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	<title>Comments on: The Value of Nothing</title>
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		<title>By: Steve Gibson</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-1438</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gibson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 03:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just caught your interview with Marshall Stern on Awakened America (http://awakenedamerica.com). Great information! Thank you for sharing!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just caught your interview with Marshall Stern on Awakened America (<a href="http://awakenedamerica.com" rel="nofollow">http://awakenedamerica.com</a>). Great information! Thank you for sharing!</p>
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		<title>By: Eric Kelley</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-1251</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric Kelley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The value of nothing is a much needed breath of fresh air. Now I can&#039;t wait to get stuffed and starved. Raj, I wish you continued success and happiness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The value of nothing is a much needed breath of fresh air. Now I can&#8217;t wait to get stuffed and starved. Raj, I wish you continued success and happiness.</p>
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		<title>By: Marcus Altus</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-1176</link>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Altus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great book! I look forward to Raj&#039;s next book.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great book! I look forward to Raj&#8217;s next book.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Ballard</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-953</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike Ballard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On Value of Nothing ? see Wobbly Times blog
http://wobblytimes.blogspot.com/2010/02/wobbly-times-number-47.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Value of Nothing ? see Wobbly Times blog<br />
<a href="http://wobblytimes.blogspot.com/2010/02/wobbly-times-number-47.html" rel="nofollow">http://wobblytimes.blogspot.com/2010/02/wobbly-times-number-47.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Martin Ramshaw</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-896</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ramshaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is a NY Times op-ed piece about the relationship between our
high-tech gadgets and the bloody conflict in the Congo (The Value of
Nothing, page 54):

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/27kristof.html

The article lists the materials involved as tantalum, tungsten, tin
and gold.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a NY Times op-ed piece about the relationship between our<br />
high-tech gadgets and the bloody conflict in the Congo (The Value of<br />
Nothing, page 54):</p>
<p>    <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/27kristof.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/27kristof.html</a></p>
<p>The article lists the materials involved as tantalum, tungsten, tin<br />
and gold.</p>
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		<title>By: shaq</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-707</link>
		<dc:creator>shaq</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 23:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A beautiful Day in Paradise

I dream a lot, my favourite dream is a dream of a peaceful world in which men and women seem to be like angels. Isn’t it strange - today I dreamed about a concert.
At first I have been in a church, in a beautiful church, like those in Italy - Santa Maria degli Angeli, in Assisi, where Francisus once lived. Suddenly there where some politicians, they talked with one another, some other people listened; the sacral area changed into a tv-studio. The dream had quite surreale characteristics, the studio-lights shifted into divine light, translucend shadows of holy beings where visible, the light asked with borrowed mouth for „faith “and the people began to pray. And then there was again the concerthall. The concert visitors listened to the music, - a wonderful light danced in the rhythm of the sounds, it warmed up the feelings of the present ones to quiet attention, which began to invite the Lord, a famous conductor listened to the music too, his thoughts changed itself into melodies, - those transformed into punk- cascades performed by the german band &quot;Die  Ärzte&quot; , the tv-studio chanced into a big-concert hall full to burstig with people, the whole hall literally trembled in this miraculous light. At the end there was another tv-studio filled with nice people and a journey for years with two beautiful cabaretists, which lastes a few minute.Then we waked up. 

I dream a lot, as I sayed and often about politicians and usually I awake breathlessly because of amazement., and sometimes I awake like Anton into a deep sleep.

I heard, in Chile (it is in the west in the west of Mekka) live Indians, they carry the sun in their heart  - “of course” they are poor, poor as Franziskus, when he built Portiuncula, - those have hardly money (similar the Greeks), for small and even smallest projekts.

“Hic locus sanctus es&quot; is written on the floor of this little chapel.

Waiting angels hear Mozart – may be  “Queen of the Night”&quot; , - humans, prefer probably “Papageno” or so… however, - the trus is: All Honour to God in the height and thank-debt brings me down on knies … and then there as a nice worm and trees begann to fly and grass was talking – I was a pig eating grass, I was dirty, then I tried to flee, I set down, dark fires burned me and a tremendous noise was around me, last even God was the devil, - my wife, she has no faith, - as all the others -, got angry, she did not understand me, we got in a hassle. All hated me an mother earth was shaking. This all was joke.

