tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203892972012-01-10T23:24:20.329-05:00<b>Ownness [eigenheit] includes in itself everything own... But ownness has not any alien standard either, as it is not in any sense an <i>idea</i> like freedom, morality, humanity, and the like. It is only a description of the - <i>owner</i>.</b>Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.comBlogger1111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-58594396966407551342011-11-12T08:50:00.004-05:002011-11-13T11:36:25.786-05:00

Photinus Carolinus, the "synchronous" firefly, found in the Great Smoky Mountains outside of Gatlinburg, TN, is quite a sight to behold. I recommend everyone see it at least once. To maximize your enjoyment of this natural, precious, and rare wonder of the world, I have the following list of suggestions... Do:See them around June 3rd or 4th, if at all possible. Though other species peak at

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This video wins the prize for "Most [shall we say "greatest"?] Unintentionally Ironic"...

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The past: immutableThe present: ephemeralThe future: inscrutable

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From this site... Can Water Really Power a Car?The answer is YES, ABSOLUTELY! We have made the technology to build a water-burning hybrid easy and affordable.Water can be used to fuel a car when used as a supplement to gasoline. In fact, very little water is needed! only one quart of water provides over 1800 gallons of HHO gas which can literally last for months and significantly increase your

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I began practicing Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in February of 1997 in a small Dojo in San Francisco. It was far from where I lived and I didn't have a car, so I usually only went on Saturday mornings, when riding my bike wasn't an exercise in terror.I was learning from one- and two-stripe blue belts. Nice guys, but that plus my mere 50 minutes of a very limited number of technique drills and 10 minutes of

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Written by Albert Jay Nock, this classic essay originally appeared in the March 1927 issue of the American Mercury and was reprinted, by Nock, a year later in On Doing the Right ThingWhen I was seven years old, playing in front of our house on the outskirts of Brooklyn one morning, a policeman stopped and chatted with me for a few moments. He was a kindly man, of a Scandinavian blonde type with

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During my halcyon college days I weighed an average of around 160 pounds; since I was also 6 feet tall, that made me—in the immortal words of one of my sister’s friends—“buff skinny.” Shortly after I graduated and was cast adrift in the real world, a book in my father's library by Dr. Roy Walford, called Maximum Lifespan, caught my eye. The book detailed Dr. Walford’s quest to find any genuine,

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-45529908779017583812007-10-28T10:03:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:17:50.455-04:00

I learned something interesting about myself recently. Because of some pretty severe migraine headaches I was having I decided to get an MRI scan of my brain. Imagine my surprise when I found out I have a small corpus callosum!Here's an image of it:And here's a "normal" one, for comparison:Naturally, I was curious about the implications. What has this meant to me, if anything, in terms of, e.g.,

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Thanks, Jim!

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I first heard about Travis Hoover and Mark Saenz via the Nouveau Riche University recruiting meeting I attended back in May. Their absurd, unmistakable vehicle was parked out front. Some days later, on a whim, I figured I'd check out the web page the Humvee was promoting.If you've read my other posts about NRU and somehow find yourself still on the fence regarding whether or not to "invest" any

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Invariably, in any discussion regarding the legitimacy of Nouveau Riche University, the NRU apologists eventually make claims along the lines of Wallace, a one-time commenter on this blog, or Matthew, some dude with zero friends over at Tribe.net. The refrain quickly becomes very familiar... they were once just as skeptical as the rest of us, but in the last X months they've bought Y properties

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-60478388710449971072007-07-26T19:46:00.000-04:002007-07-26T20:16:28.407-04:00

This page on Wikipedia is slated for deletion in 4 days - and for blindingly obvious reasons. Since the page's subject matter is Dan Smith, from the Smith & Merritt Institute, and is thus relevant to other posts on this blog, I've decided to copy the text of the entire page, warts and all, along with the associated discussion page. Please note that I am not the author of any part of either page,

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Here is the current case summary for the suit between College Partnership and Acentus/SMI. I'm going to write to the court and try to get copies of things like the complaint, etc., but in the meantime, if you happen to be in Jefferson County Colorado and wouldn't mind stopping in...Case Number:2007CV002010Date Filed:05/03/2007College Partnership Inc v.Acentus Consulting Group Llc Et.

