I am confused. Is "mcjrich" the author of this piece and is the same person as "Norman Horowitz"?
Or is it someone named "Norman Horowitz" and the poster "mcjrich" reproducing it for our benefit from some other source on the web? Please, poster, make clear your sources. --- In [email protected], mcjrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I should have known 25 years ago that I had lived in southern > California too long when I "studied" Transcendental Meditation (TM). > I was given my "Mantra" (sounds to be used during meditation) and > told that it was mine alone, and not to be shared with anyone. It is > still secret, and no one in the world other then my TM "teacher" and > I know what it is. > > About fifty years ago the Pope declared that "the Jews" were not > responsible for the death of Christ. The then existent "mantra" was > that if something bad happened, it was "the Jews "who did it. > Shortly after that I heard a terrible racist joke about an older > Jewish woman who lived is a Bronx apartment. She opened her window > on the alley and shouted up two floors to her friend: "Blanche, did > you hear"? And Blanche replied "Hear what"? "We didn't kill Christ" > Blanche says, "we didn't, then who did? Her friend replies, "I don't > know, but it must have been the Puerto Ricans". The punch line could > easily have been "the communists". If it were today the answer could > have been the "terrorists". > > Starting in, I expect the late 40's the Government developed its own > mantra that they too would repeat over and over again as we would > repeat our mantra while meditating and it was no secret, it was > communism, or communists. > > Most of the Americans were called upon to blame whatever bad stuff > happened in the world on the communists. > The Berlin wall? . The Communists. > The Korean War? The Communists > Evil motion pictures? . The Communists > Eastern European dictatorships? The Communists > The Vietnam War? The Communists > Labor Unions? .. The Communists > The Soviet Union? The Communists > The Viet Cong? .. The Communists > > And so it was, and it went on and on. By the way, I never did > understand how the Vietnamese people who were fighting against the > French and then the American occupation of THEIR country (sort of > like the Iraqis today) carried the dreaded mantra of "communists". > They wanted what we wanted, a better life and "freedom" for > themselves and their children from foreign (American) occupation and > domination. > > Events in the 21st century have allowed our government to create a > few new mantras for us, and repeat them over and over again. They > are, "9/11, terror. Terrorists, and terrorism". > > OK, so they want to invoke a threat or two into our lives, fine. Be > alert! Be vigilant! Swell. However this is not what the > administration is doing. They are using 9/11 and all forms of > terrorism as reasons to deny us our previously uncontested > protections against the government. The government owns "the biggest > shredder" around, and they are using it on our constitution > > The "Patriot Act" and all of its "permissions" to spy on ordinary > citizens is an affront to each and every one of us. Protect us, to > whatever extent is reasonable, of course, but to do what they are > doing in order to "spy on us" is not. Congress is debating the > renewal of the act, and many of them are declaring that if we don't > renew and expand the act that we certainly will be attacked. > Borrowing from a fifties mantra of "I'd rather be dead then red", > how about "I would rather violate our constitution then be attacked > by a terrorist". It would be acceptable to become a fascist state > dependent upon "big brother" then to risk being killed by a > terrorist. > > What in heavens name is wrong with the notion that if you want to do > so many of these things that you go before a judge, and ASK? > > It is time for me to resume my TM and meditate regularly, and hope > the Defense Department does not consider either it or me as a > potential threat as a terrorist, or perhaps one who supports terror! > > Norman Horowitz > > > Bio: Norman Horowitz > A broad-based senior executive with almost 50 years of diverse media > experience, he has been actively involved in all aspects of the > telecommunications industry from the early days of worldwide > television through the development of cable, satellite, internet, as > well as other forms of digital delivery, (wireless, game platforms > etc). > > His entry into the entertainment industry was with the editorial > department of Screen Gems in 1956. He then moved to the > International Sales division of the company in 1960 as Assistant to > the VP/GM. He was appointed Vice President of the division in 1965 > and left the company in 1968 to join CBS as Director of > International Sales. After the spin-off of the CBS syndication > activities in 1970, Norman returned to Columbia Pictures Television > (Screen Gems) and became President of their worldwide distribution > company in 1976. > > In 1980, he was appointed President and COO of Polygram Television, > a joint-venture company he founded with Phillips and Siemens. In > 1984, Polygram abandoned all of its film activities and he formed > his own distribution company, which operated until 1986. > > He was then recruited by MGM/UA to become President and CEO of a > wholly owned subsidiary, MGM/UA Telecommunications Company. He > supervised MGM/UA worldwide companies dealing in home video, pay, > pay-per-view, and syndicated television, as well as licensing and > merchandising. He was also responsible for all production activities > for these entities. When MGM/UA was sold, he left and reformed his > own company. > > He co-created the Cable Dating Network as well as an early Internet > start-up Rxinfo.com. The TV Food Network, Media Assets, Media > Resources, MGM/UA, Star TV, The Don Bluth Company and many others > have retained him as a consultant. > > He was a consultant for PanAmSat and their streaming subsidiary, > Net/36. As a content and program executive he worked with studios > and broadcasters to reposition their content in a variety of ways > for broadband streaming. > > He has consulted with a variety of companies who are either buying > or selling film libraries. He specializes in doing valuations > of "Content". He has also arranged production and co-production > financing for a large number of U.S. and overseas production > companies. > > Norman has been an adjunct professor at the UCLA Graduate Business > and Film Schools, as well as an associate professor at California > State University, Northridge. He has also been a guest-lecturer at > UC Berkeley, NYU, Pepperdine University, USC, Cal State Fullerton, > UCLA, and St. Peter's College. > > He has been a long-term director and fellow of the Television > Academy's International Council. He was a member of the Board of > Governors and a frequent guest speaker and panelist at the BANFF > Television Festival and a moderator and panelist at other multimedia > industry events. > > Articles that he has authored have been published in the Los Angeles > Times, Variety, Broadcasting and Cable and Television Week. > > He was born in New York City in 1932. He served in the US Air Force > during the Korean War as an Electronics Instructor. Following his > air force service, he attended and graduated from the RCA Institute > in New York with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He currently > resides in Beverly Hills, California. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Drugs Don't Discriminate. Get help for yourself or someone you know. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0I.OUB/ZbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
