Re: [FairfieldLife] This is what Amerika's gonna be...

2016-05-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"threw out" ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : A, I just through out a couple of suppositions for the purpose of expressing a little righteous indignation about your righteous certainty. I am not qualified to have such a discussion. :) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogr

Re: [FairfieldLife] This is what Amerika's gonna be...

2016-05-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Of course the DNA isn't an exact match to the mother or father! Still an unborn potential, though and under the purview of the mother. That's the way God intended it, so to speak, and that's the way it is. We have animal bodies; many animals cull out the weak to die, reject their offspring af

Re: [FairfieldLife] This is what Amerika's gonna be...

2016-05-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That's been a point of mine for awhile - that it's a decision, a very personal decision, that the woman makes. It's not an easy one—not simply a cold, heartless, decision. A hard decision. A decision made as her hormones are ramping up to high levels and changing all the chemistry, let's reme

Re: [FairfieldLife] This is what Amerika's gonna be...

2016-05-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I don't believe anyone *knows for sure* what happens or when, soul-wise, with respect to the process of life, or death either, for that matter. Having said that, I absolutely believe the decision to risk bringing life into the world or the decision not to are weighty ones. Equating abortion wit

[FairfieldLife] Overnighters documentary

2015-06-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Saw this on PBS last night... Another angle of oil fields in a community and some interesting "karma". Very good. The Overnighters (2014) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263996/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263996/ The Overnighters (2014) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263996/ Direct

[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL

2015-06-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I don't think he's left. He typically chimes in in both locations when the spirit moves him :). I just thought he was expressing his grief (too strong a word?) over the shake-up and was feeling bored or something. Life is to good to be bored, so maybe he just wanted to say he was off to take

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brit Society

2015-07-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Peter Coyote's memoir—The Rainman's Third Cure: An Irregular Education—looks interesting. Out recently, April 2015. http://www.amazon.com/The-Rainmans-Third-Cure-Irregular/dp/1619024969 http://www.amazon.com/The-Rainmans-Third-Cure-Irregular/dp/1619024969 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brit Society

2015-07-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Haven't read his memoir yet Hugh Grant has played several uptight, innocent, Englishman roles - he's well suited to such a character. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Re "Peter Coyote's memoir—The Rainman's Third Cure: An Irregular Education—looks interesting. :" If you

[FairfieldLife] Re: The FF Meditating Community

2015-07-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Mysteries, Yes ~ Mary Oliver Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of lambs. How rivers and stones are forever in allegiance with gravity while we ourselves dream of rising. How two hands touch and the bo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Moderated status (was: Re: Alex says Rick transferred FFL ownership to Doug)

2015-07-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The Amma forum I was a member of for awhile was very heavily moderated and all posts were supposedly read and approved ahead of time. The moderator was pretty black-and-white clear about exactly what the purpose of that particular forum was and why she put herself and everyone else through that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Moderated status (was: Re: Alex says Rick transferred FFL ownership to Doug)

2015-07-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yep—balance was lost. Personally, watching the way the old FFL would *collectively* "right itself" and move past "conflicts" to different ground was always fascinating for me. Subjectively speaking, I think it would have been nice if the "mean drunk" had been thrown in the "drunk tank" for a d

[FairfieldLife] Re: In case you were wondering what Buck did to Curtis's posts ....

2015-07-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Curtis does have a way with words….the creative insult posts were the first major shock of FFL for me. In general, it seemed to me at the time, before I understood any of the online personalities, that they were mostly all fondly delivered. Turns out I was a bit wrong on that. :) On Buck's for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hostage Exchange

2015-07-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I agree with Alex's decision based solely on his behavior as stated below. He was completely aware of what he had been asked to comply with and the reasons for it and it was a fair request. For me, recognizing that I had at one time, new to all things online forum-like, been using a yahoo acco

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hostage Exchange

2015-07-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Personally, I got a huge laugh out of "free" plus the "r." Given all the hoopla over here in "Buckworld," that is. So funny. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I think Richard knew exactly what he was doing in order to get booted off. It was all the prelude to that, with A

