Comments for Wind Mountain http://windmountain.wordpress.com The Journey Is The Destination Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:50:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Real Revolution – Part 1 of 2 by serendipidad http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/the-real-revolution-part-1-of-2/#comment-261 serendipidad Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:50:21 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-261 “There are three monks, who had been sitting in deep meditation for many years amidst the Himalayan snow peaks, never speaking a word, in utter silence. One morning, one of the three suddenly speaks up and says, ‘What a lovely morning this is.’ And he falls silent again. Five years of silence pass, when all at once the second monk speaks up and says, ‘But we could do with some rain.’ There is silence among them for another five years, when suddenly the third monk says, ‘Why can’t you two stop chattering?” http://www.katinkahesselink.net/kr/jokes.html http://picasaweb.google.com/serendipidad0/FotosDeJidduKrishnamurti# “There are three monks, who had been sitting in deep meditation for many years amidst the Himalayan snow peaks, never speaking a word, in utter silence. One morning, one of the three suddenly speaks up and says, ‘What a lovely morning this is.’ And he falls silent again. Five years of silence pass, when all at once the second monk speaks up and says, ‘But we could do with some rain.’ There is silence among them for another five years, when suddenly the third monk says, ‘Why can’t you two stop chattering?”

http://www.katinkahesselink.net/kr/jokes.html
http://picasaweb.google.com/serendipidad0/FotosDeJidduKrishnamurti#

]]> Comment on Metanoia and Walking with your Enemy by Thomas Moore by Richard Leonard http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/metanoia-and-walking-with-your-enemy-by-thomas-moore/#comment-258 Richard Leonard Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:51:46 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=431#comment-258 Assuming the conservative "right" is the same as being Christian is a misnomer unless they love their enemies. Assuming the conservative “right” is the same as being Christian is a misnomer unless they love their enemies.

]]> Comment on Zeitgeist the Movie and Z-Day the Event. by 6757077 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/zeitgeist-the-movie-and-z-day-the-event/#comment-200 6757077 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:01:46 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-200 Debt as Money Why shouldn't we people of the world, just pick up our whole load of dinheiro held in the sist-ema bankário and keep it at home? just safety keep it back at our own homes? What effect should occur to the sis-temas mone-tary and bamkário ? Any measure should be taken angainst the finan sary sist-ema would envolve us 2 hold our phisical dinheiro and avoid the depositing, what should unable them to do more loans by starving of money. Should eventually pay and clear our debts and stop recurring to bam cacaunts. Debt as Money

Why shouldn’t we people of the world, just pick up our whole load of dinheiro held in the sist-ema bankário and keep it at home? just safety keep it back at our own homes?
What effect should occur to the sis-temas mone-tary and bamkário ? Any measure should be taken angainst the finan sary sist-ema would envolve us 2 hold our phisical dinheiro and avoid the depositing, what should unable them to do more loans by starving of money. Should eventually pay and clear our debts and stop recurring to bam cacaunts.

]]> Comment on Zeitgeist the Movie and Z-Day the Event. by Nepharius http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/zeitgeist-the-movie-and-z-day-the-event/#comment-135 Nepharius Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:58:50 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-135 As the links up there dont work it was moved to this link: http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/wiki/index.php/ZDAY_-_March_15th_2009 As on my part for Z-Day me and another person is putting together a Underground Hip Hop mixtape with music influenced by the two movies you can get more information at: http://www.zeitgeistmixtape.com It will be released on Z-Day for free download. As the links up there dont work it was moved to this link:
http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/wiki/index.php/ZDAY_-_March_15th_2009

As on my part for Z-Day me and another person is putting together a Underground Hip Hop mixtape with music influenced by the two movies you can get more information at: http://www.zeitgeistmixtape.com

It will be released on Z-Day for free download.

