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Nice response Bob Live bliss ! See bliss! Give bliss! Have a beautiful world! Enjoy your days! There is so much beauty in the world! - In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "It's just a ride" > <bill.hicks.all.a.ride@> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:54 PM, bob_brigante > no_re...@...: > > > > > > > > > > > Iowa City is only about 50K population, so this is kind of > surprising: > > > > > > IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - There is some disagreement among operators of > 2 > > > fast-food restaurants over the safety of delivering pizza to a > section of > > > Iowa City after two armed robberies of delivery drivers. > > > > > > A Pizza Pit delivery driver was robbed Aug. 29 in southeast Iowa > City, the > > > same area where a restaurant delivery woman was robbed late Monday. > While no > > > one was arrested in the first robbery, authorities say two men are > in > > > custody for the second crime. > > > > > > Dan Alexander, the manager of the Pizza Pit said Wednesday his > restaurant > > > will not deliver to southeast Iowa City. > > > > > > However, the manager of a Pizza Hut located near the neighborhood > says > > > he'll continue to deliver to the area. Bob Crandall says his drivers > carry > > > little cash and are trained to know their delivery area and be wary > of > > > suspicious activity. > > > > > > Information from: Iowa City Press-Citizen, > http://www.press-citizen.com/ > > > > > > > Have you been to Iowa city? I'm something of an urbanologist. I > explore > > the best and worse parts of a town, on foot. Iowa City looks to have > > population strata no different than similar towns. > > > > I was living in Iowa City in 1991 when that Chinese guy killed a bunch U > of I folks: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Iowa_shooting > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Iowa_shooting> > > Iowa City has always had a substantial undercurrent of violence, > including its sometimes triggerhappy cops, like this disgusting incident > in 96: > > http://state29.blogspot.com/2006/09/jay-shaw-responds-to-insensitive-iow\ > a.html > <http://state29.blogspot.com/2006/09/jay-shaw-responds-to-insensitive-io\ > wa.html> > > There are a number of neighborhoods around the country where pizza is > not delivered because of the level of violence, and those neighborhoods > are almost always African-American. I didn't know that IC had a 'hood, > but I guess the Southeast is a black neighborhood: > > http://snipurl.com/rk45r <http://snipurl.com/rk45r> > [www_press-citizen_com] > > > > Wait a minute. Wasn't Iowa City in the news a few months ago because > thugs > > were beating up on and stealing money from college bar patrons outside > the > > bars? All this within a block or two of Health and Wellness/Iowa City > > Capital of the Age of Enlightenment and purveyor of all things with > > Maharishi's particular stamp on them. > > > > > > > > > The wheel is moving but the hamster is dead. > > > > > > > > Whatever way that people want to live, they get to live -- therefore, > the violence and stupidity of the Kaliyuga, because that is what people > want to do, and the infinite flexibility of Brahman means that people > get what they want. The Kaliyuga is slated to last another 427,000 > years, but it can be terminated early, just as the life of a man who is > full of wrongdoing is full of disease and easily put to an end. > > However, the Kaliyuga is not ended because the majority of people want > it to end -- it's not a democratic decision where it's put to a vote. > The Kaliyuga ends because people who expand their awareness and live > lives full of bliss , instead of violence and misery, feel the pressure > of unhappiness from wrongdoers, and begin to silently appeal to Krishna > to protect them. Krishna then comes to earth as the 10th incarnation of > Vishnu in the Yugic cycle, Lord Kalki, and moves the unrighteous to > another location so that they can continue to live hell, but just not > hell on earth -- an eminently fair solution. > > The problem in ending the Kaliyuga early is that this transition cannot > happen quickly, or the reaction from the ignorant and unhappy will douse > the transition before the critical mass of righteous and happy people is > reached which will invoke Krishna's appearance. > > So just practice patience and good humor, and the Sat Yuga will > eventually roll around...even if it takes another 427K yrs. > > Bob > > http://purnakama.web.officelive.com/default.aspx > <http://purnakama.web.officelive.com/default.aspx> >
