[FairfieldLife] Italianizing American cars!
Some famous Italian cars: Ferrari, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Maserati, Alfa Romeo... It would seem quite easy to italianize American cars, and perhaps add some extra value to them: Fordi, Chevroleti, Buicki, Cadillacki, Dodgi, Hummeri, Jeepi, Lincolni, Pontiacki...
[FairfieldLife] OM: kuurma-naaDii and vasomotor rhinitis!
Just learned this, from Wiki: Vasomotor rhinitis Non-allergic rhinitis refers to runny nose that is not due to allergy. Non-allergic rhinitis can be classified as either non-inflammatory or inflammatory rhinitis. One very common type of non-inflammatory, non-allergic rhinitis that is sometimes confused with allergy is called vasomotor rhinitis,[11] in which certain non-allergic triggers such as smells, fumes, smoke, dusts, and temperature changes, cause rhinitis. There is still much to be learned about this entity, but it is thought that these non-allergic triggers cause dilation of the blood vessels in the lining of the nose, which results in swelling, and drainage. Vasomotor rhinitis can coexist with allergic rhinitis, and this is called mixed rhinitis. (Middleton's Allergy Principles and Practice, seventh edition.) The pathology of vasomotor rhinitis appears to involve neurogenic inflammation[12] and is as yet not very well understood. Vasomotor rhinitis appears to be significantly more common in women than men, leading some researchers to believe that hormones play a role. In general, age of onset occurs after 20 years of age, in contrast to allergic rhinitis which can be developed at any age. Individuals suffering from vasomotor rhinitis typically experience symptoms year-round, though symptoms may be exacerbated in the spring and autumn when rapid weather changes are more common.[13] An estimated 17 million United States citizens have vasomotor rhinitis. The antihistamines azelastine and olopatadine, applied as nasal sprays, may both be effective for vasomotor rhinitis.[14][15] Fluticasone propionate or budesonide (both are steroids) in nostril spray form may also be used for symptomatic treatment. - Now I realized I've had *that* kind of rhinitis for decades now, prolly not (merely?) allergic rhinitis! At least it would seem to make more sense why the kuurma-naaDii -siddhi (#5 in my set[1]) seems to alleviate my symptoms considerably. (My rhinitis may be a combination of allergic and vasomotor, because the symptoms are way more bad inside.) 1. kuurma-naaDyaaM [locative sing. of 'naaDii'] sthairyam.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Group Use
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@... wrote: Hey Buck, what's the subject? http://youtu.be/7SB16il97yw http://youtu.be/7SB16il97yw I think the subject should be Have you found Jesus? And there is a test to pass before you can post there -- if it takes you more than a second to laugh at the test cartoon below, you're not worthy. :-) [https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/425914_37566226246\ 3233_205344452828349_1386689_1690756884_n.jpg] https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/425914_375662262463\ 233_205344452828349_1386689_1690756884_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/425914_37566226246\ 3233_205344452828349_1386689_1690756884_n.jpg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater no_reply@ wrote: I don't blame you!! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Off Topic, I am thinking of starting a group as a forum for a different subject and different group of people entirely. How do you folks see the difference between Yahoo groups and Google groups as for forums hosting/facilitating discussion? How is Google groups different from Yahoo groups to use?? I don't have much experience with Google groups. I've never really used google's groups much. Thanks in advance, -Buck you can e-mail me off this list at dhamiltony2k5 at yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote: We can live with the deficit, even a higher deficit, for the time being. Not forever, obviously, but long enough to get the economy back in shape. The above is the Achilles heel in you argument, we've gone to that well (borrowing, taxing and spending) already once too often, the interest on the debt alone is killing us. Time to turn the tide and let businesses know what's coming their way. Government isn't the engine of the economy the private sector is. If not NOW, Judy, then WHEN? Obama's stimulus is/was a failure, and you want more? pretty dangerous I'd say. The dollar will collapse first, your argument is nothing but, just a little bit more, dream on! FWIW.IMO.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: The US has to improve its private business sector growing again. This will create the necessary tax base for the government tax income. It's also necessary to reduce the government spending to control the deficit and the government longterm debt. This plan requires a concerted effort between the two major parties to reduce the government debt. It will take about 10 years or more to reduce the government debt to a manageable level. So, one president will not be able to fix the problem. It would take Congress to pass a legislation to reduce the national debt. That means, all the politicians will have to cooperate in a government reduction program and a business stimulus package over many years to solve the problem. The US has the income potential, know-how, capability, industries, and workforce to get the job done. Our leaders should take action now. If they don't, vote them out and replace them with people who can do the job. JR Right on JR, but I don't think our resident liberal, Judy, would agree! I don't know what her views are on gay-marriage but I could probably guess. Liberals don't have a problem with anal intercourse and in fact, indirectly encourage it, they even call it 'love'.
