[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama-jaya-hetu-dvayam?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: As I wrote about earlier, pretending that the criticism or insult aimed at you *personally* is really about a group is an old cultist's trick, used to pretend it really *isn't* about you personally. But it is. Following up on this, just because it's a fun topic, I think the issue is that some people react to being called a name by pretending that the name was really meant to refer not to them personally but to a group that they feel that they are symbols for. No, Barry, nobody here reacts that way. You made that up. Here's the real issue: It simply doesn't occur to men who don't have an underlying streak of misogyny to insult/attack/criticize a woman using terms that denigrate her on the basis of her gender. Doing so is therefore a sure sign of a bad attitude toward women. *Especially* in a person who styles himself a writer, I might add, because he presumably has a larger and more varied vocabulary on which to draw to formulate his criticisms/insults/attacks. It's a dead giveaway. And the pretense here is all yours. Actually, I've found that using gender-neutral terms when insulting a woman gets a MUCH bigger response. Example called a woman a jerk once instead of a bitch. She was quite upset. If they're so insane as to get their hot buttons pushed by jerk, there's really nothing you can do to be misogyny-free. On the whole, however, you are wisest to stick with gender-neutral terms and avoid the B-word (even if the person you are addressing is clearly one). And the dreaded C-word is right out. Better to stick with gender-neutrality or with male epithets like hardon or boner. For obvious reasons, epithets like strap-on or dildo are right out. It's all about sparing the fairer sex any hint of misogyny, donchaknow? The way they believe things should work is that they get a free pass for saying stupid shit, while the men they rail against are fair game for anything they wish to call them.
[FairfieldLife] 'Return of the Woolly Mammoth!'
By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek November 19, 2008 06:20 PM Just in time for global warming, scientists have sequenced the genome of the extinct woolly mammoth, last seen roaming the Earth about 10,000 years ago and in cudgel-and-sandals films like 10,000 BC. Previous studies on extinct organisms have generated only small amounts of data, said Stephan C. Schuster, the Penn State University biochemistry professor who co-authored the new research, in a statement. Our data set is 100 times more extensive than any other published data set for an extinct species, demonstrating that ancient DNA studies can be brought up to the same level as modern genome projects. Schuster told The Associated Press that eventually it should be possible to re-create any extinct creature that lived within the last 100,000 years, given suitable genetic material. That appears to preclude the sort of dinosaur theme park depicted in the film Jurassic Park -- the Jurassic period spanned from about 206 million to 144 million years ago. However, Pleistocene Park has potential -- think saber-toothed tigers, giant ground sloths, and Neanderthal tour guides. [B]y deciphering this genome we could, in theory, generate data that one day may help other researchers to bring the woolly mammoth back to life by inserting the uniquely mammoth DNA sequences into the genome of the modern-day elephant, Schuster said in a statement. This would allow scientists to retrieve the genetic information that was believed to have been lost when the mammoth died out, as well as to bring back an extinct species that modern humans have missed meeting by only a few thousand years. For ancient humans, meeting a woolly mammoth may have been a real treat: According to the Mammoth Genome Project, the enormous amount of meat coming from a six- to eight-ton animal ... would have fed 400 people for several weeks. The natural refrigeration available when mammoth was what's for dinner may have made it possible to keep mammoth meat fresh for several weeks. Unfortunately, experiments suggest chilled mammoth meat probably smelled and tasted like Limburger cheese. Of course, hygiene standards, not to mention dietary options, were different then. Before any of this happens, however the researchers -- from Penn State, the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, the Zoological Institute in Russia, the University of California, the Broad Institute, Roche Diagnostics, and the Sperling Foundation -- have further work to do. The genome data set now consists of 4 billion DNA bases, but Schuster and his colleagues believe that only 3.3 billion of them belong in the mammoth genome. The extra DNA bases could belong to bacteria, fungi, or something else that might have contaminated the genetic sample, comprised of hairs from a frozen mammoth recovered from the Siberian permafrost. So the scientists have to clean up their genomic data. If and when tomorrow's aspiring P.T. Barnum decides to revive the species for science or showmanship, he won't want his woolly mammoth to have, say, a mushroom for a head. To help arrive at a functional woolly mammoth genome, the researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard are sequencing the genome of the African elephant for comparison. Only after the genome of the African elephant has been completed will we be able to make a final assessment about how much of the full woolly-mammoth genome we have sequenced, said Webb Miller, a professor of biology, computer science, and engineering at Penn State, in a statement. This work, however, awaits further funding.
[FairfieldLife] Some things never change (was Re: 'Return of the Woolly Mammoth!')
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Schuster told The Associated Press that eventually it should be possible to re-create any extinct creature that lived within the last 100,000 years, given suitable genetic material. That appears to preclude the sort of dinosaur theme park depicted in the film Jurassic Park -- the Jurassic period spanned from about 206 million to 144 million years ago. However, Pleistocene Park has potential -- think saber-toothed tigers, giant ground sloths, and Neanderthal tour guides. Dialog overheard in the Disney Pleistocene Theme Park: NEANDERTHAL TOUR GUIDE 1 (male): Ooog. Mooga booga donka splatmuncha, hag booga donka cookamuncha. (Good. Now I will show you how we hunt for food, while my wife shows you how we cook it.) NEANDERTHAL TOUR GUIDE 2 (female): Ooog mooga kiesterooga, tooga chauvinooga splat- porkerooga! Dig mooga semper booga donka cooka- muncha? Mooga splatmuncha longerdicka tooga! (Good my ass, you male chauvinist pig! Why do I always have to show off the cooking? I hunt better than you do!) :-)
[FairfieldLife] 'Cardinal of Apostolic Penitentiary Slams Obama'
Cardinal Stafford criticizes Obama as ‘aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic’ Cardinal James Stafford / President-elect Barack Obama Washington DC, Nov 17, 2008 / 02:27 pm (CNA).- Cardinal James Francis Stafford, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See, http://www.catholic-pages.com/vatican/curia.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_Penitentiary delivered a lecture on Thursday saying that the future under President- elect Obama will echo Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane. Criticizing Obama as “aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic,” he went on to speak about a decline in respect for human life and the need for Catholics to return to the values of marriage and human dignity. Delivered at the Catholic University of America, the cardinal’s lecture was titled “Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II: Being True in Body and Soul,” the student university paper The Tower reports. Hosted by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, his words focused upon Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae, whose fortieth anniversary is marked this year. Commenting on the results of the recent presidential election, Cardinal Stafford said on Election Day “America suffered a cultural earthquake.” The cardinal argued that President-elect Obama had campaigned on an “extremist anti-life platform” and predicted that the near future would be a time of trial. “If 1968 was the year of America’s ‘suicide attempt,’ 2008 is the year of America’s exhaustion,” he said, contrasting the year of Humane Vitae’s promulgation with this election year. “For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden,” Cardinal Stafford told his audience. Catholics who weep the “hot, angry tears of betrayal” should try to identify with Jesus, who during his agony in the garden was “sick because of love.” The cardinal attributed America’s decline to the Supreme Court’s decisions such as the 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, which imposed permissive abortion laws nationwide. “Its scrupulous meanness has had catastrophic effects upon the unity and integrity of the American republic,” Cardinal Stafford commented, according to The Tower. His theological remarks centered upon man’s relationship with God and man’s place in society. “Man is a sacred element of secular life,” he said, arguing that therefore “man should not be held to a supreme power of state, and a person’s life cannot ultimately be controlled by government.” Cardinal Stafford also touched on the state of the family, saying that the truest reflection of the relationship between the believer and God is the relationship between husband and wife, and that contraceptive use does not fit within that relationship.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Exploding Heads
Another screed brought to you by Raunchdog. What's the point? As soon as I read polemical bullshit like, ultimate war criminal Colin Powell I stop. Perhaps there are some good points in here, but they are completely lost because OF THE SCREAMING! People don't listen when other people scream. This is preaching-to-the-choir material only to help stoke the OUTRAGE, THE BETRAYALSPUTTER..SPUTTER! --- On Thu, 11/20/08, raunchydog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: raunchydog [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Exploding Heads To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 1:23 AM Obama Is a Center-Right Democrat, Not a Liberal.From Obama's promise-breaking vote for FISA, to his grovelling acceptance of the endorsement of ultimate war criminal Colin Powell, to his unwillingness to take a strong public stand against Proposition 8, to his softening of his positions on executive orders (he'll use them now), a full withdrawal from Iraq (residual troops will remain), closing Gitmo (easier said than done and we might get a messy new legal system instead of justice), and ending torture (he sounds a lot like George W. Bush here - America DOES torture, or how could he end it? And what about enhanced interrogation techniques?), to his willingness to appoint Republicans to his Cabinet, Obama is rubbing his center-right beliefs in his gullible followers' faces. We Tried To Tell Ya, Cheetos… Posted on November 19, 2008 by madamab Where Is My ObamaLove? but you wouldn't admit that Barack Obama was not a progressive, a liberal or even really a Democrat. You accepted all the crazy, ridiculous narratives that were fed you by Axelrove and Burton and Plouffe (Oh my!). Hillary is a racist! Hillary wants Obama killed! Hillary is an evil warmonger! The Clinton era was the same as the Reagan-Bush era! Obama will saave us from the evil clutches of the DLC and people like Joe Lieberman! We will finally, FINALLY get rid of all those moderate, centrist, Republican-lite politicians like the Clintons and achieve ideological purity if we just elect Obama, at which point all racism will also disappear and the world will move into a more enlightened Age! Where do I begin with this nonsense? Well, how about the fate of the Queen of All Evil, Hillary Clinton? Looks like instead of slinking back to the Senate in shame, discredited for evah and evah, La Rodham is much more in this situation. Now, Who Will Bring Me Cake? Rumors are flying with great abandon about Senator Clinton's future. Will she be Secretary of State? Will she take the job Ted Kennedy offered her in order to keep her autonomy and work on the issue that is nearest and dearest to her heart, Universal Health Care? Will she run for President ever again? Fiddle-dee-dee, what's a girl to do? One thing is certain: Senator Clinton is one of the most sought-after names in the country right now. Guess all that stuff Obama said about her foreign policy experience being limited to drinking tea and other ceremonial activities was just a bunch of hooey. And even Ted Kennedy, the biggest Obama supporter in the Senate, realizes he shouldn't work on reforming health care without her. Aw, so sad, too bad, Cheetos. Bamboozled again. But wait, there's more haid-exploding news for the Obamabots: Hello, Holy Joe! Howard Dean says Joe Lieberman was kept in the Democratic caucus because the Senate was following Barack Obama's lead. But then, the Huffington Post reported as much over a week ago. So no, Firedoglake idiots, Joe Lieberman's fate is not Clinton's call, as you so ludicrously claimed in your latest action email to me. Your CDS is fucking embarrassing at this point. Let it go. You got your Messiah and it's all on him now. Evil Clintonites Being Drafted into Obama Administration At Speed of Light. As we all know, Obamabots are incredibly invested in ridding the party of all centrist, DLC influences, since they are diluting the purity of the progressive movement, don'tcha know; and anyone who voted for the war is right out. (Still trying to figure out what this movement is all about, since throwing the working class out of the Democratic Party doesn't seem too progressive to me.) How's that workin' out for them so far? Rahm Emanuel, DLC mucky-muck, warmonger and Clintonite, is Obama's Chief of Staff. Eric Holder, Clintonite and influential advocate of the Marc Rich pardon, is Obama's Attorney General. John Podesta, Clintonite, is chief of Obama's transition team. There are many more Clintonites up for Cabinet positions, including, of course, an actual Clinton. Are you starting to get it now, folks? Let me bold it for you just in case: Obama Is a Center-Right Democrat, Not a Liberal. From Obama's promise-breaking vote for FISA, to his grovelling acceptance of the endorsement of ultimate war criminal Colin Powell, to his
[FairfieldLife] Why might many Indian gurus be unreliable as to Sanskrit? Version 0.01
Why might (or mightn't) many Indian gurus be unreliable as to Sanskrit? What is *your* opinion? ; )
Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Cardinal of Apostolic Penitentiary Slams Obama'
The Cardinal certainly has the darshan of a man I should place my trust in. Okay, back to the little boys. --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] 'Cardinal of Apostolic Penitentiary Slams Obama' To: Barack Obama [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rachel [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jonathan Alter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 6:33 AM Cardinal Stafford criticizes Obama as ‘aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic’ Cardinal James Stafford / President-elect Barack Obama Washington DC, Nov 17, 2008 / 02:27 pm (CNA).- Cardinal James Francis Stafford, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See, http://www.catholic-pages.com/vatican/curia.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_Penitentiary delivered a lecture on Thursday saying that the future under President- elect Obama will echo Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane. Criticizing Obama as “aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic,” he went on to speak about a decline in respect for human life and the need for Catholics to return to the values of marriage and human dignity. Delivered at the Catholic University of America, the cardinal’s lecture was titled “Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II: Being True in Body and Soul,” the student university paper The Tower reports. Hosted by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, his words focused upon Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae, whose fortieth anniversary is marked this year. Commenting on the results of the recent presidential election, Cardinal Stafford said on Election Day “America suffered a cultural earthquake.” The cardinal argued that President-elect Obama had campaigned on an “extremist anti-life platform” and predicted that the near future would be a time of trial. “If 1968 was the year of America’s ‘suicide attempt,’ 2008 is the year of America’s exhaustion,” he said, contrasting the year of Humane Vitae’s promulgation with this election year. “For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden,” Cardinal Stafford told his audience. Catholics who weep the “hot, angry tears of betrayal” should try to identify with Jesus, who during his agony in the garden was “sick because of love.” The cardinal attributed America’s decline to the Supreme Court’s decisions such as the 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, which imposed permissive abortion laws nationwide. “Its scrupulous meanness has had catastrophic effects upon the unity and integrity of the American republic,” Cardinal Stafford commented, according to The Tower. His theological remarks centered upon man’s relationship with God and man’s place in society. “Man is a sacred element of secular life,” he said, arguing that therefore “man should not be held to a supreme power of state, and a person’s life cannot ultimately be controlled by government.” Cardinal Stafford also touched on the state of the family, saying that the truest reflection of the relationship between the believer and God is the relationship between husband and wife, and that contraceptive use does not fit within that relationship.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:11 AM Did anyone else here used to think what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 million dollar private jet around Fairfield? I mean, I have no problem with someone being rich, but to be such an asshole about it and ridiculously egocentric as to think he needs a big jet to be important. I thought he was an asshole then for that, but I don't believe he is totally because I met him one on one a couple of times and we had good talks. I liked him. But what possesses people to this arrogant level of self-importance and pollution of the atmosphere that so often happens? Where is Earl now anyways? Does he still hate Maharishi? How is his golf resort in North Carolina? And why doesn't he just go ahead and give that mansion I helped put the best finishing touches in FF to MUM, and get over his pathetic ego. OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld Offworld, you seem to be outstanding in your field today. Is it raining? Why judge anyone for anything especially when thy have zero impact on you. Earl has his karma you have yours. His involves 10 million dollar jets and yours doesn't. So what? You talk about Earl being arrogant, ah, have you re-read your own post? Do you know what projection is?
