[FairfieldLife] Let's translate!
How about trying to come up with yer own translation
of a couple of rather simple clauses, or stuff,
from Vyaasa-bhaaSya IV 33:
dvayii ceyaM nityataa kuuTasthanityayaa pariNaaminityataa ca |
tatra kuuTasthanityataa puruSasya | pariNaaminityataa guNaanaam |
dvaya $ n. (fr. and in comp = %{dvi}) twofold , double , of 2 kinds
or sorts RV. AV. Br. MBh. c. (%{-ye} m. pl. S3is. iii , 57) ;
(%{I}[ = dvayii - card]) f. couple , pair Naish. Ra1jat. ; n. id
' ; two things , both (e. g. %{tejo-} , the 2 luminaries S3ak. iv , 2
ceyam ca + iyam = and this
nityataaf. perpetuity , continuance , continual repetition of
(comp.) MBh. Sus3r. ; necessity Ma1rkP.
kUTasthamfn. standing at the top , keeping the highest position
Comm. on S3Br. i , 4 , 2 , 4 ; standing in a multitude of or in the
midst of (in comp.) BhP. i , 11 , 36 ; (in phil.) immovable ,
uniform, unchangeable (as the soul , spirit , space , ether , sound , c.)
pariNAma m. change , alteration , transformation into (instr.)
development , evolution Sa1m2khyak. Yogas. Pur. Sus3r. ; ripeness ,
maturity Kir. Uttarar. Ma1lati1m. ; alteration of food , digestion
Sus3r. Tarkas.
tatra (also %{-trA} RV.) ind. (%{ta4-tra} , correlative of %{ya4-tra}
; g. %{cA7di} , not in Ka1s3.) used for the loc. (sg. du. and pl.) of
%{ta4d} (q.v. Pa1n2. 5-3 , 10 ; vi , 3 , 35) RV. AV. Mn. c. ; in that
place , there (in comp. Pa1n2. 2-1 , 46) RV. c. ; thither , to that
place ib. ; in that , therein , in that case , on that occasion
under those circumstances , then , therefore
puruSasyaof (the?) purusha, purusha's
guNaanaamof the guNas
[FairfieldLife] Todd has an independent soul?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Palin He first registered to vote in 1989. From 1995 to 2002 he was registered to vote as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party.[15] According to Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for John McCain, Palin is now a registered Republican. [2] Todd Palin served as a judge in the 2008 Miss Alaska pageant.[16]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
Bhairitu wrote: It's depressing to give this country over to a bunch of C students, For once we seem to be in agreement. My current grade point average is 3.5, whats's yours? I wonder what kind of grades Michael Moore got in school? From what I've read, Sarah Palin got all 'A's. She graduated from college - I wonder how many respondents on FFL have graduated. After reading here for a number of years, I'd say that none of the current informants ever got a degree from MUM. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. dunderheads and pondscum or the lowest common denominator. Speaking of 'dunderheads', apparently you can't even read your own scriptures without using Sanskrit flash cards. If so, then you'd be considered an llliterate in most villages in India. As for the 'pondscum', you're really in no position to be calling the poor villagers of rural India any names. Who said you had to be a scholar in order to love God? Such is the road to idiocracy and the flaw in democracy. India is the world's largest democracy and I'm sure it has some flaws, but what how would you be knowing since you can't even read a Hindi newspaper, much less the Indian Constitution. You probably don't even own a single copy of the Times of India. I suppose the best thing you can do is separate them and their money (which a lot of people will be and are doing since they are easy marks. Why do almost all your solutions to government include violence, anarchy, or scams to get money? Hey dummy, wanna buy a big pickup truck?) What happened to all that money you sent to the Marshy for all those TM 'initiations'? I'm a little more optimistic than that and hope that the masses see the wisdom in electing someone who can hold an thoughtful and intelligent conversation with other world leaders of their IQ Maybe we could set up a debate between Barak Obama and Osama bin Laden, without any pre-conditions. That would really be a thoughtful and intelligent conversation and would really resolve a lot of issues. Maybe they could debate women attending school like Sarah Palin did. and not some guy who wants to remind you every ten minutes that he was a POW so you feel sorry for him with a VP who should not even be elected a PTA chairman. You could cast another spoiler vote if you wanted to. Or, you could vote for a community organizer who never even joined the PTA or fought in a war.
[FairfieldLife] Fiscal conservatism
Presidents and fiscal conservatism: http://www.bartcop.com/fiscal-conservatives-808.jpg == US Budget Deficit or Surplus - 1961 to present - Click to enlarge: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/368978847_9f70bfd9c3_o.gif == McSame brags he voted over 90% of the time with Bush - Watch: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185304443/bctid1764144759 or http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/05/open-thread-917/ == Palin left Wasilla [pop approx 7000] $20 million in debt: http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/09/03/wasilla-in-debt/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bhairitu wrote: It's depressing to give this country over to a bunch of C students, For once we seem to be in agreement. My current grade point average is 3.5, whats's yours? I wonder what kind of grades Michael Moore got in school? From what I've read, Sarah Palin got all 'A's. She graduated from college - I wonder how many respondents on FFL have graduated. After reading here for a number of years, I'd say that none of the current informants ever got a degree from MUM. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. Your wrong. dunderheads and pondscum or the lowest common denominator. Speaking of 'dunderheads', apparently you can't even read your own scriptures without using Sanskrit flash cards. If so, then you'd be considered an llliterate in most villages in India. As for the 'pondscum', you're really in no position to be calling the poor villagers of rural India any names. Who said you had to be a scholar in order to love God? Such is the road to idiocracy and the flaw in democracy. India is the world's largest democracy and I'm sure it has some flaws, but what how would you be knowing since you can't even read a Hindi newspaper, much less the Indian Constitution. You probably don't even own a single copy of the Times of India. I suppose the best thing you can do is separate them and their money (which a lot of people will be and are doing since they are easy marks. Why do almost all your solutions to government include violence, anarchy, or scams to get money? Hey dummy, wanna buy a big pickup truck?) What happened to all that money you sent to the Marshy for all those TM 'initiations'? I'm a little more optimistic than that and hope that the masses see the wisdom in electing someone who can hold an thoughtful and intelligent conversation with other world leaders of their IQ Maybe we could set up a debate between Barak Obama and Osama bin Laden, without any pre-conditions. That would really be a thoughtful and intelligent conversation and would really resolve a lot of issues. Maybe they could debate women attending school like Sarah Palin did. and not some guy who wants to remind you every ten minutes that he was a POW so you feel sorry for him with a VP who should not even be elected a PTA chairman. You could cast another spoiler vote if you wanted to. Or, you could vote for a community organizer who never even joined the PTA or fought in a war.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
On Sep 6, 2008, at 8:30 AM, mainstream20016 wrote: For once we seem to be in agreement. My current grade point average is 3.5, whats's yours? I wonder what kind of grades Michael Moore got in school? From what I've read, Sarah Palin got all 'A's. She graduated from college - I wonder how many respondents on FFL have graduated. After reading here for a number of years, I'd say that none of the current informants ever got a degree from MUM. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. Your wrong. Sarah Palin apparently went to 5 or 6 colleges before graduating, and her grades are unknown. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
Sara is applying to run for president (in the case of a 3-4 time,cancer surviving, 72 year old, having a serious medical problem in the next 4 years) and unlike all the other candidates, we have not had enough time to understand who we are dealing with. McCain is bum-rushing us with her and we have two months to get to know her before deciding if she should occupy the second most important political position in the world. (That's right my European friends, till China rises up and crushes us all, we are the last super power.) The biggest problem we have with her is not people making sexist comments. That distraction is appropriate to any woman here who is being treated that way in her own personal life. But it nothing to do with how fast we have to find out who the person is who might end up commanding a military that has only recently justified a pre-emptive strike on another sovereign nation. (Same party, don't be fooled by the frantic distancing going on.) So if you want to mention her prom-ready updo while being very critical of her, consider yourself forgiven in advance. (women on FFL's mileage may vary) The biggest problem with Mitt Romney was not that he had Ken Doll hair, it was what was under it that mattered, and the same is true with Sara. The American press got cowered after 9-11 by their fear of not seeming patriotic enough. They betrayed our public trust. That goes double for the Democratic party. Bush used name-calling to dismantle the whole system of checks and balances in our country. Name calling! So my advise to the press and the Democratic party is to ignore all the word shields being used to keep you from sandblasting Sara Palin from head to toe. I want you so far up her ass I only see the heels of your shoes. I will forgive you if you need to apologize afterwards for being a little rough on her. We don't have the time to play nice and she can take it if she is the real deal. But I will never forgive you if let he slip by with little scrutiny and she turns out to be another George Bush disaster. Oh yeah, and the fact that she did not try to shove her wacky beliefs about creationism being taught alongside intelligent design down the throats of her independently oriented fellow Alaskans doesn't help the fact that she equates these two completely different positions as having equal scientific merit. Houston we have a big F'n problem here. I've already been down this road with George. I understand the implications when science and scripture are viewed as equally valid POVs. (See I didn't call them old books either!) So do me proud American press and Democratic party. I need to know, and I need to know fast. The real difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom is that a pit bull never gets deluded that it can be a heartbeat away from being the president without being qualified, but a hockey mom can. I've seen the lipstick (and lip liner) so I'm sure we are not dealing with a pit bull here. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 8:30 AM, mainstream20016 wrote: For once we seem to be in agreement. My current grade point average is 3.5, whats's yours? I wonder what kind of grades Michael Moore got in school? From what I've read, Sarah Palin got all 'A's. She graduated from college - I wonder how many respondents on FFL have graduated. After reading here for a number of years, I'd say that none of the current informants ever got a degree from MUM. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. Your wrong. Sarah Palin apparently went to 5 or 6 colleges before graduating, and her grades are unknown. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
After reading here for a number of years, I'd say that none of the current informants ever got a degree from MUM. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. Sal wrote: Your wrong. So, you got a degree from MUM. Sarah Palin apparently went to 5 or 6 colleges before graduating, So what? and her grades are unknown. Unknown to you, you mean.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
On Sep 6, 2008, at 9:20 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Sara is applying to run for president (in the case of a 3-4 time,cancer surviving, 72 year old, having a serious medical problem in the next 4 years) You got that right, Curtis. and unlike all the other candidates, we have not had enough time to understand who we are dealing with. McCain is bum-rushing us with her and we have two months to get to know her before deciding if she should occupy the second most important political position in the world. (That's right my European friends, till China rises up and crushes us all, we are the last super power.) The biggest problem we have with her is not people making sexist comments. That distraction is appropriate to any woman here who is being treated that way in her own personal life. But it nothing to do with how fast we have to find out who the person is who might end up commanding a military that has only recently justified a pre-emptive strike on another sovereign nation. (Same party, don't be fooled by the frantic distancing going on.) So if you want to mention her prom-ready updo while being very critical of her, consider yourself forgiven in advance. (women on FFL's mileage may vary) The biggest problem with Mitt Romney was not that he had Ken Doll hair, it was what was under it that mattered, and the same is true with Sara. The American press got cowered after 9-11 by their fear of not seeming patriotic enough. They betrayed our public trust. That goes double for the Democratic party. Bush used name-calling to dismantle the whole system of checks and balances in our country. Name calling! Doesn't take much, does it? So my advise to the press and the Democratic party is to ignore all the word shields being used to keep you from sandblasting Sara Palin from head to toe. I want you so far up her ass I only see the heels of your shoes. I will forgive you if you need to apologize afterwards for being a little rough on her. We don't have the time to play nice and she can take it if she is the real deal. But I will never forgive you if let he slip by with little scrutiny and she turns out to be another George Bush disaster. Oh yeah, and the fact that she did not try to shove her wacky beliefs about creationism being taught alongside intelligent design down the throats of her independently oriented fellow Alaskans doesn't help the fact that she equates these two completely different positions as having equal scientific merit. Houston we have a big F'n problem here. I've already been down this road with George. I understand the implications when science and scripture are viewed as equally valid POVs. (See I didn't call them old books either!) So do me proud American press and Democratic party. You can be sure neither will. Go ahead, press and Democratic Party--prove me wrong. I need to know, and I need to know fast. The real difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom is that a pit bull never gets deluded that it can be a heartbeat away from being the president without being qualified, but a hockey mom can. I've seen the lipstick (and lip liner) so I'm sure we are not dealing with a pit bull here. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The biggest problem we have with her is not people making sexist comments. That distraction is appropriate to any woman here who is being treated that way in her own personal life. I want to comment first on this subsidiary point, because in its more general form, this theme has come up for you a number of times here. The paradigmatic response to this approach is the famous poem that begins First they came for the Jews... Obviously sexist attacks on Palin are vanishingly trivial compared to the Holocaust, but the larger point may not be. Another version of the point is Cain's question from the Bible, Am I my brother's keeper? Is it ethically OK to refrain from defending someone who is being unfairly attacked when one doesn't have a personal investment in the quality or characteristic on which the attack focuses? Is one absolved of responsibility in such a case? Do we consider all the white people who participated in civil rights activities in the South in the '60s and '70s to have been *inappropriately* distracted by the racism they were opposing, because they themselves had never experienced it? snip So my advise to the press and the Democratic party is to ignore all the word shields being used to keep you from sandblasting Sara Palin from head to toe. I want you so far up her ass I only see the heels of your shoes. I will forgive you if you need to apologize afterwards for being a little rough on her. We don't have the time to play nice and she can take it if she is the real deal. But I will never forgive you if let he slip by with little scrutiny and she turns out to be another George Bush disaster. Another way of looking at this is to ask whether obsessing over Sarah Palin may have the unintended consequence of allowing John McCain to slip by with little scrutiny--not only because there's a great deal to be scrutinized about him, but also because a significant portion of the electorate may *not* be willing to graciously forgive us for being rough on her, and their outrage may inspire them to vote for the McCain- Palin ticket in protest (which was Michael Moore's point). And of course these two points are related. If we spend all our energy deconstructing Sarah while neglecting to do the same for McCain, those who are moved to protest our treatment of her by voting for the Republican ticket won't have been given any reason *not* to. Finally, objections from the left to the sexist attacks on Palin are not word shields designed to protect her from scrutiny. They're objections to sexism, period; the notion that we simply cannot do a proper job on her without some sexism creeping in is just a rationalization for indulging in misogyny. And as an aside, frankly, I find it difficult to imagine that if she were a man with the same (lack of) experience and the same personal characteristics, she would exercise quite the same fascination over the supporters of the opposition. Oh yeah, and the fact that she did not try to shove her wacky beliefs about creationism being taught alongside intelligent design down the throats of her independently oriented fellow Alaskans doesn't help the fact that she equates these two completely different positions as having equal scientific merit. Actually, she's never said she thinks they have equal scientific merit. For that matter, she's never said she thinks the two are mutually exclusive. There are scientists and religionists who understand the two views as compatible. We don't know enough about her religious and scientific views to say whether she might be one of them. Houston we have a big F'n problem here. What you're saying, in essence, is that we need to have a religious litmus test for the presidency. The real F'n problem is that this cuts both ways: The folks who like Sarah Palin could just as well demand (and some have) that only committed fundamentalist/ evangelical Christians be entitled to the presidency.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
Thank you, Bongo, for providing the first two excellent links. This is what I've been saying for years on this forum: the Republicans' preach is completely different from the Republicans' practise. They talk about small government but once in power do the exact opposite. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Presidents and fiscal conservatism: http://www.bartcop.com/fiscal-conservatives-808.jpg == US Budget Deficit or Surplus - 1961 to present - Click to enlarge: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/368978847_9f70bfd9c3_o.gif == McSame brags he voted over 90% of the time with Bush - Watch: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185304443/bctid17641447 59 or http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/05/open-thread-917/ == Palin left Wasilla [pop approx 7000] $20 million in debt: http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/09/03/wasilla-in-debt/
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RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard J. Williams Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:40 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin After reading here for a number of years, I'd say that none of the current informants ever got a degree from MUM. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. I have an MSCI from there and did the coursework for the Ph.D. in SCI, but dropped out after that.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 8:30 AM, mainstream20016 wrote: For once we seem to be in agreement. My current grade point average is 3.5, whats's yours? I wonder what kind of grades Michael Moore got in school? From what I've read, Sarah Palin got all 'A's. She graduated from college - I wonder how many respondents on FFL have graduated. After reading here for a number of years, I'd say that none of the current informants ever got a degree from MUM. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. Your wrong. Sarah Palin apparently went to 5 or 6 colleges before graduating, and her grades are unknown. Sal Democrats may want to tread carefully before you go down that road. Remember what happened in the 2004 election: Dems dumped on Bush for having not so great grades while at Yale until it was revealed Kerrey, at Yale, had even worse grades.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
On Sep 6, 2008, at 10:34 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: Democrats may want to tread carefully before you go down that road. Remember what happened in the 2004 election: Dems dumped on Bush for having not so great grades while at Yale until it was revealed Kerrey, at Yale, had even worse grades. Um, no it wasn't, shemp--repeating the same old lies don't make them true. Bush never revealed his grades, as I recall. The source for his terrific GPA was that fount of integrity, his mother. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
Jesus Christ. Bring back the DNC. They forgot one important speaker! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sara is applying to run for president (in the case of a 3-4 time,cancer surviving, 72 year old, having a serious medical problem in the next 4 years) and unlike all the other candidates, we have not had enough time to understand who we are dealing with. McCain is bum-rushing us with her and we have two months to get to know her before deciding if she should occupy the second most important political position in the world. (That's right my European friends, till China rises up and crushes us all, we are the last super power.) The biggest problem we have with her is not people making sexist comments. That distraction is appropriate to any woman here who is being treated that way in her own personal life. But it nothing to do with how fast we have to find out who the person is who might end up commanding a military that has only recently justified a pre- emptive strike on another sovereign nation. (Same party, don't be fooled by the frantic distancing going on.) So if you want to mention her prom-ready updo while being very critical of her, consider yourself forgiven in advance. (women on FFL's mileage may vary) The biggest problem with Mitt Romney was not that he had Ken Doll hair, it was what was under it that mattered, and the same is true with Sara. The American press got cowered after 9-11 by their fear of not seeming patriotic enough. They betrayed our public trust. That goes double for the Democratic party. Bush used name-calling to dismantle the whole system of checks and balances in our country. Name calling! So my advise to the press and the Democratic party is to ignore all the word shields being used to keep you from sandblasting Sara Palin from head to toe. I want you so far up her ass I only see the heels of your shoes. I will forgive you if you need to apologize afterwards for being a little rough on her. We don't have the time to play nice and she can take it if she is the real deal. But I will never forgive you if let he slip by with little scrutiny and she turns out to be another George Bush disaster. Oh yeah, and the fact that she did not try to shove her wacky beliefs about creationism being taught alongside intelligent design down the throats of her independently oriented fellow Alaskans doesn't help the fact that she equates these two completely different positions as having equal scientific merit. Houston we have a big F'n problem here. I've already been down this road with George. I understand the implications when science and scripture are viewed as equally valid POVs. (See I didn't call them old books either!) So do me proud American press and Democratic party. I need to know, and I need to know fast. The real difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom is that a pit bull never gets deluded that it can be a heartbeat away from being the president without being qualified, but a hockey mom can. I've seen the lipstick (and lip liner) so I'm sure we are not dealing with a pit bull here. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 8:30 AM, mainstream20016 wrote: For once we seem to be in agreement. My current grade point average is 3.5, whats's yours? I wonder what kind of grades Michael Moore got in school? From what I've read, Sarah Palin got all 'A's. She graduated from college - I wonder how many respondents on FFL have graduated. After reading here for a number of years, I'd say that none of the current informants ever got a degree from MUM. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. Your wrong. Sarah Palin apparently went to 5 or 6 colleges before graduating, and her grades are unknown. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sara is applying to run for president (in the case of a 3-4 time,cancer surviving, 72 year old, having a serious medical problem in the next 4 years) and unlike all the other candidates, we have not had enough time to understand who we are dealing with. McCain is bum-rushing us with her and we have two months to get to know her before deciding if she should occupy the second most important political position in the world. [snip] Good points all, Curtis. However, I can't help seeing a double standard. Certainly, Sarah must be vetted by the media, as you suggest, for the reasons you suggest: she very well may become president and we need to know as much about her as possible before we cast our votes in November. But in the 8 or 9 days since her VP appointment was announced, we know more about her 17-year-old daughter's pregnancy and her sperminator Levi Johnston than we know about Barack Obama's relationship with a self-admitted terrorist, William Ayers, a relationship that was extensive and quite significant in Obama's life. Indeed, I suggest to you that if we did a survey of 100 Americans off the street right now, chosen at random, I'll bet you a dollar to a donut that more will know who Levi Johnston or spit-shining Piper Palin is than they do who William Ayers is. And Barack's been running for president for 18 months! Sorry, if there's any vetting that needs to be done, it's on Barack Obama first. Like the Democrats who during the primaries got caught up in the concept of Obama, to use Geraldine Ferraro's words, the media, too, got caught up in the concept and never vetted or investigated him properly. And now the Dems are stuck with a terrorist-associating, community organizer who the 527 groups are simply going to rip apart. For two weeks solid before election day, the 527s are going to spend about $100 million on TV ads about Ayers, Wright, and sundry other gems Barack has dished up (such as an ad contrasting Barack's statement that if his daughter would ever get pregnant that he wouldn't want her burdened with a mistake with Palin and her five kids). Gosh, how many voters in Middle America -- the people Barack needs to court in order to win -- will vote for him once they see something like this (scroll down to latest video): http://www.americanissuesproject.org/ Curtis, Barack was given a pass not only by the media but by the Democrats themselves. Palin wasn't. Double standard. Don't you think Barack should be vetted first?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
Houston we have a big F'n problem here. Judy wrote: If we spend all our energy deconstructing Sarah while neglecting to do the same for McCain, those who are moved to protest our treatment of her by voting for the Republican ticket won't have been given any reason *not* to. Sarah Palin has more exuctive experience than Joe Biden and she probably has better judgement as well. Biden voted *against* gulf war 1 and the U.S. won the war. If we had listened to Joe Biden, Saddam would be in control of Kuwait and probably Saudi Arabia as well - Saddam would be the head of OPEC by now. This was a monumental blunder by Joe Biden - he was wrong about gulf war 1 and wrong about gulf war 2. He was wrong about the surge - Obama says that the surge was a success. If we had listened to Joe Biden there would be a civil war in Iraq now. Joe Biden was wrong, he's wrong for America.
