Posts by bajarama

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President Bush's speech

by Mulan in

jw
friends

i wanted to hear the president's speech tonight, but can't stand listening to the man.

he has a prepared speech but he keeps saying nuc-you-lar instead of nuc-le-ar.

i can't stand it.. you would think his people would walk him through correct pronunciation.

bajarama

Liberalism And Terrorism: Different Stages Of Same Disease

July 3, 2002

THE NEW YORK TIMES editorial page was in a snit with the Supreme Court this week for its first ruling on the Bush administration's wartime security procedures. Despite the hysteria at the Times for the assault on "constitutional rights" by Attorney General John Ashcroft, the Supreme Court ruled for Ashcroft.

For now, at least, deportation hearings of suspected terrorists will not be open to the public. This, the Times said, was "troubling." Sadly, the Constitution does not require that national security be compromised.

Like everything liberals oppose but don't have a good argument for, all reasonable national security measures are called "unconstitutional." Whenever liberals are losing on substance, they pretend to be upset about process.

Through their enervating dialogues and endless concerns with constitutional process, liberals have made themselves incapable of feeling hate for the enemy. Refusing to take sides in this war, they busy themselves wailing about every security precaution taken by the Bush administration.

Ashcroft has been incessantly attacked on the op-ed page of The New York Times by the same columnists who are now angrily demanding to know why the Bush administration didn't imprison all Arabs before Sept. 11. He has been compared to the Taliban. (And you're not a patriot in this war until a liberal has compared you to the Taliban.)

Bill Goodman of the Center for Constitutional Rights called Attorney General John Ashcroft the Constitution's "main enemy." (As Andrew Ferguson said, evidently Osama Bin Laden comes in a close second.)

Sen. Patrick Do-Nothing Leahy has complained about Ashcroft's "disappointing" failure to run all internal guideline changes past the Senate Judiciary Committee. Instead, Sen. Do-Nothing said, "we're presented with a fait accompli reflecting no congressional input whatsoever."

Ashcroft was probably worried Leahy would take as long with procedures for investigating terrorism as he is with Bush's judicial nominees. If Speedy Gonzalez Leahy were required to review Justice Department guidelines, America would be an Islamic regime before Leahy got around to it.

No matter what defeatist tack liberals take, real Americans are behind our troops 100 percent, behind John Ashcroft 100 percent, behind locking up suspected terrorists 100 percent, behind surveillance of Arabs 100 percent. Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy.

The New York Times ran a Tom Tomorrow cartoon sneering about Americans who believe with "unwavering faith in an invisible omniscient deity who favors those born in the middle of the North American land mass." This is how liberals conceive of America: an undifferentiated land mass in the middle of North America. Like all cartoons specially featured in the Times, there was nothing remotely funny about the cartoon. Its point was simply to convey all the proper prejudices of elitist liberals against ordinary Americans.

While hooting with laughter at patriotic Americans, liberals prattle on and on about the right to dissent as the true mark of patriotism and claim their unrelenting kvetching is a needed corrective to jingoism. (It's not jingoism, and the only people who use that word are fifth columnists.)

After Sept. 11, liberals are appalled by patriotism with an edge of anger because that might lead America to defend itself. True patriotism, they believe, should consist of redoubled efforts at attacking George Bush.

Movie director Robert Altman (who won the Golden Globe for best director for "Gosford Park") said, "When I see an American flag flying, it's a joke. This present government in America I just find disgusting."

Columbia professor Eric Foner said: "I'm not sure which is more frightening: the horror that engulfed New York City or the apocalyptic rhetoric emanating daily from the White House." I think I know the answer! Thousands of our fellow countrymen dying in a fiery inferno, I'm pretty sure, is "more frightening" than the rhetoric emanating from the White House.

Liberals are angrier at John Ashcroft for questioning angry Arab immigrants applying for crop duster permits than they are about the terrorists. These people simply do not have an implacable desire to kill those who cheered the slaughter of thousands of American citizens. If you can rise above that, if you can move on from that, you weren't angry in the first place.

During World War II, George Orwell said of England's pacifists: "Since pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy survive, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than for it. Objectively, the pacifist is pro-Nazi."

To paraphrase Orwell, in this war, those who cannot stay focused on fighting the enemy are objectively pro-terrorist.

Ann Coulter ... http://www.anncoulter.org

""The good part of being a Democrat is that you can commit crimes, sell out your base, bomb foreigners, and rape women, and the Democratic faithful will still think you're the greatest."

