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deddaisy
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OUCH ! Wall Street Journal SPITS out the JWs!!
by deddaisy ini saw this in the wall street journal, friday, june 21, 2002, page w15...it's a good article, unfortunately, i had to type it because i can't find the article on-line.....so forgive the typo's.... .
houses of worship / by jason l. riley .
door-to -door, disturbingly .
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144thousand, I found the Supreme Court case, and agree, the writer quoted Scalia, but only in part.(when referring to "crackpots") I'm posting the relevant text of the opinion of the court and the full text of Scalia, with Thomas, concurring in judgment, for anyone that's interested. Scalia's statement is a bit confusing, even in full text....
WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC., ET AL.,
PETITIONERS v. VILLAGE OF STRATTON ET AL.No. 00-1737
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
70 U.S.L.W. 4540
February 26, 2002, Argued
June 17, 2002, DecidedOPINION: JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.
Second, requiring a permit as [*31] a prior condition on the exercise of the right to speak imposes
an objective burden on some speech of citizens holding religious or patriotic views. As our World
War II-era cases dramatically demonstrate, there are a significant number of persons whose religious
scruples will prevent them from applying for such a license. There are no doubt other patriotic
citizens, who have such firm convictions about their constitutional right to engage in uninhibited
debate in the context of door-to-door advocacy, that they would prefer silence to speech licensed
by a petty official.JUSTICE SCALIA, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS joins, concurring in the judgment.
I concur in the judgment, for many but not all of the reasons set forth in the opinion for the Court. I
do not agree, for example, that one of the causes of the invalidity of Stratton's ordinance is that
some people have a religious objection to applying for a permit, and others (posited by the Court)
"have such firm convictions about their constitutional right to engage in uninhibited debate in the
context of door-to-door advocacy, that they would prefer silence to speech licensed by a petty
official." Ante, at 16.If a licensing requirement is otherwise lawful, it is in my view not invalidated by the fact that some
people will choose, for religious reasons, to forgo speech rather than observe [*38] it. That would
convert an invalid free-exercise claim, see Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore.
v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990), into a valid free-speech claim -- and a more destructive one at that.
Whereas the free-exercise claim, if acknowledged, would merely exempt Jehovah's Witnesses
from the licensing requirement, the free-speech claim exempts everybody, thanks to Jehovah's Witnesses.As for the Court's fairy-tale category of "patriotic citizens," ante, at 16, who would rather be
silenced than licensed in a manner that the Constitution (but for their "patriotic" objection) would
permit: If our free-speech jurisprudence is to be determined by the predicted behavior of such
crackpots, we are in a sorry state indeed.(Emphasis added)
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OUCH ! Wall Street Journal SPITS out the JWs!!
by deddaisy ini saw this in the wall street journal, friday, june 21, 2002, page w15...it's a good article, unfortunately, i had to type it because i can't find the article on-line.....so forgive the typo's.... .
houses of worship / by jason l. riley .
door-to -door, disturbingly .
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thank you Nathan! I have to admit, I'm not the fastest typist.....but that writer was so brutally honest, I had to post the article......
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DEAR WTS, I love your new director.......
by deddaisy inanother example of gross hypocrisy - do they honestly think that these type of things will never be discovered?
unbelievable.
i suppose their excuse is that the shares were donated as gifts and through wills etc, yet surely they should not accept them if they are not appropriate to the teachings of the organisation.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_______________________________
FORM 10-KSB
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2001
COMMISSION FILE NO. 0-23920
REGI U.S., INC.