[FairfieldLife] Salivating Salvatore Sunshine off her little rocker once again
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 10:34 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: Democrats may want to tread carefully before you go down that road. Remember what happened in the 2004 election: Dems dumped on Bush for having not so great grades while at Yale until it was revealed Kerrey, at Yale, had even worse grades. Um, no it wasn't, shemp--repeating the same old lies don't make them true. Bush never revealed his grades, as I recall. The source for his terrific GPA was that fount of integrity, his mother. Sal Oh, Salvatore, you're wrong, as usual. Bush got a 77 point cumulative average for his four years at Yale; Kerrey got 76. And this ain's from Babs but from the Boston Globe: http://tinyurl.com/dwb48 Oh, and Sal, I'm glad to see that you read everyone of my posts because that means that you haven't missed my repeated requests to you to follow through on your promise to show us what Barack's achievements have been (other than, of course, his associating with self-admitted terrorists). Well, Sal, it's been more than 2 weeks and only silence from you...where is his wonderful list of accomplishments that you claimed were so numerous that you simply couldn't list them?
[FairfieldLife] Saddam Hussein: feminist icon and liberator of women
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Houston we have a big F'n problem here. Judy wrote: If we spend all our energy deconstructing Sarah while neglecting to do the same for McCain, those who are moved to protest our treatment of her by voting for the Republican ticket won't have been given any reason *not* to. Sarah Palin has more exuctive experience than Joe Biden and she probably has better judgement as well. Biden voted *against* gulf war 1 and the U.S. won the war. If we had listened to Joe Biden, Saddam would be in control of Kuwait and probably Saudi Arabia as well - Saddam would be the head of OPEC by now. I agree with you, of course, Richard. But one thing we have to admit: if the mass-murdering freedom- violating dictator Saddam had, indeed, been left to his own devices and was, today, in control of both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as you hypothesize above, 50% of the populations of both of those countries would be freer -- MUCH freer -- than they are today. I'm talking of course, about the women of those two countries. For all his murderous faults, Saddam was for equality of the sexes and for the elimination of pretty much all those horrible things that middle eastern countries are known for vis a vis mistreating their women. This is a legitimate point to make because it is the Bush Administration that keeps reminding us -- and rightly so -- how much that they have done for the women of Afghanistan, freeing them from the misogynistic suppression of the Taliban. Well, folks, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the Taliban are all pretty much equal- opportunity repressors of women...and Saddam would no doubt have made the lot of women much, much better in both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, just as he did in Iraq. You know, there was a cute sort of observation I once heard about 20 years ago: Who was the greatest feminist of the 20th century? The answer was: General Douglas MacArthur. Why? Because with the stroke of a pen, he gave the vote and equality to 50 million Japanese women when he ran Japan as pretty much its absolute ruler after the surrender. He transformed 50 million women from the status of, essentially, chattel, to the legal equality of men. Overnight. In that sense, one of the 20th century's great feminists, we must conclude, was Saddam Hussein. This was a monumental blunder by Joe Biden - he was wrong about gulf war 1 and wrong about gulf war 2. He was wrong about the surge - Obama says that the surge was a success. If we had listened to Joe Biden there would be a civil war in Iraq now. Joe Biden was wrong, he's wrong for America.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
Thanks for weighing in Judy, I had hoped you would. I'm finding my way with these ideas and your post helps me sort them out. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The paradigmatic response to this approach is the famous poem that begins First they came for the Jews... Obviously sexist attacks on Palin are vanishingly trivial compared to the Holocaust, but the larger point may not be. Another version of the point is Cain's question from the Bible, Am I my brother's keeper? Is it ethically OK to refrain from defending someone who is being unfairly attacked when one doesn't have a personal investment in the quality or characteristic on which the attack focuses? Is one absolved of responsibility in such a case? Of course I agree, and I guess people like yourself who have this ball in your sights will do that for society. In non election situations I am much more sympathetic to this cause. The fact that the problem with the holocaust was killing Jews not calling them names is important. Name calling does not always lead to killing. Humans have prejudices of all kinds. We can make it less visible and give some legal protections from it in the workplace. But I don't think we are going to shame it out of existence. It is usually based on people's experience with other groups. If you had a controlling mother and married a controlling woman, you may become misogynistic. My brother lives in an area with no middle class black people. He is usually in danger when he interacts with then. The exact opposite is true in my world, I am very rarely in danger from black people even though I have 50 times more interactions with them. So it is easy for me to see them as equal and very hard for my brother. We can legislate only so far, then we hit this wall of personal experiences. Most of the world leaders who are the biggest pains in the US's ass are major sexists so I don't know how much we should protect politicians from it. But in the cause itself, I can't disagree with what you are saying. Politics is a boys club. And boys play rough and are often personally unfair to each other. Women who enter this unfair alpha chimp world will find out what total pricks most power hungry guys are. I'm sure that is no surprise to you. But as the fur flies, the outcome is more important than the process IMO because the process is not going to change quickly enough. (not in two months) Do we consider all the white people who participated in civil rights activities in the South in the '60s and '70s to have been *inappropriately* distracted by the racism they were opposing, because they themselves had never experienced it? The cause was civil rights, so it was the right focus in that context. But the biggest problem with the Cold War of that era was not racism so we needed to pick leaders without that as the main theme. snip So my advise to the press and the Democratic party is to ignore all the word shields being used to keep you from sandblasting Sara Palin from head to toe. I want you so far up her ass I only see the heels of your shoes. I will forgive you if you need to apologize afterwards for being a little rough on her. We don't have the time to play nice and she can take it if she is the real deal. But I will never forgive you if let he slip by with little scrutiny and she turns out to be another George Bush disaster. Another way of looking at this is to ask whether obsessing over Sarah Palin may have the unintended consequence of allowing John McCain to slip by with little scrutiny--not only because there's a great deal to be scrutinized about him, but also because a significant portion of the electorate may *not* be willing to graciously forgive us for being rough on her, and their outrage may inspire them to vote for the McCain- Palin ticket in protest (which was Michael Moore's point). I couldn't agree more. This distraction does take the heat off of McCain. The blow back problem is tricky because it seems that the right will cry foul no matter what is said. Sara can parade her pregnant daughter and baby daddy in front of us along with her family values and if we comment on it, we are called sexist. I know a few mothers who are appalled at this example that is being thrown in our face. This is a teen tragedy, not another example of what a great person she is. And of course these two points are related. If we spend all our energy deconstructing Sarah while neglecting to do the same for McCain, those who are moved to protest our treatment of her by voting for the Republican ticket won't have been given any reason *not* to. Again agreed. It is a tough balance but if it helps I want the same treatment of McCain and Obama. But we have had more time with them so we know a little more. Finally, objections from the left to the sexist attacks on Palin are not word shields designed
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
Curtis, Barack was given a pass not only by the media but by the Democrats themselves. Palin wasn't. Double standard. Don't you think Barack should be vetted first? She is being given a pass in her own party but never had to go through the scrutiny that Obama did by minds like Hillary Clinton. I would love to see her debate Palin as she did Obama. I can't believe how little info we have about candidates aside from the popularity contest spin bullshit. Palin was the one who put out her family's situation. It all comes out, look how we nailed and destroyed John Edwards. Everyone gets the reaming. So we have to go after each candidate to see what we have and that is ongoing. No one should go soft on Obama for fear of being called a racist and no one should be soft on Palin because of fear of being called a sexist. As far as media bias goes, all media is fractionated to target different audiences. I have to watch Fox news for the right and MSNBC for the left for example and then make up my own mind. Curtis, Barack was given a pass not only by the media but by the Democrats themselves. Palin wasn't. Fox news did a fine job of climbing up his butt. I am tired of claims of media bias, there is plenty of news from both sides now with the 24 hour news cycle. Palin is being given a pass right now on Fox. But I have also noticed that the right leaning Fox delights in all the same salacious details that everyone else does, and then has the nerve ro complain that other channels are covering it. BTW, I am watching Bill O'Reilly interview with Obama with great interest. It will continue next week. I despise the guy which is exactly why he is perfect for helping me understand Obama better. That stuff about his associating with terrorists doesn't pass the smell test with me and demeaning his community organizing work is pathetic. Doing good is not bad. Not by a long shot. I dig reading your POV here Shemp. It is not usually my own politically but I learn from it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Sara is applying to run for president (in the case of a 3-4 time,cancer surviving, 72 year old, having a serious medical problem in the next 4 years) and unlike all the other candidates, we have not had enough time to understand who we are dealing with. McCain is bum-rushing us with her and we have two months to get to know her before deciding if she should occupy the second most important political position in the world. [snip] Good points all, Curtis. However, I can't help seeing a double standard. Certainly, Sarah must be vetted by the media, as you suggest, for the reasons you suggest: she very well may become president and we need to know as much about her as possible before we cast our votes in November. But in the 8 or 9 days since her VP appointment was announced, we know more about her 17-year-old daughter's pregnancy and her sperminator Levi Johnston than we know about Barack Obama's relationship with a self-admitted terrorist, William Ayers, a relationship that was extensive and quite significant in Obama's life. Indeed, I suggest to you that if we did a survey of 100 Americans off the street right now, chosen at random, I'll bet you a dollar to a donut that more will know who Levi Johnston or spit-shining Piper Palin is than they do who William Ayers is. And Barack's been running for president for 18 months! Sorry, if there's any vetting that needs to be done, it's on Barack Obama first. Like the Democrats who during the primaries got caught up in the concept of Obama, to use Geraldine Ferraro's words, the media, too, got caught up in the concept and never vetted or investigated him properly. And now the Dems are stuck with a terrorist-associating, community organizer who the 527 groups are simply going to rip apart. For two weeks solid before election day, the 527s are going to spend about $100 million on TV ads about Ayers, Wright, and sundry other gems Barack has dished up (such as an ad contrasting Barack's statement that if his daughter would ever get pregnant that he wouldn't want her burdened with a mistake with Palin and her five kids). Gosh, how many voters in Middle America -- the people Barack needs to court in order to win -- will vote for him once they see something like this (scroll down to latest video): http://www.americanissuesproject.org/ Curtis, Barack was given a pass not only by the media but by the Democrats themselves. Palin wasn't. Double standard. Don't you think Barack should be vetted first?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
Richard J. Williams wrote: Bhairitu wrote: It's depressing to give this country over to a bunch of C students, For once we seem to be in agreement. My current grade point average is 3.5, whats's yours? You're still in high school after all these years? :D I was an honors student in college. I wonder what kind of grades Michael Moore got in school? From what I've read, Sarah Palin got all 'A's. She graduated from college - I wonder how many respondents on FFL have graduated. After reading here for a number of years, I'd say that none of the current informants ever got a degree from MUM. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. The only thing I got from MUM (or MIU) was that I graduated from TTC. Did you? dunderheads and pondscum or the lowest common denominator. Speaking of 'dunderheads', apparently you can't even read your own scriptures without using Sanskrit flash cards. If so, then you'd be considered an llliterate in most villages in India. I didn't use any flash cards in India. So can you read Devanagri? I've asked you that a number times and you've never responded so we can assume not. Hey but sign up at the American Sanskrit Institute for a weekend workshop. I think they're even holding one in Texas. As for the 'pondscum', you're really in no position to be calling the poor villagers of rural India any names. Who said you had to be a scholar in order to love God? Pondscum is the way a number of Americans behave. They could learn a lot from Indian villagers. Frankly I don't think most people are stupid but lazy minded. So for that they deserve to be called pondscum. Besides that the MSM makes them feel it is important to be dumb. Such is the road to idiocracy and the flaw in democracy. India is the world's largest democracy and I'm sure it has some flaws, but what how would you be knowing since you can't even read a Hindi newspaper, much less the Indian Constitution. You probably don't even own a single copy of the Times of India. ROTFL! I can read Times of India any day online if I want and have for years. It's in English anyway though they probably have a Hindi edition you can read since you're so fluent in reading Devanagri and Hindi. :D :D :D :D http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ I suppose the best thing you can do is separate them and their money (which a lot of people will be and are doing since they are easy marks. Why do almost all your solutions to government include violence, anarchy, or scams to get money? Thomas Jefferson even suggested that the country might need a revolution ever twenty years to keep functioning. So Ford and GM (and Toyota) for that matter are running scams? How 'bout a big SUV to go with that big pickup truck. Then you can really feel like a man (since you're so in need of that feeling). Hey dummy, wanna buy a big pickup truck?) What happened to all that money you sent to the Marshy for all those TM 'initiations'? Half of it came back when I was teaching. What about you? I'm a little more optimistic than that and hope that the masses see the wisdom in electing someone who can hold an thoughtful and intelligent conversation with other world leaders of their IQ Maybe we could set up a debate between Barak Obama and Osama bin Laden, without any pre-conditions. That would really be a thoughtful and intelligent conversation and would really resolve a lot of issues. Maybe they could debate women attending school like Sarah Palin did. That would probably go a lot farther than anything the Bush administration has done. However as I understand it Obama would have to hold a seance to have a conversation with Osama or is he still hiding under your bed? and not some guy who wants to remind you every ten minutes that he was a POW so you feel sorry for him with a VP who should not even be elected a PTA chairman. You could cast another spoiler vote if you wanted to. Or, you could vote for a community organizer who never even joined the PTA or fought in a war. In a much, much larger community that Sarah Palin was ever mayor of. Probably a community with more population than the whole state of Alaska. And after all how did 2006 go? I suspect 2008 will go the same way. Your party is over.
