[FairfieldLife] Obama
Was this included in what Maharishi meant when he said his work was done?
[FairfieldLife] Re: From the Los Angeles Times-Ayurvedic Medicines Often Contaminated By Toxic Metal
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bob_brigante wrote: If you order products from MAPI in Colorado Springs, I'm sure you're OK -- they claim that they test all products imported from India both before shipment and on arrival in the U.S.: http://mapi.com/en/qualitycontrol/index.html http://mapi.com/en/qualitycontrol/index.html However, MAPI USA was negligent in not warning people about not ordering direct from MAPI companies in India, which apparently don't test and have the heavy metal problems, which is why MAPI USA was sued (by a longtime movement stalwart living in Vedic City) for failure to warn about these problems: http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20848/maharishi-ayurveda http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20848/maharishi-ayurveda I almost ordered stuff from MAPI-INDIA via a banner ad that I saw, and I certainly would have pissed if I had bought this stuff -- I use unleaded in my car, and that's definitely my preference in food supplements too. The big problem is that our increasingly moronic citizenry (partly by too much fluoride and mercury in other things) will want to ban ayurveda altogether. Do you really expect them to understand that what is being talked about is the preparations that contain metals? They certainly can't ban preparations that contain just herbs like ginger, cinnamon, cardomon, etc, but don't underestimate the ability for big pharma to manipulate the ignorance of the public. Currently, Federal law is very favorable towards dietary supplements: While pharmaceutical companies are required to prove the safety or effectiveness of their products, supplement manufacturers are not, and the FDA can take action only after a dietary supplement has been proven harmful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_supplement Yeah, there may be some blowback over this ayurveda/heavy metal thing, but I don't think so. There are too few people interested in AV for there to be widespread concern, I believe, and although people do express an interest in greater regulation of dietary supplements, lobbying efforts by the supplement industry have been very successful, abetted by the wariness that most people have towards Western organized medicine and big pharma.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 430 Gay executions in liberated Iraq.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: Amazing that even in a topic completely unrelated to TM and MMY, this poster still feels compelled to launch an attack. Amazing that although I commented on *Maharishi*, not you, you feel you have to respond as if I had attacked you. Some attachment issues goin' on? :-) Most amazing of all, there is *absolutely nothing* in Feste's post that suggests he took Barry's attack on MMY personally. Barry made that up out of whole cloth, as he does most of his attacks on TMers. I see that Ms. I Don't Care What Anyone Says, I'm Still Going To Throw My Vote Away To Spite Obama For Having W..W..W..Won The Nomination is having as enjoyable a vacation as she always does, and has as meaningful and content-filled things to contribute to FFL as she always does. :-) Even *Feste* realized that he had responded to me basically *telling the truth about Maharishi* and then extrapolating on that truth NOT by posting something to counter what I said about him, but by ATTACKING ME. I called him on his classic True Believer behavior, and in his next post he belatedly said something with some actual content about what I actually said about MMY. That followup post, presenting his view of why he didn't think that Maharishi was as homophobic as I do, was completely appropriate and I said nothing in reply BECAUSE it was appropriate. The first post, attacking me but with zero content, I pointed out as what it was -- classic TM TB kneejerkism. Now Judy is angry with me for pointing it out. Please note that JUDY doesn't say anything to counter what I said about Maharishi, either. All she does is jerk her ugly knees. :-) Feste got his somebody said something I don't like about Maharishi buttons pushed, and reacted the way he'd been taught to, by the TMO and by role models for this kind of mindless behavior on FFL, like...dare I say it...Judy herself. He reacted NOT by addressed the criticism itself but by trying to trash the critic. And please note that Judy's ONLY reason for ...uh...contributing to this thread is once again to trash the critic. She says abso- lutely NOTHING about the original criticism. She can't, because 1) she was never there in the room with Maharishi to hear what he said about gays, and 2) if she was honest with herself she'd agree with me, based on what she *has* heard second hand, that he *was* rabidly homophobic. The ONLY thing she finds worth saying, up at 1:00 a.m. in the morning with a screaming need to trash someone, anyone, is to replay another of her endless Gotta Trash Barry posts. This behavior is getting even older than she is, and that's OLD. :-) To be honest, that is why I posted what I did in the first place. I wanted to see who was still so lost in TM True Believer Mode that they'd come out of the woodwork to shoot the messenger over a comment about Maharishi that is basically TRUE. Feste's response to my comment about MMY *was* an attack on me. That's ALL it was. There was no other content in his post. There was no other content in Judy's post. This is how they responded. Me suggesting that the REASON they respond this way is that they cannot tell the difference between someone saying critical about MMY or another TMer and someone attacking them personally is conjecture. But I'll still stand on that conjecture, because their everyday behavior screams it more loudly than any of their pathetic attempts to deny it.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Does God Favor Obama?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dobson and other evangelicals have been asking for the past few weeks for their followers to pray for rain tonite during Obama's outdoor speech. But the forecast is for nice weather in denver. Plus hurricane gustav is now predicted to hit near new orleans next week, just in time to distract from the start of the republican convention and remind the country about how competent the heck of a job republicans are. What does this tell you about who God is supporting??? God is much bigger than the Repubican agenda, which is the agenda of ego reinforcement. Reminds me what the H-man decided to invade Russia; I wonder what God H-man was praying to: The God of Division and Mockery. I wonder what God General Eisenhower, when on the fateful 'D-Day; The weather was 'touch and go'... General Eisenhower to decided to go, and take the beach at Normandy... This was the turning point of WWII. The time of the divisive politics of Rove and Dobson and Bush and Reagan and all of those who pray to the 'God of Ego'... Their days have ended. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was this included in what Maharishi meant when he said his work was done? So many 'torches' have been passed in recent months; To a new generation of leadership... I remember on the emotional day the Maharishi passed, It was on Tues, Feb 5th... In a place far away, in the Country that Maharishi had called the: 'Most creative country in the world'... That day, was also called 'Super-Tuesday' in American politics. That was the turning point, when Barck Obama became a viable candidate, and so this was the timing, that I remember clearly. And is documented by history. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] 'Hillary Played the 'Alpha-Male Card'
In this election, Hillary played the 'Alpha Male' big-time! She was going to prove, that she was a 'Tough and Alpha'- As any man; She downed that whiskey shot, like John Wayne. She dodged bullets in foriegn lands, Someone said, She has the 'Balls to be President. Many of her fans were typicl man-haters Hillary was challenged to compete with a candidate who has his masculine and feminine side balanced. The Clinton's mixed up feminine and masuline energy, manifested itself within her campaign, as the theme flopped from advisor to advisor, no one in charge...no central theme. Her husband freaked out, that his Over the top alpha attack, and he attempted to minimize the damage, but the damage was done. Clinton lost his magic, he was the angry past president. What went wrong with the Clinton campaign, is the same problem the Bush team has had... In attempting to be the leader- 'The Alpha-Male of the Bushie Clan... It revealed itself to be an empty shell with Shakti on empty. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] 'Rachael Maddow- Alpha Female'
Rachael Maddon is one of those rare breeds, that has the bravery, to stand up to the Opposition, and is a perfect balance to challenge the subtle BS., that can sometimes slide by the less aware. I think she is a hard working devoted reported, and I wish her well, in her new positon, with MSNBC and the main competetors of 'The Fox Brainwashing Machine' R.G.
[FairfieldLife] 'Om Namah Shivaya'
This is the mantra, that Muktananda used on all of his literature... Also, what about 'ET'- Remember how important it was for him to phone OM. Using the sound OM out load, and seeing how long you can extend your voice. This cultures the ability to develope your voice, and strengthen your ability to hold a note for a long time. It is a way to find your 'Natural Voice' also... Find the voice quality and pitch, which you can extend for the longest time. This is your natural voice; not too high or low. It can help your singing voice. AAA MMM can especially be extended in this way, to see how long you can extend your voice; after practice, you will be surprise, at how long you can go... Doing this with more than one person is fun also. 'Go OM, Jo jo..'
[FairfieldLife] 'David Brooks Converts'
My fellow Americans, it is an honor to address the Democratic National Convention at this defining moment in history. We stand at a crossroads at a pivot point, near a fork in the road on the edge of a precipice in the midst of the most consequential election since last year’s “American Idol.” One path before us leads to the past, and the extinction of the human race. The other path leads to the future, when we will all be dead. We must choose wisely. We must close the book on the bleeding wounds of the old politics of division and sail our ship up a mountain of hope and plant our flag on the sunrise of a thousand tomorrows with an American promise that will never die! For this election isn’t about the past or the present, or even the pluperfect conditional. It’s about the future, and Barack Obama loves the future because that’s where all his accomplishments are. We meet today to pass the torch to a new generation of Americans, a generation that came of age amidst iced chais and mocha strawberry Frappuccinos®, a generation with a historical memory that doesn’t extend back past Coke Zero. We meet today to heal the divisions that have torn this country. For we are all one country and one American family, whether we are caring and thoughtful Democrats or hate-filled and war-crazed Republicans. We must bring together left and right, marinara and carbonara, John and Elizabeth Edwards. On United we stand, on US Airways, there’s a 25-minute delay. Ladies and gentleman, I never expected to be speaking before you today. Like so many of our speakers at this convention, I come from a hard-working, middle-class family. I was leading a miserable little life, but, nevertheless, overcame great odds to live the American Dream. My great-grandfather fought in Patton’s Army, along with Barack Obama’s great-grand uncles’ fourth cousin once removed. As a child, I was abandoned by my parents and lived with a colony of ants. We didn’t have much in the way of material possession, but we did have each other and the ability to carry far more than our own body weights. When I was young, I was temporarily paralyzed in a horrible anteater accident, but I never gave up my dream: the dream of speaking at a national political convention so my speech could be talked over by Wolf Blitzer and a gang of pundits. And today we Democrats meet in Denver, a suburb of Boulder, a city whose motto is, “A Taxi? You Must be Dreaming.” And in Denver, we Democrats showed America that we have cute daughters who will someday provide us with prestigious car-window stickers. We heard Hillary Clinton’s ringing endorsement of “the weak-looking thin guy who’s bound to lose.” We heard from Joe Biden, whose 643 years in the Senate make him uniquely qualified to talk to the middle class, whose family has been riding the Acela and before that the Metroliner for generations, who has been given a lifetime ban from the quiet car and who is himself a verbal train wreck waiting to happen. We got to know Barack and Michelle Obama, two tall, thin, rich, beautiful people who don’t perspire, but who nonetheless feel compassion for their squatter and smellier fellow citizens. We know that Barack could have gone to a prestigious law firm, like his big donors in the luxury boxes, but he chose to put his ego aside to become a professional politician, president of the United States and redeemer of the human race. We heard about his time as a community organizer, the three most fulfilling months of his life. We were thrilled by his speech in front of the Greek columns, which were conscientiously recycled from the concert, “Yanni, Live at the Acropolis.” We were honored by his pledge, that if elected president, he will serve at least four months before running for higher office. We were moved by his campaign slogan, “Vote Obama: He’s better than you’ll ever be.” We were inspired by dozens of Democratic senators who declared their lifelong love of John McCain before denouncing him as a reactionary opportunist who would destroy the country. No, this country cannot afford to elect John Bushmccain. Under Republican rule, locusts have stripped the land, adults wear crocs in public and MM’s have lost their flavor. We must instead ride to the uplands of hope! For as Barack Obama suggested Thursday night, wherever there is a president who needs to tap our natural-gas reserves, I’ll be there. Wherever there is a need for a capital-gains readjustment for targeted small businesses, I’ll be there. Wherever there is a president committed to direct diplomacy with nuclear proliferators, I’ll be there, too! God bless the Democrats, and God Bless America!
[FairfieldLife] 'Minimal Cross-Winds in Gulf'(Wind Shear)
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[FairfieldLife] 'Pratical-Lean and Tough by Joe Klein'
By JOE KLEIN/DENVER 1 hour, 15 minutes ago Barack Obama's acceptance speech tonight wasn't what people have come to expect from a Barack Obama speech. It wasn't filled with lofty rhetoric or grand cadences. It did not induce tears or euphoria. It didn't have the forced, kitschy call and response tropes - and that's the change we need! - that defaced nearly every other major speech at this convention. At 43 minutes, nailing his dismount at 10:53 pm, it wasn't even very long. It was lean, efficient, practical and very very tough. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['bU_wA0wNBkM-']='U=13fano7uh%2fN%3dbU_wA0wNBkM-%2fC%3d671043.12823007.13099705.1414694%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d4886018%2fV%3d1'; It was the perfect speech for a skeptical nation. In some ways, the heart of it was near the end, when Obama directly confronted a country that has lost faith in government - and an opposing party that preys on that cynicism: I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. And that's to be expected. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things. And you know what - it's worked before. Because it feeds into the cynicism we all have about government. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty. If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping, and settle for what you already know. I get it. He delivered that, I get it, perfectly, conversationally: It said, I know what you guys are thinking. And the rest of the speech - every sentence, every paragraph - reflected that knowledge. His mission was to win over a doubtful nation, to convince us that he was a pragmatist, not a dreamer. Indeed, he used the word dream only once or twice. He didn't even talk about the American Dream. He called it the American Promise. He didn't tell us that he was different from Martin Luther King and the civil rights generation of black leadership; he showed us. He began by setting the predicate, with a sleek prÉcis of the Bush failures and John McCain's complicity. Eight [years] is enough, he said. It was time for a change. His stories of the problems of the people he met along the way, the collateral damage of the Bush presidency, came closest to clichÉ - they weren't nearly as convincing as the stunning parade of Average Americans that preceded his speech, including a laid-off factory worker named Barney Smith who delivered the immortal line, We need a government that cares more about Barney Smith than Smith Barney. But Obama went through his domestic policy solutions to their problems without making it seem like a laundry list - and then he simply hammered John McCain on McCain's perceived strength, foreign policy. This is something that Republicans do and Democrats shy away from - challenging their opponents on perceived strength. At a moment when Americans are sick of the foreign entanglements that John McCain seems to seek at every turn, it seems a potentially profitable maneuver for Obama. Obama went bluntly up into McCain's grill, time and time again - challenging him on the sort of campaign he was running, and especially on the sleazy tactic of questioning Obama's patriotism: The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America – they have served the United States of America. So I've got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first. He delivered that line well, too. In a normal year, a year when the public would have a week or two to digest this night, my guess is that this speech would have a dramatic impact on the race - and it still might. But by tomorrow night, it won't even be the lead story on the evening news. McCain's vice presidential selection will be. And then McCain will have the luxury of going second - batting last - next week, staging a convention that will, no doubt, lacerate Obama and the Democrats and then climax with McCain telling his incredible life story. By this time next week, Obama's speech will be a distant memory to those of us in the media. By this time two weeks from now, I wouldn't be surprised if John McCain were ahead in the polls. But Barack Obama laid down an important marker at Invesco
[FairfieldLife] Re: Obama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie ltm457@ wrote: Was this included in what Maharishi meant when he said his work was done? So many 'torches' have been passed in recent months; To a new generation of leadership... I remember on the emotional day the Maharishi passed, It was on Tues, Feb 5th... In a place far away, in the Country that Maharishi had called the: 'Most creative country in the world'... That day, was also called 'Super-Tuesday' in American politics. That was the turning point, when Barck Obama became a viable candidate, and so this was the timing, that I remember clearly. And is documented by history. R.G. That's certainly an interesting thought, though I think much greater happenings will follow in the footprints of Maharishi than simply a change of a President. AND the fellow is not yet elected. For him to get elected something dramatic must have occurred in the american collective consciousness. I am not yet convinced this has happened though I may be wrong. If it has it certainly is a happy turn of events.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Godless Meditators Democrats
Lawson wroteL Is there something about chruch that it has be in the morning? I know some sects have such requirements, but this sounds like simply complaining for no reason. Most churches have services twice a week. But is there anything in the Bible about going to church on the Sun's Day?
