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  Madonna is a dumb ass.

  by LDH in

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  ok, just catching a little snippet of matt lauer's interview of madonna right now.

  a few things come to mind.drop the fake ass british accentamerica is not interested in a "spiritual" pop starkaballah is just another religion, regardless of your argument that it is not.

  (doesn't everyone say that their religion is not a "religion" but the "truth.

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  LDH,

  Lets keep Janet Jackson right here.

  Terry
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  WHY DONT MORE BLACK @ OTHER NATIONALITYS POST ON THIS BOARD

  by nightwarrior in

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  not being racist in any way but i dont see any photos of black or spanish gatherings posting on the board , what is the reason for this yes if i bring out controvesy then feel free ,sorry no ime not racist,as i am from mixed parentage ,or dont other nationalitys feel the need to heal themselves after the borg have they been so dissasimilated that they dont trust anyone else,come out from behind your masks and reveal the real you.

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  There are many external and internal reasons for the lowered test scores of the ‘black’ community. I think one external factor is the unfair way money is budgeted for the public school systems. In California, the public schools get their money based on the property taxes of the local area. Rich areas tend to have high property taxes with low population density (fewer students). Poor areas are just the opposite, lots of students very little money. What this causes in effect is an uneven playing field. I think if all schools were funded, equally it would help solve this problem to some extent. In addition, if you break down test scores along the lines of their parent’s income you will find that class (read income) plays a huge role, in this possibly more than race.
  
  No one race’s inherent IQ is higher than any other groups (which is not what lark was saying) but their subculture couple with increased institutional obstacles will cause one group to score lower than the rest.
  
  Terry
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  Lilith ?!

  by Vivamus in

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  did you ever heard of lilith?

  not as an extension of adam, but the creation was dual, man and woman were one, almost a bisexual being.

  but then adam *sigh, typically men* tried to dominate her, and she said in modern english "f*ck off, i'm leaving you", bravo lilith!

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  I don’t have much to add here but I also find the different myths associated with Lilith fascinating. Maybe that’s why the bible has stuck around so long, so many good stories surround it.
  
  Terry
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  WoMD ... so where are they?

  by Simon in

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  now, the war is over, the weapons were not used and of course have not been found.. how threatening could they be if they did not even use them when being invaded by a massive force (of the countries they hate)?!

  perhaps, as many suspect, they didn't use them because they didn't have them?.

  now we're being told that we'll have to be patient and give them time to find them.

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  Who cares the worlds a better place now. I remember being told so many things too:

  • 100k's kia,
  • the Iraqis would hate us,
  • the arab 'street' would go nuts
  • terrorist attacks at home
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  • etc.

  looks like both side may have been wrong about some things (of course some people were more wrong than others by about four magnitudes of 10), but I stand by what I said before the world is better now.

  Terry
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  The Dixie Chicks

  by Stan Conroy in

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  i don't understand the logic of boycotting the dixie chicks because of the comments the singer made about being ashamed that bush is from texas.

  it doesn't make sense to me.

  keep in mind that i'm just a canadian, so maybe i'm just not tuned in to the american way of thinking.

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  Maybe this is a parallel for you guys. I remember working in a restaurant for a family of witnesses. Every year at Christmas when all the other restaurants were decorated with the seasonal fetishes this place was as completely devoid of decoration. I remember the owners complaining that they lost business due to this practice, and claimed people were shunning them because of their beliefs. Actually, most people were probably just in the Christmas mood so went somewhere more in line with their feelings, but some never came back. The restaurant is out of business now. So famous or not business is business, do not upset your customers. Many things in life are not fair but this is just reality.
  
  Should the Dixie chicks be treated as they are; probably not. However, something else that cannot be denied is that they are incredibly stupid. I think if they had actual criticisms of the war and expressed them in a way that was not an insult to the president, they would not be in the current state they are in. Honestly, it is not only that they were against the war but also it was the way in which they proclaimed their opposition that does not sit well with some people.
  
