Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper).

[Emily Reyn]

Seven years is a long time.  Hope that's not what I'm looking at.  I'd better 
go get my chart done :)



 From: Mike Dixon 
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, 
it's cheaper).
 

  
Hey, been there , done that. And for more than a few weeks. Try seven years. My 
seven and a half years transit of Saturn was a major poverty bitch. Judy, when 
life becomes rough, I think nature is trying to teach us something and if we 
are going to grow , we have to figure out what nature wants us to learn. You 
can't break the spirit of poverty in somebody else, only in your self. I'm all 
for showing compassion for people , but in a meaningful way. Thru Education and 
empowerment but they have to figure it out.

From: authfriend 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:40 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
cheaper).
 

  
--- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
wrote:
> 
> Food stamps and public transportation

Mike, you're a fundamentally nice guy, but you lack the
imagination to have any idea what poor folks face in
their daily lives. The only way you'd realize it is if
you were in the same situation yourself for a few weeks.

"Food stamps and public transportation" doesn't even
begin to cover it.

> 
> 
> 
>  From: authfriend 
> To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:21 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
> cheaper).
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
> --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes Judy, I agree high calorie foods can be very cheap and easy
> > to buy. But it's not just the caloric value in food that does us
> > in, but also the nutritional value or lack of value that also 
> > hurts. Refined carbs cause a sugar spike, giving us lots of
> > energy and make us feel great, temporarily. But that sharp spike
> > of glucose causes insulin production which creates a 
> > corresponding drop in blood sugar which causes us to feel hungry
> > again thus the need for another snack. Proteins give a slower but
> > more stable rise in our energy levels with a slower, more
> > extended drop, allowing one to not feel that hunger so quickly.
> 
> And proteins are much more expensive.
> 
> > Eating high fiber foods, veggies and fruits also slows the 
> > absorption of carbohydrates preventing that sharp sugar spike 
> > followed by a sharp drop and more hunger.
> 
> So are veggies and fruits more expensive. If there are even
> any stores in the neighborhood that carry them. Did you read
> that article Emily posted the link to about "food deserts"?
> 
> > I guess I should have said ignorance of how our bodies process
> > food as well as it's calories and nutritional value. I just
> > can't picture the average poor person picking up a twinky
> > in one hand and a banana in the other and saying " I can only 
> > afford one of these, so I'll buy the twinky because I'll get
> > more calories for my buck".
> 
> Maybe not in that specific instance, Mike, but this is a
> day-in-day-out, year-in-year-out problem across a wide
> range of foods.
> 
> Nutritional and metabolic information is all very well,
> but if you don't have enough money to put good food in
> your stomach, you'll buy what you can afford to keep
> from being hungry all the time. And those are the high-
> calorie, high-carb foods.
> 
> I think most people, poor or otherwise, are driven by what tastes good, not 
> by what's good for them. I don't mean to PO anybody but God says in the 
> Bible, Exodus, I believe, "My people die for lack of knowledge." I think 
> ignorance and poor choices grounded in that ignorance have much more to do 
> with obesity than economics.
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> >  From: authfriend 
> > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:06 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, 
> > it's cheaper).
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > L, the reason I believe so many people are *fat*, poor included,
> > > is mainly ignorance. Ignorance of the caloric value of what they
> > > eat, as well as the nutritional value.
> > 
> > Actually it's because cheap food is typically much
> > higher in caloric value. With a dollar, you can get
> > 1,000-plus calories' worth of chips or cookies, but
> > only 250 calories' worth of carrots.
> > 
> > If you're poor and hungry, you're going to buy the
> > food that has the most calories per dollar. And that's
> > the kind of food that will make you put on weight (and
> > make you vulnerable to diabetes and heart disease and
> > other illnesses).
> > 
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper).

[Emily Reyn]

Might take longer than a few weeks.  It occurred to me while I was camping and 
paying about 22/night that it sure is a lot more fun when I can pull out cash 
or a card knowing I have the money to take care of basic necessities as well as 
the inevitable things that come up like car repair (the back latch broke), a 
new headlight (went out, but I changed it myself), food, laundry, dog items, 
etc. :)



 From: authfriend 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:40 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
cheaper).
 

  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  wrote:
> 
> Food stamps and public transportation

Mike, you're a fundamentally nice guy, but you lack the
imagination to have any idea what poor folks face in
their daily lives. The only way you'd realize it is if
you were in the same situation yourself for a few weeks.

"Food stamps and public transportation" doesn't even
begin to cover it.

> 
> 
> 
>  From: authfriend 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:21 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
> cheaper).
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
> --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes Judy, I agree high calorie foods can be very cheap and easy
> > to buy. But it's not just the caloric value in food that does us
> > in, but also the nutritional value or lack of value that also 
> > hurts. Refined carbs cause a sugar spike, giving us lots of
> > energy and make us feel great, temporarily. But that sharp spike
> > of glucose causes insulin production which creates a 
> > corresponding drop in blood sugar which causes us to feel hungry
> > again thus the need for another snack. Proteins give a slower but
> > more stable rise in our energy levels with a slower, more
> > extended drop, allowing one to not feel that hunger so quickly.
> 
> And proteins are much more expensive.
> 
> > Eating high fiber foods, veggies and fruits also slows the 
> > absorption of carbohydrates preventing that sharp sugar spike 
> > followed by a sharp drop and more hunger.
> 
> So are veggies and fruits more expensive. If there are even
> any stores in the neighborhood that carry them. Did you read
> that article Emily posted the link to about "food deserts"?
> 
> > I guess I should have said ignorance of how our bodies process
> > food as well as it's calories and nutritional value. I just
> > can't picture the average poor person picking up a twinky
> > in one hand and a banana in the other and saying " I can only 
> > afford one of these, so I'll buy the twinky because I'll get
> > more calories for my buck".
> 
> Maybe not in that specific instance, Mike, but this is a
> day-in-day-out, year-in-year-out problem across a wide
> range of foods.
> 
> Nutritional and metabolic information is all very well,
> but if you don't have enough money to put good food in
> your stomach, you'll buy what you can afford to keep
> from being hungry all the time. And those are the high-
> calorie, high-carb foods.
> 
> I think most people, poor or otherwise, are driven by what tastes good, not 
> by what's good for them. I don't mean to PO anybody but God says in the 
> Bible, Exodus, I believe, "My people die for lack of knowledge." I think 
> ignorance and poor choices grounded in that ignorance have much more to do 
> with obesity than economics.
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> >  From: authfriend 
> > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:06 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, 
> > it's cheaper).
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > L, the reason I believe so many people are *fat*, poor included,
> > > is mainly ignorance. Ignorance of the caloric value of what they
> > > eat, as well as the nutritional value.
> > 
> > Actually it's because cheap food is typically much
> > higher in caloric value. With a dollar, you can get
> > 1,000-plus calories' worth of chips or cookies, but
> > only 250 calories' worth of carrots.
> > 
> > If you're poor and hungry, you're going to buy the
> > food that has the most calories per dollar. And that's
> > the kind of food that will make you put on weight (and
> > make you vulnerable to diabetes and heart disease and
> > other illnesses).
> > 
> > http://naturalhealthdossier.com/2011/04/the-economics-of-obesity-why-are-poor-people-fat/
> > 
> > http://tinyurl.com/6pg5c9o
> >
>


 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper).

[Mike Dixon]

Hey, been there , done that. And for more than a few weeks. Try seven years. My 
seven and a half years transit of Saturn was a major poverty bitch. Judy, when 
life becomes rough, I think nature is trying to teach us something and if we 
are going to grow , we have to figure out what nature wants us to learn. You 
can't break the spirit of poverty in somebody else, only in your self. I'm all 
for showing compassion for people , but in a meaningful way. Thru Education and 
empowerment but they have to figure it out.

 


 From: authfriend 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:40 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
cheaper).
  

   
 
--- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
wrote:
> 
> Food stamps and public transportation

Mike, you're a fundamentally nice guy, but you lack the
imagination to have any idea what poor folks face in
their daily lives. The only way you'd realize it is if
you were in the same situation yourself for a few weeks.

"Food stamps and public transportation" doesn't even
begin to cover it.

