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  Personal Accomplishments

  by Uzzah in

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  for years, the watchtower drilled into us that we are just specs of unimportant dust.

  personal pride was touted as being something wrong and a trait of the devil.

  that mentality stifles creativity and initiative, which i suppose is what they want.

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  The biggest accomplishment was getting my education (after high school I was totally without any carewer direction other than the option of "pioneering or going to Bethel) . I wasn't keen on a business degree but it was the only one attainable while I worked at two jobs to make ends meet (no financial help from folks) and I still had to bugger myself financially. The funny thing is that my "goal" was just to prove to myself what I could have accomplished (during my fadaway period) if I'd gotten a "regular start out of the gate".

  My lack of personal ambition is one of my behavioural "challenges" from my upbringing (I don't have a woman applying any shoe polish to my backside).

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  "Federal contracts should be performed by WHITE workers"

  by jst2laws in

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  but the article quoted below makes an excellent point about american protectionism.

  i will quote the first three paragraphs of steven e. landsburg of the university of rochester.

  the article is "xenophobia and politics ?

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  Sorry, just one more thought,

  Can Business and State be separated in the U.S. anymore?

  Those annoying environmental and child labour laws are damned hindrances though I must agree!

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  "Federal contracts should be performed by WHITE workers"

  by jst2laws in

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  but the article quoted below makes an excellent point about american protectionism.

  i will quote the first three paragraphs of steven e. landsburg of the university of rochester.

  the article is "xenophobia and politics ?

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  Robert,

  Fair enough. (the "implosion" forecast is based on models run at Midwestern's finance faculty). Will check out Austrian economics though!

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  Give Reasons Why You're Happy That You're No Longer A Witness

  by minimus in

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  one reason is that you don't have to go to boring meetings 5 times per week and field service where you knock on doors knowing no one will answer.

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  I don't have to accept as "gospel" the pronouncements of a bunch of old men in New York who tell me they "know" what God thinks!

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  "Federal contracts should be performed by WHITE workers"

  by jst2laws in

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  but the article quoted below makes an excellent point about american protectionism.

  i will quote the first three paragraphs of steven e. landsburg of the university of rochester.

  the article is "xenophobia and politics ?

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  Sorry Robbie...no sale.

  That's the theory, (yes, I have studied developmental economics) but not the practice. American corporate industries "play dirty" (I realize agriculture is a sensitive, semi-strategic issue for most governments). Remember, our entire capital market structure ( valuation with almost no no relation to profits/cash flow) is supposed to "implode" in about fifty years.

  The current business fad of "super-sizing" corporate entities is due to a "highjacking" of shareholder/owner interests to that of their agents (a study of agency cost theory can leave you depressed!).

  Management Science is really a "hodgepog" of related disciplines which is neither "complete" nor "comprehensive" and Mr. Smith exemplifies many of those deficiencies. Free markets do have an expansive capability but the costs to each society are rarely acknowledged (industrial farming and the degradation of the local water tables, etc...). Smith has his place in the pantheon of "business gods" (particularly for engineering students) but will hopefully his work will fade away.

  "Everything you learned is wrong"--Peter Drucker

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  My on-again/off-again disfellowshipping is on-again

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  two of the elders on my appeal committee called me yesterday to let me know they are upholding the decision to df me.

  of course, there was no question that they would do that, i even told the guy last time he called that i only appealed to buy some time before the announcement to visit with my jw family.. the interesting thing is how long this has drug on.

  my original committee decided to df me towards the end of january, i appealed at the beginning of february, and now i'll finally be announced near the end of march.

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  Perhaps indignation? (I forget what your heinous "sin" was).

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  WHY do they stay?!?!

  by Pwned in

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  i just dont get how people can stay in a religion that constantly changes the "truth".

  never mind the scandals, that is a seperate issue.

  but the foundation of a religion is its doctrine, how can you believe an organiztion that constantly changes it.

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  It's unfortunate but many people would be happy to let somebody else do their heavy thinking for them. For the older generation like my folks, it boils down to "escalation of commitment" IMO and social control/programming for the younger (but this is no longer as effective with resources like the internet).

  By "providing all the answers" (no admissions ever from GB such as -"well, we're not really sure..."), the org. provides individuals with an opportunity to abrogate their personal responsibility in moral decisions. An attractive package for many.

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  "Federal contracts should be performed by WHITE workers"

  by jst2laws in

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  but the article quoted below makes an excellent point about american protectionism.

  i will quote the first three paragraphs of steven e. landsburg of the university of rochester.

  the article is "xenophobia and politics ?

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  Hi Robert,

  Where is this greater wealth the "world market" is creating? Oh, I remember now, that top 2% of the population. Free trade is a myth (ask any African national economist). Neo-conservative economics theory is good for a laugh but that's all. The de-industrialization of the American economy does not portend well for the U.S. future (pretty much aside from wealthy "white" people"-so don't worry, they're taken care of inside their fortified gated communities!).

  I have to laugh at people like Ms. Rand and would love to put them in a country like the Congo and see how well they function in a society of like-minded individuals (their life experience is just a little too narrow to appreciate retraint in others). While greater "trading blocs" can improve some trade sectors, the costs of such national specialization are only now becoming obvious even to people like Lou Dobbs!

  Sorry, I watched Grapes of Wrath last night!

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  saying hi

  by tijkmo in

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  hi im new to the world....been lurking for a while but cant keep quiet any more...so much to say so much time...as an intro can i ask if anyone else begged grovelled pleaded lost their dignity in order to get reinstated only to find that it was worse than being d/fd cos at least when you were d/fd you knew why all your friends treated you like crap

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  Welcome T.

  When you put it like that way, it reminds me of the perils of friendship as a JW youth (not knowing who you could trust, to back you up, etc...). I used to think that must be what it was like in the Soviet Union during Stalin's time. Friends continually observing and evaluating their other freinds. This was really distastful to me as a kid and a major factor in my evaluation of why I was still participating in this org.

  Will keep an eye peeled for your upcoming posts!

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  How do you women feel about acting stupid to please men and the borg?

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  the quote below was part of a talk in the 90's.

  i heard this as a child and thought to myself, how can any woman accept such a draconian veiw?

  i was not sure if i had understood correctly so, i brought it up to my bible study conductor maggie, i was appalled that she agreed with this veiw, we debated it back and forth, until i got the upper hand, then she told me that i was to "rebellious and strong willed", and that i "should never get married", that i way i would not have to submit to male "headshit" "headship".

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  Hey Ladies,

  If you want a good laugh, look up Aristophanes's sex comedy play "Lysistrata" -talk about "girl power"!

  (should be in most introductory literature anthologies)

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