[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Intro.pdf Uploaded by : transactual [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description : Amazing channeled book from the Creator You can access this file at the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/files/Intro.pdf The file is now in the folder labeled Members' Writings and Suggestions.
[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Intro.pdf Uploaded by : transactual dave@ Description : Amazing channeled book from the Creator You can access this file at the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/files/Intro.pdf The file is now in the folder labeled Members' Writings and Suggestions. Speaking of suggestions, how's about not uploading files that don't have a clear explanation of what the document is in the title. I, for one, am never going to click on a document called Intro.pdf...to put such a document up is downright rude. *At least* tell us what it is, right?
[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife
Emily Latella time. I see there is a Description field. Never mind. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Intro.pdf Uploaded by : transactual dave@ Description : Amazing channeled book from the Creator You can access this file at the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/files/Intro.pdf The file is now in the folder labeled Members' Writings and Suggestions. Speaking of suggestions, how's about not uploading files that don't have a clear explanation of what the document is in the title. I, for one, am never going to click on a document called Intro.pdf...to put such a document up is downright rude. *At least* tell us what it is, right?
[FairfieldLife] Sarah bikini pics
I have been silent so far today because I have spent the entire morning examining all the gorgeous Sarah bikini pics on You Tube. Unfortunately, after extensive and time consuming analysis, I have to inform my fellow FFLers that they are all fake. Pity. But they've certainly found some nice bodies to put Sarah's head on.
[FairfieldLife] An Englishman's jeremiad as to learning DN
A decade and a half ago, I thought it quite possible to read the Script in just several weeks. After all, I had just settled back in the UK after more than a decade in Saudi Arabia, producing Bi-lingual reports for Saudi Telephone, The National Port Authority, Not to mention MODA (Ministry of Defense and Aviation - on the Aviation side) - during that time I got to the stage where I could actually 'read' numbers which was more than what most of the Europeans - (Austrians, Germans - no Fins) Indians - many of them! or Americans managed! There were plenty of Egyptians Syrians Saudi around - including the odd Iraqi at one time. Anyway, I carefully printed and cut, every one of Wikner's Flash cards - they are right here, right now on my desk. I began . . . an hour later I woke up, well, I was tired. A week later (well, I was busy!) I had another go - after about 10 minutes, I realized I had been staring out the window, daydreaming, try again - same thing. About a month later . . . you get the Idea. Before that , I had an old Windows 3.5 App. It would pop up a Devnagari letter at random and invite you to click the Latin one. They all looked the same to me! But I am persistent . . . I -can- recognize the script, like a child - if they don't have too many ligatures. On the other hand I can (and do), delve into those hexadecimal bits and bytes, write computer code for hours at a stretch, but please not Devanagari! When I can't get to sleep at night for some reason - Maurer's 'The Sanskrit Language' does the trick in no time - really! Romanized diacritics are no problem at all, I don't even realize they are Sanskrit - Camel case letters are something else, like some teenage hacker has hacked my computer! I don't need to sing the praises of the Lord, where a miss-pronounced syllable will earn me eternal damnation in a warm place. I am not a member of any of the Dead Poets Appreciation Societies. In science a clay pot is a clay pot, whatever is on the label, it won't jump up and bite me if I pronounce it klay paurt, claiy putt or whatever. There are many, many like myself, who don't -need- the script, but want the text(s) in readable form. As to Bhoja's stuff I have transliterated the complete text, parsed it, and marked it up in .htm. After throwing it at the MW for verification of the hyperlinks I have still a thousand or so root/stem forms in those links to determine. But have been neglecting this side of things to work on the computing side. To where I am able, mouse click on a source- text word, - plain text, rtf or htm, Devanaagarii or otherwise word, and have the dictionary present the word together with any inflection information. The machine is immune to sleeping sickness! It's alright for you with dozens of case endings in your language. A mere eight is a piffle!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah bikini pics
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been silent so far today because I have spent the entire morning examining all the gorgeous Sarah bikini pics on You Tube. Unfortunately, after extensive and time consuming analysis, I have to inform my fellow FFLers that they are all fake. Pity. But they've certainly found some nice bodies to put Sarah's head on. I hope your keyboard isn't too sticky.
[FairfieldLife] Re: An Englishman's jeremiad as to learning DN
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flsahcards are actually worthless for something like that. Instead, get 8x enlarged pictures of each character (or combination) with stroke order marked, and trace them 50 times each while saying them aloud in a normal voice (not whispering). Now copythem another 50 times each without tracing, while still saying them aloud in a normal voice. Now work from memory, still saying them in a normal voice as you draw. Go back every few days and repeat step 3 but only draw them 10 times. Always say them out loud while writing, and make sure its in a normal voice. Research shows that you must involve as many senses as possible so the sensation of your head vibrating while you say them will become part of the learning process. That's why you can't get the same result by whispering (my Japanese sensei did his PhD work, partly on this topic). Very simple, very tedious, but unless you have a strange nervous system, you WILLL learn them. Do the same thing with words and entire sentences. A decade and a half ago, I thought it quite possible to read the Script in just several weeks. After all, I had just settled back in the UK after more than a decade in Saudi Arabia, producing Bi-lingual reports for Saudi Telephone, The National Port Authority, Not to mention MODA (Ministry of Defense and Aviation - on the Aviation side) - during that time I got to the stage where I could actually 'read' numbers which was more than what most of the Europeans - (Austrians, Germans - no Fins) Indians - many of them! or Americans managed! There were plenty of Egyptians Syrians Saudi around - including the odd Iraqi at one time. Anyway, I carefully printed and cut, every one of Wikner's Flash cards - they are right here, right now on my desk. I began . . . an hour later I woke up, well, I was tired. A week later (well, I was busy!) I had another go - after about 10 minutes, I realized I had been staring out the window, daydreaming, try again - same thing. About a month later . . . you get the Idea. Before that , I had an old Windows 3.5 App. It would pop up a Devnagari letter at random and invite you to click the Latin one. They all looked the same to me! But I am persistent . . . I -can- recognize the script, like a child - if they don't have too many ligatures. On the other hand I can (and do), delve into those hexadecimal bits and bytes, write computer code for hours at a stretch, but please not Devanagari! When I can't get to sleep at night for some reason - Maurer's 'The Sanskrit Language' does the trick in no time - really! Romanized diacritics are no problem at all, I don't even realize they are Sanskrit - Camel case letters are something else, like some teenage hacker has hacked my computer! I don't need to sing the praises of the Lord, where a miss-pronounced syllable will earn me eternal damnation in a warm place. I am not a member of any of the Dead Poets Appreciation Societies. In science a clay pot is a clay pot, whatever is on the label, it won't jump up and bite me if I pronounce it klay paurt, claiy putt or whatever. There are many, many like myself, who don't -need- the script, but want the text(s) in readable form. As to Bhoja's stuff I have transliterated the complete text, parsed it, and marked it up in .htm. After throwing it at the MW for verification of the hyperlinks I have still a thousand or so root/stem forms in those links to determine. But have been neglecting this side of things to work on the computing side. To where I am able, mouse click on a source- text word, - plain text, rtf or htm, Devanaagarii or otherwise word, and have the dictionary present the word together with any inflection information. The machine is immune to sleeping sickness! It's alright for you with dozens of case endings in your language. A mere eight is a piffle!