]]> Comment on Zeitgeist the Movie and Z-Day the Event. by Joshua http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/zeitgeist-the-movie-and-z-day-the-event/#comment-133 Joshua Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:58:29 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-133 David, If you have ever designed, engineered, or built anything -- you will know that the end result often only vaguely resembles the original plan. Project Venus aims high at an advanced society, that as you aptly comment, will likely have a lot of opposition. However, somewhere between here and there is a place where hopefully enough people will chose to live peacefully in a manner that prevents our own utter destruction. I am willing to bet that it won't look exactly like what the producers of the Zeitgeist series have illustrated... but hopefully it will be close enough that we can break our current cycle of hatred and destruction. Best wishes! David,
If you have ever designed, engineered, or built anything — you will know that the end result often only vaguely resembles the original plan. Project Venus aims high at an advanced society, that as you aptly comment, will likely have a lot of opposition. However, somewhere between here and there is a place where hopefully enough people will chose to live peacefully in a manner that prevents our own utter destruction. I am willing to bet that it won’t look exactly like what the producers of the Zeitgeist series have illustrated… but hopefully it will be close enough that we can break our current cycle of hatred and destruction.
Best wishes!

]]> Comment on Zeitgeist the Movie and Z-Day the Event. by david http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/zeitgeist-the-movie-and-z-day-the-event/#comment-121 david Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:23:38 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-121 Nothing wrong with being organized or anything, but more study is requried of those creepy people in the beginning. I do have a question to everyone who'se on board with this genre of flick... What happens to those in the venus project's vision of a utopian society who do not wish to go along with it? I don't know about you but no fkn technocrat is going to tell me what to do. WAKE UP PEOPLE THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO CO-OPT THE TRUTH/AWAKENING/LIBERTY MOVEMENT. DON'T LET THE MARXIST BULLSHIT FOOL AND DECEIVE YOU!!!! UH... THINK FOR YOURSELF!!! Peter Joseph (if that is your real name) YOU ARE A FRAUD AND WILL BE EXPOSED FOR THE PHONY YOU ARE!!! Nothing wrong with being organized or anything, but more study is requried of those creepy people in the beginning.

I do have a question to everyone who’se on board with this genre of flick…

What happens to those in the venus project’s vision of a utopian society who do not wish to go along with it? I don’t know about you but no fkn technocrat is going to tell me what to do.

WAKE UP PEOPLE THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO CO-OPT THE TRUTH/AWAKENING/LIBERTY MOVEMENT. DON’T LET THE MARXIST BULLSHIT FOOL AND DECEIVE YOU!!!!

UH… THINK FOR YOURSELF!!!

Peter Joseph (if that is your real name) YOU ARE A FRAUD AND WILL BE EXPOSED FOR THE PHONY YOU ARE!!!

]]> Comment on Poll: Should the Electoral College be Abolished? by Dirk http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/poll-abolish-electoral-college/#comment-120 Dirk Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:01:05 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-120 yes! the shortfalls of the electoral college have been made very apparent in the last few elections. However, ponder for a moment how a popular vote might have its own problems. I think, and I may be wrong, that the electoral college was put forth as a buffer to allow the educated make the final decision for the office of the president. Imagine a time, say 50 years in the future, when, by extrapolation, average intelligence of the voting public has diminished to the point that our election situation is far worse than the Red vs Blue football game we see now. Even today, issues are not discussed intellectually, truth is not an objective, and the average high school graduate does not even know where Afghanistan is, let alone why we bear arms or choose or faith. So lets jump 50 years in the future. Now lets say the rapper of the day, Thug Masta, (or anyone else for that matter, captivates and controls public opinion with his personal hatred of Canadians (again, fill in the blank) and we have an election and he wins! Nuke Canada. Sounds like a South Park episode. Well, hopefully that is where the electoral college steps in and selects someone far more moderate, like Georgie Bush IV. Anyway just a thought. I think that is why the Electoral college was formed (back in a day when the citizen was uneducated and uninformed. yes! the shortfalls of the electoral college have been made very apparent in the last few elections. However, ponder for a moment how a popular vote might have its own problems.