> 
> 
> 
>  From: authfriend 
> To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:21 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
> cheaper).
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
> --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes Judy, I agree high calorie foods can be very cheap and easy
> > to buy. But it's not just the caloric value in food that does us
> > in, but also the nutritional value or lack of value that also 
> > hurts. Refined carbs cause a sugar spike, giving us lots of
> > energy and make us feel great, temporarily. But that sharp spike
> > of glucose causes insulin production which creates a 
> > corresponding drop in blood sugar which causes us to feel hungry
> > again thus the need for another snack. Proteins give a slower but
> > more stable rise in our energy levels with a slower, more
> > extended drop, allowing one to not feel that hunger so quickly.
> 
> And proteins are much more expensive.
> 
> > Eating high fiber foods, veggies and fruits also slows the 
> > absorption of carbohydrates preventing that sharp sugar spike 
> > followed by a sharp drop and more hunger.
> 
> So are veggies and fruits more expensive. If there are even
> any stores in the neighborhood that carry them. Did you read
> that article Emily posted the link to about "food deserts"?
> 
> > I guess I should have said ignorance of how our bodies process
> > food as well as it's calories and nutritional value. I just
> > can't picture the average poor person picking up a twinky
> > in one hand and a banana in the other and saying " I can only 
> > afford one of these, so I'll buy the twinky because I'll get
> > more calories for my buck".
> 
> Maybe not in that specific instance, Mike, but this is a
> day-in-day-out, year-in-year-out problem across a wide
> range of foods.
> 
> Nutritional and metabolic information is all very well,
> but if you don't have enough money to put good food in
> your stomach, you'll buy what you can afford to keep
> from being hungry all the time. And those are the high-
> calorie, high-carb foods.
> 
> I think most people, poor or otherwise, are driven by what tastes good, not 
> by what's good for them. I don't mean to PO anybody but God says in the 
> Bible, Exodus, I believe, "My people die for lack of knowledge." I think 
> ignorance and poor choices grounded in that ignorance have much more to do 
> with obesity than economics.
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> >  From: authfriend 
> > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:06 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, 
> > it's cheaper).
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > L, the reason I believe so many people are *fat*, poor included,
> > > is mainly ignorance. Ignorance of the caloric value of what they
> > > eat, as well as the nutritional value.
> > 
> > Actually it's because cheap food is typically much
> > higher in caloric value. With a dollar, you can get
> > 1,000-plus calories' worth of chips or cookies, but
> > only 250 calories' worth of carrots.
> > 
> > If you're poor and hungry, you're going to buy the
> > food that has the most calories per dollar. And that's
> > the kind of food that will make you put on weight (and
> > make you vulnerable to diabetes and heart disease and
> > other illnesses).
> > 
> > http://naturalhealthdossier.com/2011/04/the-economics-of-obesity-why-are-poor-people-fat/
> > 
> > http://tinyurl.com/6pg5c9o
> >
>

   
  

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[FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper).

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  wrote:
> 
> Food stamps and public transportation

Mike, you're a fundamentally nice guy, but you lack the
imagination to have any idea what poor folks face in
their daily lives. The only way you'd realize it is if
you were in the same situation yourself for a few weeks.

"Food stamps and public transportation" doesn't even
begin to cover it.


>  
> 
> 
>  From: authfriend 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:21 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
> cheaper).
>   
> 
>  
>    
>  
> --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes Judy, I agree high calorie foods can be very cheap and easy
> > to buy. But it's not just the caloric value in food that does us
> > in, but also the nutritional value or lack of value that also 
> > hurts. Refined carbs cause a sugar spike, giving us lots of
> > energy and make us feel great, temporarily. But that sharp spike
> > of glucose causes insulin production which creates a 
> > corresponding drop in blood sugar which causes us to feel hungry
> > again thus the need for another snack. Proteins give a slower but
> > more stable rise in our energy levels with a slower, more
> > extended drop, allowing one to not feel that hunger so quickly.
> 
> And proteins are much more expensive.
> 
> > Eating high fiber foods, veggies and fruits also slows the 
> > absorption of carbohydrates preventing that sharp sugar spike 
> > followed by a sharp drop and more hunger.
> 
> So are veggies and fruits more expensive. If there are even
> any stores in the neighborhood that carry them. Did you read
> that article Emily posted the link to about "food deserts"?
> 
> > I guess I should have said ignorance of how our bodies process
> > food as well as it's calories and nutritional value. I just
> > can't picture the average poor person picking up a twinky
> > in one hand and a banana in the other and saying " I can only 
> > afford one of these, so I'll buy the twinky because I'll get
> > more calories for my buck".
> 
> Maybe not in that specific instance, Mike, but this is a
> day-in-day-out, year-in-year-out problem across a wide
> range of foods.
> 
> Nutritional and metabolic information is all very well,
> but if you don't have enough money to put good food in
> your stomach, you'll buy what you can afford to keep
> from being hungry all the time. And those are the high-
> calorie, high-carb foods.
> 
> I think most people, poor or otherwise, are driven by what tastes good, not 
> by what's good for them. I don't mean to PO anybody but God says in the 
> Bible, Exodus, I believe, "My people die for lack of knowledge." I think 
> ignorance and poor choices grounded in that ignorance have much more to do 
> with obesity than economics.
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> >  From: authfriend 
> > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:06 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, 
> > it's cheaper).
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > L, the reason I believe so many people are *fat*, poor included,
> > > is mainly ignorance. Ignorance of the caloric value of what they
> > > eat, as well as the nutritional value.
> > 
> > Actually it's because cheap food is typically much
> > higher in caloric value. With a dollar, you can get
> > 1,000-plus calories' worth of chips or cookies, but
> > only 250 calories' worth of carrots.
> > 
> > If you're poor and hungry, you're going to buy the
> > food that has the most calories per dollar. And that's
> > the kind of food that will make you put on weight (and
> > make you vulnerable to diabetes and heart disease and
> > other illnesses).
> > 
> > http://naturalhealthdossier.com/2011/04/the-economics-of-obesity-why-are-poor-people-fat/
> > 
> > http://tinyurl.com/6pg5c9o
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic

[awoelflebater]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey  wrote:
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >  > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >  > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >  > > > 
> > > > > Personally, I feel, that if a person here is unable, to
> > > > > congratulate another person here, let's say for birthday
> > > > > or new year, whom they usually oppose, in a sort of pseudo
> > > > > self-righteous attitude, there is something seriously
> > > > > wrong with their EQ.
> > > >
> > > > Translation: iranitea sees absolutely nothing wrong
> > > > with hypocrisy.
> > >
> > > It's not a matter of hypocrisy, it's a matter of social
> > > competence and the ability to forgive and stand back
> > > from one's own cherished opinions.
> >
> > Right, iranitea, it's just crystal clear that you've
> > forgiven me and have been standing back from your own
> > cherished opinions of me.
> >
> > And I'm sure everyone here admires your social
> > competence, which, when you aren't viciously attacking
> > somebody, involves smarmily saying things you don't
> > mean.
> >
> >   [Uriah Heep, by Fred Barnard]
> >
>
> Well I guess you didn't get that nice birthday card that
> iranitea sent.
>
> It was often observed that Barry Goldwater's favorite after-
> hours companion in DC was Hubert Humphery. Go figure.
>
> That must be difficult for a toothless old bitter cult apologist
> with a proven inability to distinguish a death threat from a
> hole in the ground  to fathom.
>
> Just sayin'.

You" just [ain't] sayin'" when a human being expels something that
odious from their mouth or their keyboard. You are doing something a lot
more than that. You are adding to this planet, to my space, just a
little more unnecessary ugliness, further ignorance and spite. Take a
moment az and really look at what you have inside of you that is showing
through. Did you ever think, as a younger person, you would become what
you are today?
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey  wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >  , iranitea  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >  , "authfriend"  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >  , iranitea  wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Personally, I feel, that if a person here is unable, to
> > > > > congratulate another person here, let's say for birthday
> > > > > or new year, whom they usually oppose, in a sort of pseudo
> > > > > self-righteous attitude, there is something seriously
> > > > > wrong with their EQ.
> > > >
> > > > Translation: iranitea sees absolutely nothing wrong
> > > > with hypocrisy.
> > >
> > > It's not a matter of hypocrisy, it's a matter of social
> > > competence and the ability to forgive and stand back
> > > from one's own cherished opinions.
> > 
> > Right, iranitea, it's just crystal clear that you've
> > forgiven me and have been standing back from your own
> > cherished opinions of me.
> > 
> > And I'm sure everyone here admires your social
> > competence, which, when you aren't viciously attacking
> > somebody, involves smarmily saying things you don't
> > mean.
> > 
> >   [Uriah Heep, by Fred Barnard]
> 
> Well I guess you didn't get that nice birthday card that
> iranitea sent. 
> 
> It was often observed that Barry Goldwater's favorite after-
> hours companion in DC was Hubert Humphery. Go figure.

Both men of integrity, their political differences
notwithstanding.

> That must be difficult for a toothless old bitter cult apologist 
> with a proven inability to distinguish a death threat from a 
> hole in the ground  to fathom. 
> 
> Just sayin'.

Actually, just showin' why integrity would not be a quality
az would take into account. He wouldn't have anything to say
at all if he couldn't lie.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper).