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Pratical-Lean and Tough by Joe Klein'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was the perfect speech for a skeptical nation. In some ways, the heart of it was near the end, when Obama directly confronted a country that has lost faith in government - and an opposing party that preys on that cynicism: I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. And that's to be expected. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. Obama's words make an excellent point, one that a number of us have been trying to make here on FFL. That is, that the language used by his detractors, whether they be dyed-in-the-wool Reduh!licans like BillyG and Shemp, or Nouveau Reduh!licans like Judy, is almost *always* phrased negatively. They're sell- ing FEAR and DISTRUST because they don't have anything else to sell. They go *ballistic* when Obama or anyone on this forum says something that is about what they hope to achieve and plan to achieve, and phrases it in positive terms, as something they are FOR. It's as if their rant buttons get pushed by the very *appearance* of hope and positivity in a speech or in an FFL post. I'm including Judy in the Reduh!lican camp because SHE'S BEEN ACTING LIKE ONE. Can anyone here remember *anything* she has said since this election season started that was phrased positively? Or that ever indicated what she was FOR? I can't. She is seemingly *incapable* of stating what she is for *without* stating what she is against. Her whole campaign to discredit and demonize Obama here (and that IS what it's been) has been an attempt to appeal to the *exact* same emotions that the Reduh!licans use -- fear and distrust. At the same time, does anyone here remember her saying *anything* about the things that the person or persons she is considering voting for instead of Obama will actually do that is *positive*? If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. True when spoken about politics and the Reduh!lican Party. Even truer on Fairfield Life, when someone who paints themselves as a liberal can't find it in themselves to be FOR anything, only AGAINST. And if she claims this isn't true, I DARE her to spend an *entire* post saying *exactly* what she is FOR and what she would like to see achieved for the U.S. and the world in the next four years, and to do so in *completely* positive terms. ANY negativity in the post invalidates it where this dare is concerned, even something like Prosecute the people in the Bush administration who have committed crimes. That's just more negativity and scape- goating. What I'm after in this dare is whether she is CAPABLE of presenting, say, ten things she is FOR, without ONE WORD about what she is AGAINST, or ONE WORD assigning blame or scapegoating or screaming for retribution. I don't think she can do it. I think she'll come up with some excuse to not even try. That's why I call her a Nouveau Reduh!lican. She certainly isn't a Democrat. Democrats can actually put the things they want to achieve into words.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Does God Favor Obama?
Robert wrote: The time of the divisive politics of Rove and Dobson and Bush and Reagan and all of those who pray to the 'God of Ego'...Their days have ended. Wright! Goddamn America. By the time Mr. Wright had finished speaking, he had proved Mr. Axelrod's point. And also one made by Chuck Todd, the NBC political director who summed up Mr. Wright's apologia by paraphrasing a Carly Simon song: You're so vain, I bet you think this campaign is about you. Read more: 'Not Speaking for Obama, Pastor Speaks for Himself, at Length' By Alessandra Stanley New York Times, April 29, 2008 http://tinyurl.com/5945pw
[FairfieldLife] Re: Does God Favor Obama?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert wrote: The time of the divisive politics of Rove and Dobson and Bush and Reagan and all of those who pray to the 'God of Ego'...Their days have ended. Wright! Goddamn America. Maybe you don't get it Tex... Rev. Wright, is the same as your friends Bush, Dobson and McCain... He's the 'Black Version of the same Level of Consciousness'... Barack Obama is at a higher level of Consciousness, than Rev.Wright, George W. Bush and John McCain... Listen, with the two Presidents that got us into to disasterous wars... LBJ and George Bush, Plus the fact that JFK was assasinated in Dallas; I don't have a whole lot of faith in the Collective Consciousness of The State of Texas, and the influence it has on the 'Natives of State of Texas', Which prides itself in being 'Different' than all the other 'Inferior States... Prideful, arrogant and toxic. R.G.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does God Favor Obama?
Any state, town or person that talks about how special or different they are has a bit of an inferiority complex. I remember when I lived in Iowa City, the town next door, Coralville, started a PR campaign for itself with the slogan, Can't hide that Coralville pride. Oh my! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Does God Favor Obama? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 7:51 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert wrote: The time of the divisive politics of Rove and Dobson and Bush and Reagan and all of those who pray to the 'God of Ego'...Their days have ended. Wright! Goddamn America. Maybe you don't get it Tex... Rev. Wright, is the same as your friends Bush, Dobson and McCain... He's the 'Black Version of the same Level of Consciousness'... Barack Obama is at a higher level of Consciousness, than Rev.Wright, George W. Bush and John McCain... Listen, with the two Presidents that got us into to disasterous wars... LBJ and George Bush, Plus the fact that JFK was assasinated in Dallas; I don't have a whole lot of faith in the Collective Consciousness of The State of Texas, and the influence it has on the 'Natives of State of Texas', Which prides itself in being 'Different' than all the other 'Inferior States... Prideful, arrogant and toxic. R.G. 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
[FairfieldLife] Re: Does God Favor Obama/ Obviously!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any state, town or person that talks about how special or different they are has a bit of an inferiority complex. I remember when I lived in Iowa City, the town next door, Coralville, started a PR campaign for itself with the slogan, Can't hide that Coralville pride. Oh my! (sniP) 'Is Texas seperate, in some way, from the rest of the United States...? On some level, do they pride themselves, as Texans first? 'Don't Mess With Texas' 'Is Texas a Police State?' 'Why does Texas execute the most people of any State? 'Why is this?' We all offer our prayers for Texas, Did they steal this land from Mexico? We offer our prayers, to bring a higher vibration to the people of Texas, to throw off the mentality of the 'Military/Corporate takeover of America. We pray this in the Name of Jeshua/Krisha/Moses/Maharishi/Guru Dev... And all other Holy Saints of the Holy Tradition, and all men and women of Peace throughout time, and throughout the world... R.G.
[FairfieldLife] The Positivity Dare -- Turq's Platform
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. True when spoken about politics and the Reduh!lican Party. Even truer on Fairfield Life, when someone who paints themselves as a liberal can't find it in themselves to be FOR anything, only AGAINST. And if she claims this isn't true, I DARE her to spend an *entire* post saying *exactly* what she is FOR and what she would like to see achieved for the U.S. and the world in the next four years, and to do so in *completely* positive terms. ANY negativity in the post invalidates it where this dare is concerned, even something like Prosecute the people in the Bush administration who have committed crimes. That's just more negativity and scape- goating. What I'm after in this dare is whether she is CAPABLE of presenting, say, ten things she is FOR, without ONE WORD about what she is AGAINST, or ONE WORD assigning blame or scapegoating or screaming for retribution. I don't think she can do it. I think she'll come up with some excuse to not even try. That's why I call her a Nouveau Reduh!lican. She certainly isn't a Democrat. Democrats can actually put the things they want to achieve into words. Since I created this dare, I might as well do it myself. I don't claim that the following ten points of the Turq Platform are completely 100% positive, but they are my best shot at positivity given the ten minutes I gave myself to write them, off the top of my head. My bet is that Judy cannot create such a list in ten hours. 1. Create a completely new tax structure that ensures that corporations and non-profit entities like churches that in fact make huge profits cannot avoid paying taxes on those profits. Currently, according to the US government, most corporations pay no taxes. (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/ctax-a15.shtml) As businesses and corporations begin to pay their fair share, reduce taxes on individuals accordingly. 2. In any country in which American troops are currently needed to fight a war there, put democracy to the test and allow the people of that country to decide whether we should stay or withdraw. For example, since we claim that Iraq and Afghanistan are now basically democracies, hold well-publicized and *heavily* monitored elections, and ask the people to vote on: 1) Should U.S. troops stay or withdraw? 2) If stay, for exactly how long? 3) If withdraw, exactly when? Then abide by the decision of the people. Isn't that what democracy is supposed to be about? 3. Given that both Iraq and Afghanistan will vote for us to get the hell out of their countries and we won't be throwing money into those black holes, and given that a fairer tax structure will bring in more tax revenues, use this money to create a massive research program to find and exploit alternative and clean sources of energy. Do nothing to bring down the price of gas; the more expensive it gets, the more likely this new energy program will be to succeed. 4. Establish a health care system that provides a basic level of regular preventative (not just emergency) health care for everyone in the country, regardless of whether they work or not, or even if they are just visiting. Individuals can *supplement* this basic level of care with private insurance if they want to get higher levels of service or specialties such as cosmetic surgery, but the basic care is there for everyone. If most of the nations of Europe and even Cuba can do this, why can't the United States? 5. Another sizable chunk of the newly-increased revenue stream should be aimed at eliminating homelessness, and making the availability of a basic level of food and shelter available to everyone. Even one homeless person is too many; three million is *far* too many. 6. Tie the salary rates of school teachers to the salary rates of U.S. Representatives and Senators. Whatever the Senators/Representatives make per year, teachers should make 1% more than that per year. The education of our children is far more important than filling the media with a lot of hot air, and should be recognized as such. 7. Require that all electronic voting machines in America have their software audited by independent computer specialists, and that the machines have an incorruptible paper trail that is verified against the electronic totals and the actual ballots before results of any election are finalized. 8. Limit the ability of all parties in national elections to campaign in the media to three calendar months before the election. Any candidate who violates this and spends a penny to distribute print ads, TV commercials or even printed campaign materials by mail earlier than the three- month limit has to immediately withdraw from the election. 9. Establish laws that define what constitutes profiteering in the health care and
[FairfieldLife] It's looking like McCain will choose a woman for his running mate - all indications pointed to Palin
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_mccain_veepstakes ...but mountain doesn't move!
[FairfieldLife] Latest Obama scandal to overshadow Wright scandal
[This is my 50th for the week so I will not be able to respond until later today] Has anyone heard about this? I just heard a mention of it yesterday and the details are sketchy but apparently a journalist, Stanly Kurtz, is exposing Ayers/Obama as more than just Barack playing footsies with a self-admitted and unrepentant Weatherman terrorist...and it's going to make the Jeremiah Wright affair look like Mother Theresa sat down for tea with Barack. Barack and Ayers got together to raise funds for some community project. But there is $50 million or $100 million that Ayers and Obama both, together, applied for and got in public funding for the project that has apparently disappeared. No one seems to know where it is. So much for successful community organizing. I haven't read the whole thing (you know, my attention span being what it is) but here's an interesting article that Kurtz wrote about the terrorist and Obama: http://tinyurl.com/5v4twh .
Re: [FairfieldLife] MCCain chooses Sarah Plain, Alaska governor
...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] It's looking like McCain will choose a woman for his running mate - all indications pointed to Palin To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:14 AM http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_mccain_veepstakes ...but mountain doesn't move!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
On Aug 29, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Peter wrote: Very interesting find, Vaj. BPD patients can be emotionally draining to work with. Its as if they are emotionally stuck a 3 years of age in interpersonal relationships. And that's different from the average person here how, exactly, Peter? Oh, wait! Most of us are stuck at about 4-5 years of age, or is that being too optimistic? Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :)
...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] MCCain chooses Sarah Plain, Alaska governor To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:38 AM ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] It's looking like McCain will choose a woman for his running mate - all indications pointed to Palin To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:14 AM http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_mccain_veepstakes ...but mountain doesn't move!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
Oh, wait! Most of us are stuck at about 4-5 years of age, or is that being too optimistic? Right, Sal, but some of us live in the sophisticated east coast cities, which should definitely make us a more urbane (and jaded) 4-5 years of age, don't you agree? ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:38 AM On Aug 29, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Peter wrote: Very interesting find, Vaj. BPD patients can be emotionally draining to work with. Its as if they are emotionally stuck a 3 years of age in interpersonal relationships. And that's different from the average person here how, exactly, Peter? Oh, wait! Most of us are stuck at about 4-5 years of age, or is that being too optimistic? Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :)
Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very interesting find, Vaj. BPD patients can be emotionally draining to work with. Its as if they are emotionally stuck a 3 years of age in interpersonal relationships. I guess it might be like e.g. trying to teach a colo(u)r blind person to see colo(u)rs... : / --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 9:23 AM Interesting that the findings center around the insula, the part of the brain responsible for feelings of disgust. Thus BPD sufferers lack gut feeling in judgments, a basic human instinct. Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder King-Casas et al. carry out interesting experiments in which they recruited 55 individuals afflicted with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to play a multiround economic exchange game with healthy partners. Imaging experiments were also performed that revealed different patterns of insula activation in BPD subjects. Here is the abstract, followed by a figure from an accompanying review by Meyer-Lindenberg.To sustain or repair cooperation during a social exchange, adaptive creatures must understand social gestures and the consequences when shared expectations about fair exchange are violated by accident or intent. We recruited 55 individuals afflicted with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to play a multiround economic exchange game with healthy partners. Behaviorally, individuals with BPD showed a profound incapacity to maintain cooperation, and were impaired in their ability to repair broken cooperation on the basis of a quantitative measure of coaxing. Neurally, activity in the anterior insula, a region known to respond to norm violations across affective, interoceptive, economic, and social dimensions, strongly differentiated healthy participants from individuals with BPD. Healthy subjects showed a strong linear relation between anterior insula response and both magnitude of monetary offer received from their partner (input) and the amount of money repaid to their partner (output). In stark contrast, activity in the anterior insula of BPD participants was related only to the magnitude of repayment sent back to their partner (output), not to the magnitude of offers received (input). These neural and behavioral data suggest that norms used in perception of social gestures are pathologically perturbed or missing altogether among individuals with BPD. This game-theoretic approach to psychopathology may open doors to new ways of characterizing and studying a range of mental illnesses. (Click to enlarge). Activation of the anterior insula is observed during an economic trust game in individuals with borderline personality disorder and healthy controls. Both groups show higher activation in response to stingy repayments they are about to make. However, only players with the disorder have no differential response to low offers from an investor (upper left graph), indicating that they lack the gut feeling that the relationship (cooperation) is in jeopardy.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :)
Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:49 AM Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Latest Obama scandal to overshadow Wright scandal
Just another attempt at a smear by some desperate right-wing hack. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [This is my 50th for the week so I will not be able to respond until later today] Has anyone heard about this? I just heard a mention of it yesterday and the details are sketchy but apparently a journalist, Stanly Kurtz, is exposing Ayers/Obama as more than just Barack playing footsies with a self-admitted and unrepentant Weatherman terrorist...and it's going to make the Jeremiah Wright affair look like Mother Theresa sat down for tea with Barack. Barack and Ayers got together to raise funds for some community project. But there is $50 million or $100 million that Ayers and Obama both, together, applied for and got in public funding for the project that has apparently disappeared. No one seems to know where it is. So much for successful community organizing. I haven't read the whole thing (you know, my attention span being what it is) but here's an interesting article that Kurtz wrote about the terrorist and Obama: http://tinyurl.com/5v4twh .