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(Name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
OREGON 91-1580146
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
185 - 10751 SHELLBRIDGE WAY
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA V6X 2W8, CANADAGasoline and Diesel Engine
Two prototype engines were built in 1993 and 1994 by the WVURC to run on
gasoline. Testing on these prototypes suggested that the concept is
fundamentally sound and that with a program of engine review, design, testing
and development, a technically successful range of engines can be developed. The
current prototype design for the diesel engine was designed by a consortium made
up of Alliant Techsystems (formerly Hercules Aerospace Company) ("Alliant"),
WVURC and us. Alliant was involved in the design and development including
drawings for the RC/DC diesel engine. In addition Alliant performed extensive
analysis on the diesel engine including bearings, cooling, leakage, rotor,
vanes, housing, vane tip heating, geometry and combustion. This engine was
designed as a general purpose power plant for military and commercial
applications. A prototype of the diesel engine has been assembled and tested.We are currently making presentations to the U.S. military which could
result in additional government funding if the diesel engine prototype meets
with its approval.COLD TURBINE - Four designs have been completed with ratings of 750 kW, 300 kW,
75 kW and 25 kW output. We are working to identify interested partners to
assist in the development of this new product. The key to the Cold Turbine is
the Compressor Design incorporating the Winged Rotor and Multi-Piece Vanes. The
marketing effort for this product is equally split between the Government and
private sectors.U.S. patent No. 5,429,084 was granted on July 4, 1995, to the inventor, Brian
Cherry, Patrick Badgley and four other individuals for various improvements
incorporated in the RC/DC Engine. The patent has been assigned to us. U.S.
Patent 4,401,070 for the Original Engine was issued on August 30, 1983, to James
McCann and RAND holds the marketing rights.Edited by - deddaisy on 23 June 2002 1:50:45
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OUCH ! Wall Street Journal SPITS out the JWs!!
by deddaisy ini saw this in the wall street journal, friday, june 21, 2002, page w15...it's a good article, unfortunately, i had to type it because i can't find the article on-line.....so forgive the typo's.... .
houses of worship / by jason l. riley .
door-to -door, disturbingly .
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I saw this in the Wall Street Journal, Friday, June 21, 2002, page W15...It's a good article, unfortunately, I had to type it because I can't find the article on-line.....so forgive the typo's....
Houses of Worship / By Jason L. Riley
Door-to -Door, Disturbingly
In an interview published just after his death last month, Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould said: "Life is too short to debate with the Jehovah's Witnesses who ring your bell and want to talk for two hours."
Mr. Gould would know. The evolutionary theorist counted the sect among his fiercest critics. And apparently at least some Supreme Court justices share his sentiment, along with millions of American householders. But that doesn't mean the court's ruling this week-the one reasserting the constitiutional right of Witnesses to annoy their neighbors with door-to-door proselytizing-was wrong.
Monday's 8-1 decision struck down a Stratton, Ohio, ordinance requiring anyone going door-to-door to register with authouities and get a permit. Writing for the majority, Justice John Paul Stevens was unequivocal. "It is offensive," he wrote, "not only to the values protected by the First Amendment but to the very notion of a free society, that in the context of everyday public discourse a citizen must first inform the government of her desire too speak to her neighbors."
The court called the law, which covered both political and religious canvassing, a dramatic departure from our "constitutional tradition." Indeed, that tradition owes a lot to fringe groups like the Jehovah's Witnesses, whose litigious pedigree dates back six decades and includes more than two-dozen Supreme Court rulings. Those precedents pepper the latest decision, and even the lone dissenter, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, didn't deny that the Stratton ordinance posed First Amendment problems.
I was raised a Witness and left voluntarily in my teens. I cringe at the evergrowing case law that links this particular group to these particular constitutional protections. The theory is sound, but the reality is maddening. The Witnesses themselves blend qualities of zealotry and authoritarianism at odds with the ideals of a democratic society.
The Witnesses, who claim six million members world-wide, are overseen by the Governing Body - a small group of "anointed" men who profess an ability to channel instructions from God. They hold complete doctrinal authority and brook no dissent from the rank and file. (Although there have long been many blacks in the rank and file, only recently have they been allowed into the Governing Body.) Independent thinking is forbidden. Church members are required to turn in dissenters. Conformity is enforced with threats of shunning. That so much First Amendment precedent is put in the service of these pseudotheocratic dictators is unsettling, even if it is necessary.
