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Obama Flubs Teleprompter<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> April 28, 2009<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> President Obama had a little mix-up with his teleprompter at a speech Monday. <o:p></o:p> In an address to the National Academy of Sciences, Obama announced the formation of a President’ Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. <o:p></o:p> But shortly after specifying who will be on the new council, he started to introduce the names again. His teleprompter was at the wrong place. <o:p></o:p> Obama looked at his machine and asked for help. Here’s what he said: <o:p></o:p> “In addition to John – sorry, the – I just noticed I jumped the gun here,” Obama said and then paused several seconds, looking at the teleprompter. <o:p></o:p> “Go ahead. Move it up. I had already introduced all you guys,” he said, apparently to the prompter’s operator. <o:p></o:p> The audience reacted with a quiet laugh. See for yourself: [email="http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=1155201977&bctid=21152187001"]http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=1155201977&bctid=21152187001

Stupid is as Stupid does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep your friends close and your dopey-Stranger-Executive-Chief Closer . . . to the telepromopter lest he 'jumps the gun' [missed his que]. ............................................................. Monday, April 27, 2009<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> Numerous people have called newsrooms worried after seeing the low-flying plane on the North Shore and several lower <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<st1:place w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:City> buildings were evacuated as a precaution. <o:p></o:p> "An Air Force One lookalike, the backup plane for the one regularly used by the president, flew low over Manhattan on Monday morning, accompanied by two F-16 fighters, so Air Force photographers could take pictures," the New York Times reported. <o:p></o:p> "It was pre-planned, pre-coordinated with everyone involved," said FAA spokesman Jim Peters. <o:p></o:p> Peters also said city officials as well as state government agencies in <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State> and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State> were briefed on the flight in advance. Too bad they didn't bother to tell anyone. <o:p></o:p> The incident invoked memories of Sept. 11, 2001 when two hijacked commercial airliners flew into the <st1:place w:st="on"><ST1:PWorld </ST1:PTrade </ST1:PCenter </st1:place>towers. <o:p></o:p> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<o:p></o:p> Monday, April 27, 2009 <o:p></o:p> A number of buildings in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City> were evacuated Monday morning after a trio of low-flying planes flew near the Statue of Liberty. <o:p></o:p> “An Air Force One lookalike, the backup plane for the one regularly used by the president, flew low over Manhattan on Monday morning, accompanied by two F-16 fighters, so Air Force photographers could take pictures,” the New York Times reports. “But a lack of awareness about the flyover led to the evacuation of several buildings in Lower Manhattan and <st1:City w:st="on">Jersey City</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">N.J.</st1:State>, and perplexed officials at the Port Authority of New York and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:State> and other authorities were inundated with calls from anxious ferry passengers, office workers and residents in the area.”<o:p></o:p> “It is pre-planned, pre-coordinated with everyone involved,” FAA spokesman Jim Peters said. “It’s a military flight over <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State> to take photos.” <o:p></o:p> Peters added, “We’ve gotten reports several buildings in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jersey City</st1:place></st1:City> were evacuated.”<o:p></o:p> One eyewitness told the New York Times, “People came pouring out of the buildings, the <st1:place w:st="on"><ST1:PAmerican Express Building</st1:place>, all the buildings in the Financial District by the water. And even the construction guys over by <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">100 North End Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> area, they all got out of their buildings. Nobody knew about it. Finally some guy showed up with a little megaphone to tell everyone it was a test, but the people were not happy. The people who were here 9/11 were not happy. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City> police were standing right there and they had no knowledge of it. The evacuations were spontaneous. Guys from the floor came out, and one guy I talked to was just shaking.” <o:p></o:p> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<o:p></o:p> “Photo Op” flyover frightens New Yorkers, outrages many <o:p></o:p> NEW YORK CITY – A low-flying 747 buzzing New York City, trailed by two F-16 jet fighters. What sounds like the setup for an outrageous and tasteless reminder of 9/11, was nothing more than a pre-arranged ‘photo op’ involving the backup plane for Air Force One. <o:p></o:p> Few knew in advance it was to happen Monday morning. New York City Police had been told about it, but also told to tell no one. <o:p></o:p> People, working in lower <st1:City w:st="on">Manhattan</st1:City> office buildings, and even some <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:State></st1:place> offices, quickly evacuated to the streets. <o:p></o:p> New York City Mayor Michael Blumberg and New York State Senator Charles Schumer were among the officials who found the incident incredulous. <o:p></o:p> Blumberg is described as “furious” he was not told. <o:p></o:p> "There was no need to scare thousands of New Yorkers who still have the vivid memory of 9/11", Schumer was quoted as saying. <o:p></o:p> Late Monday, Louis Caldera, director of the White House Military Office, who authorized the flyover, issued an apology “…for any distress that flight caused”.<o:p></o:p>

