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Just wanted to say Hi......

by foreword in

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haven't been here in a while, haven't been connected to the internet for quite some time.

a decision i had to make so i could get work done.

well....the work didn't get done..... i think of this place off and on, wonder how simon's gang is doing.

Haven't been here in a while, haven't been connected to the internet for quite some time. A decision I had to make so I could get work done. Well....the work didn't get done..... I just call it my semi-retirement.....with no money....lol...peanut butter all the way.... Being away from a PC sure is liberating. I guess the internet is sort of an addiction. I was at the University library and thought I'd check my e-mails....lol...talk about spam pilling up.

I think of this place off and on, wonder how Simon's gang is doing. Hope I didn't piss too many people off with my anti-war rhetoric last year. Guess I won't be online either if ever the Tower crumbles, not that I really care if it does or not. Haven't seen a witness in two years (I guess the feeling's mutual.....).

Well..that's it..just wanted to say hi, give you guys a big hug and say that I missed you.

mark

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What do you say when the Mormons come by?

by MegaDude in

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just got through having a conversation with two mormons going door to door on this cold saturday here in fort worth, texas.

damn, they remind me so much of jehovah's witnesses it isn't even funny: the same zeal, the same conviction, the same confidence.

as a matter of fact, they seemed a lot more of all these things.

foreword

I guess at one point they thought they had a new recruit....the only thing I got out of it was that I thought Joseph Smith was a smart cookie to come up with the concept....almost fried my brain trying to figure out their belief system....

One day this lady across the hall had to move, and I was the only one there to help her out, so I told her, hey I'll get some cheap labor. Called up the mormon boys, since they had told me that it was required of them to do some community work....asked them if they could help me move her and they did. The lady was more than impressed, and thought they were very polite....and well....handsome. I sort of felt bad of taking advantage of them...lol....but in a sense they did get what they wanted out of the deal...to impress.

At the time I was trying to get reinstated, so I invited them to come at the hall and they did...lol. During the time I was going to meetings (bout six months), I think I'm the only one who brought someone new to the hall......

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9-11 Conspiracy Theories and the CBC's Fifth Estate

by xjw_b12 in

last night i watched a program on cbc's fifth estate hosted by bob mckeown.

it was originally broadcast october 29, 2003.. http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/index.html.

curious if anyone else saw it, and what your thoughts were?.

foreword

Thanks Blind Zebra for the link....it should keep me busy for a while....

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I knew I couldnt avoid them forever... Hi there, new here

by Butterfliez in

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whew*....i finally registered, and guess what?!

it wasnt as hard as i thought it would be lol.

i've been lurking here, quietly and observing the board for about 2 years now.

foreword

My son went through the exact same situation, even the grand mother thing. He got DF, contacted me (cause they couldn't stop him anymore), so now we have a good relationship even if it had been severed for 15 years.

Welcome

I got baptized at 18, and by 19, I was ready to get married. In Canada, some elders were recognized by the legal system to perform marriages, so of course, being a JW, I contacted one to get married. He didn't like me, thought I was a cocky little bastard (which I was....LOL) and refused to marry me. He thought we were too young (which was true), but anyway.....

When he told me he wasn't going to marry me...(two weeks before the ceremony) his conscience wouldn't allow it he claimed....... I didn't say anything and setup to get married by a Justice of the Peace officer. Whoa....when they found out that I was getting married outside their arrangement, on the arranged date (without a glitch), and without even discussing the matter with them, they scattered like cockroaches under light, it was truly funny. They hate it when you go get outside help, it brings reproach on the org. they claim A meeting was setup with four elders, plus the elder that didn't want to marry me, my wife, the mother in-law ....and there I was sitting with all the power and a big grin on my face as I watched the elder beg me to allow him to marry me. So yes we did have a nice theocratic marriage, with the loving elder performing it having to put up a front and hating every minute of it..........

So that said, you need to contact a lawyer, or at least threaten to contact one. Call the elder, tell him you will not be meeting with them until you find proper legal advice. If they wish to discuss, you require that your lawyer be present (and stick to it). If the threat (or bluff of it) is not enough to keep them off your back, well...you are a minor, and you can easily find legal advice, especially when it comes to family issues, emotional or physical abuse and harassment. A legal aid lawyer would certainly look into the matter and have a field day with these guys. Trust me, the elders won't even want to go there until you're 18.