[Mike Dixon]

Food stamps and public transportation
 


 From: authfriend 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:21 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
cheaper).
  

 
   
 
--- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
wrote:
>
> Yes Judy, I agree high calorie foods can be very cheap and easy
> to buy. But it's not just the caloric value in food that does us
> in, but also the nutritional value or lack of value that also 
> hurts. Refined carbs cause a sugar spike, giving us lots of
> energy and make us feel great, temporarily. But that sharp spike
> of glucose causes insulin production which creates a 
> corresponding drop in blood sugar which causes us to feel hungry
> again thus the need for another snack. Proteins give a slower but
> more stable rise in our energy levels with a slower, more
> extended drop, allowing one to not feel that hunger so quickly.

And proteins are much more expensive.

> Eating high fiber foods, veggies and fruits also slows the 
> absorption of carbohydrates preventing that sharp sugar spike 
> followed by a sharp drop and more hunger.

So are veggies and fruits more expensive. If there are even
any stores in the neighborhood that carry them. Did you read
that article Emily posted the link to about "food deserts"?

> I guess I should have said ignorance of how our bodies process
> food as well as it's calories and nutritional value. I just
> can't picture the average poor person picking up a twinky
> in one hand and a banana in the other and saying " I can only 
> afford one of these, so I'll buy the twinky because I'll get
> more calories for my buck".

Maybe not in that specific instance, Mike, but this is a
day-in-day-out, year-in-year-out problem across a wide
range of foods.

Nutritional and metabolic information is all very well,
but if you don't have enough money to put good food in
your stomach, you'll buy what you can afford to keep
from being hungry all the time. And those are the high-
calorie, high-carb foods.

I think most people, poor or otherwise, are driven by what tastes good, not by 
what's good for them. I don't mean to PO anybody but God says in the Bible, 
Exodus, I believe, "My people die for lack of knowledge." I think ignorance and 
poor choices grounded in that ignorance have much more to do with obesity than 
economics.
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
>  From: authfriend 
> To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:06 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
> cheaper).
> 
> 
>   
> 
> --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon  
> wrote:
> >
> > L, the reason I believe so many people are *fat*, poor included,
> > is mainly ignorance. Ignorance of the caloric value of what they
> > eat, as well as the nutritional value.
> 
> Actually it's because cheap food is typically much
> higher in caloric value. With a dollar, you can get
> 1,000-plus calories' worth of chips or cookies, but
> only 250 calories' worth of carrots.
> 
> If you're poor and hungry, you're going to buy the
> food that has the most calories per dollar. And that's
> the kind of food that will make you put on weight (and
> make you vulnerable to diabetes and heart disease and
> other illnesses).
> 
> http://naturalhealthdossier.com/2011/04/the-economics-of-obesity-why-are-poor-people-fat/
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/6pg5c9o
>

   
  

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic

[azgrey]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>  , iranitea  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>  , "authfriend"  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>  , iranitea  wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Personally, I feel, that if a person here is unable, to
> > > > congratulate another person here, let's say for birthday
> > > > or new year, whom they usually oppose, in a sort of pseudo
> > > > self-righteous attitude, there is something seriously
> > > > wrong with their EQ.
> > >
> > > Translation: iranitea sees absolutely nothing wrong
> > > with hypocrisy.
> >
> > It's not a matter of hypocrisy, it's a matter of social
> > competence and the ability to forgive and stand back
> > from one's own cherished opinions.
> 
> Right, iranitea, it's just crystal clear that you've
> forgiven me and have been standing back from your own
> cherished opinions of me.
> 
> And I'm sure everyone here admires your social
> competence, which, when you aren't viciously attacking
> somebody, involves smarmily saying things you don't
> mean.
> 
>   [Uriah Heep, by Fred Barnard]
>

Well I guess you didn't get that nice birthday card that
iranitea sent. 

It was often observed that Barry Goldwater's favorite after-
hours companion in DC was Hubert Humphery. Go figure. 

That must be difficult for a toothless old bitter cult apologist 
with a proven inability to distinguish a death threat from a 
hole in the ground  to fathom. 

Just sayin'.   

Re: [FairfieldLife] Just for Nabby - CIA agent says it was true

[Emily Reyn]

Well Nabby, I will say that the last post of the crop circles with the video of 
the "lights" over the field and the alleged timeframe that it was created in 
was pretty interesting.  And, also, thanks for posting those, because they are 
beautiful from an artistic perspective at the very least, even if one doesn't 
understand the analysis.  



 From: emptybill 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:37 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Just for Nabby - CIA agent says it was true
 

  
A former CIA agent is going on the
record to say the alleged UFO incident on July 8, 1947, in Roswell, N.M.,
really happened, the Daily Mail and other
news organizations report.
 
By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY
 
Chase Brandon,
who worked 35 years with the CIA, said documents regarding the alleged landing
of beings from outer space are locked up at the CIA's headquarters in Langley,
Va. 
"It was in a vaulted area -
there was one box that really caught my eye," the Daily Mail quotes
Brandon as saying. "It had one word on it: Roswell. I rummaged inside it,
put the box on the shelf and said, 'My God, it really happened.' "
"It was in a vaulted area -
there was one box that really caught my eye," the Daily Mail quotes
Brandon as saying. "It had one word on it: Roswell. I rummaged inside it,
put the box on the shelf and said, 'My God, it really happened.' "
Brandon makes the comments during
the 65th anniversary of the alleged incident, which military officials
initially explained as the capture of "a disc," but later explained
away as a weather balloon, according to the Daily Mail.
"It was not a weather balloon -
it was what people first reported," the news organization quotes Brandon
as saying.
The Huffington Post quotes
Brandon as saying, "It was a craft that clearly did not come from this
planet."
Brandon worked as an undercover, covert
operations officer in the CIA's Clandestine Service, where he focused on
missions on international terrorism, counterinsurgency, global narcotics and
weapons smuggling, according to Huffington. He spent his final decade with the
agency as liaison to the entertainment and publication industries, and it was
during this time - in the mid 1990s - that he walked into the vaulted
Historical Intelligence Collection area at CIA headquarters, according to the
news organization.
Brandon said the box contained written
material and photographs, according to Huffington.
"That's all I will ever say to
anybody about the contents of that box," Huffington quoted Brandon as
saying. "But it absolutely for me was the single validating moment that
everything I had believed and knew that so many others believed had happened
truly was what occurred."
 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For Barry

[awoelflebater]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater 
> wrote:
> >
> >   [419]
> 
> Be careful. I hear that double-breasted suits can make you want to
> masturbate in movie theaters. Or overdub the trailers of upcoming
> movies:

That's funny because Peewee is not wearing one.
> 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/pee-wee-herman-overdubs-dark-kn\
> ight-rises-trailer_n_1668372.html?utm_hp_ref=comedy
>  night-rises-trailer_n_1668372.html?utm_hp_ref=comedy>
> 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
> > j_alexander_stanley@ wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
> >  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb 
> > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater
> 
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  [http://victoriasaddlery.com/images/waitbitch.jpg]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am affronted.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I would never in a million years wear a double-breasted suit.
> > > > >
> > > > > What's your beef with double-breasted suits?
> > > >
> > > > It's just a matter of personal taste. I think the
> > > > whole fashion statement is misguided. With the
> > > > single possible exception of Cary Grant, who was
> > > > so cool he would have looked great in a sarong,
> > > > I don't think I've ever seen a single male who
> > > > looked better in a double-breasted suit than in
> > > > a single-breasted suit.
> > >
> > > Personally, I love double-breasted, and being tall and slender, it's
> a
> > > look I can get away with. I have a double-breasted Armani blazer
> from
> > > the early 90s that I can't part with, even though it no longer fits
> > > through the chest. And, when I went to buy an Armani suit a few
> years
> > > ago, I was bummed that double-breasted had completely gone out of
> > > fashion, and I had to buy a single-breasted. Thankfully,
> double-breasted
> > > lives on in the form of peacoats, which appear to be very much back
> in
> > > fashion.
> > >
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: People who vote Democrat.

[sparaig]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu  wrote:
[...]
> 
> If California is any reflection of the mindset of the US or sets trends 
> then the rich will not be able to buy a President.  In fact we would 
> love them to blow all their money on the campaign so they are no longer 
> rich and of course see the majority NOT vote for their candidate.  
> That's what happens in California when rich people run for office.  Just 
> ask Arianna Huffington or Meg Whitman. ;-)
> 
> In "Vedic times" those who side here with the Republicans certainly 
> wouldn't on the side of the Pandavas they would be with Dhritarashtra.  
> A little "Vedic thought" for the "Vedic" among us.
>

Now now, we all know that Krishna, just like Christ, would side with the 
wealthy because they are more righteous simply because they have greater virtue 
(wealth).