[FairfieldLife] Laughter, the best weapon against irrationality
Lately a number of the rational members of FFL have been struggling with the question of how to deal with a couple of irrational members who seem monotopical in their desire to throw around the epithet Misogynist! Some have chosen to ignore them, and everything they write. Others have chosen to engage them in rational discourse, as if they were actually rational. (The folly of the latter approach has been demonstrated over and over, because they just become more and more irrational, only louder.) My vote for the best way to deal with these people is simple and IMHO brilliant in its simplicity -- laugh at them. If you find them laughable, POINT IT OUT, hopefully in a way that will enable other rational posters on FFL to laugh at them, too. These two irrational women CAN'T HANDLE being laughed at. It drives them crazier than anything else that could possibly happen to them, and they become even MORE laughable than they were before as they sputter and pontificate and trot out their manufactured outrage. The more they sputter about being laughed at, the more people laugh at them. And that's the way things should be -- the closest thing to Natural Law I can imagine. Think about the recent election. For a while people were actually so shocked that McNumnuts chose Sarah Palin as his running mate that they were almost afraid to point out the obvious -- that she was an idiot in the true sense of the word, both ignorant and proud of it. Then along came Tina Fey. In one five-minute monologue she showed America what Sarah Palin was, by doing nothing more than *emulating her own behavior* and accentuating it to laughable levels. Bingo. Tina Fey, in a very real sense, pointed out the Empresses' lack of clothes (something that Sarah quickly tried to rectify using the RNC credit cards), and that she was an intellectual midget who was not even *remotely* qualified to be Vice-President, much less President. She was literally laughed out of contention. All this irrational bullshit about misogyny, propounded by our local version of Sarah Palin and her equally irrational but a bit (only a bit) smarter sidekick is based on *their* fear of being called what they are, and being laughed at because of what they are. So if you're going to deal with them at all, call them what they are often, and do it in as funny a way as possible, so that the maximum number of other people laugh at them, too. If they get uptight, so be it. It's *their* hot button getting pushed, not yours. You'll be laughing, and they'll be uptight, and if that ain't a reflection of Natural Law I don't know what is. And on another level, the more people whom you help to laugh at these women's irrationality, the more people you will be assisting on the road to rationality.
[FairfieldLife] 'Mind over Matter Experiment'
http://theintentionexperiment.ning.com/
[FairfieldLife] How Football Explains America
There are many contenders for the title of worst sports book ever. But I reckon Sal Paolantonio's just-published How Football Explains America has to be a serious contender. A belated response to Franklin Foer's How Soccer Explains the World, Paolantonio's cocksure parochialism is embodied in the very title. Foer argues that soccer can be used to explain an entire planet. Paolantonio — while beating his chest, waving old Glory and strutting like a cockerel — boasts that American football can be used to explain why one corner of it is, like, awesome. The contraction in scope and ambition tells all. One hopes other authors pursue this logic further. How Welly Wanging Explains West Yorkshire. How Bog Snorkelling Explains Llanwrtyd Wells. How Lying on the Couch Reading This Crap Book Explains My Living Room. How My Cat Sylvie Explains My Stomach. The possibilities are endless. The actual chapters of How Football Explains America are all but unreadable. Paolantonio rehashes a game or a heartwarming football-related anecdote with the gusto of the true bore. Then he explains why this explains how football explains the battle of Midway. Or Davy Crockett. Or manifest destiny. Each chapter more tedious than the last. The prologue is a masterpiece of bombastic ignorance in which Paolantonio inadvertently reveals that he has apparently never actually watched any other sport. Or indeed read about them. Go ahead, you try going to a rugby game and writing about it. Soccer? Ninety minutes of whatever and then maybe one goal scored by accident. Tough to create a coherent narrative out of that. It gets worse. Paolantonio is the sports journalism equivalent of the saloon bar patriot who doesn't actually own a passport. His errors are legion. He compares American football to the hoplite tactics of the ancient Greeks, and soccer to the Persian cavalry armies the Greeks defeated. In fact American football is more like the territory-hogging linear second-generation warfare of WWI; while fluid, flowing soccer is akin to the non-linear fourth-generation guerilla warfare US forces faced in Vietnam and Iraq (which is why anybody with a brain in the Pentagon is urging that US soldiers think more like soccer players and less like American footballers, meaning that American football explains nothing about modern warfare — except how to lose at it). In the same intro we learn from Paolantonio that soccer is so boring that fans have to start fights and embrace fascism just to stay awake and that a founding principle of American football is relinquishing the ball quickly to the other team. This will puzzle anybody who's sat through the drawn-out rigmarole of both sides quitting the field and the sending on of two entirely different teams (while the crowd are distracted by clowns and dancing girls, Frisbee-catching dogs and mascots firing T-shirts out of bazookas). We also learn that American football is replete with the underlining mythical structures of our Judeo Christian heritage, our immigrant experience, masculinity and violence and the romanticized storyline that Americans demand from their television sets every night. Which makes perfect sense — especially when you realise that America is the only country in the world with Jews, Christians, immigrants, men and television sets. How Football Explains America is a canard built on a false assumption based on a lazy anthropological cliché. The nonsensical idea that a sport could explain a nation started with the British who used cricket to explain why all foreigners are dirty cheating bastards. In the US, baseball has long served the same purpose. The game is uniquely American — goes the theory — because it is uniquely suited to and reflective of uniquely American qualities (and those qualities are, of course, absolutely marvelous). And now it's football's turn. Football explains America, says NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on the book jacket, because the game is about teamwork and camaraderie, competition and passion, strategy and emotion. You can look at football and see the heart of America. This is at least three different kinds of bollocks. 1) You could cut and paste because the game is about steroids and growth hormones, antiquated gender roles, blatant sexism, a bloated bureaucracy and a veneer of politically correct corporate blandness and the statement wouldn't be any more or less true. 2) The US is more passionate than Italy? Or more teamworky than, say, North Korea? 3) You could replace football with sudoko, darts or pornography and it would still be equally true (and equally meaningless). The entire book is an exercise in reverse engineered exceptionalism. America is the greatest country in the world therefore the things that make America great must be uniquely or especially American. And the things that are uniquely or especially American must therefore be great. As expected Paolantonio trots out the tired old canard that
Re: [FairfieldLife] Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
On Nov 19, 2008, at 11:11 PM, off_world_beings wrote: Did anyone else here used to think what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 million dollar private jet around Fairfield? I mean, I have no problem with someone being rich, but to be such an asshole about it and ridiculously egocentric as to think he needs a big jet to be important. I thought he was an asshole then for that, but I don't believe he is totally because I met him one on one a couple of times and we had good talks. I liked him. But what possesses people to this arrogant level of self-importance and pollution of the atmosphere that so often happens? Where is Earl now anyways? Does he still hate Maharishi? How is his golf resort in North Carolina? And why doesn't he just go ahead and give that mansion I helped put the best finishing touches in FF to MUM, and get over his pathetic ego. OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) Rick, Now *that's* entertaining. As far as loony rants go, I'll take off over Nabs the Hater any day. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Lawmaker asks auto CEOs if they'll sell private jets
Auto industry CEOs appeared on Capitol Hill today to ask for a $25 billion bailout. At least one lawmaker believes that the CEOs should change their luxury travel habits before getting access to taxpayer funds. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) asked the top execs if they would be willing sell their corporate jets and travel home on commercial flights. Sherman asked the CEOs, I'm going to ask you to raise your hand if you are planning to sell your jet in place now and fly back commercial. Let the record show, no hands went up, noted Sherman MSNBC's Contessa Brewer and Mike Viqueira discussed the CEOs' lack of response. I have to tell you, just listening to that is awkward, said Brewer. Video here: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/lawmaker-asks-auto-ceos-sell-private-jets http://tinyurl.com/5bfpd6
[FairfieldLife] Re: Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of off_world_beings Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:58 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio So?, he's still an unbelievably unhappy little MF with no hope left inside him. What the fuck good is money to him? That was my whole point in the previous post. The arrogant fucks that constantly fart around in 10 million dollar jets are destined to a serious cold wind blowing in their hearts. And you post this as if that is a victory for him? What is wrong with you? He is a very sad person, lost in his finances. He would be MUCH happier destitute. Pretty big assumptions there OffWorld. How do you know he isn't happy. Can you judge another's state of happiness? Wealth is relative. If you have $300 million, maybe a $10 jet is a luxury you can afford. Oprah has one. Is she a jerk? Should she take commercial flights? BTW, I heard he sold his house to some farmer. A rich one, apparently. Kaplan has to be an unhappy expletive in offworld's world because kaplan left the TMO and offworld's belief system requires that people who do that be unhappy and punished. He has to pretend to know something about kaplan's personal life, about which he knows nothing, because otherwise reality might begin to slip into his TMO indoctrinated thinking.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Lawmaker asks auto CEOs if they'll sell private jets
The Big Auto blame game Cartoon: http://tinyurl.com/5pgwr2 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Auto industry CEOs appeared on Capitol Hill today to ask for a $25 billion bailout. At least one lawmaker believes that the CEOs should change their luxury travel habits before getting access to taxpayer funds. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) asked the top execs if they would be willing sell their corporate jets and travel home on commercial flights. Sherman asked the CEOs, I'm going to ask you to raise your hand if you are planning to sell your jet in place now and fly back commercial. Let the record show, no hands went up, noted Sherman MSNBC's Contessa Brewer and Mike Viqueira discussed the CEOs' lack of response. I have to tell you, just listening to that is awkward, said Brewer. Video here: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/lawmaker-asks-auto-ceos-sell-private-jets http://tinyurl.com/5bfpd6
[FairfieldLife] Re: Mitt Romney: Let Detroit go bankrupt
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gullible fool wrote: What happens if you fail to turn off the lights on your electric car? Do all the batteries drain out? They may work like the Subaru. When I turn off my engine the light go off. If you need them for some reason you can turn the key to just have them. I've never run down my battery leaving the lights on because of that. I had two new tires put on my car today and the service department said the battery was a bit weak and that it was something to look out for. I called a mechanic who usually has better prices and asked what it would cost for a new battery. $163! For a Honda! Go to Sears and see what they say. Sounds like you may be getting ripped off. These days with the economy many of the service places are scamming because of the lack of traffic. Be wary, very wary. Some of the consumer reports on news shows are tipping folks to these scams. $163 for a car battery strikes me as kinda high. I sliced one end off my battery tray in order to use an oversized battery in my Dodge truck, and those batteries run about $120. The battery brand I always recommend is Interstate. I got only two years of service out of the factory battery and only one year out of a $60 Walmart battery. The Interstate batteries last 5-6 years, and they'll start my truck at -18 deg F.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Didanyone else here used to thin
Peter wrote: Didanyone else here used to thin
[FairfieldLife] So, it's all about Judy
TurquoiseB wrote: Lately a number of the rational members of FFL have been struggling with the question of how to deal with a couple of irrational members who seem monotopical in their desire to throw around the epithet Misogynist! So, it's all about Barry. Some have chosen to ignore them, and everything they write. Others have chosen to engage them in rational discourse, as if they were actually rational. (The folly of the latter approach has been demonstrated over and over, because they just become more and more irrational, only louder.) My vote for the best way to deal with these people is simple and IMHO brilliant in its simplicity -- laugh at them. If you find them laughable, POINT IT OUT, hopefully in a way that will enable other rational posters on FFL to laugh at them, too. These two irrational women CAN'T HANDLE being laughed at. It drives them crazier than anything else that could possibly happen to them, and they become even MORE laughable than they were before as they sputter and pontificate and trot out their manufactured outrage. The more they sputter about being laughed at, the more people laugh at them. And that's the way things should be -- the closest thing to Natural Law I can imagine. Think about the recent election. For a while people were actually so shocked that McNumnuts chose Sarah Palin as his running mate that they were almost afraid to point out the obvious -- that she was an idiot in the true sense of the word, both ignorant and proud of it. Then along came Tina Fey. In one five-minute monologue she showed America what Sarah Palin was, by doing nothing more than *emulating her own behavior* and accentuating it to laughable levels. Bingo. Tina Fey, in a very real sense, pointed out the Empresses' lack of clothes (something that Sarah quickly tried to rectify using the RNC credit cards), and that she was an intellectual midget who was not even *remotely* qualified to be Vice-President, much less President. She was literally laughed out of contention. All this irrational bullshit about misogyny, propounded by our local version of Sarah Palin and her equally irrational but a bit (only a bit) smarter sidekick is based on *their* fear of being called what they are, and being laughed at because of what they are. So if you're going to deal with them at all, call them what they are often, and do it in as funny a way as possible, so that the maximum number of other people laugh at them, too. If they get uptight, so be it. It's *their* hot button getting pushed, not yours. You'll be laughing, and they'll be uptight, and if that ain't a reflection of Natural Law I don't know what is. And on another level, the more people whom you help to laugh at these women's irrationality, the more people you will be assisting on the road to rationality.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Shiva Sutras'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Shiva Sutras' To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 8:52 PM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@ wrote: - They seem to translate saMyamaat in 3.44 to 'sameness'. That sucks! :D Actually it highlights how differently the word samyama is seen in a yoga-darshana text (the Patanjali yoga-sutras) and a nondual Shaivite text (i.e. the shiva-sutras of Vasagupta). If you don't understand the difference, then you're probably not qualified to comment. :-) Say more about this, guys. Technical terms have different meanings when expressed from different vantage points. saMyamaa from the point of view of yoga sees two things as separate, and so they need to be joined through introverting away from the outside world, focusing attention and then joining attention till there's no longer an observed, process of observing and an observer. Then the subject-object duality collapses. It's dualistic by nature and that's the View of the yoga way-of-seeing and the samkhya way-of-seeing. Since the path is dualistic their fruit or style of awakening can only, ipso facto, retain some dualism (e.g., CC). In order to evolve to a nondual (pathless) path, one basically has to dissolve or let go of any dualistic process (Alambana). However saMyamaa from the POV of nondual Shaivism has the View that one is already Shiva, I am Shiva. There's nothing to attain, nothing to modify, nothing to transcend. We're already innately awake. So from the POV of the shiva-sutra, it sees saMyamaa as sameness or super-sameness. Seamlessness.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'The Shiva Sutras'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who are awaree of how different they are from those around them, everything becomes an opportunity to reveal those differences. Lawson It helps to have an experiential understanding of the different states of consciousness being expressed in the two different types of texts, yoga and nondualism. They're different states of consciousness. Although one can intellectually understand it, it really is only clear if you are actually experientially familiar with the states of consciousness and their POV. To the ignorant it would just sound like nit-picking.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Mitt Romney: Let Detroit go bankrupt
Let Detroit Go Bankrupt So, I guess Michael Moore is totally discreditied now. Moore opposed GM efforts at reorganization in Michigan. Moore was opposed to downsizing in order to stay competive in world markets. So Moore made a documentary about the 30,000 people that lost their jobs in Flint. I guess the joke is on Michael Moore now - maybe he will make a new movie about the 'depression' of 2009 - what an idiot. And to think some people actually paid money to go see 'Roger and Me'.
