Posts by TallTexan

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Warriors and Wusses

by badwillie in

from the los angeles times

joel stein warriors and wussesjoel stein.

january 24, 2006. .

TallTexan

From L.A....big surprise...maybe he and that genius Sean Penn have been hanging out again talking politics.

I guess getting rid of an anti-American, terrorist-supporting (and come on - do you really have ANY doubts that he was more than happy to help ANYONE who was willing to do harm to this country) dictator is not in the best interests of this country? A dictator who most likely either a) shipped off his WMD or b) hid them in the vast Iraqi desert. Oh, I forgot - according to the news he didn't have them. Really? He used them on his own people and on Iran 15-20 years ago. I guess he, what, mellowed out in his old age and didn't try to advance his ability to wage war on everyone around him? Sounds plausible....

I guess ridding millions of people of the terror of random torture, rape, execution and chemical genocide is not a worthy cause. Maybe it doesn't affect my life, or yours, but that still does not make it 'wrong' just because Iraq is a poor country that will not benefit us in any way.

But then I guess if you take what the mass (liberal) media says at face value then perhaps you have skewed opinion of not only the war, but how the men fighting it feel about it. I've talked to upwards of a hundred returning active duty and reservists who as a whole are extremely unhappy with the way the media slants the war. They mostly feel good about what they did and state that the Iraqi people as a whole were extremely grateful and hospitable. Sure, there are some dissenters, but that's to be expected. These men and women do not feel that they were deceived. They all believed when they signed up (many after 9/11) that they would be fighting in the Middle East and that is why they signed up.

I support them because they are doing something that I am unable to do. I find it disturbing that someone would write an article this short-sighted and so obviously lacking in factual basis.

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Uzbekistan increases fines for unregistered religious activityincludes JWs

by candidlynuts in

uzbekistan: massive fine increases introduced .

by igor rotar, forum 18 news service .

released one hour ago.... .

TallTexan

Well, at least Uzbekistanians (?) Uzbekis(?) Uzbekistanis (?) can have some marginal protection from being introduced to a cult....

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Whose been ripped off financially by his JW brother?

by Spectrum in

i posted this in another thread but it is more relevant here.

i worked for jw doing back breaking work for a while only to be told by another jw that he was ripping me of - he was paying me half the going rate.

i was only 17 and naive didn't know anything about the world of work.

TallTexan

Honestly, I don't think it's much different than in the secular world. There are good and bad employees, honest and dishonest businessmen. But then, I guess that's the point - it SHOULD be different and we were told repeatedly how DIFFERENT we were, but the truth is that is simply not the case.

My ex-father in-law owned several contracting/construction related businesses. He got the point that he was very reticent about hiring JW's for many of the reasons mentioned already. One thing he had a real beef with was, even though he was a pretty staunch JW, that his JW employees would spend half their time trying to 'informal witness' to their co-workers - and even count their time while he was paying them to work. They seemed to think that just because he was a JW that he wouldn't care. He had many JW's file worker's comp on questionable cases. One brother he hired had a previous injury but was given a job because he was in need. He ended up repaying that kindness by claiming that his injury happened on his current job and actually sued my ex-father in-law over his worker's comp.

I guess in all the Bible-quoting that the JW's do, they forget the scripture "neither a borrower nor a lender be"....I've seen a number of cases where JW's lent money to other JW's and it turned out badly. Not a good idea. Of course, for the most part, friendships and lending money aren't a good coupling....

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Osama: How You Like Me Now?

by prophecor in

osama bin laden says he's willing to call a truce.

bush administration says, " in a pigs eye, kiss @$$ !!!

is he manipulating the situation to his advantage, or does america have him on the run?

TallTexan

After the hounding that Clinton and the Democrats took for 8 years, what do the Republicans expect?

Just goes to show that they are all fallible and make mistakes. But in all fairness, Clinton dodged a LOT of publicity for things that GW would have been nailed to the wall for....I guess being the poster-child of the liberal media has it's advantages....most of the heat Clinton took was from conservative talk-radio - not the national media.

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Osama: How You Like Me Now?

by prophecor in

osama bin laden says he's willing to call a truce.

bush administration says, " in a pigs eye, kiss @$$ !!!

is he manipulating the situation to his advantage, or does america have him on the run?

TallTexan

Please remember that not all Republicans are stupid, but all stupid people are Republicans.

Oh..o.k...whatever you say..<eyeroll>

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SO MAD, HURT, Crying at WORK

by unique1 in

damn her!!!

ok, sorry, i have to let some of this out before i start crying at my desk again.

my mom and dad told me that they would stop talking to me.

TallTexan

I know this might not be a great idea; just wanted you to know that many here have your back.

I second that.

Also, since in the last sentence she ask for 'scriptural findings' to back this up, I'd go to town. If you want some research material help, get "In Search of Christian Freedom" and use some of the thoughts Ray put in there. Or there are plenty of folks here who I'm sure would be glad to help get you some scriptural backing on why df'ing is unscriptural.

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Richie: Taken in the Back...

by RichieRich in

jw
friends

if you haven't already, please read the thread richie's elders: deaf?

dumb?

if you haven't read it, you won't get the following.. so last wednsday night, after the fine spiritual feast prepared by the governing body and delivered by their "spirit appointed" waiters, i was approached by an one of the brothers who served on my judicial committee.

TallTexan

You are my hero......

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Linkin' Park - Numb - hits home

by TheListener in

jw
friends

i really love this song and have been meaning to post the lyrics for some time.

everytime i hear this song it hits home for me.

for those of us who have family in the truth but have chosen our own separate path - this is for us.

TallTexan

I've always thought that Metallica's "God that Failed" and "D'yers Eve" were especially applicable to JW-ism. James Hetfield actually wrote "God that Failed" about his experiences as a (I believe) 7th Day Adventist growing up. He stated that he was part of a religion that wouldn't use medical treatments and he saw how it affected it's 'victims'.

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Going to visit staunch jw dad

by Champion in

jw
friends

i know this is probably pointless to some but i just feel like posting to those who can relate.. i am going to visit my ministerial servant, liasion committe, 85 year old dad.

he lives in florida.

i am taking my kids and husband with me.

TallTexan

At 85, there's probably not much you can do. Just accept him for what he is. It's very hard to visit with someone who wants to talk about the 'truth' non-stop, but he is still your father and just as you don't want him forcing his ideas on you, he probably wouldn't want you shocking his world at 85. Visit with him as your father, as best you can, and know that you were the bigger person.

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Osama: How You Like Me Now?

by prophecor in

osama bin laden says he's willing to call a truce.

bush administration says, " in a pigs eye, kiss @$$ !!!

is he manipulating the situation to his advantage, or does america have him on the run?

TallTexan

let's git 'im!! YEEEE HAAWWW!! ALLAH ALLAH JESUS JESUS KRAMER KRAMER!!

Hate to tell ya, but not everyone who supports Bush is an ignorant redneck. But if it makes you feel better to think that, then go ahead. Who's Kramer?