[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Guru Dev's Guru'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HIS HOLINESS SRI SWAMI KRISHNANANDA SARASWATI MAHARAJ: http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/saints/krishnananda.htm More on Guru Dev: http://oaks.nvg.org/vo1ra2.html That's not the correct Krishnanand - the one you're pointing at was born in 1922 and was working for the government in 1943. He's too young to be Guru Dev's guru JohnY
[FairfieldLife] 'Guru Dev's Lineage'
questions (fwd) Vidyasankar Sundaresan vidya at CCO.CALTECH.EDU Tue Sep 3 21:50:33 CDT 1996 Previous message: The need for action. (Was Re: Spiritual Erudition) Next message: EXPERIENCES -- Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 15:46:55 +0200 (MET DST) From: Gerald Penn gpenn at sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de To: msr at tamu.edu Subject: questions First, I have heard that the current senior Shankaracarya of Jyoshimath happens to be the Shankaracarya of the Dwarka Math. How did this happen? I Please see http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~vidya/advaita/ad-today.html. This site discusses the recent history of the maths established by Sankara. Here are some more details. Till 1984, the Sankaracharya of Dwaraka was Sri Abhinava Saccidananda Tirtha. He passed away leaving a will nominating some people in order of preference to succeed him at the seat. Sri Swaroopananda Saraswati, who was then the Sankaracharya of Jyotirmath was the third or fourth on this list. However, the people before him on the list politely declined in his favor. Sri Swaroopananda Saraswati then took over charge at Dwaraka. I know this first-hand, because one of those who declined was a close friend of my father's. If I remember right, Sri Swaroopananda was the only sannyasi on the list. Any of the others would have been required to become sannyasis before taking charge of the Dwaraka math. There are always reasons why one is not prepared/qualified to become a sannyasi at a particular juncture in one's life. At that time, some surprise was expressed by many people, that the same person was now in charge of two maths. But there is no rule against such a situation, either in the tradition or in modern Hindu law. The previous Sankaracharya of Dwaraka had nominated him in his will, and Sri Swaroopananda seems to have had little choice in the matter. Usually, one does what one's guru wishes, and Swaroopananda considers Sri Abhinava Saccidananda Tirtha as one of his gurus. The consecration ceremonies for Sri Swaroopananda at Dwaraka were performed by Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha of Sringeri, and I don't think he saw anything wrong in the situation. As for the Jyotirmath, it had been vacant for a long time because of adverse circumstances. In 1940, some concerned people in Varanasi got together and formed a committee to revive the math. Sri Brahmananda Saraswati, who was well-known in the north, was requested to fill the post. His guru, Sri Krishnananda Saraswati, was a disciple of the then Sankaracharya of Sringeri, and he was also well-known as a highly accomplished guru in the north. Brahmananda Saraswati lived till 1953. After his demise, Sri Santananda Saraswati succeeded him. For some reason, I don't know what, the committee which nominated Sri Brahmananda was not happy with Sri Santananda. I guess the people on this committee still held some power over how these succession issues are decided. This led to another litigation, and Sri Abhinava Saccidananda Tirtha of Dwaraka was requested to help resolve the dispute. After a period of some confusion, Sri Swaroopananda was proposed as a compromise candidate. Sri Santananda has since stepped down from the Jyotirmath, but continues to be associated with one school of that math in Haridwar, and another in London, I believe. Dennis Waite, another list member, may want to clarify this. In any case, one recently published book of Santananda's describes him as the ex-Sankaracharya of Jyotirmath. However, Swaroopananda's claim to the Jyotirmath title is disputed by some other disciples of Sri Brahmananda, mainly one named Sri Vishnudevananda Saraswati. There are still cases in the Indian courts regarding the matter. Meanwhile, the other Sankaracharyas in India have recognized Sri Swaroopananda as the head of the Jyotirmath, most probably because he was nominated through the intercession of the Sankaracharya of Dwaraka. The situation in the Jyotirmath is further complicated by the fact that Mahesh Yogi of TM fame supports Vishnudevananda over Swaroopananda. Vishnudevananda also has connections with the VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) whereas Swaroopananda seems to have been involved with the Congress since his student days, when India was still under British rule. The VHP calls Swaroopananda a Sarkari Sadhu (governmental monk) because he does not hesitate to differ publicly with the VHP stances on religious issues. In my opinion, this is a good thing, because I do not think the VHP leaders are qualified to dictate religious matters to the rest of the country. One is better off with honest dissent in public life, as compared to the coerced assent that the VHP seems to command. Of course, involvement in politics is nothing new to the Sankaracharyas. And it is not as if it is necessarily bad for them to be involved in politics. From the 14th century, there is the instance of Sri Vidyaranya of Sringeri who was closely connected with the founding of the
[FairfieldLife] Re: What do you think will happen?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you think will happen when Obama looses...due to election fraud? Will there be riots? Time and time again, in state after state, there are news reports of democrats being blocked from voting. It is widespread and could be devastating. FACT: Former republicns that went to jail for such fraud in 2004 and now are repentant about it, say that te democrats would have won the election if it were not for fraud by the republicans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm_ggSLX7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm_ggSLX7U Will there be riots on Wednesday 5th Nov? OffWorld Don't worry, Big Brother is Watching... Besides, we've reached a critical mass, can't you feel it... The times, they are a changin'... Right? Just pray for Shiva to purify and protect all the polling places... R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Next Laptop: http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305/X305-Q705 http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305/X305-Q705 Cardmeister -- What is the meaning of Tau - Shiwa (Toshiba)? OffWorld This (toshin taw - shin) is the closest I could quickly find: 44 toSin mfn. ifc. satisfied with , liking MBh. xiii Hariv. ; satisfying , pleasing R. iv Kum. v , 7.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Guru Dev's Guru'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HIS HOLINESS SRI SWAMI KRISHNANANDA SARASWATI MAHARAJ: http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/saints/krishnananda.htm cough ; ) More on Guru Dev: http://oaks.nvg.org/vo1ra2.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Women Before 10 AM
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I graduated from Whittier College. I would have made it through the Electorial College but I flunked debating. -- Richard Nixon Those people who watched the debate on TV believed that Kennedy won. Those who listened on the radio (yes, there use to be radio) believed that Nixon won. Nixon had this persistent 5 o'clock shadow, TV is a cool medium, radio a hot medium, JFK was cool, Nixon was hot. TV and Joseph Kennedy's money decided the election. Then why is Sarah Palin's favorability rating so low? She's probably spent more money looking cool than all the other candidates in the election (including the primaries) combined. You forget one important thing, and that's the point I'm making. Makeup is to HIDE one's weak points and accentuate one's strong points. It's a form of 'glammer,' an attempt to force people to project a false image. The way I interpret the amount billed by her makeup artist, Sarah Palin paid her $1900 *per day* to hide her weak points and accentuate her strong points for the TV cameras. And it isn't working. I don't know about you, but that gives me hope for America. It's about bloody time that Americans learned to tell the difference between a heavily made up contestant on American Idol and a person with the knowledge and intelli- gence to hold the highest offices in the land. What we have been witnessing is the death of Karl Rovian politics (which itself is just the descendent of Lee Atwater-style politics), in which all that matters is the image one projects. For some reason, one that I don't fully understand but appreciate, Americans are finally looking deeper than the sur- face image and trying to figure out if there is any there there. And on one side of the election, there is. On the other side, there isn't. And no amount of makeup and no amount of clothes and no amount of dirty politics-as-usual seems to be able to change that basic fact. On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 4:40 PM, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: None of them needed an $11,400-per-week makeup artist to feel comfortable in front of the camera. Doesn't it make you wonder about the mindset of someone who does?
[FairfieldLife] Sarah Palin going rogue, being set up to take the fall
Remember the post I made some time back here on FFL about Sarah Palin reacting to being handled by going off on her own and saying the things *she* wanted to say, often the opposite of what she had been advised and coached to say by her handlers? Remember how that was pooh-poohed here by someone who likes to think of themselves as a political pundit? Well, note the latest news: Politico's Ben Smith reports on the internal tensions that are roiling the McCain campaign, with many Palin allies voicing their unhappiness at how the campaign has been run. According to Smith, there are now stirrings of a Palin insurgency. Some of the highlights: Four Republicans close to Palin said she has decided increasingly to disregard the advice of the former Bush aides tasked to handle her, creating occasionally tense situations as she travels the country with them. Those Palin supporters, inside the campaign and out, said Palin blames her handlers for a botched rollout and a tarnished public image -- even as others in McCain's camp blame the pick of the relatively inexperienced Alaska governor, and her public performance, for McCain's decline. She's lost confidence in most of the people on the plane, said a senior Republican who speaks to Palin, referring to her campaign jet. He said Palin had begun to go rogue in some of her public pronouncements and decisions.[...] Now my next prediction. When the Republicans start to do what they intended to do from the very beginning -- blame their loss completely on Sarah Palin -- we won't hear a word of protest from the criers of Misogyny! and the supposed feminists on this forum. They only speak up when they perceive such things being done by Obama and the Democratic Party, whom they will never forgive because they picked a winner instead of a loser. Anger among Republicans who see Palin as a star and as a potential future leader has boiled over because, they say, they see other senior McCain aides preparing to blame her in the event he is defeated. These people are going to try and shred her after the campaign to divert blame from themselves, said a McCain insider, referring to McCain's chief strategist, Steve Schmidt, and to Nicolle Wallace, a former Bush aide who has taken a lead role in Palin's campaign. [...] A number of Governor Palin's staff have not had her best interests at heart and they have not had the campaign's best interests at heart, fumed the McCain insider, noting that Wallace left an executive job at CBS to join the campaign. Full article: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14929_Page2.html
[FairfieldLife] Lights in the sky in Texas fuel UFO frenzy
Sky-watchers in Texas have reported and even filmed a series of lights in the sky, leading to a flurry of UFO speculation among people who...uh...like that sort of thing: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/10/25/pkg.tx.more.ufo.sightings.wfaa However, more recent news reports say that the lights were, in fact, caused by local Texas crazy Richard Williams lighting his farts again. Austin Sheriff Gunnem Down says, Yep...we're kinda used to Willytex and his fart-lighting around here. But I guess some strangers in town didn't know what was up and thought it was aliens. Nope...just another good ol' Texas boy demonstrating the kind of creativity that makes Texas so great.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Central University
According to http://brahmastan.us it is not even the center of the United States, unless you discount Alaska and Hawaii, which would put the center in North Dakota. It is a waste of money when they need money for Maharishi School in Fairfield. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think there's an understandable level of disconnection that comes from believing the ME effect in spite of evidence to the contrary. It is possible to come up with a plausible sounding argument that it must be working even though it quite clearly isn't, on the basis of phase transition so that people who don't know anything about the subject would get taken in. You can kind of forgive people because they're brow-beaten by their friends and someone in a position of authority who used to be a physicist so they swallow their own doubts. But going on TV saying that the Maharishi Central University is moving ahead at full speed when people can actually drive there to check it out and see there's nothing going on is something else entirely. Even a deep dyed Republican might feel uncomfortable about that level of lying. It's not like Hagelin is standing up saying that time series analysis shows that the weeds you see growing and the lack of workers beavering away is really a hive of activity if only you understood the science behind it. It really is total disconnection. Unless they have moved some workers onto the plot in the last few weeks and recommenced building. Anyone know what's going on there? Anyone have a list of rajas so we can grade their reality disconnect ratings? It might be fun to out the ones who secretly still have an attachment to economic and social realities. I know Schiffgens, Konghaus and Hagelin will be well up the top of a reality disconnect competition, but what about the others. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Oct 17, 2008, at 1:08 AM, guyfawkes91 wrote: That's a classic! Unless a lot has changed since http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/806382.html Robert Wynne is almost totally disconnected from reality. The only thing that's changed, as far as I can see, is that Raja Wynn has become even more disconnected. It would be nice to have a list of Rajas alongside their disconnection rating, some of them might secretly be able to think straight but keep quiet about it, while others like RW seem to have lost the plot completely. Someone like John Konghaus (a.k.a King Konghaus) would be in pole position after his outburst against Zoran. But with this Robert Wynne is clearly moving up the field. Maybe it's part of an internal competition going on at the higher levels to prove who's the most loyal by who can spout the most BS.
