what a terrible way of wasting valuable time.
going to meetings is the biggest scam.
you get nothing more from going than you would if you read a publication in the comfort of your home.
Minimus...
I posted this before.
But I have a loss of memory after 10 years at the hall as pioneer.
I remember certain events... but I can't place when they happened or which event happened before what.
But I do remember that Monday nights I was at the bookstudy, Thurs at the Theo School, Sunday at the talk.
Con
hit maker prince turns his back on raunchy routines1 comment(s)september 29, 2008 09:33:58 gmt.
he told usa today, becoming a jehovah's witness advocate and reading the bible have contributed to his decision to ditch his raunchy past.. tom walck/pr photoswilling to get better with his growing age, prince has a change of heart that he decided to turn his back on his raunchy past.
the hit maker openly admitted he no longer wants to write songs with lusty lyrics and perform dirty dancing on-stage because he does not want to offend his fans, who as time goes by have grown up and had children.
Lisa.
That's all I'm saying.
Back in the day... I remember the book study elder - at the end of the study.. Anyone have any good stories to tell?
So I'm telling about Prince and his experience about his first talk.
And I tell you...
Everyone could wait to say how - "Yeah... like Prince is REALLY a witness"
The average Elder can't stomache the thought that they are washing windows and Prince and Larry are performing in front of THOUSANDS of adoring fans...
And according to them... they will ge the SAME reward.
I applaud Prince and Larry.
Con
hit maker prince turns his back on raunchy routines1 comment(s)september 29, 2008 09:33:58 gmt.
he told usa today, becoming a jehovah's witness advocate and reading the bible have contributed to his decision to ditch his raunchy past.. tom walck/pr photoswilling to get better with his growing age, prince has a change of heart that he decided to turn his back on his raunchy past.
the hit maker openly admitted he no longer wants to write songs with lusty lyrics and perform dirty dancing on-stage because he does not want to offend his fans, who as time goes by have grown up and had children.
I know Prince and Larry Graham.
They are the nicest people.
The ex-JDubs here should appreciate them because there is a lot of jealousy they have to deal with "with'in the ranks."
Don't be a hating... they have enough of that already.
Con
i am almost shaking as i write this for what is happening to the capital markets, this country, and the free world.
the impact of the past two weeks' action in the financial markets, if not reversed by cooler heads, will have irreparably changed the world in a way that only terrorist attacks and acts of war have in the past.. .
nationalizing fannie mae and freddie mac, providing an emergency quasi-legal bridge loan to aig, temporarily banning short-selling on all stocks in the us, and instituting an rtc-type entity to handle the toxic waste of the financial system is economic violence on a grand scale.. .
Moshe...
Me thinks... socialism is bad.
As Jesus said... you will always have the poor among you.
There will always be people of means and people that just scrap by.
But the wealthy should be celebrated.
The best in this world you can hope for is that you bust your a$$ and hope that you and your children's childrens can live a better life.
I used to be the type that thinks "screw the old money bastards."
But really... think about this.
Most old money families can be traced back to one MF'er that just Kicked A$$ during his time. And that MF'er passed on his weath to his son's and daughters.
So why should them or their children be penalized?
If the "little person" is so disadvantaged, they need to pick themselves up by their bootstrap.
Because if you trace back to each one of the wealthy families around today... Hilton, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller.
You can trace their linage back to one freak'in bad a$$ fella that came from nothing and made a mint.
Con
alrighty.... all in good fun here.. but i feel like the tough guy calling out anybody and everybody.. but people have been talking bad about the federal reserve and the united states fiat money system.. i thing it's good.
it keeps a balance.. after all... all money is fiat.. even if we returned to the gold standard - all money is fiat.
it's just a representation of "what people will pay for what.".
Satanus.
I don't have an opinion about that because I haven't researched it.
But a world currency such as the Euro - but worldwide?
Pros and cons of that would be interesting.
alrighty.... all in good fun here.. but i feel like the tough guy calling out anybody and everybody.. but people have been talking bad about the federal reserve and the united states fiat money system.. i thing it's good.
it keeps a balance.. after all... all money is fiat.. even if we returned to the gold standard - all money is fiat.
it's just a representation of "what people will pay for what.".
Ok... Hybrid.
Lets do that and see what happens.
