Rocky

Oh... (((((((Karmicdebt))))))), I'm SOOOOOO sorry. It is most understandable that you would feel that way.

Indeed, most, but not all... I certainly was younger than 28, 28 years ago.

Gongrats to you and Chuck on 28 years (tomorrow)! :) 114 here... it's like walking (or running, or bikeriding or driving) through a convection oven. :)

Exactly. The person asking about Mr. Bailey indicated he had graduated from the WC. Therefore, I indicated that he could find two persons with that name at the linked website. I gave no thought to how the info would help anyone other than the person who asked the initial question. If the initial inquiry would have been from someone not having been in the WC, I would communicated something different and done so in a different manner... probably offering to pass along contact information from the inquirer to the person asked about, and probably would have done so privately.

There is more than one "David Bailey" at Way Corps social networking site.

Being a grandpa just seems like it would be about the best thing in the world!

Privatization. End of story. Btw, I escaped HOAland when I sold my house in 2005. I now live in a 55+ retirement/manufactured home community (even though I won't be old enough until later this year). I own my home but rent the space. There's reasonable balance in power relationships here.

Same insight has been shared on this thread repeatedly. It works. People have obtained said insight in various ways, but it all really boils down to that. And in the long run, to keep it off, a person will have to develop eating habits beyond any structured diet. Congrats. :)

The entire concept of HOAs is UNAMERICAN. These breeding grounds for annoying neighbors (the ones who want to lord it over the rest) are, by virtue of their inherent structure, both FASCIST and COMMUNIST. I will not debate the merits of any given issue regarding HOAs... I simply believe they should be completely BANNED in America. However, they will not be banned anytime soon. The reason they have quietly become the dominant form of quasi-municipal government is because they provide and insidiously quiet way to "raise taxes" for municipal services. Of course, none of them want to be known or defined as such, but allowing homeowners to be taxed with little to no voice or oversight, practically speaking, is the secret they want kept hidden. The false label of "free market" choices being made by informed homebuyers is complete BUNK. In most cities in the US these days, there is almost NO new housing being built (for single family ownership) WITHOUT an HOA in place.

I can understand that. There are a couple of times in my life when I've undergone some culture shock. I spent about 3 years on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean (Terceira, Azores). When I returned to the US it was significantly shocking. In my mid 20s, I spent a year (as a WOW) in a small town in northern Ohio. When I returned to real life in Phoenix, AZ after that, I was REALLY shocked, culturally. =========== Anyway, two other important American food industry items to note: a new documentary movie is scheduled for release in June (in selected cities), titled Food, Inc. and (apparently released in 2008) another book, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. ========= Btw, I have found myself feeling wonderfully liberated (from my appetite) since I started reading Kessler's book.

New book: The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite By David A Kessler, MD. ----------- This book is OUTSTANDING! Kessler synthesizes a lot of research studies into very meaningful, easy to grasp, insights that will make the light go on in a big way. With an understanding of WHY and HOW the American food industry has manipulated (many of) us to make many foods IRRESISTABLE, it can be easier (and it is for me) to take control of your (my) appetite. The End of Overeating at Amazon.com

And let's not forget, for those who still would like to find people who they know who may have been in the way corps, FACEBOOK is an excellent platform for finding people. Many of the people on the WC site are also on FACEBOOK. And Dan Haas has also started a FACEBOOK group to facilitate connections for people who were (and/or still are) in TWI.

Nothing's up with it. In some ways similar to GS, but in plenty of other ways different. No one is anonymous there. Not everyone hates TWI, Wierwille and/or Martindale. It has a chat feature. Each member has his/her own page. The forums are not about controversial topics, but each member can have blogs, pics, music, and/or video. Member blogs cover many topics, some controversial. Some members extol the virtues of Wierwille's teachings, some make it clear why they no longer associate with TWI. There's really not much more to it than that. Excie is certainly free to express her opinion about it, even so far as to do so on her page on that site. But if there are genuine, legitimate concerns, the owners/administrators invite feedback so that if reasonable, do-able changes can be made, they would be made.

Echo! (I like that word better than "ditto" these days).

Me too, but LindaZ's point is well taken... wikipedia is NOT good to use as a SOLE source. IF you need to rely on anything you read on wikepedia, verify it with other sources.

I'd take that!

How much does a card like that cost?

Perhaps the plethora of questions simply is a statement of how ridiculous your posts on this subject are. btw, why is this political discussion taking place here?

Nonsense. The ONLY fact is that YOU BELIEVE President Obama is a socialist. Even IF your statement that "a man is defined by his actions" were true and/or applicable to this, it is not YOUR interpretation of his actions that would define President Obama one way or the other.

Excellent questions. However, I would counsel you to not hold your breath waiting for OM to answer... my hunch is he would have an extremely difficult time even allowing himself to become consciously aware of the ramifications of his political and economic beliefs as to how they would (mis)align with Godly wisdom/concepts.