[FairfieldLife] Re: Signal to noise ratio.

2005-09-08 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Message 71649 has a contribution of 5 lines > and quotes 1,020 lines of history. > There's going to come a time when > we have to pay per 1,000 bytes moved. here it > is if you don't believe me: > http://groups.ya

[FairfieldLife] FEMA getting the $50 billion

2005-09-08 Thread sparaig
>From Reuters: [...] FEMA will receive nearly all of the funds approved on Thursday -- $50 billion -- while the Defense Department will get $1.4 billion for its rescue efforts. The Army Corps of Engineers will get $400 million to dredge navigation channels, repair pump stations and levees in Ne

[FairfieldLife] I met Gurudev yesterday

2005-09-08 Thread shempmcgurk
He was a client...from India...first name: Gurudev. Sikh from the Punjab. Lives in a $1 million home in North West Phoenix. I almost greeted him with a Movement-honed "Jai Guru Dev". Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Ya

[FairfieldLife] Re: REM or high energy bars

2005-09-08 Thread shempmcgurk
I don't know what their storage life is ('cause I eat them so fast) but I just love Clif Bars: http://www.clifbar.com/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pibssmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have any good recommendation for any vegetarian and or > vegan READY TO EAT MEALS or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Where would you put the New Orleans port if not there? > > > Anywhere except below sea level? > > From USA Today: > > Experts, including those from the Army Corps of Engineers, have > predicted for years t

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Praise of Price-Gouging

2005-09-08 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shemp, you'll love this... Thank you, Judy. Yes, I did love it, as I love most things that Stossel writes and does with his 20/20 pieces, as you know as we've discussed Stossel in the past. Indeed, for the ben

[FairfieldLife] 'Bush: "The Buck Stops Anywhere, But Here"

2005-09-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
George must think, he's a CEO of a large corporation;   And that he's really not responsible for anything:   Because in a corporation, you can pass the buck, literally,   And quite easily,   Right?   Robert Gimbel Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. To subscribe

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jim_flanegin wrote: > I hear from you the same inability to accept that the man is not > flawless, or that any acknowledgement of such an idea is heretical, > or at the least, 'giving comfort to the enemy'. > Well, Jim, the fact is that most Americans support the federal government and the Bus

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oops...

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > Longer term, we need to oust the crew that is > currently running the government and elect > Democrats. > Let's see - how many years have the Democrats been running New Orleans? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your fav

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Cliff wrote: > As you've no doubt noticed, Judy LOVES to stir the waters. > Cliff - She would make a good pit-bull! Ad hominem is the second to last resort of someone who is loosing a debate and is unable to respond with legitimacy. The last resort, most difficult for the ego, is to consider tha

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cliff wrote: > > Judy - you don't know me well. > > > Cliff - You'll get to know Judy well! Most Americans surveyed in the > poll don't blame the hurricane on the President, and that's a fact. > > From Power

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oops...

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's the biggest thing you've ever organized in your life, Judy? > Did it involved more than 10 people? More than 100? Did it last > longer than a few hours? And I mean responsible for - not just > helped send out invi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
> Where would you put the New Orleans port if not there? > Anywhere except below sea level? >From USA Today: Experts, including those from the Army Corps of Engineers, have predicted for years that a hurricane as large as Katrina could cause widespread flooding in New Orleans. 'Top Pentagon bra

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Cliff
Yes, Judy. Have a good night. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Judy - you don't know me well. If you did, I suspect you'd know > > that I usually pay VERY close attentio

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judy - you don't know me well. If you did, I suspect you'd know > that I usually pay VERY close attention and am not known for fuzzy > thought. Well, you seem to be slipping up pretty badly where I'm concerned. Of > c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Saved Through Dzogchen

2005-09-08 Thread jim_flanegin
Great to hear from you and that you and your loved ones are well. Take care, and stay in touch when you can. All the best to you. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "llundrub_mamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few months back I sought Dzogchen Protector practices for no > specific reason.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Cliff wrote: > Judy - you don't know me well. > Cliff - You'll get to know Judy well! Most Americans surveyed in the poll don't blame the hurricane on the President, and that's a fact. >From Powerline: When asked "who is to blame for the problems in the city following the hurricane," 13% said Pre

