--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" rick@ wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of do.rflex > > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:40 PM > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a > Republican!! :-) > > was Make that... > > > > > > > > I think BillyG took his lead from an unabashedly patriotic Charlie > > Lutes who [I believe] was a Republican and who [I know] was somewhat > > of homophobe. He often referred to gays as being 'light in the > > loafers'. Two lesbians got up and left in tears from one of his > > lectures I attended after he made some derogatory comments about gay > > people. > > > > Or from MMY, who was supportive of Nixon during the Watergate years, > and who > > told the Amherst SCI Symposium, in the presence of General Davis, > that if > > your enemy has the bomb, you should get a bigger bomb. He seems to have > > wised up in his later years, with his condemnation of Bush. > > I can confirm that statement by MMY, as I have heard it from a friend > of mine who also made that exact statement! That was back when MMY > was speaking more like a Yogi. He made more sense to me in those days. >
MAD was an effective response to an impossible situation, for quite a while. Maharishi was certainly not worried about hurting peoples' feelings. He dissed about 10,000 teachers and the entire British empire with a great deal of gusto. JohnY
