just wanted to let "y'all" know about the meetup group h-town ex-jw (meetup.com).
if you want to join feel free.. i now there are some who find it helpful hanging with people who "get" you or understand.. i have a strict rule of not outing people.
if you have that concern let me know and i will try to make sure that doesn't happen.. the next meetup is planned for march 7 ( i think that is a friday).. let us know, all are welcome.. -r.
Just wanted to let "y'all" know about the meetup group H-Town EX-JW (meetup.com)
If you want to join feel free.
I now there are some who find it helpful hanging with people who "get" you or understand.
I have a strict rule of not outing people. If you have that concern let me know and I will try to make sure that doesn't happen.
The next meetup is planned for March 7 ( I think that is a friday).
Let us know, all are welcome.
-r
this week in sports............ huck does one public gig in michigan... and michigan is the proto-type for the possible overall national economy and employment issues.
why didnt the spend more time there... lot's of delegates there and a fair amount of popular vote in the november election.. south carolina... who did what?
did any one impress you or sway your opinion?.
thanks robdawg for replying to those points.
I wasn't paying attention to this thread......Oh, damn I am like Ron Paul now ;)
Ron Paul All The Way!!!
The rest are all the same. The rest are who got us into this mess.
Do the same thing and expect a different result? Now that's crazy.
hey there,.
how have jws reacted to a fellow member who decides to grow a beard?
i'm speaking of the brothers (unshaven).. thanks,.
It varies When I have about 2 weeks growth or more and run into "THOSE" certain brothers who think it is their job to police everyone they ask me how I am doing.....or if I am still going to the hall...etc...etc...
With their reasoning about beards I would think they would also say no Porn Mustaches either since they make you look like you are a porn star....
Nothing says porn like a giant mustache and a bath robe ;)
Rassillon of the if god didn't want me to grow a beard he would have made me a woman class ;P
this week in sports............ huck does one public gig in michigan... and michigan is the proto-type for the possible overall national economy and employment issues.
why didnt the spend more time there... lot's of delegates there and a fair amount of popular vote in the november election.. south carolina... who did what?
did any one impress you or sway your opinion?.
You said it exactly SacrificialLoon.
Racist *ACCUSATIONS*
The newsletter questions have been asked and answered.
It just goes to show that there are some people who view Ron Paul as a serious contender.
In the debates you notice no one ever has any serious response to his points. Only some sort of rhetoric.
Ron Paul sites facts and history and uses reason.
I have yet to have anyone specifically address his positions and where they think he is wrong. Everything I have seen comes down to a generalization that "he is a loon". No facts.
Sense leaving the JW's I have tried to understand and apply real reasoning and identify logical fallacies. Anti Paul articles are full of them.
Facts are our country is BROKE and Deficit Financing only works for so long and we are about out of time. China will be repossessing our country soon.
Elsewhere,
Hey there fellow Texan!
Although I feel you have a very valid explanation, I think "technically" you have to concede this one.
I know I am butting my big nose into y'alls conversation..... :)
Correction, Else. You made the assumption that skin color was what was being referred to.
Keep in mind that I am in Texas. I have had this conversation with quite a few people here in the south. Nearly everyone asks the question: "Do you think America is ready for Obama?" and are always referring to race. I know this because I always ask for them to clarify or they specifically refer to him being black.
It is not a great leap for me to interpret the question as referring to race since everyone else who has ever asked me the question was referring to race.
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KenseiShimonzu....Sounds like you should look at Ron Paul. He is the only candidate on either side who will get us out of the war quickly and would not run around trying to start new wars. In fact he wants to bring home troops from all over the world and shut down bases in other countries.
Don't take my word for it go to his web site and read his positions and youtube him and hear his words.
He is the only one who will take a stance and say I will bring them home almost immediately.
He is the only one who answers about new wars that it is a Constitutional requirement that Congress declare war before the President can take any action unless there are attacking forces on US soil. He feels that policing the world in not the job of the US.
Again, don't take my word for it. Do research.
