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DETHRONING
EXTERNAL AUTHORITY
By Robert Smith
Being
"sovereign" means being self-governing. It means no one else
has the right to tell you how to live your life. It means being your own boss.
Ultimately it means that you accept no external authority over
your life.
What it doesn't mean is using
such self-authority to undermine the self-authority of others. So being
sovereign does not mean assuming sovereignty over other people's lives. It's
strictly a personal thing.
Now, to those of you reading
this, it may not seem like such a revolutionary idea, but I can assure you it
is! At every turn there are people, organizations, churches, bureaucracies and
governments that want to assume authority over you. And rejecting such authority
- even laughing at it, is essential if you want to travel the road of personal
freedom.
We all know people who like to boss
others around. Well, every other manifestation of such "authority"
is simply an outgrowth of this rather unpleasant human trait. Take churches for
example. Now, I don't want to offend anyone's religious beliefs,
but let's state the truth here. For most of recorded history, religion has been
a front for abuse by authority "freaks".
Sure,
they have told us they are working for God - and people have listened and obeyed.
However, it is not "God" that they have been obeying - but the so-called
"will" of God, as interpreted and handed down by authority figures from
within the Church. In other words, claiming authority from some
god is the ultimate power trip of the authority freak.
Religion
has lost a lot of this power, but not so its modern
counterpart - the state. Now we kowtow to every wish of our "public servants"
(public masters more like!). And what's so frightening
about this is when you question such authority, while in discussion with ordinary
folks, they throw up their arms in dismay and say, in effect, that we must have
government and all these rules - or chaos would result.
That's
a mistaken idea. Being sovereign over one's own life
does not preclude there being rules to prevent me from over-ruling YOUR sovereignty.
It would be true to say that government authority is now "bossy-booting"
by proxy for most people. When they don't like what someone else is doing (lifestyle
or whatever), then a common reaction is to try and get the government to do something
about it.
The bottom line is: all forms of institutionally
entrenched authority are really a reflection of the desire on the part of most
humans to control the lives of others. It's as if humankind has some sort
of fetish - to control and have authority over other humans. There's
always a minority who rebel, of course, but in general this system has held sway
for as long as civilization has existed.
The personal sovereignty
movement - also known as the PT lifestyle or libertarianism, is a relatively new
manifestation of an old desire - to be free. But to be free, we must allow others
to be free also. It's a two way street.
At times this battle for
freedom seems unwinnable, with so many "sheep" around. But
the times are changing - and the battle can be won!
How? Well, you don't have to fight it on behalf of everyone
else on the planet - you only need to secure freedom
for yourself. That's an achievable goal.
About
the Author:
Robert Smith of OPC International provides
powerful freedom solutions to current and future Sovereign Individuals. Visit:
http://offshoreprofit.com
for more information. *
Copyright 1999, Robert Smith, OPC International, Inc.
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In
previous issue,
our column about "Control your desktop" showed you
which important folders / files to back-up in particular using WINDOWS
COMMANDER and the extended "send to" facility of Microsoft
"PowerToys
for Windows 95/98" in order to have a safety-net against possible
disaster. In
order to prepare for "restore/recovery" we will see now the difference
between the "Start-up" disks of Windows 95 and Windows 98.
HAVE A START-UP DISK
When you install,
reinstall or acquire your computer you certainly got a so-called "Start-up"
disk which is necessary should you ever have trouble starting Windows or booting
your system; it also provides utilities to make diagnosis.
If
you do not have a "start-up" disk, please follow these steps to have
one: -
Prepare
a blank formatted 1.44 MB diskette.
- Have
your Windows 95/98 CD-ROM handy.
- Click
"start".
- Click
"settings" and choose "Control Panel".
- In
control Panel click on "Add/Remove Programs".
- Choose
"Startup Disk"
- Follow
instructions and "cook" your "Start-up Disk"
WINDOWS
98 STARTUP DISK HAS REAL-MODE CD-ROM DRIVERS
It is good to know that
the big difference between Windows 95 "Start-up Disk" and the one originating
from Windows 98 is the inclusion of the CD-ROM drivers in the
Windows 98 "Start-up Disk in real-mode.
In other words, if you determine that reinstalling Windows 98 (via CD) is your
best chance at recovery, you can do that right from the command prompt with Windows
98 "Start-up Disk".
With Windows
95, you had to add real-mode CD-ROM drivers to your startup disk manually.
Next month with AFRICABIZ issue 9, we will
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The
freebie of the month is about FREE long distance phone calls.
Yes, FREEE! It's amazing but it's true.
Now FREE long distance calls to any telephone number
is possible thanks to the Internet and also a PC to PC Internet
phone calls. The first to benefit from it are the American from the 52
United States of America; however the promoters are working hard to include the
world at large; however you can list yourself for FREE even
if you reside outside the USA and reach your relatives/ friends inside the USA.
WHY IT IS FREE ?
You are asking
yourself: "What for; what do they gain from it?".
Well, well, simple: they drive a helluva traffic to their website;
the cost of Internet telephony being much cheaper than that of traditional telephony,
they are able to cover this cost by the amount of revenue they
collect by selling banner advertisements; therefore it means free calls for you;
they gain , you benefit. The only ones to worry now are
the CEO of all the "Ma Bell" of the world! But I am sure that you do
agree with me: time is overdue for them to become slimmer. Right?
PRIVACY
You will be requested to provide
some personal information but this is not really damaging - that's a personal
opinion as we are already doing so for peanuts - for the freedom of placing free
long distance calls for nothing!
TELEPHONY QUALITY
What about the sound quality?
-
If
you have a computer tuned to the latest chipset in the range of 300-600 MHz you
may experience sound quality near normal telephony quality; because the clock
speed is fast enough to help the sound card transmit the voice data at high compression
rate.
If
you are still dwelling with processors in the range of 75-200 MHz - like me! -
you can get outstanding Internet voice quality very near the normal telephony
quality with the PHONEJACK from QuickNet.net
- You can have
more on "Add-Ons" at this
link
HAVE
A DRINK ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD'S MA BELL
I
have kept you waiting for too long; go now and make some
"free" long distance phone calls and tell all your friends about
Dialpad.com.
and have a drink on behalf of the Ma Bell of the world!
By the
way AFRICABIZ editor Dialpad's id is:
bienmaquen.
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