Posts by betterdaze

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Does anyone hate Billy Mays as much as I do?

by Alpaca in

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how the hell does this guy get paid to scream about every product he promotes?.

i wouldn't buy a single product he advertises even if i liked it..

betterdaze

Favorite ShamWow parody (WARNING: Foul language):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9fmnAsgdg

BTW, Vince Offer, the guy on the ShamWow! and SlapChop commercials ("You're gonna love my nuts!"), is an ex-Scientologist. "In 2004, Offer, an ex-Scientologist, sued the Church of Scientology, alleging it had declared him a criminal and had urged its members to "write false and malicious reports against him." Offer claimed that the church's action against him caused him to lose a successful business, as many of his employees were Scientologists who quit upon learning of the church's actions. His attorney was Ford Greene."

~Sue

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Mormon Might try to converte me! Help!

by FiveShadows in

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okay here's the deal.

i work right now in homehealth.

the family is mormon.

betterdaze

Why not politely inform them that you aren't interested in any religion at this time?

Exactly! They are breaking employment laws, if they expect you to listen to their cult drivel in order to remain an employee. It's called religious discrimination.

On the other hand, what you're doing reeks of dishonesty. What's your purpose in leading them on? To provide the best home health care as a secular employee,
or to sabotage beliefs that you admittedly haven't a clue about? Why instigate trouble at a workplace, for any reason?

What's your desired outcome — once you point out the fables and foibles of Mormonism? Do you have something better to offer them instead? Obviously not.

Personally, I'd focus squarely on the responsibilities of the job at hand that I was hired for, and leave religion entirely out of it.

If you have no intention of joining their religion, talk to your employer about this illegal conduct. They have a responsibility to protect your rights. Self-employed?
Quit this client and find clients who won't preach at you. Home health care is one of the few areas that's booming right now in this down economy.

If their religion is just not for you, state it.

"I was hired to do X, Y, and Z and I intend to do my best in performing those healthcare job duties, regardless of religious affiliation. Please respect that and kindly
refrain from preaching at me. If you chose to fire me for my beliefs (or lack of beliefs), I will promptly lawyer-up and sue your a$$ into the ground."

Simple. No head games required.

~Sue

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A Neglected Revenue Source For California - Marijuana

by Elsewhere in

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a neglected revenue source for california - marijuanaf.

aaron smith.

tuesday, january 13, 2009. only if you lived in a cave could you avoid news about california's dire financial situation.

betterdaze

It should to be legalized... and grown responsibly. ~Sue

Mexican marijuana cartels sully US forests, parks

TRACIE CONE | October 11, 2008 09:27 PM EST | AP

PORTERVILLE, Calif. — National forests and parks _ long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels _ have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic chemicals needed to eke lucrative harvests from rocky mountainsides, federal officials said.

The grow sites have taken hold from the West Coast's Cascade Mountains, as well as on federal lands in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia.

Seven hundred grow sites were discovered on U.S. Forest Service land in California alone in 2007 and 2008 _ and authorities say the 1,800-square-mile Sequoia National Forest is the hardest hit.

Weed and bug sprays, some long banned in the U.S., have been smuggled to the marijuana farms. Plant growth hormones have been dumped into streams, and the water has then been diverted for miles in PVC pipes.

Rat poison has been sprinkled over the landscape to keep animals away from tender plants. And many sites are strewn with the carcasses of deer and bears poached by workers during the five-month growing season that is now ending.

"What's going on on public lands is a crisis at every level," said Forest Service agent Ron Pugh. "These are America's most precious resources, and they are being devastated by an unprecedented commercial enterprise conducted by armed foreign nationals. It is a huge mess."

The first documented marijuana cartels were discovered in Sequoia National Park in 1998. Then, officials say, tighter border controls after Sept. 11, 2001, forced industrial-scale growers to move their operations into the United States.

Millions of dollars are spent every year to find and uproot marijuana-growing operations on state and federal lands, but federal officials say no money is budgeted to clean up the environmental mess left behind after helicopters carry off the plants. They are encouraged that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who last year secured funding for eradication, has inquired about the pollution problems.

In the meantime, the only cleanup is done by volunteers. On Tuesday, the nonprofit High Sierra Trail Crew, founded to improve access to public lands, plans to take 30 people deep into the Sequoia National Forest to carry out miles of drip irrigation pipe, tons of human garbage, volatile propane canisters, and bags and bottles of herbicides and pesticides.

"If the people of California knew what was going on out there, they'd be up in arms about this," said Shane Krogen, the nonprofit's executive director. "Helicopters full of dope are like body counts in the Vietnam War. What does it really mean?"

Last year, law enforcement agents uprooted nearly five million plants in California, nearly a half million in Kentucky and 276,000 in Washington state as the development of hybrid plants has expanded the range of climates marijuana can tolerate.

"People light up a joint, and they have no idea the amount of environmental damage associated with it," said Cicely Muldoon, deputy regional director of the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service.

As of Sept. 2, more than 2.2 million plants had been uprooted statewide. The largest single bust in the nation this year netted 482,000 plants in the remote Sierra of Tulare County, the forest service said.

Some popular parks also have suffered damage. In 2007, rangers found more than 20,000 plants in Yosemite National Park and 43,000 plants in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, where 159 grow sites have been discovered over the past 10 years.

Agent Patrick Foy of the California Department of Fish and Game estimated that 1.5 pounds of fertilizers and pesticides is used for every 11.5 plants.

"I've seen the pesticide residue on the plants," Foy said. "You ain't just smoking pot, bud. You're smoking some heavy-duty pesticides from Mexico."

Scott Wanek, the western regional chief ranger for the National Park Service, said he believes the eradication efforts have touched only a small portion of the marijuana farms and that the environmental impact is much greater than anyone knows.

