RE: [FairfieldLife] RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of raunchydog Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 8:54 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] RIP Public Option A month ago, Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address that 'any plan

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread raunchydog
Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake has been a fearless champion of the public option, obviously ignoring Rahm Emanuel who told lefties to shut up about it. http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/08/07/rahm-goes-apeshit-on-liberals-in-the-veal-pen/ Jane started the Whip count tool for The Pledge and

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: This is all written as though there will definitely be no public option. I think it's too early to call. But those who wrote it take delight in doing so because it enables them to grind their anti-Obama ax once again. I agree

[FairfieldLife] Re: Silence, Flowing

2009-08-17 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Very nice examples of grace in the human body. Thanks. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Tonight I meditated in the garden of the house I'm staying in here in the French Pyrenees, and the Silence was so profound that even though I had intended to meditate

[FairfieldLife] Re: U.S.-Swiss Tax Deal Throws Scare into Rich

2009-08-17 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: U.S.-Swiss Tax Deal Throws Scare into Rich Wealthy Americans with Offshore Accounts on Notice as Way Cleared for U.S. to Find Tax Evaders [It would, however, be risky for a wealthy tax dodger to wait to see if the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative to Transcendental Meditation

2009-08-17 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Natural Stress Relief (NSR) going back into this thread, NSR seems an American project. I spoke over the weekend with someone just back from a summer in London who now was visiting FF. That person observed that an English group widely promotes alternative Transcendental Meditation there for

[FairfieldLife] Nice page on Swami Brahmananda Saraswati

2009-08-17 Thread nablusoss1008
[FIRST PAGE] http://oaks.nvg.org/index.html Swami Brahmananda: Teachings 3 › 2 › 2 [THE SET] http://oaks.nvg.org/pega17.html[SITE MAP SECTION] http://oaks.nvg.org/ind-3.html#c2[SITE QUERIES] http://oaks.nvg.org/ind-3.html[SITE SEARCH] http://oaks.nvg.org/ind-6.html

[FairfieldLife] 'Shri Charpata Panjarika Stotram' ('Bhaja Govindam') sung by Guru Dev

2009-08-17 Thread nablusoss1008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbEDqdJSxoofeature=channel_page http://tinyurl.com/nstpqe

[FairfieldLife] Hugh Jackman and Howard Stern discuss Transcendental Meditation

2009-08-17 Thread nablusoss1008
http://tinyurl.com/qjepgv

[FairfieldLife] David Lynch - Transcendental Meditation

2009-08-17 Thread nablusoss1008
http://tinyurl.com/ryd26z

[FairfieldLife] David Lynch: Ten Minute Transcendental Documentary Preview

2009-08-17 Thread nablusoss1008
http://tinyurl.com/p7dyps

[FairfieldLife] Cosmically Conscious / Paul McCartney Ringo Star

2009-08-17 Thread nablusoss1008
http://tinyurl.com/ovot4j

[FairfieldLife] Paul McCartney- Money Can't buy me love

2009-08-17 Thread nablusoss1008
http://tinyurl.com/n3nmbh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative to Transcendental Meditation

2009-08-17 Thread Vaj
On Aug 17, 2009, at 7:19 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote: Natural Stress Relief (NSR) going back into this thread, NSR seems an American project. I spoke over the weekend with someone just back from a summer in London who now was visiting FF. That person observed that an English group widely

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: Maybe working closely with him has given her a perspective Raunchy can't attain. By the way, Rick, this makes no sense at all and smacks of off-putting elitism. Is Obama so magical that he transforms whoever is in presence into

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: This is all written as though there will definitely be no public option. I think it's too early to call. But those who wrote it take delight in doing so

Re: [FairfieldLife] RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread Vaj
On Aug 16, 2009, at 11:27 PM, Rick Archer wrote: http://tinyurl.com/r23exl http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/rip-public-option/ This is all written as though there will definitely be no public option. I think it's too early to call. But those who wrote it take delight in doing

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread raunchydog
It looks like the White House is trying to put the cat back in the public option bag AGAIN. Apparently Sebelius misspoke that a public option is not part of health reform. Let's see who else gave away the true intentions of Obama willing to sign a health care bill without a public option and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread It's just a ride
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:19 AM, raunchydograunchy...@yahoo.com wrote: It looks like the White House is trying to put the cat back in the public option bag AGAIN. Apparently Sebelius misspoke that a public option is not part of health reform. #1, RD, I know what open option is with respect

[FairfieldLife] Re: Alternative to Transcendental Meditation

2009-08-17 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: Natural Stress Relief (NSR) going back into this thread, NSR seems an American project. I spoke over the weekend with someone just back from a summer in London who now was visiting FF. That person observed

[FairfieldLife] Canadian Health Care Imploding

2009-08-17 Thread It's just a ride
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jbjzPEY0Y3bvRD335rGu_Z3KXoQw http://tinyurl.com/lhfkyp Overhauling health-care system tops agenda at annual meeting of Canada's doctors By Jennifer Graham (CP) – 2 days ago SASKATOON — The incoming president of the Canadian Medical

[FairfieldLife] Lou Valentino's New E-Book is here...........................