Preoccupied with apocalyptic dates, Witnesses are criticized for changing course as their predictions go unrealized. But wrongheadedness is a part of their tradition. The sect began in Pennsylvania in the 1870s under Charles Taze Russell, who abandoned the Adventist movement after a prediction of Christ's second coming failed. Borrowing heavily from the teachings of Adventists and other date-obsessed sects, Russell formed his own movement, which would later adopt the name "Jehovah's Witnesses."
Russell pointed to 1914 as the year that God would set up his kingdom on earth, displace all governments and destroy everyone except "Russellites" (as they were known at the time), who would inherit a paradise on earth and live forever. Russell died disappointed in 1916, and his successors have changed dates and predictions many times since.
Yet when members come knocking, the message they deliver is essentially the same. Join us or perish: The world as we know it will end any day now, and only Jehovah's Witnesses will survive to live eternally in an earthly paradise.
Personally, I favor a wait-and-see approach, and I take comfort in knowing that at least two justices share my queasiness. A separate concurrence in Monday's ruling, written by Antonin Scalia and joined by Clarence Thomas, had just the right tone of resignation. "If our free-speech jurisprudence is to be determined by the predicted behavior of such crackpots, we are in a sorry state indeed."
(Emphasis added)
Edited by - deddaisy on 23 June 2002 0:54:8
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Look at SilentLambs Guest Book!
by Nanoprobe inyou gotta see this!
silentlambs guest book 18 jun 2002 20:10:11
someone signing himself jehovah's theocratic state of free people.
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nano, I don't think they're trying to discredit Bill......it's kind of a support......maybe they know more JWs will see the message at a "apostate" site.......I mean does anyone actually "visit" a JW site.......
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Look at SilentLambs Guest Book!
by Nanoprobe inyou gotta see this!
silentlambs guest book 18 jun 2002 20:10:11
someone signing himself jehovah's theocratic state of free people.
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cooooooool..........but why are they calling for the "dissolvement of the GB" at a so-called "apostate" site? why not "nail" it on WTS's site?
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MSNBC / Newsweek
by mikepence inhey ya'all...go to http://www.msnbc.com/news/767800.asp and click on the highest number (7) on the "msnbc viewer's top 10" box at the bottom.
if enough of us click that, the story will get more prominent play on msnbc.com.. peace,.
mike.
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looked like it was #4........
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Outline they handed out at "Dateline"...
by Preston ineven though i'm not an active jw, my mom is and they handed out an outline at the service meeting last thursday about the dateline program.
even though i didn't go, i did get a copy of the outline and have posted it below.
the only info.
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"...with a view of educating Jehovahs people and the public on the need to protect children from child abuse."
According to the American Family Foundation, a resource on cults and psychological manipulation, cults:
"psychologically, if not physically, isolate followers from the rest of society. They use mind control to make members believe the world is divided between absolute good (the group and its ideolgy) and absolute evil (all else). As the foundation's guidelines explain: The group is the 'elite'; outsiders are 'of the world,' 'evil,' 'unenlightened,' etc." (Emphasis added)
USA WEEKEND, March 1-3, 2002
(they don't even protect the children of their own members from their own members, but they're educating the public on how to do it!? )
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To Bethel Lurkers: Declare Victory!
by metatron into all bethel monitors of this site:.
please declare victory on your statistics and move on!.
this year, there will be a huge (2-3%) increase in publishers reported in the.
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"I think someone should repost that Jan 15 (?) 2000 WT which showed a picture of a little girl that couldn't be over ten getting dunked."---Farkel
Not to get too off the subject........but a ten year old getting baptized as a JW is outrageous.....this is a "minor" taking a oath to die before taking a life-sustaining blood transfusion if the need ever arises..........yea right, a ten year old is competent enough to take this oath......if any other organization allowed minors to take an oath such as this , they'd be held liable........
out of curiousity, do they "deduct" the "DA'ed, "DFed," and "mentally re-covered" from the total?
Edited by - deddaisy on 17 June 2002 12:2:25