[FairfieldLife] Ascent Into Dvapara by The Aris
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[FairfieldLife] Review: Holy Flying Circus
OK, for all you Monty Python fans and persecutors of organized religion out there, here is one to warm the cockles of your heart. Trolling the torrentverse, I stumbled upon a film called Holy Flying Circus. Never having heard of it before, and hoping beyond hope for the best, I looked it up on the IMDB. Happy happy joy joy. I'm waiting for it to download now, but so sure I'm going to love it that I'm starting this review before actually watching it. The premise is tremendous. Many of us forget how weird the world was back in 1979, when Monty Python's The Life Of Brian was first released. We forget that its subject matter -- a comedy about Jesus -- could be as controversial as it was. The film, as it turns out, was picketed and banned and hotly debated. One ban against it in Ireland was only lifted ten years ago. Shortly before the controversy had really hit the fan, not knowing what the reaction to the film might be, Michael Palin and John Cleese went on the BBC to talk about the upcoming film, and then debate broadcaster and noted Christian Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood (the then Bishop of Southwark) about whether the film was blasphemous or not. It's a classic of both comedy history and religious history, and I have provided a link to it on YouTube at the end. Anyway, what Holy Flying Circus is is a re-imagining of this debate, and the conversations among the Monty Python team that led up to it. Actors play the Pythons. Here's all I know about the movie so far, three clips gleaned from YouTube: Palin and Cleese Arrive at the BBC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78p32OJvaKQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78p32OJvaKQ Being Offensive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnYJdT9fAo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnYJdT9fAo The Fight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8UjASPt1yc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8UjASPt1yc Now I'll watch the movie... insert appropriate interval of time here, simulated First, writer Tony Roche and director Owen Harris totally GET Monty Python. Their use of both language and visuals are spot-on from the opening scene and the rolling text at the beginning. If you are a MP fan, you know even at that point that you are in good hands with this film. The actors do a great job capturing the mannerisms of the Pythons and other well-known British figures. You don't know any of them, except perhaps Steven Fry in the role of God, but they all do a jolly job IMO. In a way, this film is remarkably like the comeback episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus that we fans always wanted, but that never happened. Tony Roche *really* did his homework. This is a fun movie, *and* like The Life Of Brian itself, one with something to say. One warning: if you have a history of becoming mightily offended by either bad language (a list of banned words is actually read aloud at one point) or making fun of speech impediments such as stammering or Tourette's Syndrome, you might find things in this film to be offended by. If so, tough bollocks. This is my review. If you want to protest and have a place to spout off your opinions, write your own review. Finally, here's the actual 1979 BBC Debate (in four parts). It is almost shocking how offended by the film Malcolm Muggeridge and the Bishop were and how NASTY they chose to be to John Cleese and Michael Palin. Good one-liners are spouted on all sides, but it seems obvious to me that the Pythons actually *understand* the nature of humor and its proximity to Godliness and their two debate opponents do not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ni559bHXDg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ni559bHXDg I think this debate, as I suggested before, is a classic of the history of religion and its oppression of any who dare to make fun of religion. It's VERY much like a modern-day conversation on Fairfield Life when someone pokes fun at Maharishi or TM or some idea that TMers hold dear. I'm thinking that in our FFL reenactments of this debate, Curtis and I play the Pythons. You can decide for yourselves which FFL regulars the Bishop and Malcolm Muggeridge remind you of. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: We can live with the deficit, even a higher deficit, for the time being. Not forever, obviously, but long enough to get the economy back in shape. The above is the Achilles heel in you argument, we've gone to that well (borrowing, taxing and spending) already once too often, When we didn't need to, perhaps. This time we need to. the interest on the debt alone is killing us. No, it's not. We can live with it awhile longer. It isn't an emergency. Unemployment, lack of demand, and income inequality are the emergency. Once we get a handle on those three interrelated problems, we'll be in a position to deal with the deficit. Time to turn the tide and let businesses know what's coming their way. Businesses' biggest complaint is not uncertainty but lack of demand. Government isn't the engine of the economy the private sector is. Which is why we have to increase demand. Businesses can't do that when people's pockets are empty. If not NOW, Judy, then WHEN? Obama's stimulus is/was a failure, and you want more? Well, it wasn't a failure by any means, of course, it just wasn't big enough to turn the tide. pretty dangerous I'd say. The dollar will collapse first, your argument is nothing but, just a little bit more, dream on! FWIW.IMO.
[FairfieldLife] Point Of View
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
Bhairitu: And we can't have meaningless make work jobs just to employ people. Not sure how you're going to run a hospital with 200 people! The problem now is the high cost of gasoline. Chevron 4150 Redwood Rd Mountain Blvd $3.96 http://tinyurl.com/6rrlvsg You are going to have to continue to pay high dollar for your foreign oil because you didn't support drilling in the U.S. or offshore. And, you simply don't have the refining capacity out in California. That's going to prevent any small businesses from growing or getting started out there, fer sure. My solution is to drill for more oil and get it to the refinery as soon as possible so people can have cheap gasoline to get to work at their small or large business job. In fact, I told you about this years ago! Classic oil-shock + housing development arrested + financial crisis = Great Recession. The Atlantic: http://tinyurl.com/7w9u6vp
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
And what short sighted ideas are those, Billy? Buck: How about off-line, off-list between you. Take it outside! What's this got to do with FFL? The last time I checked, 'small business' was just about the only engine of the local economy in Fairfield, IA. Correct me if I'm wrong, Buck.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
Obama's 'green energy' fiascoes have severely impacted the economy, we may NEVER recover if the greenies get their way! But they don't care...scary! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: Bhairitu: And we can't have meaningless make work jobs just to employ people. Not sure how you're going to run a hospital with 200 people! The problem now is the high cost of gasoline. Chevron 4150 Redwood Rd Mountain Blvd $3.96 http://tinyurl.com/6rrlvsg You are going to have to continue to pay high dollar for your foreign oil because you didn't support drilling in the U.S. or offshore. And, you simply don't have the refining capacity out in California. That's going to prevent any small businesses from growing or getting started out there, fer sure. My solution is to drill for more oil and get it to the refinery as soon as possible so people can have cheap gasoline to get to work at their small or large business job. In fact, I told you about this years ago! Classic oil-shock + housing development arrested + financial crisis = Great Recession. The Atlantic: http://tinyurl.com/7w9u6vp
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: Bhairitu: And we can't have meaningless make work jobs just to employ people. Not sure how you're going to run a hospital with 200 people! The problem now is the high cost of gasoline. Chevron 4150 Redwood Rd Mountain Blvd $3.96 http://tinyurl.com/6rrlvsg You are going to have to continue to pay high dollar for your foreign oil because you didn't support drilling in the U.S. or offshore. And, you simply don't have the refining capacity out in California. That's going to prevent any small businesses from growing or getting started out there, fer sure. My solution is to drill for more oil and get it to the refinery as soon as possible so people can have cheap gasoline to get to work at their small or large business job. In fact, I told you about this years ago! Classic oil-shock + housing development arrested + financial crisis = Great Recession. The Atlantic: http://tinyurl.com/7w9u6vp 1920 1,073,242,064 1940 1,885,861,306 1960 3,035,214,452 1980 4,474,418,280 2000 6,041,591,364 Now..6,944,238,500 http://galen.metapath.org/popclk.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Group Use
Buck: What a bunch of boneless chickens... You need to get out more, Buck - I've posted over 5,000 messages to Google Groups (Usenet) in the past ten years. Where were you when I needed you? Go figure. Usenet/archives.htm http://www.rwilliams.us/archives.htm I'm trying to do a focus group kind of question here. If i form a new group, should it be with Yahoo or Google groups. Why? You are cordially invited to post your questions to Usenet - alt.meditation.transcendental - a friendly place to dialog about the mechanics of consciousness - no rules, no posting limits. LoL! http://tinyurl.com/6nrkpvo http://tinyurl.com/6nrkpvo Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk to!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: My solution is to drill for more oil and get it to the refinery as soon as possible so people can have cheap gasoline to get to work at their small or large business job. In fact, I told you about this years ago! /// Oil is a fungible commodity sold on the world market with prices set by the free market. US oil is sold on the world market like any other country's oil. Oil leases granted by the government to big oil companies means only that the government shares the revenue of the sale of that oil with those companies. It doesn't mean that somehow that oil and it's derivatives stay in the domestic market, or is sold at some sort of discount to locals. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-offshore-drilling-make-us-independent So are promises of U.S. oil independence realor rhetoric? The issue is not whether the U.S. can significantly reduce its reliance on oil imports with domestic, offshore oil, say both Kaufman and Nathan, but whether there is enough that is recoverable to significantly lower the price of a barrel of oil on the global market. ... Kaufman dismisses as nonsense any promises that offshore drilling could make the U.S. oil independent. Even if it could somehow insulate itself from the ups and downs of the global oil market, he notes, the U.S. would have to make a huge leap in domestic oil production to replace what it buys from overseas.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, marekreavis reavismarek@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@ wrote: My solution is to drill for more oil and get it to the refinery as soon as possible so people can have cheap gasoline to get to work at their small or large business job. In fact, I told you about this years ago! /// Oil is a fungible commodity sold on the world market with prices set by the free market. US oil is sold on the world market like any other country's oil. Oil leases granted by the government to big oil companies means only that the government shares the revenue of the sale of that oil with those companies. It doesn't mean that somehow that oil and it's derivatives stay in the domestic market, or is sold at some sort of discount to locals. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-offshore-drilling-make-us-independent So are promises of U.S. oil independence realor rhetoric? The issue is not whether the U.S. can significantly reduce its reliance on oil imports with domestic, offshore oil, say both Kaufman and Nathan, but whether there is enough that is recoverable to significantly lower the price of a barrel of oil on the global market. ... Kaufman dismisses as nonsense any promises that offshore drilling could make the U.S. oil independent. Even if it could somehow insulate itself from the ups and downs of the global oil market, he notes, the U.S. would have to make a huge leap in domestic oil production to replace what it buys from overseas. Moreover, oil is an evil, dirty product, we should just kill all domestic oil production and go with Solar and Wind..it's so simple even Rick could figure it out! So what if Grandma freezes to death next winter, it's a small price to pay, (and hey, we get rid of grandma too).
