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whereami
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what makes me. A liitle reflection from today
by Aussie Oz inthis has not been a happy day, a stress free day for me as i am sure some of you know.. but it has given me pause to dig inside to see why i fight to be heard.
why i seemed to have played a part in such a mess with a moderator and other members.. going back a number of years in to the wt, one large event occured where i was not able to make my self understood by my accusers.
no matter how hard i tried to get my veiw accross, the harder it became to be understood.
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1 Corinthians 13. New marriage outline to be used.
by whereami inwhat do you think the chances are they'll be using this new and improved marriage outline at the kingdom hall?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc1vt9s9v8q.
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whereami
What do you think the chances are they'll be using this new and improved marriage outline at the kingdom hall?
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The great Jesus swindle.
by whereami ini think our chritian friends like tammy, shelby (peace to you by the way my dear) & psac would agree with this video.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4shqqjddca.
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whereami
I think our chritian friends like Tammy, Shelby (peace to you by the way my dear) & PSac would agree with this video.
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The real story about the tea party movement
by lifeisgood ini started this thread because some people are telling lies in another thread about the tea party.. i am one of the volunteers that helps arrange and put on tea party rallies in southern mississippi.
we do not have a membership roll.. we are not a political party.. we have one basic issue that we are addressing, which is: we want federal spending to be lower than federal revenues.
we do not say how this is to be achieved.. some liars on this site are claiming that the tea parties are actively pushing to achieve the balanced budget by cutting only liberal policies.
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whereami
we defeated 50 democrat big spenders and put 50 republicans in their place in the last election.
Yeah...the guys you put in there are really great aren't they? And these people call themselves "Christians".
Gov. Rick Scott orders immediate cuts to programs for disabled
March 31, 2011|By Kate Santich, Orlando SentinelFlorida Gov. Rick Scott ordered deep cuts Thursday to programs that serve tens of thousands of residents with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism and other developmental disabilities.
Though a range of state services face cuts from this year's Legislature, the governor invoked his emergency powers to order the state Agency for Persons with Disabilities to immediately roll back payments to group homes and social workers by 15 percent — an amount providers say could put them out of business and threaten their clients' safety.
"lt's not like, 'Gee, does this mean I have to skip a vacation this year?'" said Amy Van Bergen, executive director of the Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida. "Potentially, these cuts have life and death implications for these people."
An estimated 30,000 Floridians with severe developmental disabilities receive services that help them live outside of nursing homes — typically with family or in small group homes. Aides help them eat, bathe, take medication and otherwise care for themselves.
But the governor said the Agency for Persons with Disabilities' ongoing budget deficit — currently at $170 million — had reached a critical point and needed to be addressed immediately.
The cuts go into effect Friday and last at least through the fiscal year, which ends June 30. Lawmakers are currently debating what will happen after that.
Providers had not been informed of the cuts.
"No one has gotten any notice," said Linda Cumbie, an Orlando social worker who coordinates services that clients need to live outside of a nursing home — which would be a more expensive arrangement for the state. "We have to find out through the newspapers."
Cumbie said funds for the disabled already had been pared back to skeletal levels. She personally is holding a carwash and bake sale to help out one young disabled client so he can attend a daily workshop program.
Katie Porta, president of Quest Inc., which operates a series of group homes and programs for those with disabilities, said provider rates in Florida already rank in the bottom 10 percent for all states.
"We are almost to the point of impossibility in providing for our clients' basic health and safety needs," she said. "I just fear for our people."
She wasn't the only one. Alan McIntosh, a 57-year-old Orlando man with cerebral palsy, relies on an aide to do just about anything requiring movement. "I don't know what he [Gov. Scott] is thinking," McIntosh said. "As it is, I'm just trying to survive."
His aide, Debbie Pascascio, works 24 hours a day, four days in a row, to care for McIntosh and two other people with severe disabilities. Though she did not want to reveal her salary, other aides say $800 a week for round-the-clock care is typical, and many workers receive no health insurance, sick leave or retirement benefits.
APD Chief of Staff Bryan Vaughan said his department had no choice. "These actions are necessary … so that we are not forced to eliminate services to this vulnerable population," he said in a news release issued late Thursday. "APD is committed to protecting the health and safety of Floridians with developmental disabilities while living within our budget."
But at the Threshold Center for Autism in Winter Park, former CEO and current board member Bob Wright said something has to give. Staffers there work with children and adults who are severely impaired and sometimes violent.
"If this were any other workplace, you would consider it a war zone," Wright said. "My staff gets bitten, hit, kicked, spat upon, defecated on, urinated on — for $8.23 an hour. And every time we start talking about giving our guys a pay raise, the governor comes along and cuts the rates."
The center has not had a rate increase for its services since 2005, and it has had several rounds of cuts since then. At the same time, training requirements for staffers have increased.
"The state can cut my rates by 15 percent, but I can't cut my staffing 15 percent or I'll be in violation of staffing ratios," Wright added. "This may break our backs."
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Arrrghhh! enough you pompous christians!
by Aussie Oz inok, to all you 'christians' who love to and rightly do comment on threads attacking your 'lord', enough with the.
''may you have peace dear so and so''.
''your fellow slave in christ''.
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whereami
Shelby you know I luv ya. Peace be to you my arch enemy.
Just trying to make lite of things. I can see where Aussie Oz is comming from.
Yeah it gets old and annoying sometimes but it is what it is.
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Arrrghhh! enough you pompous christians!
by Aussie Oz inok, to all you 'christians' who love to and rightly do comment on threads attacking your 'lord', enough with the.
''may you have peace dear so and so''.
''your fellow slave in christ''.
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whereami
Here you go Aussie Oz...this should make you feel better.
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I am starting to understand that creationists dont understand Evolution
by cyberjesus inand thats it :-) self explanatory.
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whereami
I'm loving the satire.
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I am starting to understand that creationists dont understand Evolution
by cyberjesus inand thats it :-) self explanatory.
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Jacob Barnett, 12 yr. old, explains what he'd like to improve about Einstein's Theory of Relativity
by glenster inhis opinion of some of the posts here of calculations about the past and future,.
etc., aren't given, but i could guess.. http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/entertainment/weird_news/12-year-old-genius-takes-aim-as-disproving-einsteins-theory-of-relativity.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110329/ts_yblog_thelookout/for-12-year-old-astrophysics-prodigy-the-skys-the-limit.
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whereami
I just knew Glenn Beck had to put a "GOD" spin on it.
How long til this kid realizes that going on Becks show was a mistake?
