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  I found a real good JEST in the REV CLIMAX book!!! ...NEW!!!!!

  by 1914BS in

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  but you will have to appease me.. .

  1. to bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe.2.

  to satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst.3.

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  I'm happy that you're happy. Now, could you kindly share the "jest" that you have found with us?
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  I found a real good JEST in the REV CLIMAX book!!! ...NEW!!!!!

  by 1914BS in

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  but you will have to appease me.. .

  1. to bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe.2.

  to satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst.3.

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  Rapunzel

  Consider yourself appeased, 1914BS,
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  What To Think Of Mr. Scott McClellan?

  by Rapunzel in

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  mcclellan has recently published a book that is highly critical of bush and his administration.

  mcclellan's book has understandably created a furor within the current presidential administration, an administration that has valued loyalty above all else.. mcclellan was a long-time bush loyalist, he started working for bush when bush was still govenor of texas.

  mcclellan helped bush to enter the white house, and then followed bush to washington mcclellan became a spokesman for bush, defending the president on such issues as the war in iraq.

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  "A Prince who would maintain his authority is often compelled to be other than good. For when the class, be it the people, the soldiers, or the nobles, on you whom you judge it necessary to rely for your support, is corrupt, then you must needs adapt yourself to its humours, and satisfy these, in which case virtuous conduct will only prejudice you." Niccolo Machiavelli
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  Do you think the guys in the Governing Body belive in the Governing Body?

  by Samuel Thorsen in

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  i presume they do.

  they are probably so intoxicated by their own power that they belive in the never ending rubbish.. or am i wrong?

  is there other reasons to stay on the top of the hill?.

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  "The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." - Leonardo da Vinci

  "We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we are right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time..." - George Orwell
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  What To Think Of Mr. Scott McClellan?

  by Rapunzel in

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  mcclellan has recently published a book that is highly critical of bush and his administration.

  mcclellan's book has understandably created a furor within the current presidential administration, an administration that has valued loyalty above all else.. mcclellan was a long-time bush loyalist, he started working for bush when bush was still govenor of texas.

  mcclellan helped bush to enter the white house, and then followed bush to washington mcclellan became a spokesman for bush, defending the president on such issues as the war in iraq.

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  H Steve - I have to admit that you kind of lost me there after your sentence - "Motivation could also be referred to as inspiration." I wonder: Do you see a specifically apocalyptic meaning in the publication of McClellan's book? I ask because you cite [what I believe to be] the so-called Apocalypse of John," verses 15 - 18, although I don't see a reference to the chapter in question.
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  What To Think Of Mr. Scott McClellan?

  by Rapunzel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mcclellan has recently published a book that is highly critical of bush and his administration.

  mcclellan's book has understandably created a furor within the current presidential administration, an administration that has valued loyalty above all else.. mcclellan was a long-time bush loyalist, he started working for bush when bush was still govenor of texas.

  mcclellan helped bush to enter the white house, and then followed bush to washington mcclellan became a spokesman for bush, defending the president on such issues as the war in iraq.

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  Hi, BTS - Are you suggesting that McClellan may have used the services of a "ghost writer"? That is the correct term, is it not?

  In regard to your statement that McClellan received a significant monetary sum for his efforts, I would have to agree totally. A person usually does not publish a book in the hope of losing money, right? There is always something [often, much] to be gained from publishing a book. I can forsee a very lucrative career on the lecture circuit for McClellan. If a person can get on it, the lecture circiut pays extremely well - renumerations amounting to thousands, and even tens of thouands of U.S. dollars are not unheard of. And all for an hour-long talk. I imagine that there will also be an endowed university post or a job at a "think tank."

  But as for this being one of Soros' "hit jobs"...I don't know. The political arena is such a snake pit.
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  What To Think Of Mr. Scott McClellan?

  by Rapunzel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mcclellan has recently published a book that is highly critical of bush and his administration.

  mcclellan's book has understandably created a furor within the current presidential administration, an administration that has valued loyalty above all else.. mcclellan was a long-time bush loyalist, he started working for bush when bush was still govenor of texas.

  mcclellan helped bush to enter the white house, and then followed bush to washington mcclellan became a spokesman for bush, defending the president on such issues as the war in iraq.

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  Hi jwblog - You should please re-read my original post, in which I make it clear [or, at least, I think that I make it clear] that I agree with McClellan's statements. I don't question McClellan in terms of factuality. From a factual perspective, he is correct. But in this sense, McClellan is saying absolutely nothing new. In my opinion, the Bush administation, and its policies are a horrendous perversion - an obscene and hateful travesty of law and common decency. I wonder if I can make myself any more clear.

