[FairfieldLife] Re: Why would Islamists Cheer a Trump Victory?

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

They are probably cheering because a woman failed to succeed in achieving 
power. 

 Many of them would rather die to a man's decision than live according to a 
woman's dication.
 

 Not saying it's a good philosophy, just what it is.
 

 Moreover, I don't know that Trump is going to commit mass forces.  The current 
strategy in SOCOM (special operations command) is to commit small units to 
train foreign units worldwide and let them clean up the mess for us.  High 
ranking officers know this.  It's efficient economically, and avoids mass 
troops being sent, which is what really costs a lot of money.  As long as Trump 
listens to senior advisors, we'll all be fine.  But if his individualism and 
arrogance gets the best of him, he might make drastic decisions only for the 
sake of pacifying public opinion.
 

 seekliberation

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Religion of peace?

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

I think Jimmy Carter needs to spend more time on the ground throughout the 
world (or just give up on giving advice altogether).  Large governments engaged 
in violence aren't the problem.  Small militias within unorganized nations are 
the biggest problem, particularly in Africa, Middle East, & Southeast Asia.  
Their violence causes smaller and weaker nations to depend on larger nations to 
come in and help.  Unfortunately, large nations are plagued by bureaucracy and 
have a hard time fighting small militias, warlords and terrorist organizations. 
 What we have here is nothing different than upper class police-style tactics 
trying to fight against the backwoods style criminal.  Unfortunately, it's the 
worse of the two that has the advantage. 

 I'm not trying to be a party-pooper here, but the idea that violence is going 
to end anytime soon is a fantasy-world that a lot of people live in, 
particularly America and other first-world countries.  The good thing is that 
large wars are pretty much over.  Small wars will be going on for a long time 
still.  
 

 seekliberation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mateen's father: "I am very sad..."

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Not sure if anyone is interested or not, but you can very rarely take what 
people from these regions (and I emphasize regions, not religions) at face 
value.  You have to constantly vet them before taking them seriously.  Their 
way of life, at the level of villages, provinces, and nations is based on 
constant lies.the type that you can often only get young children to 
believe.  This father could be very sincere.  He could also be demonstrating an 
anti-violent attitude to keep public pressure off of him.  There are multiple 
other reasons for what he is saying as well.  In the world of HUMINT (human 
intelligence) people from the middle east are EXTREMELY hard to read.   

 If you ever read anything from Robert Baer (former CIA operative from the 80's 
& 90's), he goes into detail about their culture, communication and nature and 
why it really was a mistake to start meddling too deep in the middle east.
 

 I, personally, don't believe Islam is the problem.  I just think the regions 
where it flourishes are apathetic cultures that don't recognize and solve 
problems.  As a result, violent militias are able to expand with little or no 
opposition.  We have violent militias in America too, but we recognize them as 
a problem (like David Koresh in the 90's), and we do something to fix it.  
 

 Bottom line, the goal-oriented west is meeting its match against a culture 
that is apathetic to development and progress but somehow manages to have a 
determination and resolve that out-matches our culture in terms of guerrilla 
warfare.  Our military is very deficient in that type of fighting. 
 

 My prediction, unfortunately, is that I think things are going to get worse.   
 

 seekliberation

[FairfieldLife] Re: And these are the People that are worth $15 an hour

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

These 'People' won't get $15 an hour for long.  Other people with better work 
ethics will hear about $15/hour jobs and leave harder jobs that pay the same 
and will provide superior service.  They will also become more selective about 
who they hire too.  Inexperienced people and inefficient workers are less 
likely to get hired and less likely to keep their jobs if the employer realizes 
he/she is losing money paying someone who isn't worth the money.  Technology 
will also replace some of these people (like automated tellers in some fast 
food joints).   

 Hell, I will go back to working in restaurants if they keep paying $15 an 
hour.  I'm only 1 1/2 years from retirement.  I just feel bad for the kid in 
high school, college, or some working mother who really needs that job for a 
little extra money.
 

 seekliberation.  

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary Who?

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

I look forward to a Trump or Sanders Presidency.  If Trump is elected, we will 
either see him fix all the problems he claims he will be able to fix, or we 
will watch him fail and embarrass himself and destroy our nation.   