Ann coulter

115

President Bush's speech

by Mulan in

jw
friends

i wanted to hear the president's speech tonight, but can't stand listening to the man.

he has a prepared speech but he keeps saying nuc-you-lar instead of nuc-le-ar.

i can't stand it.. you would think his people would walk him through correct pronunciation.

bajarama

Hey liberals,

Thirty more days until liberals have no power. Can you say minority! Roflmaoatwdfl.

Brian

Witnesses open convention

by bajarama in

talking about his 50 years of missionary work, ernst quoted .

"they went door to door.

ernst said he was arrested 13 times in quebec, but each time .

bajarama

...

Witnesses open convention
BY ED KEMMICK
Of The Gazette Staff

... <img src=" http://billingsgazette.com/rednews/2002/07/06/stories/local/images/64-witness.gif"/>;
Gilbert Ernst's eyes aren't what they used to be, so when he's
at home he prefers to use his big Bible with easy-to-read type.

But when he's out going door to door on behalf of the
Jehovah's Witnesses, he carries a much smaller, softbound Bible.

That was the Bible he was packing Friday on the opening day of
the church's district convention at the Metra in Billings.
Ernst, 75, of Lethbridge, Alberta, has had this particular
traveling Bible for only four years, but its pages are smudged
and wrinkled from use.

Talking about his 50 years of missionary work, Ernst quoted
from Scriptures repeatedly, from memory when he could, but
directly from the text when necessary. It never took him more
than a few moments to find the passage he was looking for.

He said he wouldn't even venture to guess how many doors he's
knocked on in 50 years, but he's never doubted he was doing
the right thing.

"Our mission really follows the pattern of what Jesus and his
disciples did," he said. "They went door to door."

Then he quoted Matthew 24:14, "And this gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all
nations."

Jesus warned his disciples that they would be arrested for
preaching in his name. Ernst suffered that fate, too. In the
1950s, during the reign of Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis,
Jehovah's Witnesses were routinely arrested for engaging in
missionary work.

Ernst said he was arrested 13 times in Quebec, but each time
he was bailed out almost immediately by a wealthy restaurant
owner and fellow Witness. Eventually, the Witnesses took their
case against the Quebec government all the way to the supreme
court of Canada, which ruled in the church's favor.

Ernst said the threat of arrest never bothered him, no more
than did the occasional confrontations with people who were
belligerent, drunk or on drugs.

"People sometimes just have a bad day," he said. "We respect
the wishes of people. ... That's their home. We don't force
ourselves on people. We're not peddlers of God's word. We're
not selling anything."

Ernst's family homesteaded in the Dotson area west of Malta
during World War I. That's also about the time Ernst's father,
attending chiropractic school in Chicago, first heard of the
Jehovah's Witnesses and became converted.

By the time Ernst was born, his family was living in Saskatchewan.
Ernst did his first mission work at 14, after his baptism.
Witnesses don't practice infant baptism, believing that only
those with a knowledge of God and the Bible should be baptized,
and only when they feel themselves ready.

All Witnesses are expected to do missionary work, but some,
like Ernst, engage in it "full-time" after intensive study
and preparation. Witnesses who do missionary work for at least
70 hours a month are considered full-time missionaries; when
Ernst was younger, the minimum was 150 hours a month.

That made for a busy life, since Witnesses aren't paid or even
subsidized in their missionary work. Ernst went door to door
all over eastern Canada and Newfoundland, and from 1969 to 1974
he and his late wife, Bonnie, and their two children lived in
Guatemala. He learned Spanish before going to Guatemala, having
already learned French during his years in Quebec.

It was never easy, he said, but people who don't waste their
time reading trashy books or watching a lot of television can
manage to make a living and still do missionary work. Often over
the years, Ernst would do "secular work" one or two days a week
he was a bush pilot in northern Saskatchewan for a few years and
spent the rest of the time spreading the word.

Ernst lived in Billings from 1985 to 1996, when he moved to
Lethbridge, Alberta, to take advantage of Canada's health-care
system. He still comes down every year for the Billings convention
so he can see his daughter, Janet Clark, and her family.

Back home, he still puts in at least 70 hours a month going door
to door. He figures he gets a chance to talk to 10 or 15 percent
of the people whose houses he visits, and he spends about 12 hours
a week doing Bible study with people who've allowed him into their
homes.

People are more receptive to the Witnesses' message now than at
any time in his 50 years of missionary work, Ernst said. Even at
the height of the Cold War, people weren't as worried about the
state of the world as they are today, he said, referring to the
"terrible times in the last days" mentioned in Second Timothy.