[FairfieldLife] Re: An Englishman's jeremiad as to learning DN
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: Flsahcards are actually worthless for something like that. Instead, get 8x enlarged pictures of each character (or combination) with stroke order marked, and trace them 50 times each while saying them aloud in a normal voice (not whispering). Now copythem another 50 times each without tracing, while still saying them aloud in a normal voice. Now work from memory, still saying them in a normal voice as you draw. Go back every few days and repeat step 3 but only draw them 10 times. Always say them out loud while writing, and make sure its in a normal voice. Research shows that you must involve as many senses as possible so the sensation of your head vibrating while you say them will become part of the learning process. That's why you can't get the same result by whispering (my Japanese sensei did his PhD work, partly on this topic). Very simple, very tedious, but unless you have a strange nervous system, you WILLL learn them. Do the same thing with words and entire sentences. Oh, and if possible, recite in unison with other students. Just like a chorus, you tend to unconsciously adjust your pitch (pronunciation) to fit with everyone else, even if you can't consciously get it right. L.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you, Bongo, for providing the first two excellent links. This is what I've been saying for years on this forum: the Republicans' preach is completely different from the Republicans' practise. They talk about small government but once in power do the exact opposite. The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. Thus, the USA has a deficit because the taxes were reduced and American troops are in Iraq and Afghanistan. In effect, the Americans should think about what they're voting for in the next election. One way or another, politicians are going to cost you money. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Presidents and fiscal conservatism: http://www.bartcop.com/fiscal-conservatives-808.jpg == US Budget Deficit or Surplus - 1961 to present - Click to enlarge: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/368978847_9f70bfd9c3_o.gif == McSame brags he voted over 90% of the time with Bush - Watch: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185304443/bctid17641447 59 or http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/05/open-thread-917/ == Palin left Wasilla [pop approx 7000] $20 million in debt: http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/09/03/wasilla-in-debt/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah bikini pics
Are you saying you have a limp left wrist? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been silent so far today because I have spent the entire morning examining all the gorgeous Sarah bikini pics on You Tube.
[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife
Hey, did you notice the Crumbster, or an exhibit about his work got a good write up in the NYT yesterday. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the FairfieldLife group. File: /Intro.pdf Uploaded by : transactual dave@ Description : Amazing channeled book from the Creator You can access this file at the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/files/Intro.pdf The file is now in the folder labeled Members' Writings and Suggestions. Speaking of suggestions, how's about not uploading files that don't have a clear explanation of what the document is in the title. I, for one, am never going to click on a document called Intro.pdf...to put such a document up is downright rude. *At least* tell us what it is, right?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Thank you, Bongo, for providing the first two excellent links. This is what I've been saying for years on this forum: the Republicans' preach is completely different from the Republicans' practise. They talk about small government but once in power do the exact opposite. The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. Thus, the USA has a deficit because the taxes were reduced and American troops are in Iraq and Afghanistan. Govt' spending outside defense was also significantly increased. look it up. In effect, the Americans should think about what they're voting for in the next election. One way or another, politicians are going to cost you money. The drastically increased US debt under Bush means HIGHER TAXES, just a little later and with interest.
[FairfieldLife] Are the American people realy this dumb?
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Are the American people realy this dumb?
do.rflex wrote: http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/vastleft/depression.jpg We'll know in November.
[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, did you notice the Crumbster, or an exhibit about his work got a good write up in the NYT yesterday. No. And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing it to my attention. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/robert_crumb/index.html or http://tinyurl.com/6hjwaa I really love Robert. He is one of the most sincere, straightforward, honest people it has ever been my good fortune to meet. You just want to hug him, but you don't, because you know it would make him uncomfortable. What those who have never really dived into his more esoteric (read limited edition and expensive) work may not realize is the God's-honest-truthness of the lines from the article, ...art critic Robert Hughes once called Mr. Crumb 'the Bruegel of the 20th century.' He's that good. I'm into art. I've seen the line drawings of Bruegel and all of the other Dutch Masters. Robert's in their league. Also from the article: Mr. Crumb's work presents a vision of American life as a phantasmagoric gallery of grotesques that is as gripping as it is harshly funny. Hey, I lived for a time as Robert's next-door neighbor. Life often IS a a phantasmagoric gallery of grotesques in Sauve. But it's also To Die For Funny, and I loved that Robert, given all he's been through, could laugh at it as much as he does. One of the first things that endeared me to R.Crumb, the first time I met him in Paris, is that he laughed at my jokes. Really. I mean, he *really* laughed. Get a couple of glasses of wine in me, and I tell jokes. It's just who I am, and what I do. And I *understand* that some of my friends put up with my jokes only because they really, really love me. But, weirdo that I am, I really *get into* the telling of a good joke. I look at a joke as an artform, something that one practices but never masters. So I don't just tell jokes over and over, I *tune* them, and try to make them more *effective* jokes. This inner artistic quest has so far met with far too much stony non-laughter. Maybe it's my choice of jokes. But Robert really *liked* my jokes. And when he did -- and it would always take him a few seconds before he did, and realized that he did -- he would burst into the most Buddhalike laughter I have ever heard. It was like someone who carried the weight of the world around on his shoulders for a living suddenly having a moment that made him laugh. Contributing to that laughter, whenever I could, were the high points of my time in Sauve.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are the American people realy this dumb?
John wrote: Are the American people realy this dumb? Aparently you are! I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated, Obama said while refusing to retract his initial opposition to the surge. I've already said it's succeeded beyond our wildest dreams. Read more: 'Obama: Surge Succeeded Beyond `Wildest Dreams' Fox News, Thursday, September 4, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/6edajx http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/vastleft/depression.jpg
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Reason For Attacks on Palin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the looks of it, the Democrats are doing a Slick Willie strategy by trying to triangulate the middle of the road policy for the American electorate. They're trying to get the independents and Reagan Democrats to vote for the Obama program. To address the Hillary supporters, the Democrats are thinking of asking prominent Democratic women, including Hillary, to pitch for the Democratic agenda. On the other hand, the Republicans pulled a Sarah Palin to attract the Hillary voters and independents into their camp. In the end, the determining factors for the election would be the economy and the war. Which candidate can solve these problems? He will be the winner. I'm really liking your political analyses so far. They very different from the way I see things, but very interesting. I guess my question is whether you really believe your last sentence. I don't. I've worked for far too many software companies that really DID have the Better Mousetrap, and the world did NOT beat a path to their door. I'm more of the opinion that the candidate who casts the most effective occult glammer about the economy and the war will be the winner. Americans love to be wrapped. Politicians are occult wrappers. The best wrapper wins.
[FairfieldLife] Strange Ice Formation in Russia
http://tinyurl.com/6ztg8h
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
You could cast another spoiler vote if you wanted to. Or, you could vote for a community organizer who never even joined the PTA or fought in a war. Bhairitu wrote: In a much, much larger community that Sarah Palin was ever mayor of. Probably a community with more population than the whole state of Alaska. Maybe so, but what was the result? There is rampant unemployment in Chicago, but in Achorage there is a surplus of jobs. Why is it that the high unemployment is concentrated in all the 'blue' states, the ones with the liberal governors and senators? And after all how did 2006 go? From what I've read, Obama was a community orgainizer in a small neighborhood in Chicago, most of whom used to go to church with Obama to listen to the Rev. Wright. Apparently Obama sat next to Mr. Rezko. I wonder where Rezko is now? I suspect 2008 will go the same way. Well, I guess they closed down the housing project Mr. Obama organized in Chicago, but the library up in Wasilla, Alaska is still open and serving the public. Apparently Obama took up with the terrorist Bill Ayers and relieved the Annenburg Foundation of several million dollars. I wonder what happened to all the money? Your party is over. If Obama's idea of community orgainizing can't produce anything better than a big new million dollar house for himself and one for the Rev Wright, then probably your party is over! I don't doubt that Obama is saddened by his mentor's conviction, but the rest of his statement is from outer space. This isn't the Tony Rezko I knew. Deja vu, anyone? I could swear I've heard it somewhere before. Sure enough--the racist, anti-American Rev. Wright whom we've all seen on video wasn't the Rev. Wright whom Obama knew for 20 years, either. And the outrageously bigoted Father Pfleger wasn't the Pfleger whom Obama assiduously supported with earmarks--another form of political corruption. Read more: 'The Most Wildly Inappropriate Statement Ever?' Posted by Posted by John Hinderaker: Powerline, June 4, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/6jygm4
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. You've captured what has long struck me as an inborn conflict of the conservative agenda. People who stand for low taxes and a strong military are at odds with themselves. A strong military requires a big cash outlay - as much as 54% of the budget, by one measure: http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm Seems to me, if we're to have a strong military and low taxes, we'll need to borrow lots of money.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
John wrote: The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. Thus, the USA has a deficit because the taxes were reduced and American troops are in Iraq and Afghanistan. In effect, the Americans should think about what they're voting for in the next election. One way or another, politicians are going to cost you money. Myabe so. Do federal payroll taxes pay for the war Iraq and Afghanistan? Obama apparently voted to cut off the funding for U.S. troops, but did he vote to cut any payroll taxes?