[FairfieldLife] 'Messiah Facilitates: Messianic Age'
The Dead Sea Scroll~Pre-dicted this time we are living in now. They said, that a 'Leader who would lead people, Astray, with his lieing Tongue... Would be replaced by a 'Righteous Leader, who would Lead the people in truth, purify the political process from one of selfishness to one of Unity Leading the world, in a new time of PEACE Shalom PaX Be Witness Collective Consciousness The White Light Disolving Darkness Infinite Correlation Stillness Watcher Connector Messenger All Encomposing Worthwhile in Itself Essence of Love. Holy Cow. http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/
[FairfieldLife] Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over
[ I couldn't help but notice that no one has commented on this story, and the mindset behind it, on FFL. Could it be that Ashley Todd and the things she believes are legitimate ways to hurt Barack Obama reminds us of someone closer to home? ] It had drawn wide local and national -- even political attention, with the McCain and Obama campaigns weighing in -- but now the Ashley Todd story has fallen apart. Police in Pittsburgh have now declared the tale a hoax and the woman, who has confessed, now faces charges for her deed. Earlier today, John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News, commented on his blog there that this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election. If Ms. Todd's allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee. If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting. He titled his posting: Moment of Truth. Indeed. It started yesterday afternoon with Matt Drudge screaming at the top of his site this afternoon in red type -- but no siren -- that a Pittsburgh campaign worker for McCain, age 20, had been viciously attacked and the letter B carved into her face, presumably by a Barack Obama fan. Her name, it soon emerged, was Ashley Todd and she had come to Pittsburgh from College Station, Texas, to help out. It started to appear overblown (Drudge downgraded it to smaller, black type) as the police noted that it seemed to be a robbery ($60) and she did not seek medical attention. But later press reports said she would visit a hospital, Sarah Palin and maybe John McCain had reportedly called her and Obama has condemned the alleged assault, although McCain/Obama angle to story not yet confirmed. Still later, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, and some others, grew skeptical. For one thing, the B was carved a little too lightly and perfectly -- and backward, as if done using a mirror. Smoking Gun probed a too-pat Twitter angle and Gawker and Wonkette looked at her MySpace page. Now police say that evidence from the ATM that she reportedly visited did not match her account. And it turns out she changed her story, admitting that her assailant did not see a McCain bumper sticker and adding to her account a sexual assault and losing consciousness. Liberal bloggers poked all sorts of holes in the story, including the fact that the attack allegedly took place in a very public place. Drudge added a link titled B...or B.S.? Finally, early this afternoon, came word that she had made it all up.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a chance to get a state of the art free Macbook Pro soon, brand new.but if not, this below is my next laptop. (I kinda hope I don't get the free Macbook -- this Toshiba below leaves everything else in the dirt. I 've used Toshiba at home since 2003, when I swtiched from being a nothing but Mac guy for 13 years because Macs didn't run some software I needed for my job. If it was up to me , I'd never go back to a Mac. I even bought a Macbook pro a few months back because I thought the hype might be true. Took it back though as its performance was no better than my 4 year old battered Toshiba. Apple is finished -- except for overly expensive music players) My next laptop is going to be a 15 Macbook, which I'll use as a media center for the flat panel TV I'll be getting. After the little exposure I've had to Vista (Petra's laptop), there's a good chance I'll never again buy a Windows machine. Even a fresh install of XP has its minor annoyances, but my God, Vista is fucking horrendous! Even Windows 3.11 was better than Vista!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
On Oct 26, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a chance to get a state of the art free Macbook Pro soon, brand new.but if not, this below is my next laptop. (I kinda hope I don't get the free Macbook -- this Toshiba below leaves everything else in the dirt. I 've used Toshiba at home since 2003, when I swtiched from being a nothing but Mac guy for 13 years because Macs didn't run some software I needed for my job. If it was up to me , I'd never go back to a Mac. I even bought a Macbook pro a few months back because I thought the hype might be true. Took it back though as its performance was no better than my 4 year old battered Toshiba. Apple is finished -- except for overly expensive music players) My next laptop is going to be a 15 Macbook, which I'll use as a media center for the flat panel TV I'll be getting. After the little exposure I've had to Vista (Petra's laptop), there's a good chance I'll never again buy a Windows machine. Even a fresh install of XP has its minor annoyances, but my God, Vista is fucking horrendous! Even Windows 3.11 was better than Vista! If you have an Apple TV and/or are streaming audio to your stereo, you can now use an iPhone as a remote control for both. It's incredible as whatever Macs you have on in your home, you can easily switch between Music libraries at a touch. For example my own Music library or my wife's I can easily switch between. It just seems these things keep getting easier to use. http://www.macworld.com/article/134453/2008/07/remoteapp.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9987673-1.html
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over
My fave commentary on this: http://i35.tinypic.com/9qfhvm.jpg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ I couldn't help but notice that no one has commented on this story, and the mindset behind it, on FFL. Could it be that Ashley Todd and the things she believes are legitimate ways to hurt Barack Obama reminds us of someone closer to home? ] It had drawn wide local and national -- even political attention, with the McCain and Obama campaigns weighing in -- but now the Ashley Todd story has fallen apart. Police in Pittsburgh have now declared the tale a hoax and the woman, who has confessed, now faces charges for her deed. Earlier today, John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News, commented on his blog there that this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election. If Ms. Todd's allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee. If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting. He titled his posting: Moment of Truth. Indeed. It started yesterday afternoon with Matt Drudge screaming at the top of his site this afternoon in red type -- but no siren -- that a Pittsburgh campaign worker for McCain, age 20, had been viciously attacked and the letter B carved into her face, presumably by a Barack Obama fan. Her name, it soon emerged, was Ashley Todd and she had come to Pittsburgh from College Station, Texas, to help out. It started to appear overblown (Drudge downgraded it to smaller, black type) as the police noted that it seemed to be a robbery ($60) and she did not seek medical attention. But later press reports said she would visit a hospital, Sarah Palin and maybe John McCain had reportedly called her and Obama has condemned the alleged assault, although McCain/Obama angle to story not yet confirmed. Still later, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, and some others, grew skeptical. For one thing, the B was carved a little too lightly and perfectly -- and backward, as if done using a mirror. Smoking Gun probed a too-pat Twitter angle and Gawker and Wonkette looked at her MySpace page. Now police say that evidence from the ATM that she reportedly visited did not match her account. And it turns out she changed her story, admitting that her assailant did not see a McCain bumper sticker and adding to her account a sexual assault and losing consciousness. Liberal bloggers poked all sorts of holes in the story, including the fact that the attack allegedly took place in a very public place. Drudge added a link titled B...or B.S.? Finally, early this afternoon, came word that she had made it all up.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over
Despite Mr. Moody assertions, this story has nothing to do McCain or Obama and will have zero impact on their campaigns. Its the sad tale of a disturbed girl. Why would anyone think this has anything to do with the presidential candidates? --- On Sun, 10/26/08, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 6:30 AM [ I couldn't help but notice that no one has commented on this story, and the mindset behind it, on FFL. Could it be that Ashley Todd and the things she believes are legitimate ways to hurt Barack Obama reminds us of someone closer to home? ] It had drawn wide local and national -- even political attention, with the McCain and Obama campaigns weighing in -- but now the Ashley Todd story has fallen apart. Police in Pittsburgh have now declared the tale a hoax and the woman, who has confessed, now faces charges for her deed. Earlier today, John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News, commented on his blog there that this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election. If Ms. Todd's allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee. If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting. He titled his posting: Moment of Truth. Indeed. It started yesterday afternoon with Matt Drudge screaming at the top of his site this afternoon in red type -- but no siren -- that a Pittsburgh campaign worker for McCain, age 20, had been viciously attacked and the letter B carved into her face, presumably by a Barack Obama fan. Her name, it soon emerged, was Ashley Todd and she had come to Pittsburgh from College Station, Texas, to help out. It started to appear overblown (Drudge downgraded it to smaller, black type) as the police noted that it seemed to be a robbery ($60) and she did not seek medical attention. But later press reports said she would visit a hospital, Sarah Palin and maybe John McCain had reportedly called her and Obama has condemned the alleged assault, although McCain/Obama angle to story not yet confirmed. Still later, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, and some others, grew skeptical. For one thing, the B was carved a little too lightly and perfectly -- and backward, as if done using a mirror. Smoking Gun probed a too-pat Twitter angle and Gawker and Wonkette looked at her MySpace page. Now police say that evidence from the ATM that she reportedly visited did not match her account. And it turns out she changed her story, admitting that her assailant did not see a McCain bumper sticker and adding to her account a sexual assault and losing consciousness. Liberal bloggers poked all sorts of holes in the story, including the fact that the attack allegedly took place in a very public place. Drudge added a link titled B...or B.S.? Finally, early this afternoon, came word that she had made it all up. 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: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: My next laptop is going to be a 15 Macbook, which I'll use as a media center for the flat panel TV I'll be getting. After the little exposure I've had to Vista (Petra's laptop), there's a good chance I'll never again buy a Windows machine. Even a fresh install of XP has its minor annoyances, but my God, Vista is fucking horrendous! Even Windows 3.11 was better than Vista! If you have an Apple TV and/or are streaming audio to your stereo, you can now use an iPhone as a remote control for both. It's incredible as whatever Macs you have on in your home, you can easily switch between Music libraries at a touch. For example my own Music library or my wife's I can easily switch between. It just seems these things keep getting easier to use. http://www.macworld.com/article/134453/2008/07/remoteapp.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9987673-1.html I figured I'd just use Apple's bluetooth keyboard and mouse to control the Macbook from the couch. I don't have an iPhone or iPod Touch, and I probably won't in the future.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin going rogue, being set up to take the fall
TurquoiseB wrote: Remember the post I made some time back here on FFL about Sarah Palin... The sexism that I believed had been eradicated was lurking, like some creature from the black lagoon, just below the surface. Suddenly it erupted and in some unexpected places. The hatred escalated to performers advocating Palin be 'gang raped,' to suggestions that her husband had had sex with their young daughters, and reports that her Down syndrome child really was that of her teenage daughter. One columnist even called for her to submit to DNA testing to prove her virtue. Smells a little like Salem to me. I was present at an Obama rally at which the mention of Palin's name drew shouts of 'stone her.' Read more: http://tinyurl.com/6p8rbx
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My fave commentary on this: http://i35.tinypic.com/9qfhvm.jpg Funny. Here's mine, with FFL in mind: Latest updates from the Pittsburgh police Police say that they first became suspicious that Ashley Todd's story was a hoax when she changed her initial claim that she was assaulted by a six-foot-tall black man and claimed instead that she had been assaulted by Fred Astaire. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [ I couldn't help but notice that no one has commented on this story, and the mindset behind it, on FFL. Could it be that Ashley Todd and the things she believes are legitimate ways to hurt Barack Obama reminds us of someone closer to home? ] It had drawn wide local and national -- even political attention, with the McCain and Obama campaigns weighing in -- but now the Ashley Todd story has fallen apart. Police in Pittsburgh have now declared the tale a hoax and the woman, who has confessed, now faces charges for her deed. Earlier today, John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News, commented on his blog there that this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election. If Ms. Todd's allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee. If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting. He titled his posting: Moment of Truth. Indeed. It started yesterday afternoon with Matt Drudge screaming at the top of his site this afternoon in red type -- but no siren -- that a Pittsburgh campaign worker for McCain, age 20, had been viciously attacked and the letter B carved into her face, presumably by a Barack Obama fan. Her name, it soon emerged, was Ashley Todd and she had come to Pittsburgh from College Station, Texas, to help out. It started to appear overblown (Drudge downgraded it to smaller, black type) as the police noted that it seemed to be a robbery ($60) and she did not seek medical attention. But later press reports said she would visit a hospital, Sarah Palin and maybe John McCain had reportedly called her and Obama has condemned the alleged assault, although McCain/Obama angle to story not yet confirmed. Still later, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, and some others, grew skeptical. For one thing, the B was carved a little too lightly and perfectly -- and backward, as if done using a mirror. Smoking Gun probed a too-pat Twitter angle and Gawker and Wonkette looked at her MySpace page. Now police say that evidence from the ATM that she reportedly visited did not match her account. And it turns out she changed her story, admitting that her assailant did not see a McCain bumper sticker and adding to her account a sexual assault and losing consciousness. Liberal bloggers poked all sorts of holes in the story, including the fact that the attack allegedly took place in a very public place. Drudge added a link titled B...or B.S.? Finally, early this afternoon, came word that she had made it all up.
[FairfieldLife] Er... turiiyaM vaaco manuSyaa vadanti?
R^ico akShare parame vyoman yasmin devaa adhi vishve niSheduH |
yas tan na veda kim R^icaa kariShyati ya it tad vidus ta ime sam
aasate || EN{1}{164}{39}
39 Upon what syllable of holy praise-song, as twere their highest
heaven, the Gods repose them,â
Who knows not this, what will he do with praise-song? But they who
know it well sit here assembled.
.
catvaari vaak parimitaa padaani taani vidur braahmaNaa ye maniiShiNaH
guhaa triiNi nihitaa ne~Ngayanti turiiyaM vaaco manuShyaa vadanti
|| EN{1}{164}{45}
45 Speech hath been measured out in four divisions, the Brahmans who
have understanding know them.
Three kept in close concealment cause no motion (~nengayanti na +
INGayanti wink, wink); of speech, men speak only the fourth division.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite Mr. Moody assertions, this story has nothing to do McCain or Obama and will have zero impact on their campaigns. Its the sad tale of a disturbed girl. Why would anyone think this has anything to do with the presidential candidates? Uh, could it possibly be because the story was heavily pushed to the media by McCain's Pennsylvania campaign communications director? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/24/ashley-todd-story-pushed_n_137710.html While I agree that the main story is about a person so troubled that they would make up a story about being assaulted and claim it was done by a black man, what it has to do with the campaign is that the disturbed young woman *did this to harm Barack Obama*. That's not just garden-variety insanity, that's *politically motivated* insanity. Y'know...sorta like someone claiming falsely that death threats had been made against them on an Internet group, for the purposes of demonizing someone who disagrees with them politically. Or someone who regularly cruises anti-Obama hate sites and reposts the things they find there here on FFL, without checking to see whether the things they repost have any basis in fact? Peter, these things are related to the presi- dential campaign because that campaign, and a few people's identification with a candidate to the point of losing their own identity -- and sanity -- is now the order of the day in America. --- On Sun, 10/26/08, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 6:30 AM [ I couldn't help but notice that no one has commented on this story, and the mindset behind it, on FFL. Could it be that Ashley Todd and the things she believes are legitimate ways to hurt Barack Obama reminds us of someone closer to home? ] It had drawn wide local and national -- even political attention, with the McCain and Obama campaigns weighing in -- but now the Ashley Todd story has fallen apart. Police in Pittsburgh have now declared the tale a hoax and the woman, who has confessed, now faces charges for her deed. Earlier today, John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News, commented on his blog there that this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election. If Ms. Todd's allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee. If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting. He titled his posting: Moment of Truth. Indeed. It started yesterday afternoon with Matt Drudge screaming at the top of his site this afternoon in red type -- but no siren -- that a Pittsburgh campaign worker for McCain, age 20, had been viciously attacked and the letter B carved into her face, presumably by a Barack Obama fan. Her name, it soon emerged, was Ashley Todd and she had come to Pittsburgh from College Station, Texas, to help out. It started to appear overblown (Drudge downgraded it to smaller, black type) as the police noted that it seemed to be a robbery ($60) and she did not seek medical attention. But later press reports said she would visit a hospital, Sarah Palin and maybe John McCain had reportedly called her and Obama has condemned the alleged assault, although McCain/Obama angle to story not yet confirmed. Still later, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, and some others, grew skeptical. For one thing, the B was carved a little too lightly and perfectly -- and backward, as if done using a mirror. Smoking Gun probed a too-pat Twitter angle and Gawker and Wonkette looked at her MySpace page. Now police say that evidence from the ATM that she reportedly visited did not match her account. And it turns out she changed her story, admitting that her assailant did not see a McCain bumper sticker and adding to her account a sexual assault and losing consciousness. Liberal bloggers poked all sorts of holes in the story, including the fact that the attack allegedly took place in a very public place. Drudge added a link titled B...or B.S.? Finally, early this afternoon, came word that she had made it all up. 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: Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over
Turq, I just don't think that Joe the Plumber or Sally the Socialist sees any connection what-so-ever despite McCains camp to try to create some sort of association. --- On Sun, 10/26/08, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 9:23 AM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite Mr. Moody assertions, this story has nothing to do McCain or Obama and will have zero impact on their campaigns. Its the sad tale of a disturbed girl. Why would anyone think this has anything to do with the presidential candidates? Uh, could it possibly be because the story was heavily pushed to the media by McCain's Pennsylvania campaign communications director? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/24/ashley-todd-story-pushed_n_137710.html While I agree that the main story is about a person so troubled that they would make up a story about being assaulted and claim it was done by a black man, what it has to do with the campaign is that the disturbed young woman *did this to harm Barack Obama*. That's not just garden-variety insanity, that's *politically motivated* insanity. Y'know...sorta like someone claiming falsely that death threats had been made against them on an Internet group, for the purposes of demonizing someone who disagrees with them politically. Or someone who regularly cruises anti-Obama hate sites and reposts the things they find there here on FFL, without checking to see whether the things they repost have any basis in fact? Peter, these things are related to the presi- dential campaign because that campaign, and a few people's identification with a candidate to the point of losing their own identity -- and sanity -- is now the order of the day in America. --- On Sun, 10/26/08, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 6:30 AM [ I couldn't help but notice that no one has commented on this story, and the mindset behind it, on FFL. Could it be that Ashley Todd and the things she believes are legitimate ways to hurt Barack Obama reminds us of someone closer to home? ] It had drawn wide local and national -- even political attention, with the McCain and Obama campaigns weighing in -- but now the Ashley Todd story has fallen apart. Police in Pittsburgh have now declared the tale a hoax and the woman, who has confessed, now faces charges for her deed. Earlier today, John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News, commented on his blog there that this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election. If Ms. Todd's allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee. If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain's quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting. He titled his posting: Moment of Truth. Indeed. It started yesterday afternoon with Matt Drudge screaming at the top of his site this afternoon in red type -- but no siren -- that a Pittsburgh campaign worker for McCain, age 20, had been viciously attacked and the letter B carved into her face, presumably by a Barack Obama fan. Her name, it soon emerged, was Ashley Todd and she had come to Pittsburgh from College Station, Texas, to help out. It started to appear overblown (Drudge downgraded it to smaller, black type) as the police noted that it seemed to be a robbery ($60) and she did not seek medical attention. But later press reports said she would visit a hospital, Sarah Palin and maybe John McCain had reportedly called her and Obama has condemned the alleged assault, although McCain/Obama angle to story not yet confirmed. Still later, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, and some others, grew skeptical. For one thing, the B was carved a little too lightly and perfectly -- and backward, as if done using a mirror. Smoking Gun probed a too-pat Twitter angle and Gawker and Wonkette looked at her MySpace page. Now police say that evidence from the ATM that she reportedly visited did not match her account. And it turns out she changed her story, admitting that her assailant did not see a McCain bumper sticker and adding to
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Central University
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, allanrosenzweig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to http://brahmastan.us it is not even the center of the United States, unless you discount Alaska and Hawaii, which would put the center in North Dakota. It is a waste of money when they need money for Maharishi School in Fairfield. Talk to us Allan. Give us more than a drive by.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
On Oct 26, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: I figured I'd just use Apple's bluetooth keyboard and mouse to control the Macbook from the couch. I don't have an iPhone or iPod Touch, and I probably won't in the future. You actually have several other options. You can get a Apple Remote with your Macbook it will control Front Row, Apple's media software. If you have a DVR you could also stream data over your network using EyeConnect. Of course you could always also get an Apple TV, around 230 dollars, and stream HD directly from your laptop, as well as purchase HD programs.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
Alex Stanley wrote: I figured I'd just use Apple's bluetooth keyboard and mouse to control the Macbook from the couch. I don't have an iPhone or iPod Touch, and I probably won't in the future. That's the ticket - control your TV set from the couch! That's the ticket_
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: My Next Laptop: http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305/X305-Q705 http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305/X305-Q705 Cardmeister -- What is the meaning of Tau - Shiwa (Toshiba)? Whenever you see the word Shiba it is the word Shiva. Shiva is ancient word that was passed along the Old Silk Road all across East and Middle East in stories, and trading routes to China. In Isreal, towns can be written Beer Sheeba, but prounounced Shiva. Indus valley civilization is now known to have spread to at least Bagdhad. In Japan 'Shiba' is highly likely to be an old word for Shiwa through the Shinto religion. But this may be just coincidental name in Toshiba. OffWorld OffWorld This (toshin taw - shin) is the closest I could quickly find: 44 toSin mfn. ifc. satisfied with , liking MBh. xiii Hariv. ; satisfying , pleasing R. iv Kum. v , 7.