"People are wondering, and rightfully so, what the reason for it
is," he said.

That's what keeps him going - the knowledge that he can bring
answers to the people, answers straight from the Bible.

"I've never been discouraged," he said. "I enjoy it. Sometimes
you go out being tired, and you come back not tired at all
refreshed, really."

He said the Bible speaks of the disciples returning from their
missionary work and rejoicing.

"What made those people, those disciples, come back rejoicing?
"Ernst asked. "There were enough people that listened."

Ed Kemmick can be reached at 406-657-1293 or <a href="mailto: <a href="mailto: [email protected]"> [email protected]</a>"> <a href="mailto: [email protected]"> [email protected]</a></a>

Copyright The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises

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I wonder how much the watchtower has to pay a newspapers like The Billings Gazette, or Lee Enterprises to get them to print such a suck up article. What a snow job, "I've never been discouraged".

The Billings Gazette had printed the following on 5/20/02
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4 Jehovah's Witnesses may be expelled for comments over child molestations
Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - As a pillar of his church, William Bowen sat in judgment of fellow Jehovah's Witnesses who went astray. On a few occasions, Bowen supported the ultimate punishment - expulsion from the tight-knit religious group.

But now the lifelong Jehovah's Witness awaits judgment himself from fellow members of the faith.

The 44-year-old former church elder is among four Jehovah's Witnesses threatened with excommunication - or disfellowship, as the denomination calls it - for sowing discord in the faith by speaking out against the church's handling of allegations of child molestation.

Bowen complains that child-sex allegations are generally not reported to secular authorities by the Jehovah's Witnesses because of the church's closed nature and its insistence on handling problems internally.

Bowen is to appear before a judicial committee Friday at his church in Draffenville, a small town in far western Kentucky.

Two others, Carl and Barbara Pandelo of Belmar, N.J., had their hearing this week and are awaiting a decision.

Barbara Anderson of Normandy, Tenn., has also been summoned to appear before a committee. Anderson has said she learned about the church's handling of abuse cases while she worked at its headquarters in New York City.

Like Bowen, the Pandelos say the real motivation is to silence them within the denomination, which claims about 6 million members worldwide, including about 1 million in the United States.

In a statement issued from their headquarters, the Jehovah's Witnesses said that church leaders are "required by the Holy Scriptures to see to it that the congregation remains clean and unified."

J.R. Brown, a spokesman for the denomination, said that parents are not punished by the church for going to the police first in cases of child molestation.

Copyright The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises.

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Edited by - bajarama on 6 July 2002 14:47:38

94

Your View On Capital Punishment

by Dutchie in

jw
friends

we all know the bible's view on capital punishment.

in fact, in the 1969 edition of aid to bible understanding, the author notes the following: .

"the value of life is considered so sacred by god that the blood of a murdered person is viewed by him as defiling the earth and such defilement can be cleansed only by shedding the blood of the murdered.

bajarama

A few more for my fair weather liberial friends.

Ripkowski, Britt Allen

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 01/22/97, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the subject strangled an adult white female, the mother of the 2-year old victim of the present offense. Ripkowski left her on the side of the road and then drove to Houston, Texas with her 2-year old daughter. The child was smothered by Ripkowski on Christmas day. Ripkowski put her body in a suitcase and left it on the side of the road in Houston, Texas. The suitcase remained there for approximately 1 week, at which time, Ripkowski took the suitcase and buried it in a shallow grave.

Roach, Tony

Prior Prison Record

South Carolina Department of Corrections on a 6-year sentence for Armed Robbery and Assault and Battery (subject robbed an adult white male of his vehicle, using a .45 caliber pistol to strike the victim causing minor injuries); released on Parole in 1998.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 06/08/98, in Amarillo, Texas, Roach fatally strangled a 29-year old white female after burglarizing her residence. Roach knocked on the victim's apartment door and when he did not receive an answer, he pried open a window and gained entry. Roach saw the victim sitting in the living room. Roach hid in the bathroom and when the victim walked down the hallway, he confronted her. The victim struggled with Roach. He placed a belt around her neck and strangled her. When the victim was dead, Roach sexually assaulted the body. Roach set fire to the residence prior to leaving.

It makes me ill when people try turn these ugly worthless men into "victims of the system." I hear people on TV say, "It's not their fault they are the way they are. They were disadvantaged, poor, they have below normal IQs or were mentally ill." Just fill in the blank with any excuse of your choice.

