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  Wal-Mart trims health care coverage for some

  by darthfader in

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  seems the cost of healthcare for it's employees is getting to be to much.... http://news.yahoo.com/wal-mart-trims-health-care-coverage-225625971.html.

  new york (ap) wal-mart stores inc., the nation's largest private employer, is scaling back the eligibility of health care coverage offered to future part-timers and dramatically raising premiums for many of its full-time workers.

  industry observers say the changes could have implications for millions of other workers, as more companies on the fence could replicate its moves.. the discounter, which employs more than 1.4 million workers, said the changes were forced by rising health care costs.

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  This just goes to show you that when it comes too people over profits, the profits win. The Repubs fought Obamas health care bill. So who are the Repubs looking out for? The profits of the big corporations?
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  Thoughts on the current Governing Body

  by JRK in

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  here is a list of the current governing body members:.

  gerrit losch: born 1942, appointed july 1, 1994 .

  guy h. pierce: born 1935, appointed oct. 1, 1999 .

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  Makes me feel old when sone of the GB is around my age. So what happened to their porphecy that the generation that seen 1914 would not pass away? Growing up we were told that generation would still be alive and in charge after armageddon. That was written in Freddie's books.
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  October 21, 2011 (THE END OF THE WORLD) Starts When First?

  by blondie in

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  if you are closest in time and place, call me and let me know if it starts........................

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  Reminds me of the pre-JW Millarites, hiding out in a farm house in the fall of 1847 for the end to come. So how did that turn out?
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  Some pretty blatant stuff coming up in bookstudy

  by agent zero in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i was reading ahead in the bookstudy book "bearing thorough witness" about god's kingdom, and i came upon some shockingly direct damage control on behalf of the gb in the material for the upcoming weeks.. on page 104: what a privilege it is to be instructed and molded by our patient and kind heavenly father!

  the results are always good and always to our advantage.

  so let us never proudly push ahead with our own ideas or react negatively to organizational changes or to adjusted explanations of certain scriptures.

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  Two years ago I heard a DC talk about how the FDS was on the watch in 1975 and even if nothing happened then at least they were alert while all other religions were in deep sleep.

  The WT is still getting flack on the lies the told about 1975 and are now trying to spin the story that they were right to be on the out look instead of admitting their screw up. I think a lot of ex Jdubs would have been more forgiving if the GB at the time would have just admitted to their mistake and apoligized.
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  Two-Tiered 1%--Issues With The Top 1% OR The Top .05%?

  by Justitia Themis in

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  ...not sure if this has already been posted.

  it is from a sociology professor's blog, but it is written by his friend, who manages assets for wealthy clients.. http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/investment_manager.html.

  i sit in an interesting chair in the financial services industry.

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  As the ecomony does a downward spiral, there will be a point where the bottom 99.5% of the people will say enough is enough and there will be a revolt. As long as the 99.5% were buying into the American dream that moving up the finacial later look viable, the top .5% were able easly control the money flow. We have been living on a finaciall bubble caused by easy credit but this is beigining to burst. It will be interesting to see how long it will take the average working person to revolt.
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  Removing Resentment for The Watchtower and our Jehovah Witness Families

  by Greybeard in

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  as a person who has suffered from much resentment sense learning the truth about the truth (ttatt).

  i have needed to put tools into place in order to get over it.

  for me, it hasnt been easy.

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  William Penwell

  All the best in your journey minus the JW mind control. I have been away from the organization now for 20 years but because I still have family members inside the cult I will never really be away from it. For an organzation that claim they are based on love, they really don't understand what unconditional love is all about. I will always be considered by them as secound class. It does bother me a bit but I have moved on with my life. I have found true genuine friends that care about me as who I am. I am now enjoying my life, guilt free from this mind control cult.
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  Are you going to Auxilliary Pioneer this October?

  by Quarterback in

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  the little demo at the ca showed a young fella meditating and by golly he reasoned that october had an extra weekend so that was reason enough for him to put in a a pioneer application.

  what a brilliant idea.. who else will be doing this?.

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  Now that is a complete waste of time.
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  Today's Watchtower Study is SO dumb!!!

  by TimothyT in

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  2. beliefs

  i would like to think of myself as an academic.

  im starting my second degree and i enjoy research.

  when i see a statement backed up by references and support from a credible source, sometimes i get excited.

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  I think that all relgions use this type circular logic.
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  I`ll play the devils advocate : generation change

  by smiddy in

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  i have the wt may 15 1994 scan with the birthdates & deaths of the 16 people featured, and it occured to me using wt logic,that you could extend the generation timespan this way.. #6 d.d.

  was born in 1892 and died in 1984. that was the earliest birth of this group.

  #4 j.e was born in 1912 and died in 1997. the age gap between these two is 20 years.

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  William Penwell

  The WT is already on record saying the 1914 generation will not pass away. As the Watchtower cover shows they are wrong on that prediction. Anyway I like your WT logic.
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  Terrible Analogy at a Convention

  by ApostateDance in

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  i'd love to know what you guys think of this.

  brother jackson (from the governing body) had this "neat" analogy at the very end of the convention.

  he said; "what if you were watching a football game on tv, and it was the trojans against the fighting irish, and it's been a good game.

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  The dubs have being on the 1inch yard line for the last 150 years. A few weeks back I met my ex brother in law that I hadn't seen for a few years. He said to me, oh I know we have been saying this for years but this system can't last another year... I have known him for about 45 years now and the same tired story I have heard from him from day one.... You would think he would learn. I recall him saying that before 1975 that we would not finish the year out in this old system.