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  BRCI today!!!

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  http://www.brci.org/conferences.html

  the real convention.. i was going to try to pop in tomorrow myself.. anybody else?.

  cyp

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  coffee_black

  CYP, Starts 9:00 am... breaks for lunch at 11:50

  Starts up again at 2:00 and ends at 4:45

  Amazing is here... I'll pass on the regards from everyone who asked.

  Coffee
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  BRCI today!!!

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  http://www.brci.org/conferences.html

  the real convention.. i was going to try to pop in tomorrow myself.. anybody else?.

  cyp

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  coffee_black

  I'm at the conference.....in my room... It'll start at 12::45....I'm headed downstairs in a few minutes....

  Coffee
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  Multiple zipper tabs....GRRRRR!!!!!

  by coffee_black in

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  who decided that it was a good idea to put 2 zipper tabs on each zipper in luggage and bags?

  it used to be easythe zipper started at one endand it went one way to open and one way to close.

  simple.

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  Who decided that it was a good idea to put 2 zipper tabs on each zipper in luggage and bags? It used to be easy…the zipper started at one end…and it went one way to open and one way to close. Simple. But no…now there are 2 tabs, which opens up all sorts of frustrating possibilities. Sometimes (most of the time, actually) I pull the wrong one, thinking I’m opening it…but I’m really just pulling both tabs and all I’ve accomplished is to move the whole thing to the other side...and it is still closed.

  My computer bag has 5 compartments…an office on wheels. Each compartment closes with a zipper…so there are 10 tabs to choose from. Why? What possible advantage is there to this? I have daily fights with the thing…and I can’t find a new one that doesn’t have this same wacky feature.

  I’d like to find the person responsible for this exercise in frustration and give him/her a piece of my mind.

  All I know is that if they ever decide to do this to the zippers on pants, the human race is doomed.

  Ok, I feel better now.

  Coffee
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  Sgt. Peter Damon sues Michael Moore for $85 Million

  by coffee_black in

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  seems michael moore was using some of the same tricks the watchtower uses (taking quotes entirely out of context).

  interesting...makes you wonder what else was misrepresented in the film.. coffee injured vet sues michael moore for $85 million.

  jon keller.

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  coffee_black

  Orobus,

  "As for the misuse, it doesn't seem to be extremely eggregious and not on par with some of the deliberate misleading engaged in my the WT so I would hardly compare the two."

  I wasn’t talking scale…I was talking method. The method the Watchtower uses in quoting scriptural passages and scientific statements entirely out of context is the exact method that Michael Moore is accused of using. The Sgt. was talking about the physical pain he was having and the new medication that was helping. The quote was used in a different context to make it appear as if the Sgt. was in extreme emotional pain for being abandoned by his government. (which he wasn’t) It would be like someone making a “documentary” about the Watchtower using snippets from various threads you wrote and using your words out of context to make it appear as if you were promoting the society. Do you think that you would be upset?

  Abaddon,

  "I remember the clip. It's borderline; one certainly is given an impression BUT that is not due to anything explict in the segment, and if it's not explcit I don't think he'll get anywhere"

  Sorry, Abaddon, but this reminds me of someone defending the borg…ie: “er…well …they never actually came out and said that Armageddon was coming in 1975”

  Then you did something else that jws do… try to switch the focus onto George Bush. Sorry, Abaddon, but even if everything MM claims is true, the methods he is accused of using will discredit whatever else he says. If it is proven that he deliberately deceived his audience about this instance, than it calls everything else he has said into question. Just like when we discovered one incident of deception in the Watchtower…and it made us question other issues as well….and it all fell like a house of cards.

  What if someone used parts of threads you wrote, edited them in a such a way as to make it look like you are a huge supporter of George Bush, and then used that material to promote George Bush internationally? Would you take that lying down? Skillful editors can make black look like white and vice versa...which is why you have to be so careful these days as to who to believe.

