date:20110223



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:

 Yes that's the book.  It's a particular book that examines things the 
 way we would spiritually.  As an academic book it is kind of unique 
 this way.  It really is quite fabulous.  I found it on my visit last 
 month to the Shaker museum village of Pleasant Hill, Ky.   Pleasant 
 Hill Shaker Village is a great resource of books, diaries, journals 
 for researching transcendentalist utopian America. 
 http://www.shakervillageky.org/  I have also visited a number of 
 other of these kinds of museums looking at other American Utopian 
 groups like ours here in Fairfield to see how it went for them.  
 
 A couple years before Maharishi died I went down to Pleasant Hill and 
 lived for a while to particularly research the transition between 
 spiritual founders and following generations.  I spent a lot of time 
 looking at their founder Mother Ann in particular and then the Shakti 
 of the group following after her.  Mother Ann evidently was a saint 
 in the way we know them.  Would give shaktipat, taught a meditation 
 (dhyana) as a spiritual practice and sat with folks giving a darshan. 
  They formed in to groups(villages) to facilitate this spiritual 
 practice and became known as Shakers.  We popularly know them for 
 other things but essentially they were a mediating group in practice. 
  After some generations of succession in busy competition with the 
 outside world to hold their own they lost their moorings, dropped 
 their structured meditation time from their daily practice, became 
 more about doctrine, and the group shakti dwindled out.  Spiritual 
 life-cycle. 

 
 
 Viewing these in 'shaktic' or experiential spiritual ways as opposed to 
 'static' comparative doctrinal ways, 
 as a group the Shaker experience stands a good parallel to things TM.  I 
 would wonder that some things possibly could even be learned from their 
 experience if one has eyes to see it.  Learned about the Shaker experience as 
 well as with TM-Raja-ism.  
 
 For instance, the Shaker version of policy guidelines were called the 
 Millennial law.   There was a sequence to the evolution of their millennial 
 laws over the decades after their foundation era.  From short organizational 
 mission of facilitating spiritual experience initially then towards detail 
 specific as the group got further away from the founder and the foundation 
 era.   Moving from simpler facilitating of shakti to long elaboration of 
 doctrine and guideline.  From shorter statement of spiritual mission to a 
 long detailed 'contract' of doctrinal guidelines.  From facilitating 
 experience to preservation of institution by guideline doctrine.  Essentially 
 the guidelines became the teaching doctrine.   In effect their ME became so 
 burdened with 'pitta-vatta' derangement of some that the experiential shakti 
 got squeezed out of it generally; folks dried up and left the group leaving 
 behind only doctrinal tru-believers  as preservationists.  It's a good lesson.
 Evidently the Shakers are not the only group to have this happen to.
 -Buck  


Another good comparison here, 'policies and guidelines': Some of the leading 
instruments, however, tended to be preoccupied with a drive toward an 
unrealistic perfectionism, insisting that all life and activity be structured 
in minute detail to guarantee is sacred character.  This reached its most 
marked expression in the 1845 Millennial Laws.  This new code, formulated under 
the inspiration of Elder Philemon Stewart  of the Church Family at Mt. Lebanon, 
represents a total departure from the attitude embodied in Father Joseph's very 
flexible Way-marks, or even the more formal Millennial Laws of 1821.  In 
Stewart's code everything imaginable is regulated, and in the greatest detail.  
Communal life is made as uniformistic as possible () and all activities are 
prescribed in such a way as to guarantee identical practice from one community 
to the next.  

The intent was to create a perfect reflection of the heavenly in the earthly. 
The effect was to constrain the experience of freedom of response to ever new 
and diverse light in the Spirit.  Happily the formative experience of the first 
hundred years proved to have taken deep root, and the new Millennial Laws were 
simply not followed as enjoined, the various ministries and family elderships 
realizing the impossibility of relating the inflexible uniformity to the 
ultimate norm of authenticity...  The 1845 Millennial Laws were officially 
short-lived, being withdrawn by the Central Ministry of Mt. Lebanon after five 
years.   (-Whitson) 
 
 
 
  
Here is something written about this kind of thing in the
18th Century.  Nothing new under the sun I guess:
   
   This is pretty impressive. Where exactly does it come
   from? Who were these

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers


 His central message is that the power of dictatorships comes from the willing
obedience of the people they govern - and that if the people can develop
techniques of withholding their consent, a regime will crumble.

 Gene Sharp: Dictators are never as strong as they tell you they are.


Yep, there is immigration and there is emigration too.  Has in fact been a long 
emigration from Movement authority.  Oh, these TM-Rajas, they got troubles on 
their hands. 


 Spiritual Renewal:
 From Dictatorships to Democracy
 
 BBC link:
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12522848
 
 
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:
 
  
  
  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote:
  
   
   
   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:
   
You know, the TM-Rajas as autocratic dictators are in a great position 
to do a lot of good.
But in looking at these dome meditating numbers, like a lot of 
dictators now around the world, are the TM-Rajas just going down a path 
in trouble with their people (meditators)?
   
   
   That's right, Raja Gadafi and Raja Mubarek are now relegated to the dust 
   heap of the past. Remember, MMY said ANY form of government can work if 
   the people's level of consciouness is sufficiently high.
   
   The emphasis should be on raising the level of consciousness of each 
   individual person (tree), for the forest to be green, every tree must be 
   green, what happened Maharishi?, why did you compromise your principles?
  
  
  
  His central message is that the power of dictatorships comes from the 
  willing obedience of the people they govern - and that if the people can 
  develop techniques of withholding their consent, a regime will crumble.
  
  Gene Sharp: Dictators are never as strong as they tell you they are.

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Dome Numbers

Only 259 Tru-Believers remain:
http://goldentrianglenewspapers.com/articles/2011/02/22/fairfield_daily_ledger/top_stories/doc4d5ed15570ba7484577709.txt


 
  His central message is that the power of dictatorships comes from the 
  willing
 obedience of the people they govern - and that if the people can develop
 techniques of withholding their consent, a regime will crumble.
 
  Gene Sharp: Dictators are never as strong as they tell you they are.
 
 
 Yep, there is immigration and there is emigration too.  Has in fact been a 
 long emigration from Movement authority.  Oh, these TM-Rajas, they got 
 troubles on their hands. 
 
 
  Spiritual Renewal:
  From Dictatorships to Democracy
  
  BBC link:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12522848
  
  
  
  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:
  
   
   
   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote:
   


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:

 You know, the TM-Rajas as autocratic dictators are in a great 
 position to do a lot of good.
 But in looking at these dome meditating numbers, like a lot of 
 dictators now around the world, are the TM-Rajas just going down a 
 path in trouble with their people (meditators)?


That's right, Raja Gadafi and Raja Mubarek are now relegated to the 
dust heap of the past. Remember, MMY said ANY form of government can 
work if the people's level of consciouness is sufficiently high.

The emphasis should be on raising the level of consciousness of each 
individual person (tree), for the forest to be green, every tree must 
be green, what happened Maharishi?, why did you compromise your 
principles?
   
   
   
   His central message is that the power of dictatorships comes from the 
   willing obedience of the people they govern - and that if the people can 
   develop techniques of withholding their consent, a regime will crumble.
   
   Gene Sharp: Dictators are never as strong as they tell you they are.

[FairfieldLife] And the winner of this year's Best Actress award is....'

2011-02-23 Thread cardemaister


...Natalie Portman, according to Heidi.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/12437486

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another view of darshan

I think this becomes a great story for comparison.  It's like our own 
TM-taliban confusing the TM-movement's policies and guidelines for the teaching 
instead of those policies and guidelines facilitating the teaching.  It's a 
confused fealty without shakti.  And, people then vote with their feet.

 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:
 
  Yes that's the book.  It's a particular book that examines things 
  the way we would spiritually.  As an academic book it is kind of 
  unique this way.  It really is quite fabulous.  I found it on my 
  visit last month to the Shaker museum village of Pleasant Hill, Ky. 
Pleasant Hill Shaker Village is a great resource of books, 
  diaries, journals for researching transcendentalist utopian 
  America. http://www.shakervillageky.org/  I have also visited a 
  number of other of these kinds of museums looking at other American 
  Utopian groups like ours here in Fairfield to see how it went for 
  them.  
  
  A couple years before Maharishi died I went down to Pleasant Hill 
  and lived for a while to particularly research the transition 
  between spiritual founders and following generations.  I spent a 
  lot of time looking at their founder Mother Ann in particular and 
  then the Shakti of the group following after her.  Mother Ann 
  evidently was a saint in the way we know them.  Would give 
  shaktipat, taught a meditation (dhyana) as a spiritual practice and 
  sat with folks giving a darshan.  They formed in to 
  groups(villages) to facilitate this spiritual practice and became 
  known as Shakers.  We popularly know them for other things but 
  essentially they were a mediating group in practice.  After some 
  generations of succession in busy competition with the outside 
  world to hold their own they lost their moorings, dropped their 
  structured meditation time from their daily practice, became more 
  about doctrine, and the group shakti dwindled out.  Spiritual 
  life-cycle. 
 
  
  
  Viewing these in 'shaktic' or experiential spiritual ways as opposed to 
  'static' comparative doctrinal ways, 
  as a group the Shaker experience stands a good parallel to things TM.  I 
  would wonder that some things possibly could even be learned from their 
  experience if one has eyes to see it.  Learned about the Shaker experience 
  as well as with TM-Raja-ism.  
  
  For instance, the Shaker version of policy guidelines were called the 
  Millennial law.   There was a sequence to the evolution of their millennial 
  laws over the decades after their foundation era.  From short 
  organizational mission of facilitating spiritual experience initially then 
  towards detail specific as the group got further away from the founder and 
  the foundation era.   Moving from simpler facilitating of shakti to long 
  elaboration of doctrine and guideline.  From shorter statement of spiritual 
  mission to a long detailed 'contract' of doctrinal guidelines.  From 
  facilitating experience to preservation of institution by guideline 
  doctrine.  Essentially the guidelines became the teaching doctrine.   In 
  effect their ME became so burdened with 'pitta-vatta' derangement of some 
  that the experiential shakti got squeezed out of it generally; folks dried 
  up and left the group leaving behind only doctrinal tru-believers  as 
  preservationists.  It's a good lesson.
  Evidently the Shakers are not the only group to have this happen to.
  -Buck  
 
 
 Another good comparison here, 'policies and guidelines': Some of the leading 
 instruments, however, tended to be preoccupied with a drive toward an 
 unrealistic perfectionism, insisting that all life and activity be structured 
 in minute detail to guarantee is sacred character.  This reached its most 
 marked expression in the 1845 Millennial Laws.  This new code, formulated 
 under the inspiration of Elder Philemon Stewart  of the Church Family at Mt. 
 Lebanon, represents a total departure from the attitude embodied in Father 
 Joseph's very flexible Way-marks, or even the more formal Millennial Laws 
 of 1821.  In Stewart's code everything imaginable is regulated, and in the 
 greatest detail.  Communal life is made as uniformistic as possible () and 
 all activities are prescribed in such a way as to guarantee identical 
 practice from one community to the next.  
 
 The intent was to create a perfect reflection of the heavenly in the 
 earthly. The effect was to constrain the experience of freedom of response to 
 ever new and diverse light in the Spirit.  Happily the formative experience 
 of the first hundred years proved to have taken deep root, and the new 
 Millennial Laws were simply not followed as enjoined, the various ministries 
 and family elderships realizing the impossibility of relating the inflexible 
 uniformity to the ultimate norm of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Jed McKenna?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray1 steve.sundur@... wrote:
 
 Just one other piece of advice.  You know the Chuck 
 Norris facts right? 

 Like:
 
 Curiosity didn't kill the cat.  Chuck Norris did,  and
 
 Chuck Norris sleeps with a pillow under his gun, and
 
 When Chuck Norris eats at a restaurant, the wait staff
 tips him.
 