I think, and I may be wrong, that the electoral college was put forth as a buffer to allow the educated make the final decision for the office of the president. Imagine a time, say 50 years in the future, when, by extrapolation, average intelligence of the voting public has diminished to the point that our election situation is far worse than the Red vs Blue football game we see now. Even today, issues are not discussed intellectually, truth is not an objective, and the average high school graduate does not even know where Afghanistan is, let alone why we bear arms or choose or faith.

So lets jump 50 years in the future. Now lets say the rapper of the day, Thug Masta, (or anyone else for that matter, captivates and controls public opinion with his personal hatred of Canadians (again, fill in the blank) and we have an election and he wins! Nuke Canada. Sounds like a South Park episode.

Well, hopefully that is where the electoral college steps in and selects someone far more moderate, like Georgie Bush IV.

Anyway just a thought. I think that is why the Electoral college was formed (back in a day when the citizen was uneducated and uninformed.

]]> Comment on Poll: Should the Electoral College be Abolished? by susan http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/poll-abolish-electoral-college/#comment-117 susan Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:30:15 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-117 The major shortcoming of the current system of electing the President is that presidential candidates concentrate their attention on a handful of closely divided "battleground" states. In 2004 two-thirds of the visits and money were focused in just six states; 88% on 9 states, and 99% of the money went to just 16 states. Two-thirds of the states and people were merely spectators to the presidential election. Candidates have no reason to poll, visit, advertise, organize, campaign, or worry about the voter concerns in states where they are safely ahead or hopelessly behind. The reason for this is the winner-take-all rule enacted by 48 states, under which all of a state's electoral votes are awarded to the candidate who gets the most votes in each separate state. Another shortcoming of the current system is that a candidate can win the Presidency without winning the most popular votes nationwide. This has occurred in one of every 14 presidential elections. In the past six decades, there have been six presidential elections in which a shift of a relatively small number of votes in one or two states would have elected (and, of course, in 2000, did elect) a presidential candidate who lost the popular vote nationwide. The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). Every vote would be politically relevant and equal in presidential elections. The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes—that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). The bill is currently endorsed by 1,181 state legislators — 439 sponsors (in 47 states) and an additional 742 legislators who have cast recorded votes in favor of the bill. The National Popular Vote bill has passed 21 state legislative chambers, including one house in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, and Washington, and both houses in California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The bill has been enacted by Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These four states possess 50 electoral votes — 19% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect. See http://www.NationalPopularVote.com The major shortcoming of the current system of electing the President is that presidential candidates concentrate their attention on a handful of closely divided “battleground” states. In 2004 two-thirds of the visits and money were focused in just six states; 88% on 9 states, and 99% of the money went to just 16 states. Two-thirds of the states and people were merely spectators to the presidential election. Candidates have no reason to poll, visit, advertise, organize, campaign, or worry about the voter concerns in states where they are safely ahead or hopelessly behind. The reason for this is the winner-take-all rule enacted by 48 states, under which all of a state’s electoral votes are awarded to the candidate who gets the most votes in each separate state.

Another shortcoming of the current system is that a candidate can win the Presidency without winning the most popular votes nationwide. This has occurred in one of every 14 presidential elections.

In the past six decades, there have been six presidential elections in which a shift of a relatively small number of votes in one or two states would have elected (and, of course, in 2000, did elect) a presidential candidate who lost the popular vote nationwide.

The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).

Every vote would be politically relevant and equal in presidential elections.

The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes—that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).

The bill is currently endorsed by 1,181 state legislators — 439 sponsors (in 47 states) and an additional 742 legislators who have cast recorded votes in favor of the bill.

The National Popular Vote bill has passed 21 state legislative chambers, including one house in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, and Washington, and both houses in California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The bill has been enacted by Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These four states possess 50 electoral votes — 19% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.