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On June 23rd I was a competitor in the Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu State Championships. I signed up for the Blue Belt Masters division so that I wouldn't have to fight anyone under 35.Unfortunately they didn't have a Masters division, which explains why I found myself up against Jamie Varner for my second fight.

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I recently competed in the 2007 Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu State Championship. I won my first fight, apparently 8 to 0, though I was exhausted for my second match, against my much younger and much stronger opponent, Jamie Varner, who (not surprisingly) went on to place first in the division.Here I am tapping out to a choke you can see I am only feebly defending against.

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The comments continue to roll in on my Spend your way to lameness post (why it's specifically that post that attracts all the comments is something I still haven't figured out).One comment in particular makes the claim that College Partnership is now suing Smith & Merritt. Is it only me who finds it odd that a company would sue its own wholly-owned subsidiary?I admit that I'm incredulous at this

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-20597841575134422882007-05-25T15:39:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:17:50.457-04:00

Jim just took this quiz and posted his results, so I figured I'd do it, too.I take serious issue with scoring "33% theist"!You scored as Scientific Atheist, These guys rule. I'm not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with how things ARE than how they should be,

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This morning I attended an introductory meeting (a.k.a., "sales pitch") for the "real estate investment college", Nouveau Riche (NRU). I had stumbled upon the company, quite randomly, a few months ago while perusing some of the local groups at Meetup.com, but until recently I just couldn't bring myself to take the time to check them out in any detail.The first red flag to jump out about NRU,

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I'm beginning to like S&M's slogan. It's such an easy target.Below is a scan of a refund letter sent to gthomp62, a commenter here on Die Eigenheit, signed by Kathryn Merritt herself. In it, she says that Smith & Merritt are "sorry", "embarassed", and, "most of all, deeply apologetic" about "unforeseen problems and issues" that "took longer to overcome" than they planned. They're also "truly

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I called it.I don't mean to toot my own horn, here, but back almost a year ago, when Smith & Merritt were endlessly assaulting my ears with their inane slogan, “Spend your way to wealth”, on the Howard Stern Show, I said this:They don’t seem to have any “products” for sale—except a “Free Report and Consultation,” which has to be some sort of loss-leader designed to get you to buy the “real” (and

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*Once you've discarded your ethical compassThe Sale/Leaseback TechniqueFind a distressed homeowner in a house with a decent amount of equity (I’ll admit that this particular scheme is a bit passé in today’s foreclosure market, given how little equity is out there right now). If at all possible, your homeowner should be a non-native English speaker and/or have the education level of a 6th

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Dikkii has been kind enough to grace Die Eigenheit with a Thinking Blogger Award. I am quite flattered and can't help but feel a teensy bit unworthy. I'll try to get over it, though.The rules require me to tag 5 other blogs (that haven't yet been tagged) that make me think. In no particular order, these are...David D. Friedman's IdeasI can always count on Dr. Friedman to present an issue in a way

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-50481463700934821302007-04-05T08:51:00.000-04:002007-04-05T09:09:12.337-04:00

Die Eigenheit has just been paid a visit by Matthew Chan, who informed me that the John Burley discussion groups at the MasterMind Forums have been moved here.Although this has, for the time being, broken all of my links to the individual posts there, at least everything hasn't been thrown down the memory hole. I should get around to the annoying task of fixing the links sooner or later.Mr. Chan

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Was there really a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda?Though I have my doubts, I'm certainly not in a position to be definitive with an answer. However, This book, by Stephen F. Hayes of the Weekly Standard, argues that there was. Given the book's premise, the polarized 1-star/5-star reviews on its Amazon page are hardly surprising, and, I would argue, don't really provide much

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Via Against Monopoly and many thanks to Jim Lippard for bringing it to my attention. This video details the unlikely history and sad implications behind an extremely influential B-side drum break from 1969.Enjoy!

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You see the ads everywhere, and the idea seems at the core of American culture. Talk to any Realtor and you’re bound to get a half dozen reasons why owning is better than renting. The Searchlight Crusade has a whole series of persuasive articles arguing that now is the best time to buy in San Diego. Implicit in his analysis is an estimate of future appreciation rates, which are anybody’s guess.I

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I have decided to readdress the marriage issue a second time, partially because I failed to mention the Alternatives to Marriage Project in the prior post, but also because, to my dismay, no one aside from Jim even attempted to answer directly any of the many questions I asked (and Jim's answer was a weak one, in my opinion). I can only guess that my questions were all misconstrued as rhetorical.

