--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <jpgillam@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I heard on the radio yesterday that public support > > > for George W. Bush and the Republican Party is > > > trending up, thanks in part to falling gasoline prices. > > > When I heard that, I thought of all those rosy "Age > > > of Enlightenment News" reports from the Global > > > Country of World Peace, crediting TM superradiance > > > with rising positivity. If those cause-effect > > > correlations are valid, Maharishi is contributing to > > > the re-election of Republicans in November's elections. > > > > It's trending up, but not by much. > > > > I don't think that Patrick's point is whether or not there is a > significant rise in support for Bush as opposed to how the TMO > assigns cause and effect. > > If we hold upward trends such as the rise in the stock market or the > lowering of crude prices as a "good" thing and that these > alleged "good" things spill over into support for whomever is in > office at the time then the silly "the ME is responsible for all > these good things" reasoning must necessarily mean that it is also > responsible for support for whomever is in office at the time.
Yes, I'm aware of that. The point being that the ME is *not* supporting the Republicans, or at least not enough at this point to give them an edge in the elections, gas prices or no gas prices. On their own, falling gas prices are good for consumers, but they aren't going to help the Republicans much because voters' primary concern is Iraq. > I think Patrick's point is: what's good for the goose is good for > the gander and if we're going to play the ME effect game well we > have to take the good with the bad. Yes indeedy. And in this case the "bad" is that the situation in Iraq is getting worse, not better. If the Dems beat the crap out of the Republicans in the elections, it'll be at the expense of the Iraqis and our troops, at least in the short term. Long term, on the other hand, it may end up being better for everyone (everyone who's still alive and in one piece, at any rate). > >The media, as > > is their wont, are making a huge deal of the "Bush > > bounce"--a measly couple of points into the low 40s, > > a miserable rating for an incumbent--but as of 9/14, > > the Democratic lead for the midterms is holding firm, > > 50 to 39 if the election were held today, according > > to Pew. > > > > If superradiance were generating significant > > improvements in the situation in Iraq, Democrats > > would have to start worrying about the elections, > > but--unfortunately for the beleaguered Iraqis and > > our exhausted troops--it ain't. > > > > See this DailyKos diary for an analysis of recent > > polls: > > > > http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/15/9104/83291 > > > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