See http://www.NationalPopularVote.com

]]> Comment on Poll: Should the Electoral College be Abolished? by susan http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/poll-abolish-electoral-college/#comment-116 susan Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:29:26 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-116 The "normal way" of changing the method of electing the President is not a federal constitutional amendment, but changes in state law. The U.S. Constitution gives "exclusive" and "plenary" control to the states over the appointment of presidential electors. Historically, virtually all of the previous major changes in the method of electing the President have come about by state legislative action. For example, the people had no vote for President in most states in the nation's first election in 1789. However, nowadays, as a result of changes in the state laws governing the appointment of presidential electors, the people have the right to vote for presidential electors in 100% of the states. In 1789, only 3 states used the winner-take-all rule (awarding all of a state's electoral vote to the candidate who gets the most votes in the state). However, as a result of changes in state laws, the winner-take-all rule is now currently used by 48 of the 50 states. In other words, neither of the two most important features of the current system of electing the President (namely, that the voters may vote and the winner-take-all rule) are in the U.S. Constitution. Neither was the choice of the Founders when they went back to their states to organize the nation's first presidential election. In 1789, it was necessary to own a substantial amount of property in order to vote; however, as a result of changes in state laws, there are now no property requirements for voting in any state . The "normal process" of effecting change in the method of electing the President is specified the U.S. Constitution, namely action by the state legislatures. This is how the current system was created, and this is the built-in method that the Constitution provides for making changes. The abnormal process is to go outside the Constitution, and amend it. What the current U.S. Constitution says is "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors . . ." The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as "plenary" and "exclusive." The “normal way” of changing the method of electing the President is not a federal constitutional amendment, but changes in state law. The U.S. Constitution gives “exclusive” and “plenary” control to the states over the appointment of presidential electors.

Historically, virtually all of the previous major changes in the method of electing the President have come about by state legislative action. For example, the people had no vote for President in most states in the nation’s first election in 1789. However, nowadays, as a result of changes in the state laws governing the appointment of presidential electors, the people have the right to vote for presidential electors in 100% of the states.

In 1789, only 3 states used the winner-take-all rule (awarding all of a state’s electoral vote to the candidate who gets the most votes in the state). However, as a result of changes in state laws, the winner-take-all rule is now currently used by 48 of the 50 states.

In other words, neither of the two most important features of the current system of electing the President (namely, that the voters may vote and the winner-take-all rule) are in the U.S. Constitution. Neither was the choice of the Founders when they went back to their states to organize the nation’s first presidential election.

In 1789, it was necessary to own a substantial amount of property in order to vote; however, as a result of changes in state laws, there are now no property requirements for voting in any state .

The “normal process” of effecting change in the method of electing the President is specified the U.S. Constitution, namely action by the state legislatures. This is how the current system was created, and this is the built-in method that the Constitution provides for making changes. The abnormal process is to go outside the Constitution, and amend it.

What the current U.S. Constitution says is “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors . . .” The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as “plenary” and “exclusive.”

]]> Comment on Zeitgeist the Movie and Z-Day the Event. by windmtn http://windmountain.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/zeitgeist-the-movie-and-z-day-the-event/#comment-108 windmtn Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:19:12 +0000 http://windmountain.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-108 <b>@Joe</b> & <b>@Cynthia</b> The Z-day event was held in March of 2008. It is unfortunate the Z-day page has been removed from the website, it was truly amazing to see how many locations around the world scheduled a viewing of Zeitgeist. Unbelievable!! However, if you still care to participate, please feel free to host a viewing of <i>Zeitgeist The Movie</i> or <i>Zeitgeist: Addendum</i> in your home or community. Please see sites listed below for more information. cheers, Zeitgeist The Movie — http://zeitgeistmovie.com/ Zeitgeist: Addendum — http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912 @Joe
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@Cynthia

The Z-day event was held in March of 2008.

It is unfortunate the Z-day page has been removed from the website, it was truly amazing to see how many locations around the world scheduled a viewing of Zeitgeist. Unbelievable!!

However, if you still care to participate, please feel free to host a viewing of Zeitgeist The Movie or Zeitgeist: Addendum in your home or community. Please see sites listed below for more information.
cheers,

Zeitgeist The Movie — http://zeitgeistmovie.com/

Zeitgeist: Addendum — http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912

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