Posts by Greener

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So ... Russia and Nato at war? Should we be worried?

by Simon in

it seems unbelievable but turkey (a nato member state) shooting down a russian jet fighter on their syrian border seems to be "meh" news and no one is too bothered about it too much.. the world seems a bit upside down right now.

i don't think a lot of countries really know who the hell they are fighting and who is and isn't on their side in it all and really what is going on.. smaller incidents than this have led to major conflicts in the past but hopefully calm heads will prevail.

china shot down a us spy plane years ago and the world survived and forgot about it so things will move on i'm sure.. i'm guessing the price turkey pays for their gas supply from russia will be going up soon though.. man, that republican primary is sucking all the news attention from the room.

Greener

Perceived US/NATO weakness invites Russian aggression. Obama cancelled the Eastern European missile defense. Obama and NATOs tepid response to Russian aggression in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. Russias brazen overflights near Alaska, England the Arctic?

USA failing to support their main ally in the region.. Israel. Agreeing to a terrible nuclear deal that gives Iran a nuclear weapon in 15 years? Providing the greatest/largest state sponsor of terror with $150 billion as part of this deal?? This is US and western strength and resolve? US giving the cold shoulder to Pres. Assisi of Egypt. The only Muslim leader in the region who has the courage to call for a reformation of their religion and call out radical clerics in his own country? The US fails to provide Egypt with the weapons it needs to fight ISIS in the Sinai? Who may Egypt turn to now for help?? GUESS.

I mean the list can go on and on and on. BTW wasn't it a terrible Republican candidate who first framed the current scenario as a prelude to a world war?

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So ... Russia and Nato at war? Should we be worried?

by Simon in

it seems unbelievable but turkey (a nato member state) shooting down a russian jet fighter on their syrian border seems to be "meh" news and no one is too bothered about it too much.. the world seems a bit upside down right now.

i don't think a lot of countries really know who the hell they are fighting and who is and isn't on their side in it all and really what is going on.. smaller incidents than this have led to major conflicts in the past but hopefully calm heads will prevail.

china shot down a us spy plane years ago and the world survived and forgot about it so things will move on i'm sure.. i'm guessing the price turkey pays for their gas supply from russia will be going up soon though.. man, that republican primary is sucking all the news attention from the room.

Greener

We should be worried for sure because of the Obama Aministration foreign policy and weakness.

We have gotten to this point because of the laissez faire attitude of the Obama Administration with this region. It has been Obamas policy to diminish US strength and influence in the region and give it up to Russia, and Iran with the vacuum that Obama created with the lack of any US leadership.

Obama has been projecting US weakness with their enemies and their allies in the region. The Obama administration foreign policy has created the massive Syrian refugee crisis by not having followed through with the line Obama drew. Where was the huge Obama concern for the Syrians who were victims of Assad and ISIS when Obama backed off the line in the sand and allowed ISIS to gain territory and Assad barrel bomb his own people?

From the beginning, one can argue that the US Obama Kerry Clinton foreign policy created ISIS, DAESH etc whatever you may want to call it.

Obama, drew a line in the sand with Assad and didn't follow through on the chemical weapons usage on the Syrian people. It is Obama who called ISIS as the JV team, completely underestimating the terror group. It was Obama who decided to not leave a residual US force in Iraq and not get a status of forces agreement there for political reasons. It was Obama who says that climate change is the greatest threat to world peace. It was Obama who called US policy in Libya and Somalia and Yemen a huge success. It was Obama who said on the same day of the Paris attacks, that ISIS was contained in Syria and Iraq. It was Obama who called the Paris attacks only a "set back". It was John Kerry who said that the Charlie Hebdo attacks had a rationale behind it, and then had to back off his remarks.

It was Hillary Clinton and Obama who crafted US foreign policy in the middle east, and who continue to downplay the seriousness of the current situation.

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Jeb Bush would kill a baby !

by Simon in

ok, specifically he was talking about hitler.

apparently he was asked whether, if he could go back in time, he would kill him when he was a baby.. and he said "hell yeah !".

but still wtf?

Greener

For those that are interested in the real issues facing America, there is a debate tonight on Fox Business Channel. We should get some questions about economic policy, jobs and the platforms of the candidates. Topics that the other business channel didn't want to cover apparently.

Carson, Rubio and even Christie are leading Hillary nationally in the latest polling. Carson leads her by 10%. Its early, but we'll see. America doesn't need a 3rd Obama term, or a crackpot socialist grumpy old man as President.

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Jeb Bush would kill a baby !

by Simon in

ok, specifically he was talking about hitler.

apparently he was asked whether, if he could go back in time, he would kill him when he was a baby.. and he said "hell yeah !".

but still wtf?

