[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread bob_brigante
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > My exercise of choice is hiking. However, for the 4 months a year when the > temperatures in the Phoenix area are 100 degrees plus, hiking is not possible > except in early morning. *** http://snipurl.com/qrben [www_sears_c

[FairfieldLife] Inglourious basterds and subtitles

2009-08-22 Thread shempmcgurk
I saw the movie today and thoroughly enjoyed it. What surprised me is that Pitt and the American actors only have supporting roles. The real stars — and the ones who have most of the screen time — are the German and French actors: Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, and the excellent Christoph Waltz

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Hi RD: > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 8:50 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote:

[FairfieldLife] John Douglas

2009-08-22 Thread Rick Archer
>From a friend: Hi Rick Here's the info on John Douglas. http://www.spirit-repair.com/ The website doesn't do him justice. In his seminars (if you go to workshops, you'll get a better idea) he explains the principles and procedures much more clearly. His cd's are expensive but they last

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
This exchange illustrates perfectly what I've been saying for some time now. When Vaj is challenged, instead of rising to the challenge, he fades...and dances...and sings...and stands on his head...and twists and turns...and wiggles his ears...and thumbs his nose...but he NEVER RESPONDS TO THE CHAL

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > , "shempmcgurk" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > , off_world_beings > wrote: > > > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread WillyTex
> > I like to pay out-of-pocket for most > > services - I like to manage my own > > health care, whenever possible. > > off_world_beings wrote: > Until the shit hits the fangod forbid. > Right, I'm fully vested, so never mind the bollocks. LOL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread WillyTex
> > I'm enrolled in the government plan, > > almost everyone around here is, since > > it's an automatic payroll deduction. > > But I'm on an employee group plan > > provided by my employer. I make a > > small co-pay, but I'm not sick, so I > > don't use the plan very much. You > > can't use both a

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > > I comfort my mother and pray for my brother. Violence > > > against women isn't so far away. It's i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
Hi RD: On Aug 22, 2009, at 8:50 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > > > > > > Th

[FairfieldLife] Re: PLEASE ASK SENATOR GRASSLEY if he has Healthcare paid for by the Taxpayer.

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: > > > PLEASE ASK SENATOR GRASSLEY of Iowa if he has Healthcare paid for by the > Taxpayer. > > OffWorld > We know what the answer to that question... The real question with Grassley, is what aspect of creative intelligence is he refl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:54 PM, off_world_beings wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:54 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days - that > > is when I am not literally running up mountains, or cros

[FairfieldLife] Transcendental Vaipassanaic Meditation, TVM

2009-08-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Satsang Fairfield, the Middle Way: Notes: The purpose of doing this type of vaipassana, which is not the classic way, what's done over the years, is to amalgamate the TM practice and vaipassana practice so that you're dealing with the transcendent and you're also dealing with observation, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > > > > > > Then how come, "Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in

[FairfieldLife] Science of Abundance Hymn

2009-08-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Om, Jai Guru Dev. A beautiful meditation hymn and powerful lesson. The Science of Abundance Hymn Come, Transcendence, come With energy divine, And on this poor, benighted soul With beams of mercy shine. Melt, melt this frozen heart; That stubborn will subdue; Each evil passion overcome, And f

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-08-22 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 2009 84 messages as of (UTC) Sat Aug 22 23:54:34 2009 9 raunchydog 9 off_world_beings 9 Vaj 8 WillyTex 6 It's just a ride 6 "do.rflex" 5 authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj wrote: > > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:54 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days - that > > is when I am not literally running up mountains, or cross-country > > sk

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes,

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:21 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: Hindus in a Buddhist monestary ? Well, please tell that to the Lamas running these monestaries; you are now a Hindu ! They would laugh so hard you would take to the nearest street for an all american Coke. While on Purusha I met several Lam

[FairfieldLife] Obama May Abandon Effort to Reach Health Deal With Republicans

2009-08-22 Thread do.rflex
Obama May Abandon Effort to Reach Health Deal With Republicans By Edwin Chen [220] Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama

Re: [FairfieldLife] Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:54 PM, off_world_beings wrote: I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days - that is when I am not literally running up mountains, or cross-country skiing at the lodge. In winter, I drive to the lodge, ski for about 3 hours, then work in a local cafe f