 Well all these take second billing to the fact that,
 You don't find Jed McKenna.  Jed McKenna finds you.
 
 So good f'n luck.

LOL.

Funny shtick, Steve.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Another view of darshan



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:

 I think this becomes a great story for comparison.  It's like our own 
 TM-taliban confusing the TM-movement's policies and guidelines for the 
 teaching instead of those policies and guidelines facilitating the teaching.  
 It's a confused fealty without shakti.  And, people then vote with their feet.


The Life-cycle in spiritual practice groups:

When religion grows in age,
faith turns into dogma, and
experience is replaced by book-
knowledge, virtue by adherence
to rules, devotion by ritual,
meditation by metaphysical
speculation.  The time is then
ripe for a rediscovery of truth
and a fresh attempt to give it
expression in life.
-Lama Govinda

 
  
  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck dhamiltony2k5@ wrote:
  
   Yes that's the book.  It's a particular book that examines things 
   the way we would spiritually.  As an academic book it is kind of 
   unique this way.  It really is quite fabulous.  I found it on my 
   visit last month to the Shaker museum village of Pleasant Hill, 
   Ky.   Pleasant Hill Shaker Village is a great resource of books, 
   diaries, journals for researching transcendentalist utopian 
   America. http://www.shakervillageky.org/  I have also visited a 
   number of other of these kinds of museums looking at other 
   American Utopian groups like ours here in Fairfield to see how it 
   went for them.  
   
   A couple years before Maharishi died I went down to Pleasant Hill 
   and lived for a while to particularly research the transition 
   between spiritual founders and following generations.  I spent a 
   lot of time looking at their founder Mother Ann in particular and 
   then the Shakti of the group following after her.  Mother Ann 
   evidently was a saint in the way we know them.  Would give 
   shaktipat, taught a meditation (dhyana) as a spiritual practice 
   and sat with folks giving a darshan.  They formed in to 
   groups(villages) to facilitate this spiritual practice and became 
   known as Shakers.  We popularly know them for other things but 
   essentially they were a mediating group in practice.  After some 
   generations of succession in busy competition with the outside 
   world to hold their own they lost their moorings, dropped their 
   structured meditation time from their daily practice, became more 
   about doctrine, and the group shakti dwindled out.  Spiritual 
   life-cycle. 
  
   
   
   Viewing these in 'shaktic' or experiential spiritual ways as opposed to 
   'static' comparative doctrinal ways, 
   as a group the Shaker experience stands a good parallel to things TM.  I 
   would wonder that some things possibly could even be learned from their 
   experience if one has eyes to see it.  Learned about the Shaker 
   experience as well as with TM-Raja-ism.  
   
   For instance, the Shaker version of policy guidelines were called the 
   Millennial law.   There was a sequence to the evolution of their 
   millennial laws over the decades after their foundation era.  From short 
   organizational mission of facilitating spiritual experience initially 
   then towards detail specific as the group got further away from the 
   founder and the foundation era.   Moving from simpler facilitating of 
   shakti to long elaboration of doctrine and guideline.  From shorter 
   statement of spiritual mission to a long detailed 'contract' of doctrinal 
   guidelines.  From facilitating experience to preservation of institution 
   by guideline doctrine.  Essentially the guidelines became the teaching 
   doctrine.   In effect their ME became so burdened with 'pitta-vatta' 
   derangement of some that the experiential shakti got squeezed out of it 
   generally; folks dried up and left the group leaving behind only 
   doctrinal tru-believers  as preservationists.  It's a good lesson.
   Evidently the Shakers are not the only group to have this happen to.
   -Buck  
  
  
  Another good comparison here, 'policies and guidelines': Some of the 
  leading instruments, however, tended to be preoccupied with a drive toward 
  an unrealistic perfectionism, insisting that all life and activity be 
  structured in minute detail to guarantee is sacred character.  This reached 
  its most marked expression in the 1845 Millennial Laws.  This new code, 
  formulated under the inspiration of Elder Philemon Stewart  of the Church 
  Family at Mt. Lebanon, represents a total departure from the attitude 
  embodied in Father Joseph's very flexible Way-marks, or even the more 
  formal Millennial Laws of 1821.  In Stewart's code everything imaginable is 
  regulated, and in the greatest detail.  Communal life is made as 
  uniformistic as possible () and all activities are prescribed in such a way 
  as to guarantee identical practice from one community to the next.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Majority Disagree with Walker in Wisconsin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@ wrote:
 
  do.flex:
   Majority Disagree with Walker in Wisconsin

snip
 
 The real polls won't be out till next week, wait till
 then...(Sunday maybe).

First national poll on the Wisconsin situation, released
yesterday:

MADISON, Wis.  Americans strongly oppose laws taking
away the collective bargaining power of public employee
unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The
poll found 61% would oppose a law in their state
similar to such a proposal in Wisconsin, compared with
33% who would favor such a law

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-22-poll-public-unions-wisconsin_N.htm

http://tinyurl.com/687n2j3

[FairfieldLife] The Mirage of Self

2011-02-23 Thread Vaj


http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/12/the-mirage-of-self/

To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net. It is not  
hard to do so, for the net is full of holes. – Sri Nisargadatta



Also worth listening to:

http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/12/bg-201-pragmatic-buddhism/

We’re joined this week by Buddhist teacher, Ken McLeod, to explore an  
approach he has coined “Pragmatic Buddhism.” We explore his early  
Buddhist training, which included 2 back-to-back 3-year retreats,  
completed under the guidance of Ven. Kalu Rinpoche. He describes this  
period as part boarding school, prison, and seminary. He shares why  
it was such a huge culture shock coming out of that traditional  
training, and ties that in with the way Buddhism has evolved in  
various cultures up to this point. Ken goes on to share 4 ways that  
he has adapted his own teaching style to reflect our culture,  
touching on issues of translation, power, questioning, and the  
meaning of practice itself.


This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, Resolving the  
Questions that Drive Us.



http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/02/bg-207-the-tantric-cousins/

This week we speak with spiritual teacher Sally Kempton. Sally was a  
student of the influential Hindu guru Swami Muktananda and taught in  
his lineage for many years. She shares with us her journey of first  
being introduced to Swami Muktananda, how she became a teacher, and  
why she shifted from being a swami to teaching in a more secular  
capacity later on.


During the 2nd half of the discussion Sally shares with us some of  
the history of the tantric non-dual system of Kashmir Shaivism, which  
is a close cousin to Indian Tantric Buddhism. She compares and  
contrasts the two systems, and also goes into detail concerning some  
of the crucial texts, practices, and philosophical tenets of the  
tradition.


This is part 1 of a two-part series.

http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/01/bg-204-virtual-vajrayana/

Senior Shambhala teacher David Nichtern joins us to geek out about  
some of the potential consequences of our rapidly developing  
technologies on the Vajrayana tradition. We speak extensively about  
the ramifications of greater degrees of virtual reality, how our  
sense experiences (what in Buddhism are referred to as the ayatanas)  
are already virtual, and how visualization practice, in particular,  
could be impacted by these developments. We also speak about the  
importance of “authentic presence”–or what David’s son Ethan calls  
“Keepin’ in Real”–as Buddhism moves forward into future generations.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Majority Disagree with Walker in Wisconsin



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:

 First national poll on the Wisconsin situation, released
 yesterday:
 
 MADISON, Wis.  Americans strongly oppose laws taking
 away the collective bargaining power of public employee
 unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The
 poll found 61% would oppose a law in their state
 similar to such a proposal in Wisconsin, compared with
 33% who would favor such a law
 
 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-22-poll-public-unions-wisconsin_N.htm
 
 http://tinyurl.com/687n2j3

48% Back GOP Governor in Wisconsin Spat, 38% Side With Unions
Monday, February 21, 2011

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2011/48_back_gop_governor_in_wisconsin_spat_38_side_with_unions

[FairfieldLife] Re: Majority Disagree with Walker in Wisconsin



~~ NYT: Rasmussen polls show conservative bias ~~

Rasmussen, fending off years of criticisms
of harboring a Republican-leaning bias, is
taken very seriously by the mainstream press.

Its founder and president, Scott Rasmussen,
has openly supported conservative causes and
is a former writer for the conspiracy-minded
website World Net Daily.

Rasmussen should probably just drop the
pretense that they are non-partisan,
Silver wrote Monday on Twitter.


-- The New York Times accused Rasmussen Reports of lacing a
recent survey on the Wisconsin protests with conservative
bias, elevating longstanding critiques about the polling
firm's credibility.

The survey, released Monday, asked four questions about the
Wisconsin clash over Republican Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan,
which would strip the collective bargaining rights of public
employees and force them to pay more for benefits. It found that
48 percent of likely voters agreed with Walker, while 38 percent supported 
his opponents.

Nate Silver of the Times' FiveThirtyEight blog is a trusted
polling expert who came to fame after correctly predicting the
outcomes of 49 of 50 states in the 2008 election.

In a Monday evening posting, he took issue with the manner in
which several of Rasmussen's questions were asked, decreeing that
they were designed to engender a pro-Walker bias.

Two of the questions, Silver wrote, misrepresented the nature of
the opposition in a blatant attempt to diminish sympathy for
them before asking the respondent whose side they were on.
The penultimate question was a talking point posed as a question,
he declared.

The questions were about whether the respondent thinks public
or private sector employees make more money, and whether
teachers, firemen and policemen should be allowed to go on
strike -- which is illegal in most places for uniformed services.

Because of the problems with question design, my advice would
be simply to disregard the Rasmussen Reports poll, and to view
their work with extreme skepticism going forward, Silver concluded.

Rasmussen, fending off years of criticisms of harboring a
Republican-leaning bias, is taken very seriously by the
mainstream press.

Its founder and president, Scott Rasmussen, has openly
supported conservative causes and is a former writer for the
conspiracy-minded website World Net Daily.

It released hundreds of surveys in the run-up to the 2010
midterm elections, many of which made prominent news in major
outlets. The Times reported that Rasmussen overestimated the
standing of Republican candidates by roughly 4 percentage points
on average.

Rasmussen should probably just drop the pretense that they are non-partisan, 
Silver wrote Monday on Twitter.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/22/nyt-calls-out-rasmussen-for-conservative-bias-in-wisconsin-poll/








--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote:

 
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
 
  First national poll on the Wisconsin situation, released
  yesterday:
  
  MADISON, Wis.  Americans strongly oppose laws taking
  away the collective bargaining power of public employee
  unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The
  poll found 61% would oppose a law in their state
  similar to such a proposal in Wisconsin, compared with
  33% who would favor such a law
  
  http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-22-poll-public-unions-wisconsin_N.htm
  
  http://tinyurl.com/687n2j3
 
 48% Back GOP Governor in Wisconsin Spat, 38% Side With Unions
 Monday, February 21, 2011
 
 http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2011/48_back_gop_governor_in_wisconsin_spat_38_side_with_unions

May 1933: Hitler abolishes unions

-- On May 2nd, 1933, the day after Labor day, Nazi groups
occupied union halls and labor leaders were arrested.  Trade
Unions were outlawed by Adolf Hitler, while collective bargaining
and the right to strike was abolished.

This was the beginning of a consolidation of power by the
fascist regime which systematically wiped out all opposition
groups, starting with unions, liberals, socialists, and
communists using Himmler's state police.

Fast forward to America today, particularly Wisconsin.  Governor
Walker and the Republican/Tea Party members of the state
legislature are attempting to pass a bill that would not only
severely punish public unions (with exception for the police, fire,
and state trooper unions that supported his campaign), but it
would effectively end 50 years to the right of these workers
to collectively bargain.

 Collective bargaining is a process of voluntary negotiations
 between employers and trade unions aimed at reaching agreements
 which regulate working conditions.