 If Sanders is elected, he will make sure all lower working class people are 
paid higher working class wages and take money away from big businesses, or he 
will fail and the economic system as we know it will collapse.  
 

 Either way, we will either experience utopia or collapse, both of which are 
good as long as you're not scared of the latter.  
 

 seekliberation
 

 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why Justice Scalia Died

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

I don't hear either political party talking about either.   

 Religion, IMO, is nothing more than an 'Everybody Gets a Trophy Day' version 
of spirituality.  In religion, you don't have to make any real progress or 
development as a human being, you just have to follow a selected set of rules & 
regulations, and you're in the club.  In fact, you don't really have to follow 
the rules as long as you don't get caught breaking them, and you're still in 
the club.  
 

 Religion, however, does have its roots in spirituality.  But it gets developed 
by people who don't have the discipline or patience for spirituality, but would 
still like to engage in the mood-making aspect of 'feeling' like they're 
spiritual.  
 

 seekliberation
 

 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why Justice Scalia Died

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Actually, you just made a point that expands upon an earlier point that I made 
about government vs. culture.  It isn't really the economic system (capitalism) 
that created many remarkable advances (space travel, cellular technology, 
etc...), but it's rather the culture.   

 For example, for thousands of years Africans and middle-easterners never once 
thought to build a boat and travel the world and see what the hell is going on. 
 It wasn't until Europeans, due to their curiosity, decided to take risks and 
discover more about the world they live in.
 

 Same thing with America today.  There is something different about our culture 
that sparks interest and a desire to do something beyond what has been done 
before.  We're always using innovation and initiative to go further and 
further.  Sometimes it stresses people out who are less curious, less 
innovative, and would rather just sit on a couch or something else of a lesser 
nature (like rednecks or other similar simple types of people).  
 

 It's amazing how some cultures are still living barely beyond neanderthal 
times in the midst of other first world nations.  The economic system (as you 
pointed out) isn't really as much of a determining factor as the quality of the 
culture and the human traits that culture develops.  
 

 That being said, I foresee America falling from grace now that our culture is 
in decline.  
 

 seekliberation

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why Justice Scalia Died

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Bill, 

 although I disagree with the notion that republicans are any more 
materialistic (that is a prejudice statement equivalent to racism), I also 
disagree that socialist & communist regimes are equivalent to genocide.  
 

 I came to this conclusion after visiting and living in several socialist 
countries (or other governments that have more control over the people) in the 
past 10 years.  I noticed that how controlling, corrupt, or ignorant the 
government is in a specific area is more related to the culture of that 
geographic location than the specific style of governing.
 

 For example, there are countries in the middle east and southeast Asia that 
have socialist and authoritative governments that are downright abusive and 
corrupt.  There are also socialist regimes in Africa and Europe that I, 
personally, wouldn't mind living in that are relatively peaceful and show a 
promising future socially and economically.  
 

 The reason why there is a contrast is due to culture.  It doesn't matter what 
form of government you have in a country like Afghanistan.  Their culture is 
extremely primitive.  Whenever you get something, you hold on to it and kill 
anyone who tries to take it from you.  Women are considered a lower form of 
life than dogs, and they have the lowest education level in the world due to 
suppression of learning.  That culture bleeds into the government.
 

 Then, in contrast, you have Morocco.  A very diverse country of African, 
French, and Middle Eastern influence.  People there are relatively calm and 
peaceful.  The government does have flaws, but corruption isn't any worse than 
here in America.  The people there are not doing too bad at all, provided they 
don't make horrible life decisions.  
 

 So in terms of the genocide in the 20th Century..Russians have a long 
history in their culture of dominating territories, along with many colonizing 
nations within Europe.  It's not the form of government that murders, it's the 
culture and the lack of intelligence that turns a blind eye to the killing.  
 

 But I do agree with you on one thing..capitalism is producing a vast 
majority of the most monumental advances in mankind in the past couple of 
centuries.  There's something to be said about that.  But instead of 
recognizing it, perhaps we should just get rid of it and reduce our comforts 
and conveniences to that of a 3rd world country?  After all, it's so much 
better in other countries, right?  
 

 seekliberation
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Republicans are lower order humans who only believe in materialistic goals. 
  