  Terry
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  The Dixie Chicks

  by Stan Conroy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i don't understand the logic of boycotting the dixie chicks because of the comments the singer made about being ashamed that bush is from texas.

  it doesn't make sense to me.

  keep in mind that i'm just a canadian, so maybe i'm just not tuned in to the american way of thinking.

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  Look you guys this is not that hard to understand. The Dixie Chicks have every right to say what ever they wish; no one is stopping them from talking. However, one of the first rules of business is

  DO NOT PISS-OFF YOUR CORE CONSUMERS.

  People are not under a constitutional duty to buy Dixie Chick albums if they upset there customers enough sales drop, welcome to the lifestyles of the famous. It may not be right but it is reality.
  Terry
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  Back from the Memorial

  by ScoobySnax in

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  well like i say, just got back from the memorial, have been going most years, but this year i went by chance (knew it was roughly at 7pm at the nearest kh) to my old congregation that i grew up in.

  i didn't find the "evil" people spoke of here on this forum, or those too stupid to see.

  all i did see was people i hadn't seen in years, and let me tell you, what lovely people they were.

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  I so far out of the org. I did not even know tonight was the big night. They dont bother even asking me anymore. Oh well guess I am going to hell.

  Terry
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  Back from the Memorial

  by ScoobySnax in

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  well like i say, just got back from the memorial, have been going most years, but this year i went by chance (knew it was roughly at 7pm at the nearest kh) to my old congregation that i grew up in.

  i didn't find the "evil" people spoke of here on this forum, or those too stupid to see.

  all i did see was people i hadn't seen in years, and let me tell you, what lovely people they were.

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  Scoob,

  I glad you had a good night. I dont believe I, like most here, would get the same greeting if I wandered back to my hall but that does not mean your experience was false. Maybe you just belong to an exceptional cong. and have exceptional JW friends.

  Terry
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  USA- Liberator?

  by proplog2 in

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  don't get sucked in by the propaganda that the usa is some kind of benevolent angel promoting freedom for a world suffering under ruthless dictators.. do you remember the shah of iran?.

  do you know anything about how he came to power?.

  have you ever heard of savak?

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  The looting that is going is unfortunate but the ‘criticize at all cost’ crowd is overlooking two glaring facts.
  
  First, the overriding goal of the Americans was to end the war as quickly as possible. As has been stated here to the point of exhaustion, wars kill innocent people. While innocent death can be minimized in cannot be eliminated so the longer the war last the more innocent people will die. While the war was in its final stages when the looting began, to draw troops away from finishing the war, hence lengthening it would have increased both civilian and US deaths.
  
  The second fact, which is related to the first, is that you cannot plan for everything in a war. I don’t believe the JCS realized was the Iraqis became free of Saddam they were all going to loot. It does take at least a few days to develop a plan and begin to implement it.
  
  Terry
  
  Another thing to remember is that the US does not train our troops to be cops. The jobs of cop and soldier is not interchangeable, ones job is to kill people the others job is to stop crime, I am not surprised our troops are not good at this right out of the gate.
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  Should the US & Canada use the same currency?

  by JH in

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  since a few years, the euro has been introduced in europe.

  many countries share the same currency.. would it be a good idea if everyone in north america would use the american dollar just like everyone uses the euro in europe?

  would this be financially beneficial, or would this be a first step in canada becoming a part of the us?

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  I can’t see any real value of the US and Canada switching to a common currency. The economic situation between the US and Canada is not similar to that of France, Germany, etc.
  
  If I remember correctly the main stated reasons Europe switched to the Euro was to help large European multinationals deal with exchange rate difficulties, and to create an economic bloc roughly the size of the US, Canada, and Mexico. For example, if Airbus in France purchased an engine from Germany at eight in the morning it could cost 1000 francs but by noon, the same engine could cost substantially more or less depending on the variations of the two countries currency value. This kind of financial variation makes financial planning difficult.
  
  Terry