tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31759120.post6878391257353425607..comments2024-02-11T15:41:08.332-06:00Comments on Whirled Musings: Don't worry, buy happy!Cosmic Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09425191794680677900noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31759120.post-7391178511172499312009-01-15T15:05:00.000-06:002009-01-15T15:05:00.000-06:00Have you been to Branson? It's a great place for f...Have you been to Branson? It's a great place for family vacations and they have plenty of <A HREF="http://explorebranson.com/branson-mo/live-shows/index.html" REL="nofollow">Branson shows</A> as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31759120.post-10312687708097452182008-10-27T20:07:00.000-05:002008-10-27T20:07:00.000-05:00I'm negative and proud of it! Usually being calle...I'm negative and proud of it! <BR/><BR/>Usually being called "negative" is a way to silence you. You are asking too many questions and lifting the curtain off the Wizard of Oz. Saying someone is "negative" is a way to shame them into silence.<BR/><BR/>No surprise the con men use this device.Mary Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221656415778379115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31759120.post-13867572864540769032008-10-22T18:45:00.000-05:002008-10-22T18:45:00.000-05:00I 'attracted' my car but I am not into the secret....I 'attracted' my car but I am not into the secret.<BR/><BR/>In order to be out of the ordinary you have to think out of the ordinary.<BR/><BR/>Law of Sucess is cooler.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31759120.post-59143089910334206872008-10-19T14:59:00.000-05:002008-10-19T14:59:00.000-05:00I just visited the RHEMA site and saw a comment fr...I just visited the RHEMA site and saw a comment from Glenn McCullough. Did you happen to see his site and your artwork there? LOL!<BR/><BR/>http://www.myabundantlifeseminar.com/<BR/><BR/>From what I know about RHEMA and the prosperity gospel, Schirmer will be able to play his game pretty well there. For awhile. From my personal experiences with RHEMA and related groups, most of these people are intelligent and extremely sincere. More than likely they'll see through his charade. No place to hide, dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31759120.post-54143046800421555652008-10-18T13:23:00.000-05:002008-10-18T13:23:00.000-05:00Mojo, although I'm sure that Schirmer's pic was in...Mojo, although I'm sure that Schirmer's pic was intended to be humorous (even as the pic of Joe blowing...er...kissing the Rolls hood ornament was intended to be humorous), both pictures are weighted with symbolism. And in both cases, I think it's a symbolism that the subjects did not intend.<BR/><BR/>As for Schirmer's background story, Amen to what you said. I have no doubt that there were beatings and perhaps other abuse in that family; it's more than a little appalling that he spun that as a good thing. But what really struck me was his overall attempt to paint a picture of a wholesome, church-going, family-values-embracing group of folks, and his implication that this background made him the fine upstanding Christian he is today.<BR/><BR/>Apparently those beatings and the forced church attendance and such didn't instill the best values after all. David Schirmer's troubles are well-documented, but he's not the only sad case in that family. For example, there was his brother Ian, with whom David went into business for a while (after the two of them reportedly stole a design for a hay-baling machine from a farmer for whom they were working). Ian ended up serving prison time for sexually molesting a nine-year-old girl, the daughter of some friends. Another brother, Jamie, had a lifelong battle with mental illness and ultimately committed suicide.<BR/><BR/>David, meanwhile, continues to spin his own tales, but his misdeeds are catching up to him, and I don't think he will be making his US debut any time soon.Cosmic Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425191794680677900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31759120.post-45571794164612069242008-10-18T12:58:00.000-05:002008-10-18T12:58:00.000-05:00Yakaru, you hit it on the head re the egocentricit...Yakaru, you hit it on the head re the egocentricity behind most talk about "negative" and "positive." The LOA folks in particular seem to be grads of the "Three Monkeys" school (see-no/hear-no/speak-no).<BR/><BR/>As for Schirmer's former assistant, Warren Henningsen, who tried so nobly to defend his boss outside the men's room... even he got to the point where he could no longer turn a blind eye to Schirmer's shenanigans. He has left Schirmer's employ and is now trying to strike out on his own as a life/wealth coach. Hopefully Schirmer was enough of a *negative* role model for Warren that he will avoid the same mistakes.Cosmic Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425191794680677900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31759120.post-23146497058034992692008-10-18T11:19:00.000-05:002008-10-18T11:19:00.000-05:00I like how the Schirmer picture illustrates the gl...I like how the Schirmer picture illustrates the glory of lusting after something that, as it turns out, isn't what it appears to be. A common brick masquerading as a bar of gold (complete with the stenciled word "GOLD", which makes it look like a prop from an elementary school pageant) strikes me as lame scam worthy of Nigerian exiled royalty. (Perhaps the brick I scorn is one of them magic rocks. Won't I look stupid then!) <BR/><BR/>But after taking my valuable time to actually sit down and read the diatribe you quoted, as I sometimes do, it just left me sad. Especially this one nostalgic reminiscence of the Good Life:<BR/><BR/>"We got a belting with a stick if we were disobedient ... or talked back!"<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know,<BR/> some--not all--fundie Christians use the "spare the rod" argument to condone child abuse, so that would probably play okay in certain circles, but I fail to see how belting one's children with a stick corresponds to the whole wonderful kindness and love ideal Schirmer's trying to depict. Especially that "kindness" part. <BR/><BR/>Unless "belted with a stick" is some sort of silly Aussie phrase that actually means "hugs 'n' kisses". Something tells me it doesn't, but I'm prepared to retract my horror and concern if I am just culturally ignorant. Wouldn't be the first time....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31759120.post-25877885249071466462008-10-16T16:52:00.000-05:002008-10-16T16:52:00.000-05:00Re. "Negative attitude". I find this whole thing o...Re. "Negative attitude". I find this whole thing of dividing the world up into "positive" and "negative" incredibly egocentric. And it's always done by people who think they have disidentified with their ego and can perceive the world from a higher perspective!<BR/><BR/>Saying "negative" is really just another way of blocking their ears. (And now I always associate it with that footage of Shirmer's assistant standing in front of the mens toilets where David was hiding, and telling that journalist to stop focussing on the negative.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com