God prepares second punch on America: Hurricane!
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
already present in the Gulf, showing that God means business when it
comes to who's the boss...
http://cbs4.com/local/tropical.depression.depresison.2.1772107.html
How many signals will it take before Americans drop the SUV and the
motorboat?
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THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
"Never underestimate the will of a people to do nothing"
Jim A
> It has all the potential to stir the shit (pardon the expression)
> already present in the Gulf, showing that God means business when it
> comes to who's the boss...
>
> http://cbs4.com/local/tropical.depression.depresison.2.1772107.html
>
> How many signals will it take before Americans drop the SUV and the
> motorboat?
>
Even the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico doesn't seem to be getting that
message across too well.
--
www.slowbicyclemovement.org - enjoy the ride
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
On Jun 26, 6:29 am, e_space <espace1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> are you calling BP "god"?
"God" is the one that gave the "OK" for it to happen.
Nothing can happen WITHOUT God's will.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
I know. NOTHING at all has happened. Not more bikes or fewer SUVs.
Just the shareholders got fucked, and that may be another way for God
to send a message.
Jim A
> On Jun 26, 5:18 am, Jim A<j...@averyjim.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 06/26/2010 03:33 AM, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
>>
>> Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote:
>>> It has all the potential to stir the shit (pardon the expression)
>>> already present in the Gulf, showing that God means business when it
>>> comes to who's the boss...
>>
>>> http://cbs4.com/local/tropical.depression.depresison.2.1772107.html
>>
>>> How many signals will it take before Americans drop the SUV and the
>>> motorboat?
>>
>> Even the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico doesn't seem to be getting that
>> message across too well.
>
> I know. NOTHING at all has happened. Not more bikes or fewer SUVs.
>
> Just the shareholders got fucked, and that may be another way for God
> to send a message.
What we are told on the media here (not sure how true it is) is that
many of the shareholders of BP are pension funds.
That means the people who will feel the pain from this (apart obviously
from those who live on the coast of Louisiana and thereabouts) are
anyone who has their pension fund invested in BP - and they won't
actually feel the pain until they retire. So all in all the punishment
doesn't fit the crime and isn't imposed on the perpetrator.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
My dear Jim, in my book of the jungle all those who feed the Hungry
Lion are guilty as charged. All those who burn gas too, specially
those who waste it with reckless abandon, such as SUVs.
Kevan Smith
>
> That means the people who will feel the pain from this (apart obviously
> from those who live on the coast of Louisiana and thereabouts) are
> anyone who has their pension fund invested in BP - and they won't
> actually feel the pain until they retire. So all in all the punishment
> doesn't fit the crime and isn't imposed on the perpetrator.
That's not punishment. Investment is risky, as everyone knows. The
pension investors are experiencing the negative consequences of their
risky action instead of the positive as they have for so many years.
However, if BP can be shown to have been negligent or criminal, the
shareholders would, I think, be able to file suit to get back at least
some of their loss.
K
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"Kevan Smith" <dr.go...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> That's not punishment. Investment is risky, as everyone knows. The pension
> investors are experiencing the negative consequences of their risky action
> instead of the positive as they have for so many years. However, if BP can
> be shown to have been negligent or criminal, the shareholders would, I
> think, be able to file suit to get back at least some of their loss.
>
therefore, should be liable. More like the Lloyd's of London model. If you
make money from a company, you should also be liable for their misdeeds.
It's only common sense.
I understand risk. I invested in my employer's 401K when I joined the
company. I invested 10% pre-tax pay for the entire 15 years I worked there.
The company (a large bank) matched it up to 6%. So, for 15 years I put away
the equivalent of 16% of my gross salary. It was making 8-12% interest (you
had to be invested in 100% company stock to participate) during most of
those years, including one huge stock split. In 1999 my 401K was worth over
$300K. When I was laid off in 2005 it was worth $50K. It's worth less than
half of that now. If I had simply shoved 10% of my salary under my mattress
I'd have a HELL OF A LOT MORE $ than I do now. But...that's the risk of
investing. I'm just holding out hope that either, the stock will rebound, or
some "real" bank will buy those putzes, and the stock will re-bound.
Otherwise, I'm basically screwed, since I'm pushing 60. Thank jeebus that I
have very few expenses and a paid-off house! I think I will actually be able
to live on Social Security. Oh, and my former employer took no bailouts and
didn't have any "subprime" loans. They just don't know how to run a
business!