[FairfieldLife] The upcoming pardon tsunami
So far, nobody has offered to bet against my assertion that we will witness a Pardon Tsunami during the weeks after an Obama victory. Almost certainly, President George W. Bush has promised scads of get-out-of-jail-free cards to those who busily ripped off this great nation during the last eight years. A gang of kleptos and political hatchetmen who rightfully fear the resurrection of the U.S. Civil Service -- including all the auditors, FBI and Justice agents, inspectors general and so on -- suddenly unleashed from their neocon leash-holders. Now there’s an interesting dynamic, here -- an example of the Prisoner’s Dilemma. How can any of the people expecting executive clemency be sure that W will keep his word? After all, the larger the stack of pardons, the bigger the penalty, in political terms, to be paid by both the GOP and Bush’s remaining public stature (such as it is). If the stack gets high enough, the Republican Party might never recover... and Bush might have to move to Dubai. Hence, some of the promises may just be no more than empty words, meant to keep mid-level people silent till the election. Anyone who is counting on such a promise ought to consider how reliable it may be, after November 4. There is an alternative, to squeal before the election. It should offer some appealing aspects for your run-of-the-mill neocon klepto or enabler to ponder. Full article at: http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-arguments.html (T. Lassiter Jones, from another list.)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
Vaj wrote: If you have an Apple TV and/or are streaming audio to your stereo... You wouldn't seriously stream MP3 music files to your home stereo, would you? What Alex needs is a control center like the Yamaha - that way, he could listen to real stereo, if not Dolby 7.1, from his TV tuner and real stereo music files from a Yamaha CD player. MP3 files are low-fi, they sound terrible to the discerning ear when played on a home system. I use only genuine Yamaha separate components - my Yamaha basic amp puts out 250 watts of natural sound per channel into stacked Bose 401s. Now that's the ticket - forget the TV set and the remote control. All you have to do is get up off your ass and put another record on the turntable. If you use a nice Grado stylus, then you can listen to some real stereo, the way it was meant to be heard. Yamaha RX-Z7 7.1-channel Network AV Receiver: http://www.yamaha.com/ --- On Sun, 10/26/08, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 7:25 AM On Oct 26, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a chance to get a state of the art free Macbook Pro soon, brand new.but if not, this below is my next laptop. (I kinda hope I don't get the free Macbook -- this Toshiba below leaves everything else in the dirt. I 've used Toshiba at home since 2003, when I swtiched from being a nothing but Mac guy for 13 years because Macs didn't run some software I needed for my job. If it was up to me , I'd never go back to a Mac. I even bought a Macbook pro a few months back because I thought the hype might be true. Took it back though as its performance was no better than my 4 year old battered Toshiba. Apple is finished -- except for overly expensive music players) My next laptop is going to be a 15 Macbook, which I'll use as a media center for the flat panel TV I'll be getting. After the little exposure I've had to Vista (Petra's laptop), there's a good chance I'll never again buy a Windows machine. Even a fresh install of XP has its minor annoyances, but my God, Vista is fucking horrendous! Even Windows 3.11 was better than Vista! If you have an Apple TV and/or are streaming audio to your stereo, you can now use an iPhone as a remote control for both. It's incredible as whatever Macs you have on in your home, you can easily switch between Music libraries at a touch. For example my own Music library or my wife's I can easily switch between. It just seems these things keep getting easier to use. http://www.macworld .com/article/ 134453/2008/ 07/remoteapp. html http://news. cnet.com/ 8301-17938_ 105-9987673- 1.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] Lights in the sky in Texas fuel UFO frenzy
TurquoiseB However, more recent news reports say that the lights were, in fact, caused by local Texas crazy Richard Williams lighting his farts again... They should be thanking me for using methane to save on electricty, to light up the sky at night. Hey Barry, I already told you, I'm not gay, so get out of my pants. I always thought you were crazy, but now I can see your nuts. ...the book is very well documented in terms of the sources Jim Marrs consulted. Not only is there a list of notes and references for each chapter, there is a pretty big bibliography at the end. This is very important for works in this field because the author, if he is going to challenge the reader to consider the reality of UFOs, should feel it is his duty and requirement to point the reader to the locations of the facts as he gathered them, so that the reader--if he/she chooses--can consult those same works. - Daniel Jolley Read more: 'Alien Agenda' Investigating the Extraterrestrial Presence Among Us by Jim Marrs Harper, 2000 Amazon review: http://www.amazon.com
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
On Oct 26, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Vaj wrote: If you have an Apple TV and/or are streaming audio to your stereo... You wouldn't seriously stream MP3 music files to your home stereo, would you? I already do, using a tiny little device called an Airport Express. Actually I prefer 256 kHz AAC's or Apple Lossless, which are indistinguishable from lossless. What Alex needs is a control center like the Yamaha - that way, he could listen to real stereo, if not Dolby 7.1, from his TV tuner and real stereo music files from a Yamaha CD player. MP3 files are low-fi, they sound terrible to the discerning ear when played on a home system. I use only genuine Yamaha separate components - my Yamaha basic amp puts out 250 watts of natural sound per channel into stacked Bose 401s. Now that's the ticket - forget the TV set and the remote control. All you have to do is get up off your ass and put another record on the turntable. If you use a nice Grado stylus, then you can listen to some real stereo, the way it was meant to be heard. Yamaha RX-Z7 7.1-channel Network AV Receiver: http://www.yamaha.com/ It all depends on how much you wanna spend. As computers get more integrated as digital hubs, you no longer need loads of stuff to pull off a great system, as long as you have an amp that can use the latest conventions. Even a nice Sony amp will do ya and pretty cheap. (musician but not a sound snob)
Re: [FairfieldLife] Sarah Palin going rogue, being set up to take the fall
On Oct 26, 2008, at 4:22 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Four Republicans close to Palin said she has decided increasingly to disregard the advice of the former Bush aides tasked to handle her, creating occasionally tense situations as she travels the country with them. Those Palin supporters, inside the campaign and out, said Palin blames her handlers for a botched rollout and a tarnished public image Actually, the rollout was about the only thing they got right, in retrospect at least. -- even as others in McCain's camp blame the pick of the relatively inexperienced Alaska governor, and her public performance, for McCain's decline. She's lost confidence in most of the people on the plane, said a senior Republican who speaks to Palin, referring to her campaign jet. He said Palin had begun to go rogue in some of her public pronouncements and decisions.[...] Now my next prediction. When the Republicans start to do what they intended to do from the very beginning -- blame their loss completely on Sarah Palin -- we won't hear a word of protest from the criers of Misogyny! and the supposed feminists on this forum. They only speak up when they perceive such things being done by Obama and the Democratic Party, whom they will never forgive because they picked a winner instead of a loser. And you can bet this inanity will continue, as every perceived fault or failure of Obama's is magnified out of all proportion, and every success is minimized or totally disregarded. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
On Oct 26, 2008, at 6:36 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: My next laptop is going to be a 15 Macbook, which I'll use as a media center for the flat panel TV I'll be getting. After the little exposure I've had to Vista (Petra's laptop), there's a good chance I'll never again buy a Windows machine. Even a fresh install of XP has its minor annoyances, but my God, Vista is fucking horrendous! Even Windows 3.11 was better than Vista! I just bought a MacBook Pro on Ebay, supposedly in perfect condition--we'll see when it gets here, I guess. But I've never considered anything else. From the little exposure I've had to PCs, they range from disasters, to mega-disasters. I've heard enough horror stories about Windows 95 to fill a book, and I've had salespeople in stores that don't even sell Macs, tell me if I'm used to them, to forget about PCs, that they're nowhere as easy or user-friendly. And as far as art goes, from what I've heard, there's just no comparison. And, as if all that isn't enough, I've heard it's a good idea to wipe the HD clean every few months or so on account of all the junk that accumulates. Besides all that, though, I'm sure they're great. :) Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Richard Williams wrote: Vaj wrote: If you have an Apple TV and/or are streaming audio to your stereo... You wouldn't seriously stream MP3 music files to your home stereo, would you? I already do, using a tiny little device called an Airport Express. Actually I prefer 256 kHz AAC's or Apple Lossless, which are indistinguishable from lossless. What I listen to most is streaming MP3 trance/techno music at 128 or 160 kbps, and I'm fine with it. What Alex needs is a control center like the Yamaha - that way, he could listen to real stereo, if not Dolby 7.1, from his TV tuner and real stereo music files from a Yamaha CD player. MP3 files are low-fi, they sound terrible to the discerning ear when played on a home system. I use only genuine Yamaha separate components - my Yamaha basic amp puts out 250 watts of natural sound per channel into stacked Bose 401s. Now that's the ticket - forget the TV set and the remote control. All you have to do is get up off your ass and put another record on the turntable. If you use a nice Grado stylus, then you can listen to some real stereo, the way it was meant to be heard. Yamaha RX-Z7 7.1-channel Network AV Receiver: http://www.yamaha.com/ It all depends on how much you wanna spend. As computers get more integrated as digital hubs, you no longer need loads of stuff to pull off a great system, as long as you have an amp that can use the latest conventions. Even a nice Sony amp will do ya and pretty cheap. (musician but not a sound snob) I do most of my listening on a Logitech Z-2200 2.1 computer speaker system. The speaker system in the room where the TV and Mac will go is a pair of Mirage Omnisat speakers driven by an old 100 watt Adcom amp plus a Velodyne 15 powered subwoofer. When it comes to sound systems, I don't buy totally low-end garbage, but I'm certainly content with far less than the absolute very best.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
Actually I prefer 256 kHz AAC's or Apple Lossless, which are indistinguishable from lossless. That's great, but you're just talking about Fisher-Price toys, Vaj at 256kHz. Alex wrote: What I listen to most is streaming MP3 trance/techno music at 128 or 160 kbps, and I'm fine with it. The key word in sound reproduction is frequency response. As people get older, they can't hear much over 10,000 kHz, so they turn up the bass. A good stereo system will deliver 20 Hz - 20,000 kHz with very low harmonic distortion, +/- 3dB. Uniform or flat frequency response is important because every instrument or voice should be heard as originally recorded. Read more: http://stereos.about.com/od/faqs/f/freqresp.htm Yamaha RX-Z7 7.1-channel Network AV Receiver: http://www.yamaha.com/
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: I have a chance to get a state of the art free Macbook Pro soon, brand new.but if not, this below is my next laptop. (I kinda hope I don't get the free Macbook -- this Toshiba below leaves everything else in the dirt. I 've used Toshiba at home since 2003, when I swtiched from being a nothing but Mac guy for 13 years because Macs didn't run some software I needed for my job. If it was up to me , I'd never go back to a Mac. I even bought a Macbook pro a few months back because I thought the hype might be true. Took it back though as its performance was no better than my 4 year old battered Toshiba. Apple is finished -- except for overly expensive music players) My next laptop is going to be a 15 Macbook, which I'll use as a media center for the flat panel TV I'll be getting. After the little exposure I've had to Vista (Petra's laptop), there's a good chance I'll never again buy a Windows machine. Even a fresh install of XP has its minor annoyances, but my God, Vista is fucking horrendous! Even Windows 3.11 was better than Vista! You'll regret it. Vista is not that bad, it is just you are not used to it. This thing kicks ass: The Qosmio X300, showcased in Sydney recently as part of Toshiba's launch of its Windows 2008 notebook lineup, is the fastest computer we can build according to Mark Whittard, General Manager of Toshiba Australia. This means a meaty spec set built around high-octane components. The processor is Intel's latest Core 2 Extreme X9100 mobile processor from the new Centrino 2 family which kicks off at 3.06GHz, although it's unlocked and thus overclockable to boundaries as yet unknown. http://apcmag.com/toshiba_x300_gaming_laptop_fastest_ever.htm http://apcmag.com/toshiba_x300_gaming_laptop_fastest_ever.htm OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Saturday Night In Sitges