L

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper).

[sparaig]

When I was a kid, I had virtually no body fat. At 5'9" i weighed 93 pounds at 
age 17 (150 cm, 42.25 kg). Now that I'm about 2x my ideal weight, the only 
place the body fat can accrue is my belly. I didn't have a hernia (just a 
potential weakness in that area) until I gained the weight (the internal fat 
had to go somewhere).

L.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig"  wrote:
> >
> > I have a hernia that bulges out many inches. Because of this, I have pretty 
> > severe nerve damage in the are. I've leaned over a stove and done a Mrs 
> > Doubtfire with my belly: I didn't fee the burn, just smelt it.
> > 
> 
> Several inches!? Whoa! Mine is less than 2 inches, I'd say.
> There's prolly no reason to have it operated, as long as
> it's mainly a cosmetic inconvenience, or stuff. I've read
> there's a substantial risk of nerve damage, unless the surgeon
> is fairly skilled??
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For Barry

[turquoiseb]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater 
wrote:
>
>   [419]

Be careful. I hear that double-breasted suits can make you want to
masturbate in movie theaters. Or overdub the trailers of upcoming
movies:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/pee-wee-herman-overdubs-dark-kn\
ight-rises-trailer_n_1668372.html?utm_hp_ref=comedy


> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
> j_alexander_stanley@ wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
>  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb 
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater

> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  [http://victoriasaddlery.com/images/waitbitch.jpg]
> > > > >
> > > > > I am affronted.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would never in a million years wear a double-breasted suit.
> > > >
> > > > What's your beef with double-breasted suits?
> > >
> > > It's just a matter of personal taste. I think the
> > > whole fashion statement is misguided. With the
> > > single possible exception of Cary Grant, who was
> > > so cool he would have looked great in a sarong,
> > > I don't think I've ever seen a single male who
> > > looked better in a double-breasted suit than in
> > > a single-breasted suit.
> >
> > Personally, I love double-breasted, and being tall and slender, it's
a
> > look I can get away with. I have a double-breasted Armani blazer
from
> > the early 90s that I can't part with, even though it no longer fits
> > through the chest. And, when I went to buy an Armani suit a few
years
> > ago, I was bummed that double-breasted had completely gone out of
> > fashion, and I had to buy a single-breasted. Thankfully,
double-breasted
> > lives on in the form of peacoats, which appear to be very much back
in
> > fashion.
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For Barry

[Alex Stanley]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
>
> http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/250775/paul+reubens.jpg

I love Pee-wee Herman, but I would never in a million years wear a bow tie. 

> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
>  wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
>  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb 
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater 
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  [http://victoriasaddlery.com/images/waitbitch.jpg]
> > > > >
> > > > > I am affronted.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would never in a million years wear a double-breasted suit.
> > > >
> > > > What's your beef with double-breasted suits?
> > >
> > > It's just a matter of personal taste. I think the
> > > whole fashion statement is misguided. With the
> > > single possible exception of Cary Grant, who was
> > > so cool he would have looked great in a sarong,
> > > I don't think I've ever seen a single male who
> > > looked better in a double-breasted suit than in
> > > a single-breasted suit.
> > >
> >
> > Personally, I love double-breasted, and being tall and slender, it's a
> look I can get away with. I have a double-breasted Armani blazer from
> the early 90s that I can't part with, even though it no longer fits
> through the chest. And, when I went to buy an Armani suit a few years
> ago, I was bummed that double-breasted had completely gone out of
> fashion, and I had to buy a single-breasted. Thankfully, double-breasted
> lives on in the form of peacoats, which appear to be very much back in
> fashion.
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC

[Share Long]

I LOVE to make people laugh.  With me is best.  At me is ok too.  AND, I didn't 
think you were (-:




 From: Emily Reyn 
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC
 

  
thank you, I love youI'm sorry, please forgive me :)



 From: seventhray1 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:25 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC
 

  

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> Very funny Robin...I wish I was as smart as you (well, actuallymaybe 
> not), but I'd like to be able to "turn a quip" as well.  (Share, I do not 
> laugh at your expenseI'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you)
To the contrary, I think you succeeded quite well!
> 
> 
> 
> From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@...
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:15 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote:
> >
> > dear Robin,
> > As the groupie of the shortest duration, I will offer the shortest prayer:
> > 
> > I'm sorry
> > Please forgive me
> > Thank you
> > I love you
> 
> Dear Share,
> 
> I don't know if you have been formally invited but there is a weekly prayer 
> circle of maskedzebra groupies. You should at least make yourself an 
> honourable member. These MZG do not reside
 in the same city, but at a designated time they do imagine themselves gathered 
together in that magic circle, where they close their eyes and chant:
> 
> "Masked Zebra, Masked Zebra: Please get a life. Please get a life. And don't 
> spill the spaghetti."
> 
> It's a very simple prayer, Share; but it works.
> 
> Groupies, let me tell you, they do tend to make one go in the direction of 
> that there "unconditional pride".
> 
> And remember, Share, "the last shall be first".
> 
> By the way, you can relax; as far as I can tell I only knew you in your 
> nuncarnations, never in those other kind.
> 
> We keep reincarnating at the same timeâ€"almost.
> 
> I was the very fat and jolly Mother Superior that you loved, even though I 
> forced you to mortify your tendency to form special relationships. Remember 
> *that*? :-)
> 
> I hope you fly to heaven.
> 
> But
 remember your groupie friends and those prayersâ€"I want to get off the wheel 
this time.
> 
> So I can see you inside the Absolute. 
> 
> 
> > 
> > From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:46 AM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > Dear Barry Wright,
> > 
> > It's taken awhile, but when I first read this post of yours, I was shocked, 
> > outraged, apoplectic even.
> > 
> > Because it seemed so very false to my experience of myself over the course 
> > of my entire life.
> > 
> > But when one has a strong repugnance for something said about one by 
> > someone else one should always try to get past that first reaction, and see 
> > whether
 something as unflattering and insulting as what you have said about me might 
just have some truth in it.
> > 
> > I am prepared to acknowledge there is *some* truth in what you have said 
> > here, Barry. But beyond that, even if I quarrel with the extent of your 
> > indictment of me (trying to see some differences between myself and Charlie 
> > Mason), my attention is drawn to something much more persuasive. And what 
> > would that be?
> > 
> > The innocent disinterestedness, the self-evident searching of your very 
> > soul to arrive at this conclusion, a conclusion which must have been almost 
> > as hard for you to say it as it was for me to receive it. And if there are 
> > readers who are defensive on my behalf, believing that Charlie is slightly 
> > more dangerous and disturbed than I am, I would ask those readers to try to 
> > imagine just what it was within Barry that inspired him to post this. 
> > 
> > Because I believe if you
 really try to fathom the subtext of his post, you cannot help but conclude: 
Sorry, there, Robin: But this feels clean, it feels true, it feels pure, it 
feels honest, it feels right.
> > 
> > If I can sense this proof of the validity of what Barry has said about 
> > meâ€"that is, his motive and state of being in saying itâ€"then I 
> > don't even have to ask myself whether the content of what he has said is 
> > trueâ€"that I am worse than Charlie Manson (and let this be a wake-up 
> > call to you groupiesâ€"all of you);â€"I only have to feel the 
> > generosity and discernment of the heart which was moved to hurt in order to 
> > heal.
> > 
> > And finally to be delivered from my reflexive

[FairfieldLife] Just for Nabby - CIA agent says it was true

[emptybill]

A former CIA agent is going on the record to say the alleged UFO
incident on July 8, 1947, in Roswell, N.M., really happened, the Daily
Mail
  and other
news organizations report.



By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY



Chase Brandon, who worked 35 years with the CIA, said documents
regarding the alleged landing of beings from outer space are locked up
at the CIA's headquarters in Langley, Va.

"It was in a vaulted area - there was one box that really caught my
eye," the Daily Mail quotes Brandon as saying. "It had one word on it:
Roswell. I rummaged inside it, put the box on the shelf and said, 'My
God, it really happened.' "

"It was in a vaulted area - there was one box that really caught my
eye," the Daily Mail quotes Brandon as saying. "It had one word on it:
Roswell. I rummaged inside it, put the box on the shelf and said, 'My
God, it really happened.' "

Brandon makes the comments during the 65th anniversary of the alleged
incident, which military officials initially explained as the capture of
"a disc," but later explained away as a weather balloon, according to
the Daily Mail.

"It was not a weather balloon - it was what people first reported," the
news organization quotes Brandon as saying.

The Huffington Post
  quotes Brandon as
saying, "It was a craft that clearly did not come from this planet."