Obama Shook Hands with Swine Flu Victim in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> April 28, 2009 <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Last night it was reported that President Barack Obama had met one of the possible victims earlier this month. <o:p></o:p> He was greeted on his visit to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico City</st1:place></st1:City> on April 16 by archaeologist Felipe Solis, who died the following day from flu-like symptoms. <o:p></o:p> A White House spokesman confirmed yesterday that Mr Obama's health was fine. 'The president's trip to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region> has not put his health in any danger,' he said. <o:p></o:p> Barack Obama: The President's trip to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region> did not put his health in danger.<o:p></o:p> The President was in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region> last week to meet with top government officials and talk about the growing problem of drug smuggling and border violence. <o:p></o:p> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s health secretary, Jose Cordova, said Mr Solis had a pre-existing illness and died of pneumonia unrelated to influenza.<o:p></o:p>

primate will you soon enlist to study a proper/bonefide "bhakti-sastri" study course?

iskconites usually claim . . . iskconites sometimes . . . i'm sure prabhupada cannot translate . . . :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;; What is the reason for seeking artha, kama, Dharma & moksha? Where is spiritural enjoyment, pastimes & purpose of existance --in your so-called Devotion to Shiva? Where is heaven and why do we seek it? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is it not true Princegoutham, that you would have found another hobby if your tool was larger?

