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  Star Wars Episode III -- Trailer (NEW)

  by Leolaia in

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  darth vader rises....chewbacca....clone wars....can lucas please not f*** this one up?

  http://www.jackpearce.info/full.mov.

  check it out....

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  Lucas seems more interested in marketing now than the story and characters

  When he put Ewoks into the movie, you knew he was thinking "hmmmm....I bet the little kids will love an Ewok doll." You could almost hear the cash register ring CHA-CHING. .
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  Star Wars Episode III -- Trailer (NEW)

  by Leolaia in

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  darth vader rises....chewbacca....clone wars....can lucas please not f*** this one up?

  http://www.jackpearce.info/full.mov.

  check it out....

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  When will Lucas realise that sometimes less is more!

  Wednesday night my kids and I were watching the DVD version of "Empire Strikes Back" and they were laughing at how phony Yoda looked. Personally, I liked it better then the computerized Yoda. I don't know if it is the memories I have as a kid seeing Star Wars for the first time or if it's knowing that a person is actually making Yoda move, probably both. I don't need to see Yoda flipping around with his lightsaber. I like the old, grouchy Yoda better.

  Ok, time to leave Geeksville and get back to work.
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  Passing JW Comments about Halloween

  by roybatty in

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  was it just me or did it seem each year when halloween rolled around, jws would always say "boy, seems like more and more people are celibrating halloween this year" and everyone in the cargroup would nod their heads in agreement.

  this was soon followed by a discussion how this was sure another sign that satan was hard at work and that the end of the system was near.

  just something i was thinking about earlier today as the kids and i skipped church and put some finishing touches on our scary halloween decorations.

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  "You used to do that!?!"

  OMG! I've heard about that. Passing out WT and/or tracts. I think kids today would burn the house down.
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  Passing JW Comments about Halloween

  by roybatty in

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  was it just me or did it seem each year when halloween rolled around, jws would always say "boy, seems like more and more people are celibrating halloween this year" and everyone in the cargroup would nod their heads in agreement.

  this was soon followed by a discussion how this was sure another sign that satan was hard at work and that the end of the system was near.

  just something i was thinking about earlier today as the kids and i skipped church and put some finishing touches on our scary halloween decorations.

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  roybatty

  Was it just me or did it seem each year when Halloween rolled around, JWs would always say "boy, seems like more and more people are celibrating Halloween this year" and everyone in the cargroup would nod their heads in agreement. This was soon followed by a discussion how this was sure another sign that Satan was hard at work and that the end of the system was near. Talk about grasping for straws.

  Just something I was thinking about earlier today as the kids and I skipped church and put some finishing touches on our scary Halloween decorations.
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  Study puts civilian toll in Iraq at over 100,000

  by Simon in

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  tragic.

  remember the neo-con jokes such as "shock and awe" and "precision bombing"?

  how about the rediculous notion that you only need a couple of hundred thousand troops to control an invaded country?

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  If a report is going to twist the facts, at least do a good job at it. The article and how they came to their number kind of reminded me of the 1914 calculation.
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  Blacks and Voting

  by Mecurious? in

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  okay, this is not meant to inflame or cause another race debate.

  but something here is amiss.

  why aren't more blacks getting out and registering to vote?

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  However, my point here never was to justify voting patterns. I was simply answering your question concerning those voting patterns. I'm glad you were able to get some things off your chest, though.

  Well, I appreciate your response. I'm not much interested in "getting things off my chest" but instead am interested in reading and debating a differnt point of view. I guess as a final thought, my personal feeling is that today the dividing line is less "black" vs. "white" as it is the "have nots" vs. the "haves." Like I said before, what I find insulting is someone like Jesse Jackson "deliverying" the black vote. He was just on ABCNews discussing this topic. Why don't I ever see a hispanic or Asian community leader saying that they are going to deliver their group's vote? In the grand scheme of things, this is probably something very minor. Anyway, I don't believe Jesse Jackson is a bad guy or for that matter neither is Mayor Richard Daley. I don't believe they are purposely trying to screw the poor, (well, maybe they are) I just believe that they put their own interests waaaay before the interests of the people they supposely are trying to help. But if you want to talk about screwing people, the former governer Ryan of Illinois was/is the biggest crook of them all. I'm just tired of seeing the average guy getting screwed, whether it be Jesse Jackson diverty donations to some lady he got pregnant and had to pay off or that crook governer Ryan blantly selling political favors. My only comment is (and I have to carefuly word this) many white republicans responded to the Ryan scandal by voting democrat in the last election. Here in Illinois, the republicans lost almost every race. I just wish I saw the same response among the black community when scandals arise. IMO the same people year after year are elected because people like Jesse Jackson don't want to rock the boat because he has a vested interest in keeping his friends in office.
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  Blacks and Voting

  by Mecurious? in

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  okay, this is not meant to inflame or cause another race debate.

  but something here is amiss.

  why aren't more blacks getting out and registering to vote?

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  Wait a minute, I want to make sure I understand this correctly. What reason are you saying that Reagan chose Philadelphia, Mississippi for his first major campaign speech?

  IMO, he was just doing typical Republican race-baiting. Didn't you read the article I linked? It's pretty much in line with what I think about the subject.

  Big, I try and read through the articles people link but, to be honest, I don't have enough free hours in a day to read all the articles people reference. It's hard enough to find the time to read through all the posts. When I get the time, I'll go back to it.
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  Blacks and Voting

  by Mecurious? in

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  okay, this is not meant to inflame or cause another race debate.

  but something here is amiss.

  why aren't more blacks getting out and registering to vote?

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  Why do you think Ronald Reagan chose Philadelphia, Mississippi ( the place known only for the murders of 4 civil rights workers) as the site to give his first major campaign speech for the Presidency?

  Wait a minute, I want to make sure I understand this correctly. What reason are you saying that Reagan chose Philadelphia, Mississippi for his first major campaign speech?
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  Do You Look Down on "Religious" People Now That You're No Longer a JW?

  by minimus in

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  i try to respect everyne's opinions on religion but i find myself thinking, "what's wrong with these people?

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  I find myself feeling anger toward some clergy because they remind me of the elders in the congregation. For example, yesterday I was in court and there was a clergymen there in his long, black robe with this huge cross hanging around his neck. He had this golden clothe thing around his neck and the way he carried himself was sickening. He was loud and made a big specticle of himself as he prayed over this one guy. Anyway, it made me want to vomit. I saw him again later in the day and he must have lost his case because he seemed angry and stormed out of the courthouse saying something like "what kind of country would allow......"

  Maybe there is a God.
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  What's everybody's theme song?

  by missy04 in

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  so....i'm sure everybody has some songs where they listen and feel like they're the ones speaking in the lyrics... what kind of music does everybody like and what are the songs that they relate to the most?

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  Good choice Elsewhere. I know exactly what John meant.