[FairfieldLife] Stages of the fourth praaNaayaama?

2010-03-14 Thread cardemaister
As we all hopefully know, according to YS there are several stages of samaadhi, at least: - savitarka - nirvitarka - savicaara - nirvicaara - saananda - saasmitaa - nirbiija - dharma-megha According to Taimni, those are all, save nirbiija and dharmamegha, saMprajñaata. Between most of them, up

Re: [FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I remember when the John Edwards mistress, love child story broke. You totally ridiculed me for buying into it, because the story was broken by, OMG, The National Enquirer. Sounds

[FairfieldLife] Disgust for one's own body?

2010-03-14 Thread cardemaister
Shauca is one of the five niyama's. According to Patañjali shaucaat svaan.ga-jugupsaa parair asaMsargaH. Taimni's translation: From physical purity (arises) disgust for one's own body and disinclination to come in physical contact with others. Have you ever noticed this disgust for your own

[FairfieldLife] Re: Do the enlightened benefit the world? - A Call For Opinions

2010-03-14 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifux...@... wrote: Pure Consciousness is only an indirect cause, not In-Itself. What changes the world is Shakti. Yep, you know it when you experience it. Shaktic experience in contrast to non-spiritual experience. It's that simple.

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Good Morning! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I remember when the John Edwards mistress, love child story broke. You totally ridiculed me for

[FairfieldLife] Re: India 'issues' zero rupee banknotes

2010-03-14 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.ride@ wrote: On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 9:30 PM, ShempMcGurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Funny or mean? You decide.

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
Joe: I'm scared shitless of Judy... Yes, I always thought so, because of the ego factor - that's my theory of why Barry is posting so many messages to Judy these days. But, you're going to have to post more than a single line of text after the RE:, if you're going to join the debate, Joe.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Stages of the fourth praaNaayaama?

2010-03-14 Thread Vaj
On Mar 14, 2010, at 6:10 AM, cardemaister wrote: As we all hopefully know, according to YS there are several stages of samaadhi, at least: - savitarka - nirvitarka - savicaara - nirvicaara - saananda - saasmitaa - nirbiija - dharma-megha According to Taimni, those are all, save

Re: [FairfieldLife] Stages of the fourth praaNaayaama?

2010-03-14 Thread Vaj
On Mar 14, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Vaj wrote: On Mar 14, 2010, at 6:10 AM, cardemaister wrote: As we all hopefully know, according to YS there are several stages of samaadhi, at least: - savitarka - nirvitarka - savicaara - nirvicaara - saananda - saasmitaa - nirbiija - dharma-megha

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I remember when the John Edwards mistress, love child story broke. You totally ridiculed me for buying

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
tartbrain: Big Question, Why are things the way they are? The 'Big Question' in this debate is the South Asian docrine of 'karma', which both Barry and Curtis failed to define. The karma theory states that when an action occurs, there is a corresponding re-action. This definition of karma

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I remember when the John Edwards

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
I am sure catcalls will follow this post... Judy: Not to mention that rich people can be psychologically miserable (sometimes as a result of their wealth, other times independently of it). In an ideal karmic system, good things should happen to good people, and bad things should

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is TM a religion (?)

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 no_re...@... wrote: snip What makes TM a religion isn't the funny hats, dietary restrictions or ceremonies, it's the fact that evidence against perceived wisdom is ignored or reinterpreted to support the received ideas. Gee, sounds a lot like

Re: [FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 14, 2010, at 7:57 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Ok Sal, I'm going to give it right back to you. I remember when the John Edwards mistress,

[FairfieldLife] The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality

2010-03-14 Thread do.rflex
The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality By FRANK RICH http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists\ /frankrich/index.html?inline=nyt-per THE opening salvo, fired on Fox News during Thanksgiving week, aroused little notice: Dana Perino, the former White House

[FairfieldLife] Eckhart Tolle and Ramesh Balsekar's meet, 2002

2010-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
Consciousness and the Now by Gautam Sachdeva http://gautamsachdeva.com/images/Gautam.jpg OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgement Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,

[FairfieldLife] Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
Judy and I had been having a discussion about religious beliefs and the various ways to deal with it in society. Judy proposed that going after egregious specific behavior was the best way. Although she does not explain how convincing someone their behavior is wrong is so much easier than

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stages of the fourth praaNaayaama?

