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Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Trav — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:20:00 -0000

At least the MSM has some commercial interest in listening to police scanners. I have more than a few relatives who listen to police scanners for the entertainment value in an attempt to get the jump on the lastest gossip and misfortune of their alleged neighbours. I gave up watching TV six years ago and don't miss it one bit (the exception will be the upcoming 2010 World Cup, Gooooooal!).

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Lady_Lavendar — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:49:51 -0000

well, I am trying to cultivate calmness and less stress, but am not quite there yet! Lavender is one of my all time favourites, though, hence my using it as my nick, though!

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Joanna_Steven — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:11:36 -0000

Yea but my husband can't wrap his mind around chickpea-less hummus ;) I tolerate hummus well, as long as it's not every day, so it's not a big deal to me.

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Jim Dee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:43:00 -0000

I'm sure you've tasted / made the varous raw hummus recipes, right? We have one in our eBook called "Tahini Genie Spread" -- a zucchini / tahini one. Very tasty!

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Joanna_Steven — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:35:24 -0000

HAHA :)
Yea, my mom's Lebanese, my dad's of Armenian descent (his grandparents moved to Lebanon during the genocide), and I was born and raised in France with about 8 years spent in Lebanon.
And yes, Lebanese food is yummy. I do indulge in hummus (cooked) but load the plate up with salad, veggies, sprouts and last time I made raw cumin flat bread to dip in. Mmm..

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Jim Dee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:20:59 -0000

Yep... that and, as a vegan, you're not physically taking part in ingesting or perpetrating the addictive world of fear (of which the media is one huge part). (Plus, Lavender is a notoriously relaxing herb, so you're probably naturally relaxed and stress-free... Is that true???!)

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Jim Dee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:17:08 -0000

You mean the country singer? I really don't know a lot about him. But, blowing up TVs and eating peaches sounds like a hell of a good time to me! Where do I sign up? :-)

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Jim Dee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:15:07 -0000

Well said! :-) The world can be a wonderful place or a horrific one. It just depends on what you want to focus on, what you want to believe. I agree that most raw foodies are remarkably tuned into the positive aspects of life!

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Jim Dee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:08:34 -0000

Yeah, that's what we do, too -- just Internet and DVDs. I do love watching movies. To put it in a fitting metaphor, I view TV as junk food / SAD food. Movies are raw food. :-)

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Jim Dee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:06:30 -0000

I didn't realize you were Lebanese. Wow... you know, Lebanese was some our first exposure to really good international food (and much healthier than a lot of the junk we were eating back then). Back in the days when we first got into international and Indian foods, we couldn't get Indian very often. But there was a great Lebanese shop in our town, and we became really friendly with the owner. I think we ate there like 5-6 times/week! And then when we moved to DC, there was probably one of the best Lebanese places I've ever visited -- the Lebanese Taverna. Anyway, aside from the food names, I do know one word in Lebanese. However, I can't repeat it here. The guy who owned that restaurant told me that it's the absolute *worst* word in the whole language. (lol)

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Jim Dee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:59:57 -0000

That makes great sense, Terri! Thanks for that great tip of flipping bad news and focusing on the good! :-)

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Jim Dee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:58:47 -0000

Whatever it is in life, if it's important enough, it'll find its way to the old word-of-mouth phenomenon. Nine times out of ten, even those things are bad. If I had a dollar for every, "Jim, did you hear about [insert crime of the day]," I'd be wealthy. My coworkers probably think I'm bonkers for not tuning into Fox News 24/7 like they do. But I honestly don't want to hear it 99.9% of the time. This is really yet another super-great reason to pursue an "outside the box" lifestyle -- getting away from people who exist to immerse themselves in fear and bad news.

Part of me wonders whether this is a more American phenomenon, comapritively speaking. I really don't know. But, you know how our most popular shows are things like CSI and ER and all of those dramatic types of things? I wonder if that holds true in other countries? While I don't watch much TV, I've always been drawn to British sitcoms in particular. Why is it that I can think of a half-dozen British sitcoms off the top of my head, but not a single violent / stylized crime drama (and, no, Miss Marple does not count!)?

