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Walking Through The Looking Glass

http://goo.gl/6BcFNg When I started doing the research for my book, Public Private Relationships and the New Owners of the Means of Production, one of my first resources was the Maine Constitution by Marshall J Tinkle, recommended by the Maine Legislative Library. The first chapter of Mr Tinkle’s book tells of  a commonly held belief that no one reads the Maine Constitution, a statement which is evidently true even among the Maine Legislature. I once said to someone running for legislative office that the Maine Constitution prohibits the Legislature from chartering corporations by special acts of legislation. He asked me where that is said in the Maine Constitution. It is said in the section on Legislative Powers, a section which it is reasonable to expect one running for the Maine Legislature to know. That commonly held belief is not entirely true. I have read the Maine Constitution and there are others in Maine who have also done so. Bangor Daily News journalist Mike Tipping

Free Download for Limited Time; Public Private relationships and the New Owners of the Means of Production

http://goo.gl/VVPlry FREE DOWNLOAD FOR LIMITED TIME ! My book Public Private Relationships and the New Owners of the Means of Production is now available for a free download. WHY? Because I need YOU to read it! And because I need people who have read my book to pledge to support my crowd sourcing project for the publication of this book. I now have a great publisher to work with after dumping IUniverse I am collecting pledges for day one or whenever is best for you. A Crowdfunder that starts on day one with a lot of support has a better chance of succeeding. If you think this book has an important place in our contemporary dialogue, please help in what ever way you can to help this book make it intothe marketplace. I need to raise $10000.00. I will start a crowd sourcing project when I have enough pledges to give it a good start. About Public Private Relationships and the New Owners of the Means of Production: n 1979 The Maine legislature deemed central management

How the Chinese Upended Koons & Clinton's Cultural Disconnect

  I wrote this piece a while back but it is also relevant today. In 2012 then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton awarded Jeff Koons the first United States Medal of Art. When Koons gave a speech in China, Clinton declared that Koons was an inspiration to his audience. Inspire he did but not as anticipated. ba·nal bəˈnäl,bəˈnal/ adjective so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. "songs with banal, repeated words" On  November 30, 2012  , Jeff Koons, star of the blue chip art galaxy, was awarded the first United States Medal of Art by the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The main reason given for selecting Koons is that he is very famous and shows in  top of the market art galleries. In the honorary speech, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton recognized Koons for the time in that year when he spoke before an audience of 1000 listeners in China. According to Secretary of State Clinton Mr Koons "inspired cross-cultural appreciat