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Pall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > As spiritually aware individuals, as we grow in our awareness of the > > unity of all humanity, it is a good thing to proceed c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Saved Through Dzogchen

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Kirk wrote: > FEMA's director's online bio has false info in it. > Why didn't you tell us this BEFORE the storm hit? Mike Brown, General counsel, then deputy director and finally, since 2003, director of FEMA. He has overseen the response to 164 presidentially declared disasters, he said, includin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Consciousness of pundits matters

2005-09-08 Thread Cliff
I know you don't care, but I do feel sorry for you. I've lived all over the world, had deep friends and a few lovers from many races. The fact that Mr. X felt a particular way doesn't make it reality, Tom. Whatever wound it is that has caused you to deny so much of humanity is a widely shared wo

[FairfieldLife] Saved Through Dzogchen

2005-09-08 Thread llundrub_mamo
A few months back I sought Dzogchen Protector practices for no specific reason. Then unexpectedly one of my two tsawai lamas Venerable Lho Ontul Rinpoche came to New Orleans and gave Protector empowerments which were awesome. I practiced them and always felt a current of fear which I figured

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Cliff
Judy - you don't know me well. If you did, I suspect you'd know that I usually pay VERY close attention and am not known for fuzzy thought. Of course, there is the vanishingly slim possibility that you use those pejoratives merely to try and gain some silly arguing advantage? But you wouldn't do

[FairfieldLife] Re: Consciousness of pundits matters

2005-09-08 Thread Tom Pall
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bostonbob53" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've lurked here off and on for the past few years and I can't believe > that no one calls out this Tom Pall character for the sh*t he says. > > Have we all forgotten his long diatribe a year or so back on how much

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Tom Pall
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Pall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was very heartened and warmed by Mayor Wynn's statements reported > in > > today's Austin American Statesman that our NOLA guests are welc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Tom Pall
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jstein wrote: > > Here's a story from the Chicago Tribune: > > > Here's a story from the New York Daily News that says the reason for > much of the crime wave was that the New Orleans police failed to do > t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Consciousness of pundits matters

2005-09-08 Thread Tom Pall
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I, and others, have called him on his obvious racism and general > hatred for anyone not like him. But once you do that once or twice and > it's clearly having zero effect, why bother again? Engaging him only > seems to e

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Pall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > As spiritually aware individuals, as we grow in our awareness of the > > unity of all humanity, it is a good thing to proceed ca

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Tom Pall
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As spiritually aware individuals, as we grow in our awareness of the > unity of all humanity, it is a good thing to proceed cautiously when > attempting to exorcise our personal demons, or heal ourselves. And th

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on the luck of the world

2005-09-08 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "george" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Luck of the World > > sometimes we feel angry at this co-out of the clueless guru. > yes, it is our rotten luck that he still doesnt get it... > if he could present his knowledge in a fashion that is > understandable

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As you've no doubt noticed, Judy LOVES to stir the waters. Uh, Cliff, you're not paying attention. What's quoted below from me was originally part of my response to a post of *Willytex* in which he had very selectively qu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Consciousness of pundits matters

2005-09-08 Thread Tom Pall
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bostonbob53" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i see your point. Maybe it doesn't matter, but the guy strikes me as > being a bully and you got to call him on this crap. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Petition to save animals from Hurricane Katrina

2005-09-08 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Petition to save animals from Hurricane Katrina http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/840979272?ltl=1126153519 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSOR

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oops...

2005-09-08 Thread Cliff
What's the biggest thing you've ever organized in your life, Judy? Did it involved more than 10 people? More than 100? Did it last longer than a few hours? And I mean responsible for - not just helped send out invitations to. What are you doing to positively contribute to this disaster? Certai

[FairfieldLife] Re: NOLA = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Tom Pall
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, you want to play the race card too? > > From Howard Dean: > > "We must ... come to terms with the ugly truth that skin color, age > and economics played a deadly role in who survived and who did not," > D

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Cliff
As you've no doubt noticed, Judy LOVES to stir the waters. And there is nothing I can imagine President Bush ever doing or not doing that she wouldn't condemn with all the considerable skill behind her sharply pointed tongue. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: The facts about 'The Maharishi' biography

2005-09-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If the cook was Shantanand and he was suspected of murder > >> why did the Swami Svarupanand invite him to the birthday > >> celebration reported by Kropinsky? > > > > I for one would not rule out Coloni

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guru Dev and Sri Vidya...Origins?