[FairfieldLife] Amazing ice in Stonehenge-like formation!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/6ztg8h
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. You've captured what has long struck me as an inborn conflict of the conservative agenda. People who stand for low taxes and a strong military are at odds with themselves. A strong military requires a big cash outlay - as much as 54% of the budget, by one measure: http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm Seems to me, if we're to have a strong military and low taxes, we'll need to borrow lots of money. War spending was over 75% during some of the years of WWII but this guy is stretching it. The figures don't gel with other sources: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/tables.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. You've captured what has long struck me as an inborn conflict of the conservative agenda. People who stand for low taxes and a strong military are at odds with themselves. A strong military requires a big cash outlay - as much as 54% of the budget, by one measure: http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm Seems to me, if we're to have a strong military and low taxes, we'll need to borrow lots of money. Bingo!!! Give this man a kewpie doll. The issue -- as I see it -- on the level of energy, is FEAR vs. HOPE. Those who try to sell (in their political agendas) a strong military are appealing to the Lesser Emotion of FEAR. So far, people in America have been willing to overlook the unfulfilled promise of low taxes for the illusion a strong military. There is simply no question as to which of these two goals is more important to them. So Duh! If you want to win an election, which do you appeal to?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
Curtis wrote: That stuff about his associating with terrorists doesn't pass the smell test with me and demeaning his community organizing work is pathetic. From what I've read, Obama used to work for the terrorist Ayers. They both got a lot of money from the Anneneburg Foundation for a housing project. Apparently you haven't been keeping up with the news! Doing good is not bad. Not by a long shot. But the housing project is now boarded up. What happened to all the money? Is this an example of the kind of community orgainizing you'd want for your neighborhood? Documents released Tuesday by the University of Illinois at Chicago shed some light on Barack Obama's relationship with William Ayers, a founding member of the 1960s and 1970s radical group the Weather Underground. Read more: 'Newly Released Documents Highlight Obama's Relationship With Ayers' Fox News, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/5bwee2
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Reason For Attacks on Palin
I'm really liking your political analyses so far. They very different from the way I see things, but very interesting. I guess my question is whether you really believe your last sentence. I don't. I've worked for far too many software companies that really DID have the Better Mousetrap, and the world did NOT beat a path to their door. I'm more of the opinion that the candidate who casts the most effective occult glammer about the economy and the war will be the winner. Americans love to be wrapped. Politicians are occult wrappers. The best wrapper wins. I agree with you on this one. I believe Marshall McCluhan once said that the medium is the message, or maybe the massage. Also, the movie starring Robert Redford about a presidential candidate [The Selling of a President(?)] may have addressed your point. After being elected president, he asked his handlers at the end of the movie, what I do now?.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Saddam Hussein: feminist icon and liberator of women
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Richard Williams willytex@ wrote: Houston we have a big F'n problem here. Judy wrote: If we spend all our energy deconstructing Sarah while neglecting to do the same for McCain, those who are moved to protest our treatment of her by voting for the Republican ticket won't have been given any reason *not* to. Sarah Palin has more exuctive experience than Joe Biden and she probably has better judgement as well. Biden voted *against* gulf war 1 and the U.S. won the war. If we had listened to Joe Biden, Saddam would be in control of Kuwait and probably Saudi Arabia as well - Saddam would be the head of OPEC by now. I agree with you, of course, Richard. But one thing we have to admit: if the mass-murdering freedom- violating dictator Saddam had, indeed, been left to his own devices and was, today, in control of both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as you hypothesize above, 50% of the populations of both of those countries would be freer -- MUCH freer -- than they are today. I'm talking of course, about the women of those two countries. For all his murderous faults, Saddam was for equality of the sexes and for the elimination of pretty much all those horrible things that middle eastern countries are known for vis a vis mistreating their women. This is a legitimate point to make because it is the Bush Administration that keeps reminding us -- and rightly so -- how much that they have done for the women of Afghanistan, freeing them from the misogynistic suppression of the Taliban. Well, folks, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the Taliban are all pretty much equal- opportunity repressors of women...and Saddam would no doubt have made the lot of women much, much better in both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, just as he did in Iraq. Wow, Shemp, you're telling us what we have been telling you for years. There was more freedom under Saddam than under the American regime there. Well done, you finally woke up. Too late for the hundreds of thousands children killed and mutilated, millions of people displaced, and all resemblence of modern civilized society wiped off the face of the map by the invasion. But hey, who cares if Iraq is now an ungovernable zone, free for rapists and women-oppressors to roam, and a breeding zone for American hating fanatics. Saddam may have been an oppressor, but no-one else was able to control that region and America is trillion in debt, while the Iraqi government officials are holding on to an 80 billion surplus until the Americans leave, then they will appropriate it for their own personal use. Good job BushSheep. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Former Bush White House aides to 'educate' Palin
Silly me - I thought she was *already* fully qualified* But tell me now that McCain/Palin isn't a continuation of Bush/Cheney The McCain team has hastily assembled a team of former Bush White House aides to tutor the vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, on foreign-policy issues, to write her speeches and to begin preparing her for her all-important Oct. 2 debate against Sen. Joe Biden. Steve Biegun, who once served as the No. 3 National Security Council official under Condoleezza Rice at the White House, has been hired as chief foreign-policy adviser to the Alaska governor, campaign officials told NEWSWEEK. [...] Biegun is hardly the only Bushie to be tapped for Palin duty. Among others: -Matt Scully, a former Bush White House speechwriter who helped draft some of the major foreign-policy addresses during the president's first term, is working on Palin's acceptance speech to the convention Wednesday night. -Mark Wallace, a former lawyer for the Bush 2000 campaign who served in a variety of administration jobs including chief counsel at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and deputy ambassador to the United Nations, has been put in charge of prep for the debate against Biden. -Wallace's wife, Nicolle Wallace, the former White House communications director, has taken over the same job for Palin. -Tucker Eskew, another senior Bush White House communications aide, is serving as senior counselor to Palin's operation. -Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the former chief economist at the Council of Economic Advisers who has been serving as top economics guru for the McCain campaign, has moved over to serve as Palin's chief domestic-policy adviser. The proliferation of former Bush White House aides in the Palin team may strike some as ironicand could even provide some fodder for the Democratsgiven the McCain camp's efforts to distance itself from the unpopular president. [...] ~~NEWSWEEK http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/02/bushies-come-to-palin-s-rescue.aspx or, http://tinyurl.com/5a88s3
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
Patrick Gillam wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. You've captured what has long struck me as an inborn conflict of the conservative agenda. People who stand for low taxes and a strong military are at odds with themselves. A strong military requires a big cash outlay - as much as 54% of the budget, by one measure: http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm Seems to me, if we're to have a strong military and low taxes, we'll need to borrow lots of money. I've always called the military industrial complex a corporate welfare state. It doesn't deserve to exist and covertly arranges for wars so that it can sell its hardware. If you are against welfare then you have to be against it all the way around and that is also to be against corporate welfare whether it be for the military industrial complex or forcing our agricultural products on countries quite capable of growing their own and in the process destroying their agricultural economy. Don't forget that Eisenhower warned us of the military industrial complex and his fears about them have materialized.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Reason For Attacks on Palin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip From the looks of it, the Democrats are doing a Slick Willie strategy by trying to triangulate the middle of the road policy for the American electorate. They're trying to get the independents and Reagan Democrats to vote for the Obama program. When have they *not* done this? The only way for either party to win is to attract swing voters. To address the Hillary supporters, the Democrats are thinking of asking prominent Democratic women, including Hillary, to pitch for the Democratic agenda. Thinking of asking? That's what Hillary promised to do after losing the primary and has been doing ever since. On the other hand, the Republicans pulled a Sarah Palin to attract the Hillary voters and independents into their camp. Actually they picked Palin primarily to shore up McCain's very shaky support with the base; he's not conservative enough for many Republican voters. Palin isn't very attractive to most Hillary supporters given her stance on women's issues, including abortion. In the end, the determining factors for the election would be the economy and the war. Which candidate can solve these problems? He will be the winner. I'm in agreement with Barry on this one. Whoever tells the best story about solving these problems-- but primarily the economy--will win.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. You've captured what has long struck me as an inborn conflict of the conservative agenda. People who stand for low taxes and a strong military are at odds with themselves. A strong military requires a big cash outlay - as much as 54% of the budget, by one measure: http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm Seems to me, if we're to have a strong military and low taxes, we'll need to borrow lots of money. Double Bingo The USA is already several trillion dollars in debt. We're living on borrowed time. One way or another, the chickens will come home to roost.
[FairfieldLife] Crop Circle reported Agust 16, Wiltshire
Another Crop Circle made by peter on heavy medication and som drunken british lads: http://tinyurl.com/6j5j5w
[FairfieldLife] Crop Circle, Etchilhapmton Hill, 15'th August
For sure made by Christian fundamentalists on speed. http://tinyurl.com/66j8c3
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. You've captured what has long struck me as an inborn conflict of the conservative agenda. People who stand for low taxes and a strong military are at odds with themselves. A strong military requires a big cash outlay - as much as 54% of the budget, by one measure: http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm Seems to me, if we're to have a strong military and low taxes, we'll need to borrow lots of money. Bingo!!! Give this man a kewpie doll. The issue -- as I see it -- on the level of energy, is FEAR vs. HOPE. Those who try to sell (in their political agendas) a strong military are appealing to the Lesser Emotion of FEAR. People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. -Richard M. Nixon
[FairfieldLife] technologies for manifesting intentions
Hi everyone, My name is Susan Sayler and I just joined this group recently. I have only been living in Fairfield since the Fourth of July, 2008. I am on the IA course, meditating in the dome 6 hours every day. I came here from San Diego where I was involved in a group that met regularly to support one another in the application of manifesting technologies (like in the Secret, What the Bleep, Intenders of the Highest Good, Clinton Swaine's Play to Win and etc.) I am looking for people who are willing to meet up once a week to form a core group here in Fairfield with the courage to manifest what you really want; such as in health, money, relationships or spiritual goals. It would be nice to have an afternoon group and an evening group and it would be great to have a pot luck once a month. There is no charge for this group. I have all the materials needed, I just need committed, dedicated warm bodies that want to play chicken with the application of these laws of intention and manifestation. I would like to hold the first meeting on Friday night, September 19th at 7:30 pm, in Revelations Bookstore, either upstairs or downstairs. Other meetings can be at my home, outdoors and other public places depending on the theme for that week. If you are interested, you can email me back or call me at 760 687-5911 Jai Guru Dev Maharishi Susan
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
Richard J. Williams wrote: Bhairitu wrote: In a much, much larger community that Sarah Palin was ever mayor of. Probably a community with more population than the whole state of Alaska. Maybe so, but what was the result? There is rampant unemployment in Chicago, but in Achorage there is a surplus of jobs. Why is it that the high unemployment is concentrated in all the 'blue' states, the ones with the liberal governors and senators? Because nobody wants to live in cold, inhospitable Alaska. Would you live there? Why do you live in Texas (with it's high taxes)? Everyone wants to live in places like California because of the weather. They'd probably live in Mexico that has even better weather year around if we could get rid of the corruption there and it was part of the US. Maybe a NAU isn't such a bad idea after but they wanted to spring it on the public because they knew the public would not support it. And after all how did 2006 go? From what I've read, Obama was a community orgainizer in a small neighborhood in Chicago, most of whom used to go to church with Obama to listen to the Rev. Wright. Apparently Obama sat next to Mr. Rezko. I wonder where Rezko is now? No, that is not the question I asked. Again, how did 2006 go or to be even more clear the 2006 election? I suspect 2008 will go the same way. Well, I guess they closed down the housing project Mr. Obama organized in Chicago, but the library up in Wasilla, Alaska is still open and serving the public. Apparently with only Palin approved books or at least she attempted that. Are you also a dominionist? Apparently Obama took up with the terrorist Bill Ayers and relieved the Annenburg Foundation of several million dollars. I wonder what happened to all the money? Where is your evidence of this? Your party is over. If Obama's idea of community orgainizing can't produce anything better than a big new million dollar house for himself and one for the Rev Wright, then probably your party is over! A million dollar house isn't anything nowadays and a politician, even conservative ones, needs to live in a secure neighborhood. This argument has little merit. My bet as we move away from the Republican convention we'll see more of a surge in the polls for Obama and there is already a surge in Democratic Party voter registrations: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Democrats_post_big_gains_in_voter_0906.html I don't doubt that Obama is saddened by his mentor's conviction, but the rest of his statement is from outer space. This isn't the Tony Rezko I knew. Deja vu, anyone? I could swear I've heard it somewhere before. Sure enough--the racist, anti-American Rev. Wright whom we've all seen on video wasn't the Rev. Wright whom Obama knew for 20 years, either. And the outrageously bigoted Father Pfleger wasn't the Pfleger whom Obama assiduously supported with earmarks--another form of political corruption. Read more: 'The Most Wildly Inappropriate Statement Ever?' Posted by Posted by John Hinderaker: Powerline, June 4, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/6jygm4 Mudslinging the popular sport of election years through history. What else is new. Why aren't you posting Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity too?
[FairfieldLife] Crop Circle, Cherhill, reported 7'th August
http://tinyurl.com/64rl93
[FairfieldLife] Re: Amazing beverage for ice found in Russia!