[FairfieldLife] From Mike Scozzari
Hey Rick, Could you post this on FFL for me? For me it's more enjoyable to teach meditation then debate it. The video link is for a Fox TV show done yesterday. Best, Mike Scozzari TSM Fox Show Now on the Internet - Visit Facebook TSM Group Facebook Site Designed to Give Global Access to Consciousness-Based Program Here are 2 news items: Recent News WATCH US ON FOX NEWS - NOW ON THE INTERNET Our center in Deerfield Beach, Florida just completed a very complete medical feature with WSVN Fox News Channel 7, in Miami. The show was edited and aired August 28 and is posted on their website, wsvn.com. It was shown within the 5 PM Newscast. Special guest - Robert Dollinger, M.D., Florida International University Medical School Director TO WATCH ON THE INTERNET http://www4.wsvn.com/features/articles/medicalreports/MI95580/ Click on Watch the Video This is now in the archived Medical Reports listing. Short edited show review from WSVN TV: Meditation Doctors say it's a way to reduce stress, alleviate depression and even improve some heart conditions without drugs or surgery. Seven's Diana Diaz shows us how meditation is making its mark in the medical world. Reported by: Christine Cruz; Producer: Janna Owen -Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] View all archived#8232;Medical Reports reports WSVN -- What do Heather Graham, Richard Gere and Al Gore have in common? They all take time out of their busy day to meditate. Mike Scozzari: So I think what I would like to do today is practice a little bit of the technique of meditation. Mike Scozzari has been a meditation coach for more than 30 years. He says meditation is a way to calm the cluttered mind. Mike Scozzari: We take the normal thinking process and we give it a direction to move within itself so the mind can settle down. Even though it looks like the person is sleeping, the body is actually achieving a state of restful alertness. Mike Scozzari: You are deeply rested, sometimes deeper than sleep and you're still awake according to brain wave studies. A number of studies have shown meditation does have a major impact on our brains and our bodies. Dr. Robert Dollinger, FIU New College of Medicine: I see a big, big number of people including some of my patients resort to meditation as a way to deal with stress. Dr Dollinger says meditation actually changes the way our brains work and deal with stress. Other studies have shown it can help people suffering from hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder by training the mind to focus. It has also been show to be effective for chronic pain and even hypertension. Dr. Robert Dollinger: People can lower their blood pressure, particularly their systolic blood pressure by 10, 20 points, simply through meditation. Jonelle Milton herniated several discs in her back in an accident. She says meditation helped her work through the pain without medication. Jonelle Milton: Had a compressed fracture and when the orthopedic surgeon prescribed medication, Oxycontin, I knew I didn't have to take it. Meditation has been shown to boost seratonin, a hormone that aids in sleep and relieving depression. Mike Scozzari: What meditation does is it gives you a tool so that you can reduce stress, help the body heal, and come out and perform better. Diana Diaz: There are different forms of meditation. Although it is usually practiced for about 20 minutes, twice a day. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Transcendental Stress Management#8232; Mike Scozzari#8232; - Tel: (954) 354-0804#8232; www.tsmforlife.com Additional Article WSVN Channel 7 Miami - READ Meditation Article From their site Click here http://www1.wsvn.com/healthplace/health.php Meditation, Yoga Might Switch Off Stress Genes FACEBOOK SITE Designed to Give Global Access to Consciousness-Based Program Once you join Facebook (username and password is all you need to submit) please go to the search bar and enter: Transcendental Stress Management Meditation This will take you to our new Facebook Group, designed to help us communicate with everyone. It's fun and easy. There is no obligation to join the group but we hope you will. By doing so our members will receive updates and new video posts of interest. Stay tuned! Mike Scozzari Transcendental Stress Management
Re: [FairfieldLife] Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
On Aug 29, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Peter wrote: Very interesting find, Vaj. BPD patients can be emotionally draining to work with. Its as if they are emotionally stuck a 3 years of age in interpersonal relationships. What was always fascinating to me was how stuck someone could be in black-white thinking and how once one fell into the black or negatively perceived side of the BPD persons perception, they were automatically devalued and distrusted, often completely missing the gut feeling that would fill in the gray area that makes up most of human experience. Couple that with the fact that the emotional areas of the brain regulate, indeed often override the brains intellectual circuitry by emotionally appealing to perceived fairness. Thus one who has damage to the ant. insula is stuck relying on mere intellect and can't tie into their innate moral reasoning, thus it becomes yes or no, black or white. A sense of moral disgust forces one into what they believe is a moral necessity while blocking out overriding emotional appeals that fill in the counterbalancing and perspective-giving gray (or color). Here's another interesting study on this phenomenon: Are humans hardwired for fairness? Is fairness simply a ruse, something we adopt only when we secretly see an advantage in it for ourselves Many psychologists have in recent years moved away from this purely utilitarian view, dismissing it as too simplistic. Recent advances in both cognitive science and neuroscience now allow psychologists to approach this question in some different ways, and they are getting some intriguing results. UCLA psychologist Golnaz Tabibnia, and colleagues Ajay Satpute and Matthew Lieberman, used a psychological test called the ultimatum game to explore fairness and self-interest in the laboratory. In this particular version of the test, Person A has a pot of money, say $23, which they can divide in any way they want with Person B. All Person B can do is look at the offer and accept or reject it; there is no negotiation. If Person B rejects the offer, neither of them gets any money. Whatever Person A offers to Person B is an unearned windfall, even if it's a miserly $5 out of $23, so a strict utilitarian would take the money and run. But that's not exactly what happens in the laboratory. The UCLA scientists ran the experiment so sometimes $5 was stingy and other times fair, say $5 out of a total stake of $10. The idea was to make sure the subjects were responding to the fairness of the offer, not to the amount of the windfall. When they did this, and asked the subjects to rate themselves on scales of happiness and contempt, they had some interesting findings: Even when they stood to gain exactly the same dollar amount of free money, the subjects were much happier with the fair offers and much more disdainful of deals that were lopsided and self-centered. The psychologists wanted to know if there is something inherently rewarding about being treated decently. So, they scanned several parts of the participants' brains while they were in the act of weighing both fair and miserly offers. Consistent with previous results, the researchers found that a region previously associated with negative emotions such as moral disgust (the anterior insula) was activated during unfair treatment. However, interestingly, they also found that regions associated with reward (including the ventral striatum) were activated during fair treatment even though there was no additional money to be gained. As reported in the April issue of the journal Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, the brain finds self- serving behavior emotionally unpleasant, but a different bundle of neurons also finds genuine fairness uplifting. What's more, these emotional firings occur in brain structures that are fast and automatic, so it appears that the emotional brain is overruling the more deliberate, rational mind. Faced with a conflict, the brain's default position is to demand a fair deal. Furthermore, when the scientists scanned the brains of those who were swallowing their pride for the sake of cash, the brain showed a distinctive pattern of neuronal activity. It appears that the unconscious mind can temporarily damp down the brain's contempt response, in effect allowing the rational, utilitarian brain to rule, at least momentarily. Source: Association for Psychological Science
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
Ever thought of applying that to yourself, Vaj? It fits quite nicely into your rigid views of TM and MMY. You're so stuck in your negative views that you can't see beyond them, no matter what evidence is presented. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What was always fascinating to me was how stuck someone could be in black-white thinking and how once one fell into the black or negatively perceived side of the BPD persons perception, they were automatically devalued and distrusted, often completely missing the gut feeling that would fill in the gray area that makes up most of human experience.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! A few facts about palin - she's in favor of teaching creationism in science classes, does not believe insurance should cover contraception, and generally is true to the nuttiest fundamentalist beliefs. --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:49 AM Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Latest Obama scandal to overshadow Wright scandal
If this was true he would be in jail a long time ago. Look he got passed the Clinton Machin they looked him up and down. --- On Fri, 8/29/08, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Latest Obama scandal to overshadow Wright scandal To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:56 AM Just another attempt at a smear by some desperate right-wing hack. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [This is my 50th for the week so I will not be able to respond until later today] Has anyone heard about this? I just heard a mention of it yesterday and the details are sketchy but apparently a journalist, Stanly Kurtz, is exposing Ayers/Obama as more than just Barack playing footsies with a self-admitted and unrepentant Weatherman terrorist...and it's going to make the Jeremiah Wright affair look like Mother Theresa sat down for tea with Barack. Barack and Ayers got together to raise funds for some community project. But there is $50 million or $100 million that Ayers and Obama both, together, applied for and got in public funding for the project that has apparently disappeared. No one seems to know where it is. So much for successful community organizing. I haven't read the whole thing (you know, my attention span being what it is) but here's an interesting article that Kurtz wrote about the terrorist and Obama: http://tinyurl.com/5v4twh . 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:17 AM, feste37 wrote: Ever thought of applying that to yourself, Vaj? It fits quite nicely into your rigid views of TM and MMY. You're so stuck in your negative views that you can't see beyond them, no matter what evidence is presented. Your observation is based on a number of false assumptions: --that ALL of my views of M. are negative, --and that I don't see M's system of practice and metaphysics in a larger and fuller context, a spectrum of practice if you will. --that I don't see through evidence presented as good, positive or even 'remarkable' as bad or poor, negative in terms of it's deception or just ho-hum. According to a slew of psychological testing I've (of my own accord) taken over the years, I'm a very psychologically healthy and balanced human being. And I will often say what others are afraid to say. But I do have an intolerance of self-appointed gurus who deceive and harm others.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
One of my sisters has BPD. It has been a very difficult situation for our family, both as I was growing up and continuing on now. My parents were at a total loss as to how to handle her, so just gave in to anything she demanded. Family therapy was not really even considered in those days (the 50's and 60's) among our friends. Over the years, the family has struggled to stay together, but some bonds are broken for good, and my mother grieves while protecting my sister and leaving everyone's inheritance to her. What is astounding, is that my sister with BPD does not really get what she has done, or the consequences of her actions over the years. She can rage about what someone else is doing and how unfair or unhealthy it is etc, then turn around and do the exact same thing herself without recognizing it - no shame, no guilt, honestly and truly no understanding. I always thought it was as if there is a large portion of her brain just gone missing - despite being intelligent and kind (if her interests are being met first and she is secure that my parents love her the most and she can live with them). It was such a shock to finally see this - as if she has blinders on even in the most obvious and egregious situations. It has been a devastating, crazy ride for all of us. Took me years and lots of therapy to learn to deal with it. ONe sister just emotionally left her relationship with my parents and BPD sister. My brother has ignored it all until recently. I sure hope it can be figured out. For my sister it has gotten only very slightly better over the course of 56 years. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting that the findings center around the insula, the part of the brain responsible for feelings of disgust. Thus BPD sufferers lack gut feeling in judgments, a basic human instinct. Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder King-Casas et al. carry out interesting experiments in which they recruited 55 individuals afflicted with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to play a multiround economic exchange game with healthy partners. Imaging experiments were also performed that revealed different patterns of insula activation in BPD subjects. Here is the abstract, followed by a figure from an accompanying review by Meyer-Lindenberg. To sustain or repair cooperation during a social exchange, adaptive creatures must understand social gestures and the consequences when shared expectations about fair exchange are violated by accident or intent. We recruited 55 individuals afflicted with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to play a multiround economic exchange game with healthy partners. Behaviorally, individuals with BPD showed a profound incapacity to maintain cooperation, and were impaired in their ability to repair broken cooperation on the basis of a quantitative measure of coaxing. Neurally, activity in the anterior insula, a region known to respond to norm violations across affective, interoceptive, economic, and social dimensions, strongly differentiated healthy participants from individuals with BPD. Healthy subjects showed a strong linear relation between anterior insula response and both magnitude of monetary offer received from their partner (input) and the amount of money repaid to their partner (output). In stark contrast, activity in the anterior insula of BPD participants was related only to the magnitude of repayment sent back to their partner (output), not to the magnitude of offers received (input). These neural and behavioral data suggest that norms used in perception of social gestures are pathologically perturbed or missing altogether among individuals with BPD. This game-theoretic approach to psychopathology may open doors to new ways of characterizing and studying a range of mental illnesses.  (Click to enlarge). Activation of the anterior insula is observed during an economic trust game in individuals with borderline personality disorder and healthy controls. Both groups show higher activation in response to stingy repayments they are about to make. However, only players with the disorder have no differential response to low offers from an investor (upper left graph), indicating that they lack the gut feeling that the relationship (cooperation) is in jeopardy.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
On the news just now, they said Palin is pro-life and the Christian fundamentalists love her. The McCain camp is hoping she will bring in the Cathloic vote. ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:32 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! A few facts about palin - she's in favor of teaching creationism in science classes, does not believe insurance should cover contraception, and generally is true to the nuttiest fundamentalist beliefs. --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:49 AM Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:37 AM, wayback71 wrote: One of my sisters has BPD. It has been a very difficult situation for our family, both as I was growing up and continuing on now. My parents were at a total loss as to how to handle her, so just gave in to anything she demanded. Family therapy was not really even considered in those days (the 50's and 60's) among our friends. Over the years, the family has struggled to stay together, but some bonds are broken for good, and my mother grieves while protecting my sister and leaving everyone's inheritance to her. What is astounding, is that my sister with BPD does not really get what she has done, or the consequences of her actions over the years. She can rage about what someone else is doing and how unfair or unhealthy it is etc, then turn around and do the exact same thing herself without recognizing it - no shame, no guilt, honestly and truly no understanding. I always thought it was as if there is a large portion of her brain just gone missing - despite being intelligent and kind (if her interests are being met first and she is secure that my parents love her the most and she can live with them). It was such a shock to finally see this - as if she has blinders on even in the most obvious and egregious situations. It has been a devastating, crazy ride for all of us. Took me years and lots of therapy to learn to deal with it. ONe sister just emotionally left her relationship with my parents and BPD sister. My brother has ignored it all until recently. I sure hope it can be figured out. For my sister it has gotten only very slightly better over the course of 56 years. My heart goes out to you are your family. Kudos to you for having the determination to stick in there. All of my children were adopted and/or are foster kids and thus we never had any choice over the type or style of development they were exposed to. In some cases the developmental damage was so pervasive, i.e. children who were severely neglected and abused at that key point of brain development, the 2-4 years of age sweet spot, that they would totally lose the ability empathize with other humans and they had no ability to emotionally bond to others. In some cases these kids never can escape their own pathology, as it's actually hardwired into their little brains. On a more positive note, we are having some success with one of the most difficult children using mindfulness meditation as envisioned by one of the leading experts in human attachment.