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
>> Are you suggesting that one should believe that worship of >> Sri Vidya didn't start until this point in time and that it > started as a Buddhist practice? > It's not a belief, it's history - the Sri Vidya cult arose at about the same time as the Bengali Shajiyas and the eighty-four mahasiddha

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on The Dawning of Vedic Culture in India

2005-09-08 Thread Vaj
On 9/8/05 9:30 PM, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So what do enlightened people who are not Hindu cognize texts in? COBOL or BASIC. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kalki and Jacques Uijen, the former national leader of the Dutch TM Movement

2005-09-08 Thread andrasayer
Bhagavan Kalki and his wife Amma are current teachers from southern India who have trained people to offer Diksha. Diksha is most simply put, a teacher putting his hands on the head of someone for a minute or so, and the student receives grace. My first experience of it was that it was pleasant

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Mayor Who Failed His City

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > Unbelievably dishonest article, but entirely > typical of FrontPage. > Typical article from the BBC News: It was announced at a news conference by the Mayor Ray Nagin on Sunday 28 August, less than 24 hours before the hurricane struck early the next morning. The question has to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: The facts about 'The Maharishi' biography

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
>> If the cook was Shantanand and he was suspected of murder >> why did the Swami Svarupanand invite him to the birthday >> celebration reported by Kropinsky? > > I for one would not rule out Colonial Mustard. > >From what I've read they didn't serve Colonial Mustard at the birthday celebration

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Praise of Price-Gouging

2005-09-08 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shemp, you'll love this... > > Read the whole column at: > http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/printjs20050907.shtml > > http://tinyurl.com/9jruh As long as we're discussing the merits of higher prices,

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Defense of the Maharishi (a True Believer perspective)

2005-09-08 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Where have you been, Sparaig? Maharishi often

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on The Dawning of Vedic Culture in India

2005-09-08 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/8/05 1:48 AM, "TurquoiseB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> True. In the Nath tradition, mundanes‹those who do not practice > >> meditation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oops...

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > Oops... > So you want to play the blame game? Oops, the state and city officials of New Orleans failed to save the poor people from the flood. Now the city residents have to be flown out by the federal goverment. Why didn't the mayor and the governor evacuate the city BEFORE the st

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Praise of Price-Gouging

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > You are thirsty -- worried that your baby is going to become > dehydrated. > Speaking of mothers with babies - what happened to all the men in New Orleans? From what I've read, the majority of those trapped in New Orleans after the flood and housed at the Superdome were single moth

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on the luck of the world

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
george wrote: > > The Luck of the World > > sometimes we feel angry at this co-out of the clueless guru. > Is Marshy a guru? > yes, it is our rotten luck that he still doesnt get it... > There's no such thing as luck - wasn't all in the World Plan? Everything happens for a reason - everything th

[FairfieldLife] Re: NOLA = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
So, you want to play the race card too? >From Howard Dean: "We must ... come to terms with the ugly truth that skin color, age and economics played a deadly role in who survived and who did not," Dean said. 'Dean: Race Played a Role in Katrina Deaths' By Denise Kalette Associated Press Writer ht

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave on 9/7/05 11:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow the most miserable creatures come out during the worst times. Hey Kirk. Good to hear from you. Where are you? What’s happening? To subscribe, se

[FairfieldLife] Re: MMY on the luck of the world

2005-09-08 Thread george
> The Luck of the World sometimes we feel angry at this co-out of the clueless guru. yes, it is our rotten luck that he still doesnt get it... if he could present his knowledge in a fashion that is understandable to the average joe, all would listen adopt it and transform the world. But as bad luc

[FairfieldLife] high energy bars and REM's

2005-09-08 Thread pibssmith
I see alot here guess I have to find out expiration dates many of these are available at the store http://www.prolithic.com/hpages/efoods/ebars.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home p

[FairfieldLife] REM or high energy bars

2005-09-08 Thread pibssmith
Does anyone have any good recommendation for any vegetarian and or vegan READY TO EAT MEALS or high energy high calorie bars that have long shelf life? I think bars would be easiest to store and be most mobile as would smaller bottles of water. I did an online search and found all kinds of kits

[FairfieldLife] In Praise of Price-Gouging

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
Shemp, you'll love this... In praise of price gouging John Stossel September 7, 2005 Politicians and the media are furious about price increases in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. They want gas stations and water sellers punished. If you want to score points cracking down on mean, greedy prof

Re: [FairfieldLife] Golden Balls?

