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Somehow or other you have rubbed me the wrong way. I do not know you. Before I answer any personal questions as you have so brazenely asked, answer the same questions; ie when did you first wear kunti-mala and chant on japa beads. Yes, I know Tirtha. And I am holding a very small firearm in that picture. (Taken during Operation Just Cause; aka Panama invasion 1989)

Fortunatley, the President could not care less about "bhaktajan"'s support. ROTFLMAO!!! Who cares about what you think? Not me nor those fighting the enemy...

You do not deserve an answer if you cannot figure it out yourself.

Liberals are ecstatic over the latest “Tell-All” from Scott McClellan while Conservatives really don’t know how to react. Consider the dynamics of Scott McClellan and determine if you, the reader, would really want to have a guy like this anywhere around you? His friends and co workers say he never gave any indication that he was annoyed, disgruntled or even mildly disturbed at the things he saw being done within the White House. Their claim, pretty much in unison, is “This is not the Scott we knew”. Only Nancy Pelosi, with her lack of appreciation for anything American, “entirely agrees” with him. This is an appropriate response coming from Mrs. Pelosi, however, it is odd that she would have the audacity to admit it so openly. Scott is her kind of people. Track the history of Code Pink, Moveon.org, GLAD, many of the far left environmental groups, etcetra and look for elements of the same type of behavior. As an example of synonymous behavior: When Tony Snow was diagnosed with cancer, the Huffington Post and Daily Kos openly wished bad tidings, even an advanced death for Mr. Snow. However, when Teddy Kennedy was diagnosed with his Brain Tumor Freerepublic.com and other traditionally conservative sites offered prayers for Kennedy. The list of similarities is endless. Most honest people are attracted to the higher road regardless of their political affiliations. People who are driven by purpose rather than ethics tend to allow ideology to rule their better judgment. People who pursue ethics above purpose tend to not be as concerned about the outcome as much as the process. By the time an individual’s “determination to see a desired result” has caused them to step over the line of ethics, takes place, it’s too late. They have become entangled in the net of betrayal or dishonesty and such behavior simply becomes the cost of doing business. They get used to it and the sting or pangs of conscious are no longer as much of an issue. One glaring example of this is PETA (People for the ethical treatment of animals). At one time, PETA had a rational, well founded and rightful goal. Animal cruelty, for purposes of commercial gain, is wrong. There is no need of applying Drano into the eyes of 10,000 animals to see if it burns. The group, frustrated with the inability of getting their message across, resorted to more grandiose and publicity driven behavior, even sometimes criminal. Their original message is still just as valid, however their reputation is along the lines of any far left fringe group and no one wants to hear it anymore. Had McClellan voiced his concerns shortly after leaving his White House post, or discussed them with his peers, he might still hold a degree of intellectual credibility. At this point he has chosen the path of unethical betrayal and offended rather than convinced his counterparts as well as the American public. Those who relate to Scott’s type of behavior, as they too have sold out, will rejoice at the prospect of a new partner in advancing their agenda whether it is anti-war activism, minority rights or some other special interest. Scott has painted himself as a person never to be trusted again and it says far more about Scott than it does anyone from the White House. The eternal question will always be: Did the issue cause the actions or did the seeds of intellectual dishonesty exist before the events. As this type of behavior has become stereotypical, even the question is no longer debated. It is simply accepted as fact. The victims here are those who interacted with and trusted Mr. McClellan. In fact, Scott, without intent, does the public a service. Those who side with him or relate to his betrayal show their colors by association. Those still gasping for fresh air after reading the book are not. Watching the reactions of other’s as the book is discussed will be enlightening and evidence of one’s true core beliefs. If ever I bump into Scott, the question I'll ask him is: "So, were you lying to us then, or are you lying to us now." However, I know what the real answer is, he's just another media wh*re who is trying to sell a book....

Must have been 1970 or 1971. I received them from a devotee in the first LA Temple (the one on La Cienega) while I was in high school. My first japa mala also at that time.

Nice photograph of the Tufa Towers in Mono Lake!!!

It's 5 1/2 decades since this body took birth, and my neckbeads are where they should be.

My, my, my. The spelling police are here:eek:. FWIW, it can be spelled many ways as its original word ain't English. [see Waves of Devotion , Personal Pronouns , Krishnastore.com , etc.]