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Why do we have marriage contracts, but not friendship contracts?Why is asking someone to marry you any different than what Calvin is asking Hobbes in the above cartoon?I confess to not understanding marriage’s allure. Some might conclude from this that I must not be much of a romantic. However, I would counter that perhaps my misunderstanding is due to a genuine romanticism on my part. After all,

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Whenever someone tells you that he or she knows how to beat the market consistently, please feel free to raise an incredulous eyebrow. When that person follows up such a claim with an offer to show you how to do it... for a fee, make sure you've still got your wallet as you move a safe distance away.The reason why is a concept I have touched on before: competitive markets are very efficient at

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-39873767577602610912007-01-20T14:14:00.000-05:002008-04-27T12:17:50.459-04:00

These are my current best rows for the Concept 2 indoor rower 2007 season. The rankings are as of today and will definitely change (and I will, hopefully, clock some better rows between now and the end of May). If you're lucky enough to have a Concept 2 rower and the absolutely awesome RowPro software for it, you can download my ranking rows from the Concept 2 ranking lists. Great Fun!

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-49105211048719525762007-01-04T19:45:00.000-05:002007-01-04T19:46:39.807-05:00

Can anybody give me some pointers on how to fix the header code of my blog so that my Earthrise image is not obscured by that green block?Thanks.

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-88234349223645591172007-01-02T19:22:00.000-05:002007-01-02T19:50:39.557-05:00

When guys like Will Wilkinson are writing brilliant stuff like this it really kills my desire to blog much at all, at least when it comes to the heavy philosophical topics. Given the law of comparative advantage, I should leave the philosophizing to Will (and others) and I'll stick to, uh..., something else I haven't quite figured out, yet.Anyway, I particularly like Will's approach to the

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1166879179817738872006-12-23T07:35:00.000-05:002006-12-23T08:06:19.870-05:00

I tend to be a party pooper and not participate in these things, but the complete absurdity and randomness of this blogging virus amused me. I'm always a sucker for the non sequitur. Plus, it's not like I've been flush with topics to write about, lately, so here goes...Dikkii has tagged me with the following task:- Grab the nearest book...- Name the book and the author...Title: Environmental Gore

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1166805672802387602006-12-22T11:16:00.000-05:002006-12-22T19:24:14.096-05:00

The other day I was randomly wondering how many people die every year from slipping in the shower. Figuring that the answer must be available on the internet somewhere I went in search. Well, I didn’t find exactly what I was looking for, but thanks to the NCHS (.pdf) I found a bunch of equally interesting stuff.The number one killer of the 2,442,923 Americans who died in 2003 was cardiovascular

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1166238201276991802006-12-15T21:51:00.000-05:002006-12-15T22:04:59.663-05:00

Normally I would post this sort of stuff up over at The Lippard Blog, but Jim's got it converted over to Blogger Beta and consequently I can't access it any longer.I've been tracking Maricopa County's Notices of Trustee Sales for the past few months. As you can see, during that time the number has been climbing precipitously, and in an unprecendented fashion.November's count was 1486.It would

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1165158235274458482006-12-03T09:47:00.000-05:002006-12-03T10:03:55.290-05:00

Static Beats has terminated its webcast indefinitely. This is sad news, though not entirely unexpected, given that the webcast was free and the site itself didn't seem to have any real means of revenue generation.The site's owner has sort of feebly suggested charging a monthly subscription, which I'd probably go for, but it's not clear if the webcast would still be free for everyone, whether you

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So.Obviously this blog has been dormant a while. My excuse is roughly equal parts of overworking, lack of time, and lack of things I want to say. Throw in an appreciable amount of laziness and you've got yourself a deadly combination.However, I am back. I managed to leave my shitty job in Virginia and move back to Arizona with only one unfortunate $1000 stopover in Amarillo, TX, to replace my

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I want nothing more than to leave my current job and return to Phoenix. Unfortunately the job market in Phoenix seems not to be doing so well, at least as measured by the sad trickle of new jobs appearing in my various key-word searching RSS aggregators. I'm lucky if I send my resume out more than twice a week, lately. I recently put my father's Mesa address and phone number on my resume, which