2005-09-08 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/8/05 4:08 PM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I must have missed a post about these photographs in > our album section. What is the mystery supposed to be > here? The "golden balls" are artifacts from the camera > lense. They are supposedly something that everyone is seeing in the air at

[FairfieldLife] 'Bush Could Use/Some of Reagan's Teflon'

2005-09-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
'The Blame Game'   Doesn't the President know, the buck stops with him?   Does he think, he is the CEO of a large corporation;    And as we know, in a corporate structure;   No one takes responsibility;   And are only beholding to the stock holders;   And the poor own no stock.     Click here

[FairfieldLife] Oops...

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
Right city, wrong state FEMA accused of flying evacuees to wrong Charleston (CNN) Add geography to the growing list of FEMA fumbles. A South Carolina health official said his colleagues scrambled Tuesday when FEMA gave only a half-hour notice to prepare for the arrival of a plane carrying as m

[FairfieldLife] Re: First Gallup Poll on Hurricane Response

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Again, the views were strongly based on partisan leanings, with > > Republicans giving the president good grades on this

[FairfieldLife] MMY on the luck of the world

2005-09-08 Thread bbrigante
The Luck of the World Global Press Conference, 24.8.05 MAHARISHI: ...sometimes we begin to feel to be angry on these people (government). Then we compromise and say, those who can not think properly how can we be angry on them. Their brain is functioning distorted. So how can we be angry on them.

[FairfieldLife] Re: First Gallup Poll on Hurricane Response

2005-09-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Again, the views were strongly based on partisan leanings, with > Republicans giving the president good grades on this issue by a 69% > to 10% margin, while Democrats' views were precisely the opposite. > >

[FairfieldLife] First Gallup Poll on Hurricane Response

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Again, the views were strongly based on partisan leanings, with Republicans giving the president good grades on this issue by a 69% to 10% margin, while Democrats' views were precisely the opposite. 'First Gallup Poll on Hurricane Response' Editor & Publisher, September 07, 2005 http://tinyurl.

[FairfieldLife] Golden Balls?

2005-09-08 Thread Peter
I must have missed a post about these photographs in our album section. What is the mystery supposed to be here? The "golden balls" are artifacts from the camera lense. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection arou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bush's Monica Lewinsky

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
> Katrina will not write a book and be interviewed by Barbara > Walters. > Hillary wrote a book and Bill wrote a book, but neither said anything about being prepared for a disaster did they? >From the New York Times: Whatever the policy at stake - trade, defense, transportation, energy - it's

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > "Forty-two percent of respondents characterized President Bush's > response to the disaster as "bad" or "terrible," while 35 percent > said it was "good" or "great."" > So most Americans surveyed in the poll don't blame the President, or race, or sexual perversion factors in the re

[FairfieldLife] Poll: What most Americans believe

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Based on this CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, roughly half of those responding to the survey rated both the federal agencies' performance and the state and local agencies' performance as "good" or "great," compared to "bad" or "terrible," with the state and local levels scoring a little higher. Whe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Vaj wrote: > My point was low-tech back-up plans are easy to implement and > often--as in the case of our Ham radio back-up--volunteers will > often do the set-up for you. No large expense was necessary. > And speaking of low-tech back-up plans, I haven't heard anything about the Emergency Alert Sy

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jstein wrote: > > "Forty-two percent of respondents characterized President Bush's > > response to the disaster as "bad" or "terrible," while 35 percent > > said it was "good" or "great."" > > > So most Amer

[FairfieldLife] Signal to noise ratio.

