Posts by trueblue

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"Evolution is JUST a Theory!"

by sabastious in

and i feel a little sheepish.. check this out:.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/plate_tectonics.

^ plate tectonics (from the late latintectonicus, from the greek: ?

trueblue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH8x__885kI

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The Insanity of Arguing on the Internet!

by cognizant dissident in

in an effort to get us all to lighten up and take ourselves and our beliefs a little less seriously, post your internet jokes and funnies here.. one of my personal favorites: .

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trueblue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W31ue-9u4z4

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HIstory and Bush/Obama

by free2beme in

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i find it funny, that as time is passing, history is now showing it is not the men who are causing the times ... as much as history is having a mind of it's own.

now people are pretty much seeing obama in the same approval and blame, as bush did.

basically, the economy sucks, neither man could fix it and all they could do was blame the other's party.

The Fix

There recently was an article in the St. Petersburg , Fl . Times. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on: "How Would You Fix the Economy?" I think this guy nailed it!

Dear Mr. President,

Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.
You can call it the "Patriotic Retirement Plan ":

There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.

2) They MUST buy a new AMERICAN Car. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.

3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.

It can't get any easier than that!!

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress pay their taxes..

Mr. President, while you're at it, make Congress retire on Social Security and Medicare . I'll bet both programs would be fixed pronto!

If you think this would work, please forward to everyone you know.If not, please disregard.

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HIstory and Bush/Obama

by free2beme in

jw
friends

i find it funny, that as time is passing, history is now showing it is not the men who are causing the times ... as much as history is having a mind of it's own.

now people are pretty much seeing obama in the same approval and blame, as bush did.

basically, the economy sucks, neither man could fix it and all they could do was blame the other's party.

trueblue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqH0n4Y_SJA

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Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!

by sacolton in

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$79 million tax demand on jehovahs witnesses threatens freedom of religionstrasbourgon september 21, 2010, the european court of human rights (echr) ruled unanimously that the complaint filed by jehovahs witnesses in france is admissible regarding alleged interference with their freedom of religion.. the government of france had imposed a retroactive 60-percent tax on all religious offerings donated to association les temoins de jehovah(also referred to as the christian association of jehovahs witnesses of france) over a period of four years from 1993 to 1996. the government initially demanded a total payment of about 45 million euros.

the amount demanded is now more than 57 million euros (more than $79,000,000 usd), which far exceeds the assets of the association.the echr took note of the fact that throughout the court proceedings within france, jehovahs witnesses had consistently maintained that the contested tax was a direct attack on their religious freedom.

in fact, it had been imposed on them within the context of the france governments fight against so-called sects.

trueblue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnk3p9v-L0A

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is anyone else seeing this add on the forum

by elderelite in

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wife, mother of 4. my name is.

rochelle tallmadge, and i'm mormon..... .

that gal is a cutie!!

trueblue

This man goes in this bar and says "bar tender give me a beer" the bar tender gives the man a beer and the man drinks it, looks into his shirt pocket, then says again "bartender give me a beer" the bartender gives him another beer, the man drinks it, looks into his shirt pocket, and says again "bartender give me a beer" the bartender says "sure, but may I ask why you always look into your shirt pocket before ordering another beer?" and the man replies "I have a picture of my wife in my pocket and when she starts to look good to me I go home"

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Ridiculous JW Story - Just Remembered

by mentallyfree31 in

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i just happened to remember this ridiculous jw story that involved the elders/wt rules at my former congregation.

for many years, there was a building immediately next to the kh.

it was a local businessman, and after several years he converted it to a part time church.

trueblue

I wonder if the JW's that parked on his property ever thought to ask him if it were alright to park on his property before they parked on it, I doubt it.

Reminds me one time in a trailer park some JW's were parking in our parking spaces to study with our nieghbor and my younger brother put a note on their car saying something about them being all almighty and all but these parking spaces are reserved for us no count bla bla bla.

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I need some help with a plot point for the next novel

by JeffT in

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my first effort "armageddon's disciples" is being considered by a publisher, i'll let you know if anything happens.. in the meantime i'm noodling around with what to do next.. i have an idea, but i'm curious if you guys think one of my plot points is realistic.

the antagonist is going to be a guy moving through jw circles, moving from congo to congo every two or three years.

not an elder, mabye an ms, turns in his 10-15 hours consistently, never causes trouble, not married, maybe a little odd as he's kind of a loner.. the plot point is that he's pretty much a cipher, no one pays much attention to him.

trueblue

Maybe give your character a lot of money that has an ongoing sums of money coming in from a pention or inheritence or something and he makes sure someone notices him standing by the donation boxes with some money in his hand before dropping into the donation boxes and does this at every donation box at the conventions also and this person always buys everyone dinners especially the sunday speakers and he also finds new commers that are all alone and twists their words and tells them things about the elders and tells the elders the new person is talking about the elders. The lies and deception would draw the elders attention away from what he actually does.

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