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by John MacArthur
You wouldn't expect to hear a pastor tell his church, "I know better than God." And yet that's what many preachers and leaders today communicate when they focus their ministry strategies on market research and consumer response. Chasing popular trends and whims is a sure recipe for tickled ears, stunted spiritual growth, and congregations full of false converts.
By contrast, a ministry that centers on the preaching of God's Word is a ministry that is, by definition, wholly dependent on God. Rather than relying on gimmicks or ploys, it relies on God Himself for both its content and direction.
Early in my ministry I committed, before the Lord, that I would simply worry about the depth of my ministry, and I would let Him take care of the breadth of it. Needless to say, He has extended it far beyond what I could have ever even thought possible. But the market appeal of this ministry was not something I ever strategized about, trying to think of schemes for how to be popular or how to energize church growth. Instead, the focus was on teaching the Bible—deeply, consistently, and accurately. Beyond that, I simply decided to depend on the Lord.
When pastors preach God's message rather than one of their own invention, they demonstrate that they are fully depending on God for results. It is His Word that is taught; it is His Spirit who works; it is His power that convicts and transforms. We simply convey the message faithfully, and when people respond, God receives all of the glory.
And that, ultimately, is why I continue to preach the Word after more than four decades of ministry. The goal of my life, from the outset, has been ministry faithfulness for the glory of Christ. That should be the aim of every pastor. And what could be more glorifying to Him than to exalt His message, bringing it to bear on the lives of His people, and depending fully on Him for the results. As Timothy was charged by Paul, so every pastor—if he is to be found faithful—must embrace his sacred calling:
I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. . . . I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing. . . . The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (2 Timothy 4:1–5, 7–8, 18)
I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. . . . I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing. . . . The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (2 Timothy 4:1–5, 7–8, 18)
Paul's exhortation is directed at preachers, but its application isn't limited to them. The men and women in the pews must place an equally high priority on submitting themselves to the preaching of the Word, and faithfully testing the teaching they receive against Scripture. Like we saw last time, all believers need to be Bereans. It's vital that the pastor teaches Scripture with clarity and accuracy, and it's vital that his congregation stay hungry for that kind of Bible teaching and the spiritual fruit it produces.
It's been a privilege to serve the Lord at Grace Community Church for nearly forty-five years. Throughout that time, my prayer has always been to be subject to God's biblical agenda, rather than subjecting God's Word to my personal agenda. It is the difference between biblical preaching and motivational speaking, between shepherding and manipulating, and between understanding what God has already said in Scripture and putting new words in His mouth.
It's no coincidence that we kicked off the new year with a series on the importance of biblical preaching. Preach the Word sets the tone for everything else you'll read on the GTY blog in 2014 and beyond. The subject matter may vary, but the underlying theme will always be the same: Scripture rightly handled, faithfully taught, and properly applied.
(Adapted from The Master's Plan for the Church.)
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I have spent 67 years either being told what to say, not to think about it or having my ears tickled. Since my daughter steered me to your sight, I found my answers and learned what the church is supposed to be. Thank you. You are so appreciated.
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Here's a thought:
It's not just preaching the word that matters, it's preaching it correctly and putting it into practice in the preacher's life and in the church.
You could have a church with a good preacher, but he's the only one who speaks during the services. People will tend to migrate to churches where other people take part, as suggested in 1 Cor 14:26.
Someone may be good at expositional preaching, but hopeless at counselling and supporting members personally. People will prefer a church where the minister has pastoral as well as teaching gifts.
There are also good preachers who do not present a faithful model of christian maturity - the fruit of the spirit is absent from their life. Again, people will be drawn to churches whose leaders are more christlike in their character.
All these are not matters of market research or worldly gimmicks, but they are barriers to the growth of the church.
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A man who did not present a faithful model of Christian maturity, whose life does not evidence the fruit of the spirit, cannot be considered a good teacher, no matter how gifted or knowledgeable a speaker he might be. He's a hypocrite, and he's disqualified from ministry (1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9).
Likewise, a man who is gifted at expository preaching but hopeless in the other aspects of the pastoral role might not be called to the pastorate in the first place. Certainly there are other teaching roles he could fulfill without letting down his congregation.
Your first example seems more like a matter of preference than anything else. Or at least that's a conversation about the order and design of the worship service; not the content of the teaching, which has been the focus of John's blog series.
What matters most is the growth of the people in the church, not the growth of the church itself. John MacArthur has recently started teaching through Acts on Sunday nights--it's been an invigorating reminder that it's the Lord who grows His church, not us.
I just wanted to finally say "thank you" for preaching the Word rather than filling your sermons with funny stories or "life application." I am tired of pastors/churches trying to draw a crowd rather than preach the Word. Your clear exposition of the Bible has helped to change my life and my walk with God. My personal Bible study is richer now, also. I wish I could put into words how thankful I am for this website and all the free resources available.