2005-09-08 Thread uns_tressor
Message 71649 has a contribution of 5 lines and quotes 1,020 lines of history. There's going to come a time when we have to pay per 1,000 bytes moved. here it is if you don't believe me: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/messages/71649 Uns. Yahoo! Groups Spo

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > "Forty-two percent of respondents characterized President Bush's > response to the disaster as "bad" or "terrible," while 35 percent > said it was "good" or "great."" > So most Americans surveyed in the poll don't blame the President, or race, or sexual perversion factors in the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on The Dawning of Vedic Culture in India

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Rick Archer wrote: > Amma is brilliant, but she has a 4th grade education. I doubt > she knows much Sanskrit. > So, Amma wouldn't be knowing anything about the origins of the Vedic religion then, since she can't even read her own scriptures. Go figure. Yahoo! Groups

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bush's Monica Lewinsky

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > "Hurricane Katrina is George Bush's Monica Lewinsky. The only > difference is that tens of thousands of people weren't stranded in > Monica Lewinsky's vagina." > > --Jon Stewart > This has got to be a low point for Judy - first she tried to play the politics card and then the ra

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bush's Monica Lewinsky

2005-09-08 Thread jyouells2000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like all decent members of this family-oriented group, I am SHOCKED > and > APPALLED by this comment. However, it did start me thinking about > whether, > if I were to be faced with a choice, I would sooner spend the nig

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
markmeredith wrote: > The Superdome had 200 national guard plus some police (don't know > exactly how many) to maintain order and distribute supplies. Many > first hand reports of the superdome are now online and state that > there were no major problems until the 3rd day when food and water > sup

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bush's Monica Lewinsky

2005-09-08 Thread feste37
Like all decent members of this family-oriented group, I am SHOCKED and APPALLED by this comment. However, it did start me thinking about whether, if I were to be faced with a choice, I would sooner spend the night in the Superdome or in Monica Lewinsky's vagina. It's a difficult choice since th

[FairfieldLife] 'Stones: "Still Can't Git No Satisfaction"

2005-09-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
Rolling Stones Fight for Radio Play, Hire Expert It’s not easy being the world’s greatest rock and roll band. The Rolling Stones, currently on tour and selling tickets for $450 a pop, are having so much trouble getting their new single played on the radio that they’ve even hired a specialist to

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Most Americans, according to recent polls, don't think the > > President is to blame for a national disater. > > F

[FairfieldLife] Street Scene: "Macabre Reminder: The Corpse on Union Street"

2005-09-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
Street Scene Macabre Reminder: The Corpse on Union Street   By DAN BARRY Published: September 8, 2005 NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 7 - In the downtown business district here, on a dry stretch of Union Street, past the Omni Bank automated teller machine, across from a parking garage offering "early

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread markmeredith2002
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jim_flanegin wrote: > > > The Principal can make all the excuses he or she wants to, but the > > > responsibility for the s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on The Dawning of Vedic Culture in India

2005-09-08 Thread Rick Archer
on 9/8/05 1:30 PM, Richard J. Williams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> don't know what portions that would be. >> > Is Amma a Sanskrit reader? Apparently there are upanishads that were > composed as recently as the seventeenth century. Amma is brilliant, but she has a 4th grade education. I dou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bush's Monica Lewinsky

2005-09-08 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Hurricane Katrina is George Bush's Monica Lewinsky. The only > > difference is that tens of thousands of people weren't stranded in >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rare honesty

2005-09-08 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Under your pillow, perhaps? touche' Feste. Great comic moment. lurk > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > As far as I'm concerned, Burt Reynolds never needed >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bush's Monica Lewinsky

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Hurricane Katrina is George Bush's Monica Lewinsky. The only > > difference is that tens of thousands of people weren't stranded in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jim_flanegin wrote: > > The Principal can make all the excuses he or she wants to, but the > > responsibility for the successful running of the school ultimately > > rests with them. > > > So, why do you th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bush's Monica Lewinsky

2005-09-08 Thread anonymousff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Hurricane Katrina is George Bush's Monica Lewinsky. The only > difference is that tens of thousands of people weren't stranded in > Monica Lewinsky's vagina." > > --Jon Stewart what a disgraceful thing to say or ev

[FairfieldLife] Bush's Monica Lewinsky

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
"Hurricane Katrina is George Bush's Monica Lewinsky. The only difference is that tens of thousands of people weren't stranded in Monica Lewinsky's vagina." --Jon Stewart Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Consciousness of pundits matters