lg 
shaq</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A beautiful Day in Paradise</p>
<p>I dream a lot, my favourite dream is a dream of a peaceful world in which men and women seem to be like angels. Isn’t it strange &#8211; today I dreamed about a concert.<br />
At first I have been in a church, in a beautiful church, like those in Italy &#8211; Santa Maria degli Angeli, in Assisi, where Francisus once lived. Suddenly there where some politicians, they talked with one another, some other people listened; the sacral area changed into a tv-studio. The dream had quite surreale characteristics, the studio-lights shifted into divine light, translucend shadows of holy beings where visible, the light asked with borrowed mouth for „faith “and the people began to pray. And then there was again the concerthall. The concert visitors listened to the music, &#8211; a wonderful light danced in the rhythm of the sounds, it warmed up the feelings of the present ones to quiet attention, which began to invite the Lord, a famous conductor listened to the music too, his thoughts changed itself into melodies, &#8211; those transformed into punk- cascades performed by the german band &#8220;Die  Ärzte&#8221; , the tv-studio chanced into a big-concert hall full to burstig with people, the whole hall literally trembled in this miraculous light. At the end there was another tv-studio filled with nice people and a journey for years with two beautiful cabaretists, which lastes a few minute.Then we waked up. </p>
<p>I dream a lot, as I sayed and often about politicians and usually I awake breathlessly because of amazement., and sometimes I awake like Anton into a deep sleep.</p>
<p>I heard, in Chile (it is in the west in the west of Mekka) live Indians, they carry the sun in their heart  &#8211; “of course” they are poor, poor as Franziskus, when he built Portiuncula, &#8211; those have hardly money (similar the Greeks), for small and even smallest projekts.</p>
<p>“Hic locus sanctus es&#8221; is written on the floor of this little chapel.</p>
<p>Waiting angels hear Mozart – may be  “Queen of the Night”&#8221; , &#8211; humans, prefer probably “Papageno” or so… however, &#8211; the trus is: All Honour to God in the height and thank-debt brings me down on knies … and then there as a nice worm and trees begann to fly and grass was talking – I was a pig eating grass, I was dirty, then I tried to flee, I set down, dark fires burned me and a tremendous noise was around me, last even God was the devil, &#8211; my wife, she has no faith, &#8211; as all the others -, got angry, she did not understand me, we got in a hassle. All hated me an mother earth was shaking. This all was joke.</p>
<p>lg<br />
shaq</p>
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		<title>By: Douglas Unfug</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-610</link>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Unfug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Greetings-

I just heard your interview w/ David Sirota, and while  you may not be the messiah, your clarity of thought struck me deeply! I have a masters in educational Psychology, (with 2 children 5 and 8), and all your points about children&#039;s ability to discern what&#039;s marketing and what&#039;s not are extremely important.
I did a paper on the effect of Reagan administration&#039;s revision of the laws governing TV marketing to children, (Called the Mutant Ninja Turtle effect), and I am concerned about the replacement of true creative play with a type of play which reinforces the child&#039;s identification with the product at the expense of creativity.

It is a huge topic-thanks for stirring the pot this morning!

Doug Unfug
Denver, Colorado</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greetings-</p>
<p>I just heard your interview w/ David Sirota, and while  you may not be the messiah, your clarity of thought struck me deeply! I have a masters in educational Psychology, (with 2 children 5 and 8), and all your points about children&#8217;s ability to discern what&#8217;s marketing and what&#8217;s not are extremely important.<br />
I did a paper on the effect of Reagan administration&#8217;s revision of the laws governing TV marketing to children, (Called the Mutant Ninja Turtle effect), and I am concerned about the replacement of true creative play with a type of play which reinforces the child&#8217;s identification with the product at the expense of creativity.</p>
<p>It is a huge topic-thanks for stirring the pot this morning!</p>
<p>Doug Unfug<br />
Denver, Colorado</p>
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		<title>By: Praz</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-593</link>
		<dc:creator>Praz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love your work Raj.....finally got a copy of your book at Melbourne Airport..can&#039;t wait to read it.

My exclusive review will be up at wwww.socialwizz.com

Cheers
Praz</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love your work Raj&#8230;..finally got a copy of your book at Melbourne Airport..can&#8217;t wait to read it.</p>
<p>My exclusive review will be up at wwww.socialwizz.com</p>
<p>Cheers<br />
Praz</p>
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		<title>By: Bill Weightman, Phd, Advocate and Gov't Adm.</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-586</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill Weightman, Phd, Advocate and Gov't Adm.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Daily, I see the injustice produced by this economy, our growing military budget, from discussions with former members of the last three Administrations, and mostly in mddle class families that have lost everything.  Our leaders have literally produced the hangman&#039;s rope to hang many of us, as Lenin so noted. Greenspan, and a host of others have led many to poverty and for many more a generational trip to a caste-like economic existence in a growing underclass.  Good work, you show how the Chinese company unions have at least garnered some benefits from Wal-mart, while we just buy cheap goods that lower our standard of living.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Daily, I see the injustice produced by this economy, our growing military budget, from discussions with former members of the last three Administrations, and mostly in mddle class families that have lost everything.  Our leaders have literally produced the hangman&#8217;s rope to hang many of us, as Lenin so noted. Greenspan, and a host of others have led many to poverty and for many more a generational trip to a caste-like economic existence in a growing underclass.  Good work, you show how the Chinese company unions have at least garnered some benefits from Wal-mart, while we just buy cheap goods that lower our standard of living.</p>
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		<title>By: Radha Ward</title>
		<link>http://rajpatel.org/2009/10/27/the-value-of-nothing/comment-page-1/#comment-571</link>
		<dc:creator>Radha Ward</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Raj;

In all simplicity, what is the ultimate way that one &#039;ordinary person&#039; like me can help the most in the evolution &amp; transformation of our world systems &amp; global human consciousness in work and business or in prayer and day to day living? 

Respect,

Radha
The Netherlands</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Raj;</p>
<p>In all simplicity, what is the ultimate way that one &#8216;ordinary person&#8217; like me can help the most in the evolution &amp; transformation of our world systems &amp; global human consciousness in work and business or in prayer and day to day living? </p>
<p>Respect,</p>
<p>Radha<br />
The Netherlands</p>
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