[FairfieldLife] Now this is really Fun! Snoop Dog on Martha Stewart Show
Cultural harmony making mashed potatoes... http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2008/11/18/possibly_the_most_surreal_thin http://tinyurl.com/59fjut
[FairfieldLife] Re: The non-tinyurl world record holder: Dr. Pete!
shempmcgurk wrote: The non-tinyurl world record holder: Dr. Pete! Why do you suppose that most of the Doctor's messages begin with RE: and end on one line, but the urls he sends extend to four? ADD or SAD? [snip] http://images.google.com/imgres?
[FairfieldLife] Re: WholeLottaTypos
off_world_beings wrote: WholeLottaTypos If it's a QWERTY keyboard all the keys are in the same place as any other keyboard, you dumb fuck. Take a course in spelling and learn to type. Get some smarts or keep your pie hole shut - you're just wasting bandspace with gibberish and nonsense. Yep, can't get used to this new keyboard, and the mousepad is totally ficking unfathomable as to how it works. It seems awful, so going back and making corrections is a chore unless I have my regular Wacom tablet plugged in.
[FairfieldLife] Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy
In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say. Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth. But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring. According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it alienating to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language. Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement, says Mr. Logsdon. If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist. The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate -- we get it, stop showing off. The president-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also, she said. ~~Andy Borowitz http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/obamas-use-of-complete-se_b_144642.html http://tinyurl.com/5fqa5e
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The non-tinyurl world record holder: Dr. Pete!
Pithy! --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The non-tinyurl world record holder: Dr. Pete! To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 9:54 AM shempmcgurk wrote: The non-tinyurl world record holder: Dr. Pete! Why do you suppose that most of the Doctor's messages begin with RE: and end on one line, but the urls he sends extend to four? ADD or SAD? [snip] http://images.google.com/imgres? 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: Mitt Romney: Let Detroit go bankrupt
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let Detroit Go Bankrupt So, I guess Michael Moore is totally discreditied now. Moore opposed GM efforts at reorganization in Michigan. Moore was opposed to downsizing in order to stay competive in world markets. So Moore made a documentary about the 30,000 people that lost their jobs in Flint. I guess the joke is on Michael Moore now - maybe he will make a new movie about the 'depression' of 2009 - what an idiot. And to think some people actually paid money to go see 'Roger and Me'. Now I see why willy thinks Palin is a genius. GM has repeatedly downsized (labor not management) since Moore's movie and yet GM still faces bankruptcy. So how exactly was downsizing the answer? GM is not causing the depression of 2009, your hero Bush is. The current credit crisis which the Bush Admin has still failed to address is the immediate cause of GM's problems - the longer term cause is GM's management who are idiots -- who just 2 yrs ago were saying customers don't care of the price of gas and yet are paid 4-5 times more than their toyota counterparts. I could care less about Moore's economic opinions but willy's paragraph is nonsensical. If anything there's something to Moore's basic argument that the destruction of the middle class in the US under republican ideology is a prime cause of economic problems. Willy got absolutely everything he could have asked for under Bush and yet he's trying to blame the resulting recession on michael moore?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Exploding Heads
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another screed brought to you by Raunchdog. What's the point? As soon as I read polemical bullshit like, ultimate war criminal Colin Powell I stop. I just googled Colin Powell ultimate war criminal 103,000 hits Colin Powell war criminal 483,000 hits Colin Powell criminal 1,230,000 In the search I found an interesting perspective from across the pond: The Guardian The Art of Lying JOHN PILGER 11/04/08 http://tinyurl.com/6rdzjo In 1992 Mark Higson, the British foreign office official responsible for Iraq, appeared before an inquiry into the scandal of British arms sold illegally to Saddam Hussein. He described a culture of lying at the heart of British foreign-policy-making. I interviewed Higson and asked him how frequently ministers and officials lied to Parliament. It's systemic, he said. The draft letters I wrote for various ministers were saying that nothing had changed, the embargo on the sale of arms to Iraq was the same. Was that true? I asked. No, it wasn't true. And your superiors knew it wasn't true? Yes. So how much truth did the public get? The public got as much truth as we could squeeze out, given that we told downright lies. From Britain's support for apartheid in South Africa to the supply of warplanes to the Indonesian dictator, Suharto, knowing he was using them against the civilian population of East Timor, to the denial of vaccines and other humanitarian aid to the children of Iraq, my experience with British diplomacy is that Higson was right and remains right. But Britain is a mere subcontractor to the United States. Almost everything that is foreign policy in London is approved in Washington, the centre of the most rapacious power in historical memory. When you bear this in mind, the American presidential race is surreal. War and militarism are unmentionable; and the beatification of president Barack Obama is well under way; for it is he who challenges America to rise up [and] summon the better angels of our nature, says Rolling Stone magazine, reminiscent of the mating calls of writers on the London Guardian to the mystical Blair. In fact, Obama is backed by the biggest, most notorious looters on Wall Street. The dove and candidate of change has voted repeatedly to fund Bush's wars, and now demands more war in Afghanistan while he threatens to bomb Pakistan. Dismissing the popular democracies in Latin America as a vacuum to be filled by the US, he has endorsed Colombia's right to strike terrorists who seek safe-havens across its borders. Translated, this means the right of the criminal regime in that country to invade its neighbours, notably uppity Venezuela, on Washington's behalf. The British human rights group, Justice for Colombia, has just published a study of Anglo-American backing for the Colombian regime of Alvaro Uribe. It describes a client regime linked to death squads and responsible for more than 90% of all cases of torture. The principal torturers, the security forces, are trained by the Americans and the British. This travesty is known as Plan Colombia and was the design of Bill Clinton, the last Democratic Party president and the inspiration of Blair's new Labour. Clinton's administration was at least as violent as Bush's - see Unicef's report that 500 000 Iraqi children died as a result of the Anglo-American blockade in the 1990s. The lesson learned is that no presidential candidate, least of all a Democrat awash with money from America's banksters, as Franklin Roosevelt called them, can or will challenge the corporate/military system that controls and rewards him. Obama's job is to present a benign, even progressive face that will revive the US's democratic pretensions, internationally and domestically while ensuring nothing of substance changes. His skin colour may well help him regain this njustified trust, even though it is a similar hue to that of Colin Powell, a war criminal who lied to the United Nations for Bush and who now endorses Obama. Whoever wins, commented a British official with a trace of irony, will lead the Free World. Perhaps there are some good points in here, but they are completely lost because OF THE SCREAMING! People don't listen when other people scream. This is preaching-to-the-choir material only to help stoke the OUTRAGE, THE BETRAYALSPUTTER..SPUTTER! This is what happens when you tell a true story and no wants to hear the truth. You repeat the story with larger emphasis. What are the good points that got your attention? It would be worth a discussion.
[FairfieldLife] Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly racist put- down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official residence of the president the Black House. Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist could not handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant fuck. No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, what an ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor where I come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the time you dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the racist Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it Shemp, you are a total racist. Just admit it. ) Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when I said it to them. Which Black guys? You live in the White-est state in the union: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont#Race_and_gender They laughed in joy and camaraderie at it. In all likelihood, they were laughing at you. Or, they were laughing in order to placate you because they know you are such an unstable nutjob that if they didn't you could come after them. It is a wonderful thing, and I think it should be called the Balckhouse because I love the idea that a minority is President. But a lonely racist liek you has no black friends and you come to FFL because you have no friends at all. Its burning you up in fear and cold ice in your hart, and you can feel it can't you. You are a hateful racist and you have nothing but fear and hate to offer FFL. Us Europeans left that black white shit behind decades ago you fucking turd. Yes, you Europeans are so superior to us North Americans. And you have such an enlightened and cultured view of those who skin color, religion, and ethnicity is different from your own. Oops! Except for those little squirmishes known as WW I and WW II. But they didn't have ANYTHING to do with race, did they? Oops again! But, hey, what's another 60 million dead? But that is something a lonely racist like you will never understand. You are a racist, that is why you could not laugh at the OBVIOUS and very tasteful 21st century joke for 21st century people with no hate in their hearts. None. Man, you are the worst racist hateful turd that ever walked the planet. You squirm when you meet a colored person don't you. Is that how you refer to your Black friends in Vermont? As the colored? I'm sure they amused by that one, too, just as they are by you calling the White House the Black House. Do they laugh and chuckle with you when you drop the colored bomb? It is sad for you. I only feel pity for you. What a totally sad little old man you are Shemp. Shemp, you are left behind in the dust of history. You might as well admit you are so retarded in this modern world that you cannot even joke about black and white as ALL THE REST OF US IN THE WORLD, BIT BLACK AND WHITE, ARE ALL JOKING AROUND and HAPPILY POKING FUN AT EACH OTHER ABOUT. Any time I hear a racial joke or Jewish joke, I get really uncomfortable. Aside from the fact that there's a lot of truth to the old adage that teasing is a form of disguised agression, everyone has their own sense or version for humor. It's best not to joke at all, is my experience, because you never know how the other party is going to take it. I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, in which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But at one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron-Cohen's point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. Perhaps this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. You are left behind in your racist cesspit. You sad little turd of a being. I feel only pity for you. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 mi
Did anyone else here used to think what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 million dollar private jet around Fairfield? I mean, I have no problem with someone being rich, but to be such an asshole about it and ridiculously egocentric as to think he needs a big jet to be important. And for dramatic effect let's snip a bitOK...got...it: (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) Glad you showed us what an asshole Kaplan was for flying in his own plane... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did anyone else here used to think what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 million dollar private jet around Fairfield? I mean, I have no problem with someone being rich, but to be such an asshole about it and ridiculously egocentric as to think he needs a big jet to be important. I thought he was an asshole then for that, but I don't believe he is totally because I met him one on one a couple of times and we had good talks. I liked him. But what possesses people to this arrogant level of self-importance and pollution of the atmosphere that so often happens? Where is Earl now anyways? Does he still hate Maharishi? How is his golf resort in North Carolina? And why doesn't he just go ahead and give that mansion I helped put the best finishing touches in FF to MUM, and get over his pathetic ego. OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Mitt Romney: Let Detroit go bankrupt
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let Detroit Go Bankrupt So, I guess Michael Moore is totally discreditied now. Moore opposed GM efforts at reorganization in Michigan. Moore was opposed to downsizing in order to stay competive in world markets. So Moore made a documentary about the 30,000 people that lost their jobs in Flint. I guess the joke is on Michael Moore now - maybe he will make a new movie about the 'depression' of 2009 - what an idiot. And to think some people actually paid money to go see 'Roger and Me'. Even more ridiculous is the fact that Michael Moore was Larry King's guest last night and this whole topic came up right at the beginning of the show. King treated Moore like an expert on GM which was about as absurd as the people of Massachusett's 4th district reelecting Barney Frank after his participation in the FANNIE MAE scandal.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:09 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly racist put- down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official residence of the president the Black House. Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist could not handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant fuck. No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, what an ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor where I come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the time you dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the racist Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it Shemp, you are a total racist. Just admit it. ) Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when I said it to them. Boy, Shemp. Off really showed you up, didn't he? I bet you're just quakin' in your boots after being called a retard racist carrying a monkey doll of Obama. Wow! You racist. Shemp, Off proved it and he's always right!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, in which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But at one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron-Cohen's point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. Perhaps this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. Since Cohen himself is Jewish, I don't think the movie ever got off it's satiric intent. I never felt the movie was making fun at the expense of Jewish people, the focus was clearly on the people willing to go along with his anti-semitic rants. Exposing people's willingness to go alone with prejudice was not a tangent, it was the central focus of his work. Next stop homophobia! I can't wait for his Bruno movie to come out. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly racist put- down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official residence of the president the Black House. Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist could not handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant fuck. No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, what an ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor where I come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the time you dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the racist Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it Shemp, you are a total racist. Just admit it. ) Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when I said it to them. Which Black guys? You live in the White-est state in the union: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont#Race_and_gender They laughed in joy and camaraderie at it. In all likelihood, they were laughing at you. Or, they were laughing in order to placate you because they know you are such an unstable nutjob that if they didn't you could come after them. It is a wonderful thing, and I think it should be called the Balckhouse because I love the idea that a minority is President. But a lonely racist liek you has no black friends and you come to FFL because you have no friends at all. Its burning you up in fear and cold ice in your hart, and you can feel it can't you. You are a hateful racist and you have nothing but fear and hate to offer FFL. Us Europeans left that black white shit behind decades ago you fucking turd. Yes, you Europeans are so superior to us North Americans. And you have such an enlightened and cultured view of those who skin color, religion, and ethnicity is different from your own. Oops! Except for those little squirmishes known as WW I and WW II. But they didn't have ANYTHING to do with race, did they? Oops again! But, hey, what's another 60 million dead? But that is something a lonely racist like you will never understand. You are a racist, that is why you could not laugh at the OBVIOUS and very tasteful 21st century joke for 21st century people with no hate in their hearts. None. Man, you are the worst racist hateful turd that ever walked the planet. You squirm when you meet a colored person don't you. Is that how you refer to your Black friends in Vermont? As the colored? I'm sure they amused by that one, too, just as they are by you calling the White House the Black House. Do they laugh and chuckle with you when you drop the colored bomb? It is sad for you. I only feel pity for you. What a totally sad little old man you are Shemp. Shemp, you are left behind in the dust of history. You might as well admit you are so retarded in this modern world that you cannot even joke about black and white as ALL THE REST OF US IN THE WORLD, BIT BLACK AND WHITE, ARE ALL JOKING AROUND and HAPPILY POKING FUN AT EACH OTHER ABOUT. Any time I hear a racial joke or Jewish joke, I get really uncomfortable. Aside from the fact that there's a
[FairfieldLife] Re: Exploding Heads
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stopped reading Taylor Marsh after the primary when she jumped Hillary's ship and banned me for posting criticisms of Obama. Hard to believe anybody would *ever* want you off their board Raunch. Downright shocking I tell ya. Taylor musta turned into an unethical lying swine who prolly also placed subliminal death threats to Judy, your Jersey sidekick, in her columns. How long will it *ALL* have to be about Hillary?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Laughter, the best weapon against irrationality
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lately a number of the rational members of FFL have been struggling with the question of how to deal with a couple of irrational members who seem monotopical in their desire to throw around the epithet Misogynist! [snip] Here's what dictionary.com has under misogynist found at http://tinyurl.com/2sx6hy http://tinyurl.com/2sx6hy : mi·sog·y·nist (mi-soj'É-nist) Pronunciation Key http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html noun. 1. One who hates women. adj. Of or characterized by a hatred of women: the ex-Pat American misogynist sat in front of his laptop all day long in a cafe in Stiges, Spain posting misogynist messages on the internet. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cite This Source http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?qh=misogynistia=ahd4 misogynist noun a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- On Thu, 11/20/08, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:09 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly racist put- down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official residence of the president the Black House. Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist could not handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant fuck. No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, what an ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor where I come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the time you dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the racist Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it Shemp, you are a total racist. Just admit it. ) Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when I said it to them. Boy, Shemp. Off really showed you up, didn't he? I bet you're just quakin' in your boots after being called a retard racist carrying a monkey doll of Obama. Wow! You racist. Shemp, Off proved it and he's always right! I've been shamed. I've seen the light and will change my ways. I will now only refer to African-Americans as the colored and I fully expect them to embrace me in the kind of brotherhood that Off_World enjoys with all the peoples of the world.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, in which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But at one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron- Cohen's point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. Perhaps this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. Since Cohen himself is Jewish, I don't think the movie ever got off it's satiric intent. I never felt the movie was making fun at the expense of Jewish people, the focus was clearly on the people willing to go along with his anti-semitic rants. I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Exposing people's willingness to go alone with prejudice was not a tangent, it was the central focus of his work. Next stop homophobia! I can't wait for his Bruno movie to come out. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly racist put- down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official residence of the president the Black House. Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist could not handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant fuck. No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, what an ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor where I come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the time you dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the racist Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it Shemp, you are a total racist. Just admit it. ) Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when I said it to them. Which Black guys? You live in the White-est state in the union: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont#Race_and_gender They laughed in joy and camaraderie at it. In all likelihood, they were laughing at you. Or, they were laughing in order to placate you because they know you are such an unstable nutjob that if they didn't you could come after them. It is a wonderful thing, and I think it should be called the Balckhouse because I love the idea that a minority is President. But a lonely racist liek you has no black friends and you come to FFL because you have no friends at all. Its burning you up in fear and cold ice in your hart, and you can feel it can't you. You are a hateful racist and you have nothing but fear and hate to offer FFL. Us Europeans left that black white shit behind decades ago you fucking turd. Yes, you Europeans are so superior to us North Americans. And you have such an enlightened and cultured view of those who skin color, religion, and ethnicity is different from your own. Oops! Except for those little squirmishes known as WW I and WW II. But they didn't have ANYTHING to do with race, did they? Oops again! But, hey, what's another 60 million dead? But that is something a lonely racist like you will never understand. You are a racist, that is why you could not laugh at the OBVIOUS and very tasteful 21st century joke for 21st century people with no hate in their hearts. None. Man, you are the worst racist hateful turd that ever walked the planet. You squirm when you meet a colored person don't you. Is that how you refer to your Black friends in Vermont? As the colored? I'm sure they amused by that one, too, just as they are by you calling the White House the Black House. Do they laugh
[FairfieldLife] Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
Some talking head (I forget which) recently pointed out that the time Hillary is taking to accept or turn down the offer for secretary of state is a bit passive aggressive. I don't know if that is true or not since we don't have the details of the supposed offer or have full disclosure on how complicated Bill's foreign country business deals would make this. Maybe it's a slight, maybe not. But it does show very good faith on Obama's side towards Hillary that he is letting this impression of a diss linger. He gave her great respect and consideration to let this offer get out and let her take her own sweet time in answering. I wonder if the Hillaryphiles here are going to acknowledge that she is getting very preferential treatment here. If it was me, (and thank all the gods it is not!) I would say, here is the offer, take the weekend to decide, on Monday you either sign up or I move one to my next choice.