 Collective agreements usually set out wage scales, working hours,
 training, health and safety, overtime, grievance mechanisms and
 rights to participate in workplace or company affairs.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining

First of all, assaulting the rights of workers to collectively
bargain has absolutely nothing to do with any immediate
budgetary issues.  It does however have everything to do with
ending one of the basic rights of labor to organize.

Second, and more importantly, the budget crisis in Wisconsin
is
both exaggerated and created in part by the new Republican power
base as a tool to attack political opponents.

Walker decreased state revenue when he enacted tax cuts for the
rich and big corporations, who are not surprisingly large
campaign donors for his political campaign.

 To the extent that there is an imbalance  Walker claims there
is a
 $137 million deficit  it is not because of a drop in revenues
or
 increases in the cost of state employee contracts, benefits or
 pensions.

 It is because Walker and his allies pushed through $140 million in
 new spending for special-interest groups in January. If the
 Legislature were simply to rescind Walker's new spending schemes

 or delay their implementation until they are offset by fresh
 revenues  the crisis would not exist.

 -The Cap Times: 
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0-\
5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0\
-5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html

Decimating unions has long been an objective of the rich and powerful.
Growing out of trade guilds in Medieval Europe, they were
banned starting with the Ordinance of Labourers 1349 and Statute
of Labourers in England.  It was not until the Industrial
Revolution that labor began to organize again.

-continue reading: 
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Majority Disagree with Walker in Wisconsin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@... wrote:

 In a Monday evening posting, he took issue with the manner in
 which several of Rasmussen's questions were asked, decreeing that
 they were designed to engender a pro-Walker bias.

 Two of the questions, Silver wrote, misrepresented the nature of
 the opposition in a blatant attempt to diminish sympathy for
 them before asking the respondent whose side they were on.
 The penultimate question was a talking point posed as a question,
 he declared.

 The questions were about whether the respondent thinks public
 or private sector employees make more money, and whether
 teachers, firemen and policemen should be allowed to go on
 strike -- which is illegal in most places for uniformed services.

  [http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/4/6/2/41462.jpg?v=1]

Sounds to me as if the TMO should hire these guys
to design questionnaires to be used in upcoming
studies on the Maharishi Effect.  :-)

[FairfieldLife] Doncha really hope that Jesus chimes in on this Facebook thread?

 [http://i.imgur.com/dGQgG.jpg]

http://i.imgur.com/dGQgG.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dGQgG.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions

Don't cha wish?!!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@... wrote:

 May 1933: Hitler abolishes unions
 
 -- On May 2nd, 1933, the day after Labor day, Nazi groups
 occupied union halls and labor leaders were arrested.  Trade
 Unions were outlawed by Adolf Hitler, while collective bargaining
 and the right to strike was abolished.
 
 This was the beginning of a consolidation of power by the
 fascist regime which systematically wiped out all opposition
 groups, starting with unions, liberals, socialists, and
 communists using Himmler's state police.
 
 Fast forward to America today, particularly Wisconsin.  Governor
 Walker and the Republican/Tea Party members of the state
 legislature are attempting to pass a bill that would not only
 severely punish public unions (with exception for the police, fire,
 and state trooper unions that supported his campaign), but it
 would effectively end 50 years to the right of these workers
 to collectively bargain.
 
  Collective bargaining is a process of voluntary negotiations
  between employers and trade unions aimed at reaching agreements
  which regulate working conditions.
 
  Collective agreements usually set out wage scales, working hours,
  training, health and safety, overtime, grievance mechanisms and
  rights to participate in workplace or company affairs.
 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining
 
 First of all, assaulting the rights of workers to collectively
 bargain has absolutely nothing to do with any immediate
 budgetary issues.  It does however have everything to do with
 ending one of the basic rights of labor to organize.
 
 Second, and more importantly, the budget crisis in Wisconsin
 is
 both exaggerated and created in part by the new Republican power
 base as a tool to attack political opponents.
 
 Walker decreased state revenue when he enacted tax cuts for the
 rich and big corporations, who are not surprisingly large
 campaign donors for his political campaign.
 
  To the extent that there is an imbalance  Walker claims there
 is a
  $137 million deficit  it is not because of a drop in revenues
 or
  increases in the cost of state employee contracts, benefits or
  pensions.
 
  It is because Walker and his allies pushed through $140 million in
  new spending for special-interest groups in January. If the
  Legislature were simply to rescind Walker's new spending schemes
 
  or delay their implementation until they are offset by fresh
  revenues  the crisis would not exist.
 
  -The Cap Times: 
 http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0-\
 5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html
 http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0\
 -5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html
 
 Decimating unions has long been an objective of the rich and powerful.
 Growing out of trade guilds in Medieval Europe, they were
 banned starting with the Ordinance of Labourers 1349 and Statute
 of Labourers in England.  It was not until the Industrial
 Revolution that labor began to organize again.
 
 -continue reading: 
 http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/
 http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/

[FairfieldLife] From a friend in New Zealand

Thanks Rick,

yes we are. I had an army of guardian angels take care of me that day.

I had just arrived back from visiting clients and had been back in office
for not even 10 min when it happened. I then followed my gut feeling and
didn't get under my desk, instead under the one opposite - just in time
before bookshelves started flying around the room (the shaking was
unbelievably violent and clearly from a shallow quake) , followed by
computers, then the air-conditioning came down, the ceiling panels with it,
then pieces of concrete floor from the level above and the place I had sat
on got completely trashed. The desk I was under held up, was covered in
stuff and I had to dig myself out a bit from the stuff that had piled up in
front of the desk, but managed OK, then found my shoes (yes, very important)
but unfortunately no sign of my phone I had just put on the desk a few min
earlier (and with that no numbers and no access to calling my kids). So, I
grab my bag and some sodden files I could get my hands on and made it to the
others on the other side of the room. It turned out there were 6 of us
trapped, the others made it out via parking building or stairs and we could
see them down below on the carpark. We then had to try and smash a double
panel of safety glass, so that we could be picked up via a cherry picker.
Not an easy task, especially if you have to stop every so often to hide
under desk during aftershocks, where more ceiling panels and concrete piece
came down. But we eventually managed and then came the tricky bit of
climbing into the cage of cherry picker, with sharp glass poking at you from
all sides. Suffice to say I was glad there were no cameras around. Once we
were all out, we heard that the parking building had completely collapsed
(the one where I had just parked my work car) and later I heard that
after I had started walking home, the long way round, that the office floor
eventually gave way too and about 30min after our rescue had collapsed onto
floor below (you can see now what I meant with the army of guardian angels).
Walking and slipping in rainy weather, with slippery liquefaction sand
everywhere was a very surreal experience, on my way I was able to help out a
few people worse off, with supplies out of my trusty green bag (the one my
colleagues often make fun of, because it contains almost everything you
need, except a kitchen sink) - out came bandages, pain killers,
disinfectant, pens and paper, bananas, crackers and lollies etc. As I was
walking I knew it wasn't my day to have anything bad happen to me, but I was
worried about the kids and hopped that they remembered  our plan and were
able to follow through. AS I got further away from the inner city, traffic
was no longer so stuck and after hitching two rides I made it home and found
both my daughter and my son at home with my dog - all in good health.
Marianna had been having a daay off work and was not in the inner city but
in her flat, from where a friend picked her up and dropped her home at my
place and Jonathan had been at Jazz school, on the 3rd level, he had left
his bass behind and got on his scooter and weaved his way safely home.

Once there we brought out our emergency kit (we were better prepared than
last time) and settled down at home, where there was virtually no damage,
except a few things strewn here and there and the dog was a bit neurotic,
but basically OK. WE had water but no power until the evening. I quickly got
cash out from ATM and queued for a short while for petrol, to ensure my car
was ready to go, in case we needed to leave or help out others.

My best friend was not so lucky, she had to walk even further than me, had
no car at home at all (I had a work car taken home the night before and she
used my car park place that day for her private car - we have no idea what
happened to it) So once power was on, I was able to help her out with a gas
cooker, a phone that needs no power, some water, a chilly bin with some icy
elements and a few other bits)

We just take one day at a time and see how we can support others as best we
can. Most of the families I work with are OK, one family I can't track down,
and I am sure they would have been evacuated, so I hope they are OK.

It's all a bit surreal.

Thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers.

 

Love

Barbara  co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote:

 Don't cha wish?!!

Billy, Billy, Billy

Given all the shit you've given me for my supposed playboy 
ways over the years, I've just got to ask. 

You're saying that cherry busting is Bad, but union busting 
is Good. Did I get that right?

:-)
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
 
  May 1933: Hitler abolishes unions
  
  -- On May 2nd, 1933, the day after Labor day, Nazi groups
  occupied union halls and labor leaders were arrested.  Trade
  Unions were outlawed by Adolf Hitler, while collective bargaining
  and the right to strike was abolished.
  
  This was the beginning of a consolidation of power by the
  fascist regime which systematically wiped out all opposition
  groups, starting with unions, liberals, socialists, and
  communists using Himmler's state police.
  
  Fast forward to America today, particularly Wisconsin.  Governor
  Walker and the Republican/Tea Party members of the state
  legislature are attempting to pass a bill that would not only
  severely punish public unions (with exception for the police, fire,
  and state trooper unions that supported his campaign), but it
  would effectively end 50 years to the right of these workers
  to collectively bargain.
  
   Collective bargaining is a process of voluntary negotiations
   between employers and trade unions aimed at reaching agreements
   which regulate working conditions.
  
   Collective agreements usually set out wage scales, working hours,
   training, health and safety, overtime, grievance mechanisms and
   rights to participate in workplace or company affairs.
  
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining
  
  First of all, assaulting the rights of workers to collectively
  bargain has absolutely nothing to do with any immediate
  budgetary issues.  It does however have everything to do with
  ending one of the basic rights of labor to organize.
  
  Second, and more importantly, the budget crisis in Wisconsin
  is
  both exaggerated and created in part by the new Republican power
  base as a tool to attack political opponents.
  
  Walker decreased state revenue when he enacted tax cuts for the
  rich and big corporations, who are not surprisingly large
  campaign donors for his political campaign.
  
   To the extent that there is an imbalance  Walker claims there
  is a
   $137 million deficit  it is not because of a drop in revenues
  or
   increases in the cost of state employee contracts, benefits or
   pensions.
  
   It is because Walker and his allies pushed through $140 million in
   new spending for special-interest groups in January. If the
   Legislature were simply to rescind Walker's new spending schemes
  
   or delay their implementation until they are offset by fresh
   revenues  the crisis would not exist.
  
   -The Cap Times: 
  http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0-\
  5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html
  http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0\
  -5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html
  
  Decimating unions has long been an objective of the rich and powerful.
  Growing out of trade guilds in Medieval Europe, they were
  banned starting with the Ordinance of Labourers 1349 and Statute
  of Labourers in England.  It was not until the Industrial
  Revolution that labor began to organize again.
  
  -continue reading: 
  http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/
  http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Majority Disagree with Walker in Wisconsin

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@... wrote:
 
 ~~ NYT: Rasmussen polls show conservative bias ~~

Even without Silver's analysis of the poll, the fact that
Rasmussen characterizes the situation in Wisconsin as a
spat clearly signals conservative bias, as well as
typical right-wing disingenuity.

A spat is a petty quarrel, whereas the conflict in
Wisconsin is of immense importance. It's in the interests
of the right-wingers' plans to kill off unions to
minimize the significance of this struggle.

And the word choice Back GOP Governor vs. Side With
Unions wasn't accidental either. Side with implies
partisanship much more strongly than does back. Switch
the two around; the effect is quite different.

snip
  48% Back GOP Governor in Wisconsin Spat, 38% Side With
  Unions
  Monday, February 21, 2011
 
  http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/februar\
y_2011/48_back_gop_governor_in_wisconsin_spat_38_side_with_unions

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote:

 Don't cha wish?!!
 


