I find your points to be quite off the mark and restrict my critique to the simple observation that almost all of the points credit Bush jr with being far more than he is.
"manipulative masterminds" & "glorious leader type personalities": Bush is neither glorious nor a leader type, he defaulted into his current position as Team Cheney's errand boy by having a father that was once president "experts at re-framing realities in a way that is all but unassailable": try Bush's speech writers - the man himself is barely able to read off a cue card. '"moral purists" who demand a "perfect world"': if Bush jr comes across like this today, it's only because someone told him to say this. It's not the man --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2 snips: > From: anonymousff > > FWIW, in numerous lectures at the first Mallorca TTC, Jan-June, 1971, > Maharishi told us (many times) that we should get rid of as many bad > habits as possible before CC because they wouldn't go away just > because we were enlightened. He said clearly we take our bad habits > with us. > This speaks volumes to me now, close to 35 years later, when we are > all (or at least many) finally realizing that appearing to be > saintly-whether strictly the *look* of saintliness, the pretty words > of enlightenment from a real saint or a poseur-may be nothing but the > Emperor's new new clothes. > > Tom T: > As a nation addicted to power and cheap oil we have the best leader we > could ever want. Bush the addict is leading us down the slippery slope > to the bottom that all addicts eventually find as the only way out. > Who else to lead us all there but the epitome of the dangerous addict > who will do anything he has to do to maintain his source. All addicts > protect their source and the ability to satisfy the craving. Old Bushy > here is in the same mode. Just watch him, clever and lying like hell > to keep the whole deal rolling forward. We are along for the ride. > Hope we all learn something and that it doesn't have to be total > bottom for all of us. Tom > > COMMENT: > Both Bush and Maharishi display certain characteristics > of manipulative masterminds. We can only feel sorry for > those poor victims who have hitched their wagons to these > (sic) glorious leader type personalities. These types are > frequently found in leadership roles in businesses such as > Enron, etc. Psychologists would probably label this > personality type as the "Big Thinker" type. > The "Big Thinker" goes through life inspiring and > motivating others, but at the same time, wreaking havoc > chaos, destruction and even death on those who have been > unfortunate enough to join the team. > > IMO, similar characteristics shared by both Bush > and Maharishi include: > > 1. An intention to grasp and utilise the the resources of others > for their own ends and glorification - it may be > YOUR time and/or YOUR assets, and/or YOUR future. > > 2. Persistently living in a fantasy world which has no > relation whatsoever to the real world. > > 3. They are moral purists who demand a "perfect world" > and they resent and rebel if it doesn't meet their > self-defeatingly high standards. > > 4. The ability to project and to blame others, while at > the same time cunningly avoiding responsibility for > one's own failings and mistakes. Natural consequences > and reality feedback are anathema to them. > They are compulsively responsibility avoident. > > 5. They place insatiable demands and expections on others. > Everyone around them is subject to endless intrusion > and manipulation. They also want a discount on everything, > and they haggle constantly. > > 6. They define eveything on their own terms, and > they demand to make and change all the rules of > any system or situation at whim. They are totally > into arbitraty control. > > 7. They are always dreaming the impossible dream and > then acting on it as if it were reality. They are > "scheme in the sky" grandiose, and they live in a > dream world of stated intentions, promises, and > fantasies. They are all ego, self-aggrandising, > expoitative, and super-status and recognition > conscious. > > 8. They are intensely concerned with "looking good" > and they use their pseudo perfectionism to go after > illusory statusful goals, seeking always to be > seen with the "right" people. > > 9. They use approval witholding, mild disapproval, > and selective approval-bestowing as extremely > effective manipulation control tactics. > > 10. They are notoriously charming and charismatic, > and they are able to "charm the pants off everyone" > to get their own way. > > 11. They have a huge reservoir of rage that is > sugar coated in a smiling vengeance trip that > will be activated by your attempts to bring some > sense to the situation, often disguised in > new age or spiritual rationalizations and concepts. > > 12. They often remain totally incommunicado and > uncontactable. > > 13. They are experts at re-framing realities in > a way that is all but unassailable. In short, > they are brilliant bullshit manipulation-masters. > > > The way to burst the bubble of this type of delusional > personality is to STOP CO-OPERATING WITH THEM. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