[FairfieldLife] Go long on Sweet Crude
I was snickering with glee at OPEC's misfortunes as I checked the spot price for sweet crude this morning: hovering around $50.00 a barrel! Ha! I thought. Take that, you bastards! And then I clicked on to The DrudgeReport and saw the following headline: Enough for one atomic bomb which linked to: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/20/africa/20nuke.php So I thought: Israel. Iran. Nukes. Never again. Muslim fanatics eager to join Allah and those 26 virgins in the heavens above. Go west, young man? Better to go long on sweet crude...I don't see how you can lose money.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Ok, I get you point better now. Yeah, that is a tricky part of this kind of balls out satire. He is really waaay into Andy Kaufman territory here isn't he? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, in which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But at one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron- Cohen's point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. Perhaps this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. Since Cohen himself is Jewish, I don't think the movie ever got off it's satiric intent. I never felt the movie was making fun at the expense of Jewish people, the focus was clearly on the people willing to go along with his anti-semitic rants. I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Exposing people's willingness to go alone with prejudice was not a tangent, it was the central focus of his work. Next stop homophobia! I can't wait for his Bruno movie to come out. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly racist put- down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official residence of the president the Black House. Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist could not handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant fuck. No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, what an ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor where I come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the time you dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the racist Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it Shemp, you are a total racist. Just admit it. ) Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when I said it to them. Which Black guys? You live in the White-est state in the union: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont#Race_and_gender They laughed in joy and camaraderie at it. In all likelihood, they were laughing at you. Or, they were laughing in order to placate you because they know you are such an unstable nutjob that if they didn't you could come after them. It is a wonderful thing, and I think it should be called the Balckhouse because I love the idea that a minority is President. But a lonely racist liek you has no black friends and you come to FFL because you have no friends at all. Its burning you up in fear and cold ice in your hart, and you can feel it can't you. You are a hateful racist and you have nothing but fear and hate to offer FFL. Us Europeans left that black white shit behind decades ago you fucking turd. Yes, you Europeans are so superior to us North Americans. And you have such an enlightened and cultured view of those who skin color, religion, and ethnicity is different from your own. Oops! Except for those little squirmishes known as WW I and WW II.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
Has she really been offered the position? All I've read was she was one of several who were being considered. This is lowering my opinion of Obama already. Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love. - Amma --- On Thu, 11/20/08, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:48 AM Some talking head (I forget which) recently pointed out that the time Hillary is taking to accept or turn down the offer for secretary of state is a bit passive aggressive. I don't know if that is true or not since we don't have the details of the supposed offer or have full disclosure on how complicated Bill's foreign country business deals would make this. Maybe it's a slight, maybe not. But it does show very good faith on Obama's side towards Hillary that he is letting this impression of a diss linger. He gave her great respect and consideration to let this offer get out and let her take her own sweet time in answering. I wonder if the Hillaryphiles here are going to acknowledge that she is getting very preferential treatment here. If it was me, (and thank all the gods it is not!) I would say, here is the offer, take the weekend to decide, on Monday you either sign up or I move one to my next choice. 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: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some talking head (I forget which) recently pointed out that the time Hillary is taking to accept or turn down the offer for secretary of state is a bit passive aggressive. An article in HuffPost today (originally from the New York Times) says that all of the talk about Hillary being offered the position of SoS in the first place was leaked to the press by the *Clinton* people, not from the Obama camp. The latter are quite distraught about the leaks. http://tinyurl.com/5cd3c6 The article is quite clear in who is to blame for any delays, and for all of the leaks. The Obama camp defines the problem, if there is one, as the result of strategic leaks by the Clintons aimed at boxing in the president-elect and forcing him to offer the post [to Clinton]. I don't know if that is true or not since we don't have the details of the supposed offer or have full disclosure on how complicated Bill's foreign country business deals would make this. Maybe it's a slight, maybe not. But it does show very good faith on Obama's side towards Hillary that he is letting this impression of a diss linger. He gave her great respect and consideration to let this offer get out... It would appear that he had nothing to do with letting the offer get out. She, or her people, were responsible for all the leaks. ...and let her take her own sweet time in answering. As if she would ever do anything else. :-) I wonder if the Hillaryphiles here are going to acknowledge that she is getting very preferential treatment here. Much less that, by allowing her people to leak things that shouldn't have ever been leaked to the press in the first place, she has basically disqualified her- self for the position. If she can't control her staff now, does anyone believe she'll be able to as Secretary of State? If it was me, (and thank all the gods it is not!) I would say, here is the offer, take the weekend to decide, on Monday you either sign up or I move on to my next choice. If it were me, I would withdraw the offer entirely, because she has proved that she and her staff cannot be trusted with privileged information, and can't keep a secret. THAT is who we want as US Secretary of State? Yeah, right.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
If it were me, I would withdraw the offer entirely, because she has proved that she and her staff cannot be trusted with privileged information, and can't keep a secret. THAT is who we want as US Secretary of State? Yeah, right. And since we Bostonians hate the NY Yankess and the NY Giants and that cesspool of a city down there, I say let her stay in NY. Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love. - Amma --- On Thu, 11/20/08, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:06 PM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some talking head (I forget which) recently pointed out that the time Hillary is taking to accept or turn down the offer for secretary of state is a bit passive aggressive. An article in HuffPost today (originally from the New York Times) says that all of the talk about Hillary being offered the position of SoS in the first place was leaked to the press by the *Clinton* people, not from the Obama camp. The latter are quite distraught about the leaks. http://tinyurl.com/5cd3c6 The article is quite clear in who is to blame for any delays, and for all of the leaks. The Obama camp defines the problem, if there is one, as the result of strategic leaks by the Clintons aimed at boxing in the president-elect and forcing him to offer the post [to Clinton]. I don't know if that is true or not since we don't have the details of the supposed offer or have full disclosure on how complicated Bill's foreign country business deals would make this. Maybe it's a slight, maybe not. But it does show very good faith on Obama's side towards Hillary that he is letting this impression of a diss linger. He gave her great respect and consideration to let this offer get out... It would appear that he had nothing to do with letting the offer get out. She, or her people, were responsible for all the leaks. ...and let her take her own sweet time in answering. As if she would ever do anything else. :-) I wonder if the Hillaryphiles here are going to acknowledge that she is getting very preferential treatment here. Much less that, by allowing her people to leak things that shouldn't have ever been leaked to the press in the first place, she has basically disqualified her- self for the position. If she can't control her staff now, does anyone believe she'll be able to as Secretary of State? If it was me, (and thank all the gods it is not!) I would say, here is the offer, take the weekend to decide, on Monday you either sign up or I move on to my next choice. If it were me, I would withdraw the offer entirely, because she has proved that she and her staff cannot be trusted with privileged information, and can't keep a secret. THAT is who we want as US Secretary of State? Yeah, right. 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] George Bush openly snubbed at the G20 Summit
Everyone greeting each other and shaking hands, but Bush walks with his head down like the dejected most unpopular kid in high school. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Y_ncOVlDw
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Ok, I get you point better now. Yeah, that is a tricky part of this kind of balls out satire. He is really waaay into Andy Kaufman territory here isn't he? Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi). He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at least until, 10 minutes into his routine, he said take my wife...please. I found myself laughing at him but, trying to be polite, also trying to stifle my laughs, as did many in the audience. You kept hearing shh's because we didn't want to be rude to this dorky idiot from Chile telling us about teaching TM in Chile. I actually hid my head in my hands out of embarrassment for him. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, in which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But at one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron- Cohen's point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. Perhaps this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. Since Cohen himself is Jewish, I don't think the movie ever got off it's satiric intent. I never felt the movie was making fun at the expense of Jewish people, the focus was clearly on the people willing to go along with his anti-semitic rants. I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Exposing people's willingness to go alone with prejudice was not a tangent, it was the central focus of his work. Next stop homophobia! I can't wait for his Bruno movie to come out. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly racist put- down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official residence of the president the Black House. Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist could not handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant fuck. No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, what an ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor where I come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the time you dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the racist Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it Shemp, you are a total racist. Just admit it. ) Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when I said it to them. Which Black guys? You live in the White-est state in the union: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont#Race_and_gender They laughed in joy and camaraderie at it. In all likelihood, they were laughing at you. Or, they were laughing in order to placate you because they know
[FairfieldLife] Bongo Brazil, automatron, misreads it
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone greeting each other and shaking hands, but Bush walks with his head down like the dejected most unpopular kid in high school. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Y_ncOVlDw This is the most biased, bullshit story I've seen in a while. I saw the video posted on the HuffingtonPost on this...haven't seen the one Bongo Brazil posts above...but on the one I saw, if you look at the world leader two people in line behind Bush, you see that that person doesn't shake everyone's hand either. We have no idea why Bush didn't shake everyone's hand. Perhaps he already did a meet and greet with each one? Perhaps he already shook 1,000 hands that morning and felt these guys would understand why he didn't do it again? Plus, if you look at the end of the HuffPo clip, you see that he is smiling and joking with whoever is beside him when he stops and stands. Harly an I was snubbed attitude. Only unthinking automatrons like Bongo Brazil can be fed such tripe and believe it without critical thinking and without thinking for themselves. Your overpowering hatred for Bush and all things American color your worldview and your reasoning faculties, Bongo.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some talking head (I forget which) recently pointed out that the time Hillary is taking to accept or turn down the offer for secretary of state is a bit passive aggressive. I don't know if that is true or not since we don't have the details of the supposed offer or have full disclosure on how complicated Bill's foreign country business deals would make this. Maybe it's a slight, maybe not. NOT. Bill Clinton doesn't want anyone censoring his speeches. http://tinyurl.com/5p8dvp A Wrinkle in the Obama-Clinton Negotiations by Jake Tapper November 18, 200 Behind the scenes of the Obama Transition Team's vetting of the finances of former President Bill Clinton in order for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to be named Secretary of State, a complication has emerged. Sources say the complication is not what Bill Clinton is willing to disclose in terms of the people who have donated to his presidential library or his charitable organizations; those names are being provided to the Obama Transition Team, led by John Podesta, who was also Bill Clinton's White House chief of staff. What seems more potentially problematic is not revealing what's happened in the past -- but what the Obama Team wants to do about the future. The view from Camp Clinton is that the Obama Team would too severely restrict what Bill Clinton is able to do to simply make a living. One source says the Obama Team seems to think it can demand that the former president abide by the restrictions put on a general government official, which just isn't tenable. There has even been talk of the Obama White House wanting to approve every speech the former President Gives gives, or any new source of income. And while the former President's team says he's willing to disclose that information ahead of time, they aren't willing to submit each speech opportunity for approval. George H.W. Bush had no similar restrictions when he son was President, Clinton advocates say. Why would Bill Clinton have to stop doing what former presidents do -- traveling the world, giving speeches, raising money for charitable works -- when his wife is a mere Cabinet official? The view is that this is the portfolio of a former President; to eliminate it -- especially when Hillary Clinton still has more than $6 million in debt from her campaign -- is unreasonable. There has been some pushback from the Clinton Team on some of the restrictions they feel are way too severe. None of which is to say the Obama-Clinton folks won't be able to come to some sort of agreement. Just that it's a bit complicated as of right now. The Obama folks would not comment. Ambinder reported on this tonight as well HERE. - jpt
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi). He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at least until, 10 minutes into his routine, he said take my wife...please. I found myself laughing at him but, trying to be polite, also trying to stifle my laughs, as did many in the audience. You kept hearing shh's because we didn't want to be rude to this dorky idiot from Chile telling us about teaching TM in Chile. I actually hid my head in my hands out of embarrassment for him. Only in retrospect can I realize that his performance was the most amazing show I have ever seen. He kept catching us as an audience through the show, revealing himself and then leaving us with his cast off former persona! The guy was so advanced in his ability to draw an audience in and them punk them! I understand why he is so revered by professional comic as a comedian's comedian. We saw the guy at his best working his mojo with the veil of anonymity assisting in his group dynamic pranks. That show was a real moment wasn't it? It has taken me decades to really understand how amazing he was. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Ok, I get you point better now. Yeah, that is a tricky part of this kind of balls out satire. He is really waaay into Andy Kaufman territory here isn't he? Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi). He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at least until, 10 minutes into his routine, he said take my wife...please. I found myself laughing at him but, trying to be polite, also trying to stifle my laughs, as did many in the audience. You kept hearing shh's because we didn't want to be rude to this dorky idiot from Chile telling us about teaching TM in Chile. I actually hid my head in my hands out of embarrassment for him. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, in which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But at one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron- Cohen's point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. Perhaps this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. Since Cohen himself is Jewish, I don't think the movie ever got off it's satiric intent. I never felt the movie was making fun at the expense of Jewish people, the focus was clearly on the people willing to go along with his anti-semitic rants. I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Exposing people's willingness to go alone with prejudice was not a tangent, it was the central focus of his work. Next stop homophobia! I can't wait for his Bruno movie to come out. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