[FairfieldLife] Re: You'll ditch yer iPhone??
cardemaister: You'll ditch yer iPhone?? All it takes to get a Nokia Lumina 800, with the WP7.5 port with a Carl Zeiss lens http://tinyurl.com/7sxl6hd and a pre-paid month-to-month subscription and micro-Sim, is just a short walk to your T-Mobile store! HELSINKI -- Finland's Nokia Corp., the world's largest handset maker by unit shipments, is no longer in the danger zone it was in a year ago... MarketWatch: http://tinyurl.com/7sxl6hd http://tinyurl.com/7sxl6hd Nokia Lumia 800 Review: http://tinyurl.com/6o7qlqa http://tinyurl.com/6o7qlqa
[FairfieldLife] If you were God, who would you rather have a beer with?
[ Those of you who already are God, please excuse my use of the hypothetical in posing this question. ] Would You rather sit down over a cold brew with a guy or gal who could look at You and Your Creation and laugh at it all, or someone who felt compelled to Take It All Seriously? My kinda God would want to hang with the laughers. It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey. - Robert Green Ingersoll
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
Maybe you should stop listening to right-wing pundits on radio and TV get some factual information. The oligarchs have brainwashed you into believing you should cut your own social safety net, and pay zero taxes while they cash in on the Wall Street thievery that crashed the economy. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ A Dark Age of Macroeconomics A History Lesson for Allan Meltzer America's Chinese Disease China's Water Pistol Core Logic Currency Wars and the Impossible Trinity IS-LMentary Japan 1998 Liquidity Preference, Loanable Funds, and Niall Ferguson Macro Policy In a Liquidity Trap More on Friedman and Japan Myths of Austerity Optimal Fiscal Policy In a Liquidity Trap Sam, Janet, and Fiscal Policy Self-Defeating Austerity The Doctrine of Immaculate Transfer The Humbling of the Fed The Instability of Moderation --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: We can live with the deficit, even a higher deficit, for the time being. Not forever, obviously, but long enough to get the economy back in shape. The above is the Achilles heel in you argument, we've gone to that well (borrowing, taxing and spending) already once too often, the interest on the debt alone is killing us. Time to turn the tide and let businesses know what's coming their way. Government isn't the engine of the economy the private sector is. If not NOW, Judy, then WHEN? Obama's stimulus is/was a failure, and you want more? pretty dangerous I'd say. The dollar will collapse first, your argument is nothing but, just a little bit more, dream on! FWIW.IMO.
[FairfieldLife] Re: If you were God, who would you rather have a beer with?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: [ Those of you who already are God, please excuse my use of the hypothetical in posing this question. ] Would You rather sit down over a cold brew with a guy or gal who could look at You and Your Creation and laugh at it all, or someone who felt compelled to Take It All Seriously? My kinda God would want to hang with the laughers. It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey. - Robert Green Ingersoll After you wake up from a dream, you laugh, but when you're IN the dream it's a serious matter. So it all depends on your perspective, Life is a waking dream, Charlie Lutes.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
On 02/13/2012 08:20 AM, wgm4u wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, marekreavisreavismarek@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williamsrichard@ wrote: My solution is to drill for more oil and get it to the refinery as soon as possible so people can have cheap gasoline to get to work at their small or large business job. In fact, I told you about this years ago! /// Oil is a fungible commodity sold on the world market with prices set by the free market. US oil is sold on the world market like any other country's oil. Oil leases granted by the government to big oil companies means only that the government shares the revenue of the sale of that oil with those companies. It doesn't mean that somehow that oil and it's derivatives stay in the domestic market, or is sold at some sort of discount to locals. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-offshore-drilling-make-us-independent So are promises of U.S. oil independence real—or rhetoric? The issue is not whether the U.S. can significantly reduce its reliance on oil imports with domestic, offshore oil, say both Kaufman and Nathan, but whether there is enough that is recoverable to significantly lower the price of a barrel of oil on the global market. ... Kaufman dismisses as nonsense any promises that offshore drilling could make the U.S. oil independent. Even if it could somehow insulate itself from the ups and downs of the global oil market, he notes, the U.S. would have to make a huge leap in domestic oil production to replace what it buys from overseas. Moreover, oil is an evil, dirty product, we should just kill all domestic oil production and go with Solar and Wind..it's so simple even Rick could figure it out! So what if Grandma freezes to death next winter, it's a small price to pay, (and hey, we get rid of grandma too). But you just said: Obama's 'green energy' fiascoes have severely impacted the economy, we may NEVER recover if the greenies get their way! But they don't care...scary! To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
The key words in your statement were so people can have cheap gasoline. My point was your solution to provide cheap gasoline is no solution at all. *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: My solution is to drill for more oil and get it to the refinery as soon as possible so people can have cheap gasoline to get to work at their small or large business job. Marek: Kaufman dismisses as nonsense any promises that offshore drilling could make the U.S. oil independent... The key words here are get it to the refinery. So let's be practical - if the price of gasoline goes up, there won't be any end to the current recession because people won't be able to afford to drive to get to work. In order to recover from the recession we are going to have to have stable prices on oil and gasoline. The biggest benefit to the U.S. economy back in 2011 was the consistently declining gas price. Without stable gas prices you can kiss that particular one-time stimulus to the economy goodbye. After all, who needs a secure energy source from a best friend when you can pay a fortune to buy it from unfriendly people in faraway unstable places? 'Obama kills Keystone pipeline plan; Why he did it' Investors Business Daily: http://tinyurl.com/86boyyy