[FairfieldLife] Re: From Mike Scozzari
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Scozzari Transcendental Stress Management Did he steal that technique from Maharishi ?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
Its called the Marylin Monroe approach --- On Fri, 8/29/08, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 12:44 PM On the news just now, they said Palin is pro-life and the Christian fundamentalists love her. The McCain camp is hoping she will bring in the Cathloic vote. ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:32 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! A few facts about palin - she's in favor of teaching creationism in science classes, does not believe insurance should cover contraception, and generally is true to the nuttiest fundamentalist beliefs. --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:49 AM Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
Its called the Marylin Monroe approach it shows just what he thinks of women. Totally goes along with his voting record..on women in the work place and so forth --- On Fri, 8/29/08, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 12:44 PM On the news just now, they said Palin is pro-life and the Christian fundamentalists love her. The McCain camp is hoping she will bring in the Cathloic vote. ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:32 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! A few facts about palin - she's in favor of teaching creationism in science classes, does not believe insurance should cover contraception, and generally is true to the nuttiest fundamentalist beliefs. --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:49 AM Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obama
Well from this day they are either going to find some dynamite marksmen because they will not win any other way --- On Fri, 8/29/08, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Obama To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 7:38 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie ltm457@ wrote: Was this included in what Maharishi meant when he said his work was done? So many 'torches' have been passed in recent months; To a new generation of leadership... I remember on the emotional day the Maharishi passed, It was on Tues, Feb 5th... In a place far away, in the Country that Maharishi had called the: 'Most creative country in the world'... That day, was also called 'Super-Tuesday' in American politics. That was the turning point, when Barck Obama became a viable candidate, and so this was the timing, that I remember clearly. And is documented by history. R.G. That's certainly an interesting thought, though I think much greater happenings will follow in the footprints of Maharishi than simply a change of a President. AND the fellow is not yet elected. For him to get elected something dramatic must have occurred in the american collective consciousness. I am not yet convinced this has happened though I may be wrong. If it has it certainly is a happy turn of events. 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
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
If McCain wins the election, Palin will be a shoe-in for the republican nomination after McCain leaves office. The incumbents are always heavily favored to get the nominaion. Perhaps we will end up with a woman for president in the not too distant future. ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 12:01 PM Its called the Marylin Monroe approach it shows just what he thinks of women. Totally goes along with his voting record..on women in the work place and so forth --- On Fri, 8/29/08, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 12:44 PM On the news just now, they said Palin is pro-life and the Christian fundamentalists love her. The McCain camp is hoping she will bring in the Cathloic vote. ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:32 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! A few facts about palin - she's in favor of teaching creationism in science classes, does not believe insurance should cover contraception, and generally is true to the nuttiest fundamentalist beliefs. --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:49 AM Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal 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 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :)
The timing is interesting, isn't it. Designed to get the media spotlight off Obama. This election will get very bittter before it is over. These selfish ones will stop at nothing. gullible fool wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:49 AM Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] The Positivity Dare -- Turq's Platform
TurquoiseB wrote: Since I created this dare, I might as well do it myself. I don't claim that the following ten points of the Turq Platform are completely 100% positive, but they are my best shot at positivity given the ten minutes I gave myself to write them, off the top of my head. My bet is that Judy cannot create such a list in ten hours. 1. Create a completely new tax structure that ensures that corporations and non-profit entities like churches that in fact make huge profits cannot avoid paying taxes on those profits. Currently, according to the US government, most corporations pay no taxes. (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/ctax-a15.shtml) As businesses and corporations begin to pay their fair share, reduce taxes on individuals accordingly. 2. In any country in which American troops are currently needed to fight a war there, put democracy to the test and allow the people of that country to decide whether we should stay or withdraw. For example, since we claim that Iraq and Afghanistan are now basically democracies, hold well-publicized and *heavily* monitored elections, and ask the people to vote on: 1) Should U.S. troops stay or withdraw? 2) If stay, for exactly how long? 3) If withdraw, exactly when? Then abide by the decision of the people. Isn't that what democracy is supposed to be about? 3. Given that both Iraq and Afghanistan will vote for us to get the hell out of their countries and we won't be throwing money into those black holes, and given that a fairer tax structure will bring in more tax revenues, use this money to create a massive research program to find and exploit alternative and clean sources of energy. Do nothing to bring down the price of gas; the more expensive it gets, the more likely this new energy program will be to succeed. 4. Establish a health care system that provides a basic level of regular preventative (not just emergency) health care for everyone in the country, regardless of whether they work or not, or even if they are just visiting. Individuals can *supplement* this basic level of care with private insurance if they want to get higher levels of service or specialties such as cosmetic surgery, but the basic care is there for everyone. If most of the nations of Europe and even Cuba can do this, why can't the United States? 5. Another sizable chunk of the newly-increased revenue stream should be aimed at eliminating homelessness, and making the availability of a basic level of food and shelter available to everyone. Even one homeless person is too many; three million is *far* too many. 6. Tie the salary rates of school teachers to the salary rates of U.S. Representatives and Senators. Whatever the Senators/Representatives make per year, teachers should make 1% more than that per year. The education of our children is far more important than filling the media with a lot of hot air, and should be recognized as such. 7. Require that all electronic voting machines in America have their software audited by independent computer specialists, and that the machines have an incorruptible paper trail that is verified against the electronic totals and the actual ballots before results of any election are finalized. 8. Limit the ability of all parties in national elections to campaign in the media to three calendar months before the election. Any candidate who violates this and spends a penny to distribute print ads, TV commercials or even printed campaign materials by mail earlier than the three- month limit has to immediately withdraw from the election. 9. Establish laws that define what constitutes profiteering in the health care and pharmaceutical industries. Make the penalty for breaking these laws a minimum of 20 years in prison, without possibility of parole. 10. Establish laws that define what constitutes profiteering in the defense industry and for any materials provider or contractor who defrauds or overcharges the U.S. government. Make the penalty for breaking these laws life in prison, without the possibility of parole. Lots of good ideas there. I think that Obama laid out some pretty good plans last night. I like the overall idea of going after the corporations who've had too much of a free ride. People will say that they'll just move out of the country. I've got a couple ideas of what should happen if they do: take away their exclusive patents (some which should have never been granted anyway) and copyrights for one. And two: give their offices and factories over to the workers just like is happening in Argentina. We know the corporate goons will be all over trying to keep Obama out of office. On #7 those systems should run on Linux not Windows. This makes them cheaper as there is no license to purchase and plenty of eyes on the source code just for the operating system. And the actual
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
On Aug 29, 2008, at 10:32 AM, boo_lives wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! A few facts about palin - she's in favor of teaching creationism in science classes, does not believe insurance should cover contraception, and generally is true to the nuttiest fundamentalist beliefs. Plus she's from Alaska, which should net McCain about 3 extra votes. I wonder if part of the reason they didn't pick her was so Biden would be forced to go easy in the debates and make her look smarter than she is. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
choices: Obama/ Biden McCain/Monroe Bob Barr Ru Paul --- On Fri, 8/29/08, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 1:08 PM If McCain wins the election, Palin will be a shoe-in for the republican nomination after McCain leaves office. The incumbents are always heavily favored to get the nominaion. Perhaps we will end up with a woman for president in the not too distant future. ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 12:01 PM Its called the Marylin Monroe approach it shows just what he thinks of women. Totally goes along with his voting record..on women in the work place and so forth --- On Fri, 8/29/08, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 12:44 PM On the news just now, they said Palin is pro-life and the Christian fundamentalists love her. The McCain camp is hoping she will bring in the Cathloic vote. ...but mountain doesn't move! --- On Fri, 8/29/08, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:32 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! A few facts about palin - she's in favor of teaching creationism in science classes, does not believe insurance should cover contraception, and generally is true to the nuttiest fundamentalist beliefs. --- On Fri, 8/29/08, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Make that McCain and Palin :) To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 10:49 AM Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal 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 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. Sal McCain may be thinking that Palin can get the women votes, particularly the disgruntled Hillary supporters. McCain probably thinks that he can win the South all by his own charisma and reputation.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Positivity Dare -- Turq's Platform
Barry, you should run for president and find out how many votes you can get. But you may have to select a female VP to get the female votes. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. True when spoken about politics and the Reduh!lican Party. Even truer on Fairfield Life, when someone who paints themselves as a liberal can't find it in themselves to be FOR anything, only AGAINST. And if she claims this isn't true, I DARE her to spend an *entire* post saying *exactly* what she is FOR and what she would like to see achieved for the U.S. and the world in the next four years, and to do so in *completely* positive terms. ANY negativity in the post invalidates it where this dare is concerned, even something like Prosecute the people in the Bush administration who have committed crimes. That's just more negativity and scape- goating. What I'm after in this dare is whether she is CAPABLE of presenting, say, ten things she is FOR, without ONE WORD about what she is AGAINST, or ONE WORD assigning blame or scapegoating or screaming for retribution. I don't think she can do it. I think she'll come up with some excuse to not even try. That's why I call her a Nouveau Reduh!lican. She certainly isn't a Democrat. Democrats can actually put the things they want to achieve into words. Since I created this dare, I might as well do it myself. I don't claim that the following ten points of the Turq Platform are completely 100% positive, but they are my best shot at positivity given the ten minutes I gave myself to write them, off the top of my head. My bet is that Judy cannot create such a list in ten hours. 1. Create a completely new tax structure that ensures that corporations and non-profit entities like churches that in fact make huge profits cannot avoid paying taxes on those profits. Currently, according to the US government, most corporations pay no taxes. (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/ctax-a15.shtml) As businesses and corporations begin to pay their fair share, reduce taxes on individuals accordingly. 2. In any country in which American troops are currently needed to fight a war there, put democracy to the test and allow the people of that country to decide whether we should stay or withdraw. For example, since we claim that Iraq and Afghanistan are now basically democracies, hold well-publicized and *heavily* monitored elections, and ask the people to vote on: 1) Should U.S. troops stay or withdraw? 2) If stay, for exactly how long? 3) If withdraw, exactly when? Then abide by the decision of the people. Isn't that what democracy is supposed to be about? 3. Given that both Iraq and Afghanistan will vote for us to get the hell out of their countries and we won't be throwing money into those black holes, and given that a fairer tax structure will bring in more tax revenues, use this money to create a massive research program to find and exploit alternative and clean sources of energy. Do nothing to bring down the price of gas; the more expensive it gets, the more likely this new energy program will be to succeed. 4. Establish a health care system that provides a basic level of regular preventative (not just emergency) health care for everyone in the country, regardless of whether they work or not, or even if they are just visiting. Individuals can *supplement* this basic level of care with private insurance if they want to get higher levels of service or specialties such as cosmetic surgery, but the basic care is there for everyone. If most of the nations of Europe and even Cuba can do this, why can't the United States? 5. Another sizable chunk of the newly-increased revenue stream should be aimed at eliminating homelessness, and making the availability of a basic level of food and shelter available to everyone. Even one homeless person is too many; three million is *far* too many. 6. Tie the salary rates of school teachers to the salary rates of U.S. Representatives and Senators. Whatever the Senators/Representatives make per year, teachers should make 1% more than that per year. The education of our children is far more important than filling the media with a lot of hot air, and should be recognized as such. 7. Require that all electronic voting machines in America have their software audited by independent computer specialists, and that the machines have an incorruptible paper trail that is verified against the electronic totals and the actual ballots before results of any election are finalized. 8. Limit the ability of all parties in national elections to campaign in the media to three calendar months before
[FairfieldLife] Cindy McCain her invisible step-sisters
Cindy McCain's family values deserve close inspection. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jbMJjet6b8h0zDODn4g28m-qatawD92RFGL04
[FairfieldLife] $1 million for Vedic education program at U of Massachusetts
$1 million for Vedic education program at U of Massachusetts PRESS RELEASE August 17, 2008 $1 Million Endowment at UMass Dartmouth to Leverage Super Accelerated Learning Techniques from Vedic Traditions for 21st Century Education On Friday, August 15, as Indian students and community celebrated India’s independence day UMass Dartmouth announced that the Three Rs Foundation has pledged $1 million to support the university's Center for Indic Studies to initiate an innovative educational pedagogy rooted in India’s Vedic traditions. The donation will support the Center's mission to connect the university, region and Commonwealth to India's growing economy and world influence. The announcement made with a celebration of India Independence Day and featured presentations by students from India, and a guest speech from Dr. Subramanian Swamy, visiting Harvard Professor and President of Janata Party in India. Our university, our students, and our region are enriched by experiencing diverse cultures,'' Chancellor MacCormack said. The history, art, music and religion of India hold important lessons for all of us as we strive to be better citizens of our own community and the world. On behalf of UMass Dartmouth, I thank the Three Rs Foundation for its exemplary generosity. Pandit Ramadheen Ramsamooj, Director of Three Rs Foundation, said, We are excited to be part of this educational initiative that will allow UMass Dartmouth students to learn about India at a time when the information super highway and global economy are creating important East-West connections. Among our highest priorities is to develop innovative teaching strategies, rooted in Indian culture. The Three Rs Foundation is the lead sponsor of the Super Accelerated Learning Theory (SALT), a school model that emphasizes whole brain education. Preceding the announcement, the Board of Governors of the Center for Indic Studies unanimously approved the Memorandum of Understanding with Three Rs Foundation. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Center, Mr. Rajiv Malhotra, said that the accelerated learning movements across USA regard Georgi Lozanov, a Bulgarian educator and neuroscientist, as their founding father. What is seldom considered is that Lozanov had studied traditional Vedic learning systems in India in the 1960s under UNESCO programs, to figure out how Vedic pandits were able to memorize and impeccably recite tens of thousands of verses. Malhotra said, “Today, the Three R's Foundation is reviving that learning system from its source, and creating a program which could be a breakthrough even beyond Lozanov's. This deserves all our encouragement and support.” Mr. Braham Agarwal from Orlando, Fl, the General Secretary of Indic Governing Board agreed saying, “this is a good beginning for the Center.” The Center for Indic Studies is planning several major academic and scholarly initiatives in the coming years. In its Board of Governors meeting, Dr. William Hogan suggested including graduate education as part of the Three Rs Foundation’s agenda in Indic Studies. He agreed with the Board Chairman’s suggestion to distinguish Indic Studies from South Asian Studies, the latter being adopted by many US universities for general area study that handicaps them from getting into deeper understanding of Indic traditions and values. An endowment of this size to bridge ancient civilization of India to the most modern civilization of United States through education is a most powerful statement to society,'' said Dr. Bal Ram Singh, director of the Center of Indic Studies. I am thrilled at this opportunity and look forward to facilitating the engagement of my colleagues in this educational mission. With more than one billion people, India represents over 15 percent of the world's population. Only China has a larger population. India's median age is 25, one of the youngest among large economies. India and the United States are the two largest democracies in the world. With an average GDP growth of 7 percent over the last decade, India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It is leveraging its large number of well-educated and English-speaking people to become a major exporter of software services and software workers. According the U.S. Census Bureau India also now ranks 4th in Massachusetts as a nation of origin of foreign born residents in 2006 with 40,000 residents of Massachusetts. In 2000, India ranked 9th, and in 1990 did not rank in the top 10. India is the top country of origin for international students on the UMass Dartmouth campus. This fall there will be approximately 150 students from India on the campus. The Center for Indic Studies was established in 2001 to disseminate understanding of issues relating to the arts, philosophy, culture, societal values, and customs of India. For more information, visit http://www.umassd.edu/indic UMass
[FairfieldLife] Cindy McCain cuts half-sister out of inheritance
Cindy McCain's inheritance is supposedly valued at $100 mil or more. On the day their father died, Cindy, controlling his estate, effectively stopped her father's natural daughter ( Cindy's half-sister ) from using a credit card that supplemented a modest lifestyle. Family values ? Read on: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93708729
[FairfieldLife] Eigenfunctions of fractal drums
http://math.ucr.edu/~lapidus/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:17 AM, feste37 wrote: Ever thought of applying that to yourself, Vaj? It fits quite nicely into your rigid views of TM and MMY. You're so stuck in your negative views that you can't see beyond them, no matter what evidence is presented. Your observation is based on a number of false assumptions: --that ALL of my views of M. are negative, OK, so tell me one positive thing about MMY. Just one. --and that I don't see M's system of practice and metaphysics in a larger and fuller context, a spectrum of practice if you will. --that I don't see through evidence presented as good, positive or even 'remarkable' as bad or poor, negative in terms of it's deception or just ho-hum. According to a slew of psychological testing I've (of my own accord) taken over the years, I'm a very psychologically healthy and balanced human being. And I will often say what others are afraid to say. But I do have an intolerance of self-appointed gurus who deceive and harm others. There you go again!