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On September 3rd this blog received a visit from an anonymous commenter who claimed to be Joe Arlt. Arlt is the author of the tape set Wrap Your Way to Wealth, and he was once, arguably, the world’s premier Burleyist. Based on both the content of the comment and the location of the commenter, I have little reason to doubt that this was the actual Joe Arlt.Here is what he had to say:I was recently

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1156618306114910272006-08-26T14:00:00.000-04:002008-05-02T10:21:35.108-04:00

For some reason I have always been attracted to music that has a minimalist sensibility to it. The unfamiliar ear generally equates minimalism with mindlessly repetitive crap. However, with true minimalism (or should I say good minimalism?) the repetitiveness is intentional and, when handled well, never boring. Compare, for example, the mind-numbing dullness of any song by Prototype 909 with the

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(a.k.a., "The Run-up to War Naked Aggression")Below are some choice excerpts from some of the speeches (and rare press-conferences) made by George W. Bush in the year prior to the invasion of Iraq. For me, one of the most interesting things about them is watching their not-so-subtle shift from “we think Iraq may have WMDs” to “Iraq definitely has WMDs and plans to use them against us.”I think

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Wire has been one of my favorite bands since I was first introduced to them back in 1990 by Jim Lippard. They're considered a "musician's band," as they were extremely influential, though they never received much commercial success. Colin Newman (the vocalist in the song above) has since gone on to form his own label, swim~, which features a number of excellent acts, including Newman's own solo

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These are the 8 things that you must do if you want to avoid burning in the lake of fire for all eternity. Watch carefully and be sure to take some notes!I look forward to seeing you in Heaven!Thanks to Jim Lippard.

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Let’s pretend, for a moment, that you own a rental property, free-and-clear.For argument’s sake, and to help complete the picture in your mind’s eye, lets say it’s in Phoenix, AZ, and its address is 3844 W Caribbean Lane.Further, let’s say it’s worth around $220,000, and you can rent it for $1,500 per month. So, your gross yearly receipts on this $220,000 asset are $18,000.As an investor, you

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The title and masthead for this blog comes from an idea of the 18th century German philosopher, Max Stirner. Die Eigenheit, translated as "ownness" by Steven Byington, is of central importance to Stirner's conception of what it means to be an egoist. Perhaps the most concise way to describe it is as the diametric opposite of slavery. Ownness means submission to no higher will - obedience to none

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Tinnitus.Pronounced either TIN-it-us or tin-NIGHT-us, the word refers, loosely, to the subjective perception of a ringing sound in the ears, pretty effectively demonstrated by this PSA. I've suffered from it, as best as I can remember, since I was at least 13 years old, and although for me the volume of the ringing isn't as bad as the example in the PSA, I have to deal with a half dozen or so

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1154512950713135782006-08-02T05:36:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:17:50.460-04:00

I used to have an interest in being an advocate for a worldview. Such an impulse has left me, now, almost completely. I find I am not up to the task. As the iconoclast Albert Jay Nock once said, in one of my favorite essays, to be an evangelist requires "more faith in such processes than I have, and one must also have a certain dogmatic turn of temperament, which I do not possess... I am not sure

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Although The Daily Reckoning is usually a bunch of alarmist doom-and-gloom, today's feature definitely worth reading. It's a little article that explains in clear and simple language why using corn ethanol as a fuel source will be, for the near future at least, an exceptionally wasteful and environmentally unfriendly practice. Check it out!

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I obviously haven’t been blogging much, despite intentions to the contrary. Here’s an explanation why:To: EinzigeFrom: [Company Managers]Subject: Assumption of role as ‘Acting Supervisor of Quality Assurance’Date: July 17th, 2006On Friday July 14th [Boss Man] discussed the opportunity to become ‘Acting Supervisor of QA.’ If you chose you would assume the role of supervisor of your functional

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My grandmother tells me that when I was barely a year old, to get me to settle down for a nap, she would play an LP of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Apparently I would lay there quietly with my eyes closed - asleep, by all appearances - but as soon as the record would end my eyes would open and I'd point at the record player and grunt until she would start it up again. Beethoven has always been my