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: The US has to improve its private business sector growing again. This will create the necessary tax base for the government tax income. It's also necessary to reduce the government spending to control the deficit and the government longterm debt. This plan requires a concerted effort between the two major parties to reduce the government debt. It will take about 10 years or more to reduce the government debt to a manageable level. So, one president will not be able to fix the problem. It would take Congress to pass a legislation to reduce the national debt. That means, all the politicians will have to cooperate in a government reduction program and a business stimulus package over many years to solve the problem. The US has the income potential, know-how, capability, industries, and workforce to get the job done. Our leaders should take action now. If they don't, vote them out and replace them with people who can do the job. JR Right on JR, but I don't think our resident liberal, Judy, would agree! I don't know what her views are on gay-marriage but I could probably guess. Liberals don't have a problem with anal intercourse and in fact, indirectly encourage it, they even call it 'love'. Billy, Thank you. It's not a big secret to figure this one out. The GAO has been saying this to Congress for many years. But no one is doing anything for fear of NOT getting reelected. I personally don't like gay-marriage. But, here in California, if the US Supreme Court forces us to enact it, I can live with it. JR
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
On 02/13/2012 07:16 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Bhairitu: And we can't have meaningless make work jobs just to employ people. Not sure how you're going to run a hospital with 200 people! More small hospitals. The problem now is the high cost of gasoline. Chevron 4150 Redwood Rd Mountain Blvd $3.96 http://tinyurl.com/6rrlvsg You are going to have to continue to pay high dollar for your foreign oil because you didn't support drilling in the U.S. or offshore. And, you simply don't have the refining capacity out in California. That's going to prevent any small businesses from growing or getting started out there, fer sure. My solution is to drill for more oil and get it to the refinery as soon as possible so people can have cheap gasoline to get to work at their small or large business job. In fact, I told you about this years ago! Classic oil-shock + housing development arrested + financial crisis = Great Recession. The Atlantic: http://tinyurl.com/7w9u6vp Big Oil just like Big Pharma wants to bankrupt you. You've got the foxes running the hen house. We knew this problem back in the 1970s and knew we needed to stop dependence on oil and develop new energy sources. What did we do instead? We partied on. Whereas the Carter Administration put solar panel on the roof of the White House the Reagan administration removed them. The rich just want to get richer and leave you and Billy poorer. Wake up and smell the reality. But no one on FFL will hold our breathes for that! :-D
[FairfieldLife] Re: Italianizing American cars!
Carde, You forgot Chrysler. An Italian car company owns this American car company now. You might see the revival of the Alfa Romeo, American style. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_reply@... wrote: Some famous Italian cars: Ferrari, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Maserati, Alfa Romeo... It would seem quite easy to italianize American cars, and perhaps add some extra value to them: Fordi, Chevroleti, Buicki, Cadillacki, Dodgi, Hummeri, Jeepi, Lincolni, Pontiacki...
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
On Feb 13, 2012, at 12:17 PM, marekreavis wrote: The key words in your statement were so people can have cheap gasoline. My point was your solution to provide cheap gasoline is no solution at all. Of course the fact that the only cost benefit to consumers would take about 20 years and would only amount to an estimated 10-20 cents per gallon savings isn't ultimately that beneficial. In the interim, we'd likely be plagued by numerous Deepwater Horizon-type events. The only people who'd really benefit is Big Oil and it's investors. Add to that toxic tack Fracking and Clean Coal (there is no such thing) and you can say goodbye to the America we once knew, and the planet.
[FairfieldLife] Polyamory ( was Too many 'goodies' for too long :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@ wrote: Right on JR, but I don't think our resident liberal, Judy, would agree! I don't know what her views are on gay-marriage but I could probably guess. Liberals don't have a problem with anal intercourse and in fact, indirectly encourage it, they even call it 'love'. I personally don't like gay-marriage. But, here in California, if the US Supreme Court forces us to enact it, I can live with it. Now that you've both checked in on the idea of love, especially that Bad kind, where a person falls in love with someone of the opposite sex, how do you stand on polyamory? That's where a number of people form loving relationships -- primarily heterosexual -- but not limited to monogamy? I ask because today I find myself a fly on the wall in a household full of laughing, amazing well-adjusted and well-loved children. The four people I live with -- two women and one child -- are being visited by one of the women's other boyfriends and his three kids. Tomorrow the other boyfriend of one of the other women may show up with his two kids. With regard to Billy's in-quotes 'love'...there is more of it in this household than in any monogamous marriage or relationship I have ever encountered. However, when same-sex marriage is finally adopted as normal all around the world, it will still take YEARS before governments and churches will accept polyamory. That's not hyperbole; that's just the honest truth. It's been an interesting experiment for me, as kind of a loner, living with a polyamorous family for the last year. I am neither romantically nor sexually involved with either of the two women, and Roland definitely isn't my type. :-) I don't really ask about their relationships with each other, or with their occasional other partners, and I don't really care. All I know is that in my immediate extended family these three people do as fine a job of loving each other and their daughter Maya as I have ever seen done on this planet. They'd all love to be legally married. But no way. That won't happen until decades after people can no longer remember why there was any furor over gay marriage. [https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/392198_33122144689\ 5543_10230716867_1286683_73982667_n.jpg]
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Italianizing American cars!