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: >> >> Cleaning house the other day I came across my copy of "The Physical and >> Psychological Effects of Meditation " the 1988 book by Michael Murphy >> and Steven Donovan published by Esalen Institute. I'm going to have to >> thumb through some of those studies again. ;-) > > Probably

[FairfieldLife] Cubic Centimeters Of Chance

2009-08-22 Thread TurquoiseB
This vacation has been good for me. I'm sitting here tonight at a friend's computer, long after the friend has gone to bed, pondering the changes brought about by "small moments" during this particular vacation. I would count as such "small moments" the times I realized that I didn't know it all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , "shempmcgurk" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > > I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days - > > [s

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings wrote: [snip] > > I am 47 years old. I swim 80 lengths of butterfly most days - [snip] I must say that's pretty impressive. Twice a week I swim about a mile in the lake (mostly breaststroke). I can do about one half stroke of butter

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Vaj wrote: > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: > >> Then how come, "Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other >> meditation practices? > > > It isn't considered important because it's low integration and common. > Usually me

[FairfieldLife] TIME on food production

2009-08-22 Thread Rick Archer
Good article. IMO, the things that make us unhealthy (obesity adds $147 billion a year to our doctor bills) should be taxed in proportion to the extent they do so, and that should pay for health care. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1917458-1,00.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
Vaj wrote: > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: > >> Then how come, "Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other >> meditation practices? > > > It isn't considered important because it's low integration and common. > Usually meditation will only briefly stay in alpha until it

[FairfieldLife] PLEASE ASK SENATOR GRASSLEY if he has Healthcare paid for by the Taxpayer.

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
PLEASE ASK SENATOR GRASSLEY of Iowa if he has Healthcare paid for by the Taxpayer. OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Who is Tom Barlow ------------- was////Willytex is on Medicare

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , WillyTex wrote: > > off_world_beings wrote: > > Willytex is on Medicare... > > > Medicare is for sick people. > > > How ironinc. > > > I'll tell you what's ironic, Off. You're > probably laid-off, but I'm still working,

[FairfieldLife] Is Willytex a complete idiot or not? ----------------- was////Obama uses faith

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , WillyTex wrote: > > off_world_beings wrote: > > You are an idiot. > > > So, Off, where you live, you get lots > of government handouts but you have to > pay really high payroll and other taxes, > but I'm an idiot> Put

[FairfieldLife] The true meaning of the *only begotten*.

2009-08-22 Thread wgm4u
"Christ is God's Infinite Intelligence that is present in all creation, the Infinite Christ is the 'only begotten son' of God the Father, the only pure Reflection of Spirit in the created realm." "That Universal Intelligence, the Kutastha Chaitanya or Krishna Consciousness of the Hindu scriptures,

[FairfieldLife] 50% tax is not 50% of income dumbass----------- was/// Obama uses faith

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , WillyTex wrote: > > > > So, Off, you live in Britain where you get over > > > 30% of your paycheck deducted for taxes. > > > > Off wrote: > > You are completely brain-washed. It is about 1-3%. > > > Well, I thought your

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of raunchydog Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:29 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden... Thanks, Judy. She's living with a gir

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , WillyTex wrote: > > > > > Willytex is on Medicare... > > > > > > I like to pay out-of-pocket for most > services - I like to manage my own > health care, whenever possible.>> Until the shit hits the fangod forbid.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:28 PM, raunchydog wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > > Then how come, "Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other > > meditation practices? > > Travis isn't talking about "just" alpha wh

[FairfieldLife] The Difference Between Bush & Lincoln'

2009-08-22 Thread Robert
One's face showed the pain of war, and the stoic sense of purpose... The other one's face, showed no remorse, no depth, nothing is there at all! Well, maybe still the arrogance... R.g.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:04 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Boy, was I disappointed when I first heard that. Wake up call! Pity then that you didn't "wake up" but joined, or perhaps you've been there all along, Buddhism; perhaps the most stagnated

[FairfieldLife] Ganesha Chaturthi - Birthday of Ganesha - Sunday, August 23rd [22 Attachments]

2009-08-22 Thread michael
- Weitergeleitete Mail Von: Hubert

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > I comfort my mother and pray for my brother. Violence > > against women isn't so far away. It's in our homes, quietly > > hidden in families too afraid or ashamed to tell

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: > > > Then how come, "Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other > > meditation practices? > > Travis isn't talking about "just" alpha which anyone can demonstrate doing biofeedback

[FairfieldLife] ‘Corporate Psychopaths Love Mocking the Pre sident’