Brandon worked as an undercover, covert operations officer in the CIA's
Clandestine Service, where he focused on missions on international
terrorism, counterinsurgency, global narcotics and weapons smuggling,
according to Huffington. He spent his final decade with the agency as
liaison to the entertainment and publication industries, and it was
during this time - in the mid 1990s - that he walked into the vaulted
Historical Intelligence Collection area at CIA headquarters, according
to the news organization.

Brandon said the box contained written material and photographs,
according to Huffington.

"That's all I will ever say to anybody about the contents of that box,"
Huffington quoted Brandon as saying. "But it absolutely for me was the
single validating moment that everything I had believed and knew that so
many others believed had happened truly was what occurred."

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For Barry

[awoelflebater]

 [419]
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
 wrote:
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
 wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb 
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >  [http://victoriasaddlery.com/images/waitbitch.jpg]
> > > >
> > > > I am affronted.
> > > >
> > > > I would never in a million years wear a double-breasted suit.
> > >
> > > What's your beef with double-breasted suits?
> >
> > It's just a matter of personal taste. I think the
> > whole fashion statement is misguided. With the
> > single possible exception of Cary Grant, who was
> > so cool he would have looked great in a sarong,
> > I don't think I've ever seen a single male who
> > looked better in a double-breasted suit than in
> > a single-breasted suit.
> >
>
> Personally, I love double-breasted, and being tall and slender, it's a
look I can get away with. I have a double-breasted Armani blazer from
the early 90s that I can't part with, even though it no longer fits
through the chest. And, when I went to buy an Armani suit a few years
ago, I was bummed that double-breasted had completely gone out of
fashion, and I had to buy a single-breasted. Thankfully, double-breasted
lives on in the form of peacoats, which appear to be very much back in
fashion.
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC

[Emily Reyn]

thank you, I love youI'm sorry, please forgive me :)



 From: seventhray1 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:25 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC
 

  

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> Very funny Robin...I wish I was as smart as you (well, actuallymaybe 
> not), but I'd like to be able to "turn a quip" as well.  (Share, I do not 
> laugh at your expenseI'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you)
To the contrary, I think you succeeded quite well!
> 
> 
> 
> From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@...
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:15 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote:
> >
> > dear Robin,
> > As the groupie of the shortest duration, I will offer the shortest prayer:
> > 
> > I'm sorry
> > Please forgive me
> > Thank you
> > I love you
> 
> Dear Share,
> 
> I don't know if you have been formally invited but there is a weekly prayer 
> circle of maskedzebra groupies. You should at least make yourself an 
> honourable member. These MZG do not reside in the same city, but at a 
> designated time they do imagine themselves gathered together in that magic 
> circle, where they close their eyes and chant:
> 
> "Masked Zebra, Masked Zebra: Please get a life. Please get a life. And don't 
> spill the spaghetti."
> 
> It's a very simple prayer, Share; but it works.
> 
> Groupies, let me tell you, they do tend to make one go in the direction of 
> that there "unconditional pride".
> 
> And remember, Share, "the last shall be first".
> 
> By the way, you can relax; as far as I can tell I only knew you in your 
> nuncarnations, never in those other kind.
> 
> We keep reincarnating at the same timeâ€"almost.
> 
> I was the very fat and jolly Mother Superior that you loved, even though I 
> forced you to mortify your tendency to form special relationships. Remember 
> *that*? :-)
> 
> I hope you fly to heaven.
> 
> But remember your groupie friends and those prayersâ€"I want to get off the 
> wheel this time.
> 
> So I can see you inside the Absolute. 
> 
> 
> > 
> > From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:46 AM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > Dear Barry Wright,
> > 
> > It's taken awhile, but when I first read this post of yours, I was shocked, 
> > outraged, apoplectic even.
> > 
> > Because it seemed so very false to my experience of myself over the course 
> > of my entire life.
> > 
> > But when one has a strong repugnance for something said about one by 
> > someone else one should always try to get past that first reaction, and see 
> > whether something as unflattering and insulting as what you have said about 
> > me might just have some truth in it.
> > 
> > I am prepared to acknowledge there is *some* truth in what you have said 
> > here, Barry. But beyond that, even if I quarrel with the extent of your 
> > indictment of me (trying to see some differences between myself and Charlie 
> > Mason), my attention is drawn to something much more persuasive. And what 
> > would that be?
> > 
> > The innocent disinterestedness, the self-evident searching of your very 
> > soul to arrive at this conclusion, a conclusion which must have been almost 
> > as hard for you to say it as it was for me to receive it. And if there are 
> > readers who are defensive on my behalf, believing that Charlie is slightly 
> > more dangerous and disturbed than I am, I would ask those readers to try to 
> > imagine just what it was within Barry that inspired him to post this. 
> > 
> > Because I believe if you really try to fathom the subtext of his post, you 
> > cannot help but conclude: Sorry, there, Robin: But this feels clean, it 
> > feels true, it feels pure, it feels honest, it feels right.
> > 
> > If I can sense this proof of the validity of what Barry has said about 
> > meâ€"that is, his motive and state of being in saying itâ€"then I 
> > don't even have to ask myself whether the content of what he has said is 
> > trueâ€"that I am worse than Charlie Manson (and let this be a wake-up 
> > call to you groupiesâ€"all of you);â€"I only have to feel the 
> > generosity and discernment of the heart which was moved to hurt in order to 
> > heal.
> > 
> > And finally to be delivered from my reflexive irony; this is even more 
> > liberating to me.
> > 
> > No more groupies for Robin.
> > 
> > No one can even begin to know the devastation, though, that has gone right 
> > through me in having taken in what Barry has said about me tonight.
> > 
> > I would ask all my former groupies to pray for me.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC

[seventhray1]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn 
wrote:
>
> Very funny Robin...I wish I was as smart as you (well,
actuallymaybe not), but I'd like to be able to "turn a quip" as
well. Â (Share, I do not laugh at your expenseI'm sorry, please
forgive me, thank you, I love you)

To the contrary, I think you succeeded quite well!
>
>
> 
> From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@...
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:15 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic
to RC
>
>
> Â
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote:
> >
> > dear Robin,
> > As the groupie of the shortest duration, I will offer the shortest
prayer:
> >
> > I'm sorry
> > Please forgive me
> > Thank you
> > I love you
>
> Dear Share,
>
> I don't know if you have been formally invited but there is a weekly
prayer circle of maskedzebra groupies. You should at least make yourself
an honourable member. These MZG do not reside in the same city, but at a
designated time they do imagine themselves gathered together in that
magic circle, where they close their eyes and chant:
>
> "Masked Zebra, Masked Zebra: Please get a life. Please get a life. And
don't spill the spaghetti."
>
> It's a very simple prayer, Share; but it works.
>
> Groupies, let me tell you, they do tend to make one go in the
direction of that there "unconditional pride".
>
> And remember, Share, "the last shall be first".
>
> By the way, you can relax; as far as I can tell I only knew you in
your nuncarnations, never in those other kind.
>
> We keep reincarnating at the same timeâ€"almost.
>
> I was the very fat and jolly Mother Superior that you loved, even
though I forced you to mortify your tendency to form special
relationships. Remember *that*? :-)
>
> I hope you fly to heaven.
>
> But remember your groupie friends and those prayersâ€"I want to
get off the wheel this time.
>
> So I can see you inside the Absolute.
>
>
> > 
> > From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:46 AM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a
graphic
> >
> >
> > ÂÂ
> > Dear Barry Wright,
> >
> > It's taken awhile, but when I first read this post of yours, I was
shocked, outraged, apoplectic even.
> >
> > Because it seemed so very false to my experience of myself over the
course of my entire life.
> >
> > But when one has a strong repugnance for something said about one by
someone else one should always try to get past that first reaction, and
see whether something as unflattering and insulting as what you have
said about me might just have some truth in it.
> >
> > I am prepared to acknowledge there is *some* truth in what you have
said here, Barry. But beyond that, even if I quarrel with the extent of
your indictment of me (trying to see some differences between myself and
Charlie Mason), my attention is drawn to something much more persuasive.
And what would that be?
> >
> > The innocent disinterestedness, the self-evident searching of your
very soul to arrive at this conclusion, a conclusion which must have
been almost as hard for you to say it as it was for me to receive it.
And if there are readers who are defensive on my behalf, believing that
Charlie is slightly more dangerous and disturbed than I am, I would ask
those readers to try to imagine just what it was within Barry that
inspired him to post this.
> >
> > Because I believe if you really try to fathom the subtext of his
post, you cannot help but conclude: Sorry, there, Robin: But this feels
clean, it feels true, it feels pure, it feels honest, it feels right.
> >
> > If I can sense this proof of the validity of what Barry has said
about meâ€"that is, his motive and state of being in saying
itâ€"then I don't even have to ask myself whether the content of
what he has said is trueâ€"that I am worse than Charlie Manson
(and let this be a wake-up call to you groupiesâ€"all of
you);â€"I only have to feel the generosity and discernment of the
heart which was moved to hurt in order to heal.
> >
> > And finally to be delivered from my reflexive irony; this is even
more liberating to me.
> >
> > No more groupies for Robin.
> >
> > No one can even begin to know the devastation, though, that has gone
right through me in having taken in what Barry has said about me
tonight.
> >
> > I would ask all my former groupies to pray for me.
> >
> > You really are a fun guy, Barry. But we just might not get along in
eternity. Think about that, will you.
> >
> > Robin
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Now, regarding groupies on FFL, that's really an interesting
> > > > phenomenon. I just don't dig the mindset of the groupie yet,
> > > > it goes beyond me.
> > >
> > > I think the most fa

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: People who vote Democrat.