  Time will tell. The Sgt. will have his day in court. It will be an interesting case to follow.

  Coffee
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  BRCI Conference

  by coffee_black in

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  just booked my flight.

  coffee

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  coffee_black

  It was in Orlando for several years running. It has been in Chicago for the last 5 years or so.

  Coffee
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  Hey everybody

  by ColdRedRain in

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  i'm not feeling too good and if it wasn't for my mom threatening to put me on suicide watch, i would be dead by now.

  anyways, i think i might have to get hospitalized soon.

  i'm sorry to all of those who i put through pain.

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  Sorry for your pain. Please take care of yourself. (((((((CRR)))))))))

  Coffee
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  Sgt. Peter Damon sues Michael Moore for $85 Million

  by coffee_black in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  seems michael moore was using some of the same tricks the watchtower uses (taking quotes entirely out of context).

  interesting...makes you wonder what else was misrepresented in the film.. coffee injured vet sues michael moore for $85 million.

  jon keller.

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  coffee_black

  I agree Wednesday that healthcare is a mess...but I'd rather see someone with credibility do it. Once this story really hits, and the full story is known, Michael Moore won't ever be taken seriously again IMO. I heard the Sgt. interviewed on the radio this morning. Michael is all done.

  Coffee
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  Sgt. Peter Damon sues Michael Moore for $85 Million

  by coffee_black in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  seems michael moore was using some of the same tricks the watchtower uses (taking quotes entirely out of context).

  interesting...makes you wonder what else was misrepresented in the film.. coffee injured vet sues michael moore for $85 million.

  jon keller.

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  coffee_black

  Seems Michael Moore was using some of the same tricks the Watchtower uses (taking quotes entirely out of context)

  Interesting...Makes you wonder what else was misrepresented in the film.

  Coffee

  Injured Vet Sues Michael Moore For $85 Million

  Jon Keller
  Reporting

  (CBS4) MIDDLEBORO A local veteran who lost parts of both of his arms in Iraq, is suing filmmaker Michael Moore. Sgt. Peter Damon says Moore recycled old news footage and used it in a way that made Damon seem anti-war.
  
  The snip-it appears in Moore’s film "Fahrenheit 9/11."
  
  Sgt. Peter Damon, a father of two from Middleboro, strongly supports the war effort in Iraq and never agreed to appear in Moore’s movie. He is now suing for $85 million.
  
  "I didn't lose my arms over there to come back and be used as ammunition against my commander in chief," said Damon.
  
  Damon was interviewed by NBC in 2003 while being treated at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The interview was about a new painkiller being used on injured soldiers. Damon says he did not express any views on the war itself in that interview.
  Michael Moore used a clip from that interview in "Fahrenheit 9/11." It shows Damon lying on a gurney, saying he feels like he’s being "crushed in a vice."
  
  The scene appears in a sequence that talks about how the government is abandoning veterans.
  
  "The original interview was supposed to be someting positive about the treatment we were receiving, not an attack, not something to be used in a story about veterans being left behind, because as you can see behind me, I am the last person to talk about being left behind," said Damon.
  
  You may recall Peter Damon threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park after returning home to Middleboro. The non-profit group Homes For Our Troops also built a home for the Damon family, specially designed for Peter’s physical needs.
  
  The lawsuit also names NBC, Miramax, and other production companies.
  
  CBS4's Jon Keller reached out to Moore's office with no response. Damon's lawyer says the case could take a year to make it to court.

  (© MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

  http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_151102350.html
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  were you forced to join the (misery ) ministry school?

  by headmath in

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  maybe you have some fond stories of this.. my story is that i was forced to join when i was about 12. i always got an assignment that dealt with beastilaity in exodus or somethin.

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  I wasn't forced. I joined because I wanted to. Gave my first talk at age 8.

  Coffee
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  BRCI Conference

  by coffee_black in

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  just booked my flight.

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  coffee_black

  Just booked my flight. Anyone else going?

  Coffee