Good luck, keep us posted.

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9-11 Conspiracy Theories and the CBC's Fifth Estate

by xjw_b12 in

last night i watched a program on cbc's fifth estate hosted by bob mckeown.

it was originally broadcast october 29, 2003.. http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/index.html.

curious if anyone else saw it, and what your thoughts were?.

foreword

America doesn't want those questions answered. They fear it might be true. Imagine if one of their own was somewhat responsible for those attacks, especially their president, it would destroy their faith in their leaders, something they can't afford to let happen. Their solution? Let's stick our heads in the sand and hope it all goes away.

For a country who lauds themselves as a beacon of free speech and democracy, they sure have a way with allowing faulty intelligence to seep to it's constituents. They'll try to impeach their president for having sex in the White House, but refuse to look into serious allegations that their President could be behind the attacks of 9/11, go figure. They equate conspiracy theories with lies, it puts their mind at ease since it's all lies anyway.

Anyway, there was enough in that news broadcast to make someone go hmmmm....

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9-11 Conspiracy Theories and the CBC's Fifth Estate

by xjw_b12 in

last night i watched a program on cbc's fifth estate hosted by bob mckeown.

it was originally broadcast october 29, 2003.. http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/index.html.

curious if anyone else saw it, and what your thoughts were?.

foreword

It's a conspiracy by the Canadian government and it's media to bring down George Bush.....

None of that could be true......We just love to spread lies.

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Presidential lies and bogus reasons for war ... lessons from the past

by Simon in

i listened to this on the way into work this morning ... the parallels with today are very striking: .

daniel ellsberg is one of the most important whistle-blowers of the last century.

a former marine and state department insider during the 1960s, he leaked the pentagon papers to the press in 1971. this 7,000-page document, detailing u.s. policy towards vietnam under four presidents, was shocking stuff: a litany of lies, half-truths and concealment.

foreword

Watch the commons on TV ... it's great entertainment !

LOL Simon...I don't do it as much, but used to watch the French Canadian parliament at work all the time....it's funny and rowdy. When you see politicians lash out at each other the way they do, our little flame (political) wars here are nothing. I don't think Americans are used to that kind of talk. I know many here got insulted previously this year with war threads, but debating politics is a no holds barred thing with emotions running high, but for those used to it we know we mean no harm.

Yeru...No one doubts that the Iraqis are better off without Saddam and his associates. Anyone with a sane mind will agree to that. It's the arrogance with which the US has proceeded that alienated many people. In a sense we know it was your revenge for 9/11, just to show you could. But to throw a tantrum the way you guys did gets you little respect, you have to realize that.

I don't think the US lied about Saddam and WMD, but we can say the same thing about most nations, they all have some kind of WMD program. However, I do think the US lied about the threat that Iraq posed to them.

Democracy? The next few months will be very revealing of your motives to be in Iraq. The Iraqis want elections. Will you let them? I don't believe you'll respect their voice. I think you'll find every excuse in the book to stop them from choosing their own leaders just so you can retain power there as long as you can.

And we all know why.

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MAPLE LEAFS WIN STANLEY CUP!!!!!

by iiz2cool in

can you see the headlines?

toronto maple leafs win stanley cup!!!!!.

yonge st. will be closed after the all night victory bash, the first such bash since 1967!

foreword

Actually Aztec, I stopped caring for hockey after their lock out in the 90's (can't remember exactly when). The Nordiques were just starting to get their shit together after so many years of starvation, and then they move them to Colorado to see them win a cup a few years after. That really pissed me off, we deserved the Cup in Quebec City after being the joke of the NHL for so long.

Chelios...well he's just an ex Montreal Canadian...I had a hard time to accept Roy with the Avs actually.

My comments on the Red Wings were actually pretty funny....LOL...(and embarrassing...). I definitely suffer from short term memory loss, can't remember who won last year. Open mouth insert foot on that one. But I'm happy for you that you've won the Cup those years, it's nice when your team wins.

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