[FairfieldLife] Cindy McCain - saw her dad when she met McCain ?
from NPR: Jim Hensley was a bombardier on a B-17, flying over Europe during World War II. He was injured and sent to a facility in West Virginia to recuperate. During that time, while still married to Mary Jeanne, Hensley met another woman Marguerite Smith. Jim divorced Mary Jeanne and married Marguerite in 1945. Cindy Lou Hensley was born nine years later, in 1954 Hanoi HIlton John McCain and Jim Hensley, Cindy McCain's father, have similarities beyond 'war injuries'. Both men abandoned their wives, and while married, began relationships with women they eventually married. When Cindy met John, perhaps the 'family values' of her father guided her to marry John.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
On Aug 29, 2008, at 2:34 PM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:17 AM, feste37 wrote: Ever thought of applying that to yourself, Vaj? It fits quite nicely into your rigid views of TM and MMY. You're so stuck in your negative views that you can't see beyond them, no matter what evidence is presented. Your observation is based on a number of false assumptions: --that ALL of my views of M. are negative, OK, so tell me one positive thing about MMY. Just one. He popularized the idea that meditating, and doing so regularly, is a good thing.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Pratical-Lean and Tough by Joe Klein'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: It was the perfect speech for a skeptical nation. In some ways, the heart of it was near the end, when Obama directly confronted a country that has lost faith in government - and an opposing party that preys on that cynicism: I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. And that's to be expected. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. Obama's words make an excellent point, one that a number of us have been trying to make here on FFL. That is, that the language used by his detractors, whether they be dyed-in-the-wool Reduh!licans like BillyG and Shemp, or Nouveau Reduh!licans like Judy, is almost *always* phrased negatively. They're sell- ing FEAR and DISTRUST because they don't have anything else to sell. They go *ballistic* when Obama or anyone on this forum says something that is about what they hope to achieve and plan to achieve, and phrases it in positive terms, as something they are FOR. It's as if their rant buttons get pushed by the very *appearance* of hope and positivity in a speech or in an FFL post. Well, no, that isn't the case. If we didn't all know that Barry is not to be held accountable for anything he says, I'd ask him to prove his claim, but of course such a request would be pointless. I'm including Judy in the Reduh!lican camp because SHE'S BEEN ACTING LIKE ONE. Can anyone here remember *anything* she has said since this election season started that was phrased positively? Or that ever indicated what she was FOR? You have to forgive Barry. He has a memory like a sieve for anything that doesn't conform to what he prefers to believe, especially about me. I can't. She is seemingly *incapable* of stating what she is for *without* stating what she is against. Her whole campaign to discredit and demonize Obama here (and that IS what it's been) No, that hasn't been what it's been, as the record shows. has been an attempt to appeal to the *exact* same emotions that the Reduh!licans use -- fear and distrust. Is Barry so sunk in delusion that he truly believes Democrats--including Obama--don't use those exact same emotions against Republicans? Barry started this post quoting a high-minded paragraph from Obama's speech about not painting your opponent as someone you should run from. Here are several other paragraphs from the same speech which do precisely that: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change. The truth is, on issue after issue that would make a difference in your lives - on health care and education and the economy - Senator McCain has been anything but independent. He said that our economy has made great progress under this President. He said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is - you're on your own. Out of work? Tough luck. No health care? The market will fix it. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps - even if you don't have boots. You're on your own And today, as my call for a time frame to remove our troops from Iraq has been echoed by the Iraqi government and even the Bush Administration, even after we learned that Iraq has a $79 billion surplus while we're wallowing in deficits, John McCain stands alone in his stubborn refusal to end a misguided war. That's not the judgment we need. That won't keep America safe. We need a President who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the ideas of the past. You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. You don't protect Israel and deter Iran just by talking tough in Washington. You can't truly stand up for Georgia when you've strained our oldest alliances. If John McCain wants to follow George Bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice - but it is not the change we need.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Pratical-Lean and Tough by Joe Klein'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. True when spoken about politics and the Reduh!lican Party. Even truer on Fairfield Life, when someone who paints themselves as a liberal can't find it in themselves to be FOR anything, only AGAINST.] And if she claims this isn't true, I DARE her to spend an *entire* post saying *exactly* what she is FOR and what she would like to see achieved for the U.S. and the world in the next four years, and to do so in *completely* positive terms. It's not true, of course, and I feel no obligation to attempt to prove it's false to somebody who is determined to believe it despite all the evidence against it here over the past months. It's like trying to prove to someone who believes he's Napoleon that he really isn't. Barry's delusional, and there's no way to change that. snip That's why I call her a Nouveau Reduh!lican. She certainly isn't a Democrat. Democrats can actually put the things they want to achieve into words. I've already *done* it, Barry, many times. You've just blocked it out.
[FairfieldLife] 'Swift Boaters on McCain's Trail'
John McCain is not the Hero POW he wants us to believe either. Go to WWW.VIETNAMVETERANSAGAINSTJOHNMCCANE.COM and read the full transcripts of his POW activities. Former Congressmen Warn Troops: As Senator McCain Abandoned American POWs Trapped in Indochina; as President He'll Abandon You Special to the U.S. Veteran Dispatch By former U.S. Congressmen Bill Hendon (R-NC) and John LeBoutillier (R-NY) August 16, 2008 Ted Sampley, a Vietnam Veteran and former Green Beret, issued a CHALLENGE to John McCain If you can show us that the information presented in our mailer is untruthful . . . we will Stand Down This CHALLENGE was issued during an interview with INSIDE EDITION on January 17, 2008. John, family members of Vietnam POW/MIA(s) have been waiting for more then 14 years for you to have the courage to face them eye to eye in front of the American Public - Here is your opportunity for some STRAIGHT TALK. Stop hiding behind your fabricated War Hero persona. You know we can prove your collaborations with declassified government documents . . . It is time for the American people to get to know the REAL John McCain - the John McCain that the POW/MIA families witnessed during the 1991-93 US Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs . Bring It On John! Here is our number 252-527-0442 In case you don't know who Ted Sampley is he also helped Swift Boat John Kerry in 2004, his only agenda is the truth.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 2:34 PM, feste37 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:17 AM, feste37 wrote: Ever thought of applying that to yourself, Vaj? It fits quite nicely into your rigid views of TM and MMY. You're so stuck in your negative views that you can't see beyond them, no matter what evidence is presented. Your observation is based on a number of false assumptions: --that ALL of my views of M. are negative, OK, so tell me one positive thing about MMY. Just one. He popularized the idea that meditating, and doing so regularly, is a good thing. I'll take it! Well done.
[FairfieldLife] The Ideology and Mechanics of Overseas Expansion in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission
Scholarly article: http://tinyurl.com/5r92hz
[FairfieldLife] The Demise of Buddhism in Asia - An informative book review
Below is the first portion (half or so) of a fascinating book review - the whole thing can be found at: http://www.bswa.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php? post_id=42506topic_id=3919forum=9 Link The Demise of Buddhism in Asia - An informative book review Reviewed by Allen Carr June 2008 LankaWeb Peoples of the Buddhist World by Paul Hattaway, Piquant Editions, Carlisle, 2004. Reviewed by Allen Carr Some Western drug companies spend millions of dollars developing and marketing a new drug only to have the health authorities later discover that it has dangerous side-effects and then ban it. Needing to recover their investment and unable to sell their drug in the West some of these companies try to market their dangerous products in the Third World where public awareness of health issues is low and indifferent governments can be brought off. Some might say that Christianity is a bit like this. Having lost much of their following in the West, churches are now beginning to look for opportunities elsewhere. Of course the Islamic world is out of the question. Even the most optimistic evangelist knows that the chance of spreading the Gospel amongst Muslims is nil. The obvious targets are Africa, India and the Buddhist countries of Asia. There are now several evangelical organizations dedicated just too evangelizing Buddhists. The Asia Pacific Institute of Buddhist Studies in the Philippines offers missionaries in-depth courses in Buddhist doctrine, the languages of Buddhist countries and the sociology of various Buddhist communities – the better to know the enemy. The Central Asia Fellowship is geared specifically to spreading the Gospel amongst Tibetans. The Overseas Missionary Fellowship is 'an acknowledged authority on Buddhism' and 'is available to conduct training sessions and seminars, give presentations and speak on how Christians can work effectively in the Buddhist world.' The Sonrise Centre for Buddhist Studies and the South Asia Network are both on-line communities providing missionaries with detailed, accurate and up-to-date information useful for evangelizing Buddhists. Make no mistake, these are not small ad-hoc groups. They are large, well-financed, superbly run organizations staffed by highly motivated and totally dedicated people and they are in it for the long haul. A book called Peoples of the Buddhist World has recently been published by one of the leaders of this new evangelical assault on Buddhism. The book's 453 pages offer missionaries and interested Christians a complete profile of 316 Buddhist ethnic and linguistic groups in Asia, from the Nyenpa of central Bhutan to the Kui of northern Cambodia, from the Buriats of the Russian Far East to the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka. There is a detailed breakdown of the size of each group, how many call themselves Buddhists and how many actually know and practice it, which languages they speak, their strengths and how to overcome them, their weaknesses and how to take advantage of them, an overview of their history, their culture and the best ways to evangelize them. The book is filled with fascinating and beautiful color photos of all of these peoples, many of them little-known. It makes one very sad to think that these gentle, smiling, innocent folk are in now in the sights of worldly-wise missionaries determined to undermine their faith and destroy their ancient cultures. However, Hattaway book is also interesting for the lurid glimpse it gives into the bizarre mentality and the equally bizarre theology of the evangelical Christians. In the preface Hattaway asks, Does it break God's heart today that hundreds of millions of Buddhists are marching to hell with little or no gospel witness? Does it break the Savior's heart that millions worship lifeless idols instead of the true, glorious Heavenly Father?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:17 AM, feste37 wrote: Ever thought of applying that to yourself, Vaj? It fits quite nicely into your rigid views of TM and MMY. You're so stuck in your negative views that you can't see beyond them, no matter what evidence is presented. Your observation is based on a number of false assumptions: --that ALL of my views of M. are negative, OK, so tell me one positive thing about MMY. Just one. I'm not Vaj, but I'll step up to the plate for my last post this week. And I won't stop at one. I'll give it exactly as much time as I gave myself for the ten positive planks of my political platform. -- He made meditation a household word in the West. This is never to be discounted, and IMO should be his legacy. -- He reintroduced a great number of multi-lifetime spiritual seekers who had been reborn in the West to the spiritual path, one that they would otherwise not easily have found. -- He gave many of those multi-lifetime seekers an opportunity that is rare and in my opinion one of the greatest gifts a spiritual teacher can bestow on a spiritual seeker: the right to teach basic meditation. We weren't *ready* to teach, and he knew it, but he let us have a go at it anyway, and to learn from that experience. This is the thing I am most grateful to him for. -- The checking procedure, as AI-based and non- respectful of the individual as it is, is a pretty neat thing. For the type of technique he taught, I cannot think of one competitive tradition that has anything nearly as effective in terms of recentering effortless meditation. -- He gave a lot of us the opportunity to do long meditations in a retreat setting. We called them courses and called what we did rounding, but it is an experience that few on this planet have had, and we should treasure it. -- He gave a lot of us who were about to get burned out on the promise of the Sixties something other than sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll to focus on in our mind's natural tendency to seek more. -- He enabled me to travel to a lot of exotic locales, even though my memories of many of them are limited to what the inside of my hotel room looked like. -- He sponsored some WAY magical moments that still rank WAY up there in my list of cool moments. Whether they were at a course in the mountains or in an initiation room in Los Angeles, they were way cool shiny moments, and I thank him for them. -- He provided me with a dumbed-down but remarkably effective language and set of buzzwords with which to describe the spiritual process, one that is easily understood by many people, and which probably comes as close as any language and set of buzzwords in the biz to being able to describe the indescribable. -- He introduced me, through his organization, to some of the most beautiful women in the world, some of whom still rank up there in my list of WAY cool moments along with the spiritual experiences. -- He introduced me similarly to some really neat fellow seekers, many of whom I still treasure to this day as friends. -- By allowing me to teach, he forced me the fuck out of my self, and allowed me for brief periods of time to experience selflessness, and putting someone else's welfare ahead of my own. I know I said this before, but that's a really big deal. -- He had an infectious laugh, and infected me with it often. That is never to be dismissed or overlooked in any human being, let alone a spiritual teacher. -- His techniques, plus probably a lot of work in previous lives, facilitated my first clear experience of enlightenment in this lifetime. That is also not to be overlooked or forgotten or regarded with anything but gratitude. -- In the end, he taught me one of the greatest lessons one can possibly learn along the spiritual path. That is, by walking away from it you are sometimes really still following it.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Demise of Buddhism in Asia - An informative book review
