' and the
> > many problems that are associated with 'usury,'
> > thereby directly and/or indirectly relating it to
> > violence, war, poverty, scarcity and lack while
> > offering solution-oriented ideas that will lead to
> > usuryfree living.
> > 
> > In addition and perhaps more importantly,
> UsuryFree
> > Week aims to promote the usuryfree community
> > currency movement in general and the usuryfree
> time
> > currency movement specifically as the optimal
> method
> > of trading products and/or services locally,
> > nationally and internationally.
> > 
> > The first UsuryFree Day and Week was celebrated in
> > Tamworth, Ontario, Canada from November 13th to
> > November 19th, 2005 to mark the first anniversay
> of
> > the launch of the usuryfree time currency known as
> > Tamworth Hours. It has been decided to make this
> > week from November 13th to 19th an annual
> > celebration for usuryfree living.
> > 
> > During this second annual UsuryFree Week, the
> growth
> > and expansion of the usuryfree community currency
> > movement will be celebrated and usuryfree time
> > currency will be advocated as the optimal model
> that
> > has thepotential to serve us locally and globally,
> > thereby abolishing usury and replacing it with a
> > simple service charge. 
> > 
> > At a special event on Saturday, November 18th,
> 2006
> > at the Holiday Inn, Glen Miller Rd., Trenton,
> > Ontario, Canada, there will special presentations
> of
> > Winged Lion Awards. The Winged Lion is the
> > historical symbol of usuryfree money and it has
> > re-appeared on various paper notes of usuryfree
> > community currency. The Winged Lion awards will
> > honour people, businesses and communities that are
> > taking a leadership role in advancing the reality
> of
> > usuryfree living. (more details below)
> > 
> > The Family Life Foundation, a duly registered
> > charitable organiztion with its main office in
> > Richmond Hill, Ontario was a co-sponsor of the
> first
> > annual UsuryFree Week in 2005. The Family Life
> > Foundation will again support this second annual
> > UsuryFree Week. This foundation has been helping
> to
> > finance the growth and expansion of the usuryfree
> > community currency movement in co-operation with
> the
> > UsuryFree Network and various local communities.
> > 
> > The modern dawning of the Age of UsuryFree Living
> > commenced in the early 1980's when Michael Linton
> > created the usuryfree LETS (Local Employment
> Trading
> > System) software. Since then, we have accumulated
> an
> > abundance of proof positive that we no longer need
> > to be subservient to the banking power that has
> been
> > ruling this world for centuries. We can now create
> > and spend our own community currencies for FREE,
> > instead of using their (the bankers') currency and
> > keep paying them a FEE (usury).
> > 
> > The traders who use these usuryfree community
> > currencies as a complement with their diminishing
> > amounts of federal cash commonly refer to
> themselves
> > as usuryfree creatives who are focused on creating
> a
> > usuryfree lifestyle for everyone on planet earth.
> > Indeed, the world of usuryfree creatives is now
> > expanding as more and more common people see the
> > possibility of experiencing the reality of
> usuryfree
> > living. They are learning to acquire products
> and/or
> > services for their personal, family and business
> > needs by negotiating trades locally by using a
> > usuryfree community currency.
> > 
> > Usuryfree creatives know that the design flaw of
> > usury controls orthodox economics and profits the
> > creditors (bankers) obscenely, while the common
> > debtors (people) endure severe financial stress
> > because they signed impossible loan and/or
> mortgage
> > and credit card contracts for lack of knowledge
> > about how modern banking really works.
> > 
> > For more details about events happening during
> > UsuryFree Week contact: 
> > The UsuryFree Network, 6687 Wheeler St., Unit 372,
> > Tamworth, Ontario, Canada K0K 3G0 
> > Tel: 1.888.NOUSURY Email: usuryfree at kos.net
> > 
> > **************************************
> > 
> > The Winged Lion Awards 
> > 
> > The Winged Lion Awards are in honour of the
> 'Winged
> > Lion' - which is the historical 
> > symbol of usuryfree money. The Winged Lion Awards
> > will be presented to the winners 
> > from the nominated usuryfree creatives on behalf
> of
> > the UsuryFree Network during the 
> > Second Annual UsuryFree Week scheduled from
> Monday,
> > November 13th, until 
> > Sunday, November 19th, 2006. Nominations will be
> > accepted from local, national and 
> > international usuryfree creatives. 
> > 
> > The winners of the Winged Lion Awards will be
> > honoured at the special event at the 
> > Holiday Inn in Trenton, Ontario on Saturday,
> > November 18th, 2006. 
> > 
> > Nominations are currently open for the following
> 13
> > categories: 
> > 
> > 1. A community that has launched new paper notes
> of
> > usuryfree community currency 
> > during 2006. This community must have done
> something
> > unique for their launch of paper 
> 
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