So I guess the question is: Is Hillary worth the baggage? It seems a shame since I believe she has a lot she can contribute. She would make a good bad cop overseas since she has been so much more hawkish than Obama. He can serve the roll of being more moderate. But this complication is so unprecedented with a former president involved that I really wonder if it is worth all the drama Bill brings to the party. This is another reason I am s glad we do not have Hillary as our president. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Some talking head (I forget which) recently pointed out that the time Hillary is taking to accept or turn down the offer for secretary of state is a bit passive aggressive. I don't know if that is true or not since we don't have the details of the supposed offer or have full disclosure on how complicated Bill's foreign country business deals would make this. Maybe it's a slight, maybe not. NOT. Bill Clinton doesn't want anyone censoring his speeches. http://tinyurl.com/5p8dvp A Wrinkle in the Obama-Clinton Negotiations by Jake Tapper November 18, 200 Behind the scenes of the Obama Transition Team's vetting of the finances of former President Bill Clinton in order for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to be named Secretary of State, a complication has emerged. Sources say the complication is not what Bill Clinton is willing to disclose in terms of the people who have donated to his presidential library or his charitable organizations; those names are being provided to the Obama Transition Team, led by John Podesta, who was also Bill Clinton's White House chief of staff. What seems more potentially problematic is not revealing what's happened in the past -- but what the Obama Team wants to do about the future. The view from Camp Clinton is that the Obama Team would too severely restrict what Bill Clinton is able to do to simply make a living. One source says the Obama Team seems to think it can demand that the former president abide by the restrictions put on a general government official, which just isn't tenable. There has even been talk of the Obama White House wanting to approve every speech the former President Gives gives, or any new source of income. And while the former President's team says he's willing to disclose that information ahead of time, they aren't willing to submit each speech opportunity for approval. George H.W. Bush had no similar restrictions when he son was President, Clinton advocates say. Why would Bill Clinton have to stop doing what former presidents do -- traveling the world, giving speeches, raising money for charitable works -- when his wife is a mere Cabinet official? The view is that this is the portfolio of a former President; to eliminate it -- especially when Hillary Clinton still has more than $6 million in debt from her campaign -- is unreasonable. There has been some pushback from the Clinton Team on some of the restrictions they feel are way too severe. None of which is to say the Obama-Clinton folks won't be able to come to some sort of agreement. Just that it's a bit complicated as of right now. The Obama folks would not comment. Ambinder reported on this tonight as well HERE. - jpt
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mitt Romney: Let Detroit go bankrupt
Alex Stanley wrote: $163 for a car battery strikes me as kinda high. I sliced one end off my battery tray in order to use an oversized battery in my Dodge truck, and those batteries run about $120. The battery brand I always recommend is Interstate. I got only two years of service out of the factory battery and only one year out of a $60 Walmart battery. The Interstate batteries last 5-6 years, and they'll start my truck at -18 deg F. The Sears Die-Hard batteries are only from $70-90 and the more you pay the longer the life. I note that Sears has some $190 Platinum batteries and maybe it was that kind of battery they were trying to sell. I've gotten the Die-Hard batteries as replacements for years and never had a problem. The one that went out was the one that came with the car. The funny thing was the dead battery behaved differently in the Forester than I had ever experienced before and thought it was something else. The dealer suggested having it towed in but the tow truck driver thought it was the battery and jumped it saving me the tow charge. My neighbor had one of those portable jumping units and told me to take it with me when I got the battery replace in case the car died on the way.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
off_world_beings wrote: Did anyone else here used to think what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 million dollar private jet around Fairfield? I mean, I have no problem with someone being rich, but to be such an asshole about it and ridiculously egocentric as to think he needs a big jet to be important. I thought he was an asshole then for that, but I don't believe he is totally because I met him one on one a couple of times and we had good talks. I liked him. But what possesses people to this arrogant level of self-importance and pollution of the atmosphere that so often happens? Where is Earl now anyways? Does he still hate Maharishi? How is his golf resort in North Carolina? And why doesn't he just go ahead and give that mansion I helped put the best finishing touches in FF to MUM, and get over his pathetic ego. OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld He probably just thought it would be nice to have a private jet and since he had the money he got one. You must not have spent much time around the wealthy or watched anyone go from average income to wealthy. I once kidded the founder of the company I worked for that now he was a millionaire he would now become a Republican. You should have seen the glare he gave me. :-D If you want someone who is really arrogant, out here we have Larry Ellison who IS a real asshole. He went on a spate with San Jose as he wanted to land his private jet anytime even if it was in the middle of the night.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of off_world_beings Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:58 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio So?, he's still an unbelievably unhappy little MF with no hope left inside him. What the fuck good is money to him? That was my whole point in the previous post. The arrogant fucks that constantly fart around in 10 million dollar jets are destined to a serious cold wind blowing in their hearts. And you post this as if that is a victory for him? What is wrong with you? He is a very sad person, lost in his finances. He would be MUCH happier destitute. Pretty big assumptions there OffWorld. How do you know he isn't happy. Can you judge another's state of happiness? Wealth is relative. If you have $300 million, maybe a $10 jet is a luxury you can afford. Oprah has one. Is she a jerk? Should she take commercial flights? BTW, I heard he sold his house to some farmer. A rich one, apparently. Kaplan has to be an unhappy expletive in offworld's world because kaplan left the TMO and offworld's belief system requires that people who do that be unhappy and punished. You're the one using an aexpleticve about him. And you are a fucking idiot if you think what you said here is true. There are plenty people both inside and outside the TMO that are unhappy. You only showed your extreme prejudice and hate in this post when my post had nothing to do with TM'rs or TM-Ex's. IT HAD TO DO WITH ARROGANT ASSHOLES FLYING AROUND IN PRIVATE JETS YOU MORON, JUST LIKE THE GE EXECUTIVES UP IN FRONT OF CONGRESS and USING $20,000 FLIGHTS TO GET THERE WHICH IS ALL OVER THE NEWS RIGHT NOW. Your prejudice is palpable, just like the Neocons. OffWorld
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
This is another reason I am s glad we do not have Hillary as our president. An interesting combination would be Sarah as president and Hillary as her VP. We would certainly have a lot of fun visualizing Hillary pulling her own hair out. Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love. - Amma --- On Thu, 11/20/08, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:29 PM So I guess the question is: Is Hillary worth the baggage? It seems a shame since I believe she has a lot she can contribute. She would make a good bad cop overseas since she has been so much more hawkish than Obama. He can serve the roll of being more moderate. But this complication is so unprecedented with a former president involved that I really wonder if it is worth all the drama Bill brings to the party. This is another reason I am s glad we do not have Hillary as our president. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Some talking head (I forget which) recently pointed out that the time Hillary is taking to accept or turn down the offer for secretary of state is a bit passive aggressive. I don't know if that is true or not since we don't have the details of the supposed offer or have full disclosure on how complicated Bill's foreign country business deals would make this. Maybe it's a slight, maybe not. NOT. Bill Clinton doesn't want anyone censoring his speeches. http://tinyurl.com/5p8dvp A Wrinkle in the Obama-Clinton Negotiations by Jake Tapper November 18, 200 Behind the scenes of the Obama Transition Team's vetting of the finances of former President Bill Clinton in order for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to be named Secretary of State, a complication has emerged. Sources say the complication is not what Bill Clinton is willing to disclose in terms of the people who have donated to his presidential library or his charitable organizations; those names are being provided to the Obama Transition Team, led by John Podesta, who was also Bill Clinton's White House chief of staff. What seems more potentially problematic is not revealing what's happened in the past -- but what the Obama Team wants to do about the future. The view from Camp Clinton is that the Obama Team would too severely restrict what Bill Clinton is able to do to simply make a living. One source says the Obama Team seems to think it can demand that the former president abide by the restrictions put on a general government official, which just isn't tenable. There has even been talk of the Obama White House wanting to approve every speech the former President Gives gives, or any new source of income. And while the former President's team says he's willing to disclose that information ahead of time, they aren't willing to submit each speech opportunity for approval. George H.W. Bush had no similar restrictions when he son was President, Clinton advocates say. Why would Bill Clinton have to stop doing what former presidents do -- traveling the world, giving speeches, raising money for charitable works -- when his wife is a mere Cabinet official? The view is that this is the portfolio of a former President; to eliminate it -- especially when Hillary Clinton still has more than $6 million in debt from her campaign -- is unreasonable. There has been some pushback from the Clinton Team on some of the restrictions they feel are way too severe. None of which is to say the Obama-Clinton folks won't be able to come to some sort of agreement. Just that it's a bit complicated as of right now. The Obama folks would not comment. Ambinder reported on this tonight as well HERE. - jpt 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:48 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: Some talking head (I forget which) recently pointed out that the time Hillary is taking to accept or turn down the offer for secretary of state is a bit passive aggressive. Uh, oh... I don't know if that is true or not since we don't have the details of the supposed offer or have full disclosure on how complicated Bill's foreign country business deals would make this. Maybe it's a slight, maybe not. But it does show very good faith on Obama's side towards Hillary that he is letting this impression of a diss linger. He gave her great respect and consideration to let this offer get out and let her take her own sweet time in answering. I wonder if the Hillaryphiles here are going to acknowledge that she is getting very preferential treatment here. Ever been to Hell, Curtis? (C'mon, fess up, we know you're a regular). When was the last time you saw icicles hanging there? All we'll get, if anything, is more silly rationalizing. If it was me, (and thank all the gods it is not!) I would say, here is the offer, take the weekend to decide, on Monday you either sign up or I move one to my next choice. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mitt Romney: Let Detroit go bankrupt
The battery brand I always recommend is Interstate. I got only two years of service out of the factory battery and only one year out of a $60 Walmart battery. The Interstate batteries last 5-6 years, and they'll start my truck at -18 deg F. Exactly, that's why it was $163. The mechanic told me he uses only Interstate batteries, which I know is what he's been using for years because he put one in my 1990 Acura Legend coupe probably 7-10 years ago. He said the battery cost $130 and it was $45 for the labor, which seemed kind of high because he said it would take only a half an hour to do it. Another thing he saved me money on that I did not mention last night is some protective piece of metal called a cat shield came loose and was dragging months ago and I yanked it free of the remaining screw and Honda wanted $180 to replace it, but this other mechanic said I didn't need it. I asked him what was the downside, would it just mean that if I park over grass with the engine running for a while the grass could catch fire and he said yes, and I told him I don't ever do that and I'll save my money. So, Honda suggested $925 for the timing belt, $370 for the ball joints, $180 for the cat shield, and $68.80 for the alignment that you want to do after doing the ball joints. All the other mechanic did was the ball joints for $90 less, the alignment, and added in sway bars and an air filter and an inspection sticker for a bit over $500. Saved me $1000. Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love. - Amma --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mitt Romney: Let Detroit go bankrupt To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 9:01 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gullible fool wrote: What happens if you fail to turn off the lights on your electric car? Do all the batteries drain out? They may work like the Subaru. When I turn off my engine the light go off. If you need them for some reason you can turn the key to just have them. I've never run down my battery leaving the lights on because of that. I had two new tires put on my car today and the service department said the battery was a bit weak and that it was something to look out for. I called a mechanic who usually has better prices and asked what it would cost for a new battery. $163! For a Honda! Go to Sears and see what they say. Sounds like you may be getting ripped off. These days with the economy many of the service places are scamming because of the lack of traffic. Be wary, very wary. Some of the consumer reports on news shows are tipping folks to these scams. $163 for a car battery strikes me as kinda high. I sliced one end off my battery tray in order to use an oversized battery in my Dodge truck, and those batteries run about $120. The battery brand I always recommend is Interstate. I got only two years of service out of the factory battery and only one year out of a $60 Walmart battery. The Interstate batteries last 5-6 years, and they'll start my truck at -18 deg F. 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] Carbon footprint of ignorant assholes ---- Re: Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- On Thu, 11/20/08, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:11 AM Did anyone else here used to think what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 million dollar private jet around Fairfield? I mean, I have no problem with someone being rich, but to be such an asshole about it and ridiculously egocentric as to think he needs a big jet to be important. I thought he was an asshole then for that, but I don't believe he is totally because I met him one on one a couple of times and we had good talks. I liked him. But what possesses people to this arrogant level of self-importance and pollution of the atmosphere that so often happens? Where is Earl now anyways? Does he still hate Maharishi? How is his golf resort in North Carolina? And why doesn't he just go ahead and give that mansion I helped put the best finishing touches in FF to MUM, and get over his pathetic ego. OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld Offworld, you seem to be outstanding in your field today. Is it raining? Why judge anyone for anything especially when thy have zero impact on you. Earl has his karma you have yours. His involves 10 million dollar jets and yours doesn't. So what? You talk about Earl being arrogant, ah, have you re-read your own post? Do you know what projection is? That is so moronic Peter, to say that arrogant assholes like the GE executives flying around needlessly in private jets polluting the atmosphere destroying the planet has zero impact on me just shows your ignorance of environmental issues. That, and the needless noise they create is the only reason I am against it. Yes, it is arrogant to ignorantly pollute the planet with such a huge carbon footprint. however, posting a post saying that that is ignorance and arrogance is not an arrogant act. It is an act to raise awareness about pollution, but people on FFL do not understand the atmosphere. They are ex-TMO and the reason the TMO used to be a place full of ignorant assholes. Now they have left the TMO, the TMO is probably a much better group of people. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: WholeLottaTypos
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: off_world_beings wrote: WholeLottaTypos If it's a QWERTY keyboard all the keys are in the same place as any other keyboard, you dumb fuck. Take a course in spelling and learn to type. Get some smarts or keep your pie hole shut Wow, what a nutjob. The mousepad is not the same as others. But your reply shows what a bitter old man you are. OffWorld