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hostage Exchange

2015-07-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Correctedthere are just too many errors. :) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I agree with Alex's decision based solely on his behavior as stated below. He was completely aware of what he had been asked to comply with and the reasons for it and it was a fair request. For me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hostage Exchange

2015-07-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is a perfect example of why online "privacy" should be adhered to, if requested. Context, context, context...can be lost.in the archives. Sometimes it was simply the energy of the conversation that seemed to drive the nature of posts; read out of context or even later in time, none of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hostage Exchange

2015-07-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Okay, I'll stop commentingBuck, are you watching this? FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Rather curious that I'm being called out for having a sense of decency by someone who has none at all. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoog

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hostage Exchange

2015-07-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Buck might boot him if he posts it here. That's funny. In that I have *NEVER* been over the top or crude, I can't relate to what might spur such a post, but if I had been...I'd want to keep my good name out of it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yaho

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hostage Exchange

2015-07-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Okay, I looked at it. Doesn't even come close to rising to the offensiveness of so much of what the brute over there has laid down. Can't even compare. Not particularly witty. You've improved tremendously in that department, based on some of your more recent stuff. That's the end of it for m

Re: [FairfieldLife] Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Karen Armstrong: "There is nothing in the Islam that is more violent than Christianity" - Nieuwwij http://www.nieuwwij.nl/internationaal/karen-armstrong-nothing-islam-violent-christianity/ http://www.nieuwwij.nl/internationaal/karen-armstrong-nothing-islam-violent-christianity/ Karen

Re: [FairfieldLife] Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
She's actually quite studied on the early history of religion, etc. From the book "The Case for God" come the following points: Christianity and Islam are both monotheistic. Muhammed believed he had "revelations" that came from the "God of the Jews and Christians", which ultimately became the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What century? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : (A) You're in a Catholic country sitting in a cafe. There are some Christians nearby discussing their faith. You interrupt them to say: "I don't know why you waste your time with all that crap. The only thing The Bible is good for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
One cannot predict the futurewell, except maybe jr_esq. :) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : B, I'd say. THAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER. YOU OBVIOUSLY KEEP AN EYE ON CURRENT NEWS. For those saying "What century?": The 21st c

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Portion of the Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan

2015-09-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Powerful image ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :

[FairfieldLife] Re: Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
IAMX - The Unified Field/Quiet the Mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj_mGroTdbw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj_mGroTdbw IAMX - The Unified Field/Quiet the Mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj_mGroTdbw A video including Previews(Snippets) to the new IAMX single - The Unified

[FairfieldLife] Re: Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, if we were to have had the political and economic history of say, Iraq, or if some of the current "groups" (noted in this article) were to gain power and pair with ohhhmaybe the Tea Party, and if we were not blessed with still benefiting from living in a democracy of our ilk with a hea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
He's an interesting guy - Chris Cornerhere is how he thinks of the "unified field." Do you think he does TM? Chris Corner | auxiliary magazine http://auxiliarymagazine.com/tag/chris-corner/ http://auxiliarymagazine.com/tag/chris-corner/ Chris Corner | auxiliary magazine http://au

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Nobody is excusing the violence. My point is that the essence or core of Islamic belief as a practiced way of life is obviously not what is playing out on the world stage right now. I agree with Ann in that "fanatics" of any type and breed pose danger; fanaticism is extremism and extremism gone

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oh yeah.and the other point.if we were living in a different centuryit might have been the Christians violently at war with the "non-believers" as they saw fit, with massive and bloody and gruesome results. There is no benefit in being self-righteous or hypocritical about it.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Migrants in Hungary

2015-09-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
SEARCH FOR MEANING My Reflections on Islam Mounir Mehri For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Mounir Merhi. I grew up in the Muslim faith in Beirut, Lebanon in an open-minded family with long and enlightened tradition of religiousness & belief without fundamentalism. Even the most religious a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whoa!

2015-09-17 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] Re: Whoa!

