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  Not sure what to do - Not "in" and not "out"

  by Alexia in

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  long story short: forgive my grammar, im in a hurry!.

  i grew up as a jw by my mother who was baptized about two years before i was born.

  my dad studied but was a severe (really severe) alcoholic and my older brother studied but was never really into it.

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  owenfieldreams

  Wow...interesting story. Follow your intellect, not your heart--that would be my advice.
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  President Obama and a Democrat Congress Will....

  by owenfieldreams in

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  1) raise taxes, and not just capital gains.

  income taxes will be raised as well.

  and if you make more than $200k/yr, you are "rich", and defined as such you will get soaked; thus, you will have little incentive to keep earning what you do now,--the opportunity to make a nice profit will simply not be there....and all of us working stiffs fortunate enough to make over $50 k/ yr, you better hold on to your wallets as well... we are going to pay for the social security bailout.

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  owenfieldreams

  Wow...thanks to all for your comments on this thread. I'm neither a registered republican or democrat, but I am a conservative-- pro-life and pro -gun--and probably one of those 'bitter clingers' that Obama referred to in front of the" wine and cheese" crowd in San Francisco that day several weeks ago. While I stand by my original assertions regarding what an Obama administration would do, I'm not naive enough to think that the other two candidates would do much better. The fact that he is black is totally irrelevant to me. I would vote for Colin Powell in a heartbeat if he were running...
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  President Obama and a Democrat Congress Will....

  by owenfieldreams in

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  1) raise taxes, and not just capital gains.

  income taxes will be raised as well.

  and if you make more than $200k/yr, you are "rich", and defined as such you will get soaked; thus, you will have little incentive to keep earning what you do now,--the opportunity to make a nice profit will simply not be there....and all of us working stiffs fortunate enough to make over $50 k/ yr, you better hold on to your wallets as well... we are going to pay for the social security bailout.

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  owenfieldreams

  Gopher,

  you basically restated all of what I said Obama would do. Thanks for the emphasis...Lol--with one exception. You are incorrect in the views that the Iranians and other dictators around the world have in our political process. By and large, most of them heavily favor the democratic nominee over a republican one. Wonder why that could be? Hmmm.....
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  Most overrated movies

  by keyser soze in

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  i apologize in advance to those i may offend, but are some movies i've always thought were way overrated:.

  apocalypse now- a three-hour boat ride (four if you watch the director's cut) with occasional shooting.

  and what's the payoff?

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  owenfieldreams

  Just a few that I was never impressed with--The Deer Hunter, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, The Sting, Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof, The Last Emperor, Platoon, and, more recently, Crash....
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  Suing the tower

  by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/157788/1.ashx.

  in the above thread, otwo made a comment about how someone might sue the wt based on their shunning policy.

  i have not seen the topic discussed here and have been unsuccessful in getting the search function of the site to gather information about it, but i wonder if we as a group could sue the washtowel society.

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  owenfieldreams

  Dream on. A private organization has a right to expel members under our constitutional form of government here in the US.
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  President Obama and a Democrat Congress Will....

  by owenfieldreams in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1) raise taxes, and not just capital gains.

  income taxes will be raised as well.

  and if you make more than $200k/yr, you are "rich", and defined as such you will get soaked; thus, you will have little incentive to keep earning what you do now,--the opportunity to make a nice profit will simply not be there....and all of us working stiffs fortunate enough to make over $50 k/ yr, you better hold on to your wallets as well... we are going to pay for the social security bailout.

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  owenfieldreams

  1) Raise taxes, and not just capital gains. Income taxes will be raised as well. And if you make more than $200k/yr, you are "rich", and defined as such you will get SOAKED; thus, you will have little incentive to keep earning what you do now,--the opportunity to make a nice profit will simply not be there....And all of us working stiffs fortunate enough to make over $50 k/ yr, you better hold on to your wallets as well... we are going to pay for the social security bailout

  2) Nationalize health insurance. We're going to cover EVERYONE, including illegals/immigrants--guess who's going to pay for it? Remember, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Someone has to pay...It ain't gonna be the super rich, and the poor certainly cannot pay for it. Yup, you're right--those of us in the middle, working class will be footing the bill

  3) Draw down troops and eventually withdraw from all military involvement in the Middle East. The mullahs in Iran are counting the days....They love Obama!

  4) pass the "card check" unionization bill--no more secret ballot, as has always been the case up till now in votes, union thugs will be able to intimidate and coerce people into voting for union representation because now they will know which workers are not on the 'list', and thus they can apply pressure and coercion tactics.

  5) Want to 'engage' and talk with countries and leaders that openly hate us and show us no respect, like Hugo Chavez, Amejinad(sp?) in Iran, Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, Bashar Assad in Syria, etc..etc...Bottom line, if he's a dictator, Obama wants to talk, make nice, and negotiate with you.

  6) grow government and the welfare state to a size that cannot be even imagined right now. Bush as a republican did a bad enough job enlarging the size of our federal government, under Obama it will exponentially get even bigger.

  7)pass more regulation and red tape to hamstring business in the name of 'helping the workers'--which in turn will only drive away investment and jobs...

  Get ready, America, for the first(I'm sorry, the SECOND) black president of the United States.....
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  Which is worse, Adam's sin, or God's reaction to his sin?

  by Dirty Rat in

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  when you look at all the pain and suffering in this world, and then wonder why god decided that mankind should pay for one man's sin, with interest on top of that, it's revolting.. no way can the added pain and suffering of billions of people equal the fault that adam did.. .

  ps: this is jh .

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  owenfieldreams

  God is Master of the Universe. As such, he has the right to make rules and HE gets to decide consequences of disobedience--and he also rightly defines what is right or wrong.
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  Will Women Eventually Start Being Used As Servants?

  by White Dove in

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  as the men in the congregations suffer from burnout and quit helping out as ms and elders, do you think the situation of shrinkage will become so desperate that the wts will be forced to start using women in positions of authority?

  they have a huge commodity that they are refusing to use.

  that makes no sense at all.

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  owenfieldreams

  No.
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  Boris Johnson....THE Mayor of London

  by digderidoo in

  1. jw
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  as you may or may not know yesterday was the mayoral elections in london.. the results are now in, for those who do not know him, here he is....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzaazszlewk&feature=related.

  cannot believe it.......................here he is playing football..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1en7yvqhamg&feature=related.

  what a joke.... paul.

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  owenfieldreams

  All you socialist libs across the pond have got be steaming mad about this....
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  Let's predict what the WTS will cut next

  by unbrainwashed in

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  it looks like there is a pattern of a major cutback every year or so for the past several years.

  from soft cover binding, no more subscriptions, 30 min public talks, members only wt magazine, book study meeting elimination.

  maybe i missed some others.

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  owenfieldreams

  District conventions as we know now know them will eventually be a thing of the past. Too much money is needed to rent and hold facilities, parking, etc. etc...