i'm left to assume that sister jackson has concluded that michael will not be resurrected.
.. the matriarch of one of music's most famous families isn't planning any special preparations for the daily trek to a downtown los angeles courtroom where the trial begins may 9, but she says she'll rely on her faith to carry her through.. .
"i have mixed emotions," she told the associated press in an interview this week.
slimboyfat wrote:
She is arguing that the doctor needs to be punished, to the media, to the public, to the legal establishment: basically to whoever will listen and might influence the outcome. And she used terms that will have the broadest appeal by not assuming that people agree with her ideology in order to elicit support for her view about the punishment.
To make for a more lucrative civil suit to follow later..
Snoozy
every now and then growing up a woman with the first name of guadalupe would come into my life.
this is a story of one of those times.. she was always refered to as a "friend of grandma's.
" that was why we were supposed to overlook the crazy things she did or at least i guessed that was the way it worked.
Yeah I know, I did a lot of stupid things as a kid too..we just don't really have the right judgement at that age..we know better but can't fathom what to do next most of the time..
Snoozy
every now and then growing up a woman with the first name of guadalupe would come into my life.
this is a story of one of those times.. she was always refered to as a "friend of grandma's.
" that was why we were supposed to overlook the crazy things she did or at least i guessed that was the way it worked.
I remember asking him questions; I was civil, but he still refused to go down it because of a dreadful fear; I could see it in his eyes and it perplexed me. After some serious mental coaxing I managed to talk him up the latter to the top of the small slide. He got in the sitting position, but froze from fear.
Poor kid..I hope you aren't still that pushy..I think you should feel somewhat guilty..you realized his fear and still pushed him to go down.
I remember a guy pushing me to go on a rollar coaster when I was young..I climbed as he kept pushing me but then climbed out the back where an attendant helped me down. He left me alone after that. He was a big jerk... so maybe I am more in sympathy towards the kid than you because of it..
Snoozy
every now and then growing up a woman with the first name of guadalupe would come into my life.
this is a story of one of those times.. she was always refered to as a "friend of grandma's.
" that was why we were supposed to overlook the crazy things she did or at least i guessed that was the way it worked.
SYL wrote:
Once when I went food shopping, a nice hunk of extra sharp Cheddar cheese, that I couldn't afford, ended up in my groceries.
I didn't return it - someone somewhere was quite perplexed, wondering what happened to their cheese.
That was the best cheese I ever tasted.
What would WT writers think
I can top that, on my last shopping trip to the grogery store I had picked out all kinds of special cuts in meat and produce etc. Proud of my hard worked choices. I was at the deli having some lunch meat sliced for freezing and turned my back and my cart was gone!..Never had that happen before.Well they did announce that someone had gotten the wrong basket in the deli department and to please return it. I half expected some poor senile older man or woman to meekly come back embarrased..but up comes this young good looking business guy and he is laughing. He said he couldn't remember putting all that stuff in his basket..I said that 's because it is mine..and we both laughed.
Made the shopping experience much more fun..
i think i had enough of my cousin!
i'm planning to cut him from my life.
this is a cousin who has complained to me the last 10 years about his wife,kids,work and troubles with his brother and father.
I would be honest with him and tell him what you feel/think and if things don't change say goodby..he just may surprise you and not realize how insensitive he is being..
Snoozy
this is one subject that really annoyed me when i was a jehovah's witness - and i find it still annoys me after being out 7 years from the jw's.
the title of this jw only wt study article is " have regard for those who are working hard among you ".
in my opinion there always seemed to be a double standard in which rank and file publishers were always told to be patient with elders shortcomings - however if rank and file publishers slipped up - elders would be into admonishing and disciplining them like flies attracted to dung with no delay.
It goes along with a comment I recently made about them...my take on it was when they use that for an excuse::
I too have heard that one about "Imperfect men"..many times. And yet they themselves expect their followers to be "Perfect" or they disfellowship them. Maybe someone should "disfellowship" the religion when it teaches something new/diffferent than current policy..(New light)
Snoozy
i think i had enough of my cousin!
i'm planning to cut him from my life.
this is a cousin who has complained to me the last 10 years about his wife,kids,work and troubles with his brother and father.
Doesn't sound like enough to write him off..sorry. Just keep reminding him he isn't the only one with problems next time he complains..
Snoozy, who doesn't write friends/relatives off at the drop of a hat..
this link contains a play by play of russell's last days including why and how he was found dead in a toga made from sheets.
thought some may find it interesting.. http://www.gtft.org/biblestudents/pastorrussellslastdays.html.
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote in a similar style but she was a lesbian.
I read that this is a thought not a fact..you have info saying it is a fact or just dreaming..there can be such a thing as a strong female relationship without it being sexual you know..
Just saying..
Snoozy
i can't believe how people in the "organization" can be so cold hearted.. .
last october, i got an invitation to a friends wedding where i grew up in portland, oregon.
i now live in san diego, california.
Perhaps Witnesses make it a deal because there are so few ways to be genuinely "persecuted", otherwise knowing as pissing off non-JW relatives, here in North America.
So true!!! I often felt it was sometimes a personal thing also..like when my JW sis in law in NY decided for everyone that me being disassociated would be a bad influence and may stumble someone if I attended my Mother and Father in laws (JW's) 50 wedding anniversary party being held for JW's and non JW relatives at a local banquet hall here in Mo. ..
Seemed she asked "some brother" at HER local KH in NY and they advised her of that..course that was after I had already received a personal invitation from the people at the KH my JW in laws attended in Missouri. The witnesses there had asked their brothers earlier if it was OK to associate with me and were told yes just not to talk about religion with me. This was after they had asked for and received a copy of my disassociation letter I wrote back in 1975. I guess it depends on which KH you ask at. I always felt it was a personal thing.. seems that both their two sons that were raised in the religion later were disfellowshipped..I bet the rules were changed regarding associating with them (their sons)
Just to add: My JW hubby and three adult children refused to go to the party because I was excluded!..
I later found out his parents wondered what happened to us ...no one told them until later..they just said "Oh"...
Snoozy..
i just learned about this yesterday..i was amazed!.
i have a grown daughter that is a expert at this... .
dry begging:to ask for in an indirect and roundabout way.
Anne, she makes too much money to get any kind of assistance. She is just blowing it somewhere..Hopefully this last close call will help push her in the right direction. In the past I have always been there to bail her out..
Thank you for the suggestions tho..I will still look them up just in case..
Snoozy