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1152757358519310982006-07-12T22:22:00.000-04:002008-05-02T10:22:36.646-04:00

For me, it is music—more than any other single thing—that makes life worth living. You may have already guessed this from my large collection of electronic-music-related links in the sidebar. Listening to music is often a sensual, visceral thing for me, like enjoying a particularly decadent slice of cheesecake. The right song at the right moment (usually something by Orbital, or maybe Beethoven)

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1152572535836219172006-07-10T19:02:00.000-04:002007-04-28T11:54:10.349-04:00

I know I mentioned this briefly in the update to my previous post, but it still irks me, so I thought I’d bring it up again.Back on July 3rd I put a comment up on the blog of the “Spend Your Way to Wealth” guys, Smith & Merritt—specifically on their post about Payday loan places. By July 5th my comment had been removed. Admittedly, of course, it’s their prerogative to decide what can and can’t be

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As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a big fan of the Howard Stern Show. I have been since my girlfriend (at the time) introduced it to me in 1993 (for this I can almost forgive her the broken heart). I followed Stern to Sirius and consider the show to be better than ever. One contributing factor: while there are still too many commercials, they are far fewer in number than they were on “testicle”

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1151848281782643982006-07-02T09:51:00.000-04:002006-12-03T10:25:12.980-05:00

Well, I’ve finally said all that needs to be said about John Burley (I hope)! 23 posts in all—over a third of this entire blog. Somewhat ironically, most people who find Die Eigenheit via the search engines do it with some variation of the key words john burley progressive profits scam, which takes them to my shortest Burley post, which is a post that directs them to other skeptical sites!

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In my previous John Burley post, I touched briefly on the value of Burley’s time. I’d like to revisit this topic here, exploring its implications in more detail.Recall that John Burley moved from Northern California to Phoenix in late 1990, leaving behind, apparently, a lucrative financial planning business, in which Burley claims he was grossing $140K per year. Recall also that Burley says the

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John Burley makes a point to frequently tout the “Level 5 Active Investor” rates of return he and his successful students get on their “investments”—and how you can do it, too, once you’ve learned the “secrets.” I’m sure Burley, being the consummate slick sales guy, recognizes that, along with the promise of “financial freedom,” his claim that his “cash flow” technique consistently provides “20-

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1150428119020596592006-06-15T23:21:00.000-04:002007-05-12T23:22:34.384-04:00

George S. Clason, author of The Richest Man in Babylon, had a couple very basic financial lessons to convey:A part [10%+] of all you earn is yours to keepPay yourself firstThe profound wisdom and simplicity of those precepts is undoubtedly why Clason’s 1926 book continues to sell so well today. It’s also, I believe, why today’s financial “gurus” have, at best, only succeeded in repackaging Clason

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1149069928917782532006-05-31T04:51:00.000-04:002006-06-01T05:31:00.120-04:00

If you're at all interested in what John Burley has to say on financial freedom or real estate investment, then you'll very quickly find your way to the John Burley Discussion Forums. I have spent a good deal of time reading the messages there, myself - originally because I was in thrall to the beliefs, but more recently as research for my Burley-related posts here (and I admit there's an element

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1148875541536420732006-05-29T00:05:00.000-04:002007-05-16T00:37:08.411-04:00

War…proves some to be gods and others to be mere men, by turning the latter into slaves and the former into masters… War is just. –HeraclitusDuring the years of the so-called peace, politics…have only a meaning inasmuch as they prepare for total war. –General LudendorffWar means the State in its most actual growth and rise: it means politics. –Max SchelerWar is not only a practical necessity, it

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1148608289725333102006-05-25T21:51:00.000-04:002006-05-25T21:53:45.776-04:00

In the comments to my post on the absurdity of voting, my friend Steve said that one of his problems with the idea of a stateless society is that he wouldn’t be able to trust the general public in such a situation. Undoubtedly this is a fairly common sentiment (there are, obviously, not a lot of anarchists in the world). But it immediately brings to my mind a number of pressing questions.Don’t we

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1148552650983488132006-05-25T06:11:00.000-04:002006-05-25T06:24:11.013-04:00