Over time, organized labor managed to abolish child labor all
together, as well as institute an 8 hour work day, 40 hour work
week, mandatory breaks, safety guidelines, grievance procedures,
a minimum wage, the concept of a work free weekend, workers
comp, pensions, health safeguards, and paid sick days, vacation
days, and holidays.

If you enjoy any of these things, thank a union member. 






 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
 
  May 1933: Hitler abolishes unions
  
  -- On May 2nd, 1933, the day after Labor day, Nazi groups
  occupied union halls and labor leaders were arrested.  Trade
  Unions were outlawed by Adolf Hitler, while collective bargaining
  and the right to strike was abolished.
  
  This was the beginning of a consolidation of power by the
  fascist regime which systematically wiped out all opposition
  groups, starting with unions, liberals, socialists, and
  communists using Himmler's state police.
  
  Fast forward to America today, particularly Wisconsin.  Governor
  Walker and the Republican/Tea Party members of the state
  legislature are attempting to pass a bill that would not only
  severely punish public unions (with exception for the police, fire,
  and state trooper unions that supported his campaign), but it
  would effectively end 50 years to the right of these workers
  to collectively bargain.
  
   Collective bargaining is a process of voluntary negotiations
   between employers and trade unions aimed at reaching agreements
   which regulate working conditions.
  
   Collective agreements usually set out wage scales, working hours,
   training, health and safety, overtime, grievance mechanisms and
   rights to participate in workplace or company affairs.
  
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining
  
  First of all, assaulting the rights of workers to collectively
  bargain has absolutely nothing to do with any immediate
  budgetary issues.  It does however have everything to do with
  ending one of the basic rights of labor to organize.
  
  Second, and more importantly, the budget crisis in Wisconsin
  is
  both exaggerated and created in part by the new Republican power
  base as a tool to attack political opponents.
  
  Walker decreased state revenue when he enacted tax cuts for the
  rich and big corporations, who are not surprisingly large
  campaign donors for his political campaign.
  
   To the extent that there is an imbalance  Walker claims there
  is a
   $137 million deficit  it is not because of a drop in revenues
  or
   increases in the cost of state employee contracts, benefits or
   pensions.
  
   It is because Walker and his allies pushed through $140 million in
   new spending for special-interest groups in January. If the
   Legislature were simply to rescind Walker's new spending schemes
  
   or delay their implementation until they are offset by fresh
   revenues  the crisis would not exist.
  
   -The Cap Times: 
  http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0-\
  5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html
  http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0\
  -5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html
  
  Decimating unions has long been an objective of the rich and powerful.
  Growing out of trade guilds in Medieval Europe, they were
  banned starting with the Ordinance of Labourers 1349 and Statute
  of Labourers in England.  It was not until the Industrial
  Revolution that labor began to organize again.
  
  -continue reading: 
  http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/
  http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand

Wow. That's arguably the most real post ever made to FFL.
Thanks for passing it along, Rick. My best wishes to them.

Being in a big earthquake shakes your belief in terra
firma forever. I was in Agadir, Morocco almost exactly
51 years ago. Only a 5.3 quake, but over 10,000 died. 


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote:

 Thanks Rick,
 
 yes we are. I had an army of guardian angels take care of me that day.
 
 I had just arrived back from visiting clients and had been back in office
 for not even 10 min when it happened. I then followed my gut feeling and
 didn't get under my desk, instead under the one opposite - just in time
 before bookshelves started flying around the room (the shaking was
 unbelievably violent and clearly from a shallow quake) , followed by
 computers, then the air-conditioning came down, the ceiling panels with it,
 then pieces of concrete floor from the level above and the place I had sat
 on got completely trashed. The desk I was under held up, was covered in
 stuff and I had to dig myself out a bit from the stuff that had piled up in
 front of the desk, but managed OK, then found my shoes (yes, very important)
 but unfortunately no sign of my phone I had just put on the desk a few min
 earlier (and with that no numbers and no access to calling my kids). So, I
 grab my bag and some sodden files I could get my hands on and made it to the
 others on the other side of the room. It turned out there were 6 of us
 trapped, the others made it out via parking building or stairs and we could
 see them down below on the carpark. We then had to try and smash a double
 panel of safety glass, so that we could be picked up via a cherry picker.
 Not an easy task, especially if you have to stop every so often to hide
 under desk during aftershocks, where more ceiling panels and concrete piece
 came down. But we eventually managed and then came the tricky bit of
 climbing into the cage of cherry picker, with sharp glass poking at you from
 all sides. Suffice to say I was glad there were no cameras around. Once we
 were all out, we heard that the parking building had completely collapsed
 (the one where I had just parked my work car) and later I heard that
 after I had started walking home, the long way round, that the office floor
 eventually gave way too and about 30min after our rescue had collapsed onto
 floor below (you can see now what I meant with the army of guardian angels).
 Walking and slipping in rainy weather, with slippery liquefaction sand
 everywhere was a very surreal experience, on my way I was able to help out a
 few people worse off, with supplies out of my trusty green bag (the one my
 colleagues often make fun of, because it contains almost everything you
 need, except a kitchen sink) - out came bandages, pain killers,
 disinfectant, pens and paper, bananas, crackers and lollies etc. As I was
 walking I knew it wasn't my day to have anything bad happen to me, but I was
 worried about the kids and hopped that they remembered  our plan and were
 able to follow through. AS I got further away from the inner city, traffic
 was no longer so stuck and after hitching two rides I made it home and found
 both my daughter and my son at home with my dog - all in good health.
 Marianna had been having a daay off work and was not in the inner city but
 in her flat, from where a friend picked her up and dropped her home at my
 place and Jonathan had been at Jazz school, on the 3rd level, he had left
 his bass behind and got on his scooter and weaved his way safely home.
 
 Once there we brought out our emergency kit (we were better prepared than
 last time) and settled down at home, where there was virtually no damage,
 except a few things strewn here and there and the dog was a bit neurotic,
 but basically OK. WE had water but no power until the evening. I quickly got
 cash out from ATM and queued for a short while for petrol, to ensure my car
 was ready to go, in case we needed to leave or help out others.
 
 My best friend was not so lucky, she had to walk even further than me, had
 no car at home at all (I had a work car taken home the night before and she
 used my car park place that day for her private car - we have no idea what
 happened to it) So once power was on, I was able to help her out with a gas
 cooker, a phone that needs no power, some water, a chilly bin with some icy
 elements and a few other bits)
 
 We just take one day at a time and see how we can support others as best we
 can. Most of the families I work with are OK, one family I can't track down,
 and I am sure they would have been evacuated, so I hope they are OK.
 
 It's all a bit surreal.
 
 Thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers.
 
  
 
 Love
 
 Barbara  co

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote:
 
  Don't cha wish?!!
 
 Billy, Billy, Billy
 
 Given all the shit you've given me for my supposed playboy 
 ways over the years, I've just got to ask. 
 
 You're saying that cherry busting is Bad, but union busting 
 is Good. Did I get that right?
 
 :-)

In the context of Love and Marriage 'cherry busting' (GMAB), as you put it, is 
in keeping with the laws of Nature and Evolution. The purpose of sex is to 
create angelic children and adults.

Sex was not meant to be a machinery of entertainment  ..don't know who said 
that, I guess I did!  :-)

Union busting is allowed under God's Law Section 2:4Union Busting.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote:
 
  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote:
  
   Don't cha wish?!!
  
  Billy, Billy, Billy
  
  Given all the shit you've given me for my supposed playboy 
  ways over the years, I've just got to ask. 
  
  You're saying that cherry busting is Bad, but union busting 
  is Good. Did I get that right?
  
  :-)
 
 Sex was not meant to be a machinery of entertainment  
 ..don't know who said that, I guess I did!  :-)

If sex doesn't scare the cat and incite your 
neighbors to pound on the walls, you're not
doing it right.

I said that.  :-)

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of turquoiseb
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:02 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand

Wow. That's arguably the most real post ever made to FFL.
Thanks for passing it along, Rick. My best wishes to them.

Being in a big earthquake shakes your belief in terra
firma forever. I was in Agadir, Morocco almost exactly
51 years ago. Only a 5.3 quake, but over 10,000 died. 

Barbara is the ex-wife of my friend Bruce Brown, whom some here may know.
He's in Australia these days. (They're still friends.)

Re: [FairfieldLife] From a friend in New Zealand

2011-02-23 Thread Tom Pall

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote:

Obviously not Maharishi™ Vastu™ construction

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand

On 02/23/2011 09:01 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
 Wow. That's arguably the most real post ever made to FFL.
 Thanks for passing it along, Rick. My best wishes to them.

 Being in a big earthquake shakes your belief in terra
 firma forever. I was in Agadir, Morocco almost exactly
 51 years ago. Only a 5.3 quake, but over 10,000 died.



The New Madrid fault has also been showing some activity.  The last big 
one I think was in the early 1800s and the Mississippi flowed 
backwards.  Homes and buildings along that fault line aren't set up for 
earthquakes either.

Sal may be right that the Mayans were a year off.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions

(This may be a quasi-duplicate--I think my first try
may not have gone through.)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@... wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote:
 
  Don't cha wish?!!
 
 Over time, organized labor managed to abolish child labor all
 together, as well as institute an 8 hour work day, 40 hour work
 week, mandatory breaks, safety guidelines, grievance procedures,
 a minimum wage, the concept of a work free weekend, workers
 comp, pensions, health safeguards, and paid sick days, vacation
 days, and holidays.
 
 If you enjoy any of these things, thank a union member.

Plus which, the labor movement is the only significant
organized body to advocate for the interests of the
wage-earning class against those of the investor class--
not just in terms of work rules but in terms of civil 
and economic rights in general.

And that's why conservatives (and business-friendly
Democrats) want to do away with unions.

The struggle in Wisconsin isn't about budget concerns.
It's about the forces of corporatocracy and the wealthy
trying to pry the fingers of the labor movement loose
from the edge of the cliff.

In an excellent Mother Jones article, Plutocracy Now--
What Wisconsin Is Really About: How Screwing Unions
Screws the Entire Middle Class, Kevin Drum notes that
the labor movement is so important because

politicians don't respond to the concerns of voters,
they respond to the organized muscle of institutions that
represent them. With labor in decline, both parties now
respond strongly to the interests of the rich--whose
institutional representation is deep and energetic--and
barely at all to the interests of the working and middle
classes.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-labor-union-decline

http://tinyurl.com/6z9ftad

This is what's at stake in Wisconsin. This is why
Rasmussen wants to minimize its significance.

[FairfieldLife] Walker gets punked by BuffaloBeast.com

They called Gov Walker saying they were David Koch:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBeastvideos#p/a/u/1/WBnSv3a6Nh4

The Koch brothers are fascist billionaire thugs that think they should 
run American.  I've got a better idea about them running and it ain't 
America.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:

   
   Given all the shit you've given me for my supposed playboy 
   ways over the years, I've just got to ask. 


And you wonder why you've gotten so much shit over the years for being a 
playboy?  Maybe your below quote has something to do with it, ya think?

 If sex doesn't scare the cat and incite your 
 neighbors to pound on the walls, you're not
 doing it right.
 
 I said that.  :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:

 
 Plus which, the labor movement is the only significant
 organized body to advocate for the interests of the
 wage-earning class against those of the investor class--
 not just in terms of work rules but in terms of civil 
 and economic rights in general.
 
 And that's why conservatives (and business-friendly
 Democrats) want to do away with unions.
 
 The struggle in Wisconsin isn't about budget concerns.
 It's about the forces of corporatocracy and the wealthy
 trying to pry the fingers of the labor movement loose
 from the edge of the cliff.
 
