[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote: > > > > Again baffled. Why don't their views count? Everyone > > can freely express an opinion. > > Exactly. And that is ALL that they are. I have > never wri

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Again baffled. Why don't their views count? Everyone > can freely express an opinion. Exactly. And that is ALL that they are. I have never written anything to this forum that was NOT opinion. And I hope that I have

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > My statement above was *sarcasm*, a reference to > > Barry's assertion that what he said about me was > > "true." .. > > I get that you were pla

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sittingduck165203 Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:34 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal I've read some great posts here, but it is a drag to have to spend a lot of t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

I've read some great posts here, but it is a drag to have to spend a lot of time trying to separate them from the tonsOcrap that result from flame wars. At the same time, an arbitrary limit of 5 seems, well, arbitrary. Maybe bump it up to 7? No? Ok, six it is. I'm just sayin' --- In

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lurkernomore20002000 Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:27 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "purushaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --No problem. Just use tmtrue as "another" forum, no rules. I'm > making an effort to kick out the spammers selling stuff. > Join right now and use tmtrue as the "bickering" forum with > unrestricted numbers of post

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--No problem. Just use tmtrue as "another" forum, no rules. I'm making an effort to kick out the spammers selling stuff. Join right now and use tmtrue as the "bickering" forum with unrestricted numbers of posts, cussing OK. Then use this one for the limit rule. Sincerely, tmtrue moderator. -

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip >Well, we all know who he was referring to: you and that New > Jersey Broom Hilda with whom FOR TEN FUCKING YEARS you've been going > at it with. And he has actually POINTED to the two of youse and your current

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

On Apr 15, 2007, at 7:45 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I was thinking that people should get suspended for news that doesn't conform to Age of Enlightenment news standards too, sometime the news makes me sad... I read the news today oh boy About a lucky man who made the grade And though the news

[FairfieldLife] 'Russian Press: Imus Fired for revealing 9/11 secrets...'

http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/89728-0 - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

I was thinking that people should get suspended for news that doesn't conform to Age of Enlightenment news standards too, sometime the news makes me sad... I know the intention is good here but content evaluation is a dark road. The posting limits work fine IMO. Whatever goes on is short. All t

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My statement above was *sarcasm*, a reference to > Barry's assertion that what he said about me was > "true." .. I get that you were playing areound a bit. Regardless, my response was aimed at (my perception of) t

[FairfieldLife] FW: Seniors performing the Who's "My Generation"

When you've got 4 minutes to spare, check this out. Be sure to watch to the end. Video of the Zimmers Band performing "My Generation" [lyrics, if needed, at end of this message]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqfFrCUrEbY This video and song were produced by the BBC at the famed Abbey Road studio

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > It's also true. Just pay attention to what the > > > people who have reacted to

[FairfieldLife] 'Kinky talks about Imus'

COWARDS KICK AWAY ANOTHER PIECE OF AMERICA'S SOUL By KINKY FRIEDMAN April 15, 2007 -- Author, musician and former Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman has been friends with Don Imus since 1975, when they met on stage at The Bottom Line. I MET Imus on the gangplank of Noah's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Power of Green - superb NYTimes article

On Apr 15, 2007, at 7:10 PM, Vaj wrote: Here's the video of that segment if you missed it: I don't know if you saw the segment on 60 Minutes last week on nuclear power in France, but that's where I see the US headed.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Power of Green - superb NYTimes article

On Apr 14, 2007, at 3:39 PM, new.morning wrote: Sequestering CO2 at coal fired electric generation plants is more viable. And he points to this "install carbon capture and sequestration capacity at 800 large coal-fired plants." But there is no viable technology today to retrofit existing coal p

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > > > > It's also true. Just pay attention to what the > > people who have reacted to this strongly actually > > *say* on this forum. Then pay attention

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning wrote: > > > > This is the type of seed that evolves into bickering and > > an endless cycle. > > > > Did Barry start it? Maybe. > > > > > "There are some people wh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's World Plan, revisited

WTF? "commit hate crimes and libel", racist and sexist names"? I take it back you aren't humor impaired that was pretty funny. I am much more comfortable with a structural rule like the 5 post limits with its downsides of squelching some good back and forth than someone being a content cop. --

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is the type of seed that evolves into bickering and > an endless cycle. > > Did Barry start it? Maybe. > > > "There are some people who > > have resisted the rule strongly, perceiving it and railing > > agains

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's World Plan, revisited

Curtis wrote: > > I don't know if your humor impairment is caused by > your not reading the posts or if you really didn't > get it. But Geezer's comment was really clever > and in no way a "smear"... > So, Curtis, on this forum, it's alright by you to call each other racist and sexist names, a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Seniors performing the Who's "My Generation"

Brilliant and life affirming on so many levels! I dug their version more then the Who's by a long shot. Thanks for posting this gem, I'll be sending it everywhere. Ten years ago I would have seen it as a parody, now I see it as hope for my future. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Ar

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Re my prior suggesting on exiling bickering posters for 3-4 days, that > could include baiting. B^2 -- Bickeraing and/or baiting. The > distinction I make is that one can ciriticize a post, but not the > poster. A fin