Pastor MacArthur,
Thank you again for the reminder not only to pastors but also to those of us in the pews to "place an equally high priority on submitting themselves to the preaching of the Word". I wish more people in the pews would follow your next statement of..."faithfully testing the teaching they receive against Scripture." It reminds me of your comments from Strange Fire implying that if all scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit illuminates our understanding, and the scriptures teach us to test everything then a faithful pastor would not only welcome his flock to search the scripture but also TEACH them to. Unfortunately that's viewed as confrontational. Having said that, we must bare in mind not to violate other passages honoring those in positions of leadership over us in the church.
We have recently begun what our pastor calls "Storying". He described it as a way of taking bible stories and telling them in a better way. We set around in a circle and the pastor tells a bible story from memory, usually in a sort of some what animated, narrative technique. Then he asks us who we relate to in the story. You can imagine the answers. There is certainly some truth but worse is the amount of allegory. This technique is now being brought into the pulpit, but stops short of the input from the congregation. This appears to violate 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. We never really get to the meaning intended in the passages. Are you or is anyone one on the GTY staff familiar with this style? It seems to be gaining momentum in my area and I would like further biblical decrement on this technique.
Thank you to all at GTY for your faithfulness to God and His word.
Wow, what a wonderful message!
Many preachers are good at motivational speaking, which ironically I find very disheartening. I wish more would get back to the hard-core Biblical preaching.
We live in incredible times, times in which I believe are fast approaching the coming of Yeshua our Messiah. Luke 9:62 says "But Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand on the plow and looks behind is fit for the kingdom of God."
To plow, one must concentrate all his attention on the line being plowed. Being distracted just a little, to say nothing of looking back, may lead the plower off the straight line. To follow the Savior, we must forget everything else and press straight ahead for the kingdom of God. Personally, I think motivational messages fall into the same category as "looking behind" in Luke 9:62, it surely isn't moving ahead in Christ.
Amen, to an enlightening message.
Thank you, John MacArthur...you, by means of your recorded sermons, teaching and books, have been my mentor since 1987. I am now 60 years old, and because of what I have learned from you, I have had the privilege of teaching and preaching in a small home church that I started in 2000. You have taught me how to study the Bible properly, how to preach and how to teach the scriptures word by word and verse by verse. Because of what you have so adequately taught me, I have been able to teach my own parents and children and many of my friends how to do the same thing that I do, namely, be like the Bereans, studying in order to be approved before God, being a workman who does not need to be ashamed before Him. I dearly love the man you are - a passionate servant of God and a faithful steward of His Word.
The trend toward felt needs, relevancy, gaining market shares (!) or whatever it is called is a cancer in the church. Our old pastor has taken as his plan for church growth the teaching of a man who is a theistic evolutionist, preaches a social justice gospel and includes contemplative meditation in his church's "how to pray" classes and yet our old pastor insists that this man is "sound." It seems to me that any one of these disqualifies him from that designation. God has led us to a wonderful new church where the Word is faithfully proclaimed every Sunday. Sometimes we go away limping from the smashing of our toes but praising God for the faithfulness of our new pastor to teach God's Word without compromise and the goodness of the Lord to convict and grow us into Christ-likeness. It's painful, sobering, humbling and a joy. It is harder and harder to find a church that is actually sound. All of us who have found one should first praise God continually and then be diligent to support and submit to the leadership so that they may keep watch over our souls with joy while like the Bereans "receiving the Word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things are so."
God bless Pastor MacArthur and GTY they are like a stronghold in a world (and church) at war.
Thanks to God and thanks also to you Ptr. John!
I pray that many would be like you. Only a few, I guess, gets an antenna to tune-in to the same frequency you are sending. Multitudes does not get what you intend to say. Like the mystery over the Gospel or Isaiah 6 (ears that don't hear). Our Bible Study group is thankful enough to God for providing us the means to understand your teachings! Soli Deo Gloria! In Christ 'till the end.
Thank You Dr. MacArthur for your sound biblical teaching and your unrelenting passion for Gods word and His people. I have been a student of your teaching for about ten years and have grown to love and admire you as a brother and a true man of God.
I am a minister of the gospel and I consider myself to be one of your sons in the faith. I met you in Orlando a few years back and you signed a book for me. In that you referenced I Cor. 2:2, " I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified." That resonated with me and I am committed to preaching only the truth of His word!
Again I can't thank you enough for being a warrior for the Kingdom!
G0ds Word must be first, I personally know Christian counselors ,who people trust and admire just to see them fall. divorce ect. People swallow the good things they want to hear too many times. Gods Word prepares us for life which cannot always be made soft or easy. The truth of Gods word is Always the Best.
Can anyone tell me why churches do not worship and pray mid-week.and sunday night as well as sunday morning with enthusiasm like they did when I was saved in the 70s? Is it soccer ,football
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|Luca Signorelli, The Wrath to Come. Public Domain.
But responding and moving toward that grace was and is also a matter of moving away from something else.
So significant was a sincere desire to flee the wrath to come that the Wesleys set it as one of the prerequisites for joining a trial class meeting. The journals of John Wesley and the sermons of the Wesley brothers speak of "fleeing the wrath to come" no less than 39 times. It mattered to them. They and other early Methodists pressed the point with people, on many occasions. As we still have in our Discipline in the section describing the General Rules, "There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these societies: "a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins."(More on sin in part 2!).
