Posts by monkeyman

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Is GOP Serious on Repealing The Healthcare Law? Here Is A Warning Message

by Scott77 in

healthcare law repeal hurts deficits: cbo10:50am estby richard cowan.

washington (reuters) - an effort by republicans in the house of representatives to repeal the healthcare law enacted last year would add to already huge federal budget deficits, the congressional budget office warned on thursday.. in a preliminary estimate of legislation the house is set to begin debating on friday, the cbo said repealing the law that president barack obama and his fellow democrats enacted would "increase federal budget deficits over the 2012-2019 period by a total of roughly $145 billion.

" it said that figure would rise to $230 billion by 2021.. the cbo also said repeal would result in 32 million fewer people having health insurance.. the nonpartisan cbo analyzes legislation for its impact on government spending and revenues and develops forecasts of economic performance.. republicans won majority control of the house last november after campaigning on promises to slash the deficit, now at around $1.3 trillion.. during the 2010 campaigns for congress, republicans also said they would repeal the healthcare law, saying it places too many job-killing burdens on business and is unconstitutional because it requires individuals to purchase health insurance if they are not already covered.. democrats still hold a majority, although narrower than last year, in the senate, where any healthcare repeal bill is expected to be blocked.. on friday, newly installed house speaker john boehner plans to begin debate on republican legislation to repeal the healthcare law, which aimed to reduce medical costs and insure millions of people who currently can't afford coverage.. the law also prevents insurance companies from refusing to cover patients with pre-existing conditions.. house republican leaders have dismissed cbo's forecasts that the healthcare law would reduce u.s. budget deficits, saying there were too many unrealistic assumptions in such forecasts.. a house committee began meeting on thursday to put together rules governing the house floor debate of the healthcare law.

monkeyman

HealthCare Reform is really Health INSURANCE Reform. Insurance companies are being decimated. I know of 2 insurance companies who have closed their doors. Another has trimmed about 500 employees and most companies have cut commissions 40%.

Oh, and by the way, premium rates have gone up.

Have you noticed that Obama has not referred to how much better coverage people would get and costs would go down and everyone would have coverage??

Oh, and another thing......the bureaucrats that are making these legislative changes are not affected at all by the changes. They have lifetime benefits paid by the government.

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WT Society's Paranoia Over Spiral Binding of Elder's Textbook - Crazy

by flipper in

jw
friends

this letter was sent as an addendum to the elders regarding their latest elders textbook.

i think you'll find this interesting and also disconcerting as well.. to all bodies of elders.

re: spiral binding of shepherding textbook.

monkeyman

Flipper....paranoia? To a certain extent, they may have reason to.

A number of years ago I sent a Theocratic School manual to someone in PA. What he received was something TOTALLY different than what I sent. Instead of a 2 inch thick manual, the brother received some cassete tapes of apostate info.

Boy did I get in trouble. I can only think that the package I sent broke open in the Post Office and some goofy postal worker decided to sabatoge my package.

That incident went all the way to the Society and they told me to just forget it. I wonder if I got a black mark on my file??

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Beware of things to come!

by Hortenzie in

this is an excerpt from awake!

march 2011 page 22. it's an experience of jw who used to be a real shepherd and he is talking here about real sheep.

why is it reminding me of something and why does it give me shivers?:.

monkeyman

I'm sorry but to me this is nothing but a shitty anecdotal story that only serves the purpose to control people with fear.

Would have been nice to use a story from the Bible.

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What are your favorite songs of 2010?

by Leolaia in

this thread is very simple.

post youtube vids of your favorite songs released in 2010 (whether as a track on an album, or a single, or as a video, debuted on the radio or tv, or what not).

it could be of any genre, whatever you like, the only rule is that it has to be a recently released song.

monkeyman

hahaha thanks tto

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What are your favorite songs of 2010?

by Leolaia in

this thread is very simple.

post youtube vids of your favorite songs released in 2010 (whether as a track on an album, or a single, or as a video, debuted on the radio or tv, or what not).

it could be of any genre, whatever you like, the only rule is that it has to be a recently released song.

