http://www.lukehawthorne.com Real Life, Money, and Surviving This Economy Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:55:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en . Surviving this Economic Collapse I am now dedicating ALL of my time to my new website Surviving Economic Collapse.  I'm doing this because I don't think that my blog is focused enough on the REALLY IMPORTANT issues that are unfolding before us. If you'd like to sign-up for the free newsletter that ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/self-help-and-motivational/ways-survive-economic-collapse/ "Desperate people do desperate things." - Unknown . Of course I don't know if this is factual, but I DO know (from experience) that when people are in desperate situations and they feel threatened in some way, they WILL do all kinds of crazy things to save themselves. . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/quote-week-72/ "If you can't win the game you're playing.............stop playing!" - Luke Hawthorne http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-125/ “Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.” — Adolf Hitler . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-124/ "It is enough that people know there was an election.  The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who COUNT the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-123/ Search engines are becoming smarter, at least, the algorithms that are programed into them are better and the spider/crawler programs are faster.  Using LSI and no doubt some techniques that I don't know about yet, they are becoming far better at finding websites that deliver the kind of content that ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/keyword-research-made-easy/ "Politics is the second oldest profession in the world." - Ronald Reagan . Like him or not, he was right about that.  What he didn't say is that it's also the dirtiest profession in the world. Luke . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-122/ VERY quickly, here's the deal.  The Complete Guide to Traffic has now been turned into modules!  This means that you don't have to buy it all at once, and you can, if you choose, buy JUST the parts you're interested in.  To make this even better, you can now get ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/free-traffic-marketing/ "Disparate people do disparate things." - Luke Hawthorne . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/quote-week-71/ Here's how a traditional business is started: 1. Get a product or service (could be a car, a wristwatch a gas-station.........anything) 2. Advertise your business and your product to find potential customers 3. Convert those potential customers into actual customers This system has actually worked for many years in just about every industry. Business ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/how-not-to-start-an-internet-business/ If you aren't producing and distributing your own branded re-print articles right now, what are you waiting for? Articles meet a number of important business objectives, and they do it for free. The concept of using articles is similar to that of creating a free product, the main difference being ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/how-to-get-an-endless-flow-of-visitors-to-your-website/ "A nation of sheep will surely beget a government of wolves." – Henry de Jouvenel . Note: To all you gun enthusiasts out there, notice the YEAR this duel took place.  This man created something very special in the same year: http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-121/ This is just a short rant about our glorious media, you know, those clever, polished and ever so coiffed people who bring us the world news each day. Would somebody please explain to me how the news articles are chosen to be presented to us?  Here's what I thought happened: 1. Something ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/wealth-mindset/news-nonsense/ ...........and I know it's name!  PROCRASTINATION!  They very human ability to put-off what should be done TODAY.  We've all done (and DO it) but let's be honest, we CAN control how much we procrastinate...........can't we? This is easily the biggest hurdle you'll have to overcome if you ever want to make ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/the-killer-inside-you/ “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-120/ . In early 2009, I warned you of the coming financial storm.  Well, the storm is now at our doorstep and NOTHING can stop it from affecting us.  It's taken years of incompetence, greed and hunger for power by our glorious leaders to bring us to this point, but they've done ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/economic-storm/ Squidoo is one of those excellent sites out there that is making it easier for people to get the information in their heads out there and published in the real-world.  You see, you could (and DO) have mountains of information in your head about a subject, probably your hobby, that ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/how-to-get-traffic-with-a-free-squidoo-account/ “There are no wrongs because there are No Rights” - Unkown . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-119/ This is one of the best descriptions of how the U.S. monetary system works.  It does NOT describe how the WORLD financial system works, which is somewhat more complicated: . In my OPINION, the world monetary system is controlling what's happening in the U.S. either directly or indirectly.  