The men, women and children they murdered and raped were the true victims. Many of these sick men would gladly kill again, and again. Why keep them alive? What purpose do they fill? Why should they have a right to life, after taking an innocent life?

I believe for the family of the victim, it brings some closure to know the killer is not going to get another day of life. To know they will never have another simple pleasure. They deserve and need to die!

baja

Edited by - bajarama on 20 June 2002 2:38:53

94

Your View On Capital Punishment

by Dutchie in

jw
friends

we all know the bible's view on capital punishment.

in fact, in the 1969 edition of aid to bible understanding, the author notes the following: .

"the value of life is considered so sacred by god that the blood of a murdered person is viewed by him as defiling the earth and such defilement can be cleansed only by shedding the blood of the murdered.

bajarama

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Here is some light reading for you. Just a few of the stories from the 455 offenders on Texas death row. I only made it through the first 100. Tax payers pay $21,170.00 dollars a year to keep this worthless men breathing.

Springsteen, Robert IV

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 12/06/1991, Springsteen participated in a robbery at a yogurt shop in Austin. Four teenage girls, who working at the shop, were shot to death and strangled in the incident. The yogurt shop was set on fire before the assailant(s) fled the scene.

Braziel, Alvin Avon Jr.

Prior Prison Record

#792374 on a 5 year sentence from Dallas County for 1 count of sexual assault of a child. (Current offense was committed prior to the offender being incarcerated for the sexual assault conviction.)

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 9/21/1993 at 9:00 p.m. in Mesquite, Braziel approached a newlywed couple walking on a jogging trail of a community college. Braziel demanded money. When it was discovered that neither of the two had any money in their possession, Braziel shot the 27 year old white male, resulting in his death. Braziel then sexually assaulted the 23 year old white female. Braziel linked to the crime in January 2001 when his DNA was found to match the DNA taken from the female victim.

Allen, Kerry Dimart

Prior Prison Record

#548386 on a two year sentence from Harris County for two counts of sexual assault. Released on mandatory supervision on 09/27/1989. Returned from mandatory supervision on 09/03/1998. Released on mandatory supervision on 07/14/1999. Received mandatory supervision discharge on 03/15/2000.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 05/10/2000 in Houston, Allen sexually assaulted and murdered a two year old black female in her home. The mother of the victim had left her four children under the care of Allen while she went to work. The cause of victim's death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the abdomen and chest.

Esparza, Guadalupe

Prior Prison Record

#398586 on a 12 year sentence from Bexar County for one count of aggravated sexual assault. Released on parole on 07/27/1990. Returned from parole on 08/29/1993. #646560 on an 8 year sentence from Bexar County for possession of cocaine. released on mandatory supervision on 1/12/1996.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 06/06/1999 in San Antonio, Esparza kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 7 year old Hispanic female. Esparza then strangled the victim with his hands, causing her death.

Gates, Bill Douglas

Prior Prison Record

Sentenced to life in California for second degree robbery and assault on a peace officer. Sentenced life (to run concurrent) again for possession of a weapon by a prisoner. Released on parole after serving approximately 6 years.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 12/12/1999 in Houston, Gates entered the residence of a 41 year old female. He sexually assaulted the victim and then strangled and smothered her to death.

Green, Travis Dwight

Prior Prison Record

#517769 on a 5 year sentence from Harris County for 1 count each of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and theft by receiving. 11/15/1989 released on parole to Harris County. 3/17/1993 returned from parole as #636760 on a 7 year sentence from Harris County for 1 count of aggravated assault. 5/7/1998 released on parole to Harris County. 5/8/1999 discharged from parole.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 9/2/1999, Green entered the apartment of a 19 year old white female, raping and killing her. DNA evidence confirmed the identity of Green as the assailant.

Tran, Son Vu Khai

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

Convicted of capital murder for his participation in murders resulting in the death of four people. Tran and three others lured a man to a club in Houston and murdered him because of his relationship with a woman who worked at the club. Tran and the others involved learned that another woman who worked at the club was aware of their identities. Tran and two of the others drove that woman to a secluded beach and shot her in the head, resulting in her death. Tran and two others then became concerned that the fourth person involved in the first murder might not keep their secret. The fourth person was lured to a meeting under false pretenses. He brought a friend along. Tran and one of the others shot and killed the fourth person and his friend. Prosecution for the death of theses last two murders resulted in the capital murder conviction for Tran.