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Lady_Lavendar — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:22:16 -0000

We don't own a TV, and any news snippets we pick up we usually hear from friends after the fact. We get some odd looks because we are "out of the loop", but we are more relaxed and less stressed out then our friends, too, and I think it's due to our not watching or hearing the general medial blitz that most people subject themselves to every day.

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

pwyll — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:02:38 -0000

At work, i found i could listen for ten minutes and hear all the news without watching TV--since i did not have one. I could be informed and not brainwashed or inundated. That was 30 years ago---nothing has changed. Even Dr. Weil advocates leaving the paper and the tv and radio alone because of the ill effects.
Of course good ol' John Prine had us blow up our tv and eat lotsa peaches...amen.

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Errigal_lass — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:17:13 -0000

I basically stopped watching the news when my two children were born (30 years ago........oh, my, am I that old?), but have on occasion tuned in to discover to my horror at what I was missing. And that I gladly do on a daily basis. Most of my friends who know me well will sometimes email me if there is something that they think I need to know. As a matter of fact, I did not know about 911 until 5pm that day and was told by my friend in Ireland as we chatted on Yahoo Messenger.

I have had friends in the past tell me that I need to be informed about what is going on in the world.........I usually reply "why should I want to know, I live in a beautiful world (except for the struggles of the outside world in regards to my disabled brother's care)". It has been difficult for me over the past 7 years in that regard, and I do not wish to add to it.

Living the Living/Raw food lifestyle and all the beautiful people that I have met over the past four years is where I wish to continue to be. They are the ones that help keep me balanced and in tune to life, not the death that we have come from. I can only see good in all that all of us are doing, and can see this spreading love and joy throughout eternity.......and more and more people joining on this path.

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

anniemillett — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:13:18 -0000

We don't watch any TV at all, in fact, don't have TV service, which we'd have to pay for to get anything in, here in the boonies where we live. I love not having TV! We do however, have Internet, so if we want to know what's going on, we can get it there, but usually avoid that as well, for all the reason's previously stated. Because of that, we aren't subjected to commercials either, which I also love. My kids (youngest 2 are 18 and 20) missed it at first, but they have their computers, and got used to it. We do watch DVD's, but we get to choose what we watch, and I love that!

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

Joanna_Steven — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:22:29 -0000

I never watch the news. I kind of did about 3 years ago during the recent Lebanon-Israel war, and I couldn't stop crying (I could actually understand what the Lebanese people were saying, like "everyone's dead" and all that- plus my family was there). Whether I watch the news or not, it's not going to change what's happening. Instead I try to prevent bad things from happening at my level, and I try to promote politicians I like, like Dennis Kucinich. But news-wise... I have no clue what happens and I don't want to know.

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

TerriDactyl — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:34:22 -0000

Yes, like cooked food, I only watch the news if I'm at someone else's house. As far as being informed, I get my news from facebook or others will talk about things. If I really want to know more, I google it. In the Law of Attraction world I live in, I call that contrast. This allows me to be informed, yet really focus on the divine opposite, which is what I want.

Did that make sense?

Anyway, I take my negative news and flip it in order to decide what I want to focus on. H1N1 is killing people, . . . Raw food is saving people. See?

Peace and Love all,

Terri

Re: There’s Nothing You Need to See on the News!

jprostko — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:32:50 -0000

I agree. The news isn't really all that worth watching, and I haven't watched it in years probably. I suppose it makes for semi-awkward conversations sometimes when I find out I don't know something "big" that happened, but oh well. It's always something bad anyways, like you said.

I believe I remember reading somewhere about how a "good news" channel was tried in the past, but that it failed. I think the reasoning was stated that it's because good news isn't filled with drama and heartache and all the rest, and that therefore it wasn't interesting to most. I do think there's a lot of people that feed on negative energy like that, but then there are those of us that realize we don't want or need it at all. I'm thinking at least part of the real reason "good news" programming failed is because the good people are already out in the world making great things happen, not spending time watching TV to see what everybody else is doing. I suppose the non-existence of a "good events" scanner also makes it harder to find good news to share. ;) Thoughts?