BG 8.12<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> [Lord Çré Kåñëa said:] The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements. Closing all the doors of the senses and fixing the mind on the heart and the life air at the top of the head, one establishes himself in yoga.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> PURPORT<o:p></o:p> To practice yoga as suggested here, one first has to close the doors of all sense enjoyment. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This practice is called pratyähära, or withdrawing the senses from the sense objects. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The sense organs for acquiring knowledge—the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and touch—should be fully controlled and should not be allowed to engage in self-gratification. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> In this way the mind focuses on the Supersoul in the heart, and the life force is raised to the top of the head. . . . this practice is not practical in this age. The best process is Kåñëa consciousness. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> If one is always able to fix his mind on Kåñëa in devotional service, it is very easy for him to remain in an undisturbed transcendental trance, or in samädhi.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> =======================================================<o:p></o:p> BG 2.64<o:p></o:p> [Lord Çré Kåñëa said:] But a person free from all attachment and aversion and able to control his senses through regulative principles of freedom can obtain the complete mercy of the Lord.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> =======================================================<o:p></o:p> BG 6.35:<o:p></o:p> Lord Çré Kåñëa said: O mighty-armed son of Kunté, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by suitable practice and by detachment.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> PURPORT<o:p></o:p> . . . What is that practice? In the present age no one can observe the strict rules and regulations of placing oneself in a sacred place, focusing the mind on the Supersoul, restraining the senses and mind, observing celibacy, remaining alone, etc. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> By the practice of Kåñëa consciousness, however, one engages in nine types of devotional service to the Lord. The first and foremost of such devotional engagements is hearing about Kåñëa. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This is a very powerful transcendental method for purging the mind of all misgivings. The more one hears about Kåñëa, the more one becomes enlightened and detached from everything that draws the mind away from Kåñëa. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> By detaching the mind from activities not devoted to the Lord, one can very easily learn vairägya. Vairägya means detachment from matter and engagement of the mind in spirit. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Impersonal spiritual detachment is more difficult than attaching the mind to the activities of Kåñëa. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This is practical because by hearing about Kåñëa one becomes automatically attached to the Supreme Spirit. This attachment is called pareçänubhava, spiritual satisfaction. . . . <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> =======================================================<o:p></o:p> BG17.28<o:p></o:p> [Lord Çré Kåñëa said:] Anything done as sacrifice, charity or penance without faith in the Supreme, O son of Påthä, is impermanent. It is called asat and is useless both in this life and the next.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> =======================================================<o:p></o:p> BG 15.1 Purport<o:p></o:p> . . . The entanglement of this material world is compared here to a banyan tree. For one who is engaged in fruitive activities, there is no end to the banyan tree. He wanders from one branch to another, to another, to another. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The tree of this material world has no end, and for one who is attached to this tree, there is no possibility of liberation. The Vedic hymns, meant for elevating oneself, are called the leaves of this tree. . . . The root of this material existence grows upward. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This means that it begins from the total material substance, from the topmost planet of the universe. From there, the whole universe is expanded, with so many branches, representing the various planetary systems. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> **The fruits represent the results of the living entities’ activities, namely, religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. . . . One who wants to get out of this material existence must know this tree thoroughly through analytical study. Then he can cut off his relationship with it.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This tree, being the reflection of the real tree, is an exact replica. Everything is there in the spiritual world. . . . But the origin from whence the reflection is reflected is eternal. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The material reflection of the real tree has to be cut off. When it is said that a person knows the Vedas, it is assumed that he knows how to cut off attachment to this material world. If one knows that process, he actually knows the Vedas. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> One who is attracted by the ritualistic formulas of the Vedas is attracted by the beautiful green leaves of the tree. He does not exactly know the purpose of the Vedas. The purpose of the Vedas, as disclosed by the Personality of Godhead Himself, is to cut down this reflected tree and attain the real tree of the spiritual world.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> [** DHARMA (religion), ARTHA (economic development), KAMA (sense gratification) and MOKSHA (liberation) = are the 4 aspirations sought out by sane persons and it is also the subject matter of the Vedas meant to make aspirants happy and satisfied throughout life and thus, culminating in Moksha —yet the absolute nature of "nature" alludes to a personal God —that is what we are all searching for— in the journey of the mystery of life]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<o:p></o:p> Every individual soul has their own eternal birth-right to never be dissolved. <o:p></o:p> The void is an absolute field in which all variety transpires —time and matter and energy exist within an absolute field. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> An individual soul is an absolutely individual entitity composed of & inherently in possession of its own 'piece of Heaven' [it's own self-make-up] —yet it is "in separation" from the "whole".<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comKrishna</st1:place> is revealed in the Vedas as that "whole" to which we souls in the material world seek-out to find a hint of during our sojourn in samsara. <o:p></o:p>

Vaishnavas are the greatest Devotees of Shiva! Offenses to Vaishnava are offences of the type that form the supreme conception of an 'offense' --learn who is who, among the hiarchy and then serve accordingly.

A primary Lesson: [Krishna says himself, in the Gita]: "Happy are the Warrior-Class (and/or Civil Administrative workers) to whom such fighting [tests of excellence] opportunities come unsought, opening for them the doors of the heavenly planets."

A primary Lesson: There is a system in the varnashrama institution [as per the Vedas] by which before death one has to undergo the process of atonement for his sinful activities. One who is always engaged in sinful activities must utilize the process of atonement called the "prayascitta". Without doing so, one surely will be transferred to hellish planets to undergo miserable lives as the result of sinful activities.

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they are mlech but . . . They are our mlech. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: A primary Lesson: 'You are not the transcient body; You are spirit soul'

Sant, I am a shameless milkaholic --I should seek help but I will not. Do you drink milk always warm? Ayurveda says it should not be drunk cold--is this correct? Why? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::; Sir Melvin, Calcium is an alkaline mineral. So, Magnesium is also an alkaline mineral. Both will calm acids. I do not yet know the veracity of your statement, so i'll not reply. The main posting here are my reason to be confident that the new wave in human Biology will be the self maintanence of proper pH. Acidic polution in the body is easy to track --if one cared to be ahead of the trends.

Alas! "These are facts which the non-Indian Hindus have to face and accept." Now we see why the Devatas never visit.

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