[FairfieldLife] Seniors performing the Who's "My Generation"

When you've got 4 minutes to spare, check this out. Video of the Zimmers Band performing "My Generation" [lyrics, if needed, at end of this message]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqfFrCUrEbY This video and song were produced by the BBC at the famed Abbey Road studio. The song is also available

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

On Apr 15, 2007, at 2:58 PM, Rick Archer wrote: Shemp, you’ve posted 7 times today. I just put you on moderated status. Any further posts today will be deleted or saved ‘till tomorrow, when only 5 will be allowed through. You choice. Just wait for a post any minute now saying, "I'm taking my

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shempmcgurk Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:36 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal Shemp, you've posted 7 times today. I just put you on moderated status. Any further p

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Five-Post Rule

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Stanley Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:37 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Five-Post Rule --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Duveyoun

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

I'll concede to 4 posts a day. Movement humor here, because a rumor went around about how MMY did that kind of negotiating when attempting to buy the College of Natural Law buliding in DC. --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's negotiate this. > > You: 10; I say 40. > > 10, 40;

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Five-Post Rule

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is an awkward work-around for this 5-rule. > > If you are the author of a post, you can delete it. > > So, delete your earlier posts and re-post them with additional > remarks, pasted comments from other posts, et

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

Let's negotiate this. You: 10; I say 40. 10, 40; 10, 40. How about 15? 15? Okay, how about 20? 20? No? Will you meet me halfway...27? 27? What about 30? 30? 35? No? 38? Surely, 38 1/2 is acceptable to you, no? 39? You won't even go down to 39? Okay, 40 posts a day. --- In Fairfi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

Speaking as a moderator, I am for raising the limit to ten posts a day. Alongside this, we include the same warning that all other forums have that personal feuds and attacks have to be taken offline. A member just commented how this is the only group he knows of that has a posting limit. Now, why

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Five-Post Rule

If whoever is counting posts reads FFL email in an email account, rather than at the FFL website, that won't work! --- Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is an awkward work-around for this 5-rule. > > If you are the author of a post, you can delete it. > > So, delete your earlier post

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

EDG says: Here is an awkward work-around for this 5-rule.Edg If you are the author of a post, you can delete it. So, delete your earlier posts and re-post them with additional remarks, pasted comments from other posts, etc. --- So one could do the same with one post a day. Just ke

[FairfieldLife] Re: Expanding via imagination

Nicely put. I'd like to see this as required reading in our school system- probably is on a nearby planet. Cheers- I thoroughly enjoy your writing. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's an exercise for your Sunday morning. > > You will be experiencing a ser

[FairfieldLife] The Five-Post Rule

Here is an awkward work-around for this 5-rule. If you are the author of a post, you can delete it. So, delete your earlier posts and re-post them with additional remarks, pasted comments from other posts, etc. Yeah, it sucks, but I had to present it. And it cost me one of my five posts! BUT B

[FairfieldLife] Re: Codicil 371.3

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even after Awakening in '82, a great deal of rage and a great many > subtle mind-scripts remained! :-) > I was fascinated and surprised by this phenomenon, of having a lot of excess energy to resolve after the initial reorientati

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

I can nod (in part) agreement to many of your points. However,another angle on all of this is that the 5-rule has squashed creative and insightful back and forth discussion -- along with the positive trend of reducing mind-numbing bickering. Both cases are where there is "reaction to someone else's

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not in agreement that these posting limits are useful. > Remember not everyone expresses themselves through writing. > I bet some of the folks you think don't have much to say > here might talk your ear off in person. Barry's def

[FairfieldLife] The Five-Post Rule (was Re: 'Jason Whitlock: Imus Isn't the Real Bad Guy')

This post has inspired me to propose a new rule: IF A POSTER PRACTISES TM ON A REGULAR BASIS (THAT IS, TM AS TAUGHT BY MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI) HE GETS 40 POSTS A DAY. IF A POSTER MEDITATES BUT IT ISN'T TM, HE ONLY GETS 5 POSTS A DAY. IF A POSTER DOESN'T MEDITATE, HE GETS 7 POSTS A DAY. AND IF A

[FairfieldLife] Re: Road Trip Journal

15 goddamn paragraphs and you're discussing the Frogs. I say you get cut for not discussing Fairfield, TM or Maharishi. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 15 avril 2007 Le Crystal Bar, Alès > > Uncle Tantra is in Brahmaloka. > > One sort of Brahmaloka, anyw

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

That's 11 paragraphs, Barry, you're already 6 over the limit. And I had to use my mouse to scroll down the page to read them all. My wrist is sore and it's all your fault. I don't care what YOUR proposal is or what Rick's silly rules are, I'm going to post (if I post at all 'cause, mind you, I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Codicil 371.3

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > >> > > The world being within us being as revolutionary a reality as the > > earth being round, not flat. > > Yes! I have often thought of the inside-out full-paradox Awa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's World Plan, revisited