Check this video series ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/money-myth/ Selling someone else’s product, otherwise known as affiliate marketing,  is one of the easiest ways to start a business online for several reasons: 1. You don't have to buy a product to sell 2. You don't have to create a product to sell 3. You don't have to deal with customer support You will ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/affiliate-marketing-for-beginners/ "With a gun, you can rob a bank, with a bank, you can rob the world" - Unknown . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/quote-week-118/ If you believe what you are no doubt hearing on the national news about how the economy is improving, you are mistaken, though understandably so. The economy is NOT improving, it's getting worse................FAR worse. Stock Market As the Dow Jones (and other markets around the world) are UP. Take a look at the ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/economy-improving/ Have you ever noticed that really cheap, imitation-gold jewelry turn green after a few years?  Well, here's some fools gold for you that was actually PRINTED green to begin with: . One of MANY currencies now it trouble, and being devalued at a pace faster than people can earn it, the greenback ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/fools-gold-real-money/ If you ever wondered if long copy sales letters are still a viable way of persuading someone to buy something from you, the simple answer is yes.  Why?  Because some people actually PREFER to read, rather than just watch a video fo somebody reading the sales copy to them. This is ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/internet-marketing/reasons-long-copy-sales-letters/ "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - Unknown To which I would add, "or people with badges and guns." - Luke . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-117/ . Peter Schiff describes perfectly what must happen to get out of debt.  Now, let's see what Steve Martin thinks of that plan: . . Nope, looks like Steve's character is about as stupid as our leaders. Households have to budget, companies have to budget and so do governments....but politicians HATE being restricted like that.  I ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/economic-suicide-governments-households/ Video marketing is becoming ever more popular.  Let's face it, seeing and listening to something is a LOT easier than reading and studying text (like this).  Video marketing can be extremely effective, but there are many who think that it's too technically difficult to do, or it's too expensive to ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/video-marketing-basics/ "Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult." George Eliot . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-116/ Here's a very disturbing, but likely scenario describing the first few days after an economic collapse.  If you don't think it can happen here, you're sadly mistaken.  It's happened throughout history and IS happening to the U.S. right now: . . The video is about 17 minutes long and is in two parts. ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/collapse-happen/ The system of banking [is] a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their destruction... I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity... is but swindling futurity on ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-115/ . From The Horses Mouth So, in Alan Greenspan's (Ben Bernanke's predecessor) OWN words, to pay the government's bills, all they have to do is print money!  And this is in DIRECT CONTRAST to what Ben Bernanke said in December 2010: . Dollars WERE equivalent to Silver and Gold Have a look at the image ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/easy-pay-bills/ Why would any internet marketer want to buy an expired domain?  Traffic, that's why!  Potentially lots and LOTS of free, ready-made traffic. Expired Domains Can you imagine how many thousands of links there are out there pointing to domain names that no longer exist?  Well, YOU can easily benefit from all the ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/buying-expired-domains/ "The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables them to act as if there were no price, even when there are ruinous prices -- paid by others." -Thomas Sowell . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/quote-week-114/ . World Population Humans have been around on the planet for about a quarter of a million years, depending upon your source of information.  I'm referring to Homo Sapiens, not Lucy, the bi-pedal ape-like creature that roamed the earth some 3.6 million years ago. Even if Young Earth believers are correct and the ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/wealth-mindset/money-population-explosions/ "Make money online fast!", "Make a million dollars this year!", "Easy money, no outlay!", "We'll make you rich!". I think you've read all of these headlines and probably hundreds more just like them.  However, the reality is MOST people offering internet business opportunities want nothing more than to make themselves rich. ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/wealth-mindset/how-to-spot-an-internet-scam/ "If you can't figure out who the patsy is, it's probably you." - Unknown . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-113/ No not YOU!  