<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519266737829629539</id><updated>2011-07-07T14:16:04.944-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Honesty Bond</title><subtitle type='html'>Injecting Accountability into Politics</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://honestybond.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2519266737829629539/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://honestybond.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Melinda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407874300095337146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FlAPITUiEhc/TUA2wtDWzqI/AAAAAAAABrY/PIiAGdkl3-g/s220/Melinda%2Bcropped%2Bfrom%2BAyn0000.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519266737829629539.post-8460758359362113376</id><published>2010-02-11T10:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T10:02:58.014-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Two of Many Psychopaths</title><content type='html'>Craig Franklin and John Fund are just two of many psychopaths.  Be prepared.  Know what to look for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You encounter them through business, in your social live, within your family. They make up only a tiny fraction of the population but they destroy lives as long as they live. They prey on you.  They lie, connive, defraud, steal and enjoy your pain.  They are without conscience. They are psychopaths and today we can identify them. See this list of behaviors if you have wondered about someone you know. This helps you assess the individual you suspect and there is a test, which carried out by a trained professional may work. But as good as it is the written test can be tricked. Today there are psychopaths training other psychopaths to evade detection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, Dr. Kent Keihl, of The Mind Research Network, has shown the real and dramatic differences in brain function between those with normally functioning brains and those without conscience. This technology removes denial and was first tested in the prison population. These tools are becoming more available daily but in most circumstances you will not be able to get the psychopath in your life tested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only way to deal with a psychopath in your personal life, strongly recommended by experts such as Dr. Robert Hare and others who now understand the totality of the problem, is to confront them with boundaries. End the relationship. You let them know there will be no further contact. Cut them off entirely. But first you need to prepare yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your assignment starting now, is to make those who know you and the psychopath, aware of the facts and of the nature of psychopathy. For those resources go here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By so doing you reduce the damage which the psychopath will do to you and your reputation, which is incalculable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting ready means documenting every act, every interaction.  You can get resources online inexpensively.  You will need the evidence to prove to third parties what happened.  Maintain a journal, keep times and dates.  Copy documents.  Make recordings of conversations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You thought it was friendship, romance, or just business. Perhaps for you this was the case – but for them it will be war. Documentation is your life line to escape and to sanity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setting boundaries is for your benefit. This can happen through letter or phone call. It is not recommended you try a physical confrontation because psychopaths frequently become violent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read this posting from one individual exiting a relationship with a psychopath. On the Forum for Aftermath: Surviving Psychopathy, you will find hundreds of stories. Notice the absolute sameness of the strategy in which the psychopath engages when the victim, you, escapes or he/she is finished with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cutting them off denies them access to you directly but will not entirely solve the problem. It takes time, tenacity and courage to excise them. You will need support. Aftermath: Surviving Psychopathy also provides that support. It is free and waiting for you. You are not alone. You can survive and move on.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2519266737829629539-8460758359362113376?l=honestybond.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://honestybond.blogspot.com/feeds/8460758359362113376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2519266737829629539&amp;postID=8460758359362113376' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2519266737829629539/posts/default/8460758359362113376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2519266737829629539/posts/default/8460758359362113376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://honestybond.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-of-many-psychopaths.html' title='Two of Many Psychopaths'/><author><name>The Melinda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407874300095337146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FlAPITUiEhc/TUA2wtDWzqI/AAAAAAAABrY/PIiAGdkl3-g/s220/Melinda%2Bcropped%2Bfrom%2BAyn0000.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519266737829629539.post-7271228842841581776</id><published>2008-02-08T20:55:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T11:11:50.285-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Honesty Bond Rules</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Every time you hire a professional that individual is bonded.  That bond is put up by the professional to ensure their honesty and that they will serve your interests.  It is a kind of insurance of good faith.  The Honesty Bond allows Americans control and oversight over the elected officials in which the so much trust is necessarily invested. This is another kind of insurance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; Your Congressman or President can, obviously, wreak havoc unimagined by your housecleaner or accountant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; You might ask yourself why we did not long ago insist on electing only those who put up a bond.  Ask them, when you have a chance, why they do to such lengths to avoid accountability.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; We need honesty.  Therefore, we need to demand that each individual standing for election be bonded.  We cannot wait to pass laws.  Since they control our access that will never happen.  Instead, we need to stop electing candidates who we cannot hold liable and remove. The Honesty Bond also allows us to decide the potential cost of electing any individual in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; What if people express a wish for, say Hillary Clinton, to be bonded for honesty and  no company of good repute is willing to risk their money on her ability to tell the truth?  