I was on a retreat with Adyashanti in May and he had something interesting to say. When he encounters leftist Berkeley types who are overly incensed about Dubya and overly wrapped up in their disdain for him, he tells them the next thing to do to encourage their awakening is to unconditionally love Dubya.
--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yawn. > > Get over it. He's been president for almost 6 years > now and after 8 > years, he's out and can't run again. > > Embrace him. Love him. > > Send you positive thoughts and prayers to him. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A friend kindly sent this to me. If it has already > been posted, > > please forgive me for not reading all several > thousand posts I > have > > missed. (go all the way to the link at the > bottom) > > > > > > > > > > Subject: For my American Friends > > > > > > > > Resume > > > > > > > > >EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE > > > > >LAW ENFORCEMENT > > > > >I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in > 1976 for > > > driving under > > > > >the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid > a > > > fine, and had my > > > > >driver's license suspended for 30 days. My > Texas > > > driving record has > > > > >been "lost" and is not available. > > > > >MILITARY > > > > >I joined the Texas Air National Guard and > went > > > AWOL. I refused to > > > > >take a drug test or answer any questions > about my > > > drug use. By > > > > >joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was > able to > > > avoid combat > > > > >duty in Vietnam. > > > > >COLLEGE > > > > >I graduated from Yale University with a low C > > > average. I was a > > > > cheerleader. > > > > >PAST WORK EXPERIENCE > > > > >I ran for U.S. Congress and lost. I began my > career > > > in the oil > > > > >business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought > an > > > oil company, but > > > > >couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company > went > > > bankrupt shortly > > > > >after I sold all my stock. I bought the Texas > > > Rangers baseball team > > > > >in a sweetheart deal that took land using > taxpayer > > > money. With the > > > > >help of my father and our friends in the oil > > > industry, including > > > > >Enron CEO Ken Lay, I was elected governor of > Texas. > > > > >ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS > > > > >I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power > and > > > oil companies, > > > > >making Texas the most polluted state in the > Union. > > > During my tenure, > > > > > > > > >Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most > > > smog-ridden city in > > > > >America. I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas > > > treasury to the tune > > > > >of billions in borrowed money. I set the > record for > > > the most > > > > >executions by any governor in American > history. > > > With the help of my > > > > >brother, the governor of Florida, and my > father's > > > appointments to > > > > >the Supreme Court, I became President after > losing > > > by over 500,000 > > > > votes. > > > > >ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT > > > > >I am the first President in U.S. history to > enter > > > office with a > > > > >criminal record. > > > > >I invaded and occupied two countries at a > > > continuing cost of over > > > > >one billion dollars per week. > > > > >I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively > bankrupted > > > the U.S. > > > > Treasury. > > > > >I shattered the record for the largest annual > > > deficit in U.S. > > > > history. > > > > >I set an economic record for most private > > > bankruptcies filed in any > > > > >12-month period. > > > > >I set the all-time record for most > foreclosures in > > > a 12-month > > > > period. > > > > >I set the all-time record for the biggest > drop in > > > the history of the > > > > > > > > >U.S. stock market. > > > > >In my first year in office, over 2 million > > > Americans lost their jobs > > > > > > > > >and that trend continues every month. > > > > >I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are > the > > > richest of any > > > > >administration in U.S. history. My "poorest > > > millionaire," > > > > >Condoleezza Rice, had a Chevron oil tanker > named > > > after her. > > > > >I set the record for most campaign > fund-raising > > > trips by a U.S. > > > > >President. I am the all-time U.S. and world > > > record-holder for > > > > >receiving the most corporate campaign > donations. My > > > largest lifetime > > > > > > > > >campaign contributor, and one of my best > friends, > > > Kenneth Lay, > > > > >presided over the largest corporate > bankruptcy > > > fraud in U.S. > > > > History, Enron. > > > > >My political party used Enron private jets > and > > > corporate attorneys > > > > >to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme > Court > > > during my election > > > > decision. > > > > >I have protected my friends at Enron and > > > Halliburton against > > > > >investigation or prosecution. > > > > >More time and money was spent investigating > the > > > Monica Lewinsky > > > > >affair than has been spent investigating one > of the > > > biggest > > > > >corporate rip- offs in history. > > > > >I presided over the biggest energy crisis in > U.S. > > > history and > > > > >refused to intervene when corruption > involving the > > > oil industry was > > > > revealed. > > > > >I presided over the highest gasoline prices > in U.S. > > > history. > > > > >I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted > > > criminals to be awarded > > > > > > > > >government contracts. > > > > >I appointed more convicted criminals to > > > administration than any > > > > >President in U.S. history. > > > > >I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, > the > > > largest bureaucracy > > > > > > > > >in the history of the United States > government. > > > > >I've broken more international treaties than > any > > > President in U.S. > > > > history. > > > > >I am the first President in U.S. history to > have > > > the United Nations > > > > > > > > >remove the U.S. from the Human Rights > Commission. > > > > > > > > > >I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of > Law. > > > > >I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. > > > "prisoners of war" > > > > >detainees and thereby have refused to abide > by the > > > Geneva > > > > Convention. > > > > >I am the first President in history to refuse > > > United Nations > > > > >election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. > > > election). > > > > >I set the record for fewest numbers of press > > > conferences of any > > > > >President since the advent of television. > > > > >I set the all-time record for most days on > vacation > > > in any one-year > > > > >period. After taking off the entire month of > > > August, I presided over > > > > > > > > >the worst security failure in U.S. history. > > > > >I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. > after the > > > World Trade > > > > >Center attacks and less than a year later > made the > > > U.S. the most > > > > >hated country in the world, the largest > failure of > > > diplomacy in > > > > world history. > > > > >I have set the all-time record for most > people > > > worldwide to > > > > >simultaneously protest me in public venues > (15 > > > million people), > > > > >shattering the record for protests against > any > > > person in the history > > > > > > > > >of mankind. > > > > >I am the first President in U.S. history to > order > > > an unprovoked, > > > > >pre-emptive attack and the military > occupation of a > > > sovereign > > > > >nation. I did so against the will of the > United > > > Nations, the > > > > >majority of U.S. citizens, and the world > community. > > > > >I have cut health care benefits for war > veterans > > > and support a cut > > > > >in duty benefits for active duty troops and > their > > > > families-in-wartime. > > > > >In my State of the Union Address, I lied > about our > > > reasons for > > > > >attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on > our > > > British friends. > > > > >I am the first President in history to have a > > > majority of Europeans > > > > >(71%) view my presidency as the biggest > threat to > > > world peace and > > > > security. > > > > >I am supporting development of a nuclear > "Tactical > > > Bunker Buster," a > > > > WMD. > > > > >I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to > bring > > > Osama Bin Laden > > > > >[sic] to justice. > > > > >RECORDS AND REFERENCES > > > > >All records of my tenure as governor of Texas > are > > > now in my father's > > > > > > > > >library, sealed and unavailable for public > view. > > > > >All records of SEC investigations into my > insider > > > trading and my > > > > >bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and > > > unavailable for public > > > > view. > > > > >All records or minutes from meetings that I, > or my > > > Vice-President, > > > > >attended regarding public energy policy are > sealed > > > in secrecy and > > > > >unavailable for public review. > > > > >I am a member of the Republican Party. > > > > >PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN > THE > > > 2006 MIDTERM > > > > ELECTIONS. > > > > >PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CAN YOU GUESS WHO I AM? > > > > > > > > > > > > >YES, YOUR PRESIDENT. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.planetdan.net/pics/misc/georgie.htm>http://www.planetdan. > n > > et/pics/misc/georgie.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! 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