The House of Cards -Is my MLM company one of those?

If you have been around Network Marketing long enough, you have probably heard the MLM business model as being “Pyramid Selling”, or “one of those “Pyramid Schemes” or (less frequently) a “Ponzi Scheme”. How do you answer something like that? The first thing you need to do is educate yourself on what pyramids and ponzis actually are. If you don’t know what the answer is, then how will you be able to answer assuredly if the question ever does arise?

How the “PONZI” got it’s name.

Charles Ponzi was a career fraudster and scam artist. While this ‘money game’ of his was to become the most famous of his frauds, it was not his first, and ironically, not his last scam. Back in 1920 it involved money in the millions of dollars! That is a lot of money by today’s standards. Just imagine what that amount of money represented in 1920, when you consider that a Ford Model T cost around $300!

Here’s what he did. He sold investors promissory notes paying 50% profit in 45 days. He then took the money that later investors paid him, to pay profit (more…)

The Cold War, which took place from the 1950′s until the 1970′s, bares striking similarities to the periods before World War I and World War II. However, the United States and the Soviet Union never declared direct war on one another. To use a popular metaphor to describe the prewar periods, the “powder keg” never exploded, despite having all of the factors in place to ignite World War III and a potential nuclear holocaust.

Before World War I, conscription increased the size of the European armies to the millions. Every male was trained by the army, which lead to the militarization of society. Germany’s General Staff System was adopted by almost every European country and a group of officers was tasked with preparing combat plans for future contingencies in hope of cutting down response time. In World War II, the “aggressor” nations, Germany, Japan and Italy, were lead by highly militaristic and ambitious men. Similarly, during the course of the Cold War, grammar through high school students were prepared for possible nuclear attacks with air raid drills alongside the more typical fire drills. Within the Soviet Union and the United States, vicious propaganda painted “the other” as a sinister, diabolical, inhuman (more…)

Huge square based structures tapering from sandy vastness towards the infinite sky, with tremendous powers being preserved from a time beyond understanding- these are the pyramids of Egypt, the oldest and largest standing constructions of man.

The Pyramids of Giza are the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt.

These massive stone structures were built around 4500 years ago on a rocky desert plateau close to the Nile. 

These were the greatest achievements of the pyramid builders, built near the capital city of Memphis for the fourth dynasty kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure who ruled through 2589-2504 BCE.  

The mysteries surrounding their symbolism, design and purpose have inspired passionate debate.  It is likely that many of these mysteries will never be solved.

The pyramids epitomize ancient Egypt, yet the biggest were constructed during a short span of time early in a civilization that was to last almost three millennia.

The first large Egyptian pyramid was the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, built during the third dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

It was this feat that heralded the short age of the gigantic stone pyramids of ancient Egypt.

If we glued together the edges of four triangular shapes of equal sides, one’s side with the other’s (more…)

“It was more than just a war between nations. It was a war between what was and what was to be. The old world’ was dying and the new world had yet to be born. People of all classes and nations saw it as some great cleansing fire that would accelerate this battle and lead to a better world. But when it was over, more than men had died in the mud of the battlefields. The nave dreams of progress, along with the innocence of the pre-war world, faith in God, and hope in the future all died in the trenches of Europe.” (http://www.pitt.edu/~pugachev /greatwar/ww1.html ). It has been called World War I, The War to end all Wars, and The Great War. The First World War was great because it changed everything from warfare to architecture. Society has not been the same since. The Great War shaped the twentieth century.

World War I began on June 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. During those four years numerous changes took place on and off the battlefields. After the war society was shocked and disturbed. “The people of the time rightly called it the Great War. Because the (more…)

Responsible Adults Study History

“Why should man study history?”

Most of mankind may not really think about that question, to any great extent. Many people around the globe, have never studied history and may never study it seriously, on an academic level.

Here are some basic reasons why man should study history.

1. Man can learn many valuable lessons from past history and apply what he has learned to the present and the future.

2. Man can increase his awareness of the important changes that are always happening in the world.

3. Man can become increasingly in touch with his own reality, role and responsibility, as a human being.

4. Man can expand his future horizon and realize his full potential.

5. Man can find significance and meaning in his life and in the lives of others, by studying history.

6. Man can understand his place in the world and universe.

Many people feel that studying history is something that only children need to do, when they are in school. As a result, as adults, their knowledge of history is sorely lacking. What happens if a man does not continue to study history after childhood?

Obviously, (more…)