well, i was just given the new dvd from the convention and i am trying to figure out if i should watch it or not.
on one hand i enjoy uncovering the hypocrisy, it's a good reminder as to why i am faded away.. on the other hand i dont know if i should waste my time watching crap.. thoughts?.
tt.
Well, I was just given the new dvd from the convention and I am trying to figure out if I should watch it or not.
On one hand I enjoy uncovering the hypocrisy, it's a good reminder as to why I am faded away.
On the other hand I dont know if I should waste my time watching crap.
Thoughts?
tt
two stories both true - and worth reading!!!!.
story number one.
many years ago, al capone virtually owned chicago .
cool! thanks
tt
or to be more specific genetics matter.
i just heard a story on npr about blood marrow donations among the black community, why it's so low and why it's desperately needed.
here's a few points that i thought were interesting about this issue:.
I added a small summary of the Tuskegee Syphilis Project to my former post, because I think it is helpful for people who don't under stand this issue of hesitancy as I did not.
tt
or to be more specific genetics matter.
i just heard a story on npr about blood marrow donations among the black community, why it's so low and why it's desperately needed.
here's a few points that i thought were interesting about this issue:.
o.k. So I just read about the Tuskegee Syphilis Project. I feel like a total pill now.
What a horrific way to treat people. No wonder the trust of the medical communtity is not there. These poor people were lured in thinking they were getting some help and then were abused horribly.
Thanks for educating me about this Sylvia.
Were you directly/personally affected by this project Snowbird?
The Tuskegee syphilis experiment[10] was a clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 in Tuskegee, Alabama, by the U.S. Public Health Service. In the experiment, 400 impoverished black males who had syphilis, were offered "treatment" by the researchers, who told the test subjects that they were treating them for the disease, but in reality did nothing-even though they possessed penicillin, which was known to cure the deadly disease at the time-so that they could observe the effects of syphilis on the human body. By the end of the study in 1972, only 74 of the test subjects were alive. Twenty-eight of the original 399 men had died of syphilis, 100 were dead of related complications, 40 of their wives had been infected, and 19 of their children were born with congenital syphilis. The study was not shut down until 1972, when its existence was leaked to the press, forcing the researchers to stop in the face of public outcry.[11]
tt
or to be more specific genetics matter.
i just heard a story on npr about blood marrow donations among the black community, why it's so low and why it's desperately needed.
here's a few points that i thought were interesting about this issue:.
I'll have to look that up Syl. I have never heard of that.
I meant no disrespect. I just meant that blackfolks are just as willing to help each other as any other race is. And that if the medical communtity cared as much about saving the lives of minorities as of whites they would maybe spend more time building a database and recruting people, and possibly building trust.
tt
or to be more specific genetics matter.
i just heard a story on npr about blood marrow donations among the black community, why it's so low and why it's desperately needed.
here's a few points that i thought were interesting about this issue:.
I think that the likely hood is that many black or mixed race people would donate. I don't know if I believe the bit about them being hesitant to participate. However, I do believe that there is very little time, effort or cash being spent in recruting these to become donors.
The reflection of statistics is obvious to me that more resources have been put toward collecting donors for the white community. Not an unwillingness to help by people of color.
tt
ok so last sunday was my last meeting.
i have been in contact with the service department over this problem with the child molesters in my hall, i have written many, many letters begging for help, i have gotten nothing for help from them, but to wait on jehovah and pray more study more, etc.
so i want them to know that they they win they have weeded me out from the "truth" i am a bad seed from satan as i cannot abide by how we handle child molesters.
In our time, rape is also a major crime with severe penalties. The victim has every right to report the matter to the police. In this way the proper authorities can punish the offender.
And if the victim is a minor, the parents may want to initiate these actions.
If the Borg really cared about victims this would read:
.....If the victim is a minor, parents should initiate these actions immediately.
tt
this was posted in the men's room stall, i hear the instructions in the womens room was more detailed.. this was in addition to having a "bathroom attendant" handing out 1 paper towel per person.. i haven't felt so childish since i was in grade schooll, i had to wonder if all the tall people around me were really grown men and women.. .
At the International Convention in Canada, they had a brother standing outside the restrooms shouting "FLUUUSH FOR BEEE EMMM OOONNLY ! That must have been an embarrasing assignment. He also was holding a sign saying the same thing. Maybe they were having a plumbing problem or were trying to cut costs on water and TP ?
Is this for real? That is disgusting and unsanitary, embarrassing.
This idea of controlling people during bathroom breaks really is too much.
That sign Mrs. Jones is histerical
tt
aztec ridge and temple ruins.
he could not form a single syllable, so long stilled were his parched lips.
to speak again would require time and practice.
After reading Dark sides post I am reminded of the first time I decided to share my poetry with someone. I asked my best friend at the time if I could read her a poem. She said yes, so I continued to related the most romantic and tortured piece I had written. When I was done she looked at me disgustly and said, " See thats why I hate poetry, it's so drawn out and boring".
STING! Of course I never confessed that I had written it.
Good Attitude coco
Keep writing
tt
without sounding crass or being impudent or deliberately caustic i'd just like to know one thing.. what does jesus do all day, exactly?.
is it interesting for him?.
is it productive?
My dads theory is that the rapture has already occured and that we here on earth are in hell. We get reencarnated over and over into these hard confused lives, where we never really get to understand the universe. The chosen ones are in heaven with jesus being kings and priests and spend most of their day screwing with us.
tt
Just a theory but just as good as any one elses