Kunti mala - check Serve Guru and Vaisnavas - check VOTE McCain in November - check :eek2:

This is destined to be a grim Memorial Day weekend in the region, what with the price of a gallon of gasoline climbing to $4 a gallon and food costs surging beyond the financial means of consumers. In response to the assault on our wallets, many of us may be forced to scale back our barbecue menu to beans, bread and water. {snip} And there is a generation of voting-age Americans who have no idea what austere economic times truly are; have no idea what even modest times are. You motor around the city or suburbs and see two or three automobiles parked in a driveway. You walk into the home of a neighbor, and it is not unusual to see three or four flat-screen televisions. Not too many decades ago, in the so-called turbulent '60s, the dream of the average American family was to leave the tiny apartment in the city and move to that wonderful home in the suburbs. That wonderful home would be termed modest by today"s standards, given it often was a three-bedroom, two-bath rambler. {snip} It is amusing to read the stories that inevitably portray the economy as being dire, if not in a recession, though we hardly are in a recession. And, of course, that negativity is eventually picked up by the masses, especially those too young to recall the Jimmy Carter-inspired gas lines of the '70s. {snip} Of course, it is a presidential election year, and it behooves candidates to pitch themselves as saviors to all that is bad. And certain voices in the media go along with it because of their political bias and interest in seeing their candidate reach the White House. But the media spiel is intellectually dishonest, at odds with the recent economic history of our nation. Why, it is so tough out there that millions from around the planet want to come to our nation each year, legally or otherwise. Complete article at Washingtontimes.com

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/311506.html by Mouparna Bandopadhyay <!-- google_ad_section_start(name=ie_storypage_article) --> Kolkata, May 18 : Nineteen-year old Eric Paul came to India to attain divine freedom by following the path of Lord Krishna. His belief has now put American Consulate officials and regional passport office authorities in a tight spot. He arrived in Kolkata from San Francisco two months back in search of “a guru, a mantra and meditation,” in his own words. “No one can teach you how to meditate. You can do it when it comes from your heart,” Eric told The Indian Express. “I got to know about Lord Krishna from some of my friends. And I got interested in the great man since then,” he said. He has searched every nook and corner in New Market, Sudder Street and Baguihati in search of divine freedom. In these two months, he made the pavements his home, depending on alms and charity for sustenance. He was, however, in touch with his mother in San Francisco. When she learnt of her son’s sufferings thousands of miles away, the doting mother promptly sent him Rs 1.5 lakh and asked him to return home immediately. But with Krishna and moksha in his mind, Eric kept searching for his freedom in Baguihati. In the process, he lost all his belongings, including his passport and all his money. A local resident spotted him and handed him over to the US Consulate here. Two senior consulate officers brought him to the regional passport office. “I haven’t eaten for two days. I am very hungry,” he told the officers, who then arranged for food. “He was sporting a tiki, wearing tattered clothes and a rudraksh around his neck,” said a senior passport office official. After his identity was verified, Eric was sent to the Salvation Army hostel in Sudder Street on May 15 till the consulate arranged for his tickets. Later that evening, he hoodwinked the hostel guards into believing that he would go out in search of food and then escaped. Throughout Friday, the consulate and the regional passport office, assisted by the Kolkata police, searched for Eric in every nook and corner of the city . He was finally spotted in Baguihati. He has now been kept under strict vigil at the Salvation Army hostel and will now be sent back home as soon as the US consulate arranges for his return. “I don’t want to go back home. I don’t believe that my mother wants me back. I don’t know why these people are hell-bent on sending me back to San Francisco,” Eric said. --- Can't say I blame the kid -- I'll take Kolkata over Baghdad-by-the-Bay any day!!!

SAN ANGELO, Texas - A state appellate court has ruled that child welfare officials had no right to seize more than 400 children living at a polygamist sect's ranch. The Third Court of Appeals in Austin ruled that the grounds for removing the children were "legally and factually insufficient" under Texas law. They did not immediately order the return of the children. Child welfare officials removed the children on the grounds that the sect pushed underage girls into marriage and sex and trained boys to become future perpetrators. The appellate court ruled the chaotic hearing held last month did not demonstrate the children were in any immediate danger, the only measure of taking children from their homes without court proceedings.

This minor problem will be resolved [legally] when the California voters amend the state constitution in the fall. These miscreants [the pro-HOMO] are over-playing the sympathies of the general public. Instead of getting what they want [acceptence of their deviant lifestyle], they will see a much different result. The deviants will get a much higher turnout of conservative voters that will hold their nose and vote for the lesser of three evils, John McCain. Until now, I was sitting out this election for the first time in my pathetic life. Now, I'm gonna get involved. The lesser of three evils is still an evil.

You know me, baba, I ain't worried about the bullet with my name on it, I worry about the one that says "To Whom It May Concern!" I'm in a pretty safe place here in the Inland Northwest. The only thing that will trouble me is not being able to travel to India twice a year.....

They are still around, and have a website and many blogs. Anyways, I'm outa here. Today is Sri Gadadhara Pandit's Divine Appearance Day, also the one year anniversary of Puru's passing and I'm trying to finish a eulogy essay. I think that will be a much more productive use of my time than an endless discussion on this disgusting subject....

article entitled Homosexuality & Spirituality.

