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  Dean meltdown

  by Seven in

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  howard dean...lol!

  now perhaps the party will take a long and serious look at it's only electable candidate-john kerry!!

  as dean slips, the democrats' drama rises .

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  Quite the opposite, he's actually an intelligent man...sorry, you don't get to be President by being an idiot. He won votes by giving tax cuts? The tax cuts happened after he was elected. The budget problems aren't really related to the tax cuts...in fact...the tax cuts brought us out of the recession and will, in the long term, increase government revenues. The budget problem is in part due to the hit the economy took from the recession (that started under Clinton), 9-11, and the ENRON scandal, add to that ridiculous programs that we can't afford (the prescription drug benefit)

  He doesn't come across as particularly intelligent and I think you'll find that alot of the budget problems came about as a result of the excessive spending related to Afghanistan and Iraq. True, the tax cuts put money back into people's pockets and that generates spending in the economy but the vast bulk of the tax cuts benefitted the rich and that money does not go back into the mix, it goes straight into the stock market

  Why do you think the prescription drug benefit is rediculous? We have a national health service here that takes care of people who cannot afford private health care. I don't understand how America can be proud of having so many people with no access to healthcare when it is the most prosperous nation on earth.
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  Things that remind you of the WT BS

  by dh in

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  i'm one of those people who constantly gets reminded of random things by other random things, especially word associations & music... .

  things that remind me of the my life as a jw (and i use the word 'life' very loosly) .

  1. all along the watchtower (song by jimi hendrix) .

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  Intollerance

  microwaves - ok, you're going to have to go with me on this one. A sister I used to play badminton with once told me that she wasn't going to get a microwave because the GB hadn't endorsed them in the magazines and she didn't trust them

  Boredom

  Guns and roses - Knocking on heavens door. I am determined to have this played at my funeral
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  How the WTS brings a child's confidence & self-esteem down

  by Nosferatu in

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  2. bible

  this is a bit of a spinoff of avishai's post "anyone been beat up for being a dub?

  " i suffered this as a jw and i completely blame the wts for it.

  the following quotes are from the pink great teacher book:.

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  I got picked on badly for being a dub, I am not a 'turn the other cheek' kind of guy and put two kids in hospital before they all left me alone.

  I think the emotional picking on was worse though. Being shunned for being different and not having friends was really tough, coupled by the fact that the kids my age in the cong were freaks made my teenage years pretty lonely. In the end it's made me extremely resilient and very independant, to the point of being very comfortable with my own company. It was only after leaving home and joining the real world that I learnt how to interact with people socially
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  Can you get DF'd for having interactions with someone thats DF'd?

  by Agent Smith in

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  whats taken into consideration when this happens?

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  yes you can, there have been various occurrences of this. If I remember rightly this is what they used as a technicality to df Ray Franz
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  Dean meltdown

  by Seven in

  1. social
  2. current

  howard dean...lol!

  now perhaps the party will take a long and serious look at it's only electable candidate-john kerry!!

  as dean slips, the democrats' drama rises .

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  Satans little helper

  I don't get it, Bush is just an empty headed red neck who has won votes by giving tax cuts. The tax cuts have led to budget problems so you'll get tax raises.
  

  You won't get government spending cuts while the fear mongers are still pushing the 'terrorists under the bed' message. How much has the 'patriot' act cost you guys? Seems to me that Bush has been trying to spend his way out of recession which is a very left wing thing to try, and from experience it don't work. Add that to the cost of becoming the world's bully policeman and you've got serious issues controlling spending. Bush is now trying to come cap in hand to the UN and most countries are quite rightly going to tell him to sod off. If he doesn't want to work with the UN prior to war, why should the rest of the world pay for the cleanup?
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  Dean meltdown

  by Seven in

  1. social
  2. current

  howard dean...lol!

  now perhaps the party will take a long and serious look at it's only electable candidate-john kerry!!

  as dean slips, the democrats' drama rises .

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  would you vote Lieberman over Bush? You mention your tax cut of 60$ a month but it seems to me that you are going to lose more than that when the bean counters work out that all the overspending has to be paid for somehow.
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  Parents Implanting GPS Tracking Devices In Their Kids' Cellphones

  by SYN in

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  very disturbing indeed!

  what does jwd think of this new trend?

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  having been the victim of controlling parents I can tell you that trying to control your teenagers every move and giving them no freedom leads to one thing - rebellion. I had to be in at 11 on my 18th birthday and wasn't supposed to be drunk.I didn't and I was and got grounded, 2 months later I got my own apartment and was df'd the following month. Upshot of my parents control? Point to me, nada to them. I still got up to just as much throughout my teenage years, i was just a hell of alot more cunning and sneaky about it.

  I've talked at length about this with my wife as we are planning on starting a family this year. For us we are planning to stress personal responsibility to our kids. Throughout my teenage years I felt so pissed off at being constantly dictated to I deliberately did stupid irresponsible things just to get on my parent's nerves, especially after my mum died as my father was a prick. Point being is that if my parents had been reasonable then so would I , I would have also developed greater maturity and responsibility rather than dicking around just to piss them off.

  Parenting is obviously a personal thing and as I don't have kids yet I would never criticise anyone else's choices. This is just my 2 penneth.
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  Dean meltdown

  by Seven in

  1. social
  2. current

  howard dean...lol!

  now perhaps the party will take a long and serious look at it's only electable candidate-john kerry!!

  as dean slips, the democrats' drama rises .

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  Satans little helper

  Yeru,

  is there a democrat candidate you would vote for? I know your a republican but it seems to me that in US politics there is much less to choose between the parties
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  The USA - Question/s Prior To Visit

  by Celtic in

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  2. friends

  hell.

  where the ruddy hec do you start?

  ok, if i were to visit the states, where should i visit if i love culture and stunning scenery?.

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  I'm planning a road trip down the western side of the staes for a month next year, I'm from the same area as Celtic and am looking for the same sort of things.

  My plan was to start in Oregon, drive south to California and visit LA, SF and anywhere else interesting on my way to Baja. Of course I am planning to take a couple of days out to visit the grand canyon and Las Vegas.

  How feasible does this sound given that I could probably only spare 4 weeks vacation time? How expensive is it to stay in motels/backpackers hostels?
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  What's the most dangerous thing you ever did?

  by JH in

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  anybody ever do bungie jumping?

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  Satans little helper

  I saw shed loads of stuff there, diving on one of the reefs we came across a school of nurse sharks about 15 strong, a moray eel about 12 ft long and as thick as my thigh, I swam along holding onto the legs of a turtle and we also spotted a load of sting and eagle rays.

  I was well impressed with the diving, it's a shame the rest of our honeymoon was crap.