[Emily Reyn]

Harry Truman favored double-breasted suits :)

http://www.nps.gov/hstr/historyculture/quite-a-shirt-harry.htm




 From: turquoiseb 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:54 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: People who vote Democrat.
 

  
A much simpler definition, from Harry Truman:

"Democrats work to help people who need help.
That other party, they work for people who
don't need help. That's all there is to it."

I can tell it's about time to start ignoring
the lions' share of FFL posts until January.
The political season is upon us, and this 
place gets downright ugly during that season.
It's probably just a reflection of the overall
ugliness of America, but still, having gone
through it during the last Presidential election
season, I am not about to subject myself to it
again. 

To give you an idea of why I feel this way about
the "open season on sanity" that is the American
election process, here is a glimpse of what that
process is like in newer, more civilized democracies,
in this case, France.

As I remember it, the entire campaign process for
President is limited to two months. It is actually
illegal to campaign earlier than the prescribed
"start date." Most voters get their information 
from publicly-televised debates between the cand-
idates, not from ads. One of the reasons for this
is that every candidate has a prescribed limit 
that they can spend on ads or other electioneering
techniques. This amount (as I remember...it's been
a few years since I lived there) comes from taxes,
to the tune of about 1 or 2 Euros per citizen. The
total fund for the election is split equally 
between all candidates, and they can't go over
their limit. Raising additional funds or spending
additional amounts of money is actually illegal.

In other words, in France you can't possibly do
what you can easily do in the United States, BUY
yourself a President. 

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u  wrote:
>
> 1). Trial Attorneys; one reason your health insurance rates are high!
> 
> 2). Minorities; they love the benefits the democrats promise and procure. Why 
> work hard when you can get it for free!
> 
> 3). Public Unions; they get money right from taxpayers thanks to their 
> Democrat legislators they got elected.
> 
> 4). Social liberals, homosexuals, atheists; hey, don't let God or anybody get 
> between me and my vices!!
> 
> 5). Criminals; anything for free is alright by them.
> 
> 6). Hollywood elite; OK, I can get rid of my guilt and pretend I'm generous, 
> BY RAISING EVERYBODY'S TAXES.
> 
> 7). People under 25 yrs old; hey, somebody's gotta pay for them, why not YOU!
> 
> 8) Single woman; Barack is my surrogate/husband, father of my children and 
> the one who loves me.
> 
> 9). All kinds of cuckoos, and fruit cakes; they just like the easy ride in 
> life no matter what.
> 
> What do most of these folks have in common, they're all dependent on others 
> for their well being.
>


 

[FairfieldLife] Steve Martin Sells Mitt Romney's Pot

[Bhairitu]

"Late night funnyman David Letterman joked on Wednesday that New York 
City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had asked him to create a park on Broadway 
for the tourists, but comedian Steve Martin stole some of his thunder by 
opening his own park and selling marijuana, beer and and firearms."

More here:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/12/steve-martin-sells-mitt-romneys-pot-in-new-york-city-park/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: People who vote Democrat.

[Bhairitu]

On 07/12/2012 01:54 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
> A much simpler definition, from Harry Truman:
>
> "Democrats work to help people who need help.
> That other party, they work for people who
> don't need help. That's all there is to it."
>
> I can tell it's about time to start ignoring
> the lions' share of FFL posts until January.
> The political season is upon us, and this
> place gets downright ugly during that season.
> It's probably just a reflection of the overall
> ugliness of America, but still, having gone
> through it during the last Presidential election
> season, I am not about to subject myself to it
> again.
>
> To give you an idea of why I feel this way about
> the "open season on sanity" that is the American
> election process, here is a glimpse of what that
> process is like in newer, more civilized democracies,
> in this case, France.
>
> As I remember it, the entire campaign process for
> President is limited to two months. It is actually
> illegal to campaign earlier than the prescribed
> "start date." Most voters get their information
> from publicly-televised debates between the cand-
> idates, not from ads. One of the reasons for this
> is that every candidate has a prescribed limit
> that they can spend on ads or other electioneering
> techniques. This amount (as I remember...it's been
> a few years since I lived there) comes from taxes,
> to the tune of about 1 or 2 Euros per citizen. The
> total fund for the election is split equally
> between all candidates, and they can't go over
> their limit. Raising additional funds or spending
> additional amounts of money is actually illegal.
>
> In other words, in France you can't possibly do
> what you can easily do in the United States, BUY
> yourself a President.
>
>

If California is any reflection of the mindset of the US or sets trends 
then the rich will not be able to buy a President.  In fact we would 
love them to blow all their money on the campaign so they are no longer 
rich and of course see the majority NOT vote for their candidate.  
That's what happens in California when rich people run for office.  Just 
ask Arianna Huffington or Meg Whitman. ;-)

In "Vedic times" those who side here with the Republicans certainly 
wouldn't on the side of the Pandavas they would be with Dhritarashtra.  
A little "Vedic thought" for the "Vedic" among us.

[FairfieldLife] Barry's suit

[oxcart49]

 [[Pee-Wee-755784+allaroundphilly.com.jpg]]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For Barry

[awoelflebater]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, oxcart49  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
 wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb 
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >  [http://victoriasaddlery.com/images/waitbitch.jpg]
> > > >
> > > > I am affronted.
> > > >
> > > > I would never in a million years wear a double-breasted suit.
> > >
> > > What's your beef with double-breasted suits?
> >
> > It's just a matter of personal taste. I think the
> > whole fashion statement is misguided. With the
> > single possible exception of Cary Grant, who was
> > so cool he would have looked great in a sarong,
> > I don't think I've ever seen a single male who
> > looked better in a double-breasted suit than in
> > a single-breasted suit.
> >
>
> News Flash from Forest Lawns Cary Grant just rolled over in his
grave and requested to be removed from Barry's "Cool" list.
>
> For some reason I would have thought Barry was more of a Pee Wee
Herman suit type of guy!
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic

[awoelflebater]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey  wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Now, regarding groupies on FFL, that's really an interesting
> > > > > > > phenomenon. I just don't dig the mindset of the groupie yet,
> > > > > > > it goes beyond me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think the most fascinating thing about using the word "groupie" to
> > > > > > refer to people who attach themselves to others like remoras is the
> > > > > > Incredibly Low Standards they tend to exhibit when choosing a shark.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I mean, attaching oneself to a spiritual teacher with a tiny bit of
> > > > > > charisma like Maharishi is one thing. But (as you point out) doing
> > > > > > the same thing with Charles Manson? Mind not boggled enough yet?
> > > > > > Try to imagine the standards of someone who tries to become a
> > > > > > groupie to someone like Robin, or Judy.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > [http://www.oceanwideimages.com/images/15901/large/remora-70M1061-02.jpg\
> > > > > \
> > > > > > ]
> > > > > Interesting these remoras, here you can see their sucker like organs.
> > > > > Makes me wonder if groupies have developed a similar organ.
> > > > 
> > > > Don't you wish. Obviously in posing that question you have not been so 
> > > > lucky as to be the subject of any groupies attentions.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ann, you recently posted some nice pictures of a black 
> > > and white dog. 
> > > 
> > > But, who was the bitch?
> > 
> > We both are but I am the hairless one.
> > > 
> > > xoxoxo   ;-)
> > 
> > And thanks for the hugs and kisses.
> > >
> >
> 
> Thrust and parry,
> Crossed words meant to slight.
> Aplomb, Oh so merry, 
> The hairless bitch bites.

