Posts Tagged ‘current events’

Tribes

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Books, Marketing, Social Media, Videos | Nov 20, 2008 | Tags: current events, facebook, linked in, seth godin, social networking, tribes, twitter | No Comments

One of the best marketing books ever written is Seth Godin’s latest: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. In reading this book I was reminded of the tribes I’ve gravitated to and been a part of throughout my life. They ranged from a church youth group, cliques in school, friends who liked the same ...Read more.

How to See Through Political Lies Perpetrated to Persuade You

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Politics, Spin | Nov 13, 2008 | Tags: current events, George Bush, George W Bush, Lee Attwater, newspeak, orwellian, political operative, public relations | No Comments

Frontline recently had a show exploring the life of Lee Attwater, who was the mentor to Karl Rove in how to win at all costs in the arena of politics. It was a fascinating show revealing how dirty politics get in the pursuit of power. Politicians and political operatives know that perception is reality. He ...Read more.

The Bushlin Wall Has Fallen, The Obama Era Dawns and Political Pundits Still Don’t Get It

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Politics | Nov 5, 2008 | Tags: barack obama, current events, election, news, obama, political pundits, president, presidential election, pundits | No Comments

First off, I’m happy that Obama followed my lead and is choosing to get a puppy to open this new chapter of history. The picture above is my puppy who’s still too young to come home, but I’ll have him well before inauguration day. Most of the world appears to be ecstatic and elated that ...Read more.

Everything is Great …Until it’s Not

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Books, Psychology, The Brain | Oct 24, 2008 | Tags: 9/11, alan greenspan, chile, current events, economic crisis, economic plan, economy, financial crisis, fooled by randomness, General Pinochet, john mccain, news, Pinochet | No Comments

Yesterday Alan Greenspan told congress `That is precisely the reason I was shocked because I’d been going for 40 years or more with very considerable evidence that it was working exceptionally well.” This is a great example of how we are blindly influenced by the way our brains make meaning in the world. What ...Read more.

Security is a Made Up Concept With No Root in Reality

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Marketing | Oct 23, 2008 | Tags: bankruptcy, campaign, current events, insuance, medical bills, political campaign, presidential campaign, presidential election, security | No Comments

With the non-stop news about how unstable the world is, this is a great time to look at how security is marketed to the public. Security doesn’t exist. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but it simply is a made up concept. If you don’t believe me talk to people ...Read more.

Money as Debt Video

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Money | Oct 22, 2008 | Tags: baks, bank, bankers, banking crisis, current events, debt management, economic crisis, economy, federal reserve, financial crisis, history, money as debt, national debt, printing money, the fed | No Comments

If you have not seen this video, please take the time to watch it. This will explain how we have gotten to this point. Have you ever thought why there is more debt in this world than there is money to repay it? This video will explain it all and more… Paul Grignon’s 47-minute animated ...Read more.

George Carlin Explains How America is Really Run

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Media, Politics, Spin, Videos | Oct 20, 2008 | Tags: Beliefs, current events, education, elite, George Carlin, information, lobbyists, news, owners, ownership society, president, presidential election, wall street | No Comments

The topics of the day covered by the mainstream media are usually about 5 steps behind what’s really going on. For instance, focusing on who will be the president or will be your next Senator distracts you from the fact that these “representatives” represent heavily monied interests, not you for the most part. Simply review ...Read more.