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
Am I too strict in calling them "hyenas," who work with the
"lion" (corporation)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI8G3UefIkU
Or these shareholders who only care about their own share (the lion's
share), who have invested in a dirty industry, should be spared from
the Law of the Jungle?
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
On Jun 28, 6:12 am, e_space <espace1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> you mean "god' allows for the creation of SUV's, makes sure only
> xtians drive them, and forces atheists to ride bicycles? wow, how
> evil! btw, since you dont believe in 'god', do you just post endless
> inanities to satisfy your need to hurt the belief of others?
>
If you don't believe me, go to the church and check the parking lot.
Most Christians consider those who take an ecological stand "enviro-
nuts" and vehemently deny climate change.
They even call it a religion... that's my religion anyway, not
sacrificial lambs (Jesus) who didn't solve a thing.
My hammock is the last stand against the Christians...
Don Klipstein
Christians are diverse. How about First United Methodist Church of
Germantown in Philadelphia? Even United Methodists are diverse.
F.U.M.C.O.G. members disproportionately believe that man-made global
warming is for real, and even disproportionately do things about it. By
driving more fuel-efficient cars, driving less, recycling more, using
energy-efficient lighting more, consuming less, and favoring governmental
policies that motive reductions in consumption of non-renewable fuels.
That particular congregation is the one that stood behind their openly
lesbian associate pastor while she was tried and eventually defrocked for
being an unrepentant practicing homosexual (which made USA national news).
That congregation remembers who Christ stood up for - the poor and
downtrodden. F.U.M.C.O.G.'s members and "regular visitors" are also
disproportionately anti-war, as Christ was.
How about the Quakers? Those are Christians! How about the Amish?
The Amish are in most ways as conservative as Lubavitch orthodox Jews and
Jehovah's Witnesses, and are even-more "old-fashioned" (they eschew home
electrical appliances and motor vehicles and restrict their telephone use
to outdoor public telephones), but they are close to being as peaceful as
Quakers.
There was even debate over 200 years ago as to whether Christians
threatened the security of the United States of America by being
anti-war. (I suspect the more-war-favorable "deists" were referring
heavily to Quakers as the unwilling-to-go-to-war Christians.)
Plenty of other Christian congregations in/near Philadelphia and
elsewhere are similar, as opposed to what I suspect your idea of a
Cristian is - a war-mongering SUV driver.
--
- Don Klipstein (d...@misty.com)
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> In <65904660-eaa6-4b1a-9005-0281a8453...@c33g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
It seems to me like the Christians of the South and North worship
different gods.
Down south, a Christian without SUV is a wuss.
But must Christians have adapted to survive one way or another.
Survival is important in the jungle. ;)
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
Hey Jim, I'm joining the movement. Is there an application or fee or
something?
(I included this in my webpage)
My latest name, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
Movement of Tantra-Hammock," means SLOW as in Tantra and bicycle, and
LAID BACK as in hammock, to save energy. It may imply a REFORESTATION
CAMPAIGN to hang the hammock.
Jim A
> On Jun 26, 5:18 am, Jim A<j...@averyjim.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>> --www.slowbicyclemovement.org- enjoy the ride
>
> Hey Jim, I'm joining the movement. Is there an application or fee or
> something?
No, I don't think so. I guess you could buy a t-shirt to help fund the
website or something.
I've not spoken to whoever it is who runs it so you probably know as
much about it as I do.
Appropriately enough, things seem to happen quite slowly on the slow
bicycle movement
blog.
> (I included this in my webpage)
>
> My latest name, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
> Movement of Tantra-Hammock," means SLOW as in Tantra and bicycle, and
> LAID BACK as in hammock, to save energy. It may imply a REFORESTATION
> CAMPAIGN to hang the hammock.
Good idea. You may need to grow plenty of flax, hemp, cotton or
whatever to make the hammocks out of too.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> On 07/07/2010 12:22 AM, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
>
> Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote:
> > On Jun 26, 5:18 am, Jim A<j...@averyjim.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hey Jim, I'm joining the movement. Is there an application or fee or
> > something?
>
> No, I don't think so. I guess you could buy a t-shirt to help fund the
> website or something.
I see, just like mine. ;)
>
> I've not spoken to whoever it is who runs it so you probably know as
> much about it as I do.
Nobody in charge? No president?
It sounds reasonable. Who made us participate in the Rat Race in the
first place?
>
> Appropriately enough, things seem to happen quite slowly on the slow
> bicycle movement
> blog.
Good, good, maybe they use mules for the mail.