--Interesting! Thanks for posting this. When push comes to shove and a destitute family is grasping for straws just to survive, the welfare handouts of Evangelical organizations will go a long way in conversions to Christianity. (cultural Christianity that is). But this says nothing about addressing the fundamental Ontological conflict between orthodox (dualist) Christianity and the impersonalist, non-dualist religions. Down the road at some point, the seeker will have to choose one model above the other: (either dualism - say Christianity, much of Vaisnavism; vs what Wilber and Adi Da call The Great Tradition: the combined nondualist Traditions of Buddhism and Saivite Hinduism). But this is philosophical initially, and will take a back seat to feeding one's family. Oprah's embrace of Eckart Tolle has definitely turned away hordes of Evangelicals who might have been cozy to the big O. If what Tolle says is true about Jesus; then the whole Salvation purpose of Jesus would be invalidated. No need for the Cross! Such are some of the irreconciliable differences between nondualist religions and the dualist. [EMAIL PROTECTED], Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Below is the first portion (half or so) of a fascinating book review - the whole thing can be found at: http://www.bswa.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php? post_id=42506topic_id=3919forum=9 Link The Demise of Buddhism in Asia - An informative book review Reviewed by Allen Carr June 2008 LankaWeb Peoples of the Buddhist World by Paul Hattaway, Piquant Editions, Carlisle, 2004. Reviewed by Allen Carr Some Western drug companies spend millions of dollars developing and marketing a new drug only to have the health authorities later discover that it has dangerous side-effects and then ban it. Needing to recover their investment and unable to sell their drug in the West some of these companies try to market their dangerous products in the Third World where public awareness of health issues is low and indifferent governments can be brought off. Some might say that Christianity is a bit like this. Having lost much of their following in the West, churches are now beginning to look for opportunities elsewhere. Of course the Islamic world is out of the question. Even the most optimistic evangelist knows that the chance of spreading the Gospel amongst Muslims is nil. The obvious targets are Africa, India and the Buddhist countries of Asia. There are now several evangelical organizations dedicated just too evangelizing Buddhists. The Asia Pacific Institute of Buddhist Studies in the Philippines offers missionaries in-depth courses in Buddhist doctrine, the languages of Buddhist countries and the sociology of various Buddhist communities the better to know the enemy. The Central Asia Fellowship is geared specifically to spreading the Gospel amongst Tibetans. The Overseas Missionary Fellowship is 'an acknowledged authority on Buddhism' and 'is available to conduct training sessions and seminars, give presentations and speak on how Christians can work effectively in the Buddhist world.' The Sonrise Centre for Buddhist Studies and the South Asia Network are both on- line communities providing missionaries with detailed, accurate and up-to-date information useful for evangelizing Buddhists. Make no mistake, these are not small ad-hoc groups. They are large, well-financed, superbly run organizations staffed by highly motivated and totally dedicated people and they are in it for the long haul. A book called Peoples of the Buddhist World has recently been published by one of the leaders of this new evangelical assault on Buddhism. The book's 453 pages offer missionaries and interested Christians a complete profile of 316 Buddhist ethnic and linguistic groups in Asia, from the Nyenpa of central Bhutan to the Kui of northern Cambodia, from the Buriats of the Russian Far East to the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka. There is a detailed breakdown of the size of each group, how many call themselves Buddhists and how many actually know and practice it, which languages they speak, their strengths and how to overcome them, their weaknesses and how to take advantage of them, an overview of their history, their culture and the best ways to evangelize them. The book is filled with fascinating and beautiful color photos of all of these peoples, many of them little-known. It makes one very sad to think that these gentle, smiling, innocent folk are in now in the sights of worldly-wise missionaries determined to undermine their faith and destroy their ancient cultures. However, Hattaway book is also interesting for the lurid glimpse it gives into the bizarre mentality and the equally bizarre theology of the evangelical Christians. In the preface Hattaway asks, Does it break God's heart today that hundreds of millions of Buddhists are marching to hell with little or no gospel
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
Turq, that's fantastic! I agree with every word. Your last point reminds me of something Nietzsche said about Wagner, that the greatest compliment a man could pay his teacher was to reject him. (Nietzsche was originally one of Wagner's biggest fans, but later rejected him completely.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:17 AM, feste37 wrote: Ever thought of applying that to yourself, Vaj? It fits quite nicely into your rigid views of TM and MMY. You're so stuck in your negative views that you can't see beyond them, no matter what evidence is presented. Your observation is based on a number of false assumptions: --that ALL of my views of M. are negative, OK, so tell me one positive thing about MMY. Just one. I'm not Vaj, but I'll step up to the plate for my last post this week. And I won't stop at one. I'll give it exactly as much time as I gave myself for the ten positive planks of my political platform. -- He made meditation a household word in the West. This is never to be discounted, and IMO should be his legacy. -- He reintroduced a great number of multi-lifetime spiritual seekers who had been reborn in the West to the spiritual path, one that they would otherwise not easily have found. -- He gave many of those multi-lifetime seekers an opportunity that is rare and in my opinion one of the greatest gifts a spiritual teacher can bestow on a spiritual seeker: the right to teach basic meditation. We weren't *ready* to teach, and he knew it, but he let us have a go at it anyway, and to learn from that experience. This is the thing I am most grateful to him for. -- The checking procedure, as AI-based and non- respectful of the individual as it is, is a pretty neat thing. For the type of technique he taught, I cannot think of one competitive tradition that has anything nearly as effective in terms of recentering effortless meditation. -- He gave a lot of us the opportunity to do long meditations in a retreat setting. We called them courses and called what we did rounding, but it is an experience that few on this planet have had, and we should treasure it. -- He gave a lot of us who were about to get burned out on the promise of the Sixties something other than sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll to focus on in our mind's natural tendency to seek more. -- He enabled me to travel to a lot of exotic locales, even though my memories of many of them are limited to what the inside of my hotel room looked like. -- He sponsored some WAY magical moments that still rank WAY up there in my list of cool moments. Whether they were at a course in the mountains or in an initiation room in Los Angeles, they were way cool shiny moments, and I thank him for them. -- He provided me with a dumbed-down but remarkably effective language and set of buzzwords with which to describe the spiritual process, one that is easily understood by many people, and which probably comes as close as any language and set of buzzwords in the biz to being able to describe the indescribable. -- He introduced me, through his organization, to some of the most beautiful women in the world, some of whom still rank up there in my list of WAY cool moments along with the spiritual experiences. -- He introduced me similarly to some really neat fellow seekers, many of whom I still treasure to this day as friends. -- By allowing me to teach, he forced me the fuck out of my self, and allowed me for brief periods of time to experience selflessness, and putting someone else's welfare ahead of my own. I know I said this before, but that's a really big deal. -- He had an infectious laugh, and infected me with it often. That is never to be dismissed or overlooked in any human being, let alone a spiritual teacher. -- His techniques, plus probably a lot of work in previous lives, facilitated my first clear experience of enlightenment in this lifetime. That is also not to be overlooked or forgotten or regarded with anything but gratitude. -- In the end, he taught me one of the greatest lessons one can possibly learn along the spiritual path. That is, by walking away from it you are sometimes really still following it.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Positivity Dare -- Turq's Platform
TurquoiseB wrote: My bet is that Judy cannot create such a list in ten hours. So, you'd be willing to wager how much? 1. Create a completely new tax structure that ensures that corporations and non-profit entities like churches that in fact make huge profits cannot avoid paying taxes on those profits. Currently, according to the US government, most corporations pay no taxes. (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/ctax-a15.shtml) As businesses and corporations begin to pay their fair share, reduce taxes on individuals accordingly. So, you're in favor of progressive taxation. 2. In any country in which American troops are currently needed to fight a war there, put democracy to the test and allow the people of that country to decide whether we should stay or withdraw. For example, since we claim that Iraq and Afghanistan are now basically democracies, hold well-publicized and *heavily* monitored elections, and ask the people to vote on: 1) Should U.S. troops stay or withdraw? 2) If stay, for exactly how long? 3) If withdraw, exactly when? Then abide by the decision of the people. So, you're in favor of *heavily* monitoring polling places. Isn't that what democracy is supposed to be about? So, you're in favor of direct voting. 3. Given that both Iraq and Afghanistan will vote for us to get the hell out of their countries and we won't be throwing money into those black holes, and given that a fairer tax structure will bring in more tax revenues, use this money to create a massive research program to find and exploit alternative and clean sources of energy. Do nothing to bring down the price of gas; the more expensive it gets, the more likely this new energy program will be to succeed. So, you're in favor of redistributing wealth. 4. Establish a health care system that provides a basic level of regular preventative (not just emergency) health care for everyone in the country, regardless of whether they work or not, or even if they are just visiting. Individuals can *supplement* this basic level of care with private insurance if they want to get higher levels of service or specialties such as cosmetic surgery, but the basic care is there for everyone. If most of the nations of Europe and even Cuba can do this, why can't the United States? So, you're in favor of socialized medicine. 5. Another sizable chunk of the newly-increased revenue stream should be aimed at eliminating homelessness, and making the availability of a basic level of food and shelter available to everyone. Even one homeless person is too many; three million is *far* too many. So, you're in favor of welfare. 6. Tie the salary rates of school teachers to the salary rates of U.S. Representatives and Senators. Whatever the Senators/Representatives make per year, teachers should make 1% more than that per year. The education of our children is far more important than filling the media with a lot of hot air, and should be recognized as such. So, you're in favor of raising property taxes. 7. Require that all electronic voting machines in America have their software audited by independent computer specialists, and that the machines have an incorruptible paper trail that is verified against the electronic totals and the actual ballots before results of any election are finalized. So, you're not in favor of voting. 8. Limit the ability of all parties in national elections to campaign in the media to three calendar months before the election. Any candidate who violates this and spends a penny to distribute print ads, TV commercials or even printed campaign materials by mail earlier than the three- month limit has to immediately withdraw from the election. So, you're not in favor of free speech. 9. Establish laws that define what constitutes profiteering in the health care and pharmaceutical industries. Make the penalty for breaking these laws a minimum of 20 years in prison, without possibility of parole. So, you're not in favor of profiting. 10. Establish laws that define what constitutes profiteering in the defense industry and for any materials provider or contractor who defrauds or overcharges the U.S. government. Make the penalty for breaking these laws life in prison, without the possibility of parole. So, you're in favor of imprisonment. When are you going to turn yourself in to the authorities?
[FairfieldLife] David Lynch to direct film on life of Maharishi
Dr David Lynch to direct film on the life of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi by Global Good News staff writer Global Good News 28 August 2008 Speaking 20 August 2008 on Maharishi Global Family Chat http://www.globalgoodnews.com/watch-live.html http://www.globalgoodnews.com/watch-live.html , Dr Robert Roth, National Director of Expansion for the Global Country of World Peace http://www.globalcountry.org/ http://www.globalcountry.org/ in the United States, gave details of the upcoming definitive film on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/achievements/Maharishi.html http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/achievements/Maharishi.html , Founder of the Global Country of World Peace, to be directed by world-renowned film director Dr David Lynch. Dr Lynch has made great progress so far, reported Dr Roth, in planning for his new film on Maharishi, which has recently received funding. The director looked back to his interview with Maharishi a year and half ago, in which Maharishi emphasized to him the significance of the Transcendental Meditation Technique's http://www.mum.edu/tm.html http://www.mum.edu/tm.html benefits for the individual, society, and World Peace. Dr Lynch may use the main points from this interview as a thematic outline for his film, added Dr Roth. As of now, continued Dr Roth, Dr Lynch has devised for three elements to be included in the 2 hour, 10 minute film. First, he will use archived footage of Maharishi's worldwide travels, which will provide a structure and timeline for introducing the major points of Maharishi's knowledge. Other elements of the film will include a summary of Maharishi's impact on the world in areas such as education http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/vedic-education/ http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/vedic-education/ and health care http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/vedic-health/ http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/vedic-health/ , as well as artistic computer graphics to illustrate Maharishi's knowledge points. Dr Lynch will be consulting leaders of the Global Country of World Peace, including Prime Minister Dr Bevan Morris http://excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/2008/08-march/mar5.html http://excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/2008/08-march/mar5.html , periodically during the making of his film. He has already gained valuable guidance from Dr Peter Freund at Maharishi University of Management http://www.mum.edu/ http://www.mum.edu/ , who has expert knowledge of nearly every videotaped lecture made by Maharishi. 'Dr Lynch hopes to finish the film by the end of his worldwide tour, perhaps within the next year or year and a half,' said Dr Roth. 'His tour will provide a great foundation of publicity and support leading to the film's release.' C Copyright 2008 Global Good NewsR Global Good News comment: For information about Maharishi's seven-point programme to create a healthy, happy, prosperous society, and a peaceful world, please visit: Global Financial Capital of New York http://www.globalfinancialcapitalny.org/ http://www.globalfinancialcapitalny.org/ .
[FairfieldLife] Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
At first I balked, but after hearing her acceptance speech I was immediately on board. She's totally genuine with conservative principles AND even if the McCain ticket looses in November (God forbid) the Republicans can be proud of their outstanding choice. I'm proud to be a registered Republican!! :-) Below is the McCain/Palin/Republican platform: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/
[FairfieldLife] Is there a (real) Dr. in the house?
Who are these people kidding with their Dr designation. They are as fraudulent as the one Dr. John Gray uses. I'm surprised no one has taken them to task. Of course perhaps no one cares. But still, people with a real PhD had to work really hard to earn the right to call themselves Dr Izzy --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dr David Lynch to direct film on the life of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi by Global Good News staff writer Global Good News 28 August 2008 Speaking 20 August 2008 on Maharishi Global Family Chat http://www.globalgoodnews.com/watch-live.html http://www.globalgoodnews.com/watch-live.html , Dr Robert Roth, National Director of Expansion for the Global Country of World Peace http://www.globalcountry.org/ http://www.globalcountry.org/ in the United States, gave details of the upcoming definitive film on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/achievements/Maharishi.html http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/achievements/Maharishi.html , Founder of the Global Country of World Peace, to be directed by world-renowned film director Dr David Lynch. Dr Lynch has made great progress so far, reported Dr Roth, in planning for his new film on Maharishi, which has recently received funding. The director looked back to his interview with Maharishi a year and half ago, in which Maharishi emphasized to him the significance of the Transcendental Meditation Technique's http://www.mum.edu/tm.html http://www.mum.edu/tm.html benefits for the individual, society, and World Peace. Dr Lynch may use the main points from this interview as a thematic outline for his film, added Dr Roth. As of now, continued Dr Roth, Dr Lynch has devised for three elements to be included in the 2 hour, 10 minute film. First, he will use archived footage of Maharishi's worldwide travels, which will provide a structure and timeline for introducing the major points of Maharishi's knowledge. Other elements of the film will include a summary of Maharishi's impact on the world in areas such as education http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/vedic-education/ http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/vedic-education/ and health care http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/vedic-health/ http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/vedic-health/ , as well as artistic computer graphics to illustrate Maharishi's knowledge points. Dr Lynch will be consulting leaders of the Global Country of World Peace, including Prime Minister Dr Bevan Morris http://excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/2008/08-march/mar5.html http://excellenceinaction.globalgoodnews.com/2008/08-march/mar5.html , periodically during the making of his film. He has already gained valuable guidance from Dr Peter Freund at Maharishi University of Management http://www.mum.edu/ http://www.mum.edu/ , who has expert knowledge of nearly every videotaped lecture made by Maharishi. 'Dr Lynch hopes to finish the film by the end of his worldwide tour, perhaps within the next year or year and a half,' said Dr Roth. 'His tour will provide a great foundation of publicity and support leading to the film's release.' C Copyright 2008 Global Good NewsR Global Good News comment: For information about Maharishi's seven-point programme to create a healthy, happy, prosperous society, and a peaceful world, please visit: Global Financial Capital of New York http://www.globalfinancialcapitalny.org/ http://www.globalfinancialcapitalny.org/ .
