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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>This is Greg’s life stream tumble log.</description><title>Greg Balanko-Dickson</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @gregbd)</generator><link>http://gregbd.com/</link><item><title>Ron Paul on Fox Business Sep. 24, 2008</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qB-OhTfplYE"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qB-OhTfplYE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Ron Paul on Fox Business Sep. 24, 2008</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/52049015</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/52049015</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:05:03 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Ron Paul Discusses Bernanke’s Testimony - July 17, 2008</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fcyv_E_FUXA"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Fcyv_E_FUXA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Ron Paul Discusses Bernanke’s Testimony - July 17, 2008</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/52048743</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/52048743</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:02:05 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Congressman Ron Paul Schools Bernanke on the Bailout Plan</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dv6rQ0U01Yc"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dv6rQ0U01Yc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Congressman Ron Paul Schools Bernanke on the Bailout Plan</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/52048203</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/52048203</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:57:29 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Congressman Ron Paul gives a great overview of Libertarianism.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yCM_wQy4YVg"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yCM_wQy4YVg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Congressman Ron Paul gives a great overview of Libertarianism.</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/52047028</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/52047028</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:44:09 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Daily Source Code: Insight into the Impending Financial Collapse</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.mevio.com/shows/?mode=detail&amp;episode_id=126595"&gt;Daily Source Code: Insight into the Impending Financial Collapse&lt;/a&gt;: Want to learn more about the financial situation the world is in? Then listen to the &lt;a href="http://www.mevio.com/shows/?mode=detail&amp;episode_id=126595" target="_blank"&gt;Daily Source Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/business/22global.html?_r=1&amp;oref=login" target="_blank"&gt;Foreign Banks Hope Bailout Will Be Global - NYTimes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/general/defusing-wmds-of-global-finance/1276945.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Defusing WMDs of global finance - Opinion - Editorial - General - The Canberra Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://housingpanic.blogspot.com/2008/09/end-of-america-as-you-knew-it-is-at.html" target="_blank"&gt;HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble and Credit Crisis Blog with an Attitude Problem: The end of America as you knew it is at hand. It was a good 232 year run. But it is about to be stolen in the night.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvcgGp5mz_E&amp;eurl=http://drop.io/dailysourcecode?page=9" target="_blank"&gt;YouTube - Ron Paul on Glen Beck 9/18/08 part 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_RFIXcj4ik&amp;eurl=http://drop.io/dailysourcecode?page=9" target="_blank"&gt;YouTube - Ron Paul on Glen Beck 9/18/08 Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog/?p=582" target="_blank"&gt;Ron Paul’s Campaign For Liberty » Blog Archive » A New Alliance - By Dr. Ron Paul&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index.htm" target="_blank"&gt;The Declaration of Independence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03NewspaperPublishers04271961.htm" target="_blank"&gt;The President and the Press: Address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library &amp; Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/" target="_blank"&gt;Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/welcome-to-the-final-stag_b_127990.html" target="_blank"&gt;Larisa Alexandrovna: Welcome to the final stages of the coup…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/mukasey-denies.html" target="_blank"&gt;Attorney General Pulls Immunity Trigger, Denies ‘Dragnet’ Surveillance — Update | Threat Level from Wired.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/fury-at-25bn-bonus-for-lehmans-new-york-staff-937560.html" target="_blank"&gt;Fury at $2.5bn bonus for Lehman’s New York staff - Business News, Business - The Independent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a&gt;vaccinations in texas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=68454" target="_blank"&gt;Death toll linked to Gardasil vaccine rises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6890106663412840646" target="_blank"&gt;Mercury, Autism and the Global Vaccine Agenda&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/51560087</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/51560087</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:59:27 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>$700 Billion Takeover = Socialism</title><description>&lt;p&gt;America is moving toward a socialist and ultimately totalitarian regime. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The worst thing that can happen is for Congress to approve the $700 billion bail out of the merchant banks. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rise up Americans let your congressman know how you feel.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/51559241</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/51559241</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:53:25 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>We need to get back to the basics of capitalism, creating value first. Stop borrowing endlessly.</title><description>We need to get back to the basics of capitalism, creating value first. Stop borrowing endlessly.</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/50799524</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/50799524</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:22:18 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>This series of 11 videos is a must see if you want an...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O-YqET96OO0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O-YqET96OO0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This series of 11 videos is a must see if you want an alternative view to the events around 9/11/2001.