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2015-10-06 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
all of the various birth control  that is easily available. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record  What?!?  I am alway

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2015-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
gt; To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record Just to update my post. Hey Mike, good news...birth rates for unmarried women are actually on the decline! Don't let that keep you from volunteering with the YWC

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2015-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
m: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record What?!? I am always wary of those who speak with much judgment about things they have no exp

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2015-10-05 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
were much more stable. From: "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.c

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2015-10-05 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
roups.com Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   What?!?  I am always wary of those who speak with much judgment about things they have no experience with.  Curiously, what social programs are you thinking of that make up the differenc

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2015-10-05 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
  that is easily available. From: "emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   What?!?  I am always wary of those who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
hoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record Your first point is an idealistic, not a realistic viewpoint. As long as humans procreate and follow their hormonal urges, babies will be born. That's just the way it is. Pla

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2015-10-05 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Okay, right now I am doing a rather large project, which is somewhat labor intensive, so I've needed workers including friends of one of my regular workers, and the brother of my assistant. They are all being paid well, which

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2015-10-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
of wedlock birth rate, considering all of the various birth control that is easily available. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife

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2015-10-05 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
males but they basically eat, poop and breed. From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogr

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2015-10-05 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
having a snowball effect. From: "steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record This song was released in 1968. At that time

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2015-10-05 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, Ann, that's kind of how I feel. I see and work with these folks who are sort of on the fringes, and I cannot find it in me to judge them. In fact, they are my friends, and I socialize with them, much more than anyone who might be more in my income class. When I have extra tickets to a

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2015-10-05 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Most people do and want to contribute and always have. And Yes, I may be somewhat idealistic but it wasn't that long ago that most people had children after they married. Now, times have changed, many, especially among

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2015-10-04 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record Not sure what "fry fires" refers to, but it is true that a sin

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2015-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
e for the better. Maharishi used to say *Deserve then desire*.BTW, that was supposed to be frying *fries* not *fires*. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [Fairfi

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2015-10-04 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
When things get over priced, people stop buying it. From: "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jus

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2015-10-04 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
r 4, 2015 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record Your first point is an idealistic, not a realistic viewpoint. As long as humans procreate and follow their hormonal urges, babies will be born. That's just the way it is. Planning, higher education and a learned ski

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2015-10-04 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
eldLife@yahoogroups.com> mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yaho

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2015-10-04 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
: "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : This is an

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2015-10-04 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : A better option is, don't start a family until *you* can provide a complete and adequate living for all of those that  *you* are responsible for. Careful, this might in

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2015-10-04 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
hoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   Your first point is an idealistic, not a realistic viewpoint.  As long as humans procreate and follow their hormonal urges, babies will be born.  That

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2015-10-04 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
er 4, 2015 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   This song was released in 1968.  At that time, I guess it was still the exception rather than the rule to have a child out of wedlock.  I would say it is totally reversed now, and I am in agreement that the outco

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2015-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Seattle has just implemented a path to the highest minimum wage in the country—$15/hr. Different paths and requirements and ways to achieve the rate for different size companies, etc. "Small businesses" have 7 years to step up to that rate. Here's how it's going to work: $15 Minimum Wage

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2015-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
tober 3, 2015 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : LOL, $15 an hour and they can't remember if you ordered an egg McMuffin or a sausage McMuffin. So, you apparently frequent Mcdonalds. Then

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2015-10-04 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'll probably address soon.Poor news paper delivery person. From: "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jus

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2015-10-04 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
fteen dollar an hour job. From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2015 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <

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2015-10-04 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
AM *Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record *** ** * * ** ** ** * * * ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <emily.mae50@...> wrote : Are you prejudiced towards fast food workers in general or just McDonald's employees? What are your assumptions about people who work at MickeyD

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2015-10-04 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Seattle has just implemented a path to the highest minimum wage in the country—$15/hr. Different paths and requirements and ways to achieve the rate for different size companies, etc. "Small businesses" have 7 years to step

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2015-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
e willing to prove it, not those that want more to just get by. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 1:04 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record Are yo

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2015-10-04 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Seattle has just implemented a path to the highest minimum wage in the country—$15/hr. Different paths and requirements and ways to achieve the rate for different size companies, etc. "Small businesses" have 7 years to step

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-04 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
ose that want more to just get by. From: "emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 1:04 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   Are you prejudiced toward

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2015-10-04 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
We've had it this town since July. Already some of the small restaurants and businesses have closed. The weird thing was watching people who I thought had brains become ideologues about the issue (and other things as well). I point out the problem isn't wages it's an inflated cost of living.