 You “higher order” communists have murdered over 100 million people in the 
20th Century. This is why you think TM meditation is for beginners – it doesn’t 
place the power of genocide in your hands.
  
 So ... how’s them kali marana mantras working for you? Enticed any fools into 
back alleys as specimens for “liberating “rites? Why, no doubts it’s so 
“spiritual” for you “higher order sadhus” to offer these lower order humans as 
prasad. 

 

 You should offer to mentor Princess Enema in a firm Marxist ideology ... no 
doubt she'll be grateful - being a "higher order" human of leisure. 


 The principle author of the Black Book of Communism (Courtois) shows that Nazi 
Germany's methods of mass extermination were adopted from Soviet methods. As an 
example, he cites Nazi state official Rudolf Höss

 who organized the infamous death camp in Auschwitz.
 

 According to Höss:
 

 The Reich Security Head Office issued to the commandants a full collection of 
reports concerning the Russian concentration camps. These described in great 
detail the conditions in, and organization of, the Russian camps, as supplied 
by former prisoners who had managed to escape. Great emphasis was placed on the 
fact that the Russians, by their massive employment of forced labor, had 
destroyed whole peoples.
 

 He added that:
 … after 1945 the Jewish genocide became a byword for modern barbarism, the 
epitome of twentieth-century mass terror... more recently, a single-minded 
focus on the Jewish genocide in an attempt to characterize the Holocaust as a 
unique atrocity has also prevented the assessment of other episodes of 
comparable magnitude in the Communist world. After all, it seems scarcely 
plausible that the victors who had helped bring about the destruction of a 
genocidal apparatus might themselves have put the very same methods into 
practice. When faced with this paradox, people generally preferred to bury 
their heads in sand... Communist regimes have victimized approximately 100 
million people in contrast to the approximately 25 million of the Nazis.”
 

 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: very compelling article

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Hugo Chavez was working at the executive level of decision-making.  You can't 
expect him to pick up on a deficiency in mid-level or lower-level management.  
That's like Fox News and Sarah Palin trying to blame Obama for failures in the 
VA medical problems that occur regularly.   

 At the end of the day, a society as a whole has to be developed, not just the 
leaderregardless of how ideal or enlightened his ideas seem.
 

 seekliberation.  

Re: [FairfieldLife] Strange How This Works Sometimes

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

As far as i've seen, both conservative and liberal sites will provide 
information that is false.  I'm sure sometimes it's intentional.  But 
sometimes, I think they are so convinced they are right and the other is wrong, 
that they are in a big hurry to prove their point and end up missing some facts 
along the way.   

 IMHO
 

 seekliberation

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bye-bye, Carly and Chris

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Mike, 

 good point.  that is a political move to destroy someone by stating that they 
'destroyed jobs'.  She is not the creator or destroyer of jobs, she is just 
responsible for managing the corporation.  If profits plummet, people lose 
their jobs.  
 

 That being said, i never liked her anyway, she is like a mindless robot.
 

 seekliberation

[FairfieldLife] Re: US Top General: We're not Ready to Defeat ISIS

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

DHamilton, 

 i've learned over the years that the dynamics of human consciousness are the 
same no matter where you go.  The military is as political as politics itself 
(and so is the TMO).  
 

 It reminds me of an analogy by alan watts.  He stated that children play a 
game, but adults play it too.  However, children are very obvious about it, and 
adults tend to hide it or be very subtle.  It's a game called "The activity i'm 
involved with is better than the activity that you are involved with".  
 

 For example, some people think getting involved in religion, military, art, 
science, investment bankingetc..., that they are automatically learning and 
growing in the essence of that area of life.  However, if a person has a 
mechanical approach to life, then they will have a mechanical approach to art.  
So taking music or painting lessons isn't going to turn someone into a balanced 
or fluid person.  Nor does joining the military make you tough, or religion 
make you virtuous.  
 

