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July 20th, 2007 at 2:33 am

Save the world - think positively

Do you believe in the power of positive thinking? Do you think it could save the world?

If you do, you aren’t alone. Apparently a group of transcendental meditation practitioners are saying that crime and war could be stopped in it’s tracks by channeling huge amounts of human psychic energy into productive thought.

Needham, Mass., psychiatrist Eric Leskowitz told reporters recently that he and his cousin are making a documentary. They’ve borrowed from the TM principle to measure the impact of Fenway Park fans’ creating unified fields of brain waves to carry Boston Red Sox to victory.

I’ve always heard there’s power in positive thought … I wonder what would happen if we started an internet based campaign to save the world?





December 14th, 2006 at 6:29 pm

Recruiters lie

After shooting video undercover in 10 Army recruiting offices in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, ABC News released in November an episode of recruiters telling a prospect that no one is going to Iraq anymore. “No, we’re bringing people back,” he said, and his partner followed with, “We’re not at war. War ended a long time ago.”

In a separate on-camera interview, Col. Robert Manning, who is in charge of Army recruiting in the Northeast, generously told ABC News that he disagreed with the recruiters. “We are a nation and Army at war still.”