> Most of the western world went along with the idea that it would > be quick and painless and we'd be rid of a vile dictator and be > able to control the oil supply much easier. *>*
We got rid of the vile dictator but in reality Iraq oil production decreased following the Iraq War. Apparently none of the government officials, were in a position to benefit from oil and energy policy decisions. Most of the oil contracts went to Russia and China after the war. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:13 AM, salyavin808 <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Scorpion Nation? Ah, that takes me back. 2005 it was, the TMO in the UK > had always been strong, and generous, we had three large academies, a > purpose built town and a network of lively centres. Marshy's favourite > group of devotees, always willing to cough up for yagyas and any other > project that came along. Quite the role model for a perfect society you'd > think. > > I was living in a TM centre at the time, not as a devotee, I just needed > somewhere to live. They had closed all the academies to pay for the pundit > project and encourage us to build vastu ones. Even the one I lived in > which was pretty annoying but there you are. But I wasn't a believer at > that point, not by a long stretch. I'd seen enough fraud and flakery and > was there strictly as a "take what you need and leave the rest" type. And > even that was wearing thin, I was having to avoid all broadcasts on the > Marshy channel because they made my skin crawl, except for the weekly press > conference. Wish I'd taped some of that, that would be youtube gold. > Especially the one where Marshy said that the reason the US hadn't caught > Bin Laden was because of our coherence creating and laughed! A surreal and > disturbing moment and Hagelin tried to deny he'd meant that but the > journalist wasn't convinced, me neither. > > Anyway, after the Iraq invasion Marshy decided that was the last straw and > called the office at Skem to tell the assembled governors that he was > closing the movement in the UK as our national consciousness was too > poisonous to deserve what he was offering. Amid all the wailing, tears > and protests Marshy asked if there was any good reason why he shouldn't. > Wish I'd been there to answer that, first there is the obvious illogic of > the "feeding nectar to the scorpion" if the ME worked then we need more TM > not less. If it doesn't work we might as well carry on regardless. The idea > that there is a critical mass whereby the ME is bad until the threshold is > passed and then it becomes good is another layer of madness on top of all > the others. It did him no favours. > > Then there's the political argument. No one *liked* Tony Blair, he just > wasn't as bad as the opposition. That's how democracy works, it's a crap > system of government but better than the alternative. Nobody prioritised > war when they voted as every party was in favour anyway. Most of the > western world went along with the idea that it would be quick and painless > and we'd be rid of a vile dictator and be able to control the oil supply > much easier. > > I don't know what the real reason was, maybe Marshy actually believed his > delusions about the world, maybe he felt he had to act like it was all real > regardless of whether it made sense or not. Maybe he was just nuts at that > point, but he'd done it before with Denmark (?) for something to do with > the national leader saying the wrong thing, can't remember what happened > but it was well trivial. The whole concept is petty and spiteful and really > upset a lot of friends of mine who sincerely believe all this stuff. It > seemed like a sort of megalomania but he gave everyone the idea he was > doing it for their own good. Narcissism? Paranoia? They say he tripled the > price because a group of teachers from the UK asked him to lower it. > > Anyway, I laughed when I heard about Scorpion land. It was the icing on > the cake really. I went off Marshy very early on, I didn't believe a word > of the vedic "science" I thought Tony Nader and John Hagelin were either > insane or lying. I couldn't watch 10 minutes of the channel without > shuddering in terror. Then I heard about the Kaplan letter and joined FFL > so I could read it in the files section. And then I thought I'd make just > one post.... > > > ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : > > > Sal, having been highly entertained by some references you have made > regarding the "scorpion nation" deal, I wanted to ask if you remember where > you were and what your reaction was upon hearing of the Old Goat's > condemnation of your country? Just curious. > > >