On 02/13/2012 09:44 AM, John wrote: Carde, You forgot Chrysler. An Italian car company owns this American car company now. You might see the revival of the Alfa Romeo, American style. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaisterno_reply@... wrote: Some famous Italian cars: Ferrari, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Maserati, Alfa Romeo... It would seem quite easy to italianize American cars, and perhaps add some extra value to them: Fordi, Chevroleti, Buicki, Cadillacki, Dodgi, Hummeri, Jeepi, Lincolni, Pontiacki... I'm beginning to see people driving new small FIATs around here. As for the Alpha Romeo, back in the 1970s a friend who had one was always asking me to drive him some place because he didn't have time to warm up the engine on the Alpha.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Polyamory ( was Too many 'goodies' for too long :-)
Turq-You can love someone of either sex, even hug and kiss them, but do you have to have SEX with them? Isn't that for children? or was it meant for 'entertainment'? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@ wrote: Right on JR, but I don't think our resident liberal, Judy, would agree! I don't know what her views are on gay-marriage but I could probably guess. Liberals don't have a problem with anal intercourse and in fact, indirectly encourage it, they even call it 'love'. I personally don't like gay-marriage. But, here in California, if the US Supreme Court forces us to enact it, I can live with it. Now that you've both checked in on the idea of love, especially that Bad kind, where a person falls in love with someone of the opposite sex, how do you stand on polyamory? That's where a number of people form loving relationships -- primarily heterosexual -- but not limited to monogamy? I ask because today I find myself a fly on the wall in a household full of laughing, amazing well-adjusted and well-loved children. The four people I live with -- two women and one child -- are being visited by one of the women's other boyfriends and his three kids. Tomorrow the other boyfriend of one of the other women may show up with his two kids. With regard to Billy's in-quotes 'love'...there is more of it in this household than in any monogamous marriage or relationship I have ever encountered. However, when same-sex marriage is finally adopted as normal all around the world, it will still take YEARS before governments and churches will accept polyamory. That's not hyperbole; that's just the honest truth. It's been an interesting experiment for me, as kind of a loner, living with a polyamorous family for the last year. I am neither romantically nor sexually involved with either of the two women, and Roland definitely isn't my type. :-) I don't really ask about their relationships with each other, or with their occasional other partners, and I don't really care. All I know is that in my immediate extended family these three people do as fine a job of loving each other and their daughter Maya as I have ever seen done on this planet. They'd all love to be legally married. But no way. That won't happen until decades after people can no longer remember why there was any furor over gay marriage. [https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/392198_33122144689\ 5543_10230716867_1286683_73982667_n.jpg]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Italianizing American cars!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 02/13/2012 09:44 AM, John wrote: Carde, You forgot Chrysler. An Italian car company owns this American car company now. You might see the revival of the Alfa Romeo, American style. JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaisterno_reply@ wrote: Some famous Italian cars: Ferrari, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Maserati, Alfa Romeo... It would seem quite easy to italianize American cars, and perhaps add some extra value to them: Fordi, Chevroleti, Buicki, Cadillacki, Dodgi, Hummeri, Jeepi, Lincolni, Pontiacki... I'm beginning to see people driving new small FIATs around here. As for the Alpha Romeo, back in the 1970s a friend who had one was always asking me to drive him some place because he didn't have time to warm up the engine on the Alpha. Here's an old joke: What does FIAT mean? Fix It Again Tony! :)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Polyamory ( was Too many 'goodies' for too long :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I ask because today I find myself a fly on the wall in a household full of laughing, amazing well-adjusted and well-loved children. The four people I live with -- two women and one child -- are being visited by one of the women's other boyfriends and his three kids. Tomorrow the other boyfriend of one of the other women may show up with his two kids. Sorry -- two women, one guy, and one child. Two of them are the biological parents of Maya, one is the guy's legal wife. One of the women is my ex-girlfriend, but we haven't been romantically involved for decades, and have evolved into best friends. Strangely, we all get along. I have not witnessed a single argument between any of the parties in the time we've known each other. Go figure. Anything for a weird life. - Zaphod Beebelbrox :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Polyamory ( was Too many 'goodies' for too long :-)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@... wrote: Turq-You can love someone of either sex, even hug and kiss them, but do you have to have SEX with them? Isn't that for children? or was it meant for 'entertainment'? *Of course* sex was meant for entertainment. Do you see something sinful or wrong about entertainment? :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u anitaoaks4u@ wrote: Right on JR, but I don't think our resident liberal, Judy, would agree! I don't know what her views are on gay-marriage but I could probably guess. Liberals don't have a problem with anal intercourse and in fact, indirectly encourage it, they even call it 'love'. I personally don't like gay-marriage. But, here in California, if the US Supreme Court forces us to enact it, I can live with it. Now that you've both checked in on the idea of love, especially that Bad kind, where a person falls in love with someone of the opposite sex, how do you stand on polyamory? That's where a number of people form loving relationships -- primarily heterosexual -- but not limited to monogamy? I ask because today I find myself a fly on the wall in a household full of laughing, amazing well-adjusted and well-loved children. The four people I live with -- two women and one child -- are being visited by one of the women's other boyfriends and his three kids. Tomorrow the other boyfriend of one of the other women may show up with his two kids. With regard to Billy's in-quotes 'love'...there is more of it in this household than in any monogamous marriage or relationship I have ever encountered. However, when same-sex marriage is finally adopted as normal all around the world, it will still take YEARS before governments and churches will accept polyamory. That's not hyperbole; that's just the honest truth. It's been an interesting experiment for me, as kind of a loner, living with a polyamorous family for the last year. I am neither romantically nor sexually involved with either of the two women, and Roland definitely isn't my type. :-) I don't really ask about their relationships with each other, or with their occasional other partners, and I don't really care. All I know is that in my immediate extended family these three people do as fine a job of loving each other and their daughter Maya as I have ever seen done on this planet. They'd all love to be legally married. But no way. That won't happen until decades after people can no longer remember why there was any furor over gay marriage. [https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/392198_33122144689\ 5543_10230716867_1286683_73982667_n.jpg]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's final words to mankind
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, marekreavis reavismarek@ wrote: One more thing - I know Dr Pete, who used to post here, was adament that enlightenment was not dependent on or a function of how the brain is working. Not sure why he felt that way. I am just remembering that. It is true. Yes there's the electro-chemistry of the body and brain that provides a shell for the subtle bodies that fluoresce as the faculties and chakra energy fields which are the forms that the Unified Field as a soul then embodies. It is quite beautiful and elegant. The degree to which this shows itself depends on a lot of things and grace of Natural Law. Yep. Repent ye sinners spiritual, prepare ye the way. Before it is too late. Life is for the living while you have it. There is much to do. Come to meditation. -Buck
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's final words to mankind
Let me get this straight. Dr. Pete was into TM, then SBS's programs;...definitely brain changing techniques! (no brainer). ... Indonesia's President, Susilo Bamgang Yudhoyono's composition From Jakarto Oslo for Our World: ... Far away from the edge of the world I come to bring hope Together, allied, the servants of God We must unite to save The Purity of our world. :--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, marekreavis reavismarek@ wrote: One more thing - I know Dr Pete, who used to post here, was adament that enlightenment was not dependent on or a function of how the brain is working. Not sure why he felt that way. I am just remembering that. It is true. Yes there's the electro-chemistry of the body and brain that provides a shell for the subtle bodies that fluoresce as the faculties and chakra energy fields which are the forms that the Unified Field as a soul then embodies. It is quite beautiful and elegant. The degree to which this shows itself depends on a lot of things and grace of Natural Law. Yep. Repent ye sinners spiritual, prepare ye the way. Before it is too late. Life is for the living while you have it. There is much to do. Come to meditation. -Buck