Rayford, William Earl

Prior Prison Record

#437754 TDCJ-ID on a 23 year sentence from Dallas County for 1 count of murder with a deadly weapon; received in 1986 and released on mandatory supervision to Dallas County on 12/5/1994.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 11/16/1999 in Dallas, Rayford murdered a 44 year old black female by strangulation, stabbing, and blunt force. Rayford took the victim's body and threw it into a nearby creek. The murder took place in the home of the victim and was witnessed by her 11 and 14 year old sons.

Tommy Lynn Sells

Prior Prison Record

Missouri Department of Corrections on a 2 year sentence for felony theft. Confined 8 months and released on parole on 12/18/1985. Returned as a parole violator with a new conviction of driving under the influence. Confined 16 months and discharged. Wyoming Department of Corrections on a 2 year sentence for vehicle theft. Confined 16 months and discharged. Wyoming Department of Corrections on a 2-10 years sentence for malicious wounding. Released on parole.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 12/31/1999, Sells entered a Del Rio residence occupied by a 13 year old white female and a 10 year old white female. Sells entered the residence with intent to sexually assault the 13 year old. Sells slashed her throat and stabbed her multiple times, resulting in her death. Sells then slashed the throat of the 10 year old. The 10 year old survived the attack.

Robert Wayne Harris

Prior Prison Record

8 year sentence from Dallas County for 3 counts of burglary of a building. 5/3/1999 released on mandatory supervision. Discharged 6/27/1999.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 3/20/2000 at a car wash in Irving, Harris entered his former place of employment and began shooting co-workers. Harris had been fired three days prior to the shooting after exposing himself to two women. Five people were killed during the shooting. After the shooting, Harris fled the scene on foot

Hernandez, Ramiro

Prior Prison Record

#850261 4-year sentence for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon (while in jail awaiting trial for current offense of Capital Murder) Hernandez stabbed a white female jailer during a cell transfer, causing her death.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 10/15/1997, during the nighttime, in Kerrville, Texas, Hernandez was working as a hired hand for a 49-year old white male. Hernandez broke into the victim's residence and beat the him to death with a metal bar. Hernandez then tied up the victim's wife and raped her repeatedly

Wardrip, Faryion Edward

Prior Prison Record

TDCJ-ID #439572 on a 35-year sentence from Wichita County for 1 count of murder, involves the subject beating and suffocating a 21-year old female. 12/11/97 release on mandatory supervision.

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 12/21/1984, at the home of a white female, Wardrip committed Burglary of Habitation and Murder. Wardrip used a knife to stab the victim to death after gaining entry. The subject admits that on that evening he had been "screaming at the stars" while walking sleeplessly in a residential area in Wichita Falls, Texas. The victim came outside to observe the commotion, which alerted the subject to her presence. Wardrip charged at the victim, who closed the door, however, Wardrip broke the door down. Once inside, he killed the victim for no apparent reason (other than a fit of rage). Wardrip pleaded guilty after DNA evidence linked him to the murder of this victim as well as three other women..

Perez, Louis

Summary of incident that sent them to death row

On 09/10/98, during the nighttime, in Austin, Texas, Perez murdered. a 38-year old white female, her 10-year old daughter, a 10-year old black female, and 30-year old white female were in their apartment. The victims were found to have been beaten to death with a cast iron skillet, strangled with panty hose, or both.

Some people are so worthless, and bullets are so cheap.

baja

Edited by - bajarama on 20 June 2002 1:33:58

94

Your View On Capital Punishment

by Dutchie in

jw
friends

we all know the bible's view on capital punishment.

in fact, in the 1969 edition of aid to bible understanding, the author notes the following: .

"the value of life is considered so sacred by god that the blood of a murdered person is viewed by him as defiling the earth and such defilement can be cleansed only by shedding the blood of the murdered.

bajarama

I find it sick that most liberal types support killing helpless unborn babies. Then say it's wrong to put convicted murders and rapists to death. In my opinion you have it really twisted.

I wonder how a liberal would feel if a someone brutally murdered and raped someone they loved like a daughter, son, wife or mother?

1. I say they let them live to long after the trial is over.

You liberals should love that.

baja

Edited by - bajarama on 19 June 2002 22:17:59

34

Bush Opens Mouth, But Only To Change Feet

by SYN in

is this man totally unnaccountable?

yeesh, bush and his administration are beginning to distinctly resemble ye olde governing body, if you ask me!.

bush says u.s. must prepare for preemptive action .

bajarama

SaintSatan,

I read your newspaper quotes. I believe you have a right to be critical of our government. I was wondering though, what do you believe the U.S. should do to protect ourselves and our allies against terrorism?