[FairfieldLife] Crop Circle, Lockeridge, Wiltshire
Done by very drunk english lads in a couple of hours during thursday 7'th August: http://tinyurl.com/55kn2r
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John wrote: The Republicans are actually telling the truth of what they intend to do in office. In the economic front, they say: we will reduce taxes and increase national security. Thus, the USA has a deficit because the taxes were reduced and American troops are in Iraq and Afghanistan. In effect, the Americans should think about what they're voting for in the next election. One way or another, politicians are going to cost you money. Myabe so. Do federal payroll taxes pay for the war Iraq and Afghanistan? Obama apparently voted to cut off the funding for U.S. troops, but did he vote to cut any payroll taxes? I don't know how Obama voted relating to payroll taxes. But he is touting or tooting a new tune these days. He is proposing to cut taxes, which sounds good to the American people. He'll gain points with this one. On the other hand, he is consistently opposed against the war in Iraq and is for continuing the US military presence in Afghanistan. It appears that he is playing the right chord on this one too.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
You've captured what has long struck me as an inborn conflict of the conservative agenda. People who stand for low taxes and a strong military are at odds with themselves. A strong military requires a big cash outlay - as much as 54% of the budget, by one measure: http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm Seems to me, if we're to have a strong military and low taxes, we'll need to borrow lots of money. I've always called the military industrial complex a corporate welfare state. It doesn't deserve to exist and covertly arranges for wars so that it can sell its hardware. If you are against welfare then you have to be against it all the way around and that is also to be against corporate welfare whether it be for the military industrial complex or forcing our agricultural products on countries quite capable of growing their own and in the process destroying their agricultural economy. Don't forget that Eisenhower warned us of the military industrial complex and his fears about them have materialized. Whether we like or not, the military industrial complex will always be present in the American economy and politics. The pragmatic approach to the situation is to have a president who will reduce the expenditures for the military. This requires a president to have a new vision as to where the direction of the American economy should be headed. At the present time, the priority should be to reduce the US treasury debt which is causing the economic problems we are having now.
[FairfieldLife] Barak will not be bullied!
Our next President, Barak Obama, will not be bullied by hockey moms, former PTA members, or small-town mayors like Sarah Palin! Whether Obama is revealing personal weakness or simply highlighting the historic weakness of his party, this is not talk that projects strength, especially in the current context - what is Obama saying, he won't be bullied by a 44 year old hockey mom? Stand Tall, Barack - you won't be bullied by Sarah Palin! Read more: 'Obama Will Not be Bullied!' Posted by Tom Maguire http://tinyurl.com/6chh37
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:16 PM, do.rflex wrote: People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. -Richard M. Nixon Well, I'm not sure he was wrong--people *react* to fear, while they respond to love. Corny but true. Or, as a famous philosopher put it, You attract more flies with honey than vinegar. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:16 PM, do.rflex wrote: People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. -Richard M. Nixon Well, I'm not sure he was wrong--people *react* to fear, while they respond to love. Corny but true. Or, as a famous philosopher put it, You attract more flies with honey than vinegar. Sal LOL. There was also a Roman philosopher who said, Life is short. Let's have a drink. They may be related.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
John wrote: Whether we like or not, the military industrial complex will always be present in the American economy and politics. The pragmatic approach to the situation is to have a president who will reduce the expenditures for the military. This requires a president to have a new vision as to where the direction of the American economy should be headed. You're certainly idealistic. The MIC has TOO MUCH POWER. GE is a major part of the MIC and owns NBC and MSNBC. The MIC as GE is an example of has too much control over the media. They want eternal war for eternal profits. Your attitude is just to give up and except it. Not an enlightened approach at all. We need the anti-trust laws back in force again and break up these big corporations and keep them from merging again. The suit boys will whine but who the fuck are they anyway? It's not their planet. Fuck 'em! At the present time, the priority should be to reduce the US treasury debt which is causing the economic problems we are having now. Indeed but lets not be too idealistic about it.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
Sal Sunshine wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:16 PM, do.rflex wrote: People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. -Richard M. Nixon Well, I'm not sure he was wrong--people *react* to fear, while they respond to love. Corny but true. Or, as a famous philosopher put it, You attract more flies with honey than vinegar. Sal And people who have no fear of death don't react to fear at all. If they seem fearful it is more likely that they are just annoyed. I would say that extends to many people in this group who after years of meditation should no longer fear death. IOW, to the fear mongers we are a dangerous force because we can't be controlled by them.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:16 PM, do.rflex wrote: People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. -Richard M. Nixon Well, I'm not sure he was wrong--people *react* to fear, while they respond to love. Corny but true. Or, as a famous philosopher put it, You attract more flies with honey than vinegar. Sal I think Barry's suggestion, like Nixon's, was that using fear to manipulate people works quite well for politicians. Here's another similar lovely quote that illustrates the meaning: Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. ~~ Hermann Goering
[FairfieldLife] Re: New file uploaded to FairfieldLife
The article I read was in Friday's NYT, the WeekendArts section, in an art review titled, Mr. Natural Goes the the Museum You will enjoy it! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: Hey, did you notice the Crumbster, or an exhibit about his work got a good write up in the NYT yesterday. No. And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing it to my attention. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/robert_c rumb/index.html or http://tinyurl.com/6hjwaa I really love Robert. He is one of the most sincere, straightforward, honest people it has ever been my good fortune to meet. You just want to hug him, but you don't, because you know it would make him uncomfortable. What those who have never really dived into his more esoteric (read limited edition and expensive) work may not realize is the God's-honest-truthness of the lines from the article, ...art critic Robert Hughes once called Mr. Crumb 'the Bruegel of the 20th century.' He's that good. I'm into art. I've seen the line drawings of Bruegel and all of the other Dutch Masters. Robert's in their league. Also from the article: Mr. Crumb's work presents a vision of American life as a phantasmagoric gallery of grotesques that is as gripping as it is harshly funny. Hey, I lived for a time as Robert's next-door neighbor. Life often IS a a phantasmagoric gallery of grotesques in Sauve. But it's also To Die For Funny, and I loved that Robert, given all he's been through, could laugh at it as much as he does. One of the first things that endeared me to R.Crumb, the first time I met him in Paris, is that he laughed at my jokes. Really. I mean, he *really* laughed. Get a couple of glasses of wine in me, and I tell jokes. It's just who I am, and what I do. And I *understand* that some of my friends put up with my jokes only because they really, really love me. But, weirdo that I am, I really *get into* the telling of a good joke. I look at a joke as an artform, something that one practices but never masters. So I don't just tell jokes over and over, I *tune* them, and try to make them more *effective* jokes. This inner artistic quest has so far met with far too much stony non-laughter. Maybe it's my choice of jokes. But Robert really *liked* my jokes. And when he did -- and it would always take him a few seconds before he did, and realized that he did -- he would burst into the most Buddhalike laughter I have ever heard. It was like someone who carried the weight of the world around on his shoulders for a living suddenly having a moment that made him laugh. Contributing to that laughter, whenever I could, were the high points of my time in Sauve.
[FairfieldLife] Tropic Thunder-Go See
Don't know it's been discussed here, but just saw Tropic Thunder. with my 12yr. old. Sounds strange, but the 12yr. old is somehow more tuned in to that language and references than my 15yr. old. Lot of f- words and sexual references. I wasn't quite expecting that. (thinking of the 12yr. old here) Tom Cruise was excellent.
[FairfieldLife] Ancient Greek analog computer
Fascinating video about an ancient Greek analog computer which could predict eclipses 1500 years ahead: Check it out. http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/antikythera/
[FairfieldLife] Bill Maher: You don't like Obama cuz he's smarter 'n you
Barack Obama can't help it if he's a magna cum laude Harvard grad and you're a Wal-Mart shopper who resurfaces driveways with your brother-in- law. Americans are so narcissistic that our candidates have to be just like us. That's why George Bush is president. And that's where the McCain camp gets its campaign strategy: Paint Obama as cocky and arrogant and wait for America to vote him off, like the black guy in every reality show. A black president? Half of Pennsylvania isn't ready for black quarterbacks. Forget Obama, they think Will Smith needs to be taken down a peg. http://tinyurl.com/6h75l6
[FairfieldLife] America's Greenest Schools: MUM's supergreen bldg
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=211611
[FairfieldLife] MUM's Sustainable Living Center
http://tinyurl.com/5gsrzx
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Maher: You don't like Obama cuz he's smarter 'n you
Whaddever you say Billy Boy --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barack Obama can't help it if he's a magna cum laude Harvard grad and you're a Wal-Mart shopper who resurfaces driveways with your brother-in- law. Americans are so narcissistic that our candidates have to be just like us. That's why George Bush is president. And that's where the McCain camp gets its campaign strategy: Paint Obama as cocky and arrogant and wait for America to vote him off, like the black guy in every reality show. A black president? Half of Pennsylvania isn't ready for black quarterbacks. Forget Obama, they think Will Smith needs to be taken down a peg. http://tinyurl.com/6h75l6
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Reason For Attacks on Palin
On Sep 5, 2008, at 10:07 PM, authfriend wrote: Gee, I thought it was pretty clear from my posts. My ideology hasn't changed, but the Democratic Party is no longer in tune with it. You and Ronnie: I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me. The Dems took over Congress in 2006, but not a damn thing has changed; they're still kowtowing to the Republicans. And as as I recall, Judy, when Barry pointed out to you that that seemed like what they were gearing up to do, and then I did as well, you ridiculed us and basically said that all they needed was time. Glad to see you finally agree. :) Have fun on the dark side. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:54 PM, John wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:16 PM, do.rflex wrote: People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. -Richard M. Nixon Well, I'm not sure he was wrong--people *react* to fear, while they respond to love. Corny but true. Or, as a famous philosopher put it, You attract more flies with honey than vinegar. Sal LOL. There was also a Roman philosopher who said, Life is short. Let's have a drink. They may be related. Are you sure that wasn't George Bush in one of his more lucid moments? Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Maher: You don't like Obama cuz he's smarter 'n you
-That's why Obama chose Biden, as an intellectual counter weight. Smart move -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Barack Obama can't help it if he's a magna cum laude Harvard grad and you're a Wal-Mart shopper who resurfaces driveways with your brother-in- law. Americans are so narcissistic that our candidates have to be just like us. That's why George Bush is president. And that's where the McCain camp gets its campaign strategy: Paint Obama as cocky and arrogant and wait for America to vote him off, like the black guy in every reality show. A black president? Half of Pennsylvania isn't ready for black quarterbacks. Forget Obama, they think Will Smith needs to be taken down a peg. http://tinyurl.com/6h75l6
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Maher: You don't like Obama cuz he's smarter 'n you
Full text: Republicans, stop calling Obama elitist Because the real reason you don't like him is that he's smarter than you. By Bill Maher Sept. 5, 2008 | New Rule: Republicans need to stop saying Barack Obama is an elitist, or looks down on rural people, and just admit you don't like him because of something he can't help, something that's a result of the way he was born. Admit it, you're not voting for him because he's smarter than you. In her acceptance speech, Gov. Sarah Palin accused Obama of using his run for the White House as a journey of personal discovery -- this from the lady who just spent 10 minutes of her speech introducing her family -- Track, Trig, Bristol, Piper -- for a minute there I thought she was calling in an airstrike. Karl Rove described Obama as the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini, and making snide comments about everyone who passes by. Unlike George Bush, who's the guy at the country club who makes snide comments, and then passes out. Now this characterization, of course, was something Mr. Rove just completely pulled out of his bulbous, gelatinous ass, but remember this is America, a land where people believe anything they hear. One of McCain's ads casts Obama as the one, implying he thinks he's the Messiah. Good, maybe he can raise McCain from the dead. It doesn't matter to Karl Rove that his country club characterization is fictitious, it's the role that Obama must play if the party of plutocrats is going to win over the little guy. Over and over at this convention we heard about the new put-upon victim in our society, the person in America, like Sarah Palin, who's constantly mocked because they're from a ... small town! Governor Yup Yup's got 'em all riled up about being disrespected. Barack Obama can't help it if he's a magna cum laude Harvard grad and you're a Wal-Mart shopper who resurfaces driveways with your brother-in-law. Americans are so narcissistic that our candidates have to be just like us. That's why George Bush is president. And that's where the McCain camp gets its campaign strategy: Paint Obama as cocky and arrogant and wait for America to vote him off, like the black guy in every reality show. A black president? Half of Pennsylvania isn't ready for black quarterbacks. Forget Obama, they think Will Smith needs to be taken down a peg. And finally: As for country first, you know who's putting country first? I am, by supporting Obama, because a victory this fall for the McCain-Mooseburger ticket would make my job in the next four years very, very easy.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Reason For Attacks on Palin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 5, 2008, at 10:07 PM, authfriend wrote: Gee, I thought it was pretty clear from my posts. My ideology hasn't changed, but the Democratic Party is no longer in tune with it. You and Ronnie: I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me. No, as I said, I've left the Democratic Party. Reagan, I believe, became a Republican, did he not? The Dems took over Congress in 2006, but not a damn thing has changed; they're still kowtowing to the Republicans. And as as I recall, Judy, when Barry pointed out to you that that seemed like what they were gearing up to do, and then I did as well, you ridiculed us and basically said that all they needed was time. Nope, you recall incorrectly. What I pointed out repeatedly was that the newly Democratic Congress was *in a position* to turn things around and that we needed to give them a little time before we could determine whether they were going to or not. If I ridiculed you--and I don't believe I did--it would have been for proclaiming something you had no basis for being so certain about. You might want to check out post #123015. Your fave Michael Moore was highly optimistic--more so than I was--about what Congress would accomplish. Glad to see you finally agree. :) Have fun on the dark side. Just out of curiosity, Sal, what is it in your fevered imagination that you think of as the dark side that I'm supposedly now on? I ask because you've lied so often about where I stand; I'm interested to know if you're doing it again.