I can bark too!
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for another quote

[Share Long]

Barry quoted:


"A disciple is an asshole looking for a human being 
to attach itself to."  - Robert Anton Wilson

and


Barry wrote to martyboi on 7/9/12 at 3:10 pm about:

...bullied in school...
That could mean either that it never really happened
to me, or that if it did it didn't make any impression.
I suspect, because I was probably as much of an asshole
then as I am now, that it's the latter. :-)

logical minds wondering:  therefore, of whom is Barry the disciple?

PS  This is Sister Share being a show off and giving in to temptation.  Mea 
culpa, etc,




 From: turquoiseb 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:42 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic
 

  
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea  wrote:
> > >
> > > Now, regarding groupies on FFL, that's really an interesting
> > > phenomenon. I just don't dig the mindset of the groupie yet,
> > > it goes beyond me.
> > 
> > I think the most fascinating thing about using the word 
> > "groupie" to refer to people who attach themselves to others 
> > like remoras is the Incredibly Low Standards they tend to 
> > exhibit when choosing a shark.
> > 
> > I mean, attaching oneself to a spiritual teacher with a tiny 
> > bit of charisma like Maharishi is one thing. But (as you point 
> > out) doing the same thing with Charles Manson? Mind not boggled 
> > enough yet? Try to imagine the standards of someone who tries 
> > to become a groupie to someone like Robin, or Judy.
> > 
> > [http://www.oceanwideimages.com/images/15901/large/remora-70M1061-02.jpg]
> 
> ...And just imagine the standards of someone like Barry 
> who actually campaigns to acquire groupies.

Raunchy, do you actually *think* before you post?

You're referring to the person (moi) who *your* 
groupie-mistress consistently refers to as not
giving a shit what *anyone* thinks of him. 
Careful, or Judy will spank. :-)

Besides, I was mainly referring to Ann. She was
a Robin groupie back in the day, and seems intent
upon trying to become one again, even though (to
the best of my knowledge) he has *still* never
acknowledged her existence on this forum. Now 
*that* is perseverance. So since Robin isn't 
allowing her to...uh...suck face, she's moved 
on to the only shark who will. :-)

But whatever floats people's boats. I just think
that if one claims that one's own self realization
is one's goal, the way to that is not achieved by 
glomming on to another person's self. The "groupie 
relationship" to one's teacher is a *universal* 
phenomenon in spirituality, not one limited to TM 
or FFL. It's where someone derives all or most of 
one's own perception of self-worth from one's 
proximity to or friendliness with someone else. 

I think that's a tad Self-defeating, personally. I
mean, look at the history of groupies in rock 'n roll.
The only one whose name anyone remembers is Cynthia
Plaster Caster.  :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Plaster_Caster

"A disciple is an asshole looking for a human being 
to attach itself to."  - Robert Anton Wilson


 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic

[Share Long]

Oh, God, will I ever stop laughing?!  Geniuses, those guys were geniuses.  
thanks, RD




 From: raunchydog 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:16 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic
 

  


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> TurqB, everyone's off soybean tofu now.  Too much estrogen.  Even for 
> men.  Man boobs resulted.
> 

The Manssiere: Bras for bros
http://youtu.be/gZJ8Jxt9qrM

> 
> 
>  From: turquoiseb 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:27 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic
> 
> 
>   
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Ah, yes, your hostility to  is all about your concern for 
> > > > > others. How noble of you."
> > > > > 
> > > > > [https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/385606_389352564440058_55858606_n.jpg]
> > > > 
> > > > Lol, very funny and so true. Barry, I really learned something 
> > > > from you in this regard, and that it is to simply lean back and 
> > > > laugh. It's so simple, but such a great thing. 
> > > 
> > > It is, in my opinion, the highest way to honor life. As
> > > G.K. Chesterton said in the link I just posted:
> > > 
> > > "Seriousness is not a virtue. It would be a heresy, but 
> > > a much more sensible heresy, to say that seriousness is 
> > > a vice. It is really a natural trend or lapse into taking 
> > > one's self gravely, because it is the easiest thing to 
> > > do...For solemnity flows out of men naturally; but laughter 
> > > is a leap. It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light.
> > > Satan fell by the force of gravity."
> > 
> > Great quote! 
> 
> Isn't it? I love Chesterton. Even though he was a 
> strong Christian and I am anything but, and even
> though he was writing his best stuff 100 years ago,
> there is a lightness and a humility to his writing 
> and to his insights that I really groove on. Other 
> favorite quotes of his that I keep in my ever-handy 
> Quotes file include "All men are ordinary men; the 
> extraordinary men are those who know it" and "Poets 
> have been mysteriously silent on the subject of 
> cheese." :-)
> 
> > One may think of the British what one wants, but they have 
> > given the world at least two great gifts: one is tea (of 
> > course!), and the other their unique sense of humor and 
> > irony. And what is best, they always include themselves 
> > in their humor. Just look at Monty Python or Little Britain, 
> > can't beat that.
> 
> It is good to remember, at least about Chesterton,
> that he was as "typically British" as the Monty Python
> gang, meaning not typical at all. Much of "Orthodoxy"
> is a railing *against* the tendency in British clerics
> and philosophers to take everything so damned *seriously*.
> One of the other quotes I loved in the set of excerpts
> from "Orthodoxy" that I posted a link to recently was
> this one:
> 
> "The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern 
> cosmic religion is really in this proposition: that Nature 
> is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a 
> mother, you discover that she is a step-mother. The main 
> point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our 
> mother: Nature is our sister. We can be proud of her 
> beauty, since we have the same father; but she has no 
> authority over us; we have to admire, but not to imitate. 
> This gives to the typically Christian pleasure in this 
> earth a strange touch of lightness that is almost frivolity. 
> Nature was a solemn mother to the worshippers of Isis and 
> Cybele. Nature was a solemn mother to Wordsworth or to 
> Emerson. But Nature is not solemn to Francis of Assisi.
> To St. Francis, Nature is a sister, and even a younger 
> sister: a little, dancing sister, to be laughed at as 
> well as loved."
> 
> I *love* this, and find it as applicable to Hinduism
> and its slavish devotion to "Mother Divine" or to TM
> and its equally slavish devotion to "Mother Nature"
> or to "the *Laws* of Nature" as it was to Chesterton
> in his time. He obviously identifies more with the
> playful 'tude of St. Francis towards nature than he
> does the solemnity and the sense of awe and almost
> *fear* that many of his contemporaries had towards
> nature. It (she) *doesn't* run our lives; it (she)
> runs with us through the world, as a fellow child
> laughing on the playground. All the difference in
> the world.
> 
> > One of my mentors used this expression with regard to a 
> > friend, lets call him Fred: He said, Fred just laughs off 
> > everything. I have come to appreciate this attitude. 
> 
> Me, too. Clearly, as you g

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper).

[Share Long]

woo , second great laugh of the morning!  And it's not even 6:30!  
thanks, Emily




 From: Emily Reyn 
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"  
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, 
it's cheaper).
 

  
Romneycare and Obamacare aren't that far off, now are they?  Mitt keeps 
changing his mind, but here is very funny comparison from Jon Stewart.  Stroll 
down for clip:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/06/29/jon-stewart-slams-mitt-romney-for-wanting-to-replace-obamacare-with-same-policies-without-paying-for-it/



Take the test:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2012/mar/20/romneycare-and-obamacare-can-you-tell-difference/




 From: wgm4u 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:40 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
cheaper).
 

  


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
>
> Now, did I say "socialize everything"?

Why not?  If it's good for medicine why not everything else? The fact is, it's 
not good for medicine and quality will inevitably suffer; medical exchanges?? 
how horrifying!!.

 Food deserts are one thing that limit convenient access to healthy food; 
community gardens are one solution that some neighborhoods are trying in order 
to increase access, education on food, etc.  
> 
> Have you been out for a 2-hour walk yet today?  Maybe a dog will fall into 
> your lap, requiring such a thing.  Exercise works wonders on her nervous 
> system and mine too and would probably bring some calmness to yours as well :)
> 
> 
> 
>  From: wgm4u 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:43 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's 
> cheaper).
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn  wrote:
> >
> > Billy - *access* to healthy food for low-income populations is an issue. 
> >  *Access* to good education, *access* to affordable healthcare, *access* 
> > to opportunity for many across the economic spectrum is an increasing 
> > problem for those that have lost jobs, lost their retirement, are raising a 
> > family, are maintaining households and who may have health issues or are in 
> > an older demographic.  Your tendency to throw out these simplistic 
> > conclusion based on uninformed prejudice is pathetic.   Please go move 
> > to a severely economically depressed area that lacks real food and try and 
> > do something to change the situation.  Your worldview seems far too 
> > narrow.  Do you live in a gated community?  
> > 
> > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=high-and-dry-in-the-food
> 
> You are so right!  We need to socialize everything!! That's the solution!!
> 
> PS Why are 'poor' people fat?
>




 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC

[Share Long]

dear RCmzMS, it's not even 6 am and already I almost fell off my chair laughing 
(-:  

merci beaucoup, etc.  Must go brush teeth, etc.  Stay tuned.
Is that you I hear singing, "How do you solve a problem like Maria..."
Sister Share




 From: Robin Carlsen 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:15 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic to RC
 

  


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long  wrote:
>
> dear Robin,
> As the groupie of the shortest duration, I will offer the shortest prayer:
> 
> I'm sorry
> Please forgive me
> Thank you
> I love you

Dear Share,

I don't know if you have been formally invited but there is a weekly prayer 
circle of maskedzebra groupies. You should at least make yourself an honourable 
member. These MZG do not reside in the same city, but at a designated time they 
do imagine themselves gathered together in that magic circle, where they close 
their eyes and chant:

"Masked Zebra, Masked Zebra: Please get a life. Please get a life. And don't 
spill the spaghetti."