Trig got in on the fashion orgy too: Other purchases by the R.N.C. included $98 from Pacifier, a children's boutique in Minneapolis. Hours before Ms. Palin was to speak at the convention on Sept. 3, a woman burst into the store, said Jon Witthuhn, an owner. After she said she needed something for a 6-month-old boy and was doing shopping related to the convention, it began to dawn on him that he might be outfitting Trig Palin, Ms. Palin's youngest. The woman paid for a blue striped convertible romper, a matching monkey-ear hat and socks. Trig Palin appeared on television that night wearing the outfit without the hat. She probably gave the monkey ear hat to one of her supporters who show up at her rallies with stuffed monkeys with Obama pins on them. -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 25, 2008, at 3:36 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: For the first two weeks in October, Sarah Palin's makeup artist was paid $22,800, which officially makes her the highest-paid person on John McCain's staff: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/24/palins-makeup-artist-is- m_n_137513.html Well that sure puts the lie to the whole average or typical (or whatever it was) Wal-Mart Mom, now, doesn't it? Joan Walsh puts all this nonsense beautifully in perspective: The huge sum spent perfecting the already beautiful Palin for the cameras is the less disturbing of the two stories, but I would disagree with some of my Broadsheet colleagues: I think it's a valid topic for reporting, analysis and criticism. It shows the insanely screwy priorities of the McCain campaign. Sarah Palin didn't need the best clothing and stylists money could buy; she needed tutoring and coaching on the issues. (She also needed more vetting in August, and what she really needed was to stay as the governor of Alaska, but we won't go there.) Then there's the class hypocrisy -- the so-called Wal-Mart mom shopping at Neiman Marcus, spending more on clothes in a few days than most women spend in their adult lifetimes. The fact that the highest paid staffer on the troubled McCain team this month is Palin's makeup person is also ludicrous; you can't make this stuff up. No, you can't. http://tinyurl.com/5mbr39 Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 6:36 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: My next laptop is going to be a 15 Macbook, which I'll use as a media center for the flat panel TV I'll be getting. After the little exposure I've had to Vista (Petra's laptop), there's a good chance I'll never again buy a Windows machine. Even a fresh install of XP has its minor annoyances, but my God, Vista is fucking horrendous! Even Windows 3.11 was better than Vista! I just bought a MacBook Pro on Ebay, supposedly in perfect condition--we'll see when it gets here, I guess. But I've never considered anything else. From the little exposure I've had to PCs, they range from disasters, to mega-disasters. That's because your not used to them. Mac geeks just can't get over the little things they have to learn, or they are buying cheap Dell or Gateway which suck. You can't lump all PC's as if they are all the same. Its a typical MacGeek misunderstanding about computers in general. Toshiba rocks -- beats all the competition, Mac and PC. I was nothing but Macs for 13 years. Your Macbook pro will be alright though, just not for me since I have to have graphics operations as fast humanly possible and downloading and opening student work etc. And I ned something that doesn't freeze and crash like Macs do. I think Mac users just think its normal to be without their laptop for 2 weeks while Apple recovers their system. Hellooo...its not normal ! I've heard enough horror stories about Windows 95 to fill a book, Windows 95 is not that goodLol :-) and I've had salespeople in stores that don't even sell Macs, tell me if I'm used to them, to forget about PCs, that they're nowhere as easy or user-friendly. And as far as art goes, from what I've heard, there's just no comparison. That is all totally untrue. Here's my artwork and graphic design. All origianl illustration and art: Mostly done on a PC. www.satwagraphics.com http://www.satwagraphics.com OffWorld And, as if all that isn't enough, I've heard it's a good idea to wipe the HD clean every few months or so on account of all the junk that accumulates. Besides all that, though, I'm sure they're great. :) Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: What do you think will happen?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: What do you think will happen when Obama looses...due to election fraud? Will there be riots? Time and time again, in state after state, there are news reports of democrats being blocked from voting. It is widespread and could be devastating. FACT: Former republicns that went to jail for such fraud in 2004 and now are repentant about it, say that te democrats would have won the election if it were not for fraud by the republicans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm_ggSLX7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm_ggSLX7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm_ggSLX7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm_ggSLX7U Will there be riots on Wednesday 5th Nov? OffWorld Don't worry, Big Brother is Watching... Besides, we've reached a critical mass, can't you feel it... The times, they are a changin'... Right? Just pray for Shiva to purify and protect all the polling places... R.G. I'm with you on that. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Sarah Palin going rogue, being set up to take the fall
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember the post I made some time back here on FFL about Sarah Palin reacting to being handled by going off on her own and saying the things *she* wanted to say, often the opposite of what she had been advised and coached to say by her handlers? Remember how that was pooh-poohed here by someone who likes to think of themselves as a political pundit? Too funny. Barry cited a HuffPo article reporting that Palin had attacked Obama with a discredited smear. Barry commented: No handler in the Republican Party would have let her trot out an old crapola smear like this. She pretty much had to have discovered it on her own, probably cruising some anti- Obama website. But Barry hadn't bothered to read the entire article, so he missed the part at the end pointing out that the McCain campaign had revived the very same old crapola smear in a press release in mid-August, just six weeks before Palin let fly with it. Ooopsie! In that instance, it wasn't Palin going off on her own, whatever she may be doing now; then, it was Palin using a McCain campaign talking point. As I asked at the time, does Barry really think the McCain campaign *cared* that the smear had been discredited? Barry, of course, had no comment on his embarrassing blooper. snip Now my next prediction. When the Republicans start to do what they intended to do from the very beginning -- blame their loss completely on Sarah Palin -- we won't hear a word of protest from the criers of Misogyny! and the supposed feminists on this forum. They only speak up when they perceive such things being done by Obama and the Democratic Party, whom they will never forgive because they picked a winner instead of a loser. Just insane. The mind boggles. Barry thinks that for Republicans to blame McCain's loss on Palin would be misogynistic. That's because, in Barry's mind, Palin's faults are all *because she's a woman*. He literally is unable to imagine that Republicans could criticize her on any other basis. What he's revealing, of course, is his own misogyny. Republicans will be correct to blame Palin for McCain's loss. The question is whether they'll be honest enough to take it a step further and blame the loss on McCain's poor judgment in choosing her in the first place. (In fact, many Republicans have already done so; a lot of them have never been big McCain fans anyway.) As to actual misogyny directed at Palin, the *vast* majority of it so far has come from Obama supporters. We'll see if it makes an appearance from Republicans in the event of McCain losing; it wouldn't surprise me if it does, but we've seen very little of it up to this point. There certainly wasn't even a hint of it in the article from which Barry quoted. He gave the wrong URL, incidentally; here's the correct one: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14929.html
[FairfieldLife] Ashley todd hoax
I wonder if judy and raunchy are secret fans of ashley for having the guts to try what they can only dream about doing. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5010471.ece
[FairfieldLife] Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
Christopher Hitchens tells Chris Matthews that its become 'morally and intellectually impossible to vote Republican.' He goes on to blast the 'nutbag' in Pennsylvania, and says McCain is 'borderline senile.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8uHW0hbiA
[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Central University
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, allanrosenzweig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to http://brahmastan.us it is not even the center of the United States, unless you discount Alaska and Hawaii, which would put the center in North Dakota. It is a waste of money when they need money for Maharishi School in Fairfield. We all know it's a waste of money. I suspect even the head bods at MUM know it's a waste of money, but they can't leave it to sink because that would involve a loss of face. So they have to keep up the fiction that it's all moving ahead smoothly and 10,000 students will be moving in soon (just send more money please). Nice link to the brahmastan thing. Shame it's all rubbish because the ME does not work, period. Even if it did you'd have to factor in Mexico and Canada. So there's no point calculating where the real brahmastan is.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:17 AM, off_world_beings wrote: and I've had salespeople in stores that don't even sell Macs, tell me if I'm used to them, to forget about PCs, that they're nowhere as easy or user-friendly. And as far as art goes, from what I've heard, there's just no comparison. That is all totally untrue. Actually I was just talking to someone in a coffee house I frequent a couple of weeks ago, who had taken an Apple logo and put it on his computer, a Toshiba. He was the latest one, of many, who was convinced of the futility of attempting serious artwork on a PC--at least by comparison to the Macs he had worked on. Here's my artwork and graphic design. All original illustration and art: Mostly done on a PC. www.satwagraphics.com Nice stuff--thanks! But to do a fair comparison you'd have to see it reworked on a Mac, I would think. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Religulous
RELIGULOUSThe word is a combination of religion and ridiculous and is Bill Maher's take on this subject. I've always enjoyed Bill Maher's sense of HUMOR. His political satire shows on TV are biting often extremely accurate. He brings interesting political types to awareness.. I don't go to many movies, I'd seen some religious groups making youtube videos asking for a boycott on this one. And recently I've heard Maher say some pretty strange things about faith and superstition SO I decided to see the movie and write a blistering review of it. WELL, I've seen it and I would say unequivocally * Any person of FAITH will have NO problem with this movie. * I thought the best part was when the truckers prayed over Bill Maher Bill Maher thanked them for being Christlike. But remember one trucker got angry left when Maher started asking questions after church service. This movie is a great threat to people with only BELIEF as a guide. Bill Maher didn't make any distinction between FAITH and BELIEF which in my humble opinion was his big mistake. Faith is the result of EXPERIENCING ultimate reality (GOD) and from a point of KNOWLEDGE having FAITH that GOD is the correct reality even when we don't yet experience GOD 24/7. BELIEF - is a WORKING knowledge that something is true. You might believe milk/apple cider vinegar/honey is good for your body, You might believe the Phillies/Lakers/Steelers are the best sports team. You might believe every word in the BIBLE is directly from GOD. And beliefs DO help us grow. BELIEF is the cast to help mold us to the better values we want for ourself. But lets not become a cult of the CAST! We use structures to grow our FAITH, we get strong enough for FAITH to live in us. When we're strong and healthy we can walk without a cast. That doesn't mean we won't be walking with GOD, it just means SOME BELIEFS, some structures may have fallen away in importance. How big is your GOD? That's the title of a book I haven't yet read, but I like the idea. I think however much we travel on the spiritual path, our concept of GOD just keeps getting BIGGER and BIGGER. Where were you when I made heaven and earth? GOD ask Job in the Old Testament. With our limited little human knowledge we might really NOT KNOW all the answers. That's OK. Jesus said to Love GOD and to Love your neighbor as yourself. It seems to me if you try to love the people that are hard to love, with God's help you WILL be expanding GOD in your life. Tim Lehaye, G.W. Bush, Donald Rumsfield and Sarah Palin share the BELIEF that we need a big war in the middle east so the second coming of Jesus will happen! I'm pretty sure Jesus never said that! I think there are probably as many paths to GOD as there are people. It doesn't seem very smart to think you have the ONLY TRUTH in your little bucket. FOR SURE, whatever you believe is TRUE FOR YOU at this point in time. but GOD has that tricky trait of always EXPANDING. PLEASE LET GOD EXPAND IN YOUR LIFE! In the aspect of letting GOD expand, it doesn't seem like Bill Maher's movie is a very good ideato poke fun of religion. But if BELIEF rather than FAITH has taken over as RELIGION maybe it's an OK idea for a comedian to do what he does best. Hello Fairfielders. I didn't write this for you guys as I know you're much more snarky than my 100 first cousins I actually wrote this for.. but remember the Foo Bird!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turq, I just don't think that Joe the Plumber or Sally the Socialist sees any connection what-so-ever despite McCains camp to try to create some sort of association. It's been the talk of all the political blogs, left and right, and has had *very* heavy coverage on the cable outlets, especially Fox. Now that it's been revealed to have been a hoax, the big story is the McCain campaign's attempts to take advantage of it. The interesting thing is that several *right-wing* bloggers suspected from the beginning that the woman's story was a hoax. Michelle Malkin, one of the very vilest, most extreme of these bloggers, was out front on this. Credit where credit is due...