2009-08-17 Thread Rick Archer
Full Moon Messages from the Pleaidian’s by Lou Valentino is an intimate conversation with an advanced interdimensional race. They have provided 70 pages of information on “The Preparation Phase” 2012 - 2026. Copyright 2009. You can order the e-book by calling 860-664-9247. It can be purchased

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Balance the budget now...or...impeach!

2009-08-17 Thread Bhairitu
shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: What would I do? I would institute a flat tax rate for everyone. I would cut spending on everything across the board in the percentage that the deficit was to total budget.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread Bhairitu
Rick Archer wrote: Corporate lobbying is this country's greatest curse. And changing it would be a serious Catch 22, as the corporate lobbyists would fight such change so fiercely. This has been a battle since the founding of this country. Immigrants from Europe came here to escape feudalism

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:19 AM, raunchydograunchy...@... wrote: It looks like the White House is trying to put the cat back in the public option bag AGAIN. Apparently Sebelius misspoke that a public

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread It's just a ride
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:28 AM, raunchydograunchy...@yahoo.com wrote: So Bill, have you called your Congressperson to pledge support for a public option? Yes I did. And his aide told me I had called the wrong office. This is the office of one of the main opponents of the health care bill,

[FairfieldLife] Was Kaplan's books business the straw that broke the Donkey's back?

2009-08-17 Thread off_world_beings
Was Kaplan's books business the straw that broke the Donkey's back? http://tinyurl.com/obc4fy OffWorld

[FairfieldLife] Re: Oh, bama is kRSNa?

2009-08-17 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex no_reply@ wrote: cardemaister wrote: According to some DNA-studies, the dark-skinned people of India came from Africa... All humans probably came 'out of Africa'. However,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Was Kaplan's books business the straw that broke the Donkey's back?

2009-08-17 Thread Bhairitu
off_world_beings wrote: Was Kaplan's books business the straw that broke the Donkey's back? http://tinyurl.com/obc4fy OffWorld Have you bought a magazine lately? Have you noticed the prices? No longer are they the inexpensive items they used to be. No wonder publishers are having a hard

[FairfieldLife] TONIGHT: Bill McKibben on The Colbert Report!

2009-08-17 Thread Rick Archer
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[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread BillyG.
Can we have *tort reform* now? Please! A great Republican, conservative idea to reduce health care costs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread Bhairitu
BillyG. wrote: Can we have *tort reform* now? Please! A great Republican, conservative idea to reduce health care costs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform Until an MD leaves a medical tool inside you during surgery. You'd better leave recourse for that. Certainly malpractice

[FairfieldLife] What did I tell ya?

2009-08-17 Thread Bhairitu
Last week or so someone posted a news item or two that said we're coming out of the recession. I said bullshit to that. It was just a scam to get you back in the market and buying their stocks so they can laugh all the way to the bank or the gold seller. Well now our experts are saying maybe

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was Kaplan's books business the straw that broke the Donkey's back?

2009-08-17 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: Was Kaplan's books business the straw that broke the Donkey's back? http://tinyurl.com/obc4fy OffWorld Who's to say? Reader's Digest paid something like $350 million to Kaplan and then he bought it back from

[FairfieldLife] Re: What did I tell ya?

2009-08-17 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: Last week or so someone posted a news item or two that said we're coming out of the recession. I said bullshit to that. It was just a scam to get you back in the market and buying their stocks so they can laugh all the way

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: Can we have *tort reform* now? Please! A great Republican, conservative idea to reduce health care costs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform I haven't read the wiki entry yet but someone here posted an article on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread Mike Dixon
But.. but... what about... all those poor lawyers? --- On Mon, 8/17/09, BillyG. wg...@yahoo.com wrote: From: BillyG. wg...@yahoo.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 7:42 PM   Can we have *tort reform* now?

[FairfieldLife] Canada doesn't have these multi-million dollar medical suits

2009-08-17 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BillyG. wrote: Can we have *tort reform* now? Please! A great Republican, conservative idea to reduce health care costs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform Until an MD leaves a medical tool inside you during

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread Mike Dixon
EXactly! I think we aught to ban golf! Screw those rich people out of having a good time with all that *easy money*. Just think of all the neat new  reality based TV programming that could replace it  like *ManTracker Through Mine Fields* or *Escape From North Korea* or *Busted Gay in Iran*.

