--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From someone > > Subject: 14th October latest news from > 15th October 2006 USA > > Dear Friends, > We had just heard then that yet again the US Embassy had refused > visas for the Pandits, and Maharishi had just declare that we were > to complete this project alone > But the most amazing, sudden, inexplicable change was in the US > Embassy in India. They changed their minds and have decided to grant > visas to 2,000 Indian pandits to come here to Vedic City. They have > even set up the Embassy on "Emergency stations" so they can fulfil > this promise as fast as possible. Starting last week, our Pandits > are going 50 a day to the Embassy, and this will continue until all > 2,000 are through. Each of them is telling the Embassy that they are > going to US to create Invincibility for the Nation. It seems the > Embassy staff are completely sold out on the idea and totally awed > by the depth of peace and gentleness of these young men. > > The pandits are aged from 20 to early 30's. They are considered > senior pandits with 8 to 10 years experience.
************* What could account for the sudden change in the State Dept's willingness to grant visas to the pundits? After years of denying visas because the pundits were poor, and just a couple weeks ago, denying the Rajas' request for two thousand pundit visas, it just does not seem credible that U.S. consular officials decided to discard visa guidelines and admit a bunch of poor people to the U.S. (about half of the 12 million people illegally in the U.S. are people who overstayed their visas, which is why the U.S. wants to see proof that visa applicants have some financial reason to go back to their home country when their visa expires). I'm sure that Howard Settle gave several millions to the TMO, who in turn gave it to the pundits to open bank accounts (possibly with the understanding that when the pundits return to India after two years, they will pass on the money to the next wave of pundits to apply for visas. http://geocities.com/bbrigante/updates2006.html 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/