The 35th Skeptics' Circle is up over at Skeptico's Blog. I mention it because I am a contributor this time around.Go there and read it! Apparently, even though it's on Skeptico's Blog, it's not actually written by Skeptico. Instead, it's by a non-skeptic "guest blogger" who has been spoofing Skeptico's blog on Blogspot. Strange, I know, but it's all explained in the post.Now, I think I might

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1. MathematicsOne vote makes an infinitesimal amount of difference. That’s just a mathematical inevitability. The number of voters in the 2000 national election was over 104 million; therefore a single vote counted about 0.0000000096%.Given that, taking time out of your day to vote is a profoundly irrational thing to do. People stood in line in the 2004 national elections often for as long as 5

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Real estate investment “guru” and self-described “prosperity trainer” John R Burley (about whom I have written extensively here), arguably most famous for his Progressive Profits infomercial, used to offer an “intensely powerful” quarterly newsletter, called The Burley Chronicles. I believe a subscription cost around $99 a year. It’s apparently discontinued—I suspect for reasons that, in a moment

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1147306030480612212006-05-10T19:44:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:19:10.525-04:00

Recently, it seems this blog has had a rather narrow focus. I'll admit that I have been slathering quite a bit of attention on John Burley (and though he certainly doesn't deserve it, I do still have 2 or 3 more Burley posts planned). Honestly, though, I have no intention of adding Die Eigenheit to the cacophony of personal finance and real estate investment blogs out there. I mean, what the hell

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1147166752783016452006-05-09T05:13:00.000-04:002006-05-09T05:25:52.833-04:00

I have been a little remiss in not mentioning earlier that my interview question post was recently included in the 47th Carnival of Personal Finance.I'm not ashamed to admit that I submitted it in the hopes of getting some interesting comments, and I was happy to see that traffic to my blog did increase significantly. Though, I guess not-so-surprisingly, almost all of the carnival-generated

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1146934778379536182006-05-06T12:55:00.000-04:002006-05-06T12:59:38.840-04:00

I just put up a post about the housing hubble over at The Lippard Blog, both because I've been feeling bad that I haven't put anything up over there in a long time and because it seemed like a better location for the topic, anyway, since Jim has several bubble-related items of his own there.Enjoy!

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So, you're being interviewed for a job and feel like it's going pretty well. Seemingly out of nowhere, the interviewer hits you with, "What kind of salary were you looking for?"As anyone familiar with negotiating tactics knows, the first person to mention a number is the loser. The above question forces the issue and, of course, is designed to get the job-seeker to reveal his highest price. Once

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1146789919171578952006-05-04T20:45:00.000-04:002007-04-19T20:01:43.927-04:00

In my post talking about John Burley’s book, I hypothesized that it’s probably as information-rich as his Boot Camp, even though it's $4980 cheaper. If you’ve read Burley’s promotional material for his Camp, you might object to my characterization, because, for example, on Day 2, the attendees are taken to downtown Phoenix to witness a trustee sale. Such an activity, however, is a complete waste

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I am confident that not a day goes by during which John Burley doesn’t fall to his knees, clasp his hands together, look reverently toward the sky, and thank his Lord and Savior for Robyn Grinter.Robyn, you see, is proof positive that anyone can do it, as long as you have faith and believe in yourself! Robyn is the hero and the inspiration for all the ChavaRicas out there, who think, “If she can

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1146591822588310952006-05-02T13:36:00.000-04:002006-05-02T13:43:42.603-04:00

These charts aren't very much fun.At times like these I wish I was being paid in gold.Charts courtesy mises.org.

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Back in 2000 John Burley published a book, called (Australia’s) Money Secrets of the Rich! - Learn the 7 Steps to Financial Freedom. A couple months ago I saw a copy go up for auction on eBay, and decided I’d buy it, even though the shipping cost from Australia would be a bit steep (It turned out that I was the only bidder, and the shipping cost was twice the price of the book!). Oh, the things I

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It's that time of year again. Gamera has started to shed. More importantly, however, he brought home two ticks this weekend - two that I know about, anyway. Their arrival sparked a whirlwind of obsessive vacuuming on my part, as well as a dousing of Gamera with some flea and tick repellant. That stuff is nasty, though. It smells awful, gives me a headache, and clearly irritates Gamera, as well.

