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The Star Spangled Banner

by rebel8 in

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oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,.

what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?.

whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight;.

Princess

Edit: Princess If Im not mistaken the glory halelujah song your talking about is the Battle Hymn of the Republic and it was the Union States anthem at the time of the civil war. If you live anywhere up north that makes sense because they always play Dixie down south on the 4th

You are totally right. I was thinking it had a patriotic feel but couldn't place it. It's all the Jesus stuff that threw me! Thanks.

Its the attitude guys.If some goodish looking person walks down the steet and shouts out "look I'm so good looking," we would all take the piss. All nations have flaws in them, in the way they run and the societies created by the govermental systems and the general beliefs of the populance.What pisses people of is unfounded boasts of "we are the best" variety.Two "bests" of the USA I can think of of the top of my head are richest single nation (european union is richer:) and highest murder rate in the western world.Doesn't do well to boast or we will have fun picking out the flaws.

Interesting. Aren't you proud of your home? I honestly do not think I live in the best nation. I am proud of my home and will defend it. That's all it's about to me. The original post was about being proud if I remember correctly. I was surprised at how it was jumped all over and criticized. Did the same thing happen to the Canada Day thread?

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The Star Spangled Banner

by rebel8 in

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oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,.

what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?.

whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight;.

Princess

However, the Star Spangled Banner is a very stiring song, much better than the dirge we have about the old bag !

Wow, that's about the nicest thing you've said.

Ross: I knew the composition of the flag without looking it up. What exactly, was your point?

Why are non-Americans so threatened by US patriotism?

We took the kids to watch the fireworks last night. It was awesome...except for the part where they played Glory Hallelujah. I don't need to hear about the "coming of the lord" at a public gathering for Independence Day. It was nestled in between some lovely patriotic ditties. Oh, and the goober they had sing the National Anthem sang "the rocket's red flare" instead of glare and "for the land of the free" instead of "o'er". How hard is it to learn the words when you are going to sing it in front of thousands of people who actually do know the words?

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Hootie and the Blowfish

by Mulan in

friday night, dave and i were at the casino.

usually i stay away from one particular area because the live music next to those slot machines is so loud, but i had found a machine that was paying, so when the club opened, right next to where i was sitting, and the music started up, i decided to tough it out.

suddenly i recognized the song "i only want to be with you" and realized it was hootie and the blowfish.

Princess

That's very cool. I love Hootie. 'fraid I'll have to miss Air Supply though, Steve has a big bike ride the next day....way south of Tulalip Casino.

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Happy Anniversary Princess and Steve

by Mulan in

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today is princess and steve egner (screen names) 17th wedding anniversary.. happy happy!

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Princess

Happy anniversary! Hey, is the STP next weekend?

Thanks! Yes it is. I was just telling Steve we needed to get in touch with you guys. I'll PM my cell #. Steve is riding Saturday then I'm running in the Go Girl 5K Sunday morning. We are staying until Monday so plenty of time to get together.

Are the two of you planning on participating in the big cycling event that ends in Astoria later this summer? ; If so, be assured, you have a place to rest up, clean up, hang out whatever!

Sounds like fun, don't know anything about it though. What's the event? I'll look it up and see if we can do it! Thanks everyone. We saw War of the Worlds...great movie. Then dinner..sunset and back to pick up the kids.

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Happy Anniversary Princess and Steve

by Mulan in

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today is princess and steve egner (screen names) 17th wedding anniversary.. happy happy!

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Princess

It's Princess that has the nudist hermit crab right?

Yep, that's me. I'm afraid the crab isn't doing to well. Motionless for hours now.

Thanks for the anniversary greetings! We're off to Mulan's to drop off the kids then it's an early movie and some dinner...

Rachel

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Any Lefties?

by Why Georgia in

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my oldest son is left handed.

everytime he does anything different from the rest of us.....my husband relates this to being left handed.. he is very artistic, detailed, and extremely particular about how he wants things in his little world to be.. this may be because he's 5 - who knows.. are there any traits of left handed people that you lefties may want to share so i can be prepared in the future?.

thanks in advance,.

Princess

My eight year old son is left handed. He is very artistic, detailed and has an extremely high IQ. He attends a school for the gifted and I noticed his class had quite a large number of left handed students. Just an observation....

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A Challenge For FunkyDerek... My Experiences With The Afterlife

by FMZ in

hey mate, don't mean to pick on you, but i know you are a good sport.

;) to all other non-believers, this thread is also for you..

it seems you always want proof and evidence of some kind of afterlife, but always have a "reasonable explanation" for any evidence put forth.

Princess

Princess:
I do feel some are legit (I lean towards that with yours) while some (John Edwards) are fake.

A lot of people believe John Edwards is the real deal. He seems to give readings at least as convincing as those FMZ described. Given that you know some of these are fakes - good enough fakes to fool thousands of people - how do you tell the real from the fake?

John Edwards doesn't do "cold" readings on TV. I know people who have been to his show. He has audience members waiting in line, talking, for hours before the show. He plants people to get information. I thought John Edwards was the real deal until I started reading more information about him.

Keith's experience was not at all like that. Sounded a lot more legit to me.

I find myself wondering why you would share these experiences in such a way as to open up to skeptics? You obviously find comfort in them, so why let others rip them apart?
I think it's very brave of FMZ to share his experiences for discussion
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I wouldn't say brave. I've had my share of posts ripped apart by skeptics and after the redhotchilipepper fiasco last Christmas, I've pretty much stopped posting. Everyone has an opinion regardless of the facts, and the mods jumped all over my posts, I have no need for that. I was just wondering why he would take such a personal, meaningful experience (to him) and put it out there to be shredded.

A belief that provides comfort is not necessarily true. Some people prefer to know the truth, regardless of whether it is as they would wish.

I don't get the feeling that Keith is looking for "the truth" as he said he's quite comfortable with his beliefs. For some reason he just wanted to know what everyone thought.

I'm not trying to argue. I find the thread very interesting, skeptics like yourself included. Like I said earlier, I'm not sure what to believe anymore. I swallowed the whole Jesus thing easy enough, maybe I'm a little too quick to believe in the paranormal as well. I honestly don't think it matters though. After leaving the WTS, I have come to the conclusion that unless we have absolute proof, it must not matter. If it mattered, then I would think the creator (or whatever) would give us absolute proof. I don't believe the Bible is absolute proof of anything, so until I get my burning bush, I'm just going to keep on keepin' on.

Rachel

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A Challenge For FunkyDerek... My Experiences With The Afterlife

by FMZ in

hey mate, don't mean to pick on you, but i know you are a good sport.

;) to all other non-believers, this thread is also for you..

it seems you always want proof and evidence of some kind of afterlife, but always have a "reasonable explanation" for any evidence put forth.

Princess

Hi Keith,

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I do feel some are legit (I lean towards that with yours) while some (John Edwards) are fake.

I find myself wondering why you would share these experiences in such a way as to open up to skeptics? You obviously find comfort in them, so why let others rip them apart?

None of us will know for sure until we become a part of them in the afterlife. I'm hoping not to know for a very long time.

My mom has had visits from loved ones who have passed. One similar to Sirona's where a very dear family friend visited her in a dream to say goodbye. We were on vacation and she learned the next morning that the friend had died the day of the visit.

Some people are closed to it, some are open.

Cheers!
Rachel

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