I don't know if your humor impairment is caused by your not reading the posts or if you really didn't get it. But Geezer's comment was really clever and in no way a "smear" Here is how I break it down: In the midst of lots of talk about Imus's use of "nappy headed ho", Nablusoss, whose posts exp

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Five-Post Rule (was Re: 'Jason Whitlock: Imus Isn't the Real Bad Guy')

shempmcgurk wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> shempmcgurk wrote: >> >>> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bhairitu wrote: >>> >>> The need for a 5 post a day limit on this particular group > speaks > volumes about the

[FairfieldLife] Great Article on Don Imus by Kinky Friedman

Sorry I don't know how to post the URL, but great article by Kinky Friedman on Don Imus at the New York Post. You can source it from the Drudge Report. One sample, "Imus comes from the great southwest where men are men and emus are nervous" lurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There has been some bitching about -- and flaunting > of -- the five-post-per-day rule here at Fairfield Life > lately. It's unclear whether Barry means "flaunt" or "flout" here. If he means "flaunt," he's referring to what h

[FairfieldLife] Expanding via imagination

Here's an exercise for your Sunday morning. You will be experiencing a series of "jumps." Do not rush this experiment. Take one jump at a time. The more you take your time, the more powerful will your results be. If possible, get someone to read this experiment's instructions to you as you s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi's World Plan, revisited

geezerfreak wrote: > You're starting to sound like a nabby headed ho. > Maybe it's time for you to take a long break from FFL, go meditate somewhere, then return here in a year or two when you can dialog like a honest man without resorting to smear tactics on the level of Don Imus. You've certainly

[FairfieldLife] The Five-Post Rule (was Re: 'Jason Whitlock: Imus Isn't the Real Bad Guy')

Bhairitu wrote: > But what everyone here has in common: they at one > time practiced TM. And the effects should have > been long lasting. > That was Shemp's point - apparently hardly anyone here has been practicing TM as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Like yourself, they were practicing Guru T

[FairfieldLife] Road Trip Journal

15 avril 2007 Le Crystal Bar, Alès Uncle Tantra is in Brahmaloka. One sort of Brahmaloka, anyway. Le Crystal is a restaurant/bar with a fine view of one of the more active areas of Alès. It sells pitchers of margaritas for 12 Euros. Well, almost margaritas; they're made with orange juice

[FairfieldLife] The Five-Post Rule (was Re: 'Jason Whitlock: Imus Isn't the Real Bad Guy')

Bhairitu wrote: > The need for a 5 post a day limit on this particular > group speaks volumes about the (in)effectiveness of > the TM program. > So, how does the 5 post rule speak volumes for the "(in)effectiveness of the TM program? >From what I've read here lately most respondends liked the

[FairfieldLife] The 4 + 1 = 5 Proposal

There has been some bitching about -- and flaunting of -- the five-post-per-day rule here at Fairfield Life lately. Not to come off as a TB or anything :-), I'm gonna have to stand up as a Defender Of The Faith. I *like* the five-post rule. It's like playing a raga, or writing a haiku. The rule

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TB & Maharishi Pundits

On Apr 15, 2007, at 9:14 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Seems fairly obvious. If the cases weren't on campus, one would think he would have said so. Agree. Also, "It's not a threat to the community" is a big hint: it wouldn't be a th

[FairfieldLife] Re: TB & Maharishi Pundits

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems fairly obvious. If the cases weren't on campus, > one would think he would have said so. Agree. Also, "It's not a threat to the community" is a big hint: it wouldn't be a threat to the community only if the cases had bee

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TB & Maharishi Pundits

On Apr 15, 2007, at 8:18 AM, feste37 wrote: And don't you just love that, Doug! Gives you more ammunition for your endless anti-TMO campaign. You must be delighted. Any rumor will do, the worse the better! (I don't see "pundit" mentioned anywhere in your quote.) I don't believe they're allo

[FairfieldLife] Re: TB & Maharishi Pundits

And don't you just love that, Doug! Gives you more ammunition for your endless anti-TMO campaign. You must be delighted. Any rumor will do, the worse the better! (I don't see "pundit" mentioned anywhere in your quote.) --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > W

[FairfieldLife] Re: Codicil 371.3

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], nablusoss1008 > wrote: > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "jim_flanegin" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], nablusoss1008 > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Ror

[FairfieldLife] Re: Codicil 371.3

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], nablusoss1008 > wrote: > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Rory Goff" > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "jim_flanegin" > > > wrote: > > > > > > > It seems like the experience in the

[FairfieldLife] IMUS �fight� is over money, fame

When I criticized his and Jesse Jackson’s irresponsible and divisive methods of seeking social justice Friday morning, Al Sharpton dismissed the attack by questioning my credibility to lodge a complaint. “There are always guys that are not in the ring who want to call the fight,” Sharpton s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest on missing bees

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > _Are mobile phones wiping out our bees? - Independent Online Edition > > > > Wildlife_ > (http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife/article2449968.ec e) > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking News - Entertainer Don Ho dead at 76, Hawaiian media report

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Speaking of Ho's: > > MSNBC Breaking News: Entertainer Don Ho dead at 76, Hawaiian > media report Imus' negative use of his name probably killed him.