"Think about Sequoia," Wanek said. "The impact goes well beyond the acreage planted. They create huge networks of trail systems, and the chemicals that get into watersheds are potentially very far-reaching _ all the way to drinking water for the downstream communities. We are trying to study that now."

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Loose Conduct Hot Potatoes

by rebel8 in

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borrowed from cawshun's thread........ since the apostate dictionary is done, we should come up with recipes that spoof jws--field service donuts, judicial committee roast, fornication-on-the-beach drink, pelaides cookies, miracle wheat bread, loose conduct hot potatoes, sex interview beef, etc.

lol--think of some more please.......i'm frozen and bored...... .

betterdaze

Try Scorpion's brilliant 2008 Thanksgiving Menu at Bethel:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/humour/168282/1/2008-THANKSGIVING-MENU-AT-BETHEL

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Extreme Home Makeover Fresno--JWs don't help their own

by LDH in

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so worldly people do it for them.. .

http://www.fresnobee.com/1040/story/1117887.html.

ok, i watch the show once in a while.

betterdaze

"We're real excited for Mary; she's real deserving," said a friend, Melanie Pool, who attends the same church as the Riojas family, the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness congregation on North First Street.

READING COMPREHENSION 101: Pool simply states that they attend the same church. How very Theocratic. That, in and of itself, does not confirm that Ms. Riojas, her kids or even Melanie Pool are baptized Jehovah's Witnesses in good standing (TM).

Neither the Easter Seals or Home Makeover sites mention Riojas' religious affiliation at all. She's a very vocal lady, having been an Easter Seals ambassador and poster child. Yet no mention of Jehovah.

I'd need to know if: 1) Ms. Riojas is a bonafide baptized Witness and 2) if the Fresno Witnesses refused her prior assistance, before I could pass any judgement in this case. I don't have enough facts. She's a single, handicapped, mother of four and receiving help, that's all that matters!

What I DO know: "There but for the grace of God go I" stories help me appreciate how wonderful we able-bodied people have it, Watchtower cult or no cult. Just the fact that she was fostered by a migrant worker family, managed to get an education and put it to good use, hold down a job and get the hell OFF the welfare rolls is a success story in itself. She's setting a fabulous example for her kids, other handicapped people, and especially for all the able-bodied Welfare Queens both inside and outside the Watchtower cult.

Now, if a TV show decides to help her out, who am I to pi$$ on her parade?

To me, this appears more like Sister Melanie Pool is a busy-body JW looking to glom-off of Ms. Riojas' hard work and good fortune by sticking Jehovah's name in there for media attention. "Publish, publish, publish!"

So I wish Ms. Riojas and her kids the all the best in their new home. And I second the post on the tax implications, those extra taxes on home improvements are absolutely killer here in NJ.

~Sue

P.S.: In a perfect world, there would be a MAN or MEN providing for this disabled lady and their kids TOGETHER. I don't want OR expect the Watchtower or ANY charity and especially us RESPONSIBLE taxpayers to do so: I want a world where men are MEN and do right by their families in the first place. You breed 'em, you feed 'em! Something tells me there's a Baby Daddy (or 3 or 4) out there who's gonna move back in, once the cameras roll out. But again.... I don't have all the facts to pass judgement, just yet.

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"Something in the congregation is hindering the flow of Jehovah's holy spirit" - witch hunt JW style?

by slimboyfat in

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has anyone else experienced something like this?.

in my mother-in-law's congregation a special pioneer was recently moved to the congregation and he gave a talk where he said he and the other elders felt there was a bad spirit in the congregation and there must be something going on that is preventing jehovah's holy spirit from operating properly.

but he didn't state explicity what the problem might be and now gossip is rife in the congregation about whether there might be a sinner or a traitor in their midst.. for many this is just the excuse they need to gossip and bad mouth others.

betterdaze

True Witnesses of Jehovah would divine via the Urim and Thummin, then offer up a bunch of bloody animal sacrifices.

If not congregants, first.

~Sue

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New satiric magazine "THE WITCHTOWER"

by processor in

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hi folks,.

i have published a german magazine called "erbrechet!

" for more than a year now.

betterdaze

Danke schön!

~Sue

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Barf Alert: Milestones of 2008

by betterdaze in

jehovahs witnesses spent close to one and a half billion hours in their public ministry in 2008, and a new peak was reached in attendance at their most important annual event, the commemoration of jesus death.

there was an 8.7-percent increase in the number of persons studying the bible with them.

this year has also seen another outstanding publishing feat; the number of languages their instructional material is available in online surpassed 375.. .

betterdaze

http://www.jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm

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Barf Alert: Milestones of 2008

by betterdaze in

jehovahs witnesses spent close to one and a half billion hours in their public ministry in 2008, and a new peak was reached in attendance at their most important annual event, the commemoration of jesus death.

there was an 8.7-percent increase in the number of persons studying the bible with them.

this year has also seen another outstanding publishing feat; the number of languages their instructional material is available in online surpassed 375.. .

betterdaze

Jehovah’s Witnesses spent close to one and a half billion hours in their public ministry in 2008, and a new peak was reached in attendance at their most important annual event, the commemoration of Jesus’ death. There was an 8.7-percent increase in the number of persons studying the Bible with them. This year has also seen another outstanding publishing feat; the number of languages their instructional material is available in online surpassed 375.

http://www.jw-media.org/index.html

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Why is Pharaoh's name not given in the book of Genesis?

by VM44 in

why is pharaoh's (or rather pharaohs', as there were more than one) not given in the book of genesis?.

did the writer (or compiler) of the book have something to gain by not being precise as to the idientity of pharaoh?.

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betterdaze

Thanks, Leolaia, I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.

~Sue