2009-08-22 Thread Robert
‘Corporate Psychopaths Love Mocking the President’ We all sure like to hate them... The right-wing psychos... The Rush-bo’s, Shawn-bo’s and Cheney-bo’s... But who are the people, behind them? Well, they are the ‘Corporate Thieves’... Stealing America’s Soul... Piece by piece, year after year...mor

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:48 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > > You may as well be a wingnut. > > > > I write to another list that's very right wing and find that there > > is more aggressive attacking from you about Obama [on anything at > > a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes,

2009-08-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Meanwhile thousands of Buddhist monks are learning TM, real > > meditation, as taught by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in > > Thailand and Cambodia. > > > > Vaj's pitta is on the rise ! > > > Nabby, they've been reporting that "thousa

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Boy, was I disappointed when I first heard that. Wake up call! Pity then that you didn't "wake up" but joined, or perhaps you've been there all along, Buddhism; perhaps the most stagnated and formalized of all the major and dry religions on e

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread It's just a ride
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: > > > Doug... are you trying to tell us that  you're a child molster that just > needs to be accepted? > > --- On Sat, 8/22/09, It's just a ride wrote: > I'd not be surprised if Doug is a child molester. But he'll never be accepted. But I'm n

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:48 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > > You may as well be a wingnut. > > > > I write to another list that's very right wing and find that there > > is more aggressive attacking from you about Obama [on anything at > > a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > Boy, was I disappointed when I first heard that. Wake up call! >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Usama and Usain??

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > (NB: according to Wikipedia, the Arabic language has three vowels, > > a, i and u. So, the spelling Osama for Usama seems a bit substandard, > > or stuff...) > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Common Sense 2009

2009-08-22 Thread babajii_99
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Common Sense 2009 > by Larry Flynt > > The American government -- which we once called our government -- has > been taken over by Wall Street, the mega-corporations and the > super-rich. They are the ones who decide our fate. It is this

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread Mike Dixon
Doug... are you trying to tell us that  you're a child molster that just needs to be accepted? --- On Sat, 8/22/09, It's just a ride wrote: From: It's just a ride Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Lincoln To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 6:04 PM   On Sat, Au

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:48 AM, do.rflex wrote: > > Obama IS going to get a decent health care reform > > bill passed and the economy IS starting to gradually > > turn around despite your self-revealing and self- > > defeating incessant b

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: > > > > > > Willytex is on Medicare... > > > > > > > Medicare is for sick people. > > > > raunchydog wrote: > > Medicare is an insurance plan in > > case you get sick, it's not just > > for sick people. > > > I'm enrolled in the government plan, > almost everyone around here is, s

[FairfieldLife] Common Sense 2009

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
Common Sense 2009 by Larry Flynt The American government -- which we once called our government -- has been taken over by Wall Street, the mega-corporations and the super-rich. They are the ones who decide our fate. It is this group of powerful elites, the people President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Aug 22, 2009, at 7:48 AM, do.rflex wrote: You may as well be a wingnut. I write to another list that's very right wing and find that there is more aggressive attacking from you about Obama [on anything at all you can dig up about him to attack him with] than any individual wingnut ther

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2009, at 11:11 PM, WillyTex wrote: Vaj wrote: > Ah yes, James Austin. Good stuff! > Ah yes, James Austin, the same James Austin that cites Herbert Benson, who as everyone knows, first published the results of TM with Keith Wallace. According to Austin, scientists have mapped the rela

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes,

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2009, at 5:39 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj wrote: > > Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes, Vaj is back from yet another "Buddhist" retreat. Meanwhile thousands of Buddhist monks are learning TM, real meditation, as tau

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread Vaj
On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:39 PM, raunchydog wrote: Then how come, "Frontal alpha coherence is not reported in other meditation practices? It isn't considered important because it's low integration and common. Usually meditation will only briefly stay in alpha until it goes to deeper levels

Re: [FairfieldLife] Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread It's just a ride
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 8:09 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: > "there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the > increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing > disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the > sober judgment of Courts; an

[FairfieldLife] Texas to Revise History in Textbooks?

2009-08-22 Thread do.rflex
Texas to revise history textbooks: liberals out, Limbaugh and Gingrich in. Earlier this year, a panel of right-wing "experts" produced a report urging the committee to remove biographies of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Steph

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Scientist analyzes Healthcare in America.

