Posts by CountryGuy

Please don't make the TX Apostates angry... I lived in Amarillo for six years and I don't want to deal with angry Texans. It's way easier just to keep them happy.

As for Texas spliting into five different states... that would make sense. The different regions of TX are very different from each other. I would split it up this way:

Panhandle/West Texas: Amarillo. Lubbock. El Paso. Almost the desert.
East Texas: Dallas. Tyler. Waco. Pine forests.
Hill Country Texas: Austin. San Antoinio. San Angelo. Nice and green. Very hilly.
Coastal Texas: Houston. Corpus Christi. McAllen. Self Explainitory.
Hank Hill's Texas: Arlen. McMainnerberry. Belton. Home of Alamo Beer.

Just my two cents ,
CountryGuy

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What's your ethnic background?

by Joker10 in

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it seems that light skinned ex-ws speak out more against watchtower than people of a darker skin color.

what is your ethnic origin?

CountryGuy

1/4 Irish
1/4 English
+1/2 Everything Else*
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100% American

*Choctaw, Cherokee, German, Russian, and Danish.

Very pale... I'm either WHITE or BURNED.
Very vocal about the JWs these days.

CountryGuy

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After 20 Years.....I Can't Believe It!

by RAYZORBLADE in

no surprise, i don't post here much these days.. but today, i have to.. when i first arrived here back in january 2003, i remember looking at this very section of the board.

personal experiences & reunions.. well.....i got the shock...the absolute shock of a lifetime.

some of you, i'm sure, when you remember folks in your jw past, there are those whom you thought you'd never ever hear from.. last night, i get home from work (4:00 a.m.) and i go on-line, open my e-mail, and i see a name i have not seen since my jw days of 1983/84.. how did i feel?

CountryGuy

Good to hear from you, Ray!
Even better to hear your good news!
Congratulations! I'm very happy for you.

CountryGuy

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The "What If" Game

by copsec in

i ask a question, the next person answers my question and then asks their own and so on.

so i will start off with....... .

what if animals could talk?

CountryGuy

Then William Hung would never have sung his way into America's hearts!

What if California really fell off into the ocean like I've always heard it's going to one day?

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It was ME!!! I did it!!!!

by neverthere in

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so there i was, entering the grocery store.

i walked in at the doors and they have the racks of free newspapers,.

.....there they were, awakes, half a dozen or so.

CountryGuy

Too bad you didn't have a video camera!

Too funny!
CountryGuy

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The "What If" Game

by copsec in

i ask a question, the next person answers my question and then asks their own and so on.

so i will start off with....... .

what if animals could talk?

CountryGuy

Then I would choose to be a Vanderbuilt or a Rockefeller or heck, even a Walton or a Gates.

What if there were no Wal-Marts in the world?

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To The Opposers of George W. Bush and The War In Iraq

by L_A_Big_Dawg in

as i read grenpalmtrees post to those of us that support president bush and the current iraqi war, i was reminded that i needed to do something concrete to show me support for this situation.

so i contacted camp pendleton (a marine base which has lost a number of troops in iraq), and spoke with an officer, and asked what i could do to support the families of those that have paid the ultimate price in this war.

he gave me a list of accounts, and i have since donated money to those accounts.

CountryGuy

Well, as a member of the forum who is left-wing, I am definately anti-Bush and opposed to the war. However, I totally support the troops. I have family in Iraq. I have friends in the National Guard that have been called to active duty. I have a coworker that has just returned. I suspect that there are very few of us who have not been touched personally in this way, by the war. You can disagree with the president and be against the war and still be a good American.

If you can contribute monetarily, I'm sure it will go to good use. But, even if you are of limited means, there are so many other things you can do.

-Show your support with yellow ribbons. Cheesy? Maybe. But let me share my aunt's comments on them. Her son was sent to Iraq a few months ago. She has a giant yellow ribbon on her front porch. She says that every time she sees a yellow ribbon on someone's home, car, clothing, it's like a small prayer for her son's (or someone elses son or daughter's) safety.
-A local radio station recently ran a DVD Drive for members of one of the local National Guard units. Apparently, they don't have much to do over there when they are off-duty. Watching movies is a big way to pass the time. Plus, I'm sure that for a few moments, it's nice to get caught up in a movie and forget where they are. The local station collected upwards of 1000 DVDs.
-Get involved with whatever polical group you feel closest matches your views. Be it Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Whoever... Work to elect the candidates you think will do the best job for our country. All of our soldier, no matter where they are, are there to protect us and our freedoms.
-Operation DearAbby.net: Below is a press release from DearAbby.net. While it provides a simple way to send a message to the soldiers in the Middle East and around the world, it means a great deal to our men and women in harm's way.