Wabbit.....regarding Obama I had the same thought....I am a white male who has an affinity for the black female. I have thought about the eventuality of my (possible future) offspring and what will be their experience in society. If you are half and half why must a narrow view prevail that you must be classified as one or the other. Further said offspring would need to be prepared for the narrow-mindedness of individuals. Hopefully they will inherit my individuality and inner strength so as not to really care what others think.
Society seems to be obsessive compulsive in categorizing things. Even things which are just social constructs.
Universal Health Care (UHC) will not fix the underlying problems which make health care expensive. Further UHC will not provide the type of health care people think. To control spending caps and limits on the types and amounts of procedures allowed will be put in place. Sounds OK until you or you family member are the one who can't get a transplant, operation, etc because the quota has been met for this quarter/year/whatever. Oh, you could die without it....so could the other people in line ahead of you....Sorry, you are just a number. Fact: Services MUST be paid for. When the money runs out so does the coverage.
The US Dollar is a fantasy currency. It is backed by nothing. In 2001 it was about 85cents to the Euro now it is closing in on double that ~1.47. That was with the US having a "good economy" now with a possible down turn the outlook is less promising. They are going to lower interest rates again which means the private bank who prints the US Dollar, the "Federal Reserve Bank" is going to print more money. That means that each dollar you have will be worth less.
I don't see anyone who has a plan to fix let alone acknowledges the problems our country faces except for Ron Paul.
Maybe I can convert all my savings into euros....?
many times on this forum i see the word "god" and i think " so many people have so many gods".
i would like to know how you define the word "god" .
i am not asking if you believe in one, so please don't hit me over the head with verses and things you've heard from others, just speak from self please .
I guess I will throw my 2c in.
I THINK (i will try not to hurt myself) that since we have no evidence (please look up that word if you don't know what it means) of G/god the definition is the perception one has. If one is a theist it would be something similar to a traditional concept of an all powerful being / creator etc, etc... If one is an atheist I imagine it would be a unprovable concept which they refuse to believe in because there is no evidence. Still further there is the concept that god is anything you place in the position of personal importance traditionally held by the theist's "god".
Me personally I do believe there is a god/creator but I do not believe in the traditional concepts which many hold to. I feel there is a reason/source/cause for the order we see in the universe but I do not believe that this source has the pettyness that people ascribe to it.
-r
i am half way through this book by carl o. jonsson and the more i read the more certain i become that the 607bce date for the destruction of jerusalem by babylon is nothing more than a fabrication designed to uphold 1914 and hence the "authority" of the watchtower leadership.it makes me sick to think of how they have duped millions of people with their phoney chronology.it makes sitting through studies that mention these dates irritating to say the least.especially when all the heads nod in unison at the mention of the "magic 607"
Awesome!, Let the nutjobs fight each other!!!!
Oh and JCannon, it is count down to 607 not up to.....:)
so guys.
i know all the old cliches, all the good women are taken !
but it's just not true !
eclips, thanks for the thought, you seem nice. I do have to say though.....I am not bitter :) I know I probably come across that way but it would take way too much typing to fully express how I feel. In general I have a very positive attitude toward women and I think they are something to be cherished...blah blah blah....but all that is just a lot of typing, I like'm, there.
sweetstuff: not vinegar a nice comfy bed but that is neither here nor there. Please refer to my above comment :) hug and kiss.
I doubt I have the desire to fully express how I feel but most women&men have issues and they believe they don't. Too few people get to know themselves before they want to get to know someone else. If you have problems in a relationship, check yourself first and be honest.
Everyone says they want a normal girl, who the heck knows what normal is.
Everything comes with a trade off.
I want a hot girl with a hot body and a hot mind. Oh, and who has very mild PMS ;) One more thing, I really do prefer black girls.........any hot ethnic girl will do but I give extra points to black chicks!
So sayeth Whitey
another thing. I do give full body massages, and pretty darn good ones. oil and all, I was just making a point of the fact that I do butts too. Most people have never had a GOOD butt massage and when I give a girl one they always want more!
To all I wish Peace Love and Sooooouuuul!
See all that writing and I haven't even scratch the surface. Hmmm??