 In an excellent Mother Jones article, Plutocracy Now--
 What Wisconsin Is Really About: How Screwing Unions
 Screws the Entire Middle Class, Kevin Drum notes that
 the labor movement is so important because
 
 politicians don't respond to the concerns of voters,
 they respond to the organized muscle of institutions that
 represent them. With labor in decline, both parties now
 respond strongly to the interests of the rich--whose
 institutional representation is deep and energetic--and
 barely at all to the interests of the working and middle
 classes.

It's pretty simple Judy, Public Unions (not Private Unions) enable the State to 
*launder* money directly from the tax payer to the Democart Party through Union 
dues dictated by mandatory collective bargaining. (Unions donate overwhelmingly 
to Democrats)

The *pay bosses* of the Democrats are the Public Sector Unions, hence you see 
the sheepish Democrats in Wisconsin buckling under to their Union Bosses 
wishes, what a foolish display of hubris.

The election in November clearly demonstrated the trend of the State in spite 
of what you think of Rasmussen's 'spat' comment (big deal).

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Bhairitu
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:53 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand

The New Madrid fault has also been showing some activity. The last big 
one I think was in the early 1800s and the Mississippi flowed 
backwards. Homes and buildings along that fault line aren't set up for 
earthquakes either.

The fault is in Missouri, for those who don't know. Church bells rang in
Boston from the shaking, when that one happened. Lots of little quakes in
nearby Arkansas these days.

[FairfieldLife] Scummy Democrats and REALLY scummy Unions

Democrat urges unions to 'get a little bloody when necessary'
By Michael O'Brien - 02/23/11 07:57 AM ET

Sometimes it's necessary to get out on the streets and get a little bloody, a 
Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin.

Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) fired up a group of union members in Boston with 
a speech urging them to work down in the trenches to fend off limits to 
workers' rights like those proposed in Wisconsin.

I'm proud to be here with people who understand that it's more than just 
sending an email to get you going, Capuano said, according to the Dorchester 
Reporter. Every once and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a 
little bloody when necessary.

snip 

And hypocrites to boot-what happened after the Tuscon shooting? The Democrats 
attempted to take the 'high' ground, GMAB.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote:

 
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
 
  
  Plus which, the labor movement is the only significant
  organized body to advocate for the interests of the
  wage-earning class against those of the investor class--
  not just in terms of work rules but in terms of civil 
  and economic rights in general.
  
  And that's why conservatives (and business-friendly
  Democrats) want to do away with unions.
  
  The struggle in Wisconsin isn't about budget concerns.
  It's about the forces of corporatocracy and the wealthy
  trying to pry the fingers of the labor movement loose
  from the edge of the cliff.
  
  In an excellent Mother Jones article, Plutocracy Now--
  What Wisconsin Is Really About: How Screwing Unions
  Screws the Entire Middle Class, Kevin Drum notes that
  the labor movement is so important because
  
  politicians don't respond to the concerns of voters,
  they respond to the organized muscle of institutions that
  represent them. With labor in decline, both parties now
  respond strongly to the interests of the rich--whose
  institutional representation is deep and energetic--and
  barely at all to the interests of the working and middle
  classes.
 
 It's pretty simple Judy, Public Unions (not Private Unions)
 enable the State to *launder* money directly from the tax
 payer to the Democart Party

The Democart Party? Is that some new third party? I
hadn't heard of it.

 through Union dues dictated by mandatory collective bargaining.
 (Unions donate overwhelmingly to Democrats)
 
 The *pay bosses* of the Democrats are the Public Sector Unions,
 hence you see the sheepish Democrats in Wisconsin buckling
 under to their Union Bosses wishes, what a foolish display of 
 hubris.

I believe you need to look up the meaning of hubris
in Mr. Dictionary.

And did you have any comments on my post?

 The election in November clearly demonstrated the trend of
 the State

Walker gave no indication he was going to attempt to
take collective bargaining rights from the unions, so
I'm afraid you can't say anybody voted for this.

 in spite of what you think of Rasmussen's 'spat' comment
 (big deal).

It's a HUGE deal. Similar bills are pending or being
proposed in several other states by conservative
governors and legislators. If Walker wins this one,
they'll be emboldened to press forward.

[FairfieldLife] What Americans think about income inequality in one graph



-- A Harvard business prof and a behavioral economist recently
asked more than 5,000 Americans how they thought wealth is
distributed in the United States.

Most thought that it's more balanced than it actually is.

Asked to choose their ideal distribution of wealth, 92% picked
one that was even more equitable. 

Compare:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/inequality-page25_actualdistribwithlegend.png
 

http://alturl.com/guf6i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scummy Democrats and REALLY scummy Unions

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote:

 Democrat urges unions to 'get a little bloody when necessary'
 By Michael O'Brien - 02/23/11 07:57 AM ET
 
 Sometimes it's necessary to get out on the streets and
 get a little bloody, a Massachusetts Democrat said
 Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin.
 
 Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) fired up a group of union
 members in Boston with a speech urging them to work down
 in the trenches to fend off limits to workers' rights like
 those proposed in Wisconsin.
 
 I'm proud to be here with people who understand that it's
 more than just sending an email to get you going, Capuano
 said, according to the Dorchester Reporter. Every once
 and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a
 little bloody when necessary.

Let's hope it's not necessary for union members to get
more than a *little* bloody.

Last night, the Indiana deputy attorney general, hearing
that riot police might be sent to get the pro-union
protesters out of the Wisconsin Capitol, tweeted, Use
live ammunition. In a subsequent Twitter exchange with
Mother Jones, he said, You're damned right I advocate
deadly force.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/indiana-official-jeff-cox-live-ammunition-against-wisconsin-protesters

http://tinyurl.com/64b34au

And Tea Party activists are apparently being urged to 
come armed to a counter-demonstration against a Service
Employees International Union rally for solidarity with
the Wisconsin unions.

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2011/02/23/a-call-for-armed-counterprotesters-to-atlanta-labor-rally/

http://tinyurl.com/4kzc6qe

So as I say, we can only pray that if union members have
to shed their blood at the hands of armed and violent
right-wingers, it won't be more than a small amount.

[FairfieldLife] Corporate Control? Not in These Communities...


This is very encouraging. 

Maharishi said back in the late 70’s that in the Age of Enlightenment, 
administration would be more on the local level.

http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/corporate-control-not-in-these-communities



Corporate Control? Not in These Communities

Can local laws have a real effect on the power of giant corporations?





by Allen D. Kanner

posted Feb 04, 2011


Mt. Shasta, a small northern California town of 3,500 residents nestled in the 
foothills of magnificent Mount Shasta, is taking on corporate power through an 
unusual process—democracy.





The citizens of Mt. Shasta have developed an extraordinary ordinance, set to be 
voted on in the next special or general election, that would prohibit 
corporations such as Nestle and Coca-Cola from extracting water from the local 
aquifer. But this is only the beginning. The ordinance would also ban energy 
giant PGE, and any other corporation, from regional cloud seeding, a process 
that disrupts weather patterns through the use of toxic chemicals such as 
silver iodide. More generally, it would refuse to recognize corporate 
personhood http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/brooke-jarvis/citizens-united , 
explicitly place the rights of community and local government above the 
economic interests of multinational corporations, and recognize the rights of 
nature 
http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/maude-barlow-read-me-my-environmental-rights
  to exist, flourish, and evolve.





Mt. Shasta is not alone. Rather, it is part of a (so far) quiet municipal 
movement making its way across the United States in which communities are 
directly defying corporate rule and affirming the sovereignty of local 
government.





Since 1998, more than 125 municipalities have passed ordinances that explicitly 
put their citizens' rights ahead of corporate interests, despite the existence 
of state and federal laws to the contrary. These communities have banned 
corporations from dumping toxic sludge, building factory farms, mining, and 
extracting water for bottling 
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/stand-up-to-corporate-power/communities-take-power
 . Many have explicitly refused to recognize corporate personhood. Over a dozen 
townships in Pennsylvania, Maine, and New Hampshire have recognized the right 
of nature to exist and flourish (as Ecuador just did in its new national 
constitution 
http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/drafting-natures-constitution ). Four 
municipalities, including Halifax in Virginia, and Mahoney, Shrewsbury, and 
Packer in Pennsylvania, have passed laws imposing penalties on corporations for 
chemical trespass, the involuntary introduction of toxic chemicals into the 
human body.





When the attorney general of Pennsylvania threatened to sue Packer Township for 
banning sewage sludge within its boundaries, six other Pennsylvania towns 
adopted similar ordinances.





These communities are beginning to band together. When the attorney general of 
Pennsylvania threatened to sue Packer Township this year for banning sewage 
sludge within its boundaries, six other Pennsylvania towns adopted similar 
ordinances and twenty-three others passed resolutions in support of their 
neighboring community. Many people were outraged when the attorney general 
proclaimed, there is no inalienable right to local self-government.





Bigger cities are joining the fray. In November, Pittsburgh's city council 
voted to ban corporations in the city from drilling 
http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/pittsburg-bans-natural-gas-drilling  
for natural gas as a result of local concern about an environmentally 
devastating practice known as fracking. As city councilman Doug Shields 
stated in a press release, Many people think that this is only about gas 
drilling. It's not—it's about our authority as a municipal community to say 
'no' to corporations that will cause damage to our community. It's about our 
right to community, [to] local self-government.





What has driven these communities to such radical action? The typical story 
involves a handful of local citizens deciding to oppose a corporate practice, 
such as toxic sludge dumping, which has taken a huge toll on the health, 
economy, and natural surroundings of their town. After years of fighting for 
regulatory change, these citizens discover a bitter truth: the U.S. 
environmental regulatory system consists of a set of interlocking state and 
federal laws designed by industry to serve corporate interests. With the deck 
utterly stacked against them, communities are powerless to prevent corporations 
from destroying the local environment for the sake of profit.

 

Enter the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund http://www.celdf.org/ , 
a nonprofit public interest law firm that champions a different approach. The 
firm helps communities draft local ordinances that place the rights of 
municipalities to govern themselves above corporate rights. Through its 
Democracy

[FairfieldLife] Re: Majority Disagree with Walker in Wisconsin



do.rflex:
 ~~ NYT: Rasmussen polls show conservative bias...
 
So, you're still living off your public pension. 

So, I guess you're kind of biased. Why should 
public employees have any rights to demand a 
higher pension than normal people get from their
employer? It's outrageous! 

You're supposed to be a PUBLIC servant, not a 
union organizer on strike to get more money out 
of the poor taxpayers! You rascal! I'm really
getting tired of supporting you. Maybe it's time
to privatize the U.S. Mail. 

You think I'm going to help pay billions to get
the U.S. Postal Service out of debt? U.S. 
taxpayers are getting really tired of paying for 
outrageous salaries and benefits. 

Why should you be making over $100,00 per year
with a big fat pension, as a postal clerk or a
mail carrier while the rest of the government 
goes broke?

[FairfieldLife] Indiana Senate Drops Anti-Union Bill


The Indiana legislature has decided to drop the right-to-work
provision aimed at reducing the influence of unions, following calls
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/02/22/daniels_wants_to_drop_bill\
_that_forced_democrats_to_flee.html   by Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) to
kill the measure and the abandonment of  the state capitol by House
Democrats to prevent a vote, the Louisville Courier-Journal
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110223/NEWS02/302230100/-1/GAL\
LERIESSECTIONFRONT/Indiana-Senate-won-t-resurrect-right-work-bill 
reports.

Said Senate President David Long: It was a mistake.