  I suppose that where my suspicions lie are in respect to McClellan's motivations and his timing. If more people of power and influence had only spoken out sooner, and had halted Bush's policies, the lives of countless people perhaps - perhaps - could have been saved. It just seems strange to me that McClellan should speak out only now, as opposed to earlier. It seems strange to me that McClellan has waited untl now - when Bush's "lame duck" presidency is almost at its end - to speak out, whereas his speaking out earlier could have saved so much money and so much human life.

  As free moral agents, people choose not only if they have the will to speak out and fight injustice, they also choose when to do so. In other words, they choose both to act, and when to act. Speaking out valiantly against evil and tyranny after the fact, when the damage has already been done, is of precious little value (or, for that matter, valor). What's the old expression? It's like closing the barn door after the horse has already escaped.The sad truth about Iraq is...never mind...forget it.
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  What To Think Of Mr. Scott McClellan?

  by Rapunzel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mcclellan has recently published a book that is highly critical of bush and his administration.

  mcclellan's book has understandably created a furor within the current presidential administration, an administration that has valued loyalty above all else.. mcclellan was a long-time bush loyalist, he started working for bush when bush was still govenor of texas.

  mcclellan helped bush to enter the white house, and then followed bush to washington mcclellan became a spokesman for bush, defending the president on such issues as the war in iraq.

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  Sorry! Ijust realized that I posted this in the wrong category. I guess it should have been posted under "politics," right? Could it be moved and put under "politics"?
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  What To Think Of Mr. Scott McClellan?

  by Rapunzel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  mcclellan has recently published a book that is highly critical of bush and his administration.

  mcclellan's book has understandably created a furor within the current presidential administration, an administration that has valued loyalty above all else.. mcclellan was a long-time bush loyalist, he started working for bush when bush was still govenor of texas.

  mcclellan helped bush to enter the white house, and then followed bush to washington mcclellan became a spokesman for bush, defending the president on such issues as the war in iraq.

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  Rapunzel

  McClellan has recently published a book that is highly critical of Bush and his administration. McClellan's book has understandably created a furor within the current presidential administration, an administration that has valued loyalty above all else.

  McClellan was a long-time Bush loyalist, He started working for Bush when Bush was still govenor of Texas. McClellan helped Bush to enter the White House, and then followed Bush to Washington McClellan became a spokesman for Bush, defending the president on such issues as the war in Iraq. Now, he has done a total "about face." He has published a book in which he skewers Bush and attacks Bush's stances - especially on Iraq.

  I suppose that I could be considered a liberal. I think that the invasion of Iraq was an absolute debacle - most certainly one of the worst and most abysmal foreign-policy decisions in the history of the United States, and probably the world. In my mind, Bush's decision to invade Iraq equals Hitler's decision to attack Russia. I think that Bush neurotic and meglamaniac paranoia. So, based on what I have read so far from McClellan's tome, I have to say that I agree with him.

  But that is not what this post is about. My post is about McClellan and his credibility. I find it odd that someone who supported and defended Bush's policies should now suddenly have a complete "metanoia" - a paradigmatic change of mind/heart. Is this a case of McClellan suddenly being exposed to "amazing grace" and consequently "seeing the light"? Why didn't McClellan abandon Bush and speak out earlier? It has long been known that Bush's decision was a scandalous disaster on every level and from every [or almost every] perspective imaginable. Why did McClellan remain silent until now? Why did he choose the present moment to speak out?

  I really wonder what is going on with McClellan. I wonder what his motivation(s) is (are). Is the issue a political one? An ethical/moral one? A psychological one? Is McClellan motivated by his (guilty) conscious? Is he motivated by spite? Does he hold personal grudge against Bush? Does he see now as the perfect time to exact his revenge, now that Bush's popularity ratings percentage is approaching the single digits?

  That is what I wonder about - McClellan's credibility and his motivations for writing and publishing his book.
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  Furuli. The prominent elder in Norway not too popular among top dogs

  by Samuel Thorsen in

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  a trustworthy source has given me the opportunity to share some information about rolf furuli.

  a well known apologist og and greatly respected elder in norway and a schoolar at the university of oslo.

  he does not compleatly agree with the fds in all cases i guess, and lately he has spoken up in his local congo about 3 subjects.. # 1. education.

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  Never mind. Please disregard my previous question. I googled "Furuli - University of Oslo." From reading the list of his published works, it can be easily seen that he is quite a scholar, He's got a very impressive list of publications.