SYN,

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say, he should bomb their brains out, but do it responsibly.

I take it that your joking?

Although I think everybody by now knows that he wants to finish his Daddy's job!

I believe your talking about Iraq? Do you believe Saddam is harmless?

Reborn2002,

Please read the following with two grains of salt. This is the great thing about life, if we all agreed it wouldn't be any fun!

If the US spent more time giving financial aid to it's own underprivileged citizens instead of playing peacekeeper and supercop for the rest of the world and to their governments, then we might actually have something to be joyful about.

As a nation, I wish we could mind more of our own business, and not piss my tax dollars away. We are hated through out the world for being a supercop and banker.

Four things I'd like to point out.

1. If we hadn't taken on the role of supercop, you and I would probably speak Russian very well.

2. I feel we're stuck playing supercop for a while, I don't believe we have much choice for now. Reborn2002, do you own a car? Do you need oil and gas to get back and forth to work? Do you think your job or business depends upon a stable world?

3. If not us, who else would step up to the plate?

4. It's humorous to me, that you believe our government, is responsible to hand out our money we've earned. Then redistribute it to people who haven't lifted more than a finger to cash their government check. Redistribution of wealth is socialism, no matter if it's on a state, national or international level.

P.S. Bush won get over it. He is the best REPUBLICRATE we've ever had.

baja

17

freedom of thought

by carlitos71 in

this is my first ever posting on any web forum so please excuse the shortness or scattered ideas.

i was raised as a witness for around 25 yrs.

since i was 5 yrs.

bajarama

carlitos71,

Hello and welcome to the board. I know how you feel about being shunned by family and old friends. I always thought blood was ticker than water. I was wrong, never uderestimate the power of mind control.

baja

108

Amazing Survived Major Heart Attack

by AlanF in

jw
friends

i just spoke on the phone to amazing (jim whitney) who is in intensive care in a chicago hospital.

on monday he had a major heart attack, had a stint put in an artery to unblock things and may have bypass surgery.

he's comfortable enough right now, but of course will have to make some big lifestyle changes.

bajarama

Get Well Soon. I will miss reading your posts til you get backvb .

baja

7

Life is Wonderful When Your Free

by bajarama in

my name is brian.

in the past few years i 'm happy to say, "i have gained myself and one of my sisters.

" i was forced to leave behind the rest of my family, friends and a mind control group some call the (please insert profanity of your choice) watchtower.

bajarama

My name is Brian. In the past few years I 'm happy to say, "I have gained myself and one of my sisters." I was forced to leave behind the rest of my family, friends and a mind control group some call the (please insert profanity of your choice) wAtCHtoWeR. They call this lovely process being, "DF'D". I call it, "The fast track to freedom."

Shortly after I was married my parents started playing mind games. They would come over every couple of months or so.[b} I believe sooth their consciences, and throw in some jw punches.[/b] My mom would say, "We want to see our grandchildren, honey dear" They would stay for a few hours make a few comments about the end of the world, then leave. This was a emotional roller coaster. It's funny how my mother and father who lived only a few miles away at the time, would not call or talk to you for months on end. Then out of the blue (or when their conscience got the best of them) they would want to come over and act like nothing is wrong. We love you so much this, we love you so much that. Bring gifts, money, food and fresh veggies from the garden. Yes, they would bring food for us to eat, but would not eat with us.

I finally told them they where welcome to come by any time, but the next time they would have to sit down to dinner and eat with me and my family. I also let the rest of my family and friends know, "Your welcome anytime, just treat me with respect and be ready to eat a great meal."

To say the least only one out of my five brothers and sisters has called me since, I haven't seen or heard from my mother or father since.

My sister and I have both read C.O.C by Ray F. we also both went to Ritzville to support Erica and Bill. We also got to meet lots of other folks like Barbara and many others. We found out quickly we were not the only ones who went through the (please insert profanity of your choice) wATcHtoWeR brainwash cycle and surrvive.

Some may say that keeping grandparents from their grandchildren is to harsh. I will tell you I've had nothing but peace since. I will not let them continue to treat me with disrespect, they will not play their games around my children anymore. They are missing out on the best things in life, their son, daughter in-law, my son who is 2 1/2 and my daugther who is 1 1/2.

If they only knew life is wonderful when your free.

Brian

Slave no more! Now when I see witnesses out and about that I used to know, I feel proud that I have came so far.