More than 2 Million Messages Sent to Troops Via OperationDearAbby.net
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 5, 2004)?More than 2 million messages! That's how many messages www.OperationDearAbby.net has posted from well-wishing individuals to servicemen and women in the Middle East and around the world. OperationDearAbby.net is an official Department of Defense program and secure Web site
The original mail campaign, Operation Dear Abby, was created in 1967 by Dear Abby, the most widely syndicated columnist in the world. The Internet version was launched Dec. 20, 2001, after anthrax attacks made it impossible for letters and packages to be mailed to generically-addressed military units or no-named addresses.
Today, OperationDearAbby.net is the White House's and Pentagon's preferred method for the public to send individually-written electronic messages of support to U.S. troops. Because it serves all branches of the military, individuals sending messages can be assured that their sentiments are directed to the military branch of their choice.
"Despite well-meaning individual's wishes to mail cards, letters or packages to servicemen and women with only a troop number or unit address, it is in the best interests of our young men and women who are overseas to use OperationDearAbby.net to send messages," says CDR Rudy Brewington.
"It's also not advisable for different pieces of mail to be sent in one package and addressed by name to one serviceperson with a note that asks that serviceperson to distribute the contents of the package to other soldiers. All-in all, sending an electronic message is faster, easier and safer for loved ones than sending unsolicited mail," says Brewington.
Messages are delivered by the military electronically to any service member's computer. For service members without a computer, the military prints out and delivers messages at mail calls or posts to bulletin boards.
The messages have been supportive, touching and funny, and from people of all ages and walks of life, says Dear Abby, aka Jeanne Phillips, whose personal thank-you note to the troops is the first item seen on OperationDearAbby.net. "A typical letter may read, 'We're thinking about you and want you to know how proud we are.'"
OperationDearAbby.net's technology is provided by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) and its Web site management is provided by the Navy's Lifelines Services Network.
OperationDearAbby.net is proud to have links from participants like AARP, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Sodexho USA, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the White House Commission on Remembrance.

Most importantly, let others know how they can help support our troops.

CountryGuy

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What is the crappiest job you have ever had?

by gilwarrior in

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for me it was when i was living in mexico and i got a job as a waiter out of sheer boardom.

the pay was lousy, the work was hard, the boss was an asshole, and at the end of the week i was told that i was not good enough to be a waiter and i was fired.

thank god!.

CountryGuy

My crappiest job had to be working as a telemarketer. I absolutely hated it. I hated every minute of every hour of every day. It paid a whopping $7.00 an hour. I worked there for three weeks, and two of those were training. So, actually i was only one the phones for one week. I quit when one guy cursed me out in English and Spanish then told me to get a real job. I told him he was an @$$ and even if I was that annoying to him, he should have had the human decency to just hang up like everyone else. I also told him that he was right; he was going to be my last call. I got up, clocked out and never went back.

Country

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Do Jehovah's Witnesses Have the Only True Religion

by Theocrat in

whether you're a doubter or another agitator, just look at what the bible says: .

1- jesus started one true christian religion.

after the christian arrangement had been established for some time, the apostle paul under inspiration further showed at ephesians 4:4, 5 that there must be just one body, or group, of true worshipers of god.

CountryGuy

I may be wrong but I don't think the WTS has prinited the UN is the beast since 1991 in mild article. In the 4/01/04 watchtower they say that the beast is all nations that opposses "true worship". So either I am wrong, or you are going by what we say, and not what we print. I know it may be tricky be in these type of arguments, but you realy have to stick to the WTS legalese.

Well, this makes sense to me. To be a NGO, you have to agree to uphold and promote the priciples of the United Nations. The WT couldn't very well call it the "Scarlet Colored Wild Beast" any more and still maintain membership, could they? Even they aren't that hypocritical. In fact, during the period that they were an NGO, there were articles in the Awake that praised the UN. This would explain the WT's new position, I mean "new light."

Think about it.
Country