2005-09-08 Thread Bhairitu
Richard J. Williams wrote: >bob wrote: > > >>I've lurked here off and on for the past few years and I can't >>believe that no one calls out this Tom Pall character for the sh*t >>he says. >> >> >> >That's the guy that tried to pick a fight with me one time - then he >threatened to shoot

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on The Dawning of Vedic Culture in India

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
markmeredith wrote: > I've heard Amma state that some of what is now considered "in the > Vedas" was actually added later on by powerful men seeking to > protect their status ... > So these men probably wrote the Laws of Manu - if so, maybe Amma should burn the authenticating documents herself i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Consciousness of pundits matters

2005-09-08 Thread Bhairitu
Richard J. Williams wrote: >TurquoiseB wrote: > > >>Interestingly, the groups in town with the best >>"rep" among the service industry were the Tibetans. >> >> >> >Get a grip, Uncle - there weren't any Tibetans in Sante Fe in the >70's, except for Chogyam Trungpa, who visited that town once

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Vaj
On 9/8/05 2:20 PM, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vaj wrote: >> That's interesting. >> > From what I've read, Vaj, radio repair technicians attempting to enter > the city were turned away by the state police, even though they had > letters from the city police authorizing t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on The Dawning of Vedic Culture in India

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Rick Archer wrote: > Because it appeared to me in light your your comments and Cliff's > that she might have been mistaken on this point. > Great, but I wonder what else she's mistaken about. Maybe it's a good idea to read her statements BEFORE you broadcast them, Rick. --

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jstein wrote: > > "Forty-two percent of respondents characterized President Bush's > > response to the disaster as "bad" or "terrible," while 35 percent > > said it was "good" or "great." > > > So most Amer

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
Vaj wrote: > That's interesting. > >From what I've read, Vaj, radio repair technicians attempting to enter the city were turned away by the state police, even though they had letters from the city police authorizing their access so they could repair the phone system. So, why do you think the Ne

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > "Forty-two percent of respondents characterized President Bush's > response to the disaster as "bad" or "terrible," while 35 percent > said it was "good" or "great." > So most Americans surveyed in the poll don't blame the President or race factors in the rescue. -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jim_flanegin wrote: > The Principal can make all the excuses he or she wants to, but the > responsibility for the successful running of the school ultimately > rests with them. > So, why do you think the principal, in this case the mayor of New Orleans, didn't evacuate the city before the storm

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jstein wrote: > > "Forty-two percent of respondents characterized President Bush's > > response to the disaster as "bad" or "terrible," while 35 percent > > said it was "good" or "great." > > > Most America

[FairfieldLife] Re: Consciousness of pundits matters

2005-09-08 Thread bostonbob53
i see your point. Maybe it doesn't matter, but the guy strikes me as being a bully and you got to call him on this crap. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I, and others, have called him on his obvious racism and general > hatred for anyone not like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jim_flanegin wrote: > > And I am not politically naive, I am just tired of the > > stonewalling, the excuses, and the appalling job Bush is doing > > as President. > > > All right Jim, let's compare Presiden

[FairfieldLife] India Times: "The Present Is a Moment In Eternity "

2005-09-08 Thread Robert Gimbel
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Vaj
That's interesting. I live in a fairly rural area and even here we have a series of battery powered Ham radios set up for total loss of electricity allowing communication between hospitals, police, fire stations and gov't authorities. We test it at least once a year. On 9/8/05 1:17 PM, "Richard

[FairfieldLife] Re: Austin's NOLA "guests" = crime wave

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jim_flanegin wrote: > And I am not politically naive, I am just tired of the > stonewalling, the excuses, and the appalling job Bush is doing > as President. > All right Jim, let's compare President Bush's response with the response of the New Orleans police: First, you need to make critical in

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Karmic Response'/'We Invade Iraq'/'Mother Nature Slams Us?'

2005-09-08 Thread Richard J. Williams
jstein wrote: > "Forty-two percent of respondents characterized President Bush's > response to the disaster as "bad" or "terrible," while 35 percent > said it was "good" or "great." > Most Americans, according to recent polls, don't think the President is to blame for a national disaster and th

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