2015-09-17 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Walid Shoebat??? ROTFLOL.Sorry, was ROTFLOL

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Get it right, Mike. Context, context, context. You've isolated one sentence from an interview about HIV/AIDS - which is where his mind was when he made that statement, if you look at the interview. He also states his children are a "miracle" in that same interview; perhaps he didn't get every

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"in part about HIV/AIDS" (I said that to acknowledge the larger conversation that was being had) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Get it right, Mike. Context, context, context. You've isolated one sentence from an interview about HIV/AIDS - which is where his mind was when

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Here is the transcript of what he said. It is not out of the realm of possibility that he was thinking simultaneously of the two topics in that one sentence precedes/follows another. The word "punishment" could just have easily been construed as "consequence"...as in "I don't want them to suff

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-18 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
To me, black and white thinking takes on the cloak of "casual, indifferent, etc.", or "blasé," if you will. The remark "Oh shit! I missed my period! I'm really *f"ed* now!" seemed off the cuff and appeared to indicate a prejudiced and surficial understanding of the issue"blasé." Curiousl

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Was this the answer to my question? I appreciate that you've articulated your position here. I believe that the decision to abort is a personal one and one that should not be legislated. It isn't a casual decision and don't assume that the law which allows it turns it into one. You have a pos

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
As I said, I agree with what Karen Armstrong writes. When the founding *fathers* wrote what they did, they were not thinking of this issue "Indeed I want to argue that America is the only country that has the misfortune of being founded on a philosophical mistake--namely, the notion of

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
P.S. Do you first judge the woman for having the abortion and then judge her for not raising her child right? For being poor, uneducated? For going on welfare? For needing help from a society that marginalizes her? For not getting it? Do you sponsor a single mother yourself? You aren't com

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Debate from Hell'

2015-09-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
These blank posts are intervals for silence and deep breathing

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Pope in Phoenix - Is it a miracle, or a coincidence?

2015-09-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's a miracle (smile). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : This caught my attention: Pope held sick baby, what happened next is amazing http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/inspiration-nation/2015/09/23/inspiration-nation-pope-holds-baby/72671356/ http://www.usatoday.co

Re: [FairfieldLife] Putin Plans to Bomb ISIS Too

2015-09-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Book Of Revelation: 'Visions, Prophecy And Politics' http://www.npr.org/2012/03/07/148125942/the-book-of-revelation-visions-prophecy-politics http://www.npr.org/2012/03/07/148125942/the-book-of-revelation-visions-prophecy-politics Book Of Revelation: 'Visions, Prophecy And Politics&...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Down One Cry Baby

2015-09-26 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I'm not Catholic either. He wasn't speaking to "Catholics" exclusively. It was an extremely universal message - in fact all of his speeches have been this. I mention this one to you because it speaks directly to the phrase "one world spiritual system", you included. I only heard the last par

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Don't Let Muslim Migrants In'

2015-09-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Don't Let Muslim Migrants In'

2015-09-27 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You don't know. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I think. From: "Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@... [FairfieldLife]" To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Don't Let Muslim Migrants In' Damn girl! Y

Re: [FairfieldLife] Reason Why Three Supreme Court Justices were No Shows

2015-09-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Last meal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal Last meal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal A condemned prisoner's last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution. Various countries have various traditions in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Check it Out

2015-10-01 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, education and the opportunity to use it does wonders for self-esteem, doesn't it? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : That must be a *self esteem builder*! Wonder who the judges were. Lifers? From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Se

[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 tripl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 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 h

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Are you prejudiced towards fast food workers in general or just McDonald's employees? What are your assumptions about people who work at MickeyD's? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : If you're going to pay fifteen an hour , you have a right to expect more from your employee, proba

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It Was Always Supposed To Be A Living Wage http://thebillfold.com/2015/07/it-was-always-supposed-to-be-a-living-wage/ http://thebillfold.com/2015/07/it-was-always-supposed-to-be-a-living-wage/ It Was Always Supposed To Be A Living Wage http://thebillfold.com/2015/07/it-was-always-sup

