http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/ As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and interdependent we can, and must, acknowledge local and global citizenship Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:36:54 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5912 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5912 It's not grandiose, but rather a technique. The technique is to develop a picture of what the end point should be. That means everything. Then, one tries to Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:35:35 GMT Gary Shepherd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5911 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5911 Hi Sorry, but I can't let you get away with violating a word that way. The word 'uniting' means for everyone to join together into one group - it comes from Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:35:19 GMT Gary Shepherd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5910 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5910 Hi I suspect that the existence of 'Christian' parties in Europe is due to the much stronger secular political left that exists there. I am sure that there is Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:35:18 GMT Michel Verheughe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5909 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5909 ... My dear Isaak, there are two schools of thoughts: 1) They are poor because they can't be bothered to work, and 2) They are poor because we are rich. Alas Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:35:16 GMT Michel Verheughe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5908 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5908 ... Yes Jim but the CO2 is only the tip of the iceberg. We consume more than the earth can absorb, don't you think? Best regards, Michel Verheughe Norway Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:35:13 GMT Michel Verheughe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5907 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5907 ... Of course, Jim. But since you are interested in reincarnation, here are my thoughts. But first: a disclaimer: I don't sell anything, I don't promote a web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:34:54 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5906 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5906 Good point. International politics is so very complex and irrational, that I don't think we can fix it in tiny steps. We need to solve the problem in large Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:34:44 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5905 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5905 I agree with you on the goal, but I don't think the goal would be accomplished by something like nobody cooperating with the government any more, therefore Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:34:44 GMT Michel Verheughe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5904 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5904 ... Amen to that, brother. As Schindler said (in the movie): Greatness is to have the power and not use it. Best regards, Michel Verheughe Norway Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:34:22 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5903 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5903 ... Old Jim::: In a primate social group, it is necessary for all the animals in a tribe to follow a leader, or they would just scatter and cease to be a Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:34:15 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5902 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5902 The most recent polls I have seen show a fairly large majority of Americans opposing the war in Afghanistan, but I don't think that will stop the war. The real Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:33:59 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5901 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5901 I don't think it matters. Within a decade or two given current trends, China will be the world's only superpower, with India perhaps as a secondary world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:33:54 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5900 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5900 Because the American government is mainly controlled by the top executives and major shareholders of the giant corporations, via legal bribes such as campaign Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:33:53 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5899 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5899 The process you are suggesting isn't exactly the same process, but what you are suggesting sounds correct. So I would say the hypothesis has become that there Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:33:52 GMT jfnewell7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5898 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCitizen/message/5898 If the hypothesis I presented does happen to be true, then to more a school tries to dominate children, the more their intelligence will be suppressed. If the