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:24 PM Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi). He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at least until, 10 minutes into his routine, he said take my wife...please. I found myself laughing at him but, trying to be polite, also trying to stifle my laughs, as did many in the audience. You kept hearing shh's because we didn't want to be rude to this dorky idiot from Chile telling us about teaching TM in Chile. I actually hid my head in my hands out of embarrassment for him. Only in retrospect can I realize that his performance was the most amazing show I have ever seen. He kept catching us as an audience through the show, revealing himself and then leaving us with his cast off former persona! The guy was so advanced in his ability to draw an audience in and them punk them! I understand why he is so revered by professional comic as a comedian's comedian. We saw the guy at his best working his mojo with the veil of anonymity assisting in his group dynamic pranks. That show was a real moment wasn't it? It has taken me decades to really understand how amazing he was. I got to know Andy on an ATR in the Summer of 1975. He was an interesting dude, to say the least. His performance at MIU was the Winter of '76. He was on an ATR at MIU. I saw him in the MIU cafeteria several weeks before his show and I went up to him with a big Hi Andy and he shushed me. He was sitting there all alone with a glass of carrot juice. He quietly told me that he was setting his show up by going to the cafeteria and sitting there with a glass of carrot juice and not talking to anyone. I thought this was genius and, of course left him alone whenever I saw him in the cafeteria. So when they announced at the beginning of his show that he couldn't make it and that an initiator from Chile would be talking about the World Plan, out walks Andy and almost everyone recognized him as the really strange dude who didn't talk and drank carrot juice everyday for lunch. Perfect! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Ok, I get you point better now. Yeah, that is a tricky part of this kind of balls out satire. He is really waaay into Andy Kaufman territory here isn't he? Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi). He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at least until, 10 minutes into his routine, he said take my wife...please. I found myself laughing at him but, trying to be polite, also trying to stifle my laughs, as did many in the audience. You kept hearing shh's because we didn't want to be rude to this dorky idiot from Chile telling us about teaching TM in Chile. I actually hid my head in my hands out of embarrassment for him. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, in which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But at one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron- Cohen's point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. Perhaps this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. Since Cohen himself is Jewish, I don't think the movie ever got off it's satiric intent. I never felt the movie was making fun at the expense of Jewish people, the focus was clearly on the people willing to go along with his anti-semitic rants. I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended
[FairfieldLife] Carbon footprint of assholes in Jets---- was// Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: off_world_beings wrote: Did anyone else here used to think what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 million dollar private jet around Fairfield? I mean, I have no problem with someone being rich, but to be such an asshole about it and ridiculously egocentric as to think he needs a big jet to be important. I thought he was an asshole then for that, but I don't believe he is totally because I met him one on one a couple of times and we had good talks. I liked him. But what possesses people to this arrogant level of self-importance and pollution of the atmosphere that so often happens? Where is Earl now anyways? Does he still hate Maharishi? How is his golf resort in North Carolina? And why doesn't he just go ahead and give that mansion I helped put the best finishing touches in FF to MUM, and get over his pathetic ego. OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld He probably just thought it would be nice to have a private jet and since he had the money he got one. You must not have spent much time around the wealthy or watched anyone go from average income to wealthy. I once kidded the founder of the company I worked for that now he was a millionaire he would now become a Republican. You should have seen the glare he gave me. :-D If you want someone who is really arrogant, out here we have Larry Ellison who IS a real asshole. He went on a spate with San Jose as he wanted to land his private jet anytime even if it was in the middle of the night. Yes they are all over the place. My post was more about the arrogance of such a high carbon footprint. It is destryoying the planet, affecting everyone one of us directly. That was the point of my post, but some people on FFL seem completely oblivious to environmental issues. That is the reason I used to think Kaplan was an asshole flying around in a private jet not because it is fancy, but because of the pollution and noise pollution. I think people who do that needlessly are ignorant and that ignorance stems from arrogance. I have thought this for 40 years and I will think this until I die, no matter how rich I get. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Bongo Brazil, automatron, misreads it
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Everyone greeting each other and shaking hands, but Bush walks with his head down like the dejected most unpopular kid in high school. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Y_ncOVlDw This is the most biased, bullshit story I've seen in a while. I saw the video posted on the HuffingtonPost on this...haven't seen the one Bongo Brazil posts above...but on the one I saw, if you look at the world leader two people in line behind Bush, you see that that person doesn't shake everyone's hand either. We have no idea why Bush didn't shake everyone's hand. Perhaps he already did a meet and greet with each one? Perhaps he already shook 1,000 hands that morning and felt these guys would understand why he didn't do it again? Plus, if you look at the end of the HuffPo clip, you see that he is smiling and joking with whoever is beside him when he stops and stands. Harly an I was snubbed attitude. Only unthinking automatrons like Bongo Brazil can be fed such tripe and believe it without critical thinking and without thinking for themselves. Your overpowering hatred for Bush and all things American color your worldview and your reasoning faculties, Bongo. Magoo's favorite worst US president in history got picked on again? Oh dear. Got any more 'expert' climate change deniers to push, Magoo? How's your 401K doing, BTW?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi). He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at least until, 10 minutes into his routine, he said take my wife...please. I found myself laughing at him but, trying to be polite, also trying to stifle my laughs, as did many in the audience. You kept hearing shh's because we didn't want to be rude to this dorky idiot from Chile telling us about teaching TM in Chile. I actually hid my head in my hands out of embarrassment for him. Only in retrospect can I realize that his performance was the most amazing show I have ever seen. He kept catching us as an audience through the show, revealing himself and then leaving us with his cast off former persona! The guy was so advanced in his ability to draw an audience in and them punk them! I understand why he is so revered by professional comic as a comedian's comedian. We saw the guy at his best working his mojo with the veil of anonymity assisting in his group dynamic pranks. That show was a real moment wasn't it? It has taken me decades to really understand how amazing he was. I was the perfect foil because I went in innocently, not having any idea who he was. I was also punked by him for about 25 years as regards the Jerry Lawler episode. I was saddened and disheartened by Andy's coming apart emotionally with his whole fighting with Lawlor thing. I was actually relieved and happily thrilled when I saw the Jim Carrey movie to learn that it was a set-up between Lawlor and Kaufman! Kaufman wasn't just a comedian; he was a boudary-breaker. Most of his stuff wasn't slap-your-knee, ha-ha funny; nor was it slap-stick. It was something else, oftentimes very uncomfortable, oftentimes hilarious, but always totally unpredictable. A wee corner of me still expects him to alight from some Purusha course to announce to the world that he's still alive...the greatest punk of all! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Ok, I get you point better now. Yeah, that is a tricky part of this kind of balls out satire. He is really waaay into Andy Kaufman territory here isn't he? Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi). He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at least until, 10 minutes into his routine, he said take my wife...please. I found myself laughing at him but, trying to be polite, also trying to stifle my laughs, as did many in the audience. You kept hearing shh's because we didn't want to be rude to this dorky idiot from Chile telling us about teaching TM in Chile. I actually hid my head in my hands out of embarrassment for him. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I laughed with everyone else when I was watching the Borat movie, in which a lot of fun is made at the expense of Jewish people. But at one point in the movie, I realized that everyone seemed to be laughing AT the Jews, not with them -- as I think was Baron- Cohen's point -- and the humor went off on an anti-Semitic tangent. Perhaps this was Baron-Cohen's point; I don't know. Since Cohen himself is Jewish, I don't think the movie ever got off it's satiric intent. I never felt the movie was making fun at the expense of Jewish people, the focus was clearly on the people willing to go along with his anti-semitic rants. I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
So when they announced at the beginning of his show that he couldn't make it and that an initiator from Chile would be talking about the World Plan, out walks Andy and almost everyone recognized him as the really strange dude who didn't talk and drank carrot juice everyday for lunch. Perfect! Thanks for that detail! My favorite part of the show was when he revealed that he WAS Andy Kaufman and then proceeded to tell jokes with the punch lines just a bit wrong so no one could laugh. After a few tries he proceeded to have a break down in tears blubbering about how he just wanted us to like him and then seamlessly segued into banging on his bongo drums to the beat of his blubbering turning his emotional breakdown into another gotcha moment for the audience! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- On Thu, 11/20/08, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 12:24 PM Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi). He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at least until, 10 minutes into his routine, he said take my wife...please. I found myself laughing at him but, trying to be polite, also trying to stifle my laughs, as did many in the audience. You kept hearing shh's because we didn't want to be rude to this dorky idiot from Chile telling us about teaching TM in Chile. I actually hid my head in my hands out of embarrassment for him. Only in retrospect can I realize that his performance was the most amazing show I have ever seen. He kept catching us as an audience through the show, revealing himself and then leaving us with his cast off former persona! The guy was so advanced in his ability to draw an audience in and them punk them! I understand why he is so revered by professional comic as a comedian's comedian. We saw the guy at his best working his mojo with the veil of anonymity assisting in his group dynamic pranks. That show was a real moment wasn't it? It has taken me decades to really understand how amazing he was. I got to know Andy on an ATR in the Summer of 1975. He was an interesting dude, to say the least. His performance at MIU was the Winter of '76. He was on an ATR at MIU. I saw him in the MIU cafeteria several weeks before his show and I went up to him with a big Hi Andy and he shushed me. He was sitting there all alone with a glass of carrot juice. He quietly told me that he was setting his show up by going to the cafeteria and sitting there with a glass of carrot juice and not talking to anyone. I thought this was genius and, of course left him alone whenever I saw him in the cafeteria. So when they announced at the beginning of his show that he couldn't make it and that an initiator from Chile would be talking about the World Plan, out walks Andy and almost everyone recognized him as the really strange dude who didn't talk and drank carrot juice everyday for lunch. Perfect! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I agree. What I was referring to was what were, perhaps, unintended consequences: people in the audience going full circle and, in effect, joining the anti-Semites on-screen in their derision of Jews. Hey, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I read the crowd wrong at the showing I attended...but that's the vibe I got. Ok, I get you point better now. Yeah, that is a tricky part of this kind of balls out satire. He is really waaay into Andy Kaufman territory here isn't he? Did you see Kaufman when he came to MIU and performed at that little movie theatre we used to have in the Student Union building? Would ahve been circa '77 (pre-Taxi). He was introduced as a visiting initiator from Chile and, not knowing what Kaufman looked like, I fell for it...at least until, 10 minutes into his routine, he said take my wife...please. I found myself laughing at him but, trying to be polite, also trying to stifle my laughs, as did many in the audience. You kept hearing shh's because we didn't want to be rude to this dorky idiot from Chile telling us about teaching TM in Chile. I actually hid my head in my hands out of embarrassment for him. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly racist put- down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official residence of the president the Black House. Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist could not handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant fuck. No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, what an ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor where I come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the time you dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the racist Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it Shemp, you are a total racist. Just admit it. ) Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when I said it to them. Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people So? So do they where I come from. Stupid racist Americans like you can't use any language to talk to blacks without worrying they are racists. You're stupid racist country is over Shemp. Everyone has moved on except you. They call themselves people or color or colored folks where I come from ,and people on TV regularly use that term without any racism. Racism is dead where I come from, but you cannot concieve of that freedom, and you are still spewing hate after loosing to a colored person in the Preseidency of your country. Which Black guys? You live in the White-est state in the union: I have several black friends here and we joke around a lot. You have none. Vermont was the first state to go to Obama in the election, and I was the first on FFL to outright support Obama. A fact that makes you so angry. The hatred that is rotting your heart is palpable in all your posts. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: off_world_beings wrote: Did anyone else here used to think what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 million dollar private jet around Fairfield? I mean, I have no problem with someone being rich, but to be such an asshole about it and ridiculously egocentric as to think he needs a big jet to be important. I thought he was an asshole then for that, but I don't believe he is totally because I met him one on one a couple of times and we had good talks. I liked him. But what possesses people to this arrogant level of self-importance and pollution of the atmosphere that so often happens? Where is Earl now anyways? Does he still hate Maharishi? How is his golf resort in North Carolina? And why doesn't he just go ahead and give that mansion I helped put the best finishing touches in FF to MUM, and get over his pathetic ego. OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld He probably just thought it would be nice to have a private jet and since he had the money he got one. You must not have spent much time around the wealthy or watched anyone go from average income to wealthy. I once kidded the founder of the company I worked for that now he was a millionaire he would now become a Republican. You should have seen the glare he gave me. :-D If you want someone who is really arrogant, out here we have Larry Ellison who IS a real asshole. He went on a spate with San Jose as he wanted to land his private jet anytime even if it was in the middle of the night. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2115401/ellison-scores-jet-touchdown Judging from that description, I gotta side with Larry on this issue.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