Now, that would certainly provide a new way to assess the value of her as a candidate.  Se how it works?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; Additionally, the size of the bond stipulated would tell you a LOT about how an objective third party who would be liable, views the ethics of the individual being scrutinized.  Time someone did that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; Actually, if we can get honest elections too the chances are that neither Hillary of McCain would be elected. The smart money would, in that case, be on the likelihood either would break their bond before they finished reciting the oath of office.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; The bond would have to be enough to remove them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; The  company setting the size of the bond will be one of those institutions who provide bonding for professionals such as brokers, insurance salesmen, and others in whom fiduciary accountability must be assured.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; However, if the candidate is found to be UNBONDABLE by more than one such business or if those offering the bond are, ahem,  less than satisfactory, we will not recognize the bond as being made in good faith.  Good faith is something we need to insist on.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Procedure:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; Honesty Bond will send a letter to every candidate for whom a listing is requested informing them that the request has been made. To list the candidate you want to see bonded get in touch with us.  We will inform the media and the candidate. You can then begin innovative ways of driving home the point.  Check with the Ron Paul Revolution for tips.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; Each candidate will be listed along with the amounts required for bonding to take place and the institutions offering the bonding.  These will be researched.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; These amounts will come as bids from all bonding companies desiring to participate along with the notation of UNBONDABLE in the case that is the assessment of the any company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; We may do a lottery on which candidate will win the distinction of being deemed UNBONDABLE first.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; Notifications will be sent to all media and to those candidates also confirmed as running in that election.  As candidates qualify each will receive notification of the status of all other candidates for that specific office by e-mail.  The Bond Document will note the specific promises offered by the candidate and the specific form the promises take.  For instance,  the candidate may promise to merely vote for specific legislation, legislation on a specific topic, or vote not to oppose specific legislation. Or promises could be more varied.  He/she may say that he/she is faithful to his/her spouse or, for instance, that he/she does not give tongue love to foreign heads of state.   All assertions, representations, and promises the candidate offers can and will be noted; conflicts between promises to different groups will also be noted for your edification.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;           The candidate may also offer already written legislation and promise to see that it is passed into law, laying out his or her plans for ensuring this takes place.  We encourage you to be proactive in documenting lies by candidates.  Please send along your sources and documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; Honesty Bond will encourage specificity from candidates.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; The cost for bonding each candidate will be borne by the campaign organization of that candidate.  As H. L. Mencken said, “Elections are futures markets in stolen property.”  At least the candidates should pay the price of being bonded.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; The amount specified by the bonding agent will be published on the website. Money will be payable into a fund for removal and to pursue litigation for further non-performance.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; Join Honesty Bond.  Get our newsletter on how candidates react, their contortions and objections.  You will also receive a honest-to-goodness copy of the Liberty Pledge Certificate, the first honesty in politics program which was stolen to produce the Contract on America, suitable for framing.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; We keep you up to date on which candidates are doing what to whom. We also have a forum where you can get together and discuss how to handle your own candidates, so to speak.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; It needs doing.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What happens when they agree to be bonded?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; After the bond is raised and paid and the candidate signs a binding contract with Honesty Bond. Certification is made and is then issued to all media outlets, all other candidates in the race, and the notarized and embossed certificate is delivered to the candidate.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What happens when they are caught lying?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; The determination of forfeit will be made by five Justice Coalition Board of Governors drawn from the whole Board at random.  Members will be drawn from all political parties.  They will ballot by holding up nooses or leaving the noose on the table.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; The means for removal will depend on the possibility for recall in the specific district.  The removal will be carried out by recall of by law suit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"&gt; Accountability will then be exacted, payable at this point in Euros.  And we are not kidding about any of this.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2519266737829629539-7271228842841581776?l=honestybond.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://honestybond.blogspot.com/feeds/7271228842841581776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2519266737829629539&amp;postID=7271228842841581776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2519266737829629539/posts/default/7271228842841581776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2519266737829629539/posts/default/7271228842841581776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://honestybond.blogspot.com/2008/02/honesty-bond-rules.html' title='The Honesty Bond Rules'/><author><name>The Melinda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15407874300095337146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FlAPITUiEhc/TUA2wtDWzqI/AAAAAAAABrY/PIiAGdkl3-g/s220/Melinda%2Bcropped%2Bfrom%2BAyn0000.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