This is just a catchy headline to get you to READ the article. While writing your posts you need to keep in mind a few basics. A catchy post title or headline is about 50% as important as the content of the rest of your post. It can glue ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/10-things-i-love-about/ Democrat                              Republican . Left Wing or Right Wing? In the U.S. and other countries that have what's termed a "two party system", there is a common belief that people of voting age have the power to choose what kind ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/party-system-headed-monster/ . Windows Have a look at the image above.  Anything look strange?  You got it, several of the windows have been bricked-up. Why? you ask (at least I hope you did).  It's because in England under King William III, the politicians introduced (that is ENFORCED) the WINDOW TAX, in effect TAXING THE ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/tax-light/ Domain Names Can Be Similar Choosing a domain name can be a very stressful thing to do.  On the face of it, it really shouldn't be, but I've personally spent DAYS doing keyword research, just to find out that the ideal domain name isn't available.  Well, a FREE software program called ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/tech-stuff/website-mechanics/hosting-website-mechanics/finding-domain-free-software/ "Marketing is little more than communicating in a way that fulfills the selfish needs and wants of other people" - Paraphrase from Eban Pagan . . Luke . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-110/ . Inside Job I saw an excellent documentary recently called 'Inside Job'.  I'd highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know how the financial crisis that started in the U.S. in 2008 all happened. Unlike the more recent movie style movie 'Too Big To Fail' starring William Hurt, this one doesn't pull ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/job-movie/ Writing Your Ebook Writing doesn't come easily to many people which is why there are so many article-directories out there.  The few who can write well are willing to provide content for your website so long as you give credit to the author and put a link on your site.  This ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/tech-stuff/how-to-write-an-e-book-without-writing-it/ "Not everybody can rid the wagon; somebody has to pull it." - Unknown . Politicians, preachers, benefit junkies, many "public servants" and children up to at least 16 years of age "ride the wagon".  That leaves the rest of us to "pull the wagon". Luke. . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-111/ . What Is Inflation? Inflation is nothing more than increasing money supply, that, in turn, makes prices go up in response. What Is The Current Inflation Rate? The current STATED rate of inflation is 2%.  That's what our leaders want us to believe. They want us to think that the cost of living is ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/real-inflation/ . Before You Begin Before you start your home-based business there are plenty of misconceptions that you need to be aware of. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that working from home isn't work.  Sometimes it will become MORE work than your previous job of selling your time to somebody else. When ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/wealth-mindset/working-from-home/ "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." - Samuel Clemens (aka: Mark Twain) . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-109/ . Money As A Store Of Value Money as we know it, Dollars, Yen, Rem nimbi, Rubles etc, is a pitifully inadequate store of value.  Why?  Because it can be created at will by people who don't know how to create wealth.  Wealth creation is NOT done by politicians; they are really only ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/wealth-mindset/money-3/ Yep, and I mean TOTALLY FREE! No 'Royalty-free' nonsense where they still charge you AND the licenses are limited to what you can do with the downloads. Check it out: SoundSnap.com Luke http://www.lukehawthorne.com/free-stuff/free-music-for-your-websites/ "If you want to INDOCTRINATE a child, teach it a religion.  If you want to EDUCATE a child, teach it ALL religions." - Unknown . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-112/ . Housing Market Is NOT Recovering If you're new to this site, you won't know that I've been writing about the CURRENT financial depression that we're living in...........you know, the one that nobody wants to admit to, for some years now (see: I Feel Like Sarah Connor) . In fact, the first conversation I ever had ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/housing-foreclosures-market-outlook/ What Is Viral Marketing Simply put, viral marketing is a way of getting a piece of advertising to be self-replicating.  That is, when it is put into the environment (most usually the internet), it will act like a virus and be sent from one person to two (or more) who will ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/internet-marketing/viral-marketing/ "In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state's role absolute. In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated." - Vladimir Putin . Who says Russians don't have a sense of humor???! Luke. . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-108/ . U.S. Economy Is WAY Worse Than People Realize Have you ever been on a diet?  