Posts by golf2

nomoreguilt, right on! By breaking away from guilt feelings, what a relief we experience. I remember when the elders expelled me, relief came over me instantly, it felt as though a sheet over my head had been removed. I still remember that day as though it was yesterday.

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A Sense Of Worth

by golf2 in

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like sports, work is like a religion to me, i must do something.

the feeling of accomplishing something everyday gives me a sense of worth, this entails doing small things for others.

i never tell people what i'm up to, i surprise them.

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Like sports, work is like a religion to me, I must do something. The feeling of accomplishing something everyday gives me a sense of worth, this entails doing small things for others. I never tell people what I'm up to, I surprise them.

How about you? What gives you a sense of worth?

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Do you ever feel that you'd like to go to church...

by Trevanian in

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...but don't know where to start looking for a good church to attend?.

or maybe feel too guilty with leftover jw emotions to even think about going to church at all?.

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Church strike me only as a tourist attraction. I like art, and when I visit a church, I look at the art work. Having three patented inventions, I'm always at awe with what man has accomplished.

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Are Your Credit Cards Paid In Full or Are You Behind??

by minimus in

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i will be paying off all my cards by next week (around 2500).

have you had a difficult time paying those bills this year?

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Like I play my sports, I stay ahead of the game. Once you relax and let your guard down, the opponet takes over. I never let my credit card get the best of me. I use it for emergency purposes.

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George Catlin & Native American Indians

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after reading the comments about the lakota indians, i thought i would share the following information with you.

george catlin was an eyewitnessto to native culture in it's "natural" state.

he was born in 1796 and died in 1872. he forsook his thriving law practice to pursue his passion for painting native people.

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Horriblelife, I find positive subjects and comments should be shared among us, this is one of them. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

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George Catlin & Native American Indians

by golf2 in

after reading the comments about the lakota indians, i thought i would share the following information with you.

george catlin was an eyewitnessto to native culture in it's "natural" state.

he was born in 1796 and died in 1872. he forsook his thriving law practice to pursue his passion for painting native people.

golf2

After reading the comments about the Lakota Indians, I thought I would share the following information with you.

George Catlin was an eyewitnessto to native culture in it's "natural" state. He was born in 1796 and died in 1872. he forsook his thriving law practice to pursue his passion for painting Native people.
Begining from 1836, Mr. Catlin painted the of way of 49 tribes and saw firsthand how natural life should be lived. He foresaw the PLANNED destruction of native culture by his own people. As Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, "In politics nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."

The following is Catlin's creed.

"I love the people who have always made me welcome to the best they had.

I love a people who are honest without laws, who have no jails and no poorhouses.

I love a people who keep the commandments without ever having read or heard them preached from the pulpit.

I love a people who never swear, who never take the name of God in vain.

I love a people "who love their neighbor as they love themselves."

I love a people who worship God without a Bible, for I believe that God loves them also.

I love the people whose religion is all the same, and who are free from religious animosties.

I love the people who never raised a hand against me, or stolen my property, where there was no law to punish them either.

Ilove the people who have never fought a battle with white men, except on their own ground.

I love and don't fear mankind where God has left them, for they are children.

I love people who live and keep what is their own without locks and keys.

I love all people who do the best they can. And oh, how I love a people who don't live for the LOVE OF MONEY!"

Will you find Catlin's creed in the history books?

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Lakota Indian tribe is now its own nation!

by skeeter1 in

lakota indians withdraw treaties signed with u.s. 150 years agothursday, december 20, 2007. .

