Recent closing note: My email address is jerehough at sbcglobal.net for those who might wish to contact me about other discussion forums of real value.

Retired Teacher, or more accurately a "Learning Facilitator", Male, 68 YO, Partially Disabled, Married, resident of the Kansas City Metro Area - specifically Raymore/Belton in the NW corner of Cass County not too far from Lee's Summit.

Values:

Love; Truth; Sincerity; Fairness, Justice; Beauty; Goodness, Mercy; Loyalty; Balanced Character; Humor, Humility, Sharing, Honesty; Progress (Not simply change, but positive growth); Spiritual Kinship and moderation in all other temporal things.

Interests and Goals:

Progress toward a more just, equitable and sustainable world;

Elimination of world poverty;

Elevation of human dignity;

Increased equity in the distribution of wealth;

Corporate reform - Curbing the evolving "Corporatocracy" that is replacing democracy;

Tax reform;

Land ownership and use reform;

Ending war, or at least major wars;

Establishment of world peace via a workable framework of democratic representative world government;

Recognition of the fact that all men and women are spiritual brothers and sisters with a common spiritual source or parentage.

(Edit 2/2/07) I've recently arrived at the conclusion that nothing substantial will ever change until we change the financial system. Please see:

http://www.moneyasdebt.net

http://www.omidyar.net/group/iss ues-pol/news/68/39/

http://www.omidyar.net/group/pov erty/news/39/

http://www.themoneymasters.com/h ow.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The _Money_Masters