monkeyman

luv u shamus. i want your picture

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What are your favorite songs of 2010?

by Leolaia in

this thread is very simple.

post youtube vids of your favorite songs released in 2010 (whether as a track on an album, or a single, or as a video, debuted on the radio or tv, or what not).

it could be of any genre, whatever you like, the only rule is that it has to be a recently released song.

monkeyman

.......sorry, dont know how to post a video

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What are your favorite songs of 2010?

by Leolaia in

this thread is very simple.

post youtube vids of your favorite songs released in 2010 (whether as a track on an album, or a single, or as a video, debuted on the radio or tv, or what not).

it could be of any genre, whatever you like, the only rule is that it has to be a recently released song.

monkeyman

www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/.../neil-young-and-bruce-springsteen- whip-my-hair/ -

Jimmy Fallons rendition of Neil Young singing "Whip my Hair"

Hillarious

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WTBTS Elder & Ministerial Servant Problems

by JW GoneBad in

i attended a recent ministerial servant k m school on the east coast and the main school instructor mentioned among other things (part entitled: 'objective of the km school course') that the total number of ministerial servants is seriously less than it should be.

in times past the ratio of m ss to elders was much more than it is today.. in the u.s. apparently the total number of elders is 88,500+ as opposed to m ss 65,000. the numbers show & numbers don't lie: the society is running out of spiritual men.

the instructor stated that this is a new downward trend that has (in so many words) the society worried.. the next speaker (part entitled: 'why we must be spiritual men') added that in his years as a traveling servant the pool of m ss has always been much, much larger than it is today.

monkeyman

Moshe................. This is hollow talk....

I hate to disagree but I NEVER heard anything from the platform that turned out to be hollow talk. Usually it started as a suggestion. Then when that didnt work it became and urging. When that didnt work, it became law.

Always with the WT when the little hammers didn't work, they got bigger hammers.

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WTBTS Elder & Ministerial Servant Problems

by JW GoneBad in

i attended a recent ministerial servant k m school on the east coast and the main school instructor mentioned among other things (part entitled: 'objective of the km school course') that the total number of ministerial servants is seriously less than it should be.

in times past the ratio of m ss to elders was much more than it is today.. in the u.s. apparently the total number of elders is 88,500+ as opposed to m ss 65,000. the numbers show & numbers don't lie: the society is running out of spiritual men.

the instructor stated that this is a new downward trend that has (in so many words) the society worried.. the next speaker (part entitled: 'why we must be spiritual men') added that in his years as a traveling servant the pool of m ss has always been much, much larger than it is today.

monkeyman

My guess is that 80 % of current MS are between 18-22 starry eyed kids who have no idea what they are looking forward to, and not old enough to qualify. They will be forced to wait 10 or more years for the elders (described later) to appoint them. The other 20% are wannabees who will never qualify.

Of elders, 80% are power hungry old farts, 60-80, who are out of touch and are tired of all the work and dont want to do anything. The other 20% are younger qualified guys but are burned out carcasses from preparing for countless meetings and attending BS schools to learn how to better beat the flock into submission.

They have no time or inclination to help people in spiritual need.

They have created their own monster.

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Who Was Your Favorite Speaker?

by minimus in

jw
friends

no brag, just fact---i was the most requested speaker in my hall(s), i was often requested to give talks in kh's all over the place, not just in my area.. i personally enjoyed speakers who taught you something, not merely recited something.

we had a district overseer, paul illingsworth, i loved his style.

he delved into bible words of the original greek and hebrew.

monkeyman

Wow, Paul Illingsworth is mentioned three times??? Holy cow. I heard him and he's verrry good. I list him third next to these guys.

1. David Ianelli- he is currently in the writing department but I only can tell his writings (WT articles) on occasion. He was awesome on a congregational level.

2. Chuck (Charles Valorz) This guy was amazing on a Circuit level. Never heard anyone hold 2000 people in the palm of his hand like Chuck. Very good on Congregational level too.

District level. Nobody. District level talks are boring.

Nathan Knorr??????????????????/ R U kidding me?? Nathan Snore IMO. He was terrible. Fell asleep at War Memorial during his talk.