http://beyondmoney.net/2010/01/19/the-real-meaning-of-the-wizard-of-oz/ Devoted to the liberation of money and credit, and the restoration of the commons Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:34:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://beyondmoney.net/2010/01/19/the-real-meaning-of-the-wizard-of-oz/#comment-21259 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:53:10 +0000 http://beyondmoney.net/?p=554#comment-21259 If Mike is right, then Federal authorities could not close an alternative currency down. Which is great, because it must be obvious to those who control this system that community currencies, if they catch on, could release us all from their clutches. But does anyone know: What happened to the 100+ community currencies that were supposed to have flourihed during the Great Depression? Were they shut down by the Feds?

]]> http://beyondmoney.net/2010/01/19/the-real-meaning-of-the-wizard-of-oz/#comment-14547 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:16:10 +0000 http://beyondmoney.net/?p=554#comment-14547 [...] The Real Meaning of “The Wizard of Oz” January 2010 3 comments 5 [...]

]]> http://beyondmoney.net/2010/01/19/the-real-meaning-of-the-wizard-of-oz/#comment-5839 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:34:26 +0000 http://beyondmoney.net/?p=554#comment-5839 My new book is an attempt to write a 21st century Wizard of Oz for the age of derivatives. The Wizard: A whole new kind of Oz for our times
A short novel by David Boyle, illustrations by Karin Dahlbacka
(The Real Press, £7.99). This Wizard is a tale for our own times of beauty, love and courage – and small dogs. A modern Wizard of Oz for the days of derivatives, sub-prime mortgages and Goldman Sachs. Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wizard-David-Boyle/dp/0955226317/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272399973&sr=1-1

]]> http://beyondmoney.net/2010/01/19/the-real-meaning-of-the-wizard-of-oz/#comment-3565 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:25:33 +0000 http://beyondmoney.net/?p=554#comment-3565 [...] I remember seeing the Wizard of Oz for the first with my mother and sister when I was about four years old. I remember being scared to death when the Tin Man appeared. What makes this film of interest to me now is the fact that Frank Baum wrote the story as an allegory depicting the fraud inherent in the money and banking system and the reality of the people’s power to transcend it. I posted something about that recently on my blog (http://beyondmoney.net/2010/01/19/the-real-meaning-of-the-wizard-of-oz/). [...]

]]> http://beyondmoney.net/2010/01/19/the-real-meaning-of-the-wizard-of-oz/#comment-3182 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:01:35 +0000 http://beyondmoney.net/?p=554#comment-3182 Jefferson and James Madison were the authors of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 which held that “where powers were assumed by the national government which had not been granted by the states, nullification is the rightful remedy,” and that every state has a right to “nullify of its own authority all assumptions of power by others. . .” Nullification of unconstitutional federal actions was a means of effectively seceding from them.

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