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My friend Jim read my previous Burley post and asked me if I could provide more detail about how often John Burley’s buyers default on their loans and have to be evicted. I figured it would be a good idea to address the issue here on Die Eigenheit, rather than only in a private response to Jim.Below is a list of links to the public records available at the Maricopa County Recorder’s office. More

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And all the anarchists say, "What took you so long?!"hat tip, Catallarchy.

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Since Burley's homebuyer's web page is ez2own1.com, I'm kicking myself for not thinking earlier that he'd also want to have ez2sell1.com for distressed home sellers, but there it is!Now all we need is ez2invest1.com...Oh, check out this quote from the link above:This dynamic man has helped thousands of families avoid foreclosure and financial ruin through his home purchasing program. Gotta love

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1144195315452098942006-04-04T19:57:00.000-04:002006-04-08T20:32:10.050-04:00

These signs just went up a few days ago. They are all along my route to work, so I'm sure there are many more like them scattered all throughout the Great Falls/Reston area. The top one is on the corner of Utterback Store and Leesburg Pike. The one below is at Bowman Towne and Fountain, and the third one is at New Dominion and Towne Center.Is the owner of these signs a Burleyist? Well, given that

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1144112226809317532006-04-03T20:29:00.000-04:002008-04-27T12:19:10.527-04:00

Friday night I went with Steve and Chris to see The Orb.Technically it was my third time seeing them, though, in actuality, I probably shouldn't count the first two. My first time was in Los Angeles in 1993 at The Shrine. At the time, sadly, I didn't grok the rave scene, so my girlfriend, Allison, and I found it annoying that people were literally lying down at the show.The second time was in

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An April 2005 boot camp attendee, I suspect ChavaRica is representative of the more typical Burleyist. You see, being wealthy is all about having a positive attitude, being a money attractant instead of a money repellant, and keepin' the dream alive!This type of Burleyist “invests” all his money in boot camps, seminars, tape sets, books, etc., swallowing the dream that Burley - and his ilk - is

Einzigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389297.post-1143503865888380142006-03-27T18:56:00.000-05:002006-03-27T19:47:54.183-05:00

Fascinating. Follow that link and it'll lead you to this site. Burley seems pretty damned busy for a guy "in a position to retire"!

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My friend Marc Victor, a criminal defense attorney, has written a nice article on why the drug war is stupid beyond belief (unless you happen to be a drug dealer or employed by the DEA - 'cause then it's awesome!).

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From the October 2002 “Orange Platoon,” Chris Bridgeman, one of Burley’s New Zealand students, apparently stopped contributing to the Mastermind forums halfway through 2003. Could that be the point when he “left the rat race”?Mr. Bridgeman is noteworthy because of the various organizations I’ve been able to find relating to him:EZI Home Ltd.Haven Property Group Ltd.Foundation Investment Group

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a.k.a. “Ka$hflow King”, “Kashflow King”Troy Mann is interesting to me because I’ve seen him around the Rich Dad and Mastermind forums ever since I started looking at them, over 6 years ago. He seems to have gone to every seminar and purchased every course out there, making him the quintessential acolyte. Any criticism of his gurus is dismissed with a wave of the hand and an ad hominem (See, for

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Last night I went with my friend Steve and his friend Chris to the 9:30 Club to see Stereolab. It was an enjoyable show.I've been a big fan of theirs for years, in spite of their overt Marxism. Lately, though, their leftism hasn't bothered me as much. George Bush has done a lot to enable me to embrace my own inner leftist.There's another aspect to this, too. Take a look at these lyrics:What's

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Of all the Burleyists I've looked into so far, Mike Hay is perhaps the most interesting. Mostly because there's actual evidence that he is actively involved in the business of buying and selling residential property.Take a look at what Mr. Hay has to say about John Burley on the Mastermind forum, in this post from November 26th, 2003:I first was introduced to John Burley's methods when my partner

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John R. Burley’s printed “Advanced Investing Boot Camp” promotional brochure, which he will send to you if you enter your mailing information at his web site, makes a number of unbelievable claims. For example, he calls this $5000 boot camp—for which he undoubtedly grosses a minimum $350K per year—an “act of love.” Riiiiight. He also says:Once upon a time (actually a few years ago) I ran the

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Thanks, Solan!