Of course, as Ben Smith
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0211/Daniels_on_Wisconsin_Been_t\
here_done_that.html?showall   notes, Daniels didn't want a fight
because he's already taken, by  executive order when he took office,
much of what Wisconsin Gov. Scott  Walker (R) wants in his stand off
with unions.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/02/23/indiana_senate_drops_anti-u\
nion_bill.html

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand

On 02/23/2011 10:13 AM, Rick Archer wrote:
 From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
 On Behalf Of Bhairitu
 Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:53 AM
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a friend in New Zealand

 The New Madrid fault has also been showing some activity. The last big
 one I think was in the early 1800s and the Mississippi flowed
 backwards. Homes and buildings along that fault line aren't set up for
 earthquakes either.

 The fault is in Missouri, for those who don't know. Church bells rang in
 Boston from the shaking, when that one happened. Lots of little quakes in
 nearby Arkansas these days.

All buildings in this country or any country for that matter need to be 
earthquake tolerant.  Locally they're condemning those that are not.  
One popular Chinese restaurant was going to move out of town because 
their building was made of unreinforced masonry but the landlord also 
owned a vacated restaurant that had been remodeled  after a fire and 
gave them a deal on it.   The strongest earthquake I've felt since I've 
lived here was a couple years ago and it was a fault a mile from me they 
didn't know existed.  It was like a train was going through the living 
room.  It didn't do any damage though it knocked goods off the shelves 
at the grocery at the top of the hill.  I pay $1200 a year for 
earthquake insurance which really isn't worth much and that is $500 over 
what I pay for home insurance.

My point is any area might have unknown fault lines though usually 
places near the sea or rivers are more earthquake prone.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions



wgm4u:
 And you wonder why you've gotten so much shit 
 over the years for being a playboy?  Maybe your 
 below quote has something to do with it, ya think?
 
Well, let's hope that Turq isn't pulling an Asange
over there and breaking his condom and knocking up
anymore Swedish women. We don't need any more bastard 
children running around on welfare.

Calling Barry Wright - report to the free clinic
immediately! 

Assange has denied the allegations of sexual abuse 
that were brought against him by two Swedish women 
last August. He was held in a London jail in early 
December and released on bail one week later...

Christian Science Monitor, February 7, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/4nwbwwu

  If sex doesn't scare the cat and incite your 
  neighbors to pound on the walls, you're not
  doing it right.
  
  I said that.  :-)
  
Cut the crap, Wright, Everyone knows that as a
single guy living in an apartment with four other
guys, you probably get laid maybe once a year, if
that. You probably haven't had a Shakti in a decade
or more.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Corporate Control? Not in These Communities...

2011-02-23 Thread Tom Pall

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote:



 This is very encouraging.

 Maharishi said back in the late 70’s that in the Age of Enlightenment,
 administration would be more on the local level.


 http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/corporate-control-not-in-these-communities

 *Corporate Control? Not in These Communities*

 Can local laws have a real effect on the power of giant corporations?



 by Allen D. Kanner

 posted Feb 04, 2011


 Mt. Shasta, a small northern California town of 3,500 residents nestled in
 the foothills of magnificent Mount Shasta, is taking on corporate power
 through an unusual process—democracy.




My first reaction is that this could not work.   Initially states had some
of these rights as granted by the Constitution, but Congress and the Supreme
Court castrates states with funding and the Supreme Court doing such things
as making corporations persons because they do business in multiple states
so the Supreme Court can get away with these rulings.  States are forced to
enact model legislation specified by Congress because if they don't they
don't get their money back.  So states have to enact uniform driving rules,
uniform inspection rules, uniform highway rules else they won't get the
money sucked from them in the form of federal taxes.   But I've seen theses
kind of ordinances work.  Boulder, CO became something of a marijuana and
gay mecca.  This in a state which was, except for Boulder and the Capital
Hill neighborhood of Denver, a very redneck state.  What happened?  Doctors
are now traveling around Colorado writing prescriptions for medical
marijuana and Colorado is something of a gay friendly state.   What happens
in Boulder eventually spreads to the rest of Colorado.   It started locally
and spread.

We can't control what our MCs are going to do.  We can pretty much predict
what they'll not do.  If they run on a platform for the people, they'll soon
change their agenda once they go to Congress.  Pressure on local elected
representatives will work.  Flooding the halls of Congress with citizens
does no good.  Flooding City Haul works.
image001.png

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scummy Democrats and REALLY scummy Unions



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@ wrote:
 
  Democrat urges unions to 'get a little bloody when necessary'
  By Michael O'Brien - 02/23/11 07:57 AM ET
  
  Sometimes it's necessary to get out on the streets and
  get a little bloody, a Massachusetts Democrat said
  Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin.

 So as I say, we can only pray that if union members have
 to shed their blood at the hands of armed and violent
 right-wingers, it won't be more than a small amount.

It seemed to me the story suggested that the Public Union members protesting 
*against democracy* may have to spill 'others' blood, not their own, but you 
can interpret it the way you like, I guess.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willytex@... wrote:

 
 
 wgm4u:
  And you wonder why you've gotten so much shit 
  over the years for being a playboy?  Maybe your 
  below quote has something to do with it, ya think?
  
 Well, let's hope that Turq isn't pulling an Asange
 over there and breaking his condom and knocking up
 anymore Swedish women. We don't need any more bastard 
 children running around on welfare.
 
 Calling Barry Wright - report to the free clinic
 immediately! 


Ha, ha, I wonder if his 'little blue pills' are holding up? Hey, Turq, BTW is 
Viagra free over there?

Re: [FairfieldLife] What Americans think about income inequality in one graph

On 02/23/2011 10:28 AM, do.rflex wrote:

-- A Harvard business prof and a behavioral economist recently
asked more than 5,000 Americans how they thought wealth is
distributed in the United States.

Most thought that it's more balanced than it actually is.

Asked to choose their ideal distribution of wealth, 92% picked
one that was even more equitable.

Compare:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/inequality-page25_actualdistribwithlegend.png

http://alturl.com/guf6i

If people haven't figured it out by now it should be illegal to be worth
any more than around $12 million. The filthy rich have abused the
privilege and deserve to have their wealth confiscated. Most of them
are sociopaths.

The Koch brothers are a good example. These filthy beasts have been
going around the country trying buy elections and kill democracy. The
advocate feudalism. I've been trying to do a video in a circus setting
with Charles Koch dressed up like an organ grinder and David Koch
dressed like a ringmaster. Then I have Supremes Scalia and Thomas in
monkey suits. Cut to a shot of pigs dressed in suits tossing coins at
the monkeys. The problem doing the video was though I was able to do an
animated barrel organ it is practically impossible to link the handle up
with a hand. I also have an idea of doing a movie trailed called The
Evil Rich featuring the Koch brothers. Regarding the Scalia and Thomas
as monkeys they recently appeared at a gathering the Koch's held here in
California in support of their efforts. So much for democracy in America.

Oh, and don't buy gas at Valero stations (the Koch's own Valero).

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker gets punked by BuffaloBeast.com


What the Prank Call Shows
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/02/23/what_the_prank_call_shows.\
html
That's where you  see the access and power
that major corporations and wealthy  contributors
will have in a Walker administration


Ezra Klein
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2011/02/what_a_prank_call_p\
roves_about.html  doesn't find anything incriminating in the prank
call http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/02/23/walker_pranked.html
to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) but notes if the transcript of the 
conversation is unexceptional, the fact of it is lethal. The state's 
Democratic senators can't get Walker on the phone, but someone can call 
the governor's front desk, identify themselves as David Koch, and then 
speak with both the governor and his chief of staff? That's where you 
see the access and power that major corporations and wealthy 
contributors will have in a Walker administration, and why so many in 
Wisconsin are reluctant to see the only major interest group 
representing workers taken out of the game.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/02/23/what_the_prank_call_shows.h\
tml



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote:

 They called Gov Walker saying they were David Koch:
 http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBeastvideos#p/a/u/1/WBnSv3a6Nh4

 The Koch brothers are fascist billionaire thugs that think they should
 run American.  I've got a better idea about them running and it ain't
 America.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@... wrote:
 
 Over time, organized labor managed to abolish child labor all
 together, as well as institute an 8 hour work day, 40 hour work
 week, mandatory breaks, safety guidelines, grievance procedures,
 a minimum wage, the concept of a work free weekend, workers
 comp, pensions, health safeguards, and paid sick days, vacation
 days, and holidays.
 
 If you enjoy any of these things, thank a union member. 


I don't think *Public Unions* accomplished *ANY* of those things!! Primarily it 
was *Private Unions* who did all of this years ago. All public unions have done 
is benefit from it, they're phonies..

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wgm4u@... wrote:



 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:

  Over time, organized labor managed to abolish child labor all
  together, as well as institute an 8 hour work day, 40 hour work
  week, mandatory breaks, safety guidelines, grievance procedures,
  a minimum wage, the concept of a work free weekend, workers
  comp, pensions, health safeguards, and paid sick days, vacation
  days, and holidays.
 
  If you enjoy any of these things, thank a union member.


 I don't think *Public Unions* accomplished *ANY* of those things!!
Primarily it was *Private Unions* who did all of this years ago. All
public unions have done is benefit from it, they're phonies..



Why do you have such hostility toward public workers, BillyG? The
Wisconsin and Ohio public workers make far less than private workers of
the same educational level :


Wisconsin, Ohio public employees are not overpaid

Contrary to conventional wisdom that public employees across our nation 
are collecting bigger paychecks than their counterparts in the private 
sector, the Economic Policy Institute has found
http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/wisconsin_public_servants_a\
lready_face_a_compensation_penalty/   quite the contrary. That's true
in Wisconsin and Ohio, which have  become the latest battle fronts in
the right-wing's 65-year-long effort  to gut the legal collective
bargaining rights of Americans that were  established after decades of
bloody struggle during the New Deal.

In Wisconsin, which has become a focal point in this debate, public 
servants already take a pretty hefty pay cut just for the opportunity to
serve their communities ...

The figure below shows that when comparing  the total compensation
(which includes non-wage benefits such as health  care and pensions) of
workers with similar education, public-sector  workers consistently make
less than their privatesector peers.  Workers  with a
bachelor's degree or morewhich constitute nearly 60% of the 
state and local workforce in Wisconsinare compensated between
$20,000  less (if they just have a bachelor's degree) to over
$82,000 a year less  (if they have a professional degree, such as in law
or medicine).

SEE GRAPH:
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac74/JacksonBrown/Economics/wisconsin\
_public_sector.jpg

   [Photobucket]

The deficit that Wisconsin faces is caused by the current  economic
downturn and the recent tax cut package.  It has nothing to do  with the
compensation of the people that educate our children, keep the  streets
safe and clean, keep dangerous chemicals out of our water, and  keep
insurance companies from taking advantage of us.  These public  servants
are already paid less than those in the private sector, and  nationally,
this gap has actually been increasing over the past few  decades ...
The situation in Ohio is quite similar. In a rigorous analysis of 
full-time state and local government workers in Ohio, EPI found that 
they are undercompensated by 6 percent. The analysts screened for 
variables including hours of work, organizational size, gender, race, 
ethnicity, experience, citizenship and disability.

Among EPI's findings:
 On an annual basis, fullâtime state and local workers and 
school employees are undercompensated by 6.0% in Ohio, in comparison 
with otherwise similar privateâsector workers. When comparisons
are made  for differences in annual hours worked, the gap remains,
albeit at a  smaller percentage of 3.5%.
 Ohio publicâsector workers are more highly educated than 
privateâsector workers; 49% of fullâ time
publicâsector workers hold at  least a fourâyear college
degree, compared with 26% in the  privateâsector.

 Ohio's state and local governments and school districts pay 
collegeâeducated workers 25% less in total compensation, on
average,  than private employers.

 In addition to having higher education levels, Ohio state and
local  government employees, on average, are also more experienced (23.2
years) than their privateâsector counterparts (21.7 years).
More here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/21/947132/-Wisconsin,-Ohio-public-\
employees-are-not-overpaid

[FairfieldLife] Those Taiwanese Animators are at it again!