Very well said. I don't have a problem with adult homosexuals doing whatever they do in the privacy of their homes. I have a problem with the militant homos who want to shove their perversions in the public's face and who want straight folks to accept their perversions as normal and healthy. Then they go into grade school and teach second and third graders that "Billy has two Daddies" bakwas, etc. And don't even get me started on the GALVA crowd.....

BUENOS AIRES, May 1, 2008 - The eminent Spanish psychiatrist Enrique Rojas gave a speech yesterday in Buenos Aires declaring that homosexuality is "a clinical process that has an etiology, pathogeny, treatment, and cure". Speaking at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair about his book "Goodbye, Depression", Rojas characterized homosexual orientation as a "disorder" rather than an illness, and stated his opinion that 95% of cases are caused by environmental factors, according to the Spanish news service Terra. The disorder, according to Rojas, is the result of an absent father, overweening mother, or sexual abuse in childhood. Rojas blasted the homosexual movement for promoting the development of homosexual tendencies in young people, and particularly condemned the practice of allowing homosexual couples to adopt children. The child is deprived of a right to grow up "in a normal environment, heterosexual, which is the standard" he said. "Heterosexuality is what is normal, the natural condition of human beings." According to studies from the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, there is a 70-80 percent chance that a child adopted by homosexuals will develop the same tendencies, Rojas said. Rojas is the author of various books on psychology, including "Who Are You?", "The Light Man" and "Remedies for Coldness".

are saying that there won't be an election in November. This summer Iran will be bombed, big-time Armaggedon, elections cancelled, prison camps opened up, yadayadayada. Who knows? November is six months away, and that is an eternity in national politics...

I have no idea whether man walked on the moon or not, but there was definatly spacecraft that landed. That is easily proved by bouncing a laser off a mirror that had been placed there. I wish they would use the Hubble telescope to scan the moon, and the whole controversy would be finished....

What? You're not rootin' for Obama? I know, that Rev. Wright problem will be playing all summer long.... Back to the topic: This church/compound should have been handled in a much more professional way. Now they have 432 kids in foster care? As far as Mormons go, I havn't had much association with them, even tho there are lots of them around the Pacific Inland Northwest. Caru prabhu seems to have engaged them very niceley in his project. The splinter groups seem to be the ones with major problems -- and are usually centered around a charismatic leader. I'm suprised that the West Virginia Non-Vrndavan wasn't raided earlier to expose all the crimes that went on for years before the end.

Haribol theist and mahak! Dandavat pranams..... I'm still breathing..... Will try and be more sociable and give input here on the forums. Summer is coming up soon (altho you couldn't guess it here at 6000 feet and 10 feet of snow still!) Best regards, rX

What is wrong with homosex? If you have to ask that question, then you will never understand the answer!

Hey! At least Janet Reno isn't AG. Then they would have brought tanks in, burned it to the ground, and killed 'em all......

WASHINGTON, DC: At a Q&A session following Pope Benedict XVI's Wednesday address to the Bishops of the United States, he addressed the "particular problem" of secularism in America. While it allows profession of belief in God, it "can subtly reduce religious belief to a lowest common denominator," he said. Thus there is a separation "of faith from life: living 'as if God did not exist'." The Pope noted that rather than "thinking with the Church", some Catholics believe they have "a right to pick and choose" in the faith, "maintaining external social bonds but without an integral, interior conversion to the law of Christ." "We have seen this emerge in an acute way in the scandal given by Catholics who promote an alleged right to abortion," he lamented. It is this internal betrayal by Catholics that seems to most deeply distress the Holy Father. Besides the much publicized cases of sexual abuse by priests, and the proliferation of homosexuality within certain seminaries, the scandalous behavior of a majority of Catholics in political life also gives rise to the Pontiff's deep sadness. As he said in his homily at Nationals Park Thursday, the Church "senses, often painfully, the presence of division and polarization in her midst, as well as the troubling realization that many of the baptized, rather than acting as a spiritual leaven in the world, are inclined to embrace attitudes contrary to the truth of the Gospel." At the Q&A session with the Bishops, again at the Wednesday Mass, and again in his address to the United Nations today, the Pope stressed as the solution to many of these problems the tie between faith and reason; "the intrinsic relationship between the Gospel and the natural law"; and the "sound understanding of freedom, seen in positive terms as a liberation both from the limitations of sin and for an authentic and fulfilling life." ====================== Re: The Pope noted that rather than "thinking with the Church", some Catholics believe they have "a right to pick and choose" in the faith, "maintaining external social bonds but without an integral, interior conversion to the law of Christ.", He could be describing a lot of "devotees" out there . . .