2009-08-22 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: > > > Bhairitu wrote: > > Reveals that the problem with American > > healthcare is the cluster fuck known as > > capitalism. > > > Who said you had any health care? Is that > what you call the 'free clinic' out there? > Speaking of capitalistic 'cluster fucks', > how did you work

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > > > "there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the > > increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing > > disposition to substitute

[FairfieldLife] The Bagpiper's Story

2009-08-22 Thread TurquoiseB
This was posted on another board. I forward it just as it was there, for your amusement: As a bagpiper, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man who had no family or friends. The funeral was to be held at a cemetery in the remote countryside and this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Willytex is on Medicare, so is Shemp.

2009-08-22 Thread WillyTex
> > > Willytex is on Medicare... > > > > > Medicare is for sick people. > > raunchydog wrote: > Medicare is an insurance plan in > case you get sick, it's not just > for sick people. > I'm enrolled in the government plan, almost everyone around here is, since it's an automatic payroll deduc

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread wgm4u
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" wrote: > > "there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing > disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to > substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the sober judgment of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > My guess is it's quite apparent to most readers here > > except maybe for a couple of the resident right wingers > > that you have a personal grudge problem, Ms Dog with >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Newsweek: We Are All Hindus Now

2009-08-22 Thread sgrayatlarge
Like the great GK Chesterton said-" "When you don't believe in God, it's not that you believe in nothing, you believe in anything" --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" wrote: > > > Subject: Newsweek: We Are All Hindus Now > > By Lisa Miller | NEWSWEEK > > Published Aug 15, 2

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > I comfort my mother and pray for my brother. Violence > against women isn't so far away. It's in our homes, quietly > hidden in families too afraid or ashamed to tell anyone > about it. I'm talking and it's damn painful. I don't have > t

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > My guess is it's quite apparent to most readers here > except maybe for a couple of the resident right wingers > that you have a personal grudge problem, Ms Dog with > regard to your "Champion" Hillary losing Funny thing, though, how so m

[FairfieldLife] Lincoln

2009-08-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
"there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the sober judgment of Courts; and the worse than savage mobs, for the executive ministers of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhists 'really are happier'

2009-08-22 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > What strikes me as uncool is feeling > > > that a cool thing attributable to Buddhism mus

[FairfieldLife] Re: FW: It was good enough for Senators Obama and Biden...

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nelsonriddle2001" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > > > This goes to my earlier question. Is it reasonable to ask: Was my niece > > asking for it? Was she provoking it? The blame always seems to be on the > > woman.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread do.rflex
You may as well be a wingnut. I write to another list that's very right wing and find that there is more aggressive attacking from you about Obama [on anything at all you can dig up about him to attack him with] than any individual wingnut there - with the exception of a few clearly mentally

[FairfieldLife] Re: Usama and Usain??

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister wrote: > > > (NB: according to Wikipedia, the Arabic language has three vowels, > a, i and u. So, the spelling Osama for Usama seems a bit substandard, > or stuff...) > > Usama bin Ladin > USA map in lad, in! > > Usain Bolt > USA (athletics) in

[FairfieldLife] Usama and Usain??

2009-08-22 Thread cardemaister
(NB: according to Wikipedia, the Arabic language has three vowels, a, i and u. So, the spelling Osama for Usama seems a bit substandard, or stuff...) Usama bin Ladin > USA map in lad, in! Usain Bolt > USA (athletics) in bolt??

[FairfieldLife] Re: Newsweek: We Are All Hindus Now

2009-08-22 Thread cardemaister
> The Rig Veda, the most ancient Hindu scripture, says this: "Truth is One, > but the sages speak of it by many names." That *might* be from the famous(?) asyavaamasya-suukta (Rgveda I 164, by RSi Diirghatamas), whose 39th verse begins like this: Rco akSare parame vyoman yasmin devaa adhi vishve

[FairfieldLife] Obama’s Trust Problem

2009-08-22 Thread raunchydog
"A backlash in the progressive base — which pushed President Obama over the top in the Democratic primary and played a major role in his general election victory — has been building for months. The fight over the public option involves real policy substance, but it's also a proxy for broader

[FairfieldLife] Re: New England sanity...

2009-08-22 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Vaj wrote: > > ...not that crazy bible-belt shit. > > From the Bernie Sanders newsletter: > > Hundreds of Vermonters – strongly in favor of health care reform – > packed town meetings. "We proved something that makes u