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2015-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
to pay day care for one or two kids. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record It Was Always Su

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2015-10-04 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
. From: "emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   It Was Always Supposed To

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2015-10-04 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
ome.  Their income alone, isn't enough to pay day care for one or two kids. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

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2015-10-04 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
e@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <emily.mae50@...> wrote : Are you prejudiced towards fast food workers in general or just McDonald's employees? What are

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2015-10-04 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
o kids. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record It Was Always Supposed To Be A Living Wage http://thebillfold.co

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2015-10-03 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Good points. I agree that as a society we are beholden to tackle this issue, whatever its scope, simply because of the lives lost. There are a few things, though that are largely absent from the gun control debate. First and most obvious, nothing is being said about actually limiting the number

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : We have about 11,000 people born in the US each day, and about 6,800 deaths per day, or about 6,770, if we subtract the ~30 deaths daily by firearms. I am not excusing the deaths as a result of guns, however it is clearly not

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Rate of mass shootings has tripled since 2011, new research from Harvard shows http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/mass-shootings-increasing-harvard-research http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/mass-shootings-increasing-harvard-research Rate of mass shootings has

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, I too sometimes am surprised there are not more deaths by firearms, considering the prevalence of them. But, what I've noticed here in St. Louis, is that once the social contract gets frayed due to distrust of authority institutions, or because of the perceived lack of economic

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Again, perception vs. reality. Only about 30% of Americans even own a gun, so that means the vast majority do not. And the occurrences of mass gun violence, are actually quite rare, statistically. I am not saying it isn't an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
We have about 11,000 people born in the US each day, and about 6,800 deaths per day, or about 6,770, if we subtract the ~30 deaths daily by firearms. I am not excusing the deaths as a result of guns, however it is clearly not the risk, nor the social evil that we are led to believe it is. With

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread olliesed...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Again, perception vs. reality. Only about 30% of Americans even own a gun, so that means the vast majority do not. And the occurrences of mass gun violence, are actually quite rare, statistically. I am not saying it isn't an issue, but it is not the faux-firestorm that it is made out to be.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I see what you are saying. New York may be possibly not be the best example, as gun laws are so strict there. 120K, though, I would say does not go far in Manhattan. But also, the safety net for food seems pretty intact, at least here. Much of the violence here is drug related, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I see what you are saying. New York may be possibly not be the best example, as gun laws are so strict there. New York has one of the lowest gun ownership numbers in America. 120K, though, I would say does not go far

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2015-10-03 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2015 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : LOL, $15 an hour and they can't remember if you o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I really don't think this is the case. Most gun owners, I mean the vast majority, keep them at home for protection. Conceal and carry permits are pretty rare. When you think about it though, when has society not been in rough shape? I guess these mass shootings are a new

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2015-10-03 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 10/03/2015 08:01 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I really don't think this is the case. Most gun owners, I mean the vast majority, keep them at home for protection. Conceal and carry permits are pretty

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2015-10-03 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : On 10/03/2015 08:01 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mailto:steve.sundur@... wrote : I

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2015-10-03 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, for those businesses such as mine which would have difficult time with a $15.00/hr. min wage, you find other ways to enhance the benefits package, including making sure the work environment is as attractive as possible. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :

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2015-10-03 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Well, I can tell you that a $15.00/hr. wage would be pretty disastrous for many small businesses. It would put many of them out of business, and you'd be stuck with pretty much only the big guys. And then there's this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I really don't think this is the case. Most gun owners, I mean the vast majority, keep them at home for protection. Conceal and carry permits are pretty rare. When you think about it though, when has society not

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2015-10-03 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
urday, October 3, 2015 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : On 10/03/2015 08:01 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogro

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2015-10-03 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, I can tell you that a $15.00/hr. wage would be pretty disastrous for many small businesses. It would put many of them out of business, and you'd be stuck with pretty much only the big guys. And then there's this wrinkle that where that wage has been implemented, workers request fewer

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'm not saying it's good, or normal. I am just noting that having a gun in a home in the U.S. seems to have been pretty common for the last 60 years or so. I mean, let's face it, guns have been a part of American life since the start. You were not going to live on the frontier without a

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2015-10-03 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
airfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : On 10/03/2015 08:01 PM,awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] wrote:   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,<steve.sundur@...> wrote : I really don't think this is the case. Mos

