Posts by OnTheWayOut

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Rush Limbaugh Is Dead

by minimus in

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the conservative icon rush limbaugh passed away today.

he had lung cancer and finally succumbed to the disease.

what is sad and disgusting is how some people are happy and thrilled that he is gone.

I won't say anything bad about Rush. I will just quote him:

"Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream."

"When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult; it's an invitation."

"If any race of people should not have guilt about slavery, it's Caucasians. The white race has probably had fewer slaves and for a briefer period of time than any other in the history of the world."

He once mock translated Chinese President Hu Jintao in 2011. He said: "'Ching cha. Ching chang cho chow. Cha Chow. Ching Cho. Chi ba ba ba. Kwo kwa kwa kee. Cha ga ga. Ching chee chay. Ching zha bo ba. Chang cha. Chang cho chi che. Cha dee. Ooooh chee bada ba. Jee jee cho ba.' Nobody was translating, but that's the closest I can get."

When Barack Obama was still a Senator, Rush enjoyed playing a song parody ‘Barack the Magic Negro’ on his show, so maybe we could play that at his funeral to remind people what Rush was all about.

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How Do You Think Election Votes Should Be Counted?

by minimus in

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do you think voters should be required to prove that they are legitimate?.

OnTheWayOut

As liberal as I am, I have no problem with ID requirements for voters. Just make it a priority to get everyone an ID.

But all human beings are legitimate human beings.

But there should be an absolute standard for voting instead of 50 states different standards.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. So many problems exist with gerrymandering and voter suppression and trying to remove "legitimate" votes. And that whole electoral college invented to compromise with slave states- that really needs to end and have a straight up popular vote for president.

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What Song Reminds You The Most of Your JW Experience?

by Sea Breeze in

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what song takes you back there?.

here's mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brb7rupqtsg&ab_channel=danielaaguilar.

OnTheWayOut

I always thought about songs that help me as an ex-witness. Not really thought about ones that take me right back.
Your Ozzie choice is excellent, but I was not a JW until my 20's and I got high at 17 years old at an Ozzie concert when the Bizzard of Oz album came out, so I like that memory.

I am thinking more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWh5ilLBs-k

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Friend Is Worried About My “Mental Health”...lol

by minimus in

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one of my tennis friends who happens also to be a nurse, told me today that he is concerned about my mental health because i support donald trump.

i believe he got shafted but i also recognize that very little will probably change regarding his being re-elected.

this man voted for the “green” candidate and said he personally agrees with most of trump’s views but he thinks he’s morally corrupt.

OnTheWayOut

I get where your friend is coming from.
Trump is to "corrupt politicians" what Shaquille O'Neal is to "tall."

Your friend's concern about you being in a cult is valid. I mean- it's one thing to vote for Trump for personal reasons, but it's completely different to continue supporting his claims of a massive fraudulent election that was stolen from him when it is crystal clear that Trump lost without such a fraud and that the same claims are being used to rake in even more money from supporters before he goes out of the White House.

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Trump Says Biden “Won” The Election But It Was Rigged

by minimus in

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that’s the latest!.

OnTheWayOut

When they stole the election, why didn't they ensure the Senate? .....vote out Mitch McConnell?

If its so obvious that Biden didn't win, yet they do it anyway, why stop at the Presidency?

Or maybe, it's all just bullshit for Trump to keep asking for money for his legal claims.

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how do spouse's treat their partners if they leave the cult?

by mickbobcat in

so i was fortunate enough to have a wife that listened and saw what i was saying was true and that the cult is bs.

but i wonder how bad it is in a relationship that one goes out of the cult and the other stays in.

i can see that being a real issue for a marriage.

OnTheWayOut

I am out about 13 years now and my wife is still in.

It is the elephant in the room. We lead our lives pretty much independent from each other in many ways.

In many ways, it is as TheListener says- "Roommate but with a wedding ring," but it's "roommate with benefits."

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Tsunamis and Volcanos: why?

by StephaneLaliberte in

volcano eruptions and tsunamis kill at large scale and very often, without warning.

how do believers explain these away?

jehovah's witnesses say that humans die and suffer due to the original sin, but what do volcano's and tsunamis have to do with it?

OnTheWayOut

Any JW worthy of the name of their God should be able to answer this question. But they have gotten out of their ridiculous circular thinking ability- which initially sounds good, but most JW's refrain from any real thinking on such complex questions.

Volcano eruptions and Tsunamis kill at large scale and very often, without warning. How do believers explain these away?

Man was perfect. Man would have initially spread out from the Garden of Eden, nowhere near volcanoes and tsunamis. As these perfect men spread to those areas, they would have been able to predict such events and avoid the disaster, or could have built totally volcano-proof and tsunami-proof structures for safety, or maybe even God could simply TELL them it was coming and they would move to safety.

Honestly, a real JW in my day could have answered like that.

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Voter Fraud !

by Sea Breeze in

dick morris sounds the alert:.

https://www.dickmorris.com/fight-massive-democratice-fraud/ .

OnTheWayOut

Fascinating, Funky. Fascinating.

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Sin came into the world - not true?

by menrov in

matt 5:27 “you have heard that it was said, ‘do not commit adultery.’ 28 but i say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.. this means that even before someone commits an act that is considered a sin or wrong but does think about it, that person actually already committed that sin or trespassing.. now read this:.

rom.

5:12 so then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned— 13 for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.. this means that there was already sin in the world before adam and eve actually ate the fruit.

OnTheWayOut

Committing adultery "in your heart" or desire or theft or whatever "in your heart" is not a sin.

Sin was invented by priests/preachers to make the members feel guilty, thus needing the priest/preacher to be appeased to appease the god.

They have defined it as an immoral "act" considered to be a transgression against divine law. An act. Not a thought.

Sure, they may sometimes redefine it as even thought based on what Jesus said. That damned Bible getting in the way. But whoever wrote those Jesus words was trying to say that everyone does that and the key is not to let it become sin.

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If YOU Were In Charge of the COVID Virus Situation How Would You Handle Things At This Point?

by minimus in

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as of october 2020, if you were governor or president how would you handle this pandemic?

?.

OnTheWayOut

Well, what I would not do is put the stock market first, argue over masks, put Jarod in charge of PPE, give trillions of dollars away mostly to businesses to never "trickle" down to the workers.

At this point, we could get a round of complete quick results tests for every-fricking-body. We can isolate the positives and let the rest get to some kind of normal and then do the hot-spot thing for awhile or test every-fricking-body again if it wasn't contained.