 So I think your observation of the TMO and its similarity to the military 
statistics i talked about is pretty much spot on.  And i'm sure if we went to a 
local business, social circles, clubs, etcwe'll find the exact same 
patterns of social behavior.  
 

 seekliberation.  

[FairfieldLife] Re: US Top General: We're not Ready to Defeat ISIS

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

What you hear on the news makes it sound like we have some vast capability to 
do anything we want with our military.  However, we're not this omnipotent or 
omnipresent force that the media presents to you. 

 I'm still active duty, and in a special operations unit.  We aren't the 
magical creatures depicted in Lord of the Rings, Star Wars Jedi stories, or 
Rambo films that Hollywood depicts.  To make matters worse, most people who 
join Spec Ops units dream of being a gunfighter more so than conducting genuine 
'unconventional' warfare.  

 

 If you want an estimation of how many special forces we have:  there are about 
10,000-15,000 Green Berets, 3,000-4,000 Navy Seals, and about 600-800 Marine 
Special Operations Command Operators.  I'm not sure about Air Force, but all 
they do is rescue down-pilots or assist other Spec Ops units.  They don't 
really do 'unconventional' warfare.  
 

 Now, lets do further mathwork.  About 10-20% just joined because they wanted 
to be cool.  They are worthless.  Another 30-50% are nothing more than 
intelligent and athletic guys who are mature enough to at least cooperate and 
contribute to the mission.  The remaining 20-40% are the guys who really 
understand 'unconventional' warfare.  So in other words, best case scenario, we 
have about 10,000 personnel in the entire DOD who understand how to genuinely 
defeat ISIS.
 

 Now, out of all those who understand unconventional warfare, some of them are 
stuck as instructors at a schoolhouse, sitting behind a desk, or doing 
something else completely unrelated to fighting ISIS due to a vast military 
bureaucracy.  Another small percentage has family issues and requests duty 
stations completely unrelated to operations.  Therefore, you can be rest 
assured, we probably have approximately 5,000 personnel in the DOD (Dept of 
Defense) that actually are heavily engaged in developing strategies to overcome 
ISIS.  That isn't much.  
 

 To make matters worse, those 5,000 committed people, they are plagued by a 
bunch of careerists who are looking for a promotion instead of strategies for 
victory (not to mention, some of them get killed).  Watch the movie apocalypse 
now.  Pay close attention to the psychology of Colonel Kurtz (played by Marlon 
Brando).  Don't get wrapped up in his insanity, but pay attention to his 
frustration with the military and the careerism that constantly interfered with 
his ability to win the war.  It still plagues us today.  
 

 Now, we're experiencing the same thing.  It's no different than the whole 
MIU/MUM campus.  Some people were genuinely trying to evolve, others just 
wanted to follow the rules and sign up for courses and enjoy their social 
status as a siddha.  Some people are always trying to skate uphill.  
 

 seekliberation

[FairfieldLife] Re: US Top General: We're not Ready to Defeat ISIS

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

I didn't read the article, but don't really need to.  Defeating ISIS is an 
unconventional conflict.  America's military is a lot like Mike Tyson.  He 
wasn't a great fighter, he was a great boxer.  America has the world's greatest 
conventional military.  But if you get into unconventional warfare, there are 
few individuals trained and prepared for it.   

 seekliberation

Re: [FairfieldLife] US Top General: We're not Ready to Defeat ISIS

[seekliberat...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

I believe Truman relieved MacArthur because MacArthur wanted to keep pushing 
into China and Truman wanted to pull back the reigns on the horse.but I 
could be wrong.  Maybe I should look it up. 

 As for Dunford, he is in an advisory position.  A lot of people have a 
distorted view of the military due to hollywood.  Orders are not issued and 
then blindly followed.  Devising tactics and strategies is a collaborative 
effort on the part of both leaders and subordinates.  This all started with the 
Germans during the world war 1 era when they began to empower enlisted 
non-commissioned officers with more rank and responsibility.  The whole idea 
was to produce independent thinkers capable of autonomous thought/action.  The 
theory was that it would result in an exponentially more effective military.  
America followed suit with this concept, although US historians might try to 
convince you we made it up ourselves.  
 

 seekliberation