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:17 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Here's my artwork and graphic design. All original illustration and art: Mostly done on a PC. www.satwagraphics.com Nice stuff--thanks! But to do a fair comparison you'd have to see it reworked on a Mac, I would think. Sal Uh, artwork has more to do with the artist than it does the computer. These days a Mac is just a PC running the Mac OS. It is still running a graphics card you can run on Windows. Same with Linux but much of the software isn't on that platform yet. There's just magnitudes less chance of getting a virus on Linux or a Mac mainly because they have a better security system than Windows including the messed up version MS made for Vista which flummoxes many users.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:31 AM, do.rflex wrote: Christopher Hitchens tells Chris Matthews that its become 'morally and intellectually impossible to vote Republican.' He goes on to blast the 'nutbag' in Pennsylvania, and says McCain is 'borderline senile.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8uHW0hbiA Better than a movie, flex--he comes right out and says it. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a chance to get a state of the art free Macbook Pro soon, brand new.but if not, this below is my next laptop. (I kinda hope I don't get the free Macbook -- this Toshiba below leaves everything else in the dirt. I 've used Toshiba at home since 2003, when I swtiched from being a nothing but Mac guy for 13 years because Macs didn't run some software I needed for my job. If it was up to me , I'd never go back to a Mac. I even bought a Macbook pro a few months back because I thought the hype might be true. Took it back though as its performance was no better than my 4 year old battered Toshiba. Apple is finished -- except for overly expensive music players) My Next Laptop: http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305/X305-Q705 http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305/X305-Q705 Cardmeister -- What is the meaning of Tau - Shiwa (Toshiba)? OffWorld Just be wary of Toshiba's warranties which they often back away from. Hopefully like my Toshiba laptop you'll have no problems. My friend had a manufacturing defect on his screen and they wouldn't fix it. He didn't have an extended warranty from the store or they may have exchanged it. Fortunately the defect isn't overwhelming so he can still use the machine. I don't get the warranties either but I have computer insurance since I use my machines professionally and the insurance company will cover such defects.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:45 PM, bhairitu wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:17 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Here's my artwork and graphic design. All original illustration and art: Mostly done on a PC. www.satwagraphics.com Nice stuff--thanks! But to do a fair comparison you'd have to see it reworked on a Mac, I would think. Sal Uh, artwork has more to do with the artist than it does the computer. These days a Mac is just a PC running the Mac OS. It is still running a graphics card you can run on Windows. Same with Linux but much of the software isn't on that platform yet. There's just magnitudes less chance of getting a virus on Linux or a Mac mainly because they have a better security system than Windows including the messed up version MS made for Vista which flummoxes many users. The new Photoshop CS4 for the Mac rocks--but really the next version, which will be the first to be rewritten for Cocoa, Mac OS X's native programming language and use the built-in Core Imaging features of OS 10.5-6 will be unbeatable in terms of speed. However 64 bit versions of PS will be available first on the PeeCee. For those interested in speed and great applications at a low price now, Core-based apps like Pixelmator http://www.pixelmator.com/ can't be beat.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:49 PM, bhairitu wrote: Just be wary of Toshiba's warranties which they often back away from. Hopefully like my Toshiba laptop you'll have no problems. My friend had a manufacturing defect on his screen and they wouldn't fix it. He didn't have an extended warranty from the store or they may have exchanged it. Fortunately the defect isn't overwhelming so he can still use the machine. I don't get the warranties either but I have computer insurance since I use my machines professionally and the insurance company will cover such defects. I used to use by Toshiba laptop every now and then, till I found out I could run XP faster on top of the Mac OS on my Mac! When I'm done with XP, I just minimize it or save the virtual environment (it doesn't need to be rebooted, merely restored). It works so much better on my Mac, I never use my Toshiba except for traveling.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip From the little exposure I've had to PCs, they range from disasters, to mega-disasters. I've heard enough horror stories about Windows 95 to fill a book Win95 was a *long* time ago. You don't hear many such stories about WinXP, although a lot of folks don't like Vista much (others love it). , and I've had salespeople in stores that don't even sell Macs, tell me if I'm used to them, to forget about PCs, that they're nowhere as easy or user-friendly. If you're used to a PC, a Mac is nowhere as easy or user-friendly. And as far as art goes, from what I've heard, there's just no comparison. And, as if all that isn't enough, I've heard it's a good idea to wipe the HD clean every few months or so on account of all the junk that accumulates. Good *grief*. Who told you that?? Win98 used to begin to get clogged up after a year or so and benefited from a reinstall, although you could extend that time by cleaning the Registry, deleting TMP files, and defragging on a regular basis. But that doesn't seem to be the case with XP. And wiping the HD clean every few months? Sheesh!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:31 AM, do.rflex wrote: Christopher Hitchens tells Chris Matthews that its become 'morally and intellectually impossible to vote Republican.' He goes on to blast the 'nutbag' in Pennsylvania, and says McCain is 'borderline senile.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8uHW0hbiA Better than a movie, flex--he comes right out and says it. Sal Fortunately for America it appears that his campaign is so unappealing to enough required voters that it looks like he and his goofy, inept and inflammatory sidekick are going to crash ...maybe badly.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if judy and raunchy are secret fans of ashley for having the guts to try what they can only dream about doing. Wow. Boo has just joined Barry in the Krazies Korner. Who's next, I wonder? Sal and do.rflex are pretty close to snapping. Pete had a moment of madness a few days ago but managed to get himself back under control. Rick, you should put in an order for more padding for the walls before it gets any more crowded in there. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections /article5010471.ece
[FairfieldLife] Late Night Chuckles
Oh, I kid Sarah Palin. I have a special affection for the insufferable. Today, she was campaigning in North Carolina, and she said she only really wanted to campaign in the 'pro-America' parts of the country. And so does her husband, who unfortunately couldn't be there because he's a secessionist. ---Bill Maher Josh Brolin, who plays President Bush in the new movie 'W,' says at first, he wasn't sure he should take the role, because it would be such an acting challenge. That's what he said. Brolin says he prepared for the role by getting up every day, running five miles, and then bashing himself in the head with a hammer. ---Conan O'Brien The only reason Obama got this endorsement is because Colin Powell is black. Also, the only reason Admiral John Nathman, Brigadier General James Smith, Four-star General Merrill McPeak and 20 other military leaders have endorsed Obama is because Colin Powell is black. ---Stephen Colbert Former Vice President Dan Quayle has advised vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin to 'Just be yourself.' Unfortunately, he spelled 'yourself' with three i's and a 6. ---Amy Poehler
[FairfieldLife] Re: Traces of Nuts
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The internet has not been good for campaigns. It spreads rumor and reinforces positions that are untenable. Obama's unlikely to have been where he is today where it not for the Internet as an organizing and fundraising tool.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if judy and raunchy are secret fans of ashley for having the guts to try what they can only dream about doing. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5010471.ece Q: What is the difference between Ashley Todd making up a story about having been assaulted by a six-foot black Obama supporter and Judy Stein making up a story about having received death threats on Fairfield Life? A: Ashley Todd was still sane enough to admit to lying once she had gotten caught at it.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Q: What is the difference between Ashley Todd
making up a story about having been assaulted
by a six-foot black Obama supporter and Judy
Stein making up a story about having received
death threats on Fairfield Life?
In related news, a poll conducted at bellweather [sic]
Internet chat site Fairfield Life indicates that the
popularity rating on that site for posters Raunchydog
and Judy Stein (considered representative of Republican
tactics) has dropped in the last week from the next-to-
lowest Category Y ('Strident revenge harpies from Hell')
to the lowest possible Category Z ('Dumb angry cunts
too stupid to live.')
Experts are studying the possibility that, since there
is no lower level to sink to in terms of favorability
ratings, if Raunchydog and Judy continue their anti-
Obama activism at this point, something more drastic
may happen to the two activists -- actually bursting
into flame.
The difference is that in Judy's case, there was
an assailant, and he did make death threats in an
attempt to intimidate Judy and Raunchydog into
silence. That they were thinly draped in purported
humor doesn't exonerate him.
When you publicly envision the violent deaths of
two people at whom you've been spewing the most
vicious hatred, you've gone over the edge, no
matter how desperately you pretend you were just
trying to be funny.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fox News VP: If McCain Worker Mutilation Story Is a Hoax His Campaign Is Over
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip While I agree that the main story is about a person so troubled that they would make up a story about being assaulted and claim it was done by a black man, what it has to do with the campaign is that the disturbed young woman *did this to harm Barack Obama*. That's not just garden-variety insanity, that's *politically motivated* insanity. Y'know...sorta like someone claiming falsely that death threats had been made against them on an Internet group, for the purposes of demonizing someone who disagrees with them politically. Actually, I wouldn't blame the Obama campaign for Barry's making death threats against raunchydog and me because he disagrees with us any more than I'd blame the McCain campaign for this very sick woman's pathetic attempt to get attention. This election campaign has brought out the crazies across the political spectrum, and it isn't likely to end after the election, unfortunately. It doesn't really have much to do with politics, I suspect, but rather with the social stress that began with Clinton's impeachment and has only intensified during the Bush administration. It has pushed those who had been barely hanging on right over the edge (even, or perhaps especially, those who have fled the country in an attempt to keep from falling apart).
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:06 PM, do.rflex wrote: Fortunately for America it appears that his campaign is so unappealing to enough required voters that it looks like he and his goofy, inept and inflammatory sidekick are going to crash ...maybe badly. And it'll be interesting to see if Palin really does make her own run in 2012. If so, should be high entertinment. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax
Please note that Judy snipped two things in
this post. The first was the answer to the
question I posed:
A: Ashley Todd was still sane enough to admit
to lying once she had gotten caught at it.
Telling that she'd feel the need to snip that
line, doncha think?
The second was the *punchline* of the joke she
is still claiming was a death threat. For those
as humorless as Judy (who still seems not to
have gotten the joke), the bursting into flames
riff was the setup on the old saying, Liar,
liar, pants on fire:
Scientists from MUM have been called in to watch the
situation and study it in terms of the Maharishi Effect.
If, as theorized, Raunchydog and Judy Stein DO get so
uncontrollably angry that they burst into flames, teams
of scientists are in place to capture the event on film
so that it can later be analyzed to see if, as described
in the Vedas, the spontaneous combustion event really
does start in their pants.
The whole story of this claimed death threat,
including a relevant quote from Judy herself
and the post that explained that anything I write
that starts with In related news... IS a joke,
is here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/194553
For a long time now I've been suggesting that
Judy Stein was insane, but now she establishes
it with her own actions.
If there is even one person out there in FFL-
land who believes EITHER that the joke I made
was a death threat OR that Judy believes
it's one, please chime in.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote:
snip
Q: What is the difference between Ashley Todd
making up a story about having been assaulted
by a six-foot black Obama supporter and Judy
Stein making up a story about having received
death threats on Fairfield Life?
In related news, a poll conducted at bellweather [sic]
Internet chat site Fairfield Life indicates that the
popularity rating on that site for posters Raunchydog
and Judy Stein (considered representative of Republican
tactics) has dropped in the last week from the next-to-
lowest Category Y ('Strident revenge harpies from Hell')
to the lowest possible Category Z ('Dumb angry cunts
too stupid to live.')
Experts are studying the possibility that, since there
is no lower level to sink to in terms of favorability
ratings, if Raunchydog and Judy continue their anti-
Obama activism at this point, something more drastic
may happen to the two activists -- actually bursting
into flame.
The difference is that in Judy's case, there was
an assailant, and he did make death threats in an
attempt to intimidate Judy and Raunchydog into
silence. That they were thinly draped in purported
humor doesn't exonerate him.
When you publicly envision the violent deaths of
two people at whom you've been spewing the most
vicious hatred, you've gone over the edge, no
matter how desperately you pretend you were just
trying to be funny.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The whole story of this claimed death threat, including a relevant quote from Judy herself and the post that explained that anything I write that starts with In related news... IS a joke, is here: I repeat: When you publicly envision the violent deaths of two people at whom you've been spewing the most vicious hatred, you've gone over the edge, no matter how desperately you pretend you were just trying to be funny.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip The whole story of this claimed death threat, including a relevant quote from Judy herself and the post that explained that anything I write that starts with In related news... IS a joke, is here: I repeat: When you publicly envision the violent deaths of two people at whom you've been spewing the most vicious hatred, you've gone over the edge, no matter how desperately you pretend you were just trying to be funny. And I repeat my challenge: If there is even ONE person on this forum who believes EITHER that what I wrote below was a death threat OR that Judy really believes it was, please make yourselves known. Speak up. There's got to be *at least* one person out there who sides with Judy on this death threat thing? Right? How 'bout you, Rauchydog? You've been notice- ably silent on this issue. Do YOU think that what I wrote below was a death threat? C'mon, show some balls...do you? And how about anyone else here? Surely there has to be ONE person here who believes that Judy Stein is telling the truth. Doesn't there? Ironically, the more that the tag-team of Republican crazies and former-Hillary-supporter crazies rant and post negative screeds about Obama, the lower Repub- lican poll ratings sink (Palin's favorability rating *in Alaska* is now only 36%), and the more money that Obama is able to raise for the campaign. In related news, a poll conducted at bellweather Internet chat site Fairfield Life indicates that the popularity rating on that site for posters Raunchydog and Judy Stein (considered representative of Republican tactics) has dropped in the last week from the next-to- lowest Category Y (Strident revenge harpies from Hell) to the lowest possible Category Z (Dumb angry cunts too stupid to live.) Experts are studying the possibility that, since there is no lower level to sink to in terms of favorability ratings, if Raunchydog and Judy continue their anti- Obama activism at this point, something more drastic may happen to the two activists -- actually bursting into flame. Scientists from MUM have been called in to watch the situation and study it in terms of the Maharishi Effect. If, as theorized, Raunchydog and Judy Stein DO get so uncontrollably angry that they burst into flames, teams of scientists are in place to capture the event on film so that it can later be analyzed to see if, as described in the Vedas, the spontaneous combustion event really does start in their pants.
[FairfieldLife] Membership after O's victory?
I wonder what shalt happen to the membership figures of CayCayCay after O's victory... yearmembership 19204,000,000 19246,000,000 193030,000 19805,000 20082,500 http://tinyurl.com/6e28d
[FairfieldLife] The TM-related irony of Judy's claimed death threat
I just realized that for Judy to claim to believe that the following joke was a death threat, she has to have believed that bursting into flames was synonymous with death, that there was no option BUT death in that scenario. Did it never occur to her that the teams of scien- tists (and not just *any* scientists...*MUM* scientists present to study the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion might just have a fire extingisher or two and maybe a doctor handy, just in case it actually happened? That seems to me to be somewhat of a statement about how smart Judy thinks the scientists at MUM are: * Too dumb to bring a fire extinguisher to an experiment on spontaneous combustion. * On the other hand, smart enough to have proved TM's value beyond the shadow of a doubt. In related news, a poll conducted at bellweather Internet chat site Fairfield Life indicates that the popularity rating on that site for posters Raunchydog and Judy Stein (considered representative of Republican tactics) has dropped in the last week from the next-to- lowest Category Y (Strident revenge harpies from Hell) to the lowest possible Category Z (Dumb angry cunts too stupid to live.) Experts are studying the possibility that, since there is no lower level to sink to in terms of favorability ratings, if Raunchydog and Judy continue their anti- Obama activism at this point, something more drastic may happen to the two activists -- actually bursting into flame. Scientists from MUM have been called in to watch the situation and study it in terms of the Maharishi Effect. If, as theorized, Raunchydog and Judy Stein DO get so uncontrollably angry that they burst into flames, teams of scientists are in place to capture the event on film so that it can later be analyzed to see if, as described in the Vedas, the spontaneous combustion event really does start in their pants.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:45 PM, bhairitu wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:17 AM, off_world_beings wrote: Here's my artwork and graphic design. All original illustration and art: Mostly done on a PC. www.satwagraphics.com Nice stuff--thanks! But to do a fair comparison you'd have to see it reworked on a Mac, I would think. Sal Uh, artwork has more to do with the artist than it does the computer. These days a Mac is just a PC running the Mac OS. It is still running a graphics card you can run on Windows. Same with Linux but much of the software isn't on that platform yet. There's just magnitudes less chance of getting a virus on Linux or a Mac mainly because they have a better security system than Windows including the messed up version MS made for Vista which flummoxes many users. The new Photoshop CS4 for the Mac rocks--but really the next version, which will be the first to be rewritten for Cocoa, Mac OS X's native programming language and use the built-in Core Imaging features of OS 10.5-6 will be unbeatable in terms of speed. However 64 bit versions of PS will be available first on the PeeCee. For those interested in speed and great applications at a low price now, Core-based apps like Pixelmator http://www.pixelmator.com/ can't be beat. What? Another damn fad language that programmers must learn? I got tired of those 10 years ago. What's wrong with C or C++? I guess it's too hard for the (cheap) kid programmers to learn.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:49 PM, bhairitu wrote: Just be wary of Toshiba's warranties which they often back away from. Hopefully like my Toshiba laptop you'll have no problems. My friend had a manufacturing defect on his screen and they wouldn't fix it. He didn't have an extended warranty from the store or they may have exchanged it. Fortunately the defect isn't overwhelming so he can still use the machine. I don't get the warranties either but I have computer insurance since I use my machines professionally and the insurance company will cover such defects. I used to use by Toshiba laptop every now and then, till I found out I could run XP faster on top of the Mac OS on my Mac! When I'm done with XP, I just minimize it or save the virtual environment (it doesn't need to be rebooted, merely restored). It works so much better on my Mac, I never use my Toshiba except for traveling. I'm using an Eee-PC for traveling. It runs Linux and boots up in 30 seconds. These things are really becoming the rage and other companies are jumping into the frey. Aspire has a nice machine for $350. Minr looks like a tiny MacBook but then it is an ASUS product who happens to make the MacBook.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
How 'bout you, Rauchydog? You've been notice-
ably silent on this issue. Do YOU think that
what I wrote below was a death threat? C'mon,
show some balls...do you?
