[GJM] Report on the AMI.......Zarlenga SPEAKING SENSE ABOUT MONETARY CRITICS....

[robert searle]

Dear All,

      In the first section of Zarlengas Report
concerning the AMI Conference he SPEAKS SENSE. He
basically says that people come up with the usual
pointless negative crap about monetary reform, and
governments. The same crap sometime appears on this
discussion group unfortunately. It usually comes from
overly paranoid conspiracy theorists, the goldbug
brigade, and the like. It would be nice to have more
positive CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING to find practical
solutions to the worlds problems.

I am sorry for being blunt here....but it had to be
said. Cut the crap!

R.Searle


--- AMI <ami at taconic.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute,
> Three things -
> First a Brief Report on the AMI 2007 Conference and
> Second AMI has launched a blog and
> Third - you are invited to a talk I'm giving in
> Manhattan, Friday, 
> November 16th
> and again in Philadelphia on December 5th.
> 
> FIRST:
> Well, the AMI had another outstanding Monetary
> Reform Conference at 
> Roosevelt University, September 28-Oct.1.
> Participants remarked how 
> informative, even fascinating, the presentations
> were. There is really 
> nothing to compare these presentations to, except
> our previous 
> conferences. Thats because such conferences, well
> meaning as they might 
> be, often descend into:
> 
> "How to make more money" advice, of little
> importance to the development 
> of humanity;
> OR
> "We need gold money" exhortations, based on a
> mistaken history of that 
> supposed standard that bears no relationship to its
> actual poor 
> historical results and flawed theory;
> OR
> "We can't trust the evil government" rhetoric, which
> was invented to 
> keep the populace subservient to a privatized
> monetary plutocracy.
> OR??
> .....or...other stuff that goes nowhere!
> 
> Instead, our conferences are designed for thinking
> grown-ups, with the 
> confidence that a better world, utilizing better
> government can be 
> created. Men and women with the intelligence to see
> through the 
> propaganda strewn monetary landscape when presented
> with the facts, and 
> with the ability and optimism to begin that creative
> process. Because 
> most of the speakers stay for the whole conference,
> participants have a 
> chance to meet and ask them about their views in
> more detail. Speakers 
> also have a chance to mix with and challenge each
> other and its not 
> unusual to see such interactions.
> 
> That leads to an energizing and satisfying group
> experience. Our 
> challenge is to keep improving it each year, and
> frankly that is very 
> difficult to do; but we'll keep working at it.
> 
> Just a few of the many highlights:
> ROBERT POTEAT, leader of the AMI Chapters in
> Portland, Seattle and 
> Centralia, WA, gave a groundbreaking talk on
> inflation, successfully 
> challenging the general belief that our present
> inflation results from 
> too much money chasing too few goods. He showed that
> while the goods are 
> there, and  the money is not, we are still
> experiencing strong inflation 
> due to our faulty money system.
> Prof. MICHAEL HUDSON, Chief Economic Advisor to the
> Kucinich campaign 
> Made a presentation on the Monetary Transparency
> Act, and what it would do.
> RANDALL BURNS discussed the relation between the
> Federal Reserve System 
> and the increasingly important immigration issue.
> STEVEN WALSH, Chicago Educator and Co-ordinator of
> the AMI Chapter 
> presented his research on the Pennsylvania colonial
> money system.
> Prof. KRISTIN KUCSMA, advisor to the NY Federal
> Reserve Bank, discussed 
> methodology for teaching "difficult"
> economic/monetary subjects.
> Prof. PAUL DAVIDSON, leading expert on Keynes (and
> founder of the PKT 
> list), discussed Keynes role during the Great
> Depression and the Bretton 
> Woods Conference.
> AMI ADVISORS Prof. Bob Blain, Ken ("Sovereignty")
> Bohnsack, Dick 
> Distelhorst devised a fund raising program for the
> AMI!
> But its unfair to single out just a few of our
> excellent presenters! To 
> see "who and what" happened at the 2007 conference,
> please go to:
> http://www.monetary.org/2007schedule.html
> 
> Next years conference is Scheduled for Sept. 25-28,
> 2008 at Roosevelt 
> University in Chicago. You are invited! If you can
> register postmarked 
> by December 10th, you get the early registration
> discount at $195 
> instead of $295. The Description and registration
> form for the 2008 
> conference is at
> http://www.monetary.org/2008conference.html
> Please pay particular attention to the conference
> statement of purpose 
> there. Education is the major part of it, but it is
> NOT just knowledge 
> for its own sake. Our view is that this knowledge
> must be applied and 
> followed up by action in reforming our flawed money
> system. Knowledge 
> must be properly applied to be of value to humanity.
> 
> One interesting phenomena is that sometimes
> participants at first 
> underestimate the level of our other attendees and
> they want to speak 
> out to them the way they would to most groups with
> limited monetary 
> knowledge. They quickly discover that the audience
> is like no other and 
> is sometimes out front on some issues. But its all
> kept friendly and 
> informative.  Of course we draw the line at some
> places: the conferences 
> don't get diverted into non-monetary areas and we do
> our best not to let 
> our participants time be wasted.
> 
> Some Participants are writing comments and reports
> on the 2007 
> conference and we'll post them at the BLOG and
> website when they are 
> done. See blog details below.
> Video DVDs of the entire 2007 conference are
> available at $395 per set. 
> See the order form at
> http://www.monetary.org/2008conference.html
> We'll do audio CDs also if enough people ask for
> them.
> 
> SECOND POINT:
> THE AMI HAS LAUNCHED A BLOG:
> The address is at http://moneyreform.wordpress.com/
> Take a look. Make comments - ask questions! We are
> just getting it 
> started and don't know yet exactly how it will work
> - we'll use 
> Aristotles method: "Learn by doing!"
> 
> THIRD POINT:
> On Friday November 16, I'm giving a talk on money at
> the Henry George 
> School of Social Science in Manhattan at 121 E. 30
> street, at 6:30 PM. 
> All are welcome! No tickets or reservations
> necessary, but if you plan 
> to attend, please email me so I'll be sure to see
> you there. The Talk is 
> titled GREENING THE DOLLAR. Its the talk I gave at
> the Green Party 
> National Convention in July. Hope to see you there.
> 
> Then on Wednesday December 5th at 6:30 PM: I'm
> giving the same talk in 
> Philadelphia at the Henry George School of Social
> Science at 413 South 
> 10th Street.  All are welcome! If you are going to
> attend please email me!
> 
> Well Friends thats it for now. 2008 is going to be a
> big year for the 
> AMI and for monetary reform. Please become a greater
> part of it.
> Sincerely,
> Stephen Zarlenga
> Ami
> 
> 
> 



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