Right now... Gold is trading at about $850 and ounce.
To make things simpler... lets just say $1,000 an ounce.
So each dollar of yours is worth 1/1000 of an ounce of gold.
So for every $1,000 a bank has on it's balance sheet - it needs 1 once of gold READY to exchange with you on demand.
Ok... sounds like real money right?
Ok... so 3 rich business men from China come to a bank in South Dakota with $900 Million U.S. dollars and a truck.
They demand 900,000 ounces of gold.
Then 3 rich business men from Saudi Arabia come into a Wisconsin bank with $900 Milion U.S. dollars and a truck.
So they demand 900,000 ounces of gold.
Then China - the country - is like, forget this... The U.S. owes us 50 Trillion (whatever it is) - hell... might as well get gold for it.
Ok... so then... how long do you think it will be until we run out of gold?
The true anchor of money is NOT the commodity behind it.
It's a bridge for goods and services.
You don't need gold to anchor it.
You could anchor it to Big Macs.
A big mac used to cost 10 cents. Now it costs, what? $4.50?
Either way.. we've invented a piece of paper that one Big Mac costs us about 1/4 hour worth of labor if the average salary is about $20 a hour.
Back then... when Big Macs costed 10 cents - the average salary was probably 40 cents an hour.
It's all relative.
Con
alrighty.... all in good fun here.. but i feel like the tough guy calling out anybody and everybody.. but people have been talking bad about the federal reserve and the united states fiat money system.. i thing it's good.
it keeps a balance.. after all... all money is fiat.. even if we returned to the gold standard - all money is fiat.
it's just a representation of "what people will pay for what.".
Renee...
Get a savings account with a bank that doesn't have a lot of branches.
Right now ING.com has a savings at 3% - which isn't much - but better than the reguar joke of a savings account at regular banks.
Or.. stagger your CD's - like 6 CD's over 12 months - so that every 2 months you have one maturing. You might get 5% with that.
Con
i'm doing a blog on this and would like to know all of the names and in order up to the gb.
here's what i know so far....publisher, pioneer, ministerial servant, elder, circuit overseer, po (what's it stand for?
), governing body.
Middle...
What gets me is if you ask the avererage JDub what their hierachy is... the would say, that "there is none."
But we here know - there is a difinitive pecking order.
You listed them there-abouts right.
BTW, PO is under CO.
It goes...
Presiding Overseer - (under CO - he is the master of the body of elders)
Then CO... then DO (District Overseer).
Above that... there are probably a bunch of other "my D!CK is bigger than your D!CK positions..."
But yeah... as far as I know - it goes from DO to GB.
i am almost shaking as i write this for what is happening to the capital markets, this country, and the free world.
the impact of the past two weeks' action in the financial markets, if not reversed by cooler heads, will have irreparably changed the world in a way that only terrorist attacks and acts of war have in the past.. .
nationalizing fannie mae and freddie mac, providing an emergency quasi-legal bridge loan to aig, temporarily banning short-selling on all stocks in the us, and instituting an rtc-type entity to handle the toxic waste of the financial system is economic violence on a grand scale.. .
Six...
I think that's the core argument.
Like you said - and brilliantly so.
"It wasn't like suddenly we've become more greedy."
But what is the solution - more regulation? More rules?
i am almost shaking as i write this for what is happening to the capital markets, this country, and the free world.
the impact of the past two weeks' action in the financial markets, if not reversed by cooler heads, will have irreparably changed the world in a way that only terrorist attacks and acts of war have in the past.. .
nationalizing fannie mae and freddie mac, providing an emergency quasi-legal bridge loan to aig, temporarily banning short-selling on all stocks in the us, and instituting an rtc-type entity to handle the toxic waste of the financial system is economic violence on a grand scale.. .
SamWife...
I understand what you are saying.
And it is true... not everyone was out there flipping.
But yeah... the bundling of the mortgages and the sale of them. That was a big, big part of it.
I guess my point - there was a ton of people along the way that could have blew the whistle. And it seems everyone was content to "play the game."
The real estate agents - they knew how to play the game. They knew where to find the sub-prime lenders to get the money.
The real estate lawyers - the signed on to these "no-doc" loans.
The morgage brokers - they were in on it.
And certainly the homeowners were as well.
Con