Beneath his lipstick rhetoric squealing
Barry's pig and pitchfork, revealing
Sticking it to you at every turn
Oblivious that he will earn
A place in Hell
Where he will tell
Amid throngs of people booing
An account of his vile spewing
Inciting the killing of Amos and Andy
Know well, this unrepentant Dandy
Is just a creepy Nancy
Using words of fancy
--Raunchydog, 10/18
Amos and Andy is a reference to the fact that
if Barry's rant had been directed at two black
men who were not Obama supporters, the death
threats would have been instantly recognizable
as such by everyone here:
In related news, a poll conducted at bellweather [sic]
Internet chat site Fairfield Life indicates that the
popularity rating on that site for posters Amos
and Andy (considered representative of Republican
tactics) has dropped in the last week from the next-to-
lowest Category Y ('Strident revenge coons from Hell')
to the lowest possible Category Z ('Dumb angry niggers
too stupid to live.')
Experts are studying the possibility that, since there
is no lower level to sink to in terms of favorability
ratings, if Amos and Andy continue their anti-Obama
activism at this point, something more drastic may
happen to the two activists -- actually getting their
necks broken at the end of a rope.
The last three lines of raunchydog's poem point
out that because Barry's such a pathetic coward
and phony, the most he'll ever do is attempt to
intimidate by spewing hatred from a distance.
It doesn't *work*, of course, but it allows him
to tell himself he's still in the game.
[FairfieldLife] Is This How You Would Choose a Vice-President?
Great funny videos: Brain Surgery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JFIDQDcw7Y Burning Itching - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1CkqPLr0II First Tattoo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2_8OqoFiqQ Heart Valve - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKMaf6sgTaM Home Remodel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETMyIkN3A2Y Legal Problems - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GtEayneAX8 School Bus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYbQN9zh0o
[FairfieldLife] Meet the Press: McCain unconvincingly defending Palin
Painful to watch... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1DeHhjs1N0eurl=http://firedoglake.com/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Is This How You Would Choose a Vice-President?
Thanks so much for this find. I loved the one about the guy needing a heart valve and his neighbor, who's not a doctor but can see the hospital from his house, has agreed to do the surgery. Now that's how to choose a vice president. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:48 PM, bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great funny videos: Brain Surgery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JFIDQDcw7Y Burning Itching - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1CkqPLr0II First Tattoo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2_8OqoFiqQ Heart Valve - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKMaf6sgTaM Home Remodel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETMyIkN3A2Y Legal Problems - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GtEayneAX8 School Bus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYbQN9zh0o
[FairfieldLife] Re: Is This How You Would Choose a Vice-President?
It's too bad that lame YouTube doesn't automatically display the videos in 16:9 either letterboxed or that aspect ratio. They are stuck in retro 20th century 4:3 whereas other video sites will display 16:9. These were done by Hollywood pros (you may recognize some of the actors) who probably didn't know that YouTube doesn't handle 16:9 videos very well and you have to letterbox your clips. I searched for another site showing these in the correct aspect ration but to no avail. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks so much for this find. I loved the one about the guy needing a heart valve and his neighbor, who's not a doctor but can see the hospital from his house, has agreed to do the surgery. Now that's how to choose a vice president. On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:48 PM, bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great funny videos: Brain Surgery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JFIDQDcw7Y Burning Itching - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1CkqPLr0II First Tattoo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2_8OqoFiqQ Heart Valve - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKMaf6sgTaM Home Remodel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETMyIkN3A2Y Legal Problems - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GtEayneAX8 School Bus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYbQN9zh0o
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
On Oct 26, 2008, at 2:30 PM, bhairitu wrote: The new Photoshop CS4 for the Mac rocks--but really the next version, which will be the first to be rewritten for Cocoa, Mac OS X's native programming language and use the built-in Core Imaging features of OS 10.5-6 will be unbeatable in terms of speed. However 64 bit versions of PS will be available first on the PeeCee. For those interested in speed and great applications at a low price now, Core-based apps like Pixelmator http://www.pixelmator.com/ can't be beat. What? Another damn fad language that programmers must learn? I got tired of those 10 years ago. What's wrong with C or C++? I guess it's too hard for the (cheap) kid programmers to learn. Cocoa is a form of Objective C, it's just that Job's pisses people off and so they (Adobe) drag their feet. Carbon was a transitional tool which Jobs pulled the plug on and all Adobe was doing was porting via the Carbon layer (a relatively easy port for C++). I'm sure having Apple build their own version of all the Photoshop filters into Core Image of Mac OS 10 didn't exactly endear them to Adobe either...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christopher Hitchens tells Chris Matthews that its become 'morally and intellectually impossible to vote Republican.' He goes on to blast the 'nutbag' in Pennsylvania, and says McCain is 'borderline senile.' What silly rhetoric. You can dislike McCain and loathe his policies -- which you obviously do, Bongo Brazil -- but to think he is anywhere near senile, as Hitchens does, is a reflection on the commentator, not McCain. And I speak as a quasi-expert on the subject. How can I claim that? My job for several years entailed reviewing, on a daily basis, Living Trusts with clients at the homes. 99% of Trust owners are seniors, people over the age of 65. What always struck me was that once you got into your late '80s and '90s how bright their minds were; indeed, there seemed to me to be a correlation between age and mind clarity that was striking. The 90+ folks were invariably more bright and with it than those in their 60s. I don't see ANY of that dullness in McCain.
[FairfieldLife] Has the TMO nuttiness factor ceased since Maharishi's death?
This thought came to me from seeing the post on Maharishi Central University, another of Maharishi's NEXT GREAT BIG THINGS. I'm convinced that Maharishi's propensity to keep coming up with these silly huge projects every few months -- almost all of which came to naught -- was one of the major factors of the failure of the TMO. Like the boy who cried Wolf!, no one ever bothered to pay attention or support when he would come out with something new. I don't think we've seen ANY of those come out of Holland since his death, have we? Perhaps this means that those in power now -- Kaplan, da King, Bevan, and Hagie the Happy Half-life Heisenberger -- kind of realize that they NOT being Maharishi's couldn't possibly pull off coming out with nuttiness and, so, have abandoned such tact completely. I hope so. For sanity to return (or make it's first appearance) in the leadership of the movement could be a harbinger of good things to come.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Lady Killers
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: snip [paraphrasing me:] Turq is a mysogynist, racist, homophobic, elitist and solipsistic and makes death threats. (WTF!) WTF! indeed. Two things just came back to me about death threats and FFL. One was after Hillary mentioned RFK's assassination in response to a question about why she was staying in the race and was immediately accused by hordes of Obamazoids, including some on this forum, of making a death threat against Obama. I pointed out that this was a deranged notion and was met with outrage for saying so. The other was when I suggested that this country needed better black leaders, on the order of MLK and Malcolm, and was promptly accused by one OKPeachman of calling for Obama's assassination. In post after post you were making racist claims that brother Barack was unelectableread:black/negro and dishonest. Message #170187 Re: This is a big, BIG problem for Obama --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a black person who is honest about race in the U.S. can't get elected president, then we aren't yet ready for a black president; what we need is more Malcolms, more MLKs. So now you want Barak Obama dead. Oddly enough, I don't remember anybody saying that OKPeachman was deranged. Because i am not. Oh, and then after Sal had told one of her particularly obnoxious lies, I told her to FOAD, and good old OKP accused me of making a death threat against *her* as well. Once again, lying biatch, what you wrote: Message #171212 -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Mar 22, 2008, at 10:04 AM, authfriend wrote: I'm afraid what this mess has demonstrated is that the country isn't ready for either a black or a female president. What this has demonstrated is that a lot (or at least some) Hillary supporters, bitterly disappointed that her waltz to the nomination hasn't happened, are doing everything they can to wreck Obama's candidacy while pretending to superfically support him, so that McCain can win and Hillary can run again in 4 years. To hell with what's good for the country or even the world. It's only what's good for Hillary that really matters. Sorry, but that's totally absurd, the worst kind of naive, nitwit conspiracy theorizing. (Lots easier than actually trying to answer the question I asked you, though, isn't it?) If Hillary doesn't win the nomination and the election, she's finished as a presidential candidate. This is her one and only chance. And if she doesn't campaign for Obama with everything she's got once he has the nomination, she'll be finished as a senator as well. She'll be a political pariah (as will Bill if *he* doesn't campaign for Obama with everything he's got). Nice try, though, Judy. FOAD, Sal. People like you are the problem, not the solution. FOAD??? Now you want Sal AND Barack dead like MLK and brother Malcolm. Maybe you are not just racist but also a common inveterate hater. One more time: It's the hypocrisy, stupid. Your hypocrisy. Unelectable? Just wait 9 days sweetie. You are a posterchild for bitter racist manhating stupidity.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Lady Killers
On Oct 26, 2008, at 3:10 PM, okpeachman2000 wrote: Your hypocrisy. Unelectable? Just wait 9 days sweetie. You are a posterchild for bitter racist manhating stupidity. You know, I was thinking about this...in all the elections I can recall, never has one of the long-shots, including *real* long shots like Dole and Mondale, not to mention Goldwater and McGovern, ever been referred to as unelectable, even though, since all were running against popular incumbents, it would have been a far more applicable term than it is now. Why only this time, did many of HIllary's supporters, as well as Hillary herself I believe, throw out this incredibly mean-spirited term at Obama? Food for thought. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] And I repeat my challenge: If there is even ONE person on this forum who believes EITHER that what I wrote below was a death threat OR that Judy really believes it was, please make yourselves known. Speak up. [snip] If you were a normal person, Barry, who operated under the confines of what the law calls what a reasonable person would do in similar circumstances then, no, I don't believe that what you wrote was a death threat. But you aren't normal, Barry, nor do you act as a reasonable person would in most circumstances. To wit: 1) you have engaged in a 12-year daily battle of words with Judy over the internet, boring us all to hell with your incessant, silly weakness that compells you to answer any and all posts by her. THAT IS NOT NORMAL. 2) you insist that you have witnessed levitation by your now-dead-by- his-own-hand cult guru, LenzBabaRamaKoolAid, on dozens of occasions and still hold to these delusions as fact. THIS IS ENOUGH TO GET YOU LOCKED UP IN THE NEAREST NURSE RATCHET FACILITY IN ANY WESTERN NATION. In the East, of course, they will sanctify you and try to pick the dirt out from between your third and fourth toes. The very fact that you are perpetuating this death threat thread is evidence of your instability. I've recently seen Woody Allen's Vicki Christina Barcelona (twice) which is probably the best tourism advertisement the nation of Spain has ever had imposed upon them. I can only imagine that if Stiges is 1/10th as beautiful as the Spain that I saw in that movie, that you must be in something approximating Heaven on Earth. Why the fuck aren't you letting such beauty seep into your consciousness? Are you so out of it that you'll let this ugliness you're mired in blind you to the beauty that surrounds you, as you sit in the cafe you are most likely in sipping your latte... Enough of this crap...I'm going hiking in the desert...I don't want to end up like you, the bitter unhappy man that you are.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Lady Killers
Oh, gee, I forgot about OKPeachman. He's been sitting quietly in the Krazies Korner all this time. I guess Barry felt he needed some help, so he deputized OKP. OKP, if you think unelectable and dishonest are racist terms, I'd say that's your problem. As I said to Ruth when she accused raunchydog of being a racist on the basis of an illustration on her profile page that portrayed Obama as Fred Astaire, which Ruth apparently, like Barry, interpreted to portray Obama as Stepin Fetchit: To my mind, those who deliberately fan the flames of racism in these overwrought times--whether by being a racist, or by falsely accusing others of being racists--are the lowest order of human life. And that includes Obama, BTW, along with far too many people on this oh-so-spiritual and high-minded forum. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, okpeachman2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: snip [paraphrasing me:] Turq is a mysogynist, racist, homophobic, elitist and solipsistic and makes death threats. (WTF!) WTF! indeed. Two things just came back to me about death threats and FFL. One was after Hillary mentioned RFK's assassination in response to a question about why she was staying in the race and was immediately accused by hordes of Obamazoids, including some on this forum, of making a death threat against Obama. I pointed out that this was a deranged notion and was met with outrage for saying so. The other was when I suggested that this country needed better black leaders, on the order of MLK and Malcolm, and was promptly accused by one OKPeachman of calling for Obama's assassination. In post after post you were making racist claims that brother Barack was unelectableread:black/negro and dishonest. Message #170187 Re: This is a big, BIG problem for Obama --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: If a black person who is honest about race in the U.S. can't get elected president, then we aren't yet ready for a black president; what we need is more Malcolms, more MLKs. So now you want Barak Obama dead. Oddly enough, I don't remember anybody saying that OKPeachman was deranged. Because i am not. Oh, and then after Sal had told one of her particularly obnoxious lies, I told her to FOAD, and good old OKP accused me of making a death threat against *her* as well. Once again, lying biatch, what you wrote: Message #171212 -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ wrote: On Mar 22, 2008, at 10:04 AM, authfriend wrote: I'm afraid what this mess has demonstrated is that the country isn't ready for either a black or a female president. What this has demonstrated is that a lot (or at least some) Hillary supporters, bitterly disappointed that her waltz to the nomination hasn't happened, are doing everything they can to wreck Obama's candidacy while pretending to superfically support him, so that McCain can win and Hillary can run again in 4 years. To hell with what's good for the country or even the world. It's only what's good for Hillary that really matters. Sorry, but that's totally absurd, the worst kind of naive, nitwit conspiracy theorizing. (Lots easier than actually trying to answer the question I asked you, though, isn't it?) If Hillary doesn't win the nomination and the election, she's finished as a presidential candidate. This is her one and only chance. And if she doesn't campaign for Obama with everything she's got once he has the nomination, she'll be finished as a senator as well. She'll be a political pariah (as will Bill if *he* doesn't campaign for Obama with everything he's got). Nice try, though, Judy. FOAD, Sal. People like you are the problem, not the solution. FOAD??? Now you want Sal AND Barack dead like MLK and brother Malcolm. Maybe you are not just racist but also a common inveterate hater. One more time: It's the hypocrisy, stupid. Your hypocrisy. Unelectable? Just wait 9 days sweetie. You are a posterchild for bitter racist manhating stupidity.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax
Turq, I actually heard you mumble under your breath, I'm going to kill that bitch, and Judy yelled out, I'm that bitch! So, I do understand her concern. ;-) --- On Sun, 10/26/08, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ashley todd hoax To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 2:17 PM --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip The whole story of this claimed death threat, including a relevant quote from Judy herself and the post that explained that anything I write that starts with In related news... IS a joke, is here: I repeat: When you publicly envision the violent deaths of two people at whom you've been spewing the most vicious hatred, you've gone over the edge, no matter how desperately you pretend you were just trying to be funny. And I repeat my challenge: If there is even ONE person on this forum who believes EITHER that what I wrote below was a death threat OR that Judy really believes it was, please make yourselves known. Speak up. There's got to be *at least* one person out there who sides with Judy on this death threat thing? Right? How 'bout you, Rauchydog? You've been notice- ably silent on this issue. Do YOU think that what I wrote below was a death threat? C'mon, show some balls...do you? And how about anyone else here? Surely there has to be ONE person here who believes that Judy Stein is telling the truth. Doesn't there? Ironically, the more that the tag-team of Republican crazies and former-Hillary-supporter crazies rant and post negative screeds about Obama, the lower Repub- lican poll ratings sink (Palin's favorability rating *in Alaska* is now only 36%), and the more money that Obama is able to raise for the campaign. In related news, a poll conducted at bellweather Internet chat site Fairfield Life indicates that the popularity rating on that site for posters Raunchydog and Judy Stein (considered representative of Republican tactics) has dropped in the last week from the next-to- lowest Category Y (Strident revenge harpies from Hell) to the lowest possible Category Z (Dumb angry cunts too stupid to live.) Experts are studying the possibility that, since there is no lower level to sink to in terms of favorability ratings, if Raunchydog and Judy continue their anti- Obama activism at this point, something more drastic may happen to the two activists -- actually bursting into flame. Scientists from MUM have been called in to watch the situation and study it in terms of the Maharishi Effect. If, as theorized, Raunchydog and Judy Stein DO get so uncontrollably angry that they burst into flames, teams of scientists are in place to capture the event on film so that it can later be analyzed to see if, as described in the Vedas, the spontaneous combustion event really does start in their pants. 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: What if?
Vaj, you made an honest effort to argue against What if? and I appreciate that. Even with a little patronizing thrown in, your attitude, thankfully, has not been dismissive or hostile. I haven't had time to pick up this tread until now, but since then I threw the Traces of Nuts grenade into the forum, and it stimulated some interesting comments. I'm continuing our conversation to address your post as well as answer Dr. Peter's request that I support my claim that a corrupt media helped tank Hillary. Here's Gallup with the stats: http://tinyurl.com/3wqy6w http://tinyurl.com/3wqy6w The point of the What If? article was not in rehashing the merits of Hillary as the better candidate but noting that the media manipulates how we vote. I think this is dangerous for our democracy and freedom. Does this concern you as well? In a more conciliatory mood, Dr. Peter said in Traces of Nuts, It seems you have absolutely accepted some sort of conspiracy theory behind Hillary's primary loss. If you want to argue that position with links from reputable news sources, then I'll listen and consider your assertions. Now that Gallup backs up my assertion in the stats below that the media favored Obama, perhaps Dr. Peter will reconsider the validity of my second assertion that the DNC favored Obama as proven by the stats in Breaking! The Numbers Don't Lie (But the DNC Does) ../../../../../../message/195150 May 29, 2008 Public Says Media Harder on Clinton Than Obama, McCain Close to half think coverage of three major candidates has been about right by Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, NJ -- Although Americans in general think that news media coverage of the three major presidential candidates has been about right, they are more inclined to say the media have been too hard on Hillary Clinton and too easy on Barack Obama and John McCain. These results are based on the latest Gallup Panel survey, conducted May 19-21. Bill and Hillary Clinton are two of the most prominent people to suggest that the news media have been unfairly critical of her and her campaign. The overall sentiment of the American public seems to tilt in agreement, with significantly more Americans saying the media have been too hard on Clinton than say that about either Obama or McCain. Clinton's supporters generally share this negative view of her treatment by the media -- a majority (56%) of Democrats who support Clinton for the presidential nomination say the media have been too hard on her. That is nearly double the percentage of Obama supporters who say this about Clinton. Some -- including the Clintons -- have also argued the media were not taking a critical enough look at Obama, though that talk has subsided to some degree given the controversy over his association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his remarks about bitter rural voters. Most Obama supporters seem satisfied with the coverage of their candidate -- 53% say it has been about right while 33% say it has been too harsh. On the other hand, Clinton supporters are twice as likely to say media coverage has been too easy on Obama as to say it has been too hard on him. In addition to assessing the coverage of the presidential candidates, the poll asked Americans for their views on news coverage of the political parties during the campaign. The public is slightly more inclined to think the Democratic Party has gotten more favorable coverage, as 23% say the media have been too hard on the Republican Party, compared with 16% who say this about the Democratic Party. More generally, Americans are roughly divided as to whether they approve (47%) or disapprove (52%) of the job the news media are doing in covering the election. When those who disapprove were asked to explain why, their comments focused more on general criticisms than on treatment of specific candidates. The most common responses involve general accusations of bias and not being completely truthful. Other criticisms include coverage being too shallow and not covering important issues, focusing too much on negative stories, and too much coverage of politics in general. Just 5% say the media have been too favorable to Obama, and only 3% say the media have been too negative toward Clinton. Republicans who disapprove of media coverage are most likely to say it is because the coverage is biased or too focused on the Democrats. Democrats, on the other hand, tend to disapprove because the media coverage is too shallow and does not cover important issues, and because there is too much focus on the negative. Implications Although slightly more Americans disapprove than approve of media coverage of the election, the plurality of respondents say the coverage of each presidential candidate and both political parties has been about right. Americans have not always been very charitable in their ratings of the media, so while not overly positive, the current ratings are not necessarily bad when put into
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Lady Killers
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 3:10 PM, okpeachman2000 wrote: Your hypocrisy. Unelectable? Just wait 9 days sweetie. You are a posterchild for bitter racist manhating stupidity. You know, I was thinking about this...in all the elections I can recall, never has one of the long-shots, including *real* long shots like Dole and Mondale, not to mention Goldwater and McGovern, ever been referred to as unelectable, even though, since all were running against popular incumbents, it would have been a far more applicable term than it is now. Why only this time, did many of HIllary's supporters, as well as Hillary herself I believe, throw out this incredibly mean-spirited term at Obama? Food for thought. Sal Hillary's campaign didn't become racist until Bill's remark in South Carolina. McCain's campaing has been going racist, and Sarah Palin feeds off this kind of thing. Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania, was one who started the racist rant, saying he didn't feel a black man could win the presidency. This has been relayed by Representative Mutha who correctly characterized the tribes in Western Pennsylvania as being the most racist group, in the nation...deer hunter countrylike the movie- 'The Deer Hunter'...really some mean and macho attitudes. So, since we are in a 'phase transition' this kind of thing, is not being supported anymore, as the attmosphere is clear enough now, to avoid taking this sh*t seriously. Dispite these racial attitudes that have kept of country and people down for so long, Obama and JOe will win by a landslide. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: What if?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vaj, you made an honest effort to argue against What if? and I appreciate that. Even with a little patronizing thrown in, your attitude, thankfully, has not been dismissive or hostile. I haven't had time to pick up this tread until now, but since then I threw the Traces of Nuts grenade into the forum, and it stimulated some interesting comments. I'm continuing our conversation to address your post as well as answer Dr. Peter's request that I support my claim that a corrupt media helped tank Hillary. Here's Gallup with the stats: http://tinyurl.com/3wqy6w http://tinyurl.com/3wqy6w The point of the What If? article was not in rehashing the merits of Hillary as the better candidate but noting that the media manipulates how we vote. I think this is dangerous for our democracy and freedom. Does this concern you as well? (snip) Manipulation by the media does concern me. Fox news gets it's talking points from the WH. This starting happening during the Reagan adminstration, when things became either, 'politically correct' or not. The politically correct postion, was to support the war, support the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. What is really dramatic, is that Barack Obama was able to overcome media bias against anyone who was not supporting the military/corporate agenda... This is the miracle of the Obama campaign, plain and simple... And you can see the 'legions of demons' jumping up and down, to no avail. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Good advice from Nader on Chomsky and Zinn's endorsement of Obama
On Cspam right now a repeat of Thursday's third party debate (paraphrase): Of course Chomsky and Zinn agree with me much more than with Obama. They're making a tactical choice to vote for the least bad alternative. Obama is the first Democrat to get more money from giant corporations than his opponent. We need to keep moral pressure on him to make sure the change he is talking about is actually going to happen. So if you're in a state where the race is not contested make a statement and vote for Nader/Gonzalez.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Traces of Nuts
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: snip The internet has not been good for campaigns. It spreads rumor and reinforces positions that are untenable. Obama's unlikely to have been where he is today where it not for the Internet as an organizing and fundraising tool. This is true...Because he is a transformational figure, he has been able to integrate all the technology to his advantage. He has many, many people excited about the evolution of this counry and this world, and in this way, got the best most clear people to work with him. The internet has helped many people who have been creative enough to use it. John McCain, now, and Hillary in the primary were symbols of the old. Obama is the new. Would you like to go backwards or forwards...? We choose to go forward. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Good advice from Nader on Chomsky and Zinn's endorsement of Obama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Cspam right now a repeat of Thursday's third party debate (paraphrase): Of course Chomsky and Zinn agree with me much more than with Obama. They're making a tactical choice to vote for the least bad alternative. Obama is the first Democrat to get more money from giant corporations than his opponent. We need to keep moral pressure on him to make sure the change he is talking about is actually going to happen. So if you're in a state where the race is not contested make a statement and vote for Nader/Gonzalez. I heard that Nader is a CIA plant... and Gonzalez is a double agent for the Mexicans. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Christopher Hitchens tells Chris Matthews that its become 'morally and intellectually impossible to vote Republican.' He goes on to blast the 'nutbag' in Pennsylvania, and says McCain is 'borderline senile.' What silly rhetoric. You can dislike McCain and loathe his policies -- which you obviously do, Bongo Brazil -- but to think he is anywhere near senile, as Hitchens does, is a reflection on the commentator, not McCain. And I speak as a quasi-expert on the subject. How can I claim that? My job for several years entailed reviewing, on a daily basis, Living Trusts with clients at the homes. 99% of Trust owners are seniors, people over the age of 65. What always struck me was that once you got into your late '80s and '90s how bright their minds were; indeed, there seemed to me to be a correlation between age and mind clarity that was striking. The 90+ folks were invariably more bright and with it than those in their 60s. I don't see ANY of that dullness in McCain. A lot of people DO and have discussed it openly. Here are a few video clips that give reason for those comments: John McCain has Alzheimer's? : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZu7kioXqyY Compare a video of John McCain debating his Republican rivals in mid-2007 to a video of McCain speaking to a friendly rally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFkWW6kHisQ Is McCain lying here or is he slipping mentally? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZu7kioXqyY
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Lady Killers
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip You know, I was thinking about this...in all the elections I can recall, never has one of the long-shots, including *real* long shots like Dole and Mondale, not to mention Goldwater and McGovern, ever been referred to as unelectable, even though, since all were running against popular incumbents, it would have been a far more applicable term than it is now. Why only this time, did many of HIllary's supporters, as well as Hillary herself I believe, throw out this incredibly mean-spirited term at Obama? Jeez, you really have to feel sorry for Sal. Five minutes of Googling: - She's tenacious, but the numbers just don't lie. Looks like we're coming to the end of the line for Hillary. The question is, when will she face the fact that she's...unelectable? http://stevebrownetc.com/podcasts/comedy-bits-pieces/hillary-clinton- unelectable/ http://tinyurl.com/3vgebp - McCain 2008 = Dole 1996 = Mondale 1984: Unelectable http://www.dailypaul.com/node/51807 - As Rick Perlstein argued in his recent book on Goldwater, Before the Storm, Goldwater the candidate may have been unelectable, but that did not mean that Goldwater's views were unpopular. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/04/05/040405crbo_books? currentPage=2 http://tinyurl.com/6jdc8j - The Democratic Party subsequently changed its procedures for nominating presidential candidates in order to give about one-third of the nominating (delegate) power to existing office-holders, in order to make it more difficult for a populist but unelectable candidate like McGovern to win the Democratic presidential nomination. http://www.conservapedia.com/George_McGovern - I don't know what McGovern says about Howard Dean, but again, Howard Dean is unelectable for much same reason McGovern was. http://snunes.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html - Unelectable Ron Paul beats Giuliani and McCain: Final results of Thursday's Illinois straw poll: 1. Mitt Romney 40.35% 2. Fred Thompson 19.96% 3. Ron Paul 18.87% 4. Rudy Giuliani 11.61% 5. John McCain 4.12% http://voxday.blogspot.com/2007/08/unelectable.html - The Unelectable Son ...But even with a spoiler on the left, and one given at least limited legitimacy, the Bush campaign was in trouble. Even though Gore seemed at times to be working on sabotaging his own campaign - such as distancing himself from Clinton, who is, despite being thoroughly corrupt, unquestionably the most popular politician in the country - Bush remained seemingly unelectable. http://www.konformist.com/2000/unelectable-son.htm - While President Carter confronted Ted Kennedy at the White House, a much more amiable encounter reunited the two most eminent figures in the G.O.P. They had never been friends, and as recently as last March, Gerald Ford had described Ronald Reagan as unelectable. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924192,00.html - Unelectable Clinton The argument seems to me to be over. On the simple basis of electability, Obama is far ahead of Clinton in facing off against either Giuliani or Huckabee... http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/12/unelectab le-cli.html http://tinyurl.com/64rygn - [NBC's David Gregory] also quoted alleged conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks, who sneered in print against Romney: In turning himself into an old-fashioned, orthodox Republican, he has made himself unelectable in the fall. http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/01/03/nbcs-today- giggles-obama-hounding-unelectable-mitt http://tinyurl.com/5trhgf - Con: Edwards is unelectable, and Democrats know it By JOHN HOOD Wednesday, Nov. 28, RALEIGH, N.C. EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, Does John Edwards have a chance to win the Democratic presidential nomination? http://gazettextra.com/news/2007/nov/28/con-edwards-unelectable-and- democrats-know-it/ http://tinyurl.com/6flura - ...Seems to me that the ones who might be unelectable are McCain and Romney, not Hillary Clinton. http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8116 - Rick Santorum: John McCain Is An Unelectable Left-Wing RINO http://firedoglake.com/2008/01/10/rick-santorum-john-mccain-is-an- unelectable-rino/ http://tinyurl.com/6ozhqz - John McCain is unelectable. There. I've said it. It's the plain, bitter truth, and no bones about it. That's what we've all been thinking. Instead of pussyfooting around, wondering whether McCain can woo the right without compromising or if the GOP will close ranks behind McCain, let's just say it and go home. John McCain is NOT electable. http://www.nolanchart.com/article2582.html - Dennis Kucinich is unelectable, three weeks ago that was my opinion. I agreed with his politics on every major issue, I found him to be sincere and honest, someone who really stood up for what he believed
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Good advice from Nader on Chomsky and Zinn's endorsement of Obama
These guys? Really? --- On Sun, 10/26/08, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Good advice from Nader on Chomsky and Zinn's endorsement of Obama To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 5:00 PM --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] . wrote: On Cspam right now a repeat of Thursday's third party debate (paraphrase) : Of course Chomsky and Zinn agree with me much more than with Obama. They're making a tactical choice to vote for the least bad alternative. Obama is the first Democrat to get more money from giant corporations than his opponent. We need to keep moral pressure on him to make sure the change he is talking about is actually going to happen. So if you're in a state where the race is not contested make a statement and vote for Nader/Gonzalez. I heard that Nader is a CIA plant... and Gonzalez is a double agent for the Mexicans. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Good advice from Nader on Chomsky and Zinn's endorsement of Obama
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Cspam right now a repeat of Thursday's third party debate (paraphrase): Of course Chomsky and Zinn agree with me much more than with Obama. They're making a tactical choice to vote for the least bad alternative. Obama is the first Democrat to get more money from giant corporations than his opponent. We need to keep moral pressure on him to make sure the change he is talking about is actually going to happen. So if you're in a state where the race is not contested make a statement and vote for Nader/Gonzalez. This has always been my argument here to people who don't want to vote for Obama and for a third party candidate instead. And that is you do have to put pressure on him to make that change is actually going to happen. Although not a pretty metaphor the words I used were he's our dog so keep so we must keep him on a tight leash. Of course the corporate bigwigs will just laugh at you as they know they'll get their way so you have to make things tough for them too, however you can.
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Lady Killers
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Hillary's campaign didn't become racist until Bill's remark in South Carolina. Hillary's campaign was NEVER racist. That's Obamazoid Kool-Aid.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
On Meet the Press this morning McCain had considerable difficulty remembering the names of the former Secretary's of State who had endorsed him. Brokaw helped when John finally couldn't get the last one (it was Shultz). --- On Sun, 10/26/08, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 5:01 PM --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ ... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Christopher Hitchens tells Chris Matthews that its become 'morally and intellectually impossible to vote Republican.' He goes on to blast the 'nutbag' in Pennsylvania, and says McCain is 'borderline senile.' What silly rhetoric. You can dislike McCain and loathe his policies -- which you obviously do, Bongo Brazil -- but to think he is anywhere near senile, as Hitchens does, is a reflection on the commentator, not McCain. And I speak as a quasi-expert on the subject. How can I claim that? My job for several years entailed reviewing, on a daily basis, Living Trusts with clients at the homes. 99% of Trust owners are seniors, people over the age of 65. What always struck me was that once you got into your late '80s and '90s how bright their minds were; indeed, there seemed to me to be a correlation between age and mind clarity that was striking. The 90+ folks were invariably more bright and with it than those in their 60s. I don't see ANY of that dullness in McCain. A lot of people DO and have discussed it openly. Here are a few video clips that give reason for those comments: John McCain has Alzheimer's? : http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=NZu7kioXqyY Compare a video of John McCain debating his Republican rivals in mid-2007 to a video of McCain speaking to a friendly rally: http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=BFkWW6kHisQ Is McCain lying here or is he slipping mentally? http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=NZu7kioXqyY
[FairfieldLife] Re: The Lady Killers
(snip) Obama is the best thing since Velveeta cheese, or that the DNC and the media rigged the primary, or that sexist language incites violence and misogyny toward women, or you think Hillary is the better candidate, then you are in safe territory. No one will try to diminish you as a woman if you are content to rattle around in your brain about how TM sucks. On that topic, you'll not find anyone to call you a cunt. There is no connection between your opinion that this is crappy place for sensible women to post because it's loaded with people too stupid to know they were duped by the TMO and the hostile climate toward women who refuse to be pissed upon. As Judy would say, Non-sequitur. For people who think that Valveeta cheese is the best, must not live in Wisconsin. The truth is Valveeta cheese is processed, just like Hillary was, McCain and Palin is. We don't want no processed cheese, nor do we want proceessed candidates. Processed by the Corporations, whether it be 'Kraft Foods' or 'Fox news'... If Sarah Palin isn't a 'process candidate' then I don't know who is. She's plucked from some idea to 'energize the base' although she is the least qualified VP pick in living memory. I don't feel hostility towards woman. I feel hostility for people who lie, and manipulate. Women like Jackie Kennedy, Michelle Obama, Caroline Kennedy are heroines in my mind. Your attacks on men on this forum, speaks more of your hatred toward men...it's your movie, and the hatred spews like raw sewage. R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
If not being able to remember names is the definition of being borderline senile, then I am definitely borderline senile, and I am nowhere near McCain's age. Sometimes I reach for a name and there is nothing there but a blank, dark abyss. Then some time later up pops the name from nowhere -- when I no longer need it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Meet the Press this morning McCain had considerable difficulty remembering the names of the former Secretary's of State who had endorsed him. Brokaw helped when John finally couldn't get the last one (it was Shultz). --- On Sun, 10/26/08, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 5:01 PM --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ ... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Christopher Hitchens tells Chris Matthews that its become 'morally and intellectually impossible to vote Republican.' He goes on to blast the 'nutbag' in Pennsylvania, and says McCain is 'borderline senile.' What silly rhetoric. You can dislike McCain and loathe his policies -- which you obviously do, Bongo Brazil -- but to think he is anywhere near senile, as Hitchens does, is a reflection on the commentator, not McCain. And I speak as a quasi-expert on the subject. How can I claim that? My job for several years entailed reviewing, on a daily basis, Living Trusts with clients at the homes. 99% of Trust owners are seniors, people over the age of 65. What always struck me was that once you got into your late '80s and '90s how bright their minds were; indeed, there seemed to me to be a correlation between age and mind clarity that was striking. The 90+ folks were invariably more bright and with it than those in their 60s. I don't see ANY of that dullness in McCain. A lot of people DO and have discussed it openly. Here are a few video clips that give reason for those comments: John McCain has Alzheimer's? : http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=NZu7kioXqyY Compare a video of John McCain debating his Republican rivals in mid-2007 to a video of McCain speaking to a friendly rally: http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=BFkWW6kHisQ Is McCain lying here or is he slipping mentally? http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=NZu7kioXqyY
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Good advice from Nader on Chomsky and Zinn's endorsement of Obama
John Rawls had it right: It is in the self-interest of those in power to create a situation of fairness because - let's face it - push comes to shove there are alot more of us than them. That's the Social Contract. Rawls' time has finally arrived. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rawls/ --- On Sun, 10/26/08, bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Good advice from Nader on Chomsky and Zinn's endorsement of Obama To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 5:09 PM --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] . wrote: On Cspam right now a repeat of Thursday's third party debate (paraphrase) : Of course Chomsky and Zinn agree with me much more than with Obama. They're making a tactical choice to vote for the least bad alternative. Obama is the first Democrat to get more money from giant corporations than his opponent. We need to keep moral pressure on him to make sure the change he is talking about is actually going to happen. So if you're in a state where the race is not contested make a statement and vote for Nader/Gonzalez. This has always been my argument here to people who don't want to vote for Obama and for a third party candidate instead. And that is you do have to put pressure on him to make that change is actually going to happen. Although not a pretty metaphor the words I used were he's our dog so keep so we must keep him on a tight leash. Of course the corporate bigwigs will just laugh at you as they know they'll get their way so you have to make things tough for them too, however you can.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
I guess you had to be there... BTW I like John McCain. I just don't agree with him. Certainly I don't think he's senile in any crude sense. He's just showing his age in lots of ways these days (as many of us are). My view is that if he had picked Lieberman and the bubble didn't pop he probably would have won... --- On Sun, 10/26/08, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 5:26 PM If not being able to remember names is the definition of being borderline senile, then I am definitely borderline senile, and I am nowhere near McCain's age. Sometimes I reach for a name and there is nothing there but a blank, dark abyss. Then some time later up pops the name from nowhere -- when I no longer need it. --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Jonathan Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] . wrote: On Meet the Press this morning McCain had considerable difficulty remembering the names of the former Secretary's of State who had endorsed him. Brokaw helped when John finally couldn't get the last one (it was Shultz). --- On Sun, 10/26/08, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] . wrote: From: do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile To: FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 5:01 PM --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ ... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Christopher Hitchens tells Chris Matthews that its become 'morally and intellectually impossible to vote Republican.' He goes on to blast the 'nutbag' in Pennsylvania, and says McCain is 'borderline senile.' What silly rhetoric. You can dislike McCain and loathe his policies -- which you obviously do, Bongo Brazil -- but to think he is anywhere near senile, as Hitchens does, is a reflection on the commentator, not McCain. And I speak as a quasi-expert on the subject. How can I claim that? My job for several years entailed reviewing, on a daily basis, Living Trusts with clients at the homes. 99% of Trust owners are seniors, people over the age of 65. What always struck me was that once you got into your late '80s and '90s how bright their minds were; indeed, there seemed to me to be a correlation between age and mind clarity that was striking. The 90+ folks were invariably more bright and with it than those in their 60s. I don't see ANY of that dullness in McCain. A lot of people DO and have discussed it openly. Here are a few video clips that give reason for those comments: John McCain has Alzheimer's? : http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=NZu7kioXqyY Compare a video of John McCain debating his Republican rivals in mid-2007 to a video of McCain speaking to a friendly rally: http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=BFkWW6kHisQ Is McCain lying here or is he slipping mentally? http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=NZu7kioXqyY
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using an Eee-PC for traveling. It runs Linux and boots up in 30 seconds. These things are really becoming the rage and other companies are jumping into the frey. Aspire has a nice machine for $350. Minr looks like a tiny MacBook but then it is an ASUS product who happens to make the MacBook. *** I don't like the noisy fan, so I am also thinking of solid state drive, which this is, right? I've heard that there is a high failure rate in SSD manufacture and a lot of returns, but they'll sort that out soon enough, and also be competitive in terms of memory, I imagine.
[FairfieldLife] 'Amy Poeher(Baby-Mama)Gives Birth to Baby Boy'
'Saturday Night Live' star Amy Poehler gives birth to son, Archie By KORIN MILLER DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Sunday, October 26th 2008, 11:20 AM Corkery/News This is Amy Poehler's first child with husband Will Arnett. Amy Poehler had a good excuse for missing work on Saturday - she was having a baby. The Saturday Night Live star welcomed Archie Arnett, her first child with husband Will Arnett this weekend. RELATED STORY: POEHLER: LEAVING SNL WILL BE 'HARD' Amy, Will and Archie are all healthy and resting comfortably, her rep said in a statement. PHOTOS: THIS BUMP'S FOR YOU Seth Meyers, the comedienne's Weekend Update co-anchor, shared the good news on SNL Saturday night to a cheering crowd. Amy Poehler is not here tonight because she is having a baby, he said. Poehler, who played a wacky surrogate mom in Baby Mama earlier this year, told the Daily News in April that she's excited to become a mom. I'm great with kids, she said. I think I'm still a big, giant kid. I understand them and usually we're the same size. I think I understand the way they look up at the world. I get it. Poehler, 37, announced she would be leaving the sketch comedy show after her son's birth to star in her own NBC sitcom.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:17 AM, off_world_beings wrote: and I've had salespeople in stores that don't even sell Macs, tell me if I'm used to them, to forget about PCs, that they're nowhere as easy or user-friendly. And as far as art goes, from what I've heard, there's just no comparison. That is all totally untrue. Actually I was just talking to someone in a coffee house I frequent a couple of weeks ago, who had taken an Apple logo and put it on his computer, a Toshiba. He was the latest one, of many, who was convinced of the futility of attempting serious artwork on a PC--at least by comparison to the Macs he had worked on. Here's my artwork and graphic design. All original illustration and art: Mostly done on a PC. www.satwagraphics.com http://www.satwagraphics.com Nice stuff--thanks! But to do a fair comparison you'd have to see it reworked on a Mac, I would think. Lol, that's ridiculous Sal, about a 3rd of it WAS made on a Mac. Macs are no better for graphics, anyone that says they are doesn't know graphics or Toshibas. Macs have brighter screens though and those are nice, but the bright contrasts are affecting people's eyesight for reading printed matter. OffWorld Sal
[FairfieldLife] Defend Marriage: Vote No on Prop. 8
If you live in California or have friends or family who do, send them this very moving video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE8yapuEIJY As Andrew Sullivan asks, In whose universe does this threaten anyone?
[FairfieldLife] Re: Christopher Hitchens on Hardball: McCain is borderline senile
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If not being able to remember names is the definition of being borderline senile, then I am definitely borderline senile, and I am nowhere near McCain's age. Sometimes I reach for a name and there is nothing there but a blank, dark abyss. Then some time later up pops the name from nowhere -- when I no longer need it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick jochadw1@ wrote: On Meet the Press this morning McCain had considerable difficulty remembering the names of the former Secretary's of State who had endorsed him. Brokaw helped when John finally couldn't get the last one (it was Shultz). (snip) Besides going Senile, Mr.McCain obviously has some PTSD. Anyone who spent five long years, in POW status in North Viet Nam, would have to have some symptoms of PTSD. This was obvious, when he addressed a rally a couple of weeks ago, When he addressed the gathering with, 'My fellow prisoners'? OOps, check the transmission, gear just slipped! R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: My Next Laptop
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:49 PM, bhairitu wrote: Just be wary of Toshiba's warranties which they often back away from. Hopefully like my Toshiba laptop you'll have no problems. My friend had a manufacturing defect on his screen and they wouldn't fix it. He didn't have an extended warranty from the store or they may have exchanged it. Fortunately the defect isn't overwhelming so he can still use the machine. I don't get the warranties either but I have computer insurance since I use my machines professionally and the insurance company will cover such defects. I used to use by Toshiba laptop every now and then, till I found out I could run XP faster on top of the Mac OS on my Mac! When I'm done with XP, I just minimize it or save the virtual environment (it doesn't need to be rebooted, merely restored). It works so much better on my Mac, I never use my Toshiba except for traveling. Your mac is WAY slower than this. This thing kicks ass: The Qosmio X300, showcased in Sydney recently as part of Toshiba's launch of its Windows 2008 notebook lineup, is the fastest computer we can build according to Mark Whittard, General Manager of Toshiba Australia. This means a meaty spec set built around high-octane components. The processor is Intel's latest Core 2 Extreme X9100 mobile processor from the new Centrino 2 family which kicks off at 3.06GHz, although it's unlocked and thus overclockable to boundaries as yet unknown. http://apcmag.com/toshiba_x300_gaming_laptop_fastest_ever.htm http://apcmag.com/toshiba_x300_gaming_laptop_fastest_ever.htm OffWorld