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Not sure what "fry fires" refers to, but it is true that a single parent who is the exclusive provider, making $15/hr, cannot afford the cost of daycare. This is why support networks are required—education and opportunity—for the good of the all. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
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 skill prior to starting a family is a great idea and I'm all for it, but it's jus

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
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 difference for an absent parent? I'm talking about the ones that would service the "feminist" woman, who deceived t

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-05 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Out of wedlock births are definitely on the rise. Here's an analysis of this: I don't get this journal so can't see the original.but here is the brief: *This Policy Brief was prepared for the Fall 1996 issue of the Brookings Review and adapted from "An Analysis of Out-of-Wedlock Childbea

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Here's a Good One

2015-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oregon College Shooter's Father Asks How Did He Get So Many Guns http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ian-mercer-father-guns_56116d7ae4b0af3706e12525 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ian-mercer-father-guns_56116d7ae4b0af3706e12525 Oregon College Shooter's Father Asks How Did He Ge...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
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 YWCA though! Products - Data Briefs - Number 162 - August 2014 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db162.htm http://www.cdc.g

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Here's a Good One

2015-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Of course they are two different stories. But, there a common theme? Know what it is? --- Yes, you and Donald Trump would have kicked butt, unless, of course, the shooter walked in and you were the first to be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Just For the Record

2015-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Okay, that's kinda amusing ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I guess with the increase in gun ownership, shot- gun weddings must be on the increase then. From: "emily.mae50@... [FairfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 1:58 PM S

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Here's a Good One

2015-10-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Mike, Mike. I am nowhere near angry, I assure you. I'm just expressing my opinion of your gun-toting scenario, sarcastically. These situations with guns are all a real tragedy and that's the Truth. Gun Control: What We Can Learn From Other Advanced Countries http://www.newsweek.com/gun-co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Katie Hopkins Claims to be the 'New Jesus'

2015-10-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From what I understand, she and Barry were love-birds back in the sweltering days of gin and ganja. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Rick should interview this lady to see if she's enlightened. Has anyone ever heard of her? Katie Hopkins Tells A Church Conference That She

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Debate Last Night

2015-10-14 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Heck, many in the U.S. don't care about U.S. politics. I found Ann's primer on the Canadian political system pretty interesting. Went looking for the difference between Liberals and Social Democrats. This isn't me, but I found it an amusing exchange on an archived forum... "Just in case yo

[FairfieldLife] Charter for Compassion

2015-10-17 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Something for Doug to join (smile) http://www.charterforcompassion.org/index.php/charter http://www.charterforcompassion.org/index.php/charter My wish: The Charter for Compassion https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion https:

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Jesus Said No Longer Applies?

2015-10-28 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Good quote. Had to look up James Branch Cabell. My guess is you've read his books? "There are, alas, an infinite number of ways for a writer to destroy himself",[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Branch_Cabell#cite_note-Swanwick-10 Swanwick wrote. "James Branch Cabell chose one of

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Jesus Said No Longer Applies?

2015-10-28 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Very funny! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Secular people in the USA have gone past The Bible, full stop. What are they replacing it with? 1) A mindless hedonism. 2) The worship of the almighty dollar. There is no l

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ben Carson Takes the Lead Among GOP Candidates

2015-10-28 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Completely surreal, I agree. The entire GOP line-up is a bizarre farce, imo, with the exception of Rubio. The party is clearly having a nervous breakdown. Trump has seized the opportunity to further the chaos and put his megalomania onstage. That pledge of his to the GOP Party was pretty funn

[FairfieldLife] Re: CNBC Republican Debate Mocked on Soci al Media for ‘Inco mpetent Moderators’

2015-10-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: "Our diverse field of talented and exceptionally qualified candidates.." Should we all pray? The two GOP "frontrunners" seem to know what's up in their convoluted way. :) Trump: "I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created." Carson: The Bible said, "Make

[FairfieldLife] Re: Photo

2015-10-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, this situation is the real global crisis.more from our exceptionally talented and qualified candidates: Fiorina: The U.S. has already "done its fair share in terms of humanitarian aid," she told http://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-transcripts-september-6-fiorina-gingrich-