</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/50783122</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/50783122</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:35:42 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>USA is Broke</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.dailysourcecode.com"&gt;USA is Broke&lt;/a&gt;: Check out show number 789 dated September 12, 2008. Very interesting data with the addition of debt from taking over Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac onto the books of the USA.</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/50022904</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/50022904</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:37:20 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Music, Motivation, and Memories</title><description>&lt;p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Israel_Kamakawiwo%CA%BBole.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/Israel_Kamakawiwo%CA%BBole.jpg/202px-Israel_Kamakawiwo%CA%BBole.jpg" alt="Israel Kamakawiwoʻole" style="border: medium none; display: block;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Image via &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Israel_Kamakawiwo%CA%BBole.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Certain music really wakes me up and gets me motivated. It seems that songs which have a dreamy, surreal, or unearthly feel are the ones that elicit the greatest response within my being.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They must create a rush of adrenalin or something because I will experience shivers down my back, hair on the back of my neck will stand up, and I will have this sense of clarity and purpose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A feeling that “I can”. It is very similar when I see athletes at their very best like when they are competing for Olympic gold. They dedicate themselves to training and becoming the best in the world. I find it really inspiring and motivating.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the feeling of being in a “peak state” that Anthony Robbins and others talk about. Totally awake, conscious and present in the moment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Addictive, it is.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Music that gets me in a peak state:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Brother Iz: anything from Iz is great, especially the sound from the movie 50 first dates - “Somewhere over the Rainbow”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Enya - especially the songs from Lord of the Rings&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Celestial Soda Pop by Ray Lynch&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;May It Be and Now We are Free by Lisa Kelly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Anything with Bagpipes! OMG my Scottish DNA must get triggered when I hear the pipes. I think they are one of the greatest instruments for tributes. Reminds me of our neighbor, Mr. Small who played a tribute to my Dad following his funeral at out home. It still brings tears of remembrance to this day even though my father died 34 years ago.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wow, it’s been 34 years and I still miss my Dad’s smile and words of encouragement. I have learned to move on and live my life to the best of my abilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know he would say he was proud of me because I am proud of myself. I have made challenging and difficult decisions along the path of life and business. They were the right decisions - to put people first.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I am so thankful for being able to practice as a business coach and having a business coach. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;More later.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/47421510</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/47421510</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:38:26 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>At Carols family reunion</title><description>At Carols family reunion</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/47051529</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/47051529</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:29:51 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Productive Day</title><description>Mapped out my Manifesto today. Good start. Mastermind was good way to finish off the day.</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/46768660</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/46768660</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:04:25 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Good Day</title><description>Had a great coaching session this morning. Focusing on writing my manifesto.   Met with kitchen designer this afternoon. Had a great merting with Delton Cabinets. Leslie gave us some great tips and suggestions.</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/46507023</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/46507023</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:37:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Apple iPhone App Store Is the Worst</title><description>&lt;p&gt;You could call me an Apple fanboy because Apple excels at everything it does, almost.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The iPhone App Store has to be the poorest example of a directory trying to promote software applications I have ever seen. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Part of the problem is the developers names of their apps often offer little help to a customer scanning the icons. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ugh, I really dislike the iPhone App store. Come on Apple, you can do better.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/46146662</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/46146662</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:05:02 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>I dislike moving.</title><description>I dislike moving.</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/46124241</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/46124241</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:39:39 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospitality</title><description>&lt;p&gt;My mother has moved into a retirement residence. It’s part hotel, apartment, and social club. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pretty neat place. Great people with the gift of hospitality.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://gregbd.com/post/46101945</link><guid>http://gregbd.com/post/46101945</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:47:57 -0700</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