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
On 02/13/2012 09:52 AM, Vaj wrote: On Feb 13, 2012, at 12:17 PM, marekreavis wrote: The key words in your statement were so people can have cheap gasoline. My point was your solution to provide cheap gasoline is no solution at all. Of course the fact that the only cost benefit to consumers would take about 20 years and would only amount to an estimated 10-20 cents per gallon savings isn't ultimately that beneficial. In the interim, we'd likely be plagued by numerous Deepwater Horizon-type events. The only people who'd really benefit is Big Oil and it's investors. Add to that toxic tack Fracking and Clean Coal (there is no such thing) and you can say goodbye to the America we once knew, and the planet. I haven't seen anyone driving one but they could be easily mistaken for a Toyota Yaris, but they are selling the Mitsubishi electric which I started seeing about 6 months ago on display at the Mits dealer. They have the range and speed to be a very practical car for around here but the damn thing costs about as much as my Forester did. If I had the spare change I might get one (or the long promised not appearing Subaru electric) and keep the Forester for trips. I could put solar cells on the roof to charge it though this community is putting in more charging stations (they have some downtown). They are parking spots where you put change in the meter and hook up. This is a refinery town but I swear there are more Prius's here than you'll see per capita elsewhere. I think the refinery people know something. Smart cars also appeared early here. The remaining (now gone) Chrysler dealer in this small down sold Gem cars too but those things were too slow that the couple driving one down the street switched to a smart car later. The oil companies put this country in a very bad fix. Dmitri Orlov who grew up in Russia and saw the collapse has written that Russia was better set up for an economic collapse since they had mass transit and apartments along those transit lines that people lived in. America loved the freedom of the car especially here in Kalifornia. And here it is difficult to get around unless you have a car probably because many towns were laid out before it became a state and land parcels were better laid out. IOW, squirrely winding streets in a lot of places.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: I haven't seen anyone driving one but they could be easily mistaken for a Toyota Yaris, but they are selling the Mitsubishi electric which I started seeing about 6 months ago on display at the Mits dealer. They have the range and speed to be a very practical car for around here but the damn thing costs about as much as my Forester did. If I had the spare change I might get one (or the long promised not appearing Subaru electric) and keep the Forester for trips. I could put solar cells on the roof to charge it though this community is putting in more charging stations (they have some downtown). They are parking spots where you put change in the meter and hook up. I saw my first instance of this in a movie or TV show recently, although I (sadly) cannot remember in which movie or TV show I saw it. Maybe it was an episode of The Firm that I checked out recently to see if it had gotten any better; it hadn't. Anyway, a female detective or lawyer or whatever is driving her associate around town trying to solve a crime, and she exits from a public building, unplugs her car from the charging station, and drives away. It just made so much sense. This is a refinery town but I swear there are more Prius's here than you'll see per capita elsewhere. I think the refinery people know something. Smart cars also appeared early here. The remaining (now gone) Chrysler dealer in this small down sold Gem cars too but those things were too slow that the couple driving one down the street switched to a smart car later. You know me. I drive an old Peugeot 306 diesel that still gets better mileage (on diesel fuel, which costs considerably less than gasoline here in Europe) than any of the hybrid cars on the market. Also, if the world really does go to hell in a handbasket, my car's diesel engine can be easily converted to run on left- over cooking oil from McDonalds. :-) That said, I rarely get in my car at all. The public transportation here in the Netherlands is on the whole cheaper, more stress-free, and faster than driving a car. I ride my bike far more often than I use my car. Different strokes for different folks; different rides for different sides of the Atlantic. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
The key words here are get it to the refinery. Marek: The key words in your statement were so people can have cheap gasoline. My point was your solution to provide cheap gasoline is no solution at all. You're not making any sense - how are you going to get ANY gasoline if you don't get oil to the refinery? Your solution is to NOT drill and get oil to the refinery? Go figure. You'd think with gas prices topping $4 and consumers crying uncle, Congress would be moving fast to spur development of a domestic oil resource so vast - 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil shale in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming alone - it could eventually rival the oil fields of Saudi Arabia. Read more: 'DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION -- Not a goal, apparently:' Posted by Glenn Reynolds Instapundit, June 09, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/5heddm
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
Not sure how you're going to run a hospital with 200 people! Bhairitu: More small hospitals. How can 200 people run a small hospital? Big Oil just like Big Pharma wants to bankrupt you... Not if you had bought some stock in Texaco. In short, pretty much every policy that the Democrats have pursued for the last three decades has contributed to the shortage of oil, and resulting high price of gasoline. For the Democrats to pretend that high prices are the fault of the oil companies--which, unlike the Democrats, actually go to great lengths to bring energy to American consumers--is beyond hypocrisy. Read more: 'Incoherence' Posted by John Hindraker: Powerline, April 2, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/567hja
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
On 02/13/2012 12:56 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Not sure how you're going to run a hospital with 200 people! Bhairitu: More small hospitals. How can 200 people run a small hospital? Sounds like you need to do a road trip outside of Austin. There are small hospitals in small communities. Some with staffs of 30 or so. Or you could read the many articles on small hospitals on the web. Big pharma wants to kill them off though. Big Oil just like Big Pharma wants to bankrupt you... Not if you had bought some stock in Texaco. In short, pretty much every policy that the Democrats have pursued for the last three decades has contributed to the shortage of oil, and resulting high price of gasoline. For the Democrats to pretend that high prices are the fault of the oil companies--which, unlike the Democrats, actually go to great lengths to bring energy to American consumers--is beyond hypocrisy. Read more: 'Incoherence' Posted by John Hindraker: Powerline, April 2, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/567hja Yeah right, more wingnut propaganda with one dimensional thinking. While you're at it rent There Will Be Blood.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
Mr. Williams, you're obviously a smart guy, but you're making a false statement and writing as if you hadn't read what I had posted. *Your* point was that workers need cheap gasoline to get to their jobs at small and large businesses, and that the way to get them cheap gasoline was to open up more areas of the country to drilling so we would have cheap gasoline from domestic sources. I was not offering an alternative solution to the problem you had identified (i.e., not enough cheap gasoline for American workers), and I never said anything about not drilling. All I pointed out was that your solution wasn't a solution at all to the problem you identified; domestic oil (and all it's refined derivatives, including gasoline) aren't cheaper just because they were exploited from domestic sources. Oil is a fungible product; its price is dictated not by where it is originally located, but by whatever the global market for that product is at any particular point in time. When you read that sentence, immediately above, does it look like it says We shouldn't drill and get oil to the refinery? Is that how you read it? Again, you're obviously a smart guy, even if reflexively oppositional, so I don't get why you made that stuff up, assert that I wrote it, and then put me down for writing it. How does that make any sense? *** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@... wrote: The key words here are get it to the refinery. Marek: The key words in your statement were so people can have cheap gasoline. My point was your solution to provide cheap gasoline is no solution at all. You're not making any sense - how are you going to get ANY gasoline if you don't get oil to the refinery? Your solution is to NOT drill and get oil to the refinery? Go figure. You'd think with gas prices topping $4 and consumers crying uncle, Congress would be moving fast to spur development of a domestic oil resource so vast - 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil shale in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming alone - it could eventually rival the oil fields of Saudi Arabia. Read more: 'DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION -- Not a goal, apparently:' Posted by Glenn Reynolds Instapundit, June 09, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/5heddm
[FairfieldLife] The Government Can!