They call themselves people or color or colored folks where I come from ,and people on TV regularly use that term without any racism. I don't believe that you are a racist Off, but you are missing an important nuance of language. The term colored people is associated with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. The term colored was used to designate where black people could go or facilities they could use. I know you are impervious to feedback, but I thought I would give it a try. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: [snip] OffWorld prediction : He will donate it to the TMO within 5 years. (offworld has not been wrong on any prediction given on FFl , and was the first to show outright support for Obama of anyone on FFL -- a fact that I know half of you cannot stomach yet you know it is a fact, and are too cowardly to acknolwdge itHa ha haOffWorld fukin' aa PWNS FFL ! ) OffWorld OffWorld was also the first to come out with a blatantly racist put- down of Obama saying that they will start calling the official residence of the president the Black House. Ha ha what a retard and racist you are Shemp. Only a racist could not handle that joke. I'm British You're not. You are an ignorant fuck. No-one in Britain cold possibly take it the way you did,. Wow, what an ass you made of yourself here. We are toally used to that humor where I come from. The blacks and whites joke around like that all the time you dumb fucking American racist retard. (yes, you act like the racist Americans that carried monkey dolls of Obama around. Admit it Shemp, you are a total racist. Just admit it. ) Black guys totally thought this joke of mine was was funny when I said it to them. Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people So? So do they where I come from. Stupid racist Americans like you can't use any language to talk to blacks without worrying they are racists. You're stupid racist country is over Shemp. Everyone has moved on except you. They call themselves people or color or colored folks where I come from ,and people on TV regularly use that term without any racism. Racism is dead where I come from, but you cannot concieve of that freedom, and you are still spewing hate after loosing to a colored person in the Preseidency of your country. Which Black guys? You live in the White-est state in the union: I have several black friends here and we joke around a lot. You have none. Vermont was the first state to go to Obama in the election, and I was the first on FFL to outright support Obama. A fact that makes you so angry. The hatred that is rotting your heart is palpable in all your posts. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Baby Boomer Brain Functioniung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glad you showed us what an asshole Kaplan was for flying in his own plane... I apologize to everyone on FFL for my post about the carbon footprint of flying around in your own jet (no Curtis, he didn't fly it, he had a pilot you idiot.) I did not realise how dumb BabyBoomers on FFL, such as Curtis, Sal, Peter, Shemp, Richard are. It was my mistake. To me the obvious point (as it is something I have considered an ignorant and arrogant pollution and destruction of nature for a long tie, I just assumed that most people would realize what I was talking about. It is in context of the news stories of the day about Detroit car company execs. The point to me is not how much miney they spend, but the carbon footprint that will destroy the atmosphere if it is not kept in check. To me this was the obvious topic of the post, but I apologize for not realizing how dumb Shemp, Curtis, Sal, Peter, Shemp, Richard, and others were. My bad. I'm not going to discuss anything with dumbass baby boomers anymore. I am serious when I say there seems to be a disconnect in the brain amongst the generation 10 to 20 years older than me. it is incredible to me that environmental point was not picked up on by many here. OIt was so obvious to anyone with more than half a brain (I can understand it from Shemp, since he is so bitter about loosing the election and that his Neocon heros are going down in history as the worst administration of all time) So adios. What a bunch of ignorant baby boomers. Its not worth discussing anythin with yo because your brains are limited. No really. Your generation seems to have had a poison in them that killed any real intelligence or vision. It is clear to me now. I predict within 3 months you'll all be having a huge discussion about how you all think private jets and other jets are such an outrage, and you have been against them for decades. Lol, you'll still be arguing over shit years from now. OffWorld
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mitt Romney: Let Detroit go bankrupt
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:48 AM, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the other mechanic did was the ball joints for $90 less, the alignment, and added in sway bars and an air filter and an inspection sticker for a bit over $500. Saved me $1000. I am much happier now that I replaced my Infiniti with a Toyota. With the Infiniti I was locked into taking the car to the dealer. And the dealer made sure that anything that showed any sign of wear had to be replaced or God forbid. Infiniti has a policy that you can't look at your car in the shop or get any of the replaced parts. OK, going in for service now is not a first class, would you like some champagne, Sir? experience. But it's so much nicer to be shown what's wrong with my car. The dealership is dealing with mostly hands on car owners who can very easily detect when they're being had.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Baby Boomer Brain Functioniung
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: Glad you showed us what an asshole Kaplan was for flying in his own plane... (no Curtis, he didn't fly it, he had a pilot you idiot.) The term flying in was purposely used to avoid the misunderstanding that I was saying he was flying the plane Off. Your lack of reading what I wrote combined with your usual spastically insulting remarks make your posts practically unreadable. I apologize to everyone on FFL for my post about the carbon footprint of flying around in your own jet (no Curtis, he didn't fly it, he had a pilot you idiot.) I did not realise how dumb BabyBoomers on FFL, such as Curtis, Sal, Peter, Shemp, Richard are. It was my mistake. To me the obvious point (as it is something I have considered an ignorant and arrogant pollution and destruction of nature for a long tie, I just assumed that most people would realize what I was talking about. It is in context of the news stories of the day about Detroit car company execs. The point to me is not how much miney they spend, but the carbon footprint that will destroy the atmosphere if it is not kept in check. To me this was the obvious topic of the post, but I apologize for not realizing how dumb Shemp, Curtis, Sal, Peter, Shemp, Richard, and others were. My bad. I'm not going to discuss anything with dumbass baby boomers anymore. I am serious when I say there seems to be a disconnect in the brain amongst the generation 10 to 20 years older than me. it is incredible to me that environmental point was not picked up on by many here. OIt was so obvious to anyone with more than half a brain (I can understand it from Shemp, since he is so bitter about loosing the election and that his Neocon heros are going down in history as the worst administration of all time) So adios. What a bunch of ignorant baby boomers. Its not worth discussing anythin with yo because your brains are limited. No really. Your generation seems to have had a poison in them that killed any real intelligence or vision. It is clear to me now. I predict within 3 months you'll all be having a huge discussion about how you all think private jets and other jets are such an outrage, and you have been against them for decades. Lol, you'll still be arguing over shit years from now. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it were me, I would withdraw the offer entirely, because she has proved that she and her staff cannot be trusted with privileged information, and can't keep a secret. THAT is who we want as US Secretary of State? Yeah, right. And since we Bostonians hate the NY Yankess and the NY Giants and that cesspool of a city down there, I say let her stay in NY. So are the Jets and Mets North Jersey teams and not worth consideration ?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby Boomer Brain Functioniung
On Nov 20, 2008, at 12:27 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glad you showed us what an asshole Kaplan was for flying in his own plane... I apologize to everyone on FFL for my post about the carbon footprint of flying around in your own jet (no Curtis, he didn't fly it, he had a pilot you idiot.) LOL... I did not realise how dumb BabyBoomers on FFL, such as Curtis, Sal, Peter, Shemp, Richard are. It was my mistake. To me the obvious point (as it is something I have considered an ignorant and arrogant pollution and destruction of nature for a long tie, A long *tie*? Ever considered learning to spell, genius? I just assumed that most people would realize what I was talking about. It is in context of the news stories of the day about Detroit car company execs. The point to me is not how much miney they spend, but the carbon footprint that will destroy the atmosphere if it is not kept in check. To me this was the obvious topic of the post, but I apologize for not realizing how dumb Shemp, Curtis, Sal, Peter, Shemp, Richard, and others were. My bad. Well, we'll let it go this time... I'm not going to discuss anything with dumbass baby boomers anymore. I am serious when I say there seems to be a disconnect in the brain amongst the generation 10 to 20 years older than me. it is incredible to me that environmental point was not picked up on by many here. OIt was so obvious to anyone with more than half a brain (I can understand it from Shemp, since he is so bitter about loosing the election and that his Neocon heros are going down in history as the worst administration of all time) Actually, only the worst in American history. The Romans probably had worse, but probably not by much... So adios. What a bunch of ignorant baby boomers. Its not worth discussing anythin with yo because your brains are limited. No really. Your generation seems to have had a poison in them that killed any real intelligence or vision. It is clear to me now. It was the acid, you dope. I predict within 3 months you'll all be having a huge discussion about how you all think private jets and other jets are such an outrage, and you have been against them for decades. Lol, you'll still be arguing over shit years from now. Sayonara, off! Sal
[FairfieldLife] Michael Moore makes good points on Big Auto Bailout scene
CNN's Larry King talked Wednesday with Michael Moore, a filmmaker with deep ties to the auto industry. Moore's father worked for General Motors for 35 years. In 1989, Moore became an international figure for his film, Roger and Me, which centered on the declining auto industry in his hometown of Flint, Michigan and the ripple effect on the town's residents. CNN video: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/11/20/lkl.michael.moore/#cnnSTCVideo
[FairfieldLife] Fwd: E-Mail Alert
I checked this e-mail out on http://snopes.com/snopes.com, which confirms this is a real virus. With Christmas fast approaching, watch out for this ... be alert!!! The newest virus circulating is the UPS Delivery Failure. Applies to Fed Ex as well. You will receive an email reportedly from UPS Packet Service along with a packet number. NOTE: The word packet is misspelled on this line. It will say that they were un-able to deliver a package sent to you on such and such a date. It then asks you to print out the invoice copy attached. DON'T TRY TO PRINT THIS. IT LAUNCHES THE VIRUS! Pass this warning on to all your PC operators at work and home. This virus has caused Millions of dollars in damage in the past few days. Snopes confirms that it is real: http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asphttp://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term colored people is associated with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. The term colored was used to designate where black people could go or facilities they could use. For further information on this, reference http://www.naacp.org/ , the home page of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They call themselves people or color or colored folks where I come from ,and people on TV regularly use that term without any racism. I don't believe that you are a racist Off, but you are missing an important nuance of language. The term colored people is associated with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore. Its over. Even black people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only closet ractists still care about it. Who the fuck is Jim Crow? OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
snip No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore. Its over. Even black people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only closet ractists still care about it. Who the fuck is Jim Crow? OffWorld Your ignorance of the history of racism is only overshadowed by your ignorance of its influence today. Calling people concerned with this issue closet racists is part of the crazy-making mental process that makes discussions with you impossible.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Didanyone else here used to thin what an asshole Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want someone who is really arrogant, out here we have Larry Ellison who IS a real asshole. He went on a spate with San Jose as he wanted to land his private jet anytime even if it was in the middle of the night. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2115401/ellison-scores-jet-touchdown Judging from that description, I gotta side with Larry on this issue. That's what his lawyers came up with. I can understand the curfew. I have an airport about 6 miles from me that a year or two after 9-11 corporate jets started flying out of. There are no airlines based there so it is probably much easier for them to house their jets there. But I hear them flying day and night plus their corporate helicopters that ferry the elite back and forth to the airport. Ellison however in these neck of the woods is known as a corporate butt head and he's not very popular. He's more like a James Bond type villain.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term colored people is associated with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. The term colored was used to designate where black people could go or facilities they could use. For further information on this, reference http://www.naacp.org/ , the home page of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. That is very interesting, I didn't think of that! I know it was started when this term was used, but I never hear it used in that form today. In any case I stand corrected about its connection with Jim Crow as the only way the term is used. Thanks for posting that.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 2:30 PM snip No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore. Its over. Even black people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only closet ractists still care about it. Who the fuck is Jim Crow? OffWorld Your ignorance of the history of racism is only overshadowed by your ignorance of its influence today. Calling people concerned with this issue closet racists is part of the crazy-making mental process that makes discussions with you impossible. Curtis, do you think Off's putting us on? Nobody could be such a dumb fuck and so cognitively obtuse unless it was some kind of joke. Who the fuck is Jim Crowe? He was a MMA fighter out of the Indian Nations in the mid 1800's. He held the light heavyweight title for 6 years before Randy Colture took it from him at the battle of Little Big Horn in France. 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] Offal_World mistakes his lawn jockies for the colored
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] I have several black friends here and we joke around a lot. I now realize what you are referring to. In your psychotic state, you have mistaken the 3 or 4 lawn jockies you have peppered your front lawn with as real people whom you no doubt engage in conversation from time to time. You're even imagining them to laugh at your racist jokes. And when you refer to them as colored people you think they're smiling back at you in agreement but -- sorry to break the news to you -- they are inanimate objects whose smiles have been set in stone, so to speak, as soon as they came out of the kiln. You have none. Vermont was the first state to go to Obama in the election, and I was the first on FFL to outright support Obama. A fact that makes you so angry. No, actually, I fully expect someone with your ideas and philosophy to support Obama. What I'm pissed off about is that you supported Ron Paul, a man I greatly admire. It's the same with TM. It upsets me that you're a TMer. To paraphrase Groucho: I wouldn't want to be a member of a club that would have you as a member. The hatred that is rotting your heart is palpable in all your posts. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
Curtis, do you think Off's putting us on? I always feel that way with his posts! =--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- On Thu, 11/20/08, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 2:30 PM snip No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore. Its over. Even black people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only closet ractists still care about it. Who the fuck is Jim Crow? OffWorld Your ignorance of the history of racism is only overshadowed by your ignorance of its influence today. Calling people concerned with this issue closet racists is part of the crazy-making mental process that makes discussions with you impossible. Curtis, do you think Off's putting us on? Nobody could be such a dumb fuck and so cognitively obtuse unless it was some kind of joke. Who the fuck is Jim Crowe? He was a MMA fighter out of the Indian Nations in the mid 1800's. He held the light heavyweight title for 6 years before Randy Colture took it from him at the battle of Little Big Horn in France. 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Carbon footprint of assholes in Jets---- was// Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
off_world_beings wrote: Yes they are all over the place. My post was more about the arrogance of such a high carbon footprint. It is destryoying the planet, affecting everyone one of us directly. That was the point of my post, but some people on FFL seem completely oblivious to environmental issues. That is the reason I used to think Kaplan was an asshole flying around in a private jet not because it is fancy, but because of the pollution and noise pollution. I think people who do that needlessly are ignorant and that ignorance stems from arrogance. I have thought this for 40 years and I will think this until I die, no matter how rich I get. OffWorld You've been thinking about carbon footprints for 40 years? It's a relatively new concept and one I don't buy into 100%. In fact it seems to be a propaganda effort for further control of the populace brought on by the oil companies trying to get us to march in step. I'm a non-conformist so never march in step. :-D I'm not trying to defend his jet but rather what probably went through his head but then I don't know the guy.