washington the lakota indians, who gave the world legendary warriors sitting bull and crazy horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the united states.. "we are no longer citizens of the united states of america and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,'' long-time indian rights activist russell means said.. a delegation of lakota leaders has delivered a message to the state department, and said they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the u.s., some of them more than 150 years old.. the group also visited the bolivian, chilean, south african and venezuelan embassies, and would continue on their diplomatic mission and take it overseas in the coming weeks and months.. lakota country includes parts of the states of nebraska, south dakota, north dakota, montana and wyoming.. the new country would issue its own passports and driving licences, and living there would be tax-free - provided residents renounce their u.s. citizenship, mr means said.. the treaties signed with the u.s. were merely "worthless words on worthless paper," the lakota freedom activists said.. withdrawing from the treaties was entirely legal, means said.. "this is according to the laws of the united states, specifically article six of the constitution,'' which states that treaties are the supreme law of the land, he said.. "it is also within the laws on treaties passed at the vienna convention and put into effect by the us and the rest of the international community in 1980. we are legally within our rights to be free and independent,'' said means.. the lakota relaunched their journey to freedom in 1974, when they drafted a declaration of continuing independence an overt play on the title of the united states' declaration of independence from england.. thirty-three years have elapsed since then because "it takes critical mass to combat colonialism and we wanted to make sure that all our ducks were in a row,'' means said.. one duck moved into place in september, when the united nations adopted a non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples despite opposition from the united states, which said it clashed with its own laws.. "we have 33 treaties with the united states that they have not lived by.

they continue to take our land, our water, our children,'' phyllis young, who helped organize the first international conference on indigenous rights in geneva in 1977, told the news conference.. the u.s. "annexation'' of native american land has resulted in once proud tribes such as the lakota becoming mere "facsimiles of white people,'' said means.. oppression at the hands of the u.s. government has taken its toll on the lakota, whose men have one of the shortest life expectancies - less than 44 years - in the world.. lakota teen suicides are 150 per cent above the norm for the u.s.; infant mortality is five times higher than the u.s. average; and unemployment is rife, according to the lakota freedom movement's website..

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Sas-my-Frass, why did they become citizens of the US when they owned the land?

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Lakota Indian tribe is now its own nation!

by skeeter1 in

lakota indians withdraw treaties signed with u.s. 150 years agothursday, december 20, 2007. .

washington the lakota indians, who gave the world legendary warriors sitting bull and crazy horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the united states.. "we are no longer citizens of the united states of america and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,'' long-time indian rights activist russell means said.. a delegation of lakota leaders has delivered a message to the state department, and said they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the u.s., some of them more than 150 years old.. the group also visited the bolivian, chilean, south african and venezuelan embassies, and would continue on their diplomatic mission and take it overseas in the coming weeks and months.. lakota country includes parts of the states of nebraska, south dakota, north dakota, montana and wyoming.. the new country would issue its own passports and driving licences, and living there would be tax-free - provided residents renounce their u.s. citizenship, mr means said.. the treaties signed with the u.s. were merely "worthless words on worthless paper," the lakota freedom activists said.. withdrawing from the treaties was entirely legal, means said.. "this is according to the laws of the united states, specifically article six of the constitution,'' which states that treaties are the supreme law of the land, he said.. "it is also within the laws on treaties passed at the vienna convention and put into effect by the us and the rest of the international community in 1980. we are legally within our rights to be free and independent,'' said means.. the lakota relaunched their journey to freedom in 1974, when they drafted a declaration of continuing independence an overt play on the title of the united states' declaration of independence from england.. thirty-three years have elapsed since then because "it takes critical mass to combat colonialism and we wanted to make sure that all our ducks were in a row,'' means said.. one duck moved into place in september, when the united nations adopted a non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples despite opposition from the united states, which said it clashed with its own laws.. "we have 33 treaties with the united states that they have not lived by.

they continue to take our land, our water, our children,'' phyllis young, who helped organize the first international conference on indigenous rights in geneva in 1977, told the news conference.. the u.s. "annexation'' of native american land has resulted in once proud tribes such as the lakota becoming mere "facsimiles of white people,'' said means.. oppression at the hands of the u.s. government has taken its toll on the lakota, whose men have one of the shortest life expectancies - less than 44 years - in the world.. lakota teen suicides are 150 per cent above the norm for the u.s.; infant mortality is five times higher than the u.s. average; and unemployment is rife, according to the lakota freedom movement's website..

golf2

Who here can fill me in on the history of the "Five Nation Confederacy?" Question, how did Indians become citizens? Did they have to raise their right hand and pledge allegiance to the US flag ?

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