2010-03-14 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: As we all hopefully know, according to YS there are several stages of samaadhi, at least: - savitarka - nirvitarka - savicaara - nirvicaara - saananda - saasmitaa - nirbiija - dharma-megha According to

[FairfieldLife] Political question of the year

2010-03-14 Thread do.rflex
Howell Raines http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR20100\ 31102523.html : One question has tugged at my professional conscience throughout the year-long congressional debate over health-care reform, and it has nothing to do with the public option, portability or

[FairfieldLife] So did you all spring forward?

2010-03-14 Thread Bhairitu
Or at least those in the US except Shemp (and anyone living in Hawaii)? The next two weeks there were be more auto accidents than usual.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread tartbrain
I feel that I am rowing out in a little dingy between two huge battle ships. I hope they see my white flag. As part of full disclosure, I am not religious, don't go to or belong to a church, though I have, in my simpleton ways, at times constructed cathedrals in nature -- in my minds eye --

[FairfieldLife] Re: Funny or mean? You decide.

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
I've won them all Tex, how could you not know that? What Judy engages in is not debate IMO. It's a neurosis, a manifestation of a deep seated issue within her. I find engaging with her to (90% of the time) be a waste of time and time is something I value highly. Too highly to waste it playing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: The one saving grace of Fox News is that only a tiny percentage of people watch it, 3-something million at most. Of course, that's more

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in eagerly adopting Barry's ass-backwards interpretation of my question to Curtis as to whether The Simpsons and The Family Guy were funny, or mean. Nor does Curtis acknowledge what he knows to be the case (yes, Joe, knows, because he's been the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: I feel that I am rowing out in a little dingy between two huge battle ships. I hope they see my white flag. We have always had excellent conversations. You take an appropriate amount of care to build rapport and I respect

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Mar 14, 2010, at 7:57 AM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:28 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: Ok Sal, I'm going

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote: Is that really accurate Judy? 3 million? I couldn't remember where I saw the stat, so I double- checked elsewhere, and apparently it is accurate. This is from the magazine/Web site Broadcasting and Cable: ...Fox News will finish

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
Agreed. That's a mighty small pooch to have managed such a loud bark. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: Is that really accurate Judy? 3 million? I couldn't remember where I saw the stat, so I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread tartbrain
Not a full response. Some good things I need to ponder. Some drive-by comments, below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_reply@ wrote: I feel that I am rowing out in a little dingy between

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in eagerly adopting Barry's ass-backwards interpretation of my question to Curtis as to whether The Simpsons and The Family Guy were funny, or mean. Actually it was his

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
Precisely. And this is why conversations with Judy, the majority of them anyway, are a waste of time, a very unusual form of mental masturbation IMO. The only one left on this forum who imagines that Judy wins these so-called debates is Tex. That alone speaks volumes. (Not to mention that Tex

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
Just a drive by for me too. Me: One of the straw men arguments about the criticisms against religion that guys like Sam Harris make is that he is only talking about fundamentalist. That he is ignoring really educated people who have watered down the claims of religion with reason and common

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in eagerly adopting Barry's ass-backwards interpretation of my question to Curtis as to

[FairfieldLife] Walt Whitman rewrites the Ten Commandments

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
THIS IS WHAT YOU SHALL DO: Love the earth and sun and the animals. Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walt Whitman rewrites the Ten Commandments

2010-03-14 Thread tartbrain
Two great quotes -- Hitchens and Whitman --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: THIS IS WHAT YOU SHALL DO: Love the earth and sun and the animals. Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in eagerly adopting

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Wow, I really dislike having to carry things to this extent. But for the record, you did reproduce two of the posts, and gave numbers for the rest. If someone wishes to ignore that, or be too busy to read posts for today, then I guess that is where it stays. But in your post #243746 today at

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today, a Yagya for wisdom and balance.

