Guest guest Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 since we haven't done this in awhile.... what you reading lately? sadly for me, the golden bull closed, so there goes one of my main places to get a ton of reading done! (nuthin like working the door on a slow nite and just reading away...) but..at the moment... been reading the Malazan book of the Fallen series...unfortunately, i started with book 2 the other month, then read book 3, and then 1, and now on book 4..so i'm all confused! also reading Screwed (the undeclared war on the middle class) Feeding the Future (from fat to famine, how t osolve the world's food crisis) the baptizing of america(the religious rights plans for the rest of us) and..War, the lethal custom fraggle " Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. " - General Herman Goering, President of German Reichstag & Nazi Party, Commander of Luftwaffe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 A book called Things I Argie About With My Girlfriend, which is rather amusing. Jo - " fraggle " <EBbrewpunx " vegan chat " Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:14 PM whatchoo readin? > since we haven't done this in awhile.... > what you reading lately? > sadly for me, the golden bull closed, so there goes one of my main places to get a ton of reading done! > (nuthin like working the door on a slow nite and just reading away...) > > but..at the moment... > been reading the Malazan book of the Fallen series...unfortunately, i started with book 2 the other month, then read book 3, and then 1, and now on book 4..so i'm all confused! > > also reading > Screwed (the undeclared war on the middle class) > Feeding the Future (from fat to famine, how t osolve the world's food crisis) > the baptizing of america(the religious rights plans for the rest of us) > and..War, the lethal custom > > fraggle > > > > " Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. " > - General Herman Goering, President of German Reichstag & Nazi Party, Commander of Luftwaffe > > > To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Oh this is nice. I'm reading " May all be Fed " by John Robbins. In it he has a great story... " There is a story about Mahatma Gandhi, the great Indian leader. One day a mother brought her young son to the sage, and asked if he would please tell the youngster to stop eating sugar. Gandhi said, " Come back in a week. " Puzzled, the woman departed, to return with her son a week later. Then Gandhi did what the woman had originally asked, advising the young lad to avoid sugar. Afterward, the woman asked Gandhi why he had postponed the matter for a week. " Oh, " he answered, " first 'I' had to give up sugar. " " The deepest lessons that we teach our children come not from our advice but from our examples. Debbie " The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them better " F. Scott Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 just that book, healthy at 100 by john robbins. and i read scientific american magazine (just for fun) oh and the new yorker. i don't have more time to. either that or my kids starve to death because I was reading a good book instead of making them food. LOL! SICK! -anouk , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > > since we haven't done this in awhile.... > what you reading lately? > sadly for me, the golden bull closed, so there goes one of my main places to get a ton of reading done! > (nuthin like working the door on a slow nite and just reading away...) > > but..at the moment... > been reading the Malazan book of the Fallen series...unfortunately, i started with book 2 the other month, then read book 3, and then 1, and now on book 4..so i'm all confused! > > also reading > Screwed (the undeclared war on the middle class) > Feeding the Future (from fat to famine, how t osolve the world's food crisis) > the baptizing of america(the religious rights plans for the rest of us) > and..War, the lethal custom > > fraggle > > > > " Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. " > - General Herman Goering, President of German Reichstag & Nazi Party, Commander of Luftwaffe > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hi Debbie I like your quote at the bottom about the intelligence of being able to see a hopeless situation and still trying to make it better. That sounds like anti-war demonstrators, and anti-poverty demonstrators. Jo , Reed Deborah <debjreed wrote: > > Oh this is nice. I'm reading " May all be Fed " by John > Robbins. In it he has a great story... " There is a > story about Mahatma Gandhi, the great Indian leader. > One day a mother brought her young son to the sage, > and asked if he would please tell the youngster to > stop eating sugar. Gandhi said, " Come back in a > week. " Puzzled, the woman departed, to return with > her son a week later. Then Gandhi did what the woman > had originally asked, advising the young lad to avoid > sugar. Afterward, the woman asked Gandhi why he had > postponed the matter for a week. " Oh, " he answered, > " first 'I' had to give up sugar. " " > The deepest lessons that we teach our children come > not from our advice but from our examples. > Debbie > > " The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability > to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and > still retain the ability to function. One should, for > example, be able to see that things are hopeless and > yet be determined to make them better " > F. Scott Fitzgerald > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hi Fraggle >since we haven't done this in awhile.... >what you reading lately? Well... just starting PhD, so all reading currently related to that... David Boyd Haycock: William Stukeley Rosemary Sweet: Antiquaries Bostridge: Witchcraft and It's Transformations Michael Hunter: The Occult Laboratory And a few others which I can't remember right now. BB Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 toss em a fruit to keep em busy read while you cook! get books on tape/cd to listen to why cooking er doing wotever always a way! >flower child <zurumato >Oct 19, 2006 8:43 PM > > Re: whatchoo readin? > >just that book, > >healthy at 100 by john robbins. > >and i read scientific american magazine (just for fun) oh >and the new yorker. > >i don't have more time to. either that or my kids starve to death >because I was reading a good book instead of making them food. >LOL! SICK! > >-anouk > > > , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: >> >> since we haven't done this in awhile.... >> what you reading lately? >> sadly for me, the golden bull closed, so there goes one of my main >places to get a ton of reading done! >> (nuthin like working the door on a slow nite and just reading away...) >> >> but..at the moment... >> been reading the Malazan book of the Fallen series...unfortunately, >i started with book 2 the other month, then read book 3, and then 1, >and now on book 4..so i'm all confused! >> >> also reading >> Screwed (the undeclared war on the middle class) >> Feeding the Future (from fat to famine, how t osolve the world's >food crisis) >> the baptizing of america(the religious rights plans for the rest of us) >> and..War, the lethal custom >> >> fraggle >> >> >> >> " Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor >in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, >after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy >and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it >is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a >communist dictatorship. ... Voice or no voice, the people can always >be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have >to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the >peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. >It works the same in any country. " >> - General Herman Goering, President of German Reichstag & Nazi >Party, Commander of Luftwaffe >> > > > > > >To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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