This time with their parody newscast about Wisconsin Governor Scott 
Walker and the protests.  Love the cheese head touch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9z5YlHp7UU

[FairfieldLife] Who is Spartacus?

I am Spartacus
...
Wiki:

The climactic battle begins with Spartacus leading his troops, men and women, 
against Crassus and his own legions. During the fighting, the slaves initially 
enjoy some success, but later on Crixus is killed, and the slave forces are 
overwhelmed by the arrival of the armies of Pompey and Lucullus. The battle 
results in the total defeat of the rebel army, heavy casualties on both sides, 
and the capture of many survivors, including Spartacus and Antoninus. Crassus 
promises the captives that they will not be punished if they will identify 
Spartacus or his body. Spartacus and Antoninus stand up, but before Spartacus 
can speak, Antoninus shouts I'm Spartacus! One by one, each surviving slave 
stands, shouting out I'm Spartacus! Crassus condemns them all to be crucified 
along the Appian Way from the battlefield to the gates of Rome, against 
Batiatus's wishes. He saves Antoninus and Spartacus for last, recognizing the 
former and recalling the latter's face and name from his visit to Capua. The 
slaves are marched along the Appian Way, where, one by one, they are crucified.

[FairfieldLife] What the People Want Versus What The People Get

What the People Want Versus What The People Get


by John Cole

DougJ touched on this a little earlier, but the biggest con  of the last
few decades is how the right wing has been able to frame the  debate. 
You would never know it given the standards of debate set by  our media
shills, third way corporate sell-out blue-dog Democrats, and 
Republicans, but amazingly, over 60% of the public doesn't want
weaker unions
http://themoderatevoice.com/102199/usa-todaygallup-poll-61-oppose-limit\
ing-union-bargaining-power/ .
  http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/16/harris-poll-epa-budget/

Close to 60% of the public doesn't want the EPA gutted
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/16/harris-poll-epa-budget/  and
doesn't want to drink and breathe toxic water and air.


Over 60% of the public
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40888787/ns/business-tax_tactics/  thinks
we should raise taxes on the rich.


Large percentages favored regulating Wall Street.
http://www.pollingreport.com/business.htm supported allowing gays
http://www.pollingreport.com/civil.htm  and lesbians to serve in the
military, 75% of the public http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm 
is pro-choice to some extent, and over 65% of the country supported a
public option.  Huge majorities

And you can go on and on and on with this stuff.  Consistently, when 
asked, right wing positions on issues are summarily rejected by large 
percentages of the population.  Yet we are constantly only given choices
that range from center right to far right, and anyone who suggests any 
of the things the public actually want is declared a crazy lefty.


Through fake grass-roots campaigns like the tea party,
carefully  constructed dishonest talking points from Frank Luntz, to a
class of  media personalities with vested interests in the maintenance
of the  status quo, and politicians in both parties who realize their
real  constituents are the big money boys, the Wall Street banks, and
the  billionaire cranks.   It's really quite amazing to watch.

This isn't anything new, of course.  The always excellent Media
Education Foundation
http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=actionkey=106  
was talking about this stuff in quite clear terms a decade ago. 
It's  still amazing to see it happen over and over and over again.

And, of course, Fox News just goes above and beyond the call of duty
with the obfuscation.
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/23/fox-reverses-poll-union/

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/02/23/what-the-people-want-versus-what\
-the-people-get/
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/23/fox-reverses-poll-union/





  http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/23/fox-reverses-poll-union/

[FairfieldLife] Re: What the People Want Versus What The People Get

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@... wrote:
snip
[quoting John Cole:]
 Consistently, when asked, right wing positions on issues are
 summarily rejected by large percentages of the population.
 Yet we are constantly only given choices that range from
 center right to far right, and anyone who suggests any of
 the things the public actually want is declared a crazy
 lefty.

To repeat what I quoted earlier from Kevin Drum's piece
in Mother Jones, because it explains *why* this is the
case:

Politicians [including Obama in many cases--JS] don't
respond to the concerns of voters, they respond to the
organized muscle of institutions that represent them.
With labor in decline, both parties now respond strongly
to the interests of the rich--whose institutional
representation is deep and energetic--and barely at all
to the interests of the working and middle classes.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-labor-union-decline

http://tinyurl.com/6z9ftad

When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run, 
There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun; 
Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one, 
But the union makes us strong. 

CHORUS: 
Solidarity forever, 
Solidarity forever, 
Solidarity forever, 
For the union makes us strong. 

Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite, 
Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? 
Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight? 
For the union makes us strong. 

Chorus 

It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade; 
Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid; 
Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made; 
But the union makes us strong. 

Chorus 

All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone. 
We have laid the wide foundations; built it skyward stone by stone. 
It is ours, not to slave in, but to master and to own. 
While the union makes us strong. 

Chorus 

They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn, 
But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn. 
We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn 
That the union makes us strong. 

Chorus 

In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold, 
Greater than the might of armies, magnified a thousand-fold. 
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old 
For the union makes us strong. 

Solidarity forever, 
Solidarity forever, 
Solidarity forever, 
For the union makes us strong.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Scummy Democrats and REALLY scummy Unions



   Sometimes it's necessary to get out on the streets and
   get a little bloody, a Massachusetts Democrat said
   Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin.
   
  So as I say, we can only pray that if union members have
  to shed their blood at the hands of armed and violent
  right-wingers, it won't be more than a small amount.
 
wgm4u:
 It seemed to me the story suggested that the Public Union 
 members protesting *against democracy* may have to spill 
 'others' blood, not their own, but you can interpret it 
 the way you like, I guess.

Maybe the police will join the Public Union and go on
strike to protect the striking teachers. Maybe the nurses
at the city hospital will go on strike too. 

Then they could all be fired and their jobs would go to 
anyone who wants to apply. There are lots of people out 
there who would be willing to go to work in Wisconsin for
$86,000 a year.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Spartacus?



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifuxero@... wrote:

 I am Spartacus
 ...


Rick Arcer is Spartacus.



 Wiki:
 
 The climactic battle begins with Spartacus leading his troops, men and women, 
 against Crassus and his own legions. During the fighting, the slaves 
 initially enjoy some success, but later on Crixus is killed, and the slave 
 forces are overwhelmed by the arrival of the armies of Pompey and Lucullus. 
 The battle results in the total defeat of the rebel army, heavy casualties on 
 both sides, and the capture of many survivors, including Spartacus and 
 Antoninus. Crassus promises the captives that they will not be punished if 
 they will identify Spartacus or his body. Spartacus and Antoninus stand up, 
 but before Spartacus can speak, Antoninus shouts I'm Spartacus! One by one, 
 each surviving slave stands, shouting out I'm Spartacus! Crassus condemns 
 them all to be crucified along the Appian Way from the battlefield to the 
 gates of Rome, against Batiatus's wishes. He saves Antoninus and Spartacus 
 for last, recognizing the former and recalling the latter's face and name 
 from his visit to Capua. The slaves are marched along the Appian Way, where, 
 one by one, they are crucified.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walker abolishes Unions/was-Hitler abolishes unions



   And you wonder why you've gotten so much shit 
   over the years for being a playboy?  Maybe your 
   below quote has something to do with it, ya think?
   
  Well, let's hope that Turq isn't pulling an Asange
  over there and breaking his condom and knocking up
  anymore Swedish women. We don't need any more bastard 
  children running around on welfare.
  
  Calling Barry Wright - report to the free clinic
  immediately! 
 
wgm4u: 
 Ha, ha, I wonder if his 'little blue pills' are 
 holding up? Hey, Turq, BTW is Viagra free over there?

Maybe, but I think condoms are available at the free 
clinic at no charge. Chances are, turq's all alone when 
it comes to female companionship. I mean, what kind of 
gal, in their right mind, would want to be around Turq 
while he's on a laptop computer on the internet for 
hours every day dialoging with a Judy that's stateside?

LoL!

[FairfieldLife] Composite sneakers completely break down when buried

2011-02-23 Thread Tom Pall

http://www.gizmag.com/compostable-sneakers-biodegrade-in-soil/17954/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

2011-02-23 Thread blusc0ut


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:


 snip
  I may be in the Sahasrada chakra as well, which, I found
  gives me an added attention span, actually a higher
  ability to concentrate. I just mention it, not for anyone
  to practise, but it is certainly possible. Maybe Vaj knows
  what I am talking about, I am sure Rory would.
 
 Can't comment on this at all.

Judy, you ask all kind of questions about japa, and relate it to your 
definitions of TM, giving the analogies you learned.

Yet, when I give you my experience just as above, there is nothing you can say. 
How can I continue with this dialoque? It is really impossible.

I think that you extend certain analogies too much, which are nothing else than 
teaching devices. Analogies like the dye/dry of the cloth, or the bubble 
diagram are just illustrations. They have a point but their implication is in 
no way absolute. Just like the bubble diagram, it illustrates a certain aspect, 
but you are confining the whole thing  to this one aspect.

If you ask me about my experience about japa and/or transcendence with 
activity, I have to refer you to experiences as I just described them above. 

To me Japa is watering the root, which is the root of the aswatha tree, with 
its roots above, at the sahasrada, and the stem leading to the heart, and the 
branches leading from there to all other centers of the body. This is, as I 
say, my spontaneous experience. As Maharishi says, bliss is most important, 
bliss rejuvenates the nervous system. Well, that's what it is, 24 hrs bliss (or 
in that direction). The model of the refinement of the mantra is something 
given in the beginning.

The antogonism you construct between meditation and activity is undermined by 
the TM techniques which follow p/v TM itself. The advanced techniques are 
defined as slowing down the transcendence process, so that it happens more 
consciously, the siddhis are supppsed to actually introduce activity in 
transcendence. So, the whole division between ONLY transcendence and ONLY 
activity is already blurred.

The problem is that all these concepts are like the boat that you carry along, 
after reaching the other shore. That is to say, there is a time, the concepts 
should be dropped, they have fulfilled their purpose.

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

2011-02-23 Thread Vaj


On Feb 23, 2011, at 7:08 PM, blusc0ut wrote:

 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@... wrote:
 
 
 snip
 I may be in the Sahasrada chakra as well, which, I found
 gives me an added attention span, actually a higher
 ability to concentrate. I just mention it, not for anyone
 to practise, but it is certainly possible. Maybe Vaj knows
 what I am talking about, I am sure Rory would.
 
 Can't comment on this at all.
 
 Judy, you ask all kind of questions about japa, and relate it to your 
 definitions of TM, giving the analogies you learned.
 
 Yet, when I give you my experience just as above, there is nothing you can 
 say. How can I continue with this dialoque? It is really impossible.


Read: Judy, I'm leaving you!

Boy, have we heard that one before!

I'm not surprised Judy's this way. I know I was. I had a cadre collected, all 
inspired sayings, at the ready. If you're not willing and ready to leave such a 
comfort zone, then fine. But I really don't believe Judy is. Those ole 
scrapbooks aren't leaving her sight!



Of course, old people do get set in their ways.



:-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Eyes Wide Open Mantra Practice

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, blusc0ut no_reply@... wrote:
 
 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
 
  snip
   I may be in the Sahasrada chakra as well, which, I found
   gives me an added attention span, actually a higher
   ability to concentrate. I just mention it, not for anyone
   to practise, but it is certainly possible. Maybe Vaj knows
   what I am talking about, I am sure Rory would.
  
  Can't comment on this at all.
 
 Judy, you ask all kind of questions about japa, and relate
 it to your definitions of TM, giving the analogies you
 learned.
 
 Yet, when I give you my experience just as above, there is
 nothing you can say. How can I continue with this dialoque?
 It is really impossible.

Well, it may be impossible for you, but it's not because
I wasn't able to comment on the bit of esoterica you came
up with above. GMAB!