[FairfieldLife] Palin Home Pregnancy Kit
From Real Time with Bill Maher So easy to use, even a fundamentalist Christian could use it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXz3cOV8A_w
Re: [FairfieldLife] Crop Circle reported Agust 16, Wiltshire
Dang, I thought we were not visible with our Harry Potter invisibility cloaks! Nabs, stop spilling the beans, please! --- On Sat, 9/6/08, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Crop Circle reported Agust 16, Wiltshire To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 4:13 PM Another Crop Circle made by peter on heavy medication and som drunken british lads: http://tinyurl.com/6j5j5w To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links
[FairfieldLife] Re: technologies for manifesting intentions
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Jai Guru Dev Maharishi Susan Is this something new in our TM culture since the passing of Maharishi? That the phrase Jai Guru Dev has now morphed into Jai Guru Dev Maharishi? Please let me know as I am usually the last to know these things...
[FairfieldLife] Post Count
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 2008 End Date (UTC): Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 2008 111 messages as of (UTC) Sun Sep 07 00:13:41 2008 11 shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8 Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8 Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7 authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7 John [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6 Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6 do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5 nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5 mainstream20016 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5 lurkernomore20002000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5 TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4 feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4 bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4 Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3 yifuxero [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3 curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3 cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3 Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2 sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2 sgrayatlarge [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Richard Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 1 Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posters: 30 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: Now THAT is a shotgun wedding
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip And wouldn't you know it... Gov. Palin is a strong proponent of teaching abstinence-only sex education to teenagers. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/gov-palin-says.html Wrong. From the Los Angeles Times: Palin appears to disagree with McCain on sex education The Republican vice presidential candidate says students should be taught about condoms. Her running mate -- and the party platform -- disagree. By Seema Mehta Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 6, 2008 ...In a widely quoted 2006 survey [Palin] answered during her gubernatorial campaign, Palin said she supported abstinence-until- marriage programs. But weeks later, she proclaimed herself pro- contraception and said condoms ought to be discussed in schools alongside abstinence. I'm pro-contraception, and I think kids who may not hear about it at home should hear about it in other avenues, she said during a debate in Juneau Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella said the governor stands by her 2006 statement, supporting sex education that covers both abstinence and contraception Palin's statements date to her 2006 gubernatorial run. In July of that year, she completed a candidate questionnaire that asked, would she support funding for abstinence-until-marriage programs instead of explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics and the distribution of contraceptives in schools? Palin wrote, Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support. But in August of that year, Palin was asked during a KTOO radio debate if explicit programs include those that discuss condoms. Palin said no and called discussions of condoms relatively benign. Explicit means explicit, she said. No, I'm pro-contraception, and I think kids who may not hear about it at home should hear about it in other avenues. So I am not anti-contraception. But, yeah, abstinence is another alternative that should be discussed with kids. I don't have a problem with that. That doesn't scare me, so it's something I would support also. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-sexed6- 2008sep06,0,3119305.story http://tinyurl.com/5nog8z
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ancient Greek analog computer
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fascinating video about an ancient Greek analog computer which could predict eclipses 1500 years ahead: Check it out. http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/antikythera/ That was very interesting. It makes one wonder: what else did the Greeks know? Where did they get the knowledge to make such a mechanism? In astrology, the Greek and Hindu systems have some similarities. For example, both systems use the same 12 signs of the zodiac. And, the lords of these zodiac signs are the same. So, it appears that these two systems either came from a common source, or that the two systems borrowed from each other at one point in the ancient past.
[FairfieldLife] Superlative University of Management
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/5gsrzx Hey, it's not JUST a sustainable living center, it's the WORLD'S most advanced sustainable living center. Don't these clowns see that when they use superlatives like this that they are destroying any little credibility that they have left?
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Reason For Attacks on Palin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Have fun on the dark side. Sal On the same note, I was listening to one of those right-wing talk shows the other day and they were commenting on how shocked and taken aback the Democrats were as a result of Sarah Palin's appointment as VP. The host, Hugh Hewitt, said that the Democrats were regrouping in Mordor.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fiscal conservatism
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] LOL. There was also a Roman philosopher who said, Life is short. Let's have a drink. They may be related. Grub first, then ethics -- Bertolt Brecht
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Now THAT is a shotgun wedding
On Sep 6, 2008, at 7:19 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip And wouldn't you know it... Gov. Palin is a strong proponent of teaching abstinence-only sex education to teenagers. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/gov-palin-says.html Wrong. From the Los Angeles Times: Palin appears to disagree with McCain on sex education The Republican vice presidential candidate says students should be taught about condoms. Her running mate -- and the party platform -- disagree. By Seema Mehta Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 6, 2008 ...In a widely quoted 2006 survey Notice the date, Judy? 2006 [Palin] answered during her gubernatorial campaign, Palin said she supported abstinence-until- marriage programs. But weeks later, she proclaimed herself pro- contraception Ah, she was against contraception before she was for it. Got it. and said condoms ought to be discussed in schools alongside abstinence. I'm pro-contraception... Evidently she forgot to tell her daughter. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Palin Home Pregnancy Kit
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From Real Time with Bill Maher So easy to use, even a fundamentalist Christian could use it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXz3cOV8A_w Now, THAT is funny!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Real Reason For Attacks on Palin
On Sep 6, 2008, at 7:43 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: On the same note, I was listening to one of those right-wing talk shows the other day and they were commenting on how shocked and taken aback the Democrats were as a result of Sarah Palin's appointment as VP. The host, Hugh Hewitt, said that the Democrats were regrouping in Mordor. Regrouping? Heck, that's where we live. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bill Maher: You don't like Obama cuz he's smarter 'n you
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Full text: Republicans, stop calling Obama elitist We wouldn't mind if Obama was just an elitist, Rick. We mind because he is a Marxist elitist.
[FairfieldLife] Saw a lawn sign for this candidate today in Phoenix
http://www.teamschmuck.com/
[FairfieldLife] Ban guns? Heck, Britain should ban Equestrian
http://tinyurl.com/5tmrfs
[FairfieldLife] Re: Michael Moore: Liberals, lay off Palin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curtis wrote: That stuff about his associating with terrorists doesn't pass the smell test with me and demeaning his community organizing work is pathetic. From what I've read, Obama used to work for the terrorist Ayers. They both got a lot of money from the Anneneburg Foundation for a housing project. Maybe you should read some facts. Ayers has been on the board of the annenburg foundation along with many other leading citizens of chicago for many yrs. Obama was on it for 3 yrs. Maybe you could read up on what exactly a board of directors is and does and you'd understand obama never got any money from that foundation. Ayers is a professor and active in helping the poor, he's not under any criminal suspicion, though he was a member of the weather underground. Apparently you haven't been keeping up with the news! You reading chain emails from paid right wing assassins? Doing good is not bad. Not by a long shot. But the housing project is now boarded up. What happened to all the money? Is this an example of the kind of community orgainizing you'd want for your neighborhood? Documents released Tuesday by the University of Illinois at Chicago shed some light on Barack Obama's relationship with William Ayers, a founding member of the 1960s and 1970s radical group the Weather Underground. The documents showed virtually no connection between obama and ayers except both present at some boards meetings together. Read more: 'Newly Released Documents Highlight Obama's Relationship With Ayers' Fox News, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/5bwee2
[FairfieldLife] Re: Now THAT is a shotgun wedding
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 6, 2008, at 7:19 PM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: snip And wouldn't you know it... Gov. Palin is a strong proponent of teaching abstinence-only sex education to teenagers. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/gov-palin- says.html Wrong. From the Los Angeles Times: Palin appears to disagree with McCain on sex education The Republican vice presidential candidate says students should be taught about condoms. Her running mate -- and the party platform - - disagree. By Seema Mehta Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 6, 2008 ...In a widely quoted 2006 survey Notice the date, Judy? 2006 Yes, Sal, I did notice the date. Did you think it had some special astrological significance, perhaps? [Palin] answered during her gubernatorial campaign, Palin said she supported abstinence-until- marriage programs. But weeks later, she proclaimed herself pro- contraception Ah, she was against contraception before she was for it. Got it. Nope, you missed it. Read it again, please, including the parts you snipped. and said condoms ought to be discussed in schools alongside abstinence. I'm pro-contraception... Evidently she forgot to tell her daughter. Right, nobody *ever* gets pregnant when a condom is used. They're 100 percent effective, every time.
[FairfieldLife] The Best Daily Show Episode Ever? - The Jed Report
The Best Daily Show Episode Ever? Maybe this isn't the best, but if not, it's right up there, delivering a wonderful ride through the final night of the GOP convention: http://www.jedreport.com/2008/09/the-best-daily-show-episode-ev.html