[FairfieldLife] Request to Curtis
Curtis, Could you please test Offal_World's hypothesis? If I've understood from some of your previous posts, you live in an area in which many African-Americans live. Please do this: Go outside your residence to the street where you live and, at random, ask 25 African-Americans if, as colored people, they are happy that Barack Obama will soon be occupying the Black House. Then, after you and the colored have had a few chuckles, get back to us with the results.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:37 PM, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term colored people is associated with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. The term colored was used to designate where black people could go or facilities they could use. For further information on this, reference http://www.naacp.org/ , the home page of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. That is very interesting, I didn't think of that! I know it was started when this term was used, but I never hear it used in that form today. In any case I stand corrected about its connection with Jim Crow as the only way the term is used. Thanks for posting that. Actually I got it from a Doonesbury cartoon published years ago in which Steve Dallas had an interlude with him mother. Mother: I just finished speaking to a very nice colored lady. Steve: Mom, you can't call them that anymore. Mother: You mean I need to stop donating to the NAACP? Steve: Mother! Mother: OK, she was a very nice negro lady. Steve: Mom, you're baiting me. Mother: Oh, you mean I need to stop my donations to the United Negro College Fund? Steve: Mom, come on. Mother: Well if I can't call them colored people and I can't call them negros then what can I call them? Steve: The correct term is people of color. Mother: People of color. People of color. People of color. Colored people!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Baby Boomer Brain Functioniung
off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glad you showed us what an asshole Kaplan was for flying in his own plane... I apologize to everyone on FFL for my post about the carbon footprint of flying around in your own jet (no Curtis, he didn't fly it, he had a pilot you idiot.) I did not realise how dumb BabyBoomers on FFL, such as Curtis, Sal, Peter, Shemp, Richard are. It was my mistake. To me the obvious point (as it is something I have considered an ignorant and arrogant pollution and destruction of nature for a long tie, I just assumed that most people would realize what I was talking about. It is in context of the news stories of the day about Detroit car company execs. The point to me is not how much miney they spend, but the carbon footprint that will destroy the atmosphere if it is not kept in check. To me this was the obvious topic of the post, but I apologize for not realizing how dumb Shemp, Curtis, Sal, Peter, Shemp, Richard, and others were. My bad. I'm not going to discuss anything with dumbass baby boomers anymore. I am serious when I say there seems to be a disconnect in the brain amongst the generation 10 to 20 years older than me. it is incredible to me that environmental point was not picked up on by many here. OIt was so obvious to anyone with more than half a brain (I can understand it from Shemp, since he is so bitter about loosing the election and that his Neocon heros are going down in history as the worst administration of all time) So adios. What a bunch of ignorant baby boomers. Its not worth discussing anythin with yo because your brains are limited. No really. Your generation seems to have had a poison in them that killed any real intelligence or vision. It is clear to me now. I predict within 3 months you'll all be having a huge discussion about how you all think private jets and other jets are such an outrage, and you have been against them for decades. Lol, you'll still be arguing over shit years from now. OffWorld Off must be having one of his frequent bi-polar days. ;-)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curtis, do you think Off's putting us on? Nobody could be such a dumb fuck and so cognitively obtuse unless it was some kind of joke. Who the fuck is Jim Crowe? He was a MMA fighter out of the Indian Nations in the mid 1800's. He held the light heavyweight title for 6 years before Randy Colture took it from him at the battle of Little Big Horn in France. While he was a prize fighter people waited for the Great White Hope, which as we all know is Sickle Cell Anemia.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:37 PM, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term colored people is associated with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. The term colored was used to designate where black people could go or facilities they could use. For further information on this, reference http://www.naacp.org/ , the home page of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. That is very interesting, I didn't think of that! I know it was started when this term was used, but I never hear it used in that form today. In any case I stand corrected about its connection with Jim Crow as the only way the term is used. Thanks for posting that. Actually I got it from a Doonesbury cartoon published years ago in which Steve Dallas had an interlude with him mother. Mother: I just finished speaking to a very nice colored lady. Steve: Mom, you can't call them that anymore. Mother: You mean I need to stop donating to the NAACP? Steve: Mother! Mother: OK, she was a very nice negro lady. Steve: Mom, you're baiting me. Mother: Oh, you mean I need to stop my donations to the United Negro College Fund? Steve: Mom, come on. Mother: Well if I can't call them colored people and I can't call them negros then what can I call them? Steve: The correct term is people of color. Mother: People of color. People of color. People of color. Colored people! (from Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof) Jasper: Who's Kim? The colored girl? Abernathy: [pauses for a second] Yes. Kim would be the girl of color.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Carbon footprint of assholes in Jets---- was// Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
I'm not trying to defend his jet but rather what probably went through his head but then I don't know the guy. The usual true believer viewpoint would certainly be that Kaplan was providing valuable jobs to the sidha community and donating millions to the movement, so let him have the expensive convenience of a private jet. It's like dropping bombs on Germany in World War II...it might not be environment friendly, but if it saves the world from Nazi aggression, we'll overlook it. Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love. - Amma --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Carbon footprint of assholes in Jets was// Kaplan was flying his 10 millio To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 2:46 PM off_world_beings wrote: Yes they are all over the place. My post was more about the arrogance of such a high carbon footprint. It is destryoying the planet, affecting everyone one of us directly. That was the point of my post, but some people on FFL seem completely oblivious to environmental issues. That is the reason I used to think Kaplan was an asshole flying around in a private jet not because it is fancy, but because of the pollution and noise pollution. I think people who do that needlessly are ignorant and that ignorance stems from arrogance. I have thought this for 40 years and I will think this until I die, no matter how rich I get. OffWorld You've been thinking about carbon footprints for 40 years? It's a relatively new concept and one I don't buy into 100%. In fact it seems to be a propaganda effort for further control of the populace brought on by the oil companies trying to get us to march in step. I'm a non-conformist so never march in step. :-D I'm not trying to defend his jet but rather what probably went through his head but then I don't know the guy. 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: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
snip Actually I got it from a Doonesbury cartoon published years ago in which Steve Dallas had an interlude with him mother. Mother: I just finished speaking to a very nice colored lady. Steve: Mom, you can't call them that anymore. Mother: You mean I need to stop donating to the NAACP? Steve: Mother! Mother: OK, she was a very nice negro lady. Steve: Mom, you're baiting me. Mother: Oh, you mean I need to stop my donations to the United Negro College Fund? Steve: Mom, come on. Mother: Well if I can't call them colored people and I can't call them negros then what can I call them? Steve: The correct term is people of color. Mother: People of color. People of color. People of color. Colored people! Thanks for the full context! That really spells out the maze we are all navigating with our use of language! Brilliant.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Request to Curtis
snip If I've understood from some of your previous posts, you live in an area in which many African-Americans live. Please do this: Go outside your residence to the street where you live and, at random, ask 25 African-Americans if, as colored people, they are happy that Barack Obama will soon be occupying the Black House. Then, after you and the colored have had a few chuckles, get back to us with the results. That's what made I am Eternal's post so interesting. Context is everything. The rules change when being white is the minority I can tell you. Want to experience a little reverse racism? Try doing business at the DC DMV as a white man! Paybacks are a biaatch! And the great thing about Obama in the White House is that both sides are gunna have to drop the pretenses of being holier than thou. These attitudes didn't get created overnight and they aren't gunna go away because we have a black president. But I am impressed with his ability to discuss this issue in a nuanced manner. Only he could get away with telling brothers to pull their pants up! I am s sick of seeing asscrack through undies in my hood!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit?
So are the Jets and Mets North Jersey teams and not worth consideration ? The Jets are interesting rivals who can usually be beaten. There's been a give and take between players and coaches over the years that has benefitted both the Jets and the Patriots. The best part of that is the Jets helped provide a training ground for Bill Belichick's defensive skills before we got him as head coach. They may have done another favor for the Patriots by winning the division in the 2002-2003 season, the season after the Patriots won their first Super Bowl, because with their 9-7 record the Patriots would probably not have gone far in the playoffs and Tom Brady would not have the NFL record of most consecutive playoff wins at ten. The Mets are in the other league, so what they do with their time matters less. Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love. - Amma --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Hillary jerking Obama's chain a bit? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 1:35 PM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it were me, I would withdraw the offer entirely, because she has proved that she and her staff cannot be trusted with privileged information, and can't keep a secret. THAT is who we want as US Secretary of State? Yeah, right. And since we Bostonians hate the NY Yankess and the NY Giants and that cesspool of a city down there, I say let her stay in NY. So are the Jets and Mets North Jersey teams and not worth consideration ? 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] FFL BabyBoomer ignorance
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore. Its over. Even black people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only closet ractists still care about it. Who the fuck is Jim Crow? OffWorld Your ignorance of the history of racism is only overshadowed by your ignorance of its influence today. As an American, you're ignorance of the history of the world is only overshadowed by your fear of your own racism as a country. Calling people concerned with this issue closet racists is part of the crazy-making mental process that makes discussions with you impossible. The rest of the country has moved on but closet racists want to keep harping on about words like 'colored'. You know many African Americans do not like being called 'African American', so they think you are a racist if you call them that. The closet racists are in limited company of their own now in this country. The world has moved on Jim Crows, you racists are being conscined to the dustbin of history. Only a racist cares about words like colored, black, brown, etc. To me, as a Scot, 'black' sounds way more racist than 'colored', and I'd be wary of using it in front of whites or blacks in Scotland. In France, blacks are called 'negres', and that is what the French speakers in the South USA called blacks. Shock horror !...they called blacks 'blacks' ! But then an American with his head up his ass would not have thought that there could be countries outside of America. There are also English speaking countries outside of America you know. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , I am the eternal L.Shaddai@ wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: The term colored people is associated with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. The term colored was used to designate where black people could go or facilities they could use. For further information on this, reference http://www.naacp.org/ http://www.naacp.org/ , the home page of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. That is very interesting, I didn't think of that! I know it was started when this term was used, but I never hear it used in that form today. In any case I stand corrected about its connection with Jim Crow as the only way the term is used. Thanks for posting that. I think I deserve an apology from you and Shemp. But I don't suppose you are man enough for that. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Only closet racists would not be comfortable with the words 'colored people' . I am sure you are not a racist Curt, therefore I will accept an apology when you give it. (Shemp on the other hand) OffWorld
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Request to Curtis
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:20 PM, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what made I am Eternal's post so interesting. Context is everything. The rules change when being white is the minority I can tell you. Want to experience a little reverse racism? Try doing business at the DC DMV as a white man! Paybacks are a biaatch! And the great thing about Obama in the White House is that both sides are gunna have to drop the pretenses of being holier than thou. These attitudes didn't get created overnight and they aren't gunna go away because we have a black president. But I am impressed with his ability to discuss this issue in a nuanced manner. Only he could get away with telling brothers to pull their pants up! I am s sick of seeing asscrack through undies in my hood! http://www.theonion.com/content/video/portrayal_of_obama_as_elitist Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist Hailed As Step Forward For African Americans
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:21 PM, off_world_beings wrote: I think I deserve an apology from you and Shemp. But I don't suppose you are man enough for that. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Only closet racists would not be comfortable with the words 'colored people' . I am sure you are not a racist Curt, therefore I will accept an apology when you give it. (Shemp on the other hand) Hey, Off--I thought you were through with the group! Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL BabyBoomer ignorance
Vermont has .5% black and 96.8% white. A person from Vermont trying to lecture a person from DC on racism, telling me that racism is over, is like me telling you that snow is never a problem with roads and we shouldn't have to spend as much money as Vermont does on Winter road maintenance. I get it, that for you, race is not an issue, being white in a practically all white area. Although you are fond of reminding me that there are other countries outside the US, I would like to remind you that there are states outside of Vermont facing different racial challenges. Oh yeah, and your attempt to internationalize the terms doesn't work. It isn't about how YOU feel about the term, it is about how the black minority feels about the term in THIS country. If you want to know the difference between the terms colored and black, come on down to DC and take the Shemp challenge. I'll handle the tickets for the event. The brothers in my neighborhood would definitely pay to see that! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: snip No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore. Its over. Even black people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only closet ractists still care about it. Who the fuck is Jim Crow? OffWorld Your ignorance of the history of racism is only overshadowed by your ignorance of its influence today. As an American, you're ignorance of the history of the world is only overshadowed by your fear of your own racism as a country. Calling people concerned with this issue closet racists is part of the crazy-making mental process that makes discussions with you impossible. The rest of the country has moved on but closet racists want to keep harping on about words like 'colored'. You know many African Americans do not like being called 'African American', so they think you are a racist if you call them that. The closet racists are in limited company of their own now in this country. The world has moved on Jim Crows, you racists are being conscined to the dustbin of history. Only a racist cares about words like colored, black, brown, etc. To me, as a Scot, 'black' sounds way more racist than 'colored', and I'd be wary of using it in front of whites or blacks in Scotland. In France, blacks are called 'negres', and that is what the French speakers in the South USA called blacks. Shock horror !...they called blacks 'blacks' ! But then an American with his head up his ass would not have thought that there could be countries outside of America. There are also English speaking countries outside of America you know. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Request to Curtis
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/portrayal_of_obama_as_elitist Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist Hailed As Step Forward For African Americans That was brilliant, thanks! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:20 PM, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what made I am Eternal's post so interesting. Context is everything. The rules change when being white is the minority I can tell you. Want to experience a little reverse racism? Try doing business at the DC DMV as a white man! Paybacks are a biaatch! And the great thing about Obama in the White House is that both sides are gunna have to drop the pretenses of being holier than thou. These attitudes didn't get created overnight and they aren't gunna go away because we have a black president. But I am impressed with his ability to discuss this issue in a nuanced manner. Only he could get away with telling brothers to pull their pants up! I am s sick of seeing asscrack through undies in my hood! http://www.theonion.com/content/video/portrayal_of_obama_as_elitist Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist Hailed As Step Forward For African Americans
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- On Thu, 11/20/08, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 2:30 PM snip No-body cares about stupid American racism anymore. Its over. Even black people do not care about the terminology anymore. Only closet ractists still care about it. Who the fuck is Jim Crow? OffWorld Your ignorance of the history of racism is only overshadowed by your ignorance of its influence today. Calling people concerned with this issue closet racists is part of the crazy-making mental process that makes discussions with you impossible. Curtis, do you think Off's putting us on? Nobody could be such a dumb fuck and so cognitively obtuse unless it was some kind of joke. Who the fuck is Jim Crowe? He was a MMA fighter out of the Indian Nations in the mid 1800's. He held the light heavyweight title for 6 years before Randy Colture took it from him at the battle of Little Big Horn in France. Almost nobody in Britain knows who Jim Crow was (yes I know what it is idiot, I was making a point about American arrogance about how important their own racist history is. It is a history of shame. ) The rest of the world is embarrassed by your American racism...UNTIL, you elected Obama -- who by the way, I was the first to show outright support for on FFL --- its documented, but you folks can't handle that fact.) Do you know who Ignatius Sancho was? Do you know who Olaudah Equiano was? Do you know who Joseph Knight Do you know who James Somersett Oh wait, you wouldn't know them because they were free before your racist country was even born ! Former slaves walked free, by law, in Britain before your country even existed. In fact, the very reason your founders started the false flag Boston tea part event, and the war against the British, was BECAUSE they wanted to KEEP their slaves, but Britain was outlawing it. We Brits are proud that colored people fought alondside white soldiers in the war against the slave owners in America, and the oppressive Papist regines of France and Spain. Your racist country was one of the last in the Western world to rid itself of slavery. You and Curtis do not even know your own history. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Carbon footprint of assholes in Jets---- was// Kaplan was flying his 10 millio
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: off_world_beings wrote: Yes they are all over the place. My post was more about the arrogance of such a high carbon footprint. It is destryoying the planet, affecting everyone one of us directly. That was the point of my post, but some people on FFL seem completely oblivious to environmental issues. That is the reason I used to think Kaplan was an asshole flying around in a private jet not because it is fancy, but because of the pollution and noise pollution. I think people who do that needlessly are ignorant and that ignorance stems from arrogance. I have thought this for 40 years and I will think this until I die, no matter how rich I get. OffWorld You've been thinking about carbon footprints for 40 years? No its not. It was called pollution units per capita before. Basic same concept. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Only closet racists would not be comfortable with the words 'colored people' . I am sure you are not a racist Curt, therefore I will accept an apology when you give it. (Shemp on the other hand) So by your reasoning the United Negro College Fund gives us the right to call black people negroes? You know I hear a lot of rap that uses the N word, maybe that is OK too? Do you understand the term context dependent? Black people can call themselves anything they want Off, but they don't want you and me calling them colored. If you ever come across the one black person who lives in Vermont, why don't you run this by them. Hint: you can easily find him because he is the same guy who is everyone's black friend' on the Vermont section of Myspace. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , I am the eternal L.Shaddai@ wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: The term colored people is associated with the past. The term people of color was carefully crafted to be different from the emotional connection with Jim Crow laws. The term colored was used to designate where black people could go or facilities they could use. For further information on this, reference http://www.naacp.org/ http://www.naacp.org/ , the home page of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. That is very interesting, I didn't think of that! I know it was started when this term was used, but I never hear it used in that form today. In any case I stand corrected about its connection with Jim Crow as the only way the term is used. Thanks for posting that. I think I deserve an apology from you and Shemp. But I don't suppose you are man enough for that. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Only closet racists would not be comfortable with the words 'colored people' . I am sure you are not a racist Curt, therefore I will accept an apology when you give it. (Shemp on the other hand) OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Off_World refers to African-Americans as colored people
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:21 PM, off_world_beings wrote: I think I deserve an apology from you and Shemp. But I don't suppose you are man enough for that. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Only closet racists would not be comfortable with the words 'colored people' . I am sure you are not a racist Curt, therefore I will accept an apology when you give it. (Shemp on the other hand) Hey, Off--I thought you were through with the group! I am, and I just said it because I KNEW, you would say that. No really, as soon as I posted again, I knew Sal would be the first to say this ..again. OffWorld