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Joe geezerfr...@... wrote: Hey Buck, is TM a religion? Religion involves belief in deities or gods or a messiah. I practice TM and I don't believe in anything I haven't seen with my own senses. OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: Is that really accurate Judy? 3 million? I couldn't remember where I saw the stat,

[FairfieldLife] Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that America gave him the White House based on: the same credentials. Shemp, take away

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , authfriend jstein@ wrote: The one saving grace of Fox News is that only a tiny percentage

[FairfieldLife] Re: Funny or mean? You decide.

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
Have you ever won a debate with Judy, Joe? Joe: I've won them all... Can you be a little more specific, Joe? Which debates did you win? Nobody wins all debates. What Judy engages in is not debate IMO... Is this a debate, or just your opinion?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread WillyTex
Joe: Precisely. And this is why conversations with Judy, the majority of them anyway, are a waste of time, a very unusual form of mental masturbation IMO. Very impressive, Joe - you managed to tank this discussion is less than five hours. Good work! The only one left on this forum who

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, but that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today, a Yagya for wisdom and balance.

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: Religion involves belief in deities or gods or a messiah. I practice TM and I don't believe in anything I haven't seen with my own senses. So, you believe that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today, a Yagya for wisdom and balance.

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Religion involves belief in deities or gods or a messiah. I practice TM and I don't believe in anything I haven't seen with my own

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Ok, that makes sense. I thought it might be for other reasons. I agree. I think we're in trouble. But you don't really see that reflected in the markets. Dollar has regained strength. Gold is moderating. Of course sentiment can change quickly. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
I'll work on it Tex. If only I could learn to be a troll like yourself. And maybe, just maybe.I'll have the uh smarts as you call them, to win a debate with Judy. It's good to have lofty goals --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: Joe: Precisely.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Farakahn or Obama

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Joe geezerfreak@ wrote: Is

[FairfieldLife] Revisting- Re: Did you have this experience in India ?

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: Wow, I really dislike having to carry things to this extent. But for the record, you did reproduce two of the posts, Only one, actually. I picked that one because Sal's part of it was self-contained. But the

[FairfieldLife] The World Peace Diet hits #1 on Amazon.com! [1 Attachment]

2010-03-14 Thread Rick Archer
- Original Message - From: Dr. Will Tuttle willtut...@earthlink.net Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:02 AM Subject: Victory The World Peace Diet hits #1 on Amazon.com! Dear Partners and Sponsors of the March 12 World Peace Diet Compassion and Health Campaign --- VICTORY!! WE DID

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: [snip] That's peanuts. Am I right you are therefore against the Bush tax cuts for the rich because of this scenario? No, that is precisely why I am FOR the tax cuts for the HIGHER tax brackets (which, yes,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: Ok, that makes sense. I thought it might be for other reasons. I agree. I think we're in trouble. But you don't really see that reflected in the markets. Dollar has regained strength. Gold is

[FairfieldLife] Come Clean first, Off

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-03-14 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Mar 13 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 20 00:00:00 2010 79 messages as of (UTC) Sun Mar 14 04:28:33 2010 16 authfriend jst...@panix.com 12 lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net 9 tartbrain

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-03-14 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Mar 14, 2010, at 7:21 PM, FFL PostCount wrote: S tart Date (UTC): Sat Mar 13 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Mar 20 00:00:00 2010 79 messages as of (UTC) Sun Mar 14 04:28:33 2010 16 authfriend jst...@panix.com 12 lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@sbcglobal.net 9 tartbrain

[FairfieldLife] Get a load of this

2010-03-14 Thread lurkernomore20002000
http://www.worldometers.info/ (compliments of my daughter)

[FairfieldLife] Evolution in 30 sec.