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: Can we have *tort reform* now? Please! A great Republican, conservative idea to reduce health care costs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform Not much of a reduction at all: U.S. health care spending totaled about

Re: [FairfieldLife] Canada doesn't have these multi-million dollar medical suits

2009-08-17 Thread Bhairitu
shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BillyG. wrote: Can we have *tort reform* now? Please! A great Republican, conservative idea to reduce health care costs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform Until an MD leaves a

[FairfieldLife] Malpractice Lawsuits Are ‘Red Herring’ in Obama Plan

2009-08-17 Thread do.rflex
Malpractice Lawsuits Are `Red Herring' in Obama Plan A 2004 report http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/49xx/doc4968/01-08-MedicalMalpractice.pdf by the Congressional Budget Office also pegged medical malpractice costs at 2 percent of U.S. health spending and even significant reductions would do little

[FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread BillyG.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: But.. but... what about... all those poor lawyers? Q: What do you call 5000 dead lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A: A good start, nyuk, nyuk! (From an evil, mean-spirited Republican)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Canada doesn't have these multi-million dollar medical suits

2009-08-17 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Aug 17, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Bhairitu wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BillyG. wrote: Can we have *tort reform* now? Please! A great Republican, conservative idea to reduce health care costs!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Was Kaplan's books business the straw that broke Readers Digest ?

2009-08-17 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Probably some truth to that. Locally, was a sorry deal for Fairfield employment when Books are fun sold as a business to Readers Digest. On the whole, Readers Digest acquired a pretty well run business model. Then took them only a very few short years to consult the living daylights out of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Canada doesn't have these multi-million dollar medical suits

2009-08-17 Thread Bhairitu
Sal Sunshine wrote: On Aug 17, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Bhairitu wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BillyG. wrote: Can we have *tort reform* now? Please! A great Republican, conservative idea to reduce health care costs!

[FairfieldLife] So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh?

2009-08-17 Thread It's just a ride
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/health.care/index.html http://tinyurl.com/leefle But making the issue negotiable might be a necessity for any legislation to pass through the Senate. Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, one of six Senate Finance Committee members who have been

RE: [FairfieldLife] So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh?

2009-08-17 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of It's just a ride Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 5:51 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh?

Re: [FairfieldLife] So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh?

2009-08-17 Thread It's just a ride
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Rick Archerr...@searchsummit.com wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/health.care/index.html http://tinyurl.com/leefle What am I missing? This implies that he may have given up on a public option and that these cooperatives would be a substitute, and

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2009-08-17 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 2009 End Date (UTC): Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 2009 176 messages as of (UTC) Mon Aug 17 23:43:42 2009 23 shempmcgurk shempmcg...@netscape.net 19 raunchydog raunchy...@yahoo.com 18 Bhairitu

[FairfieldLife] Howard Dean: Bill Will Pass With The Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread do.rflex
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag51uG9T2b4eurl

[FairfieldLife] MORE - Howard Dean: Bill Will Pass With The Public Option

2009-08-17 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag51uG9T2b4eurl MORE: Howard Dean on Morning Joe The president knows very well that you aren't really going to have health care reform without a public option. But he also knows

[FairfieldLife] Re: So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh?

2009-08-17 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of It's just a ride Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 5:51 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] So, Raunchy, Obama has

[FairfieldLife] Re: So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh?

2009-08-17 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Rick Archerr...@... wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/17/health.care/index.html http://tinyurl.com/leefle What am I missing? This implies that he may have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh?

2009-08-17 Thread It's just a ride
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM, raunchydograunchy...@yahoo.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: The only way we are going to get a public option is to reject the idea that a co-op is an acceptable fallback position. Co-ops are

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Lord of the Universe is still around

2009-08-17 Thread It's just a ride
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Rick Archerr...@searchsummit.com wrote: This guy's been on Fairfield's FPAC local TV 9 lately.Turns out he's THE original Maharaji, boy guru and Lord of the Universe from 40 years ago.   Read this before you buy a bridge from him.    Classic (his?)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh?

2009-08-17 Thread Bhairitu
It's just a ride wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM, raunchydograunchy...@yahoo.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: The only way we are going to get a public option is to reject the idea that a co-op is an acceptable

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Lord of the Universe is still around

2009-08-17 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Rick Archerr...@... wrote: This guy's been on Fairfield's FPAC local TV 9 lately.Turns out he's THE original Maharaji, boy guru and Lord of the Universe from

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Lord of the Universe is still around

2009-08-17 Thread It's just a ride
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Alex Stanleyj_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote: You gotta be kidding. Spiritual growth through pressure phosphenes? Let's put this into perspective. For $5,000 I'll

[FairfieldLife] Swiss health care for US?

2009-08-17 Thread bob_brigante
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/opinion/17krugman.html

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh?

2009-08-17 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of It's just a ride Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 9:16 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: So, Raunchy, Obama has given up on the public options, huh? On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at