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  English translation of the WT Dutch Branc Office response to the UN issue.

  by avengers in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  dear brother van xxxxxx .

  even though we don?t exactly know if you still identify yourself as a witness of jehovah, we decided to still use the same opening words as in our letter to you from november the fifth 2001. we received your letter from last 23 may in good order.

  in here you ask an amount of questions in addition to your previous letter from 5 november 2001 and our reactions on it in our letter from 8 november 2001. .

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  They'd make great politicians... SPIN... SPIN... SPIN...

  I feel sorry for them... When will Jehovah start telling them the truth?!

  Bryan
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  This is about out beloved Dansk

  by mouthy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how sorry i was to hear from dansk-he is going through a very difficult time.. i would like all prayers, thoughts, please keep this in mind ____ for me!!!!.

  the sad news he has cancer.it is lymphoma!!!

  they are waiting on the results of the biopsy before determining treatment..... he didnt want me to say anything at first- as he feels you all have your own problems & he didnt want to upset anyone-because he says "they are dear friends".

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  Thoughts and prayers for Dansk.

  Bryan
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  Fighter planes and strange clouds in sky right now

  by Leolaia in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm at home and for the past half hour at least three military fighters are up in the sky zooming around.

  maybe there's an air show or something but they go damn fast!

  they can go from being overhead to beyond the distance by the horizon in half a minute, if that.

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  I guess an air show.

  appeared to glow blue-green... I noticed the color returning and now it was reddish.

  Sounds like died trails then maybe the sun lowering?

  Bryan
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  Why your vote could make a difference in this year's Federal election.

  by talesin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a short excerpt from a thoughtful local columnist about why your vote could make a difference in this particular federal election.. that?s why i think all canadians, young and old, should take a keen interest in the current campaign.

  for the first time in a quarter of a century, voters have a chance to elect a minority government, one that would be forced to respond to what most people want?improved social programs, a stronger safety net and better environmental policies.. .

  a minority government is possible because the martin liberals have spent the last decade doing little about the environment while slashing health care, welfare, post-secondary education and employment insurance.

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  We seemed to be on the same page though I do embrace the Capitalistic System. I believe you work hard you make more, you get a good education, you make more. Burger flipping was great for me at 15 and I think that is a great place for young ones to get their first taste of a job outside of painting the fence at home.

  Personaly, I would like to see a usage tax and or flat tax. Everyone should pay some tax, and if you have a flat tax, your wealthy and corperations would not be able to deduct their way out of the tax burden.

  They haven't paid any taxes for decades!

  This is extreme I agree, but I'm sure if they payed the taxes they simply pass the extra expense down to the consumer. That's the real problem with increasing the wages. Many people who eat fast food do so because it's cheap. You start paying the burger fliper $10 an hour, you have to raise the cost of the burger or the company will go bust. Now the burgers are so expensive, those who normaly eat there can no longer aford it. It's just a big cycle.

  Bryan
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  Why your vote could make a difference in this year's Federal election.

  by talesin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a short excerpt from a thoughtful local columnist about why your vote could make a difference in this particular federal election.. that?s why i think all canadians, young and old, should take a keen interest in the current campaign.

  for the first time in a quarter of a century, voters have a chance to elect a minority government, one that would be forced to respond to what most people want?improved social programs, a stronger safety net and better environmental policies.. .

  a minority government is possible because the martin liberals have spent the last decade doing little about the environment while slashing health care, welfare, post-secondary education and employment insurance.

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  talesin,

  I do agree that many people need help. I also think it should be the right of every human being to have access to a doctor.

  My problem is that here in the US (and other countries) we have created a social system that encourages people not to work. A woman who is not married and and unemployed, receives a check every month and the amount of the check is determined by the amount of kinds she has, and this leads some single uneducated mothers to feel to have more children is good to raise their salary (check). I personaly feel our government should be helping to train her for career and give her child care during this process. I have been low in my life several times... I have collected food stamps because I could not afford to feed myself. And the one thing I noticed is that when you get into this situation, you loose your self esteme. And that can easily keep you down and dependant even longer.

  I am in no way against helping people who really need it.

  Bryan
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  I need advice quickly please

  by alison in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  about a few days ago i went to hand in my final paper at a university in manhattan.

  i won't go into details about the school because i want to keep it to a certain extent personal.

  there is this professor that is 38years old but he looks like he is 26 years old.

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  Then he tells me not to tell my man

  This tells me he doesn't expect you to two to have a permenant relationship. You're probably just the next notch he's working on. Maybe that's why he's seperated!

  Bryan
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  Why your vote could make a difference in this year's Federal election.

  by talesin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here's a short excerpt from a thoughtful local columnist about why your vote could make a difference in this particular federal election.. that?s why i think all canadians, young and old, should take a keen interest in the current campaign.

  for the first time in a quarter of a century, voters have a chance to elect a minority government, one that would be forced to respond to what most people want?improved social programs, a stronger safety net and better environmental policies.. .

  a minority government is possible because the martin liberals have spent the last decade doing little about the environment while slashing health care, welfare, post-secondary education and employment insurance.

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  Harper says he wants to make Canada the lowest-taxed country in the world. That?s hardly a prescription for improving social programs or strengthening what?s left of our safety net.

  Yeah! We want all our free stuff!

  Bryan
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  Intro and anyone from SE Texas?

  by pennycandy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, guys.

  i've occasionally lurked around here for a year or so but have visited more frequently lately so i thought it time i intro myself.

  i was a 3rd gen jw, married to a jw for many years, divorced, remarried a non-jw, and am now raising little non-jw's.

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  Very Cool.

  Do you know the Prakers? Joey was my friend. His father was a servant, and his mother ran off with an elder. As a kid it was pretty cool. I went to Joey's after the Sunday meetings and he showed me where the elder's hands pitted the yard grass after his father decked him. He also showed me his mother's long flowing black hair in the trash can. Joey's father, Joe, held her down on the sofa and cut her hair with sissors. Told her if she was leaving the family, she wasn't takin' the hair. Joey also had a little sister.

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  Intro and anyone from SE Texas?

  by pennycandy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, guys.

  i've occasionally lurked around here for a year or so but have visited more frequently lately so i thought it time i intro myself.

  i was a 3rd gen jw, married to a jw for many years, divorced, remarried a non-jw, and am now raising little non-jw's.

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  Hey Alana,

  I lived across the lake from you for many years, but I suppose at a different time. I lived on Lakeside dr. in Kemah and attended the League City hall during the 70's. Lived next do to John, Martha and son David Gray.

  Bryan
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  Intro and anyone from SE Texas?

  by pennycandy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, guys.

  i've occasionally lurked around here for a year or so but have visited more frequently lately so i thought it time i intro myself.

  i was a 3rd gen jw, married to a jw for many years, divorced, remarried a non-jw, and am now raising little non-jw's.

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  Yep.... If you wanted to do anything, you drove to Beaumont. Monday night was always roller skating in Beaumont. If you are from North of Beaumont, do you remember Sherry Lockwood; dated her, but I can't remember her cong. She was really in the sticks seems like.

  Look forward to hearing from you.

  Bryan