MorpheuzX

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  My website

  by shera in

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  www.autismsos.com.

  its still in the making,but it is just about done.. its a db for people who have autism in their life,in any way.also just for people who want to learn.any one welcome!.

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  MorpheuzX

  Wow, the website really looks fantastic! Kudos to your webdesigner. I hope it all the success in the world!
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  Actress attacked

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  i just heard that the actress from the film "legally blond" has been stabbed, is it reece something or other?.

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  MorpheuzX

  Pope, you truly are Primate of JWD, the Supreme Pontiff of imbecility. Can I be a bishop? Or do I have to pay a papal indulgence for that?

  C'mon at least make me Bishop of Antioch or something.
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  Lou Whitaker Makes A Comeback

  by Kenneson in

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  see the article " 'sweet lou' is back.

  former 2nd baseman is in a tigers uniform for the 1st time in 9 years.

  lou whitaker says jehovah god is no.

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  MorpheuzX

  I never knew this about Lou Whitaker. What I do remember is him being a fantastic second baseman. IMO if Tinkers, Ever and Chance are in the Hall of Fame, so should be Trammell, Whitaker and Parrish!

  Of course this will never happen, just like all those prophecies Sweet Lou believes in.
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  How do you like your toilet paper?

  by Winston Smith :>D in

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  how do you like your toilet paper?

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  MorpheuzX

  Over the top
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  Democrat or Republican?

  by spiritwalker in

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  when i left the witnesses, i decided it was time to vote.

  so i registered republican and went to voting all republican and conservative.

  i figured, they might not be perfect, but unlike the democrats that i have seen.

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  MorpheuzX

  Carmel, I agree completely about most voters being uninformed. And I think most of the problem lies with human nature. A lot of people want to blame the media for not covering "boring" but extremely important events like meetings of the IMF or the WTF, immigration reform, fair-trade reform, trade treaties and tariffs, monetary policy. But let's face it, if that's what was on the news, nobody would watch. All most people want is the latest on Martha Steward or Scott Peterson.

  And so political parties trot out abortion and gay-rights and other polarizing issues -- people have strong feelings toward those issues and that makes for better news copy (ratings, circulation, page hits). The media covers the highly emotional but vastly less important issues, and many people vote on the basis of that coverage (whether it be from Fox News, CNN, CNBC, ABC News is only relevant to the individual voter).

  My solution: more political parties, more diverse media outlets, less corporate media ownership; then again you can't change human nature and just like the great political mind and historian Juvenal said almost 2,000 years ago, "the public has long since cast off its cares; the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things -- bread and circuses."

  I?m afraid he was right.

  P.S. Sorry this is in red, computer glitch.
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  Democrat or Republican?

  by spiritwalker in

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  when i left the witnesses, i decided it was time to vote.

  so i registered republican and went to voting all republican and conservative.

  i figured, they might not be perfect, but unlike the democrats that i have seen.

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  MorpheuzX

  Spriitwalker, what or who are you responding to? You've got me puzzled.
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  Democrat or Republican?

  by spiritwalker in

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  when i left the witnesses, i decided it was time to vote.

  so i registered republican and went to voting all republican and conservative.

  i figured, they might not be perfect, but unlike the democrats that i have seen.

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  MorpheuzX

  I'm currently registered as a Democrat; that's just so I can vote in the primary elections. Back in 2000 I was registered in the Republican Party (because I wanted to vote for John McCain in the 2000 Republican Presidential primary). In the November 2000 election I voted for all Democrat and Green Party candidates.
  

  Which is my round about way of saying I have no party loyalty.

  I think political parties try to polarize people using highly divisive issues like abortion, gay-marriage, and the war in Iraq, and the purpose of this attempted polarization is to disenfranchise the average potential voter who ends up not agreeing with either party platform and hence does not vote -- this keeps only the party loyalist voting and totally corrupts democracy.

  I think the two-party political system is killing America.

  As a way of post-script, spiritwalker, you really need to meet some more Democrats. As for them being "largely uneducated" I don't know where you get that from, except perhaps anecdotal information. I personally know dozens and dozens of democrats who hold Ph.D.s in everything from media analysis to geology and I will be one myself in a few years. (Not that I?m necessarily a Democrat.)

  Since you're relatively new to the new political game, may I suggest a book for you to read? The author is Plato; the book is 'The Republic'. It's a fascinating look at what the role of the government should play in a free society. If you read that I'd also recommend reading 'The Prince', by Nicollo Machiavelli -- it is a brilliant political treatise.

  I don't mean to talk down to you. For all I know, you've already read both of these books. I'm just recommending them if you haven't.
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  Which party reflects your views?

  by donkey in

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  http://www.lp.org/issues/platform/compare/

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  MorpheuzX

  Jeepers there's a lot of Green support on this board, for a party you never hear anything about in the mass-media.
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  The Watchtower's Version of God

  by Ariell in

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  it really bugs me when people say we've been brainwashed by the watchtower's version of god, but the fact of the matter is, the bible says what it says.

  these acts of silliness, cruelty, and injustice are clearly stated.

  jehovah's witnesses aren't the only ones disturbed by things they've read in the bible.

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  I agree with you Sphere, the arguments for some of the crimes against humanity that take place in the old testament are ridiculous at worst and contrived at best.

  That's why in a similar thread a couple of days I ago I commented that the Gods of the new and old testaments seem to be completely different individuals -- maybe there's something to that. (Yes you could look at Revelation and say it's the same thing all over again; remember John was 90, isolated on the Island of Patmos and possibly crazy, when he wrote that book.)

  Obviously from that statement you could infer that I do not think that all of the present "canonical bible" is actually the word of God. In fact, I think a lot of it is pure folklore.

  I look at the God of Genesis and the God of the Gospels and come to the conclusion that these are clearly different dieties. (Or people have made them that way.)
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  Which party reflects your views?

  by donkey in

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  MorpheuzX

  Blondie you and I must have agreed on just about everything. Good to know I'm not the only "flaming liberal" on the board, lol.