Greener

The moderator here is a very good provocateur apparently. I haven't ever commented on this site about Benghazi or the House hearings, so that's a new one on me. I am simply challenging his overtly false and misleading assertions and left wing political bias. just as he makes many anti conservative comments. My opinion. It is not personal. I am a conservative and proud to be so.

Mr. Bush has a very long and well documented political career as Governor of Florida. I don't particularly like him but I judge him on his record, and some of his family baggage follows him of course.

I enjoy having spirited and respectful exchanges about politics and world history.

My wife enjoys living here for half the year as do I. Warmer southern climates after the New Year.

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Jeb Bush would kill a baby !

by Simon in

ok, specifically he was talking about hitler.

apparently he was asked whether, if he could go back in time, he would kill him when he was a baby.. and he said "hell yeah !".

but still wtf?

Greener

Of course these are all your opinions based on your own overt political bias. That's fine. It seems that if one engages on this site with you on real issues of the day, such as issues that a legitimate US citizen would, you are shut down or your posts are deleted. Yes, read and quote Politico...Salon..MSNBC...or the Huffington Post..bastions of independent political thought. You're kidding right?

This is a typical response of the left wing. You really don't want to have a free and open debate on issues, but you simply want to lecture people on here with this nonsense. Running out red herrings and overt distractions from the real issues of the economy, jobs, economic freedom and personal liberty serves no one. Did you actually watch the CNBC and CNN Republican debates? Who could possibly think that that those debates served the voter? I am a US citizen living in Canada.

Vote for the democratic socialist or the overt liar who is under FBI investigation. Maybe they'll kiss the dead baby and harvest the body parts for profit. They can't get your vote. You can't vote in the US.

Mr. Cruz put it best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZYSSytt50

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The Bible can help JWs to stop judging homosexuals. Try this method.

by DATA-DOG in

i ask, "did god cause evil?

god did it!

whether they answer with #1 or #2, you've got them.

Greener

Yeah, maybe so. They can believe different things of course. Some view it as a sin against nature or the Creator.

I'm imparting this from my own personal experience/perspective, growing up in all of this cultish stuff. Others will have their own experiences of course.

Past not passed..geez.

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The Bible can help JWs to stop judging homosexuals. Try this method.

by DATA-DOG in

i ask, "did god cause evil?

god did it!

whether they answer with #1 or #2, you've got them.

Greener

I don't think most JWs can get passed some of these points as we know.

If one is gay, you are telling Jehovah the Creator, that he as the Creator, made you wrong. ie. your parts don't match up with your orientation or who you are. A scripture mentions the pot telling the potter that it was made wrong.

Humans were meant to procreate and fill the earth, as was his original purpose for humankind. How can gays procreate?

We have the biblical accounts of Sodom and Gomorrah etc etc, and Jesus Christ himself stating that marriage was between a man and a woman.

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No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'

by wizzstick in

in short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?

)- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.

wow.

Greener

The prohibition of going out in the ministry would only apply if you allowed it to. Do most on here live in free democratic societies?? I would throw this all back in their faces and turn in my hours regardless. What would the elders do...throw out your time slips? And if so, who cares??

If you wanted to go out in the service on your own with your metrosexual attire, and not with the "group", how could they stop you?? Post an elder outside your door 24-7???

Its nonsense on so many levels.

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"The likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed"

by nicolaou in

presidential hopeful ben carson of course.

this isn't another gun control debate, i just thought it might be fun to have a topic where we can dump all the hysterical quotes from the candidates.. it's a deep and plentiful mine folks!

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Greener

To those who rail against what Carson had to say about the Jews and other anti-Hitlerite forces in Germany and guns/arms before WW2, did you all forget about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during the war, where the Jews were armed and held off the Nazis for weeks?

Chairman Mao, Comrade Lenin, Pol Pot, confiscated private arms and weapons, starved their own people for political purposes, the largest perpetrators of mass murder in the 20th century. This isn't blaming the victims, its just a fact of history.

Obama and the leftists loonies on here cannot get rid of the US constitution. They hate the document and they are acting like babies because they can't get their own way. They hate that a principled and brilliant man of color, does not tow the usual democrat/socialist party line thinking about big government and political correctness. That's how open minded the left is. What a joke.

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Who Are Your Past Circuit Overseers? It's a small world..

by mentallyfree31 in

who were your past circuit overseers?

i'm sure a lot of us actually know mutual people, as the co's relocate all over the country.. here's a few from the southeast us: (let me know if you recognize any names and post yours too please...).

ellwood johnson (new york/philadelphia area for several years also).

Greener

In southern Ontario area a couple of note:

Verne Duncombe Early 1970s, as a kid I remember him playing the piano at the hall. White white hair.

Jack Danley Early 1980s..83..84. Old fire and brimstone Jack. "This congregation is dead. Brothers...wake up.." "Brothers at the back of the hall..would you please break up the card game and join the rest of the congregation" What a character.

I remember his overly loud singing of the kingdom songs.