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:37 AM, wayback71 wrote: One of my sisters has BPD. It has been a very difficult situation for our family, both as I was growing up and continuing on now. My parents were at a total loss as to how to handle her, so just gave in to anything she demanded. Family therapy was not really even considered in those days (the 50's and 60's) among our friends. Over the years, the family has struggled to stay together, but some bonds are broken for good, and my mother grieves while protecting my sister and leaving everyone's inheritance to her. What is astounding, is that my sister with BPD does not really get what she has done, or the consequences of her actions over the years. She can rage about what someone else is doing and how unfair or unhealthy it is etc, then turn around and do the exact same thing herself without recognizing it - no shame, no guilt, honestly and truly no understanding. I always thought it was as if there is a large portion of her brain just gone missing - despite being intelligent and kind (if her interests are being met first and she is secure that my parents love her the most and she can live with them). It was such a shock to finally see this - as if she has blinders on even in the most obvious and egregious situations. It has been a devastating, crazy ride for all of us. Took me years and lots of therapy to learn to deal with it. ONe sister just emotionally left her relationship with my parents and BPD sister. My brother has ignored it all until recently. I sure hope it can be figured out. For my sister it has gotten only very slightly better over the course of 56 years. My heart goes out to you are your family. Kudos to you for having the determination to stick in there. All of my children were adopted and/or are foster kids and thus we never had any choice over the type or style of development they were exposed to. In some cases the developmental damage was so pervasive, i.e. children who were severely neglected and abused at that key point of brain development, the 2-4 years of age sweet spot, that they would totally lose the ability empathize with other humans and they had no ability to emotionally bond to others. In some cases these kids never can escape their own pathology, as it's actually hardwired into their little brains. On a more positive note, we are having some success with one of the most difficult children using mindfulness meditation as envisioned by one of the leading experts in human attachment. Perhaps everyone else knows that you have adopted and foster children, but I did not. Now that is seva! Those kids are lucky to have found you. Best of luck and thanks for your comments.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Brain Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder discorvered
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 feste37@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 11:17 AM, feste37 wrote: Ever thought of applying that to yourself, Vaj? It fits quite nicely into your rigid views of TM and MMY. You're so stuck in your negative views that you can't see beyond them, no matter what evidence is presented. Your observation is based on a number of false assumptions: --that ALL of my views of M. are negative, OK, so tell me one positive thing about MMY. Just one. I'm not Vaj, but I'll step up to the plate for my last post this week. And I won't stop at one. I'll give it exactly as much time as I gave myself for the ten positive planks of my political platform. -- He made meditation a household word in the West. This is never to be discounted, and IMO should be his legacy. -- He reintroduced a great number of multi-lifetime spiritual seekers who had been reborn in the West to the spiritual path, one that they would otherwise not easily have found. -- He gave many of those multi-lifetime seekers an opportunity that is rare and in my opinion one of the greatest gifts a spiritual teacher can bestow on a spiritual seeker: the right to teach basic meditation. We weren't *ready* to teach, and he knew it, but he let us have a go at it anyway, and to learn from that experience. This is the thing I am most grateful to him for. -- The checking procedure, as AI-based and non- respectful of the individual as it is, is a pretty neat thing. For the type of technique he taught, I cannot think of one competitive tradition that has anything nearly as effective in terms of recentering effortless meditation. -- He gave a lot of us the opportunity to do long meditations in a retreat setting. We called them courses and called what we did rounding, but it is an experience that few on this planet have had, and we should treasure it. -- He gave a lot of us who were about to get burned out on the promise of the Sixties something other than sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll to focus on in our mind's natural tendency to seek more. -- He enabled me to travel to a lot of exotic locales, even though my memories of many of them are limited to what the inside of my hotel room looked like. -- He sponsored some WAY magical moments that still rank WAY up there in my list of cool moments. Whether they were at a course in the mountains or in an initiation room in Los Angeles, they were way cool shiny moments, and I thank him for them. -- He provided me with a dumbed-down but remarkably effective language and set of buzzwords with which to describe the spiritual process, one that is easily understood by many people, and which probably comes as close as any language and set of buzzwords in the biz to being able to describe the indescribable. -- He introduced me, through his organization, to some of the most beautiful women in the world, some of whom still rank up there in my list of WAY cool moments along with the spiritual experiences. -- He introduced me similarly to some really neat fellow seekers, many of whom I still treasure to this day as friends. -- By allowing me to teach, he forced me the fuck out of my self, and allowed me for brief periods of time to experience selflessness, and putting someone else's welfare ahead of my own. I know I said this before, but that's a really big deal. -- He had an infectious laugh, and infected me with it often. That is never to be dismissed or overlooked in any human being, let alone a spiritual teacher. -- His techniques, plus probably a lot of work in previous lives, facilitated my first clear experience of enlightenment in this lifetime. That is also not to be overlooked or forgotten or regarded with anything but gratitude. -- In the end, he taught me one of the greatest lessons one can possibly learn along the spiritual path. That is, by walking away from it you are sometimes really still following it. Fantastic list. Amen.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At first I balked, but after hearing her acceptance speech I was immediately on board. She's totally genuine with conservative principles AND even if the McCain ticket looses in November (God forbid) the Republicans can be proud of their outstanding choice. I'm proud to be a registered Republican!! :-) Below is the McCain/Palin/Republican platform: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ McCain is 72, the oldest presidential candidate in history. He has a history with cancer and reportedly [and observably] has frequent 'senior moments'. McCain is two years older than his father was when he died suddenly of a heart attack at 70. His grandfather died of a heart attack at 61. Sarah Palin has been governor of a low population state [670,053 in 2006] for 18 months and before that she was a mayor of a town of less than 8000 people. Is she qualified on a national or international level to be president in case McCain kicks the bucket?
[FairfieldLife] Re: From Mike Scozzari
Mike Scozzari is a very longtime TM teacher who has taught thousands of people the TM technique as taught by MMY. Years ago when the cost of TM began to spiral upwards he chose to teach TM outside the TM organization and was taken to court for it several years ago. He was told he could keep teaching TM in the fashion he was but he could no longer call what he was teaching, Transcendental Meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi The TM org and he mutually agreed that he could call it something else and he now calls it Transcendental Stress Management. There is another very longtime TM teacher, Paul Brown, who has also been been teaching TM as taught by MMY but teaching it outside the TM org. and after a series of threatening letters by the TM org. he now calls what he teaches something different (Vedic Meditation?). They are both still teaching TM as taught by but cannot legally claim to be. That is as I understand it. Izzy --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Mike Scozzari Transcendental Stress Management Did he steal that technique from Maharishi ?
[FairfieldLife] Re: From Mike Scozzari
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: Mike Scozzari Transcendental Stress Management Did he steal that technique from Maharishi ? You mean after Maharishi broke his agreement with him...? How can a supposedly natural universal technique be stolen? Does anyone know when re-recertification will begin? Me, I just want to fund raise and sell real estate ;) JohnY
Re: [FairfieldLife] Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
BillyG. wrote: At first I balked, but after hearing her acceptance speech I was immediately on board. She's totally genuine with conservative principles AND even if the McCain ticket looses in November (God forbid) the Republicans can be proud of their outstanding choice. I'm proud to be a registered Republican!! :-) Below is the McCain/Palin/Republican platform: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ You're kidding, right? If not I would like to know why you vote Republican? Seems to be a dissonant choice for someone so interested in meditation and eastern philosophy.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Positivity Dare -- Turq's Platform
Richard J. Williams wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: My bet is that Judy cannot create such a list in ten hours. So, you'd be willing to wager how much? 1. Create a completely new tax structure that ensures that corporations and non-profit entities like churches that in fact make huge profits cannot avoid paying taxes on those profits. Currently, according to the US government, most corporations pay no taxes. (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/aug2008/ctax-a15.shtml) As businesses and corporations begin to pay their fair share, reduce taxes on individuals accordingly. So, you're in favor of progressive taxation. 2. In any country in which American troops are currently needed to fight a war there, put democracy to the test and allow the people of that country to decide whether we should stay or withdraw. For example, since we claim that Iraq and Afghanistan are now basically democracies, hold well-publicized and *heavily* monitored elections, and ask the people to vote on: 1) Should U.S. troops stay or withdraw? 2) If stay, for exactly how long? 3) If withdraw, exactly when? Then abide by the decision of the people. So, you're in favor of *heavily* monitoring polling places. Isn't that what democracy is supposed to be about? So, you're in favor of direct voting. 3. Given that both Iraq and Afghanistan will vote for us to get the hell out of their countries and we won't be throwing money into those black holes, and given that a fairer tax structure will bring in more tax revenues, use this money to create a massive research program to find and exploit alternative and clean sources of energy. Do nothing to bring down the price of gas; the more expensive it gets, the more likely this new energy program will be to succeed. So, you're in favor of redistributing wealth. 4. Establish a health care system that provides a basic level of regular preventative (not just emergency) health care for everyone in the country, regardless of whether they work or not, or even if they are just visiting. Individuals can *supplement* this basic level of care with private insurance if they want to get higher levels of service or specialties such as cosmetic surgery, but the basic care is there for everyone. If most of the nations of Europe and even Cuba can do this, why can't the United States? So, you're in favor of socialized medicine. 5. Another sizable chunk of the newly-increased revenue stream should be aimed at eliminating homelessness, and making the availability of a basic level of food and shelter available to everyone. Even one homeless person is too many; three million is *far* too many. So, you're in favor of welfare. 6. Tie the salary rates of school teachers to the salary rates of U.S. Representatives and Senators. Whatever the Senators/Representatives make per year, teachers should make 1% more than that per year. The education of our children is far more important than filling the media with a lot of hot air, and should be recognized as such. So, you're in favor of raising property taxes. 7. Require that all electronic voting machines in America have their software audited by independent computer specialists, and that the machines have an incorruptible paper trail that is verified against the electronic totals and the actual ballots before results of any election are finalized. So, you're not in favor of voting. 8. Limit the ability of all parties in national elections to campaign in the media to three calendar months before the election. Any candidate who violates this and spends a penny to distribute print ads, TV commercials or even printed campaign materials by mail earlier than the three- month limit has to immediately withdraw from the election. So, you're not in favor of free speech. 9. Establish laws that define what constitutes profiteering in the health care and pharmaceutical industries. Make the penalty for breaking these laws a minimum of 20 years in prison, without possibility of parole. So, you're not in favor of profiting. 10. Establish laws that define what constitutes profiteering in the defense industry and for any materials provider or contractor who defrauds or overcharges the U.S. government. Make the penalty for breaking these laws life in prison, without the possibility of parole. So, you're in favor of imprisonment. When are you going to turn yourself in to the authorities? Probably about the same time as you turn yourself into Austin State Hospital.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: At first I balked, but after hearing her acceptance speech I was immediately on board. She's totally genuine with conservative principles AND even if the McCain ticket looses in November (God forbid) the Republicans can be proud of their outstanding choice. I'm proud to be a registered Republican!! :-) Below is the McCain/Palin/Republican platform: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ McCain is 72, the oldest presidential candidate in history. He has a history with cancer and reportedly [and observably] has frequent 'senior moments'. McCain is two years older than his father was when he died suddenly of a heart attack at 70. His grandfather died of a heart attack at 61. Sarah Palin has been governor of a low population state [670,053 in 2006] for 18 months and before that she was a mayor of a town of less than 8000 people. Is she qualified on a national or international level to be president in case McCain kicks the bucket? She has as much or more experience than Obama who's on the top of the Dem ticket!!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BillyG. wrote: At first I balked, but after hearing her acceptance speech I was immediately on board. She's totally genuine with conservative principles AND even if the McCain ticket looses in November (God forbid) the Republicans can be proud of their outstanding choice. I'm proud to be a registered Republican!! :-) Below is the McCain/Palin/Republican platform: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ You're kidding, right? If not I would like to know why you vote Republican? Seems to be a dissonant choice for someone so interested in meditation and eastern philosophy. I think BillyG took his lead from an unabashedly patriotic Charlie Lutes who [I believe] was a Republican and who [I know] was somewhat of homophobe. He often referred to gays as being 'light in the loafers'. Two lesbians got up and left in tears from one of his lectures I attended after he made some derogatory comments about gay people.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 10:32 AM, boo_lives wrote: Now that's sure a winning ticket. I think Michael Palin would be funnier. ...but mountain doesn't move! A few facts about palin - she's in favor of teaching creationism in science classes, does not believe insurance should cover contraception, and generally is true to the nuttiest fundamentalist beliefs. Plus she's from Alaska, which should net McCain about 3 extra votes. I wonder if part of the reason they didn't pick her was so Biden would be forced to go easy in the debates and make her look smarter than she is. Sal I would encourage you to maybe not be so knee-jerk in your reaction Sal. To do so is to significantly underestimate the opposition. Have yas travelled around Alaska and talked to folks or even discussed her with close friends in AK? She holds a unique constellation of qualities that makes her very appealing to a large set of people in the lower 48. You might be surprised. You might also be surprised to find her a formidable opponent to Biden in a debate. Not only does Biden poll towards being deficient in honesty and warmth, Palin has a reputation of being fearless, believable, and very well spoken. Comments made earlier here on FFL regarding her holding nutcase xtian fundamentalist views might also be more than a little overstated. I remember reading notes here shortly after Super about how badly McCain was going to be beaten. I sent a reply urging caution. Does it surprise anyone how closely this race has been polling with 70 days remaining? I may disagree with Sarah Palin on a great number of things, but I would never underestimate her effect on an election that has been unlike any other in my lifetime.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: At first I balked, but after hearing her acceptance speech I was immediately on board. She's totally genuine with conservative principles AND even if the McCain ticket looses in November (God forbid) the Republicans can be proud of their outstanding choice. I'm proud to be a registered Republican!! :-) Below is the McCain/Palin/Republican platform: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ McCain is 72, the oldest presidential candidate in history. He has a history with cancer and reportedly [and observably] has frequent 'senior moments'. McCain is two years older than his father was when he died suddenly of a heart attack at 70. His grandfather died of a heart attack at 61. Sarah Palin has been governor of a low population state [670,053 in 2006] for 18 months and before that she was a mayor of a town of less than 8000 people. Is she qualified on a national or international level to be president in case McCain kicks the bucket? She has as much or more experience than Obama who's on the top of the Dem ticket!! Hardly. ---Two years in the U.S. Senate. Seven years in the Illinois Senate. One loss in a primary election for the U.S. House of Representatives. Obama's experience is broader than his time in elected office. He was a community organizer in Chicago and led voter-registration drives. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He lived for a time in Indonesia, a Muslim country. He has traveled to the Middle East, Africa and Iraq. He has lived abroad and has relatives who are certainly not your Mayflower Americans and understands different cultures, Dillard says. Many presidents with foreign-policy experience have not lived firsthand the type of life that Barack has. USA TODAY: http://tinyurl.com/3xjseb
[FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BillyG. wrote: At first I balked, but after hearing her acceptance speech I was immediately on board. She's totally genuine with conservative principles AND even if the McCain ticket looses in November (God forbid) the Republicans can be proud of their outstanding choice. I'm proud to be a registered Republican!! :-) Below is the McCain/Palin/Republican platform: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ You're kidding, right? If not I would like to know why you vote Republican? Seems to be a dissonant choice for someone so interested in meditation and eastern philosophy. Evil, in all of its forms, must be eliminated, (or stood up to) whether it is in oneself or the environment in which you live. This is true spiritual duty, and the essence of the Bhagavad Gita; standing up to the evil Kuravas (sense tendencies of the kama rupa, desire body) in oneself and also taking a position of 'righteous duty' (dharma) against the evil tendencies in the World. WWII is a great example of where America was an especially heroic Country and truly lived up to its Dharma or righteous duty!
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of do.rflex Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:40 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that... I think BillyG took his lead from an unabashedly patriotic Charlie Lutes who [I believe] was a Republican and who [I know] was somewhat of homophobe. He often referred to gays as being 'light in the loafers'. Two lesbians got up and left in tears from one of his lectures I attended after he made some derogatory comments about gay people. Or from MMY, who was supportive of Nixon during the Watergate years, and who told the Amherst SCI Symposium, in the presence of General Davis, that if your enemy has the bomb, you should get a bigger bomb. He seems to have wised up in his later years, with his condemnation of Bush.