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-28 Thread Vaj
What a nice post Marek, thanks! :-)))-rishi/devata/chhandas smile On Feb 27, 2007, at 7:45 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: Comment below: **end** Though Paul certainly has no need for outside support, I feel compelled to respond to this thread and offer mine. What is so disappointing in following

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-28 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip If it weren't for the by far greater number of spiritual seekers who do NOT fall into this trap and become fanatics, the few who *become* fanatics would stand as a blanket condemnation of spirituality and the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-28 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip If it weren't for the by far greater number of spiritual seekers who do NOT fall into this trap and become fanatics, the few who *become*

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-28 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip If it weren't for the by far greater number of spiritual seekers who do

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-28 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-28 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-28 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-28 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jim_flanegin jflanegi@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-28 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip In any case, whichever side of your us-vs.-them formula you choose to place me and Jim on any given day, *my* point was the formula itself and your

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread peterklutz
Yo, Paulie - why don't you pour some gas over yourself and lighten up? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although I believe that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has used deceptive means to spread the teaching of transcendental meditation, I am confident that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although I believe that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has used deceptive means to spread the teaching of transcendental meditation, I am confident that his motives have been well intended. Although I have voiced criticism of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although I believe that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has used deceptive means to spread the teaching of transcendental meditation, I am confident that his motives have been well intended. Although I have voiced criticism

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: Although I believe that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has used deceptive means to spread the teaching of transcendental meditation, I am confident

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Mason
Q. Isn't it true to say that the Maharishi is nothing other than an opportunistic? A. Yup Q. self-promoting A. Yup Q. maverick, A. Yup Q. who wilfully misleads his supporters A. Yup Q. and anyone else who has the time, the inclination and the money to listen to him? A. Yup Q. Some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Q. Isn't it true to say that the Maharishi is nothing other than an opportunistic? A. Yup Q. self-promoting A. Yup Q. maverick, A. Yup Q. who wilfully misleads his supporters A. Yup Q. and anyone

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Q. Isn't it true to say that the Maharishi is nothing other than an opportunistic? A. Yup Q. self-promoting A. Yup Q. maverick, A. Yup Q. who wilfully misleads his supporters A. Yup Q. and anyone

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Mason
Quotes from the characters created by playrights are often wrongly attributed to the writer himself/herself. Although the question and answer was intended to be provocative it was not intended serve as a guide to my opinions of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. But I concede, on reflection, that some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quotes from the characters created by playrights are often wrongly attributed to the writer himself/herself. This isn't a playscript, Paul. In a QA, if the questioner and the respondent aren't explicitly identified as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quotes from the characters created by playrights are often wrongly attributed to the writer himself/herself. Although the question and answer was intended to be provocative it was not intended serve as a guide to my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread peterklutz
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quotes from the characters created by playrights are often wrongly attributed to the writer himself/herself. Although the question and answer was intended to be provocative it was not intended serve as a guide to my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread peterklutz
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: Q. Isn't it true to say that the Maharishi is nothing other than an opportunistic? A. Yup Q. self-promoting A. Yup Q.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Mason
Confronted with the prospect of millions of people saying no to the religious sounding meditation that he was teaching, one can see why he might be tempted to tinker some. Whether the work he put in (and he has put a lot a lot of work in) really worked out, must be a personal evaluation.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread authfriend
By the way, Paul, if you didn't see it, you might want to have a look at post #132989, in which I analyzed a few of your questions and answers with a view to explaining why I think the whole QA is a crock.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Q: What is the problem with Paul Mason - is it that he is a closet-hater of all things TMO? A: Not exactly. Q: Then what is? A: The real problem with Paul Mason is that has so far been unable to work up the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Mason
Q. Okay, just what does one do if a complete stranger starts launching verbal attacks on you? A. One can use it as an opportunity to practice tolerance in the face of intoleration I suppose. FFL seems to be full of such opportunities these days, despite it being against the guidelines of such

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote: snip Q: What is the problem with Paul Mason - is it that he is a closet-hater of all things TMO? A: Not exactly. Q:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread Mr. Magoo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Though Paul certainly has no need for outside support, I feel compelled to respond to this thread and offer mine. What is so disappointing in following this particular thread is that, despite Paul's attempt to clarify

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, peterklutz peterklutz@ wrote: snip Q: What is the problem with Paul Mason - is it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Just for the record - Paul Mason is not anti-TM or anti-MMY

2007-02-27 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Q. Isn't it true to say that the Maharishi is nothing other than an opportunistic? A. Yup Q. self-promoting A. Yup Q. maverick, A. Yup Q. who wilfully misleads his supporters A. Yup Q. and anyone else