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
Classic oil-shock + housing development arrested + financial crisis = Great Recession. raunchydog: http://galen.metapath.org/popclk.html ...the population will start decreasing before the end of the 21st century. The U.S. population climbed 9.7 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to Census Bureau data. Five states - Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Utah and Idaho -- grew at more than twice the national pace, as California, the most-populous, had its smallest increase ever, the data show... 'U.S. Population Migrates for Income Boost' Bloomberg, December 20, 2011 http://tinyurl.com/6mt988m
[FairfieldLife] Post Count
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Feb 11 00:00:00 2012 End Date (UTC): Sat Feb 18 00:00:00 2012 227 messages as of (UTC) Mon Feb 13 23:33:43 2012 39 Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com 25 authfriend jst...@panix.com 24 turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com 17 Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net 16 wgm4u anitaoak...@att.net 13 curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com 12 marekreavis reavisma...@sbcglobal.net 12 awoelflebater no_re...@yahoogroups.com 12 Richard J. Williams rich...@rwilliams.us 9 merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com 9 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com 7 Susan waybac...@yahoo.com 6 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 6 John jr_...@yahoo.com 5 Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net 4 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 2 shanti2218411 shanti2218...@yahoo.com 2 seventhray1 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net 2 Yifu yifux...@yahoo.com 1 obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 merlin vedamer...@yahoo.de 1 hermandan0 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 azgrey no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com Posters: 24 Saturday Morning 00:00 UTC Rollover Times = Daylight Saving Time (Summer): US Friday evening: PDT 5 PM - MDT 6 PM - CDT 7 PM - EDT 8 PM Europe Saturday: BST 1 AM CEST 2 AM EEST 3 AM Standard Time (Winter): US Friday evening: PST 4 PM - MST 5 PM - CST 6 PM - EST 7 PM Europe Saturday: GMT 12 AM CET 1 AM EET 2 AM For more information on Time Zones: www.worldtimezone.com
[FairfieldLife] Re: Are small businesses the engine of the economy?
While I have not been a part of this ongoing discussion, here is some interesting information to throw into the mix. While a government can take certain liberties with finance that an individual, a company, or even a state, the recent problems we have seen in the United States and especially Europe, do indicate that financial matters are less robust than we thought, and we could be in danger. Debt represents our promises to do what has not yet been done. Whose promise is truth, and whose is a lie? DEBT UNDER BUSH AND OBAMA (2 FEBRUARY 2012) http://www.factcheck.org/2012/02/dueling-debt-deceptions/ FISCAL FACTCHECK (15 JULY 2011) Does Washington have a spending problem or an income problem? http://www.factcheck.org/2011/07/fiscal-factcheck/ UNEMPLOYMENT RATE http://factcheck.org/2012/02/whats-the-real-jobless-rate/
[FairfieldLife] Re: If you were God, who would you rather have a beer with?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: [ Those of you who already are God, please excuse my use of the hypothetical in posing this question. ] Would You rather sit down over a cold brew with a guy or gal who could look at You and Your Creation and laugh at it all, or someone who felt compelled to Take It All Seriously? My kinda God would want to hang with the laughers. It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey. - Robert Green Ingersoll If I were god, not only would I own all the beer, all those drinking would be at my disposition regardless of what they think. I would have my beer, and drink it all too, via these surrogates. As for the drinkers, having given them a short life span, I have arranged for replacements from time to time; eternity is for me alone, not thee. I think I would start with the MUM keg party in the ladies dome, all invited.
[FairfieldLife] Non-meditation
Non-meditation It seems to me that many non-meditators have forgottenor never knewwhat it is like to suffer an unhappy collision with scientific rationality. We are open to good evidence and sound argument as a matter of principle, and are generally willing to follow wherever they may lead. Certain of us have made careers out of bemoaning the failure of people to adopt this same attitude. However, I recently stumbled upon an example of secular intransigence that may give readers a sense of how spiritual people feel when their methods as technologies are criticized. As you will see but for the rigorous research conducted it suggests that it is worth thinking about. We can call the phenomenon of non-meditation the delusion. The unhappy truth about non-meditation has been scientifically established to a moral certainty: That non-meditation is bad for you. It is bad for your children. It is bad for your neighbors and their children. Non-meditation is also completely unnecessary, because in the developed world we suppose we invariably have better and more effective alternatives for meditation even in our homes. If you are a non-meditator in the United States, Europe, Australia, or any other developed nation, you are most likely doing so recreationallyand the persistence of this habit is a major source of anti-spiritual pollution in cities throughout the world. In fact, non-meditation often contributes more harmful parameters of negativity particulates to the urban air than any other source. Certainly a human life is a terrible potential to waste in non-meditation. -Buck in FF
Re: [FairfieldLife] Non-meditation
On 02/13/2012 06:11 PM, Buck wrote: Non-meditation It seems to me that many non-meditators have forgotten—or never knew—what it is like to suffer an unhappy collision with scientific rationality. We are open to good evidence and sound argument as a matter of principle, and are generally willing to follow wherever they may lead. Certain of us have made careers out of bemoaning the failure of people to adopt this same attitude. However, I recently stumbled upon an example of secular intransigence that may give readers a sense of how spiritual people feel when their methods as technologies are criticized. As you will see but for the rigorous research conducted it suggests that it is worth thinking about. We can call the phenomenon of non-meditation the delusion. The unhappy truth about non-meditation has been scientifically established to a moral certainty: That non-meditation is bad for you. It is bad for your children. It is bad for your neighbors and their children. Non-meditation is also completely unnecessary, because in the developed world we suppose we invariably have better and more effective alternatives for meditation even in our homes. If you are a non-meditator in the United States, Europe, Australia, or any other developed nation, you are most likely doing so recreationally—and the persistence of this habit is a major source of anti-spiritual pollution in cities throughout the world. In fact, non-meditation often contributes more harmful parameters of negativity particulates to the urban air than any other source. Certainly a human life is a terrible potential to waste in non-meditation. -Buck in FF Who are the non-meditators, Buck? To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation
Buck, The Red Chinese are more likely non-meditators. Yet in material terms, they appear to be properous than most countries in Southeast Asia. They've bought about one trillion dollars in US government bonds. Are you saying they are delusional? JR --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Non-meditation It seems to me that many non-meditators have forgottenor never knewwhat it is like to suffer an unhappy collision with scientific rationality. We are open to good evidence and sound argument as a matter of principle, and are generally willing to follow wherever they may lead. Certain of us have made careers out of bemoaning the failure of people to adopt this same attitude. However, I recently stumbled upon an example of secular intransigence that may give readers a sense of how spiritual people feel when their methods as technologies are criticized. As you will see but for the rigorous research conducted it suggests that it is worth thinking about. We can call the phenomenon of non-meditation the delusion. The unhappy truth about non-meditation has been scientifically established to a moral certainty: That non-meditation is bad for you. It is bad for your children. It is bad for your neighbors and their children. Non-meditation is also completely unnecessary, because in the developed world we suppose we invariably have better and more effective alternatives for meditation even in our homes. If you are a non-meditator in the United States, Europe, Australia, or any other developed nation, you are most likely doing so recreationallyand the persistence of this habit is a major source of anti-spiritual pollution in cities throughout the world. In fact, non-meditation often contributes more harmful parameters of negativity particulates to the urban air than any other source. Certainly a human life is a terrible potential to waste in non-meditation. -Buck in FF