2010-03-14 Thread yifuxero
Evolution in 30 sec. And check out the weird sharks! http://www.trollart.com/evo.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eckhart Tolle and Ramesh Balsekar's meet, 2002

2010-03-14 Thread BillyG
Where DOES he get those cute little vests...and, you gotta love that beard! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Consciousness and the Now by Gautam Sachdeva http://gautamsachdeva.com/images/Gautam.jpg OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Notice that Curtis fails to acknowledge his error in eagerly adopting Barry's ass-backwards interpretation of my question to Curtis as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
Shemp, So you advocate lowering income tax rates. At what rate of income is tax revenue maximized ? Please don't insult our intelligence by suggesting 0%. -Mainstream --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eckhart Tolle and Ramesh Balsekar's meet, 2002

2010-03-14 Thread yifuxero
Tolle looks like a troll from the Black Forest. But the Neo-Advaitin message isn't very exciting: Everything is the Self. (saved people the trouble of reading the Balsekar books). I've seen more exciting screen savers than that message. Once I came into work and heard a gurgling as of sound,

[FairfieldLife] Sharkabet

2010-03-14 Thread yifuxero
Sharkabet: ... http://www.trollart.com/sharkimage.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: Ok, that makes sense. I thought it might be for other reasons. I agree. I think we're in trouble. But you don't really see

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread Joe
It's Sunday, time for the weekly tortured debate autopsy from Judy at FFL. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: When I accuse you of sophistry is it in regard to a specific technique you are using. I am not labeling you as a sophist as an identity. Your attempt to shift the discussion into being about my character mean is specifically how

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20...@... wrote: Shemp, So you advocate lowering income tax rates. At what rate of income is tax revenue maximized ? Please don't insult our intelligence by suggesting 0%. -Mainstream Let me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mainstream20016 mainstream20...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: Ok, that makes sense. I thought it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: When I accuse you of sophistry is it in regard to a specific technique you are using. I am not using any technique. I'm being completely

[FairfieldLife] How long does it take to perfect such a signature?

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/14/robert-gibbs-health-care_n_498\ 370.html I'm sure Liberace and Carrot Top have equally flamboyant signatures. And, indeed, when I was about 14 years old and fancied myself a rock star I practised my signature 100s of times in order to come up with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: Ok, that makes sense. Lurk, it really doesn't. Almost all of what has been added to the deficit under Obama has been to keep the economy (which began falling apart largely as a result of Bush's policies) from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: When I accuse you of sophistry is it in regard to a specific technique

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
I didn't know Paul Krugman was a participant on this forum. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: Ok, that makes sense. Lurk, it really doesn't. Almost all of what has been

[FairfieldLife] Re: Come Clean first, Off

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Question to Shemp

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: Ok, that makes sense. Lurk, it really doesn't. Almost all of what

[FairfieldLife] The Financial Crimes of GW Bush.

2010-03-14 Thread off_world_beings
Bush left us with a national debt of 11.3 trillion dollars, plus he hid the cost of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The national debt clock today shows 12.5 trillion, and Obama had the war costs put on the books properly. OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Off_World, Bullshit Artist extraordinaire, can't come clean

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Financial Crimes of GW Bush.

2010-03-14 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: Bush left us with a national debt of 11.3 trillion dollars, plus he hid the cost of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The national debt clock today shows 12.5 trillion, and Obama had the war costs put on the books

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Financial Crimes of GW Bush.

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Bush left us with a national debt of 11.3 trillion dollars, plus he hid the cost of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The national

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
One can only imagine the horror of Judy's personality at the time her father considered her to be insufferable prior to Judy learning TM in 1976. It's 34 years later……..perhaps her dad embellished what he told her then, in the now-proven false hope that her neuroses would abate. ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Response to Judy

2010-03-14 Thread mainstream20016
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues