Posts by Indian Larry

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Angry Health Care Rant

by ctrwtf in

jw
friends

for those of you who live in truly first world countries (uk, australia, canada, etc etc) you can skip this.

for those of us stuck in the usa, not a first world country at all, please feel free to read on.. i've done my best to be fiscally responsible my whole life.

i bought my first house at age 25. and because of having a little loot to protect and not wanting to end up in some overcrowded emergency room waiting hours to be seen by doogie howser, i purchased health insurance.

Indian Larry

I am in early 50's

I have had health insurance for my whole life until 4 years ago. At the time I was paying $1300 for a family of 3. I had to let it go for a year for economic reasons. When I tried to get insurance again they would not allow me to get insurance due to a health problem I have. It is a problem that is genetic and has never required treatment. It is a very very very slow moving problem that in all likelyhood will never affect my health. I never maid a claim on that issue ever.

Still they denied me coverage. So I (self employed) have to risk everything going without coverage. Along comes Obamacare. Now I can get coverage again, my deductable is high ($5500) but at least I do have coverage and because my income is under $70,000 it only cost about $380 per month.

The thing is all the years I did have coverage I paid in well over $200,000 in premiums and never had a hospital stay at all. I did however have kidney stones once. I was in the emergency room in severe pain. The hospital was taking other (who I am pretty sure were not insured) and left me out there for 2 hours. I finally left and did without.

The thing is that I was still paying for those without insurance to have healthcare. The reason my premiums were so high was because the hospital has to charge $12 per asprin for the people who have insurance to cover the ones that don't.

I know I am rambling but bottom line is this. I do not have a problem at all with Obamacare. The high deductables will keep people from running to the doctor to get antibiotics every time they get the sniffles and the insurance companies will still make money, you can be sure of that. As far as the republicans whining about it . . . get over it. It kind of reminds me of all these guys with the rebel flags in their windows. You lost move on. This country is a democracy, the majority of our elected representatives passed the affordable health care act, that is the way it is. Get over it.

The act never would have passed if the health care system wasnt so royally screwed up in the first place with insurance companies and hospitals battleing to see who could screw you over the most.

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Comstock Sign Systems!

by Atlantis in

comstock sign systems .

http://www.comstocksigns.com/files/kingdom-hall-signs.pdf .

.. petra.

Indian Larry

Very interesting. I have intimate knowledge of the sign business and I can tell you these prices are no deal. The 6"x24" Coroplast signs they are selling for $12.00 EACH are available online at www.signs365.com at a price of 32 signs for $50 INCLUDING DELIVERY. That means a "worldly company" is charging an average of $1.56 for 6" x 24" coro sign riders and the "witness" company is sticking it to the congregations for $12.00 each plus shipping.

That is almost 800% mark up over what the "worldy" company will do it for. Plus you have to keep in mind that the Signs365.com is making a fair profit at $1.56 each. Kind of makes you wonder if anyone is getting a kick back. Any RBC buyers that use this company either don't care how the publishers funds are spent or are not qualified to make purchases. Either way the publisher gets the short end of it.

Note: In full disclosure. The way Signs365 works is they print a full 4x8 sheet so you have to order 32 signs at a time. They do not all have to say the same thing. You can get 15 of one 5 of another and so on, but you do need to order 32 signs. Their price is $40 to print a 4x8 sheet of coroplast (full color is free) and $10 shipping. Any sign shop would be happy to stock these signs and sell them for $6 a pop all day long.

That is just ONE example in that catalog there are dozens.

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What Are The Best Threads Here On JWN?

by minimus in

jw
friends

are there any type of threads that you especially enjoy?

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are there any specific threads or posters that you look out for?.

Indian Larry

+1 on Leolia's posts.

I like factual threads without a lot of hate and snarky comments.

I also like the insider info.

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The WT and GB compared to Catholics before the reformation.

by EndofMysteries in

i just read this article about luther and i'll quote a paragraph.

it's interesting how you can substitute a few words and see it identical to the wt.

now let me substitute pope and catholic church for governing body and watchtower...... .

Indian Larry

Marking

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Ray Franz Emails: Part 2

by brotherdan in

here is a second email from ray sent just a few months before he passed away:.

dear daniel,.

i can sympathize with you in the feeling of a measure of uncertainty that you experience.

Indian Larry

Thanks for bumping this back to the top. Excellent point.

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Watchtower Inc. 100 Henry Street Links to MANY other Suspect Companies

by objectivetruth in

there have been a few posts in the past about watchtower inc. at 100 henry street, but i do not see the answer i'm hoping for.. can anyone confirm or provide details linking watchtower inc. to the wbts?

they are across the street, and one can easily assume that they are connected, but i don't see any definite links.. the closest i have come is this link: http://www.insideview.com/directory/watchtower-inc which lists watchtower.org as the website.

this could have been posted like this in error however.. according to 2014 sec filings watchtower inc. has a ceo named sholom drizin ( a man worth possibly 2 billion.).

Indian Larry

@JustVisiting. comments like charging the WTBS with human trafficking make us all sound like a bunch of conspiricy nuts. They do enough wrong that we can prove without that kind of stuff

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What TV Show(s) Do You Just Love?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i regularly watch family feud.. homeland is a great show i watch every week, when it's in season.. metv has so many great programs---from taxi to the twilight zone.. what do you like watching?

?.

Indian Larry

New show on FX called Fargo is pretty good.

True Detective with Woody Harrlson and Matthew McConahay

Vikings

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From a Non JW Critic Post Memorial: Your Religion is Changing

by kneehighmiah in

jw
friends

a non jw relative who is a staunch critic of the wt attends the memorial with us every year, but just because she enjoys worshiping with her relatives.

she fought against my parents becoming witnesses before i was born.

she owns the book 30 years a wt slave and suggested i read it.

Indian Larry

I asked my wife and she thought they did annouce how many partook last year. Does anyone have access to the outline from the society for this years memorial talk? I would be very curious to see if it is mentioned in the outline.

For those who did attend. Did they annouce at the hall you went to or was this just a single event?

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Unsung Heroes of J.W net

by new hope and happiness in

jw
friends

been on this site 8 months now, but not on a daily basis.

recently discoverd a poster named processor, loved his tread on the life of jesus.

anyway the guys posts never seem to make long threads.

Indian Larry

I agree with Comatose +1 for Leolaia

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Governing Body has a system in place to cash in?

by adjusted knowledge in

jw
friends

so i recently attended a few meetings in the last 30 days.

i've not been in over a decade.

as posted in an earlier topic, i still have a few family members in.

Indian Larry

@Whathappened. - Do you have any proof of a member of the GB driving a Bently? I would be very interested in that. Which member, what year car, who paid for it etc.