Okay, I'll assume you have.  You know how it goes, you over-eat for a few months, then one day, you either get a glimpse of yourself in the mirror, you can't button your pants so easily ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/governments-economy-worse/ Internet marketers get refund requests all the time.  You will be expected to refund about 10% of your sales; a large part of this is due to fraud; people just want something for nothing, even if your product delivers EXACTLY (or better) what was promised. Turn A Refund Request Around You can, ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/internet-marketing/turn-refund-request/ "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. " - Unknown . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-107/ . Though Spain may be a long way away from where you live, it doesn't take much to understand why the young people in Spain are protesting.  Their government has FAILED to run the country with fiscal responsibility, and the result of this failure is a "dis-enfranchised" generation of people between ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/youth-world-protesting/ Being an internet marketer is a goal for many people, especially these days when jobs are being lost at an alarming rate, and people are having to find new ways to make a living. When I started out, I really had no particular plan, mainly because I didn't have a clue ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/tech-stuff/5-steps-internet-marketer/ "Philosophy is questions that may never be answered.  Religion is answers that may never be questioned." - Anonymous . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-106/ . GM has, apparently, recently decided to spend $2,000,000,000 (that's two BILLION dollars) upgrading 17 of "their" plants to create 4,000 jobs.  Sounds great doesn't it?  I saw the report on the news on May 11 of this year. The News The news that my wife has us watch in the (very) early ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/gm-creates-4000-jobs/ If you have multiple RSS feeds coming into your RSS reader, but you really don't like the format your reader presents, here's a quick tip on how to get ALL of your RSS feeds sent to you each day (or week, or month) in a newspaper format, via email. . Tabbloid As you ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/website-content/rss-feeds-daily-newspaper-format/ "Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends." - Ned Flanders . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-105/ . In case you're thinking that war is actually caused by disputes about things, think again.  Smedley Butler was (and I think still IS) the most decorated soldier in history, and is famous for quoting "War is a racket."  His speech, by the actor in the video above, explains succinctly ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/war-good/ Finding a great name for your Social Bookmarking sites has now become a LOT easier.  Rather than spending time on each social bookmarking site such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Twitter of Facebook, you can now use 'namechk.com' to do the heavy lifting for you.  Check out the image of the interface ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/free-stuff/user-names-social-bookmarking-sites/ "If global warming gets any worse, it's going to freeze my BITS off!" - Luke Hawthorne . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-104/ I was in a store the other day and saw this: . . Baby strollers for $20.  I'll tell you my FIRST thought in just a moment, but I considered several other things after my initial reaction.  Things like: 1. In this economy, isn't it amazing how, even with inflation being what it is, ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/economy-good-mothers/ Whether your Tweet, Facebook, Blog or Digg, you simply MUST abide by some basic rules of courtesy.  Here are some suggestions. 1. Use common sense; just because you're separated by many miles, doesn't mean you should become a discourteous idiot. 2. Think carefully about "friending" somebody.  Don't just go for a high ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/social-media-rules-etiquette/ "Big brother is watching you." - Eric Blair . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-103/ . That's the fun part.  Now, check out the video below: . . You heard him, he just wants to feed his children.  Now, I'm NOT condoning this whatsoever, and whether he's right or wrong to do what's he's doing is NOT my point.  Here's my point: We now have the situation across the world ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/nofun-criminals/ Guest posting on other people's blogs is a great way to get more traffic to your own sites.  It's used a lot less than it should be but, if you have the time, the rewards can be many times the effort you put in. . Cui Bono? I learned that yesterday, so thought ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/guest-posting-web-traffic/ "In a time of deciet, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell Without doubt, this is the SCARIEST movie I've ever seen -  Luke . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-102/ I've been trying to explain to a good friend of mine why the stock market is still doing very well (at the time of writing this the Dow Jones was at 12,061) while the standard of living was rapidly declining for most Americans. Then, I had an epiphany (like I do ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/economy-stock-market/ Have you ever wondered if you could use images, perhaps even your own photographs, to get visitors to you website? Well, you can, and here's ONE way to do it. Panaramio Panaramio from Google, allows you to upload your images to their servers and then "geo-tag" them with Google-Earth.  