It's a very simple prayer, Share; but it works.

Groupies, let me tell you, they do tend to make one go in the direction of that 
there "unconditional pride".

And remember, Share, "the last shall be first".

By the way, you can relax; as far as I can tell I only knew you in your 
nuncarnations, never in those other kind.

We keep reincarnating at the same time—almost.

I was the very fat and jolly Mother Superior that you loved, even though I 
forced you to mortify your tendency to form special relationships. Remember 
*that*? :-)

I hope you fly to heaven.

But remember your groupie friends and those prayers—I want to get off the wheel 
this time.

So I can see you inside the Absolute. 


> 
>  From: Robin Carlsen 
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:46 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quotes that really cry out for a graphic
> 
> 
>   
> Dear Barry Wright,
> 
> It's taken awhile, but when I first read this post of yours, I was shocked, 
> outraged, apoplectic even.
> 
> Because it seemed so very false to my experience of myself over the course of 
> my entire life.
> 
> But when one has a strong repugnance for something said about one by someone 
> else one should always try to get past that first reaction, and see whether 
> something as unflattering and insulting as what you have said about me might 
> just have some truth in it.
> 
> I am prepared to acknowledge there is *some* truth in what you have said 
> here, Barry. But beyond that, even if I quarrel with the extent of your 
> indictment of me (trying to see some differences between myself and Charlie 
> Mason), my attention is drawn to something much more persuasive. And what 
> would that be?
> 
> The innocent disinterestedness, the self-evident searching of your very soul 
> to arrive at this conclusion, a conclusion which must have been almost as 
> hard for you to say it as it was for me to receive it. And if there are 
> readers who are defensive on my behalf, believing that Charlie is slightly 
> more dangerous and disturbed than I am, I would ask those readers to try to 
> imagine just what it was within Barry that inspired him to post this. 
> 
> Because I believe if you really try to fathom the subtext of his post, you 
> cannot help but conclude: Sorry, there, Robin: But this feels clean, it feels 
> true, it feels pure, it feels honest, it feels right.
> 
> If I can sense this proof of the validity of what Barry has said about 
> meâ€"that is, his motive and state of being in saying itâ€"then I don't even 
> have to ask myself whether the content of what he has said is trueâ€"that I 
> am worse than Charlie Manson (and let this be a wake-up call to you 
> groupiesâ€"all of you);â€"I only have to feel the generosity and discernment 
> of the heart which was moved to hurt in order to heal.
> 
> And finally to be delivered from my reflexive irony; this is even more 
> liberating to me.
> 
> No more groupies for Robin.
> 
> No one can even begin to know the devastation, though, that has gone right 
> through me in having taken in what Barry has said about me tonight.
> 
> I would ask all my former groupies to pray for me.
> 
> You really are a fun guy, Barry. But we just might not get along in eternity. 
> Think about that, will you.
> 
> Robin
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea  wrote:
> > >
> > > Now, regarding groupies on FFL, that's really an interesting
> > > phenomenon. I just don't dig the mindset of the groupie yet,
> > > it goes beyond me.
> > 
> > I think the most fascinating thing about using the word "groupie" to
> > refer to people who attach themselves to others like remoras is the
> > Incredibly Low Standards they tend to exhibit when choosing a shark.
> > 
> > I mean, attaching 

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper).

[cardemaister]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig"  wrote:
>
> I have a hernia that bulges out many inches. Because of this, I have pretty 
> severe nerve damage in the are. I've leaned over a stove and done a Mrs 
> Doubtfire with my belly: I didn't fee the burn, just smelt it.
> 

Several inches!? Whoa! Mine is less than 2 inches, I'd say.
There's prolly no reason to have it operated, as long as
it's mainly a cosmetic inconvenience, or stuff. I've read
there's a substantial risk of nerve damage, unless the surgeon
is fairly skilled??

[FairfieldLife] Little Fame!

[cardemaister]

Since the daze of Robin Hood, Robin seems to have
been a name that gets the ladies (and batmans) wet??



Robin (name)
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Robin was originally a diminutive given name of Robert, derived from the prefix 
Rob- (hrod, Old Germanic, meaning "fame"), and the suffix -in (Old French 
diminutive). More recently, it is used as an independent name. The name Robin 
is uncommon (but not unique) in being a masculine given name, feminine given 
name, and a surname. In Europe, although it is sometimes regarded as a female 
name, it is generally given to males. In North America, it is more popular as a 
female name - during the 1990s, for example, it was the 325th most popular 
girl's name and the 693rd most popular boy's name. There are several common 
variations, including Robyn, Robbin, Robine, Robyne, Robynne, and Robbyn.[1] 
Robine is a female version of the name Robin. In some cultures Robyn is 
strictly female. It has its origin in France and is also a very common surname 
in France. Robin is occasionally found as a surname in English 
language-speaking countries. Common nicknames are Rob, Robbie or Bobby.[1] 

[FairfieldLife] Did they delete this from The Secret?

[cardemaister]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLnL8vPST34&feature=related

[FairfieldLife] Re: People who vote Democrat.

[turquoiseb]

A much simpler definition, from Harry Truman:

"Democrats work to help people who need help.
That other party, they work for people who
don't need help. That's all there is to it."

I can tell it's about time to start ignoring
the lions' share of FFL posts until January.
The political season is upon us, and this 
place gets downright ugly during that season.
It's probably just a reflection of the overall
ugliness of America, but still, having gone
through it during the last Presidential election
season, I am not about to subject myself to it
again. 

To give you an idea of why I feel this way about
the "open season on sanity" that is the American
election process, here is a glimpse of what that
process is like in newer, more civilized democracies,
in this case, France.

As I remember it, the entire campaign process for
President is limited to two months. It is actually
illegal to campaign earlier than the prescribed
"start date." Most voters get their information 
from publicly-televised debates between the cand-
idates, not from ads. One of the reasons for this
is that every candidate has a prescribed limit 
that they can spend on ads or other electioneering
techniques. This amount (as I remember...it's been
a few years since I lived there) comes from taxes,
to the tune of about 1 or 2 Euros per citizen. The
total fund for the election is split equally 
between all candidates, and they can't go over
their limit. Raising additional funds or spending
additional amounts of money is actually illegal.

In other words, in France you can't possibly do
what you can easily do in the United States, BUY
yourself a President. 


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u  wrote:
>
> 1). Trial Attorneys; one reason your health insurance rates are high!
> 
> 2). Minorities; they love the benefits the democrats promise and procure. Why 
> work hard when you can get it for free!
> 
> 3). Public Unions; they get money right from taxpayers thanks to their 
> Democrat legislators they got elected.
> 
> 4). Social liberals, homosexuals, atheists; hey, don't let God or anybody get 
> between me and my vices!!
> 
> 5). Criminals; anything for free is alright by them.
> 
> 6). Hollywood elite; OK, I can get rid of my guilt and pretend I'm generous, 
> BY RAISING EVERYBODY'S TAXES.
> 
> 7). People under 25 yrs old; hey, somebody's gotta pay for them, why not YOU!
> 
> 8) Single woman; Barack is my surrogate/husband, father of my children and 
> the one who loves me.
> 
> 9). All kinds of cuckoos, and fruit cakes; they just like the easy ride in 
> life no matter what.
> 
> What do most of these folks have in common, they're all dependent on others 
> for their well being.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Prophetic Dream: Obama Wins the Election

[cardemaister]

FWIW, there are still left *at least* five exact squares between
Uranus (Aries) and Pluto (Capricorn). I'd rather not want
to be President of the US of A during that period 2012 - 2015:

(June 2012)
May 2013
October 2013
April 2014
December 2014
May 2015

At the end of the 60's, Uranus and Pluto were in *conjunction*
(in Virgo; exact at least in 1966?)...