 I think that you extend certain analogies too much,
 which are nothing else than teaching devices. Analogies
 like the dye/dry of the cloth, or the bubble diagram are
 just illustrations. They have a point but their
 implication is in no way absolute. Just like the bubble
 diagram, it illustrates a certain aspect, but you are
 confining the whole thing  to this one aspect.

I'm really not. The dying-the-cloth analogy is just a
starting point. I think we get way off track talking
about japa, which is why I was trying to pin down the
distinction between japa and TM, and then get back to
TM specifically via the dying-the-cloth analogy.

 If you ask me about my experience about japa and/or
 transcendence with activity, I have to refer you to
 experiences as I just described them above.

You describe the results of your japa practice, not
your experience of the practice as a practice.

 To me Japa is watering the root, which is the root of the
 aswatha tree, with its roots above, at the sahasrada, and
 the stem leading to the heart, and the branches leading
 from there to all other centers of the body. This is, as
 I say, my spontaneous experience.

Nice analogies. ;-)

 As Maharishi says, bliss is most important, bliss rejuvenates
 the nervous system. Well, that's what it is, 24 hrs bliss
 (or in that direction). The model of the refinement of the
 mantra is something given in the beginning.

Say more about this. I'm not sure how it connects with
what we've been talking about.
 
 The antogonism you construct between meditation and activity

Antagonism is a strange word to use; and *I* didn't
construct the difference between meditation (TM)
and activity.

 is undermined by the TM techniques which follow p/v TM
 itself.

I don't see that it does undermine it.

 The advanced techniques are defined as slowing down the 
 transcendence process, so that it happens more consciously,
 the siddhis are supppsed to actually introduce activity in
 transcendence. So, the whole division between ONLY
 transcendence and ONLY activity is already blurred.

I don't think that's correct, because these practices
aren't *done* during activity.

 The problem is that all these concepts are like the boat
 that you carry along, after reaching the other shore. That
 is to say, there is a time, the concepts should be dropped,
 they have fulfilled their purpose.

Yes, yes, I know, but we can't talk about these things
without using concepts.

If you don't want to continue, that's OK. I'm sorry we
couldn't get into it any further, but I appreciate the
conversation.

[FairfieldLife] eyes wide open meditation

Be careful here!  This is a very dangerous practice which has been known to 
cause scrofulous and syphilitic lesions of the brain leading to aneurysms and 
death. (remember Al Capone?).
...
At any rate, the actual practice of the technique requires approval from the 
SEA ORG. So go figure
...
http://www.startlingart.com/Viewer.asp?ImageSource=fine_artFileName=MoreThanMeetsPrintable

[FairfieldLife] Quote of the Day from Ronald Reagan



One of the most elemental human rights [is] the right 
to belong to a free trade union.

~~ Ronald Reagan in a radio address to the nation on Solidarity 
and United States relations With Poland, October 9, 1982
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43110 


In Context:

My fellow Americans:

Yesterday the Polish Government, a military dictatorship, took another 
far-reaching step in their persecution of their own people. They declared 
Solidarity, the organization of the working men and women of Poland, their free 
union, illegal.

Yes, I know Poland is a faraway country in Eastern Europe. Still, this action 
is a matter of profound concern to all the American people and to the free 
world.

Ever since martial law was brutally imposed last December, Polish authorities 
have been assuring the world that they're interested in a genuine 
reconciliation with the Polish people. But the Polish regime's action yesterday 
reveals the hollowness of its promises. 

By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming 
majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it clear that 
they never had any intention of restoring ONE OF THE MOST ELEMENTAL HUMAN 
RIGHTS - THE RIGHT TO BELONG TO A FREE TRADE UNION. [caps added -jrm]

The so-called new trade union legislation under which this contrary and 
backward step has been taken claims to substitute a structure and framework for 
the establishment of free trade unions in Poland. But the free world can see 
this is only a sham. It is clear that such unions, if formed, will be mere 
extensions of the Polish Communist Party...

~Full text at link: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43110

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quote of the Day from Ronald Reagan

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-06-10-taylor-vignette_x.htm

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@... wrote:

 
 
 One of the most elemental human rights [is] the right 
 to belong to a free trade union.
 
 ~~ Ronald Reagan in a radio address to the nation on Solidarity 
 and United States relations With Poland, October 9, 1982
 http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43110 
 
 
 In Context:
 
 My fellow Americans:
 
 Yesterday the Polish Government, a military dictatorship, took another 
 far-reaching step in their persecution of their own people. They declared 
 Solidarity, the organization of the working men and women of Poland, their 
 free union, illegal.
 
 Yes, I know Poland is a faraway country in Eastern Europe. Still, this action 
 is a matter of profound concern to all the American people and to the free 
 world.
 
 Ever since martial law was brutally imposed last December, Polish authorities 
 have been assuring the world that they're interested in a genuine 
 reconciliation with the Polish people. But the Polish regime's action 
 yesterday reveals the hollowness of its promises. 
 
 By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming 
 majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it clear that 
 they never had any intention of restoring ONE OF THE MOST ELEMENTAL HUMAN 
 RIGHTS - THE RIGHT TO BELONG TO A FREE TRADE UNION. [caps added -jrm]
 
 The so-called new trade union legislation under which this contrary and 
 backward step has been taken claims to substitute a structure and framework 
 for the establishment of free trade unions in Poland. But the free world can 
 see this is only a sham. It is clear that such unions, if formed, will be 
 mere extensions of the Polish Communist Party...
 
 ~Full text at link: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43110

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quote of the Day from Ronald Reagan



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, yifuxero yifuxero@... wrote:

 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-06-10-taylor-vignette_x.htm
 


Hypocrisy is characteristic of right wing ideologues. Reagan gave a good 
performance to his audience. He was an actor, after all.



 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
 
  
  
  One of the most elemental human rights [is] the right 
  to belong to a free trade union.
  
  ~~ Ronald Reagan in a radio address to the nation on Solidarity 
  and United States relations With Poland, October 9, 1982
  http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43110 
  
  
  In Context:
  
  My fellow Americans:
  
  Yesterday the Polish Government, a military dictatorship, took another 
  far-reaching step in their persecution of their own people. They declared 
  Solidarity, the organization of the working men and women of Poland, their 
  free union, illegal.
  
  Yes, I know Poland is a faraway country in Eastern Europe. Still, this 
  action is a matter of profound concern to all the American people and to 
  the free world.
  
  Ever since martial law was brutally imposed last December, Polish 
  authorities have been assuring the world that they're interested in a 
  genuine reconciliation with the Polish people. But the Polish regime's 
  action yesterday reveals the hollowness of its promises. 
  
  By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming 
  majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it clear that 
  they never had any intention of restoring ONE OF THE MOST ELEMENTAL HUMAN 
  RIGHTS - THE RIGHT TO BELONG TO A FREE TRADE UNION. [caps added -jrm]
  
  The so-called new trade union legislation under which this contrary and 
  backward step has been taken claims to substitute a structure and framework 
  for the establishment of free trade unions in Poland. But the free world 
  can see this is only a sham. It is clear that such unions, if formed, will 
  be mere extensions of the Polish Communist Party...
  
  ~Full text at link: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43110

[FairfieldLife] Kali the Destroyer

http://neosurrealismart.com/modern-art-prints/?artworks/kali-the-destroyer.htmlfullsize

[FairfieldLife] VA, PTSD and Meditation

2011-02-23 Thread shanti2218411

  FYI, The VA Central Office just communicated that they are asking for 
proposals for a meditation based Tx program for PTSD.This appears to indicate 
that they believe that there is evidence that meditation will be helpful in 
treating PTSD.As I had mentioned in an earlier post, Prolonged Exposure  and 
what is called cognitive processing therapy had been the only approved 
therapies for combat related PTSD.

[FairfieldLife] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi videos

http://www.ramakrishnananda.com/en/videos/hinduism-and-the-vedic-culture/spiritual-masters-of-hinduism/hh-maharishi-mahesh-yogi/

[FairfieldLife] Kali's work in the Middle East

Do nothing, accomplish everything...

http://artfangs.com/NewFiles/Painting23.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi videos

thx, some type of Vaisnava Guru; has Hare-Krishna look-a-like disciples:
Gallery pics change automatically after a few sec. Check them out.
http://www.ramakrishnananda.com/en/teachings/images/vishwa-dharma-mandalam/?GalleryID=106

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote:

 http://www.ramakrishnananda.com/en/videos/hinduism-and-the-vedic-culture/spiritual-masters-of-hinduism/hh-maharishi-mahesh-yogi/

[FairfieldLife] Re: VA, PTSD and Meditation

2011-02-23 Thread seekliberation

The Marine Corps has already implemented meditation into their Special 
Operations Command (MARSOC).  It's not TM, but it's meditation nonetheless.  A 
strong indicator that the idea of meditation is seen as something valuable.  

In addition to meditation, yoga has been implemented in the US Army's Physical 
training program, and pretty much every gymnasium on every base of every branch 
has yoga instructors and classes.  Yoga and meditation have been implemented 
for years.  

But for some reason, MMY's TM just didn't get the bid from higher commands.  
Hopefully the whole PTSD solution may help TM gain some more publicity.  The 
only problem is if some of the US Military higher ups actually see or meet some 
of TMO higher ups.  I think both parties will get the heebie jeebies from each 
other.  

seekliberation

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shanti2218411 kc21d@... wrote:

   FYI, The VA Central Office just communicated that they are asking for 
 proposals for a meditation based Tx program for PTSD.This appears to indicate 
 that they believe that there is evidence that meditation will be helpful in 
 treating PTSD.As I had mentioned in an earlier post, Prolonged Exposure  and 
 what is called cognitive processing therapy had been the only approved 
 therapies for combat related PTSD.

[FairfieldLife] Distribution of work (Re: What Americans think about income)

2011-02-23 Thread seekliberation

You could also make a similar graph for employees at work.  You will notice in 
any place where everyone is paid the same amount, a group of individuals within 
that environment will accomplish a vast majority of that work.  Distribution 
vs. redistribution shouldn't just be in terms of money, but in terms of effort 
too.  

seekliberation



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@... wrote:

 
 
 -- A Harvard business prof and a behavioral economist recently
 asked more than 5,000 Americans how they thought wealth is
 distributed in the United States.
 
 Most thought that it's more balanced than it actually is.
 
 Asked to choose their ideal distribution of wealth, 92% picked
 one that was even more equitable. 
 
 Compare:
 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/inequality-page25_actualdistribwithlegend.png
  
 
 http://alturl.com/guf6i

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Spartacus?

2011-02-23 Thread Peter

Buck is Spartacus

--- On Wed, 2/23/11, Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:

 From: Buck dhamiltony...@yahoo.com
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who is Spartacus?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 6:19 PM

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
 yifuxero yifuxero@... wrote:

  I am Spartacus
  ...

 Rick Arcer is Spartacus.

  Wiki:

  The climactic battle begins with Spartacus leading his
 troops, men and women, against Crassus and his own legions.
 During the fighting, the slaves initially enjoy some
 success, but later on Crixus is killed, and the slave forces
 are overwhelmed by the arrival of the armies of Pompey and
 Lucullus. The battle results in the total defeat of the
 rebel army, heavy casualties on both sides, and the capture
 of many survivors, including Spartacus and Antoninus.
 Crassus promises the captives that they will not be punished
 if they will identify Spartacus or his body. Spartacus and
 Antoninus stand up, but before Spartacus can speak,
 Antoninus shouts I'm Spartacus! One by one, each surviving
 slave stands, shouting out I'm Spartacus! Crassus condemns
 them all to be crucified along the Appian Way from the
 battlefield to the gates of Rome, against Batiatus's wishes.
 He saves Antoninus and Spartacus for last, recognizing the
 former and recalling the latter's face and name from his
 visit to Capua. The slaves are marched along the Appian Way,
 where, one by one, they are crucified.

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