This simply means ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/traffic-website-panaramio/ "Virtual goods + virtual currency = virtual output." - Max Keiser . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/quote-week-101/ If you are AT ALL interested in the world's economy (and you SHOULD be because you're part of it and it DOES affect your life), then the above video is probably ALL you ever really need to know about economics. Written by Irwin Schiff (father of Peter Schiff), it explains EXACTLY ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/economy-grows/ One of the biggest problems for an internet marketer is to find out what people are currently interested in.  It's even better if they can figure out what people are spending their money on.  That's where What the Trend can help you. What The Trend As you can see below, What the ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/website-content/trend/ "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" - Homer Simpson . . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-100/ You don't have to watch (listen to actually) the whole video, but about a minute towards the end, the guy on the phone says that because he simply cannot make ends meet, and because he's afraid that "child protective services" might take his three children from him, he may have ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/generation-criminals/ ccMixter's slogan is "You already have permission.........." which is GREAT for anybody looking to add FREE MUSIC or other audio clips to their websites, videos or just plain audios. While LOTS of websites offer "Royalty Free" music and sound clips, the fact is, you STILL have to pay for them.  Not ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/free-stuff/free-music-websites/ "Never let facts get in the way of a perfectly good imagination." - Luke Hawthorne (at least, I haven't read it anywhere else!!!) . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-99/ What's the connection between the Wizard of Oz and the world's current economic turmoil?  Whatch this GREAT 1.50 minute documentary to find out.  It also explains HOW we got into this economic mess, and it explains how we can get out of it. The Secret of Oz . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/dorothys-slippers-silver-ruby-2/ Not much is written about this HUGE topic, but I thought I'd just mention it briefly so that you are aware of the fact that you CAN produce a significant amount of traffic with audio. As you can see (but the search engines can't, so I'll list them again) there are ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/audio-marketing/ "The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/quote-week-98/ Okay, for those of you who DON'T get it, I'm referring to the (likely?) way the U.S.A. is undergoing political and social change.  The question I'm posing in this post is this: "Is America becoming the next U.S.S.R?  In other words, in ten years time (or even now) will the ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/ussa/ It would be easy as a new internet marketer to think that there is only one type of traffic coming to your website properties, but that simply wouldn't be true (or factual!). Traffic Types If you look at the image above, you'll see that there are really SIX types of traffic that ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/internet-marketing/types-customer/ "If it moves, tax it.  If it keeps moving, regulate it.  If it stops moving, subsidize it." . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/quote-week-97/ According to "the experts", the "recession" ended in June 2009.  Here's the article that the National Bureau of Economic Research published: http://www.nber.org/cycles/sept2010.html.  By the time you read this, they may have taken it off of their site out of sheer embarrassment. So, now that "the recession ended in June 2009", I want ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/food-stamps-recession/ Having a great website is easy. Getting people to come and take a look at your website is difficult.  In fact, it's what being an internet marketer is really all about. 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Okay, registering with ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/sales-and-marketing/website-traffic/spying-102/ "Wall Street has hijacked Washington." - Gerald Celente . Who should you believe; the people who consistently have been shown to be WRONG, or the people who consistently have been shown to get it right?  I know who I believe! Luke. . http://www.lukehawthorne.com/money/economy-money/quote-week-96/ This is a very informative, but chilling, video by the National Inflation Association.  It shows in much more detail something I wrote about many months ago entitled SS Eastland and Los Angeles. Unintended Consequences While I believe that most people just want to be left alone rather than being dragged into other ... http://www.lukehawthorne.com/whats-on-my-mind/unintended-consequences/ . The Moonwalking Bear that is!?  No? Well watch it again right now.  There you go! Why did you miss him the first time around? 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