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ben Carson Takes the Lead Among GOP Candidates

2015-10-29 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I think this is more likely: The End of the Republican Party? http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/01/the-end-of-the-republican-party/?_r=0 http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/01/the-end-of-the-republican-party/?_r=0 The End of the Republican Party? http://douthat.blogs.nyt

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sudden Awakening and Gradual Cultivation

2015-11-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Just curiously, (I have no background in any of this), does the "True Self" equate with the "Soul"? (from which, in certain texts, God within from which "nothing can be taken away or added to?") ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Re "Chogyam Trungpa commented . . . our common hu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anyone Lacking Common Sense?

2015-11-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Love it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Then take a look, stop worrying about Bhogis and Bhu-mandalas and Sun sutras and get down to it: Advice from An Old Farmer Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life

[FairfieldLife] Re: Anyone Lacking Common Sense?

2015-11-07 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
And from over on Snopes. Very cute "My father in law is an old farmer. He’s given me some advice. It was more like: Don’t try to fix a broken porchlight in a rainstorm. Corrolary: Disconnect power to the sprinkler system before fiddling with the wiring. If you wear longer socks, th

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sudden Awakening and Gradual Cultivation

2015-11-08 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, interesting. I remember years ago reading something of this guy and wondering how one could be an "enlightened drunk." I figured his followers were deluded. I saw a show on WS Merwin last year, on his life in Hawaii, his role as a "poet activist", and what he has done with his "prope

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sudden Awakening and Gradual Cultivation

2015-11-08 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes, certainly defies logic. And yet, there was *something* that drew in the students. Joni Mitchell wrote a song. She discusses a meeting with him here also. Joni Mitchell - Refuge Of The Roads - lyrics http://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=7 Joni Mitchell - Refuge Of The Roads -

[FairfieldLife] Re: Coming Home to Meditating Fairfield, Iowa

2015-11-12 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Lovely rendition of a "come to Jesus" hymn. Looks like they are having a very good time. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Sacred Harp 29t Fairfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLTNlzsIrXQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLTNlzsIrXQ Sacred Harp 29t Fairfield https://

[FairfieldLife] Re: One More...

2015-11-19 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Appreciate this and the previous one and the previous one and the previous oneMay the force against fear mongering (i.e. voice of reason) prevail. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote :

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Lord

2015-11-20 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I don't think this statement would ever apply here in the U.S. as a general fact, even in the best of circumstances. "Justin Trudeau's campaign pledge to resettle refugees in Canada helped sweep him into the prime minister's office last month." ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrot

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Lord

2015-11-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Mike, check your facts. You must be reading those "political rags that contain lies to create fear in fear-based individuals" again. Politico here addresses your inaccurate assumptions and statements below. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/nov/19/politifact-sheet-5-quest

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Lord

2015-11-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Correction: "Politifact" ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Mike, check your facts. You must be reading those "political rags that contain lies to create fear in fear-based individuals" again. Politico here addresses your inaccurate assumptions and statements below. htt

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Lord

2015-11-21 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
To combat the fear that letting in refugees is tantamount to letting in active terrorists, here is the fact: Of the Syrian refugees admitted so far, half are children, according to administration officials http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/11/249613.htm. The group is about 50/50 men and w

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Lord

2015-11-22 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well, Mike, I was teasing you. My sense of humor doesn't always translate well to paper; you don't know me well. What I said was"Of course, it isn't absolute all the time—that doesn't translate to "anyone can claim anything.and get in"(what you said). 8 Facts About the U

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Lord

2015-11-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
One commentator I heard suggested that we put the refugees that come here to the U.S. in refugee camps until they can be returned home. I can say that if I was a refugee and fleeing the U.S. (which I'd like to do at times), I'd prefer to be relocated to a relatively *safe* democracy with simila

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Life in Tibet..

