LOL...yes I'm popping my election cherry next month too. Never voted before, but I'm going to enjoy being a part of the process.
Sam Whiskey
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My First Presidential Election
by DarioKehl ini voted for the first time in my life in 2010, but this is the first presidential election since my awakening and subsequent fade from the jws!
i can't wait!
that's not to say i'm really excited about either candidate (i'm not), but this is another exciting milestone in my exit and healing process.
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My brother died tonight
by poppers injust got word that my youngest brother died of pancreatic cancer.
he was diagnosed in early august.
this has been really tough for me and my family..
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Sam Whiskey
Poppers, there's not much I can say, except we feel your pain in some way or another. We all have lost someone we love...and our love goes out to you tonight.
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A big shift in the world is about to happen......
by EndofMysteries ini don't want to deceive anyone and i have to clarify a few things so i'm sorry this is going to be a lot more vague then you want.
infact if you do not already realize or also feel something is about to happen as in the title, then move along, it will be a month or 2 before i update this.
it's not my intention to annoy anybody, i am too uncomfortable to post any details because it's too new and i need to verify things, and i am also feeling responsible to give a subtle warning, that it might be something somebody needs to see.
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Sam Whiskey
EOM - I'll give you this, you're alert and can see the signs. Many cannot...
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Sam Whiskey
and...wait for it........... "A one year subscription is only $1.50."
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The Society debunked the rumored new light on the F&DS in 1973
by Leolaia inthis is the summary of the rumored new light from the 2012 annual meeting, as posted by cedars.. the faithful and discreet slave was not appointed at pentecost 33ce, meaning that there has not been a continuous line of members of the slave class on the earth down through the ages.
the slave class was only appointed for the first time by christ in 1919.the faithful and discreet slave is a small group of anointed brothers during jesus presence serving at watchtower headquarters who are directly involved in the preparing and dispensing of spiritual food.
the individual members of the governing body are not the faithful and discreet slave.
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Sam Whiskey
Yea, plenty of thoughts. Just got to unscramble them, as usual...
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New Red Dawn movie- do you think it could happen?
by moshe incoming to theaters at thanksgiving- the premise is a new class of emp weapons paralyzes our military and allows a foreign power to invade the usa.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngoe7bdgdlg&noredirect=1.
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Sam Whiskey
What *if* they came through both sides (eastern coast and western coast) of Canada at the same time?
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New Red Dawn movie- do you think it could happen?
by moshe incoming to theaters at thanksgiving- the premise is a new class of emp weapons paralyzes our military and allows a foreign power to invade the usa.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngoe7bdgdlg&noredirect=1.
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Sam Whiskey
Because we are surrounded by water, the only way anybody could come in, would be through Canada. If THAT happened, we could be in trouble. What is that possibility? I hadn't thought about it until this thread...
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Help Me Understand - Electoral Votes
by Sam Whiskey ingood morning friends.
for the first time in my life, i'm a registered voter.
i know who i would like to see become our next president.
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Sam Whiskey
Diest and Band ~
Thank you very much for your insights. Question; Could this be the reason for such small voter turnouts? I've heard that only 20% of the population actually votes. On the other hand, why do the candidates
attempt to appeal to the masses via television commercials if only the electoral votes count? Why spend all of that money on advertising if you're only looking for the 270 votes to win?
Still a little confused....
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Help Me Understand - Electoral Votes
by Sam Whiskey ingood morning friends.
for the first time in my life, i'm a registered voter.
i know who i would like to see become our next president.
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Sam Whiskey
Good morning friends. For the first time in my life, I'm a registered voter. I know who I would like to see become our next president. My conundrum is this (I know I just registered, but this has become an afterthought-kind of like buyers remorse); Why should I participate in the popular vote process if ultimately the electoral voting process trumps the popular voting process? I saw this Yahoo! article this and am trying to fully grasp it. Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
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Presidents are elected not by national popular vote but by an 18th century constitutional compromise called the Electoral College .
HOW IT FORMED
When framers were drafting the U.S. Constitution , there were two competing ideas on how to elect the president. One group said Congress should do it; the other said it should be a national vote of eligible citizens. There also were disputes over how much slaves should count in representation in Congress and over how power would be distributed between small and large states. The compromise became part of the second article of the Constitution, although the words " Electoral College " are not included. The electors pick the president and vice president.
VOTE TOTALS
Each state gets one electoral vote for each of its representatives in the House and Senate. The District of Columbia gets three votes. All told, there are 538 votes in the Electoral College. A candidate must have at least 270 to win. Except for Maine and Nebraska, states award all their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the state. In Maine and Nebraska, votes are apportioned by congressional districts. So in 2008, even though John McCain won Nebraska's statewide popular vote, Barack Obama won the 2nd Congressional District and earned one of the state's five electoral votes.
HOW IT WORKS
Each state's electors will meet on Dec. 17 in their home states and cast their votes for president and vice president. Congress will meet on Jan. 6, 2013, to conduct an official tally of the electoral votes. Vice President Joe Biden will preside and declare the winner.
PROBLEM AREAS
If no candidate gets at least 270 electoral votes , the election goes to the newly elected House of Representatives. Each state delegation in the House gets one vote, and a candidate must win a majority of the states to be elected president. This happened in 1824, when Andrew Jackson won the most popular votes and the most electoral votes, but four candidates split the electoral votes and no one received a majority. The race went to the House and John Quincy Adams , who came in second, was chosen as president. Three other times, candidates won the Electoral College even though they lost the popular vote — in 1876, 1888 and 2000.
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so oompa got df'd this week...
by oompa inno call to invite me to a committee meeting...no notification of deciding i should be df'd....no telling my jw wife of the announcement...not a chance to appeal what i did not even know what was going on...my mini-serve son is devasted....he even researched it....told me to go to page 153-154 of the od book...never heard of it but it is a green hardback given to all who are to be baptized.
wow...the elders broke every rule in this book as to my case.... i have no respect for these men that can take away your jw family without even telling you they are going to.
my jw son has now begged me to meet with my committee...even though there is prob zero chance they can reverse the decision...that chance is from when they let you know...and you have to appeal by letter within 7 days (i cant make this stuff up!!
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Sam Whiskey
Mickey, you are so right. I have been out of the org for about six years now and had forgotten about the angst that leaving or being pushed out can bring. He was stuck in a "no man's land" between the love for his family and the need to be out of the org. It's such a tough spot to be in.
As a lesson to all those who would come here in the future; Learn to let go of the org and even your family if you have to. Taking your own life is not the answer. You've got to force yourself to start a new life and never look back. There is healing, it takes time, and it can be done. Think positively about your future and never let the pain of the past influence your future.