>
> > (I included this in my webpage)
>
> > My latest name, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
> > Movement of Tantra-Hammock," means SLOW as in Tantra and bicycle, and
> > LAID BACK as in hammock, to save energy. It may imply a REFORESTATION
> > CAMPAIGN to hang the hammock.
>
> Good idea. You may need to grow plenty of flax, hemp, cotton or
> whatever to make the hammocks out of too.
>
> --www.slowbicyclemovement.org- enjoy the ride
I'm for fair trade. Growing hemp may get me in trouble with the law.
Is anyone else you know participating of the Slow Movement?
Jim A
> Is anyone else you know participating of the Slow Movement?
No, but I know a fair few cyclists who aren't bothered about how fast
they cycle.
I haven't been out with them myself yet, but there is a group in Bath
which organise rides called "Recycle Your Sundays". These rides are
reputed to be very slow, stopping wherever there is anything interesting
- the complete antithesis of the 'club run'.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
Wow, I like that. I could ride my chopper and my Indiana Banana hat
and go around to the nudist beach or something.
I live next to the beach and I haven't gone this year. Not only it's
dangerous out there, it's depressing.
My garden is the best place to be so far.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> On Jul 9, 5:43 am, Warhol <mol...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > It's 38 degrees outside~~~Why it's so hot??!!!!
>
> > This week t has been super hot here in Brussels and on the weekend up
> > to 39°C... may get even higher
>
> > The Sun will fry us all!!!
>
> > In Australia it went to 43 degrees (celcius) last summer, the winter
> > for us in the Western world.
> > That was about 5 degrees more than the usual highest.
>
> > So the bad news... Hot hot hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> > It appearces~~that Belgium is similar to China~~~~ And i know
> > india~~~~Too hot!!!
>
> > How about USA?????It's hot?????
>
> Yes, but the sun isn't unusually active, at least not yet.
>
> Think about all the methane and other gaseous elements released by Big
> Energy, as well as BP's Corexit modified hydrocarbons. Most of
> Earth's hydrocarbons and their secondary or spent remains are what
> makes atmospheric pollution. Vast ocean dead-zones are not exactly
> helping either. The continuing thaw from the last ice-ace this planet
> w/moon is ever going to see is yet another contributing factor.
>
> Us humans could be as little as 10% responsible, although I favor 25%,
I favor 90%... But we have taken the wrong direction and have plunged
into SUVs at the time we should have taken up the bicycle.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> In article <vKydnatoDr7_QqbRnZ2dnUVZ_tGdn...@earthlink.com>,
> "Nick Naim" <orb...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock"
> >news:4a385e38-90be-44c1...@x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
> > >I won't deny my passion for metaphors. Ever since the Christians
> > > created the colorful metaphor of Adam & Eve in paradise, I knew it had
> > > to be better ones.
>
> > > Their metaphors of Heaven & Hell too are pretty dramatic, even if
> > > scant in details. Dante gave it a shot by depicting Inferno, but there
> > > was simply nothing to compare with the BIG OIL MESS that we got in our
> > > hands...
>
> > > Lucky us, we got the first vivid idea of Hell, even if we have only
> > > seen it on TV. Now please turn off that TV and enjoy paradise in your
> > > backyard, or go to a park. There's nothing like a picnic or a hot
> > > afternoon spent under a tree.
>
> > > Don't even start your SUV which is the very symbol of waste. Just ride
> > > a bike and be converted to the new wisdom of frugality.
> > Your bike was made with the help of oil.
>
> > > Do I sound like preaching? Not really, this guy is doing the
> > > preaching...
>
> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypgs2s3lEzs
>
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > > THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
>
>
> > >http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
>
> this just in.
>
> Now, worried scientists are increasingly concerned the same series of
> catastrophic events that led to worldwide death back then may be
> happening again-and no known technology can stop it.
>
> The bottom line: BP¹s Deepwater Horizon drilling operation may have
> triggered an irreversible, cascading geological Apocalypse that will
> culminate with the first mass extinction of life on Earth in many
> millions of years.
>
> The oil giant drilled down miles into a geologically unstable region and
> may have set the stage for the eventual premature release of a methane
> mega-bubble.
>
> Ryskin¹s methane extinction theory
> for the rest of the story:
>
> http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may...
> e-triggered-a-world-killing-event
> --
> Money! What a concept.
That's rather good news...
Instead of a long agonizing death, we will die rather quickly in our
own shit.
The current system is just unable and unwilling to slow down. Who will
write our history on this planet? ;)