2015-11-23 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Five Steps to Mindfulness - Mindful http://www.mindful.org/five-steps-to-mindfulness/ http://www.mindful.org/five-steps-to-mindfulness/ Five Steps to Mindfulness - Mindful http://www.mindful.org/five-steps-to-mindfulness/ “Breathing in, I know that I am breathing in.” Mindfulness can tra

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: It's Only a Matter of Time

2015-11-24 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Trump gets ever more base in his bigotry — and yet, with few and intermittent exceptions, rival candidates, party leaders and GOP lawmakers decline to call him out. So he continues to rise, benefiting from tacit acceptance of his intolerance. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yo

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Lord

2015-11-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: "I find it cruel to uproot entire populations and plant them in a completely foreign culture." Mike, what are you trying to say here? It's an odd statement to me. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Judy, the 18-19 Saudis that were responsible for 9/11 had been here for a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Lord

2015-11-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re: Re: "I find it cruel to uproot entire populations and plant them in a completely foreign culture." It sounds like you think there is some terrorist conspiracy going to "uproot entire populations" in the middle east and "plant them" in the U.S and Europe. If the refugees were going to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Lord

2015-11-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Mike, you may consider my comparison an analogy. Considering there are about 7.3 billion people on the planet—are you assuming 7 billion of them (all but the 300+ million in the US) want to come to the U.S.? No wonder you're worried. Re: "One doesn't throw in the towel and say let me star

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Lord

2015-11-25 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Interesting article on Molenbeek: Molenbeek broke my heart http://www.politico.eu/article/molenbeek-broke-my-heart-radicalization-suburb-brussels-gentrification/ http://www.politico.eu/article/molenbeek-broke-my-heart-radicalization-suburb-brussels-gentrification/ Molenbeek broke my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well?

2015-11-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
"The refugees themselves, fleeing war and extremism, are not strong supporters of the most violent groups: if they were, they would have stayed in Iraq or Syria...The actual security risks now are low, but the potential ones are considerable if the refugee crisis is handled poorly. Policing,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Well?

2015-11-30 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I think there is a lot to be said for policies that address the transition and relocation and stability of these migrants.I doubt that "kowtowing to every demand" is listed as a policy. It makes sense that the refugees did not migrate with a desire to radicalize. The WSJ article al

[FairfieldLife] Racing Extinction

2015-12-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Well done and beautifully filmed documentary on Discovery tonight. Totally worth the watch. Racing Extinction http://racingextinction.com http://racingextinction.com Racing Extinction http://racingextinction.com Discovery premieres Academy Award-Winner Louie Psihoyos’s Racing E

[FairfieldLife] Guns and Mass Shootings Article

2015-12-02 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
11 essential facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/18/11-essential-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-the-united-states/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/18/11-essential-facts-about-guns-and-mass-s

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fat shaming

2015-12-03 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Interesting. I read a good book awhile ago re: the Channel Islanders called "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society." ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : The extract shows that initially, very restricted food has health benefits (not for elderly folk particularly) but brin

Re: [FairfieldLife] I Love These Guys...

2015-12-04 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
And a good day to you all! Monty Python- Lumberjack Song FULL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZa26_esLBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZa26_esLBE Monty Python- Lumberjack Song FULL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZa26_esLBE Comment and rate. Thanks The Lumberjack Song, in all its g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh Great....

2015-12-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Gun sales always increase (in the US) after mass shootings; fear is the great motivator. It always floors me that some people think the answer is more guns, more people carrying guns. Here's another one President of Liberty University Urges Students to Get Gun Permits http://www.nytimes

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Great....

2015-12-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The answer is to fan the flames of fear and arm the increasingly paranoid. Right, Mike? Why appeal to reason, to logic? Stoking the dark side/base instincts of human nature is not conducive to living in a civilized society. It breeds extremism; the exact thing you are most afraid of. --

Re: [FairfieldLife] Oh Great....

2015-12-06 Thread emily.ma...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Hmmmthis is interesting.what are you thinking here? Who might be thwarted from taking over the government because citizens are armed? Re: And I still argue that the right for a citizen, even ones I disagree with, has prevented the US from being taken over in a coup d'etat." ---In

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