[FairfieldLife] Sarah Palin Supports Teaching Creationism in Schools
PALIN: Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. And you know, I say this too as the daughter of a science teacher. Growing up with being so privileged and blessed to be given a lot of information on, on both sides of the subject -- creationism and evolution. It's been a healthy foundation for me. But don't be afraid of information and let kids debate both sides. [...] The volatile issue of teaching creation science in public schools popped up in the Alaska governor's race this week when Republican Sarah Palin said she thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution in the state's public classrooms. Palin was answering a question from the moderator near the conclusion of Wednesday night's televised debate on KAKM Channel 7 when she said, Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important, and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. Her main opponents, Democrat Tony Knowles and Independent Andrew Halcro, said such alternatives to evolution should be kept out of science classrooms. Halcro called such lessons religious-based and said the place for them might be a philosophy or sociology class. The question has divided local school boards in several places around the country and has come up in Alaska before, including once before the state Board of Education in 1993. The teaching of creationism, which relies on the biblical account of the creation of life, has been ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court as an unconstitutional injection of religion into public education. Last December, in a widely publicized local case, a federal judge in Pennsylvania threw out a city school board's requirement that intelligent design be mentioned briefly in science classes. Intelligent design proposes that biological life is so complex that some kind of intelligence must have shaped it. In an interview Thursday, Palin said she meant only to say that discussion of alternative views should be allowed to arise in Alaska classrooms: I don't think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn't have to be part of the curriculum. She added that, if elected, she would not push the state Board of Education to add such creation-based alternatives to the state's required curriculum. Members of the state school board, which sets minimum requirements, are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature. I won't have religion as a litmus test, or anybody's personal opinion on evolution or creationism, Palin said. Palin has occasionally discussed her lifelong Christian faith during the governor's race but said teaching creationism is nothing she has campaigned about or even given much thought to. We're talking about the gas line and PERS/TERS, she said Thursday, referring to the proposed natural gas pipeline and public employee and teacher retirement systems. The Republican Party of Alaska platform says, in its section on education: We support giving Creation Science equal representation with other theories of the origin of life. If evolution is taught, it should be presented as only a theory. [...] Full article - The Anchorage Daily News: http://tinyurl.com/6gf5gk
[FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...but mountain doesn't move! But perhaps Palin is related, or stuff, to Saija [sigh-yah] Palin: http://www.saijapalin.com/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
BillyG. wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BillyG. wrote: At first I balked, but after hearing her acceptance speech I was immediately on board. She's totally genuine with conservative principles AND even if the McCain ticket looses in November (God forbid) the Republicans can be proud of their outstanding choice. I'm proud to be a registered Republican!! :-) Below is the McCain/Palin/Republican platform: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ You're kidding, right? If not I would like to know why you vote Republican? Seems to be a dissonant choice for someone so interested in meditation and eastern philosophy. Evil, in all of its forms, must be eliminated, (or stood up to) whether it is in oneself or the environment in which you live. This is true spiritual duty, and the essence of the Bhagavad Gita; standing up to the evil Kuravas (sense tendencies of the kama rupa, desire body) in oneself and also taking a position of 'righteous duty' (dharma) against the evil tendencies in the World. WWII is a great example of where America was an especially heroic Country and truly lived up to its Dharma or righteous duty! Then you must live in an alternate universe. Look at what the Republicans have wrought in the last 8 years. If anything they are the evil ones. To me, Bush, Cheney and the neocons are superb examples of rakshasas which by modern Hindi definition means wicked person. They are now willing to risk nuclear war with Russia in order to maintain US hegemony. They do not have the support of the American people in this activity (certainly not those who are rational). I would suggest you read the writing of a Republican who served in the Reagan White House, Paul Craig Roberts, whose articles I link to here on this group. He is not a fan of what the Republican Party has become and especially not a fan of the Bush administration. Your opinion is indeed VERY NAIVE. But you are welcome to be as naive and stupid as you want in this world as well as suffer the consequences for it.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
do.rflex wrote: - I think BillyG took his lead from an unabashedly patriotic Charlie Lutes who [I believe] was a Republican and who [I know] was somewhat of homophobe. He often referred to gays as being 'light in the loafers'. Two lesbians got up and left in tears from one of his lectures I attended after he made some derogatory comments about gay people. The other night I watched the HBO movie Recount on DVD. This was the critically praised movie about the Florida 2000 election recount. It reminded me so poignantly of how demonic the Bush supporters and the Karl Rove operatives were on that occasion. Rove is still unleashing his evil in this world. We will undoubtedly see more of his crap in the next two months. Maybe we'll be lucky though and he'll choke to death on a pretzel (or someone's dick).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
Rick Archer wrote: Or from MMY, who was supportive of Nixon during the Watergate years, and who told the Amherst SCI Symposium, in the presence of General Davis, that if your enemy has the bomb, you should get a bigger bomb. He seems to have wised up in his later years, with his condemnation of Bush. And I remember the TMO saying glowing things about Reagan when he took office and that's when I really decided the movement was run by a bunch of goofballs.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Make that McCain and Palin :)
On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Tom wrote: Plus she's from Alaska, which should net McCain about 3 extra votes. I wonder if part of the reason they didn't pick her was so Biden would be forced to go easy in the debates and make her look smarter than she is. Sal I would encourage you to maybe not be so knee-jerk in your reaction Sal. You mean ruin my reputation by actually trying to be nuanced and thoughtful, Tom? (Shudder) I was actually kind of kidding, sort of. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of do.rflex Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:40 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that... I think BillyG took his lead from an unabashedly patriotic Charlie Lutes who [I believe] was a Republican and who [I know] was somewhat of homophobe. He often referred to gays as being 'light in the loafers'. Two lesbians got up and left in tears from one of his lectures I attended after he made some derogatory comments about gay people. Or from MMY, who was supportive of Nixon during the Watergate years, and who told the Amherst SCI Symposium, in the presence of General Davis, that if your enemy has the bomb, you should get a bigger bomb. He seems to have wised up in his later years, with his condemnation of Bush. I can confirm that statement by MMY, as I have heard it from a friend of mine who also made that exact statement! That was back when MMY was speaking more like a Yogi. He made more sense to me in those days.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of BillyG. Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 5:30 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that... Or from MMY, who was supportive of Nixon during the Watergate years, and who told the Amherst SCI Symposium, in the presence of General Davis, that if your enemy has the bomb, you should get a bigger bomb. (snip) I can confirm that statement by MMY, as I have heard it from a friend of mine who also made that exact statement! So can I 'cause I was there.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Supports Teaching Creationism in Schools
Clearly, this woman is stupid. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PALIN: Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. And you know, I say this too as the daughter of a science teacher. Growing up with being so privileged and blessed to be given a lot of information on, on both sides of the subject -- creationism and evolution. It's been a healthy foundation for me. But don't be afraid of information and let kids debate both sides. [...] The volatile issue of teaching creation science in public schools popped up in the Alaska governor's race this week when Republican Sarah Palin said she thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution in the state's public classrooms. Palin was answering a question from the moderator near the conclusion of Wednesday night's televised debate on KAKM Channel 7 when she said, Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important, and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. Her main opponents, Democrat Tony Knowles and Independent Andrew Halcro, said such alternatives to evolution should be kept out of science classrooms. Halcro called such lessons religious-based and said the place for them might be a philosophy or sociology class. The question has divided local school boards in several places around the country and has come up in Alaska before, including once before the state Board of Education in 1993. The teaching of creationism, which relies on the biblical account of the creation of life, has been ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court as an unconstitutional injection of religion into public education. Last December, in a widely publicized local case, a federal judge in Pennsylvania threw out a city school board's requirement that intelligent design be mentioned briefly in science classes. Intelligent design proposes that biological life is so complex that some kind of intelligence must have shaped it. In an interview Thursday, Palin said she meant only to say that discussion of alternative views should be allowed to arise in Alaska classrooms: I don't think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn't have to be part of the curriculum. She added that, if elected, she would not push the state Board of Education to add such creation-based alternatives to the state's required curriculum. Members of the state school board, which sets minimum requirements, are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature. I won't have religion as a litmus test, or anybody's personal opinion on evolution or creationism, Palin said. Palin has occasionally discussed her lifelong Christian faith during the governor's race but said teaching creationism is nothing she has campaigned about or even given much thought to. We're talking about the gas line and PERS/TERS, she said Thursday, referring to the proposed natural gas pipeline and public employee and teacher retirement systems. The Republican Party of Alaska platform says, in its section on education: We support giving Creation Science equal representation with other theories of the origin of life. If evolution is taught, it should be presented as only a theory. [...] Full article - The Anchorage Daily News: http://tinyurl.com/6gf5gk
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of do.rflex Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:40 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Yep-And a proud day to be a Republican!! :-) was Make that... I think BillyG took his lead from an unabashedly patriotic Charlie Lutes who [I believe] was a Republican and who [I know] was somewhat of homophobe. He often referred to gays as being 'light in the loafers'. Two lesbians got up and left in tears from one of his lectures I attended after he made some derogatory comments about gay people. Or from MMY, who was supportive of Nixon during the Watergate years, and who told the Amherst SCI Symposium, in the presence of General Davis, that if your enemy has the bomb, you should get a bigger bomb. He seems to have wised up in his later years, with his condemnation of Bush. I can confirm that statement by MMY, as I have heard it from a friend of mine who also made that exact statement! That was back when MMY was speaking more like a Yogi. He made more sense to me in those days. MAD was an effective response to an impossible situation, for quite a while. Maharishi was certainly not worried about hurting peoples' feelings. He dissed about 10,000 teachers and the entire British empire with a great deal of gusto. JohnY
[FairfieldLife] McCain did the impossible...
...he actually made me a fan of his, something I wasn't until this morning. His appointment of Sarah Palin is genius. 1) She is more qualified in terms of executive experience than all three of the men -- Osama, Biden, and McCain -- combined. 2) Regarding foreign policy experience: Barack Obama has zero going in to the presidency. At least Palin will, as VP, have some on-the- job experience. The argument can also be made that, as the governor of the largest U.S. state and the ONLY one bordering a superpower, Russia (Obama's Illinois where he wasn't even governor or part of the government borders the lowly Canada, hardly a great challenge), that fact alone gives Palin an edge over both Obama and Biden when it comes to hands-on foreign policy experience (Biden spent his life in committees flapping his yap and his puny little state, Delaware, has a 3,000 mile ocean as a buffer zone to a foreign country!). 3) Union member, non-elitist, a basketball star from high school (let's see Barack take her on!), NRA member, hunter, fisher. Wow! She's the big brother I never had! 4) Plus, she's a babe, mother of 5, and a hockey mom. 5) When she speaks she sound more sincere and genuine than McCain, Obama, and Biden combined. A veritable Margaret Thatcher to the manor born! 6) What's that sound? Hmmm...it's the sound of all the air being sucked out of Barack's speech last night, the Biden nomination, and the last 4 days in Denver...all thanks to one little Mom from Alaska. You liberals have absolutely no idea how Americans in the heartland think because you believe the US media too much. John McCain just won the election with his choice of Palin because the heartland (not to even mention a good portion of 18 million disaffected Hillary voters) will go for this genuine person in droves. This genius choice on the part of McCain probably ensures that he'll win all 50 states, including Obama's home states of Illinois and Hawaii. McCain played Obama like a fiddle, leading him and everyone else into thinking he'd choose a man. Had McCain let the cat out of the bag only a week earlier, Obama would have had to choose Hillary. HA He hoodwinked everyone and left them peeing in their pants.
[FairfieldLife] McCain's adviser has a terrific solution for the uninsured
Now why didn't anyone think of this before now? It's brilliant, I tell ya. So I have a solution. And it will cost not one thin dime, Mr. Goodman said. The next president of the United States should sign an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to cease and desist from describing any American – even illegal aliens – as uninsured. Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care. So, there you have it. Voila! Problem solved. Well, at least he didn't say to kill everyone... http://tinyurl.com/5bmqht
Re: [FairfieldLife] McCain did the impossible...
On Aug 29, 2008, at 7:25 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: McCain played Obama like a fiddle, leading him and everyone else into thinking he'd choose a man. Had McCain let the cat out of the bag only a week earlier, Obama would have had to choose Hillary. HA He hoodwinked everyone and left them peeing in their pants. And on that note shemp goes back into his room with the padded walls at Bellevue, where he continues to entertain himself with fantasies that even most right-wingers would shake their heads at. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: McCain did the impossible...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 29, 2008, at 7:25 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: McCain played Obama like a fiddle, leading him and everyone else into thinking he'd choose a man. Had McCain let the cat out of the bag only a week earlier, Obama would have had to choose Hillary. HA He hoodwinked everyone and left them peeing in their pants. And on that note shemp goes back into his room with the padded walls at Bellevue, where he continues to entertain himself with fantasies that even most right-wingers would shake their heads at. Discounting Shemp's burbling hyperbole, he's right that Palin is a very savvy political choice on McCain's part.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin Supports Teaching Creationism in Schools
McCain chose Palin because Repubs' support from the normally sheep-like evangelical wing is leaking like a New Orleans levee following Katrina. The Palin pick reveals the desperation of McCain, who stupidly thought that if he named any woman, the supporters of Hillary would follow. McCain tried to have it both ways with the Palin pick - renewed support from evangelicals plus the disaffected HIllary supporters. I suspect HIllary supporters are offended by Palin pick, and will quickly repatriate behind Obama. HIllary as McCain's VP was McCain's only chance at victory. For now, Hillary gets credit for enticing McCain to pick a woman; McCain's curiosity with HIllary led to McCain making the stupid move of picking Palin as his VP. The evangelicals' choice was Huckaby for Pres. After Huckaby's surprise Iowa victory, the Repub establishment showed their true colors by castigating Huckaby, and the evangelicals are furious, and won't be led by the snout this year by Republicans. Additionally, John and Cindy McCain are way short on family values, further diminishing evangelicals' support for the GOP this year. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Clearly, this woman is stupid. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: PALIN: Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. And you know, I say this too as the daughter of a science teacher. Growing up with being so privileged and blessed to be given a lot of information on, on both sides of the subject -- creationism and evolution. It's been a healthy foundation for me. But don't be afraid of information and let kids debate both sides. [...] The volatile issue of teaching creation science in public schools popped up in the Alaska governor's race this week when Republican Sarah Palin said she thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution in the state's public classrooms. Palin was answering a question from the moderator near the conclusion of Wednesday night's televised debate on KAKM Channel 7 when she said, Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important, and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. Her main opponents, Democrat Tony Knowles and Independent Andrew Halcro, said such alternatives to evolution should be kept out of science classrooms. Halcro called such lessons religious-based and said the place for them might be a philosophy or sociology class. The question has divided local school boards in several places around the country and has come up in Alaska before, including once before the state Board of Education in 1993. The teaching of creationism, which relies on the biblical account of the creation of life, has been ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court as an unconstitutional injection of religion into public education. Last December, in a widely publicized local case, a federal judge in Pennsylvania threw out a city school board's requirement that intelligent design be mentioned briefly in science classes. Intelligent design proposes that biological life is so complex that some kind of intelligence must have shaped it. In an interview Thursday, Palin said she meant only to say that discussion of alternative views should be allowed to arise in Alaska classrooms: I don't think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn't have to be part of the curriculum. She added that, if elected, she would not push the state Board of Education to add such creation-based alternatives to the state's required curriculum. Members of the state school board, which sets minimum requirements, are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature. I won't have religion as a litmus test, or anybody's personal opinion on evolution or creationism, Palin said. Palin has occasionally discussed her lifelong Christian faith during the governor's race but said teaching creationism is nothing she has campaigned about or even given much thought to. We're talking about the gas line and PERS/TERS, she said Thursday, referring to the proposed natural gas pipeline and public employee and teacher retirement systems. The Republican Party of Alaska platform says, in its section on education: We support giving Creation Science equal representation with other theories of the origin of life. If evolution is taught, it should be presented as only a theory. [...] Full article - The Anchorage Daily News: http://tinyurl.com/6gf5gk
[FairfieldLife] Re: How Samskaras Work 101 -- Lesson 1
Some unfinished business from last week: I know, and Barry knows, and anybody who follows my posts knows that none--not one--of the patterns Barry describes in the post I quote below accurately characterizes my behavior (with regard to documentable *facts*, not mere opinion). Rather than taking the time to refute each of his claims, I'm just going to take one example as representative; the other claims are equally untrue. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip THE *SAME* PERSON, LOST IN POLITICAL SAMSKARAS, MIGHT EXHIBIT THE FOLLOWING PATTERNS: * A tendency to mindlessly believe that the things that Hillary Clinton has said are not only true, but Truth. Whereas almost everything said by her opponents are lies. Just totally made up out of thin air. Neither, of course, is even remotely true, as the record shows. * A tendency to be unable to see evidence that these things are *not* true, and to come up with outlandish explanations for why they're really true. (Video foot- age of Hillary lying about being under fire can be somehow explained away, as can video footage of the event itself.) Of course, I never suggested her story about being under fire was true. Barry made that up out of thin air as well. Whether she was lying (which would make no sense whatsoever, given the coverage her Tuzla visit received) or just misremembering, at least she ultimately acknowledged the error--entirely unlike Barry, who lies continually without the slightest hesitation, let alone remorse, and virtually never even admits to having been wrong. With the possible exception of Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Barry's three little yapping attack Yorkies, anybody who reads my posts could easily provide rebuttals to the rest of Barry's claims. But if anybody's interested, I'll be happy to respond to any of the others.