[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation
There aren't enough active meditators on the planet to make any such conclusions via cause and effect. There's no evidence for the ME. ... How ya comin' on the list of Sins? . What if somebody ordered some Chinese food at the Olive Garden? Is that a sin and would the punishment be 10 slashes with a wet noodle? .. What if you're a Civil War Re-enactor and you come to the battle on the Union side wearing gray? Is that sin and what's the punishment? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Non-meditation It seems to me that many non-meditators have forgottenor never knewwhat it is like to suffer an unhappy collision with scientific rationality. We are open to good evidence and sound argument as a matter of principle, and are generally willing to follow wherever they may lead. Certain of us have made careers out of bemoaning the failure of people to adopt this same attitude. However, I recently stumbled upon an example of secular intransigence that may give readers a sense of how spiritual people feel when their methods as technologies are criticized. As you will see but for the rigorous research conducted it suggests that it is worth thinking about. We can call the phenomenon of non-meditation the delusion. The unhappy truth about non-meditation has been scientifically established to a moral certainty: That non-meditation is bad for you. It is bad for your children. It is bad for your neighbors and their children. Non-meditation is also completely unnecessary, because in the developed world we suppose we invariably have better and more effective alternatives for meditation even in our homes. If you are a non-meditator in the United States, Europe, Australia, or any other developed nation, you are most likely doing so recreationallyand the persistence of this habit is a major source of anti-spiritual pollution in cities throughout the world. In fact, non-meditation often contributes more harmful parameters of negativity particulates to the urban air than any other source. Certainly a human life is a terrible potential to waste in non-meditation. -Buck in FF
[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Non-meditation It seems to me that many non-meditators have forgottenor never knewwhat it is like to suffer an unhappy collision with scientific rationality. We are open to good evidence and sound argument as a matter of principle, and are generally willing to follow wherever they may lead. Certain of us have made careers out of bemoaning the failure of people to adopt this same attitude. However, I recently stumbled upon an example of secular intransigence that may give readers a sense of how spiritual people feel when their methods as technologies are criticized. As you will see but for the rigorous research conducted it suggests that it is worth thinking about. We can call the phenomenon of non-meditation the delusion. The unhappy truth about non-meditation has been scientifically established to a moral certainty: That non-meditation is bad for you. It is bad for your children. It is bad for your neighbors and their children. Non-meditation is also completely unnecessary, because in the developed world we suppose we invariably have better and more effective alternatives for meditation even in our homes. If you are a non-meditator in the United States, Europe, Australia, or any other developed nation, you are most likely doing so recreationallyand the persistence of this habit is a major source of anti-spiritual pollution in cities throughout the world. In fact, non-meditation often contributes more harmful parameters of negativity particulates to the urban air than any other source. Certainly a human life is a terrible potential to waste in non-meditation. -Buck in FF Buck, have you decided what crops to lay-in this spring? I hear dental floss futures are trending higher. Your cute lil pygmy pony would look mighty nice runnin' thru a field of dental floss bushes.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote: Non-meditation It seems to me that many non-meditators have forgottenor never knewwhat it is like to suffer an unhappy collision with scientific rationality. We are open to good evidence and sound argument as a matter of principle, and are generally willing to follow wherever they may lead. Certain of us have made careers out of bemoaning the failure of people to adopt this same attitude. However, I recently stumbled upon an example of secular intransigence that may give readers a sense of how spiritual people feel when their methods as technologies are criticized. As you will see but for the rigorous research conducted it suggests that it is worth thinking about. We can call the phenomenon of non-meditation the delusion. The unhappy truth about non-meditation has been scientifically established to a moral certainty: That non-meditation is bad for you. It is bad for your children. It is bad for your neighbors and their children. Non-meditation is also completely unnecessary, because in the developed world we suppose we invariably have better and more effective alternatives for meditation even in our homes. If you are a non-meditator in the United States, Europe, Australia, or any other developed nation, you are most likely doing so recreationallyand the persistence of this habit is a major source of anti-spiritual pollution in cities throughout the world. In fact, non-meditation often contributes more harmful parameters of negativity particulates to the urban air than any other source. Certainly a human life is a terrible potential to waste in non-meditation. -Buck in FF Buck, have you decided what crops to lay-in this spring? I hear dental floss futures are trending higher. Your cute lil pygmy pony would look mighty nice runnin' thru a field of dental floss bushes. Drop the sheep Buck. You're too good for that. AzGrey--a conservative meditator.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Non-meditation
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 02/13/2012 06:11 PM, Buck wrote: Non-meditation It seems to me that many non-meditators have forgottenor never knewwhat it is like to suffer an unhappy collision with scientific rationality. We are open to good evidence and sound argument as a matter of principle, and are generally willing to follow wherever they may lead. Certain of us have made careers out of bemoaning the failure of people to adopt this same attitude. However, I recently stumbled upon an example of secular intransigence that may give readers a sense of how spiritual people feel when their methods as technologies are criticized. As you will see but for the rigorous research conducted it suggests that it is worth thinking about. We can call the phenomenon of non-meditation the delusion. The unhappy truth about non-meditation has been scientifically established to a moral certainty: That non-meditation is bad for you. It is bad for your children. It is bad for your neighbors and their children. Non-meditation is also completely unnecessary, because in the developed world we suppose we invariably have better and more effective alternatives for meditation even in our homes. If you are a non-meditator in the United States, Europe, Australia, or any other developed nation, you are most likely doing so recreationallyand the persistence of this habit is a major source of anti-spiritual pollution in cities throughout the world. In fact, non-meditation often contributes more harmful parameters of negativity particulates to the urban air than any other source. Certainly a human life is a terrible potential to waste in non-meditation. -Buck in FF Who are the non-meditators, Buck? The majority here, there and everywhere. :-)