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…or: Why Economists Make Poor EntrepreneursJohn Burley declares, at every opportunity, that he routinely gets investment returns of 40%, 50%, or more on his wrapped properties, and “with little risk.” Specifically, he tells his investor partners that he is aiming for (but of course doesn’t guarantee) a minimum first year return on investment for them of 50%—or that’s what he was telling them when

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Are we to believe John Burley's claims about himself - that he, as he is so fond of saying, “walks his talk”?Back in 1997, while in Australia with Kiyosaki, Burley claimed, “I have 133 houses right now that pay me an infinite rate of return.” His promotional materials variously tout that he has done anywhere from 600 to 1000 “completed transactions.” As a skeptic, my first reaction is, “Yeah?

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If you came here via any of the search engines looking for in-depth reviews of John Burley and his products, I recommend you go first to the index to my John Burley Posts.The main reason I have written so many posts critical of John Burley is because there isn't a whole lot of skeptical information specifically about him on the web, and often what is there is itself not credible.My own web

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Some introductory remarks if you please.A Quick Study in ContrastsAs a part of my dissection of John Burley, I considering borrowing liberally from John T. Reed’s B.S. detection checklist and then going through Burley’s web page and other materials with an eye toward where Burley rates, but then I thought, “Reed’s already done the work, so why repeat it unnecessarily?” Instead, I strongly suggest

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Before I launch into full-on analyses of John Burley, his claims, and his teachings, I think some introductory remarks are in order (and they'll hopefully clarify - at least a little - the purpose of those long lists in the previous two posts). I first became aware of John Burley, I believe, in early 2000, via a Robert Kiyosaki tape set I bought, called Financial Literacy. Burley was one of the

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Here is a list of all of the documents I could find on file at the Arizona Corporation Commission relating to John Burley or to Burley and Associates. Note that some of these are likely to refer to someone other than John R Burley. As I find those items, I will remove them from this list.A TO Z ARIZONA, LLCALDURAN, LLCBLAKE VAL VISTA GROUP, LLCBLUE PINE DRIVE PARTNERSHIP, LLCBURLEY AND ASSOCIATES

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This is a list of all of the recorded documents related to John Burley, his wife Shari L Burley, and John Burley's business, Burley & Associates (B&A). I believe that there is more than one John R Burley in Maricopa county--that is, unless either Shari and Lillian Burley are the same person, or John Burley is a bigamist--which means that a small number (less than 10) of these items are probably

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Some appropriately romantic lyrics...In the field of my estranged wife's eye, I see miles of corn wavering, as the breeze lifts and sighs with resignation and complacency. She stares blankly at the horizon. There'll be no rain - she dashes my hope once more. Brittle sticks of desperate effort for survival - the dreams and longings we wished we hadn't sowed.And I know I'll never laugh again on a

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SummerWinter

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In my previous post on confirmation bias I derided religious folk in general and network marketers in particular for pulling the wool over their own eyes. You might wonder why I care so much.In the early fall of 1997 I left San Francisco—after living there for only a year—and moved to Phoenix. I had recently lost all interest in writing music, and I was faced with working in a career that I had

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Just today I received a copy of the original (1967) version of Bedazzled, a film co-written by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook. This is no ordinary copy of the film, though. It's a shitty transfer to DVD from an old VHS copy, purchased on Ebay, and sent to me from England apparently by way of Thailand (???). No DVD menus. No extras. No letterbox. The sound often goes out of sync with the video. By

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I spent the day today with my friends Elizabeth and Brian at a gun range just North of DC. A fun time was had by all.It's probably safe to say that none of us can shoot straight, either.

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Okay, on to more important things...Bluetech's Sines and Singularities is probably the best downtempo electronic music that I've heard in more than a year. Really good stuff, reminiscent of Single Cell Orchestra, some of the better Tangerine Dream, or Global Communication.I recommend it highly! Also, I recommend you order it from the guys at Psymbolic, because they'll include a bunch of free

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Is it just the skeptics and the scientists who take epistemology seriously?This question springs from my continued study of The Bible and its prima facie absurdity. Confronted with the Bible's inherent lunacy, Christians metaphorically wave their hands and avert their eyes, and take comfort in those biblical passages that glorify faith. It seems very few of them are truly concerned with the

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