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 Passionate intentions meet practical ideas Dec 12, 2008
By Michele Dibner
The need for productive, inspiring, practical change should be the headline for our current times. Michael Carlin has put together a book of fresh ideas, inspired by a passionate soul, with the lofty goal of changing the world for the better. The largest changes start with the smallest steps; if everyone put ideas like these into practice on a daily basis the world would be a better place.
 Inspiring, informative and timely Dec 08, 2008
By Alexandra Hamilton
A Prescription for Peace, is inspiring, informative and timely. Most importantly it reminds us that by evreyone doing their small part we can have a big impact. Most of us our overwhelmed, it is just too many things at once, yes we would like that crisis supersized. It is difficult to keep perspecitve, to look past our own front door. America along with the rest of the western world is suffering from bad credit while the developing world is afflicted by famine, war or both. A prescription peace gives us simple concrete examples and suggestions on how each individual can make a difference, and by doing so, helping to make the world a better place for everyone.
 Peace, love, and flowers Dec 02, 2008
By David Haile
I give this book 2 stars instead of 1 star because it correctly applauds the efforts and results of Ed Artis' Knightsbridge group. The mention of Ed Artis is what pushed me to buy the book in the first place. However - the content of the book is weak and is not supported by facts or experience. I doubt if the writer has any experience carrying out his ideas. His statement about new technology (video cameras) inherently solving problems by bringing visibility to atrocious conditions tells me that he is very naive. The idea that the drug-crazed machete-hacking "ethnic cleansing" in Rwanda, Congo, Sudan, and other countries will stop when someone in the crowd has a video camera is preposterous.
The chapter titled "Clean Water" outlines the goals behind basic water management practices but doesn't address political, geographic, or environmental problems. The chapter titled "Food" features Marlon Brando's ideas. Brando was a crazy lunatic who loved ice cream so much that he was known to eat it while sitting on the floor next to the freezer in a grocery store. The internet is full of examples of his antics. Marlon Brando's ideas on food are certainly not trustworthy.
The chapter titled "Housing" is 1.5 pages in length. He writes, "We need more housing that is able to accommodate the homeless, drug users, the mentally ill and convicted felons after their release from a hospital, prison, or rehabilitation facility. This housing might be handled by the private sector. It doesn't need to be large in scale but it does need to have services beyond just apartment type living." Later in the chapter he writes, "Additionally providing housing will severely decrease crime and the need for police, court and paramedic services. The gains from clogging these systems will far offset the cost of this basic type of housing." These are poorly worded nice ideas that could be argued in a high school debate class if and only if they were backed up by a little research. His housing chapter was the end of legitimacy for this book, in my opinion.
The Best Book On Social Reform I Have Ever Read Sep 22, 2008
By Ann Claire Van Shaick
Lots of people offer grand solutions to the growing crises in our nation; witness the speeches of the current presidential candidates. Yet nobody seems to have come up with real, practical proactive ways in which we can find our way to these solutions. Things we, as citizens, can actually do, to attack the problems of homelessness, unemployment, obesity, poverty, waste, and a general malaise of conscience and confidence. This is a book about overcoming apathy: it's about empowering each one of us to take a hard look at the root causes of issues that trouble people of conscience every day in America, and instead of pontificating, Carlin writes in a compelling, personal, relatable and non-partisan manner about the philosophy of personal action and responsibility and the joy of proactively taking steps to correct pain and lack in our individual communities. It's pretty clear that many people in the U.S. have lost this joy and this book truly galvanizes us all to think of what we can do to stand up for what's right and ACT on it. I love it - I recommended it to all of my friends and it's release is incredibly timely in today's environment. Also, Carlin is well-known speaker, writer and editor in the Los Angeles area with two sons serving in the Unites States military. He knows what he is talking about, and it shows. Exceptional.
inspiring Jun 09, 2008
By Louis Jimenez
Mr. Carlin has written a modern approach to an issue as old as the scriptures: peace. What kind of peace do we seek? Are we waiting for governments, foundations, organized religions to inspire peace? Or should we be more practical and let us citizens start the drive that will conduct us to a more stable and harmonious society. By demonstrating his own personal experience, the author leads us to believe that peace is achievable among all nations and societies. This book is a must read for anyone concerned about the future of man and how to end war.
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