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  Corporate influence in the public arena

  by Hortensia in

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  http://www.citizenkoch.com/blog/entry/statement-about-public-broadcasting.

  i've always considered public broadcasting to be a good idea that doesn't really work out.

  the people who run public broadcasting are elitist and self-righteous, and they take money from huge corporations.

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  sooner7nc

  Thanks for mentioning Alinsky Burns.
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  Corporate influence in the public arena

  by Hortensia in

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  2. current

  http://www.citizenkoch.com/blog/entry/statement-about-public-broadcasting.

  i've always considered public broadcasting to be a good idea that doesn't really work out.

  the people who run public broadcasting are elitist and self-righteous, and they take money from huge corporations.

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  sooner7nc

  Rule 10: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. Avoid being trapped by an opponent or an interviewer who says, "Okay, what would you do?"

  Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don't try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.

  Yeah these are pretty good Burns.
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  FAQ - from the official web site "Do You Shun Former Members of Your Religion"?

  by therevealer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  those who were baptized as jehovah's witnesses but no longer preach to others, perhaps even drifting away from association with fellow believers, are not shunned.

  in fact, we reach out to them and try to rekindle their spiritual interest..

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  sooner7nc

  You can find more truth at The Urban Dictionary website than you can find on that shithole of a site.

  Lying Bastards.
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  Memorial Day.... still struggling with the idea of war and support

  by Butterflyleia85 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i do respect and am very greatful for the sacrifies those who dedicated their family, lives, etc.

  to defend our freedom, lives, and land, but if we lived in a world where we lived as monks or jehovah's witnesses (basicly just the practise of no war).... would that be wrong?.

  what's a good lesson or level of reasoning when supporting the idea of war?.

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  sooner7nc

  I do remember the Alamo. There have been some great movies about it. Unfortunately they all ignore the fact that the people defending the Alamo were foreign invaders. Texas was Mexican territory, Americans had no right to the place.

  Actually many of the people defending the Alamo were people who had been liberally allowed to immigrate into Texas to help in settling the territory. They were given this right by the Mexican government that had only existed as a nation for 16 years itself having won it's independence in the Mexican Revolution. So, essentially the people had a complete right to be there.

  Also, they kicked ass. Thusly you have Texas.
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  Do You Ever Feel Like You're At A Kingdom Hall Sometimes In This Place?

  by minimus in

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  that question is not necessarily a negative one.

  there are so many different types of people here and you have your ex elders and former zealots and weaker personalities and everything in between.. sometimes, not all the time, it's hard to see the behavioral difference between a former jw and a current one..

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  sooner7nc

  LoL, no I'm talking about the book smell. Every hall I've ever been to had the same book smell when I walked through the front door. I know I'm not the only one to notice it.

  Amen Sister! All the bathrooms smell alike too. Maybe GB approved toilet bowl cleaner?
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  Delicate subject "Gay youths in the Boy Scouts.

  by jam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  first of all i,m not against gays, i have made a 180 degree.

  turn on my view on homosexual.

  i thought my son was gay and.

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  sooner7nc

  Gays are just humans that aren't straight. Straights are just humans that aren't gay.

  No difference.

  Don't make a mountain out of a mole hill.

  If we teach our kids these things the problems will disappear or at the least will wither away to almost nothing.
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  Bible Writers not just ignorant "goat herders"

  by applehippie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  really, the bible was written by nothin' but goat herders?

  i don't post much but this does irk me.

  yes a few may have been shepherds or fisherman, but a fair amount were far more educated and were professionals in their fields of occupation.

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  sooner7nc

  I think that the word to describe them should start with "Goat" and end with "er" but with a completely different word in the middle. Let the reader use discernment.
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  I don't get it ... 80% of people in Oklahoma DON'T have a Tornado Shelter. Are they nuts ????

  by RubaDub in

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  i really don't understand.

  how can any homeowner in his right mind, not have a tornado shelter ???

  i understand that some people live in apartments and condos, but someone with any size yard (even a driveway) could have a shelter.. to me it's a no-brainer.

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  sooner7nc

  Downtown OKC had a Gay Pride Festival, out in the open on a major street, and everything!

  Oh Hell! I almost forgot! Back in the early 90's they had a small gay pride rally on the north side of the Myriad on the Saturday of the Convention. Talk about a scandalized bunch of yahoos! I remember everyone standing on the 2nd floor looking out the large windows at the terrible gays. LOL

  I also remember doing construction clean-up on those areas in Moore back when I was a kid. My Uncle got a contract to clean the jobsites after construction was finished and got to keep any unused material. He made out like a bandit.
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  I don't get it ... 80% of people in Oklahoma DON'T have a Tornado Shelter. Are they nuts ????

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really don't understand.

  how can any homeowner in his right mind, not have a tornado shelter ???

  i understand that some people live in apartments and condos, but someone with any size yard (even a driveway) could have a shelter.. to me it's a no-brainer.

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  sooner7nc

  Coming from Oklahoma let me weigh in on this subject and correct all the glaring bullshit that I've read so far.

  1st: Storm shelters are expensive. For instance s helters from this company start at $2600.

  http://www.shelters-of-texas.com/faqs.html#anchor2

  2nd: It's very common in rural Oklahoma to have one family with a cellar (Storm Shelter) and for other relatives living nearby to go there before and during storms. With longer lead times that are now common due to better forecasting this is viable for some people, my mother being one of them.

  3rd: The odds of being hit by a tornado are still small. I've lived in Oklahoma and Texas for 42 years and have never seen a tornado on the ground.

  4th: Building an underground storm shelter is much more difficult than you can imagine. You don't just dig a hole and line it with cinder blocks and if you do you need to go ahead and bring a casket with you because you're f***ed like Chuck if heavy debris falls on it.
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  Do some x witnesses shock you despite being one?

  by Seraphim23 in

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  sooner7nc

  No not at all. As far as cursing goes I cursed just as f***ing much when I was in as I do now.

  Might I also add that anyone that is shocked by someone's actions short of murder, rape, pedophilia, or extreme religious faith is pitiful and needs to get a life.