They feel the burden of sin, and earnestly desire to flee from the wrath to come. But not long: They seldom suffer the arrows of conviction to go deep into their souls; but quickly stifle the grace of God, and return to their wallowing in the mire.
What the Wesleys and the Methodists intended was that people would continue to desire to flee the wrath to come throughout their lives and show it by how they lived-- growing in holiness of heart and life as they lived out the General Rules along with others watching over them, and each other, in love.
But, as Scott Kisker has documented in Mainline or Methodist, as Methodists overall began to move more and more in the direction of respectability through the 19th century, their preaching tended to focus less and less on doctrinal matters, and in particular "the wrath to come." By the late 19th century in the US, those who were still teaching or preaching this doctrine with any intensity tended to be "lumped in" with the increasingly negative aspersions that "popular" or "respectable" US culture regularly cast upon the rising fundamentalist and pre-millenialist movements within US evangelicalism.
Even in the Wesleys' own day, preaching the wrath to come was not associated with respectability or popularity. John commented on this in Sermon 28, "Discourse on the Sermon on the Mount, 8"
O who shall warn this generation of vipers to flee from the wrath to come! Not those who lie at their gate, or cringe at their feet, desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fall from their tables. Not those who court their favour, or fear their frown; none of those who mind earthly things.
But if there be a Christian upon earth, if there be a man who hath overcome the world, who desires nothing but God, and fears none but Him that is able to destroy both body and soul in hell; thou, O man of God, speak, and spare not; lift up thy voice like a trumpet! Cry aloud, and show these honourable sinners the desperate condition wherein they stand! It may be, one in a thousand may have ears to hear; may arise and shake himself from the dust; may break loose from these chains that bind him to the earth, and at length lay up treasures in heaven.
The Wrath to Come Loses All Its Loveliness
If the 19th century saw the beginning of the recession of the wrath to come from Methodist preaching, by the mid-twentieth century such proclamation was more than absent: It was nearly anathema. We were to focus instead on the infinite value of each person and the love of God for all. To raise the spectre of coming wrath was to damage self-esteem, or do psychological violence to people. In some theological circles, notions of any final end or conflagration generating a new creation were dismissed as primitive mythology, fairy tales at the best and dangerous at the worst, and to be taught as such if at all.
The early 21st century has brought its own challenges. There is the post modern and "emergent" pushback against theologies that include hell or any punitive understandings of atonement, particularly within some of the more rigorously Calvinist and fundamentalist groups that made up the New Religious Right in the 1980s and 1990s. The pushback against talk of any wrath to come extends beyond the church as well, as Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman showed in their book, unChristian, documenting the profoundly negative attitudes of non-Christian young adults and even many evangelical Christian young adults toward such notions. Love Wins, the clever, captivating and controversial 2011 release from Rob Bell, perhaps placed the grave marker for any further talk of wrath to come as a definitively final outcome for anyone for a whole generation of younger evangelicals in the US.
How do we United Methodists in the US, whose doctrinal standards affirm "the resurrection of the dead; the righteous to life eternal and the wicked to endless condemnation" (Confession of Faith, Article XII) as well as repeatedly warn of "the wrath to come" (Sermons 3, 4, 9,16, and 28, all part of our doctrinal standards as well), reconcile our teaching with the disfavor and even outright opposition to this doctrine?
Can we even still talk about "the wrath to come" in this environment?
If so, how?


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Obviously, there is a lot of important stuff in this forum. But does this topic merit a forum entirely for itself? Possibly all posts related to volunteering should be for either the People's Forum, the EVS, or the FAT forum?
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In conflicts and post-conflict zones all over the globe, UN peacekeepers play an essential role supporting peace and stability. Supporting these efforts is the United States' Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). Vietnam has been working closely with both the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Defense to begin building its peacekeeping capabilities, and through GPOI, take its first formal steps towards contributing individuals and units to UN peacekeeping missions.
GPOI works to build the peacekeeping capacity of countries currently contributing or preparing to contribute personnel to global peacekeeping operations. Created in 2005, GPOI is a security-assistance program that enhances international capability to effectively conduct UN and regional peace operations. GPOI trains military and police units from among its 65 partner nations to partner with regional organizations to serve in peacekeeping missions, supplies peacekeeping forces with essential non-lethal equipment, and constructs or refurbishes peacekeeping training facilities. Working in partnership with the Department of Defense, GPOI has directly trained 175,794 peacekeepers to date and enabled the training of an additional 52,611 peacekeeping personnel through the work of its program graduates. GPOI is currently working to build on this progress by "training the trainers," creating sustainable capabilities in partner nations that can self-sufficiently train their peacekeepers to meet the growing global demand for well-trained peacekeeping personnel.
Vietnam is one of GPOI's 65 partner countries, working to train peacekeeping personnel and deploy their peacekeepers to UN missions. The capacity building program in Vietnam was launched in 2005 as the U.S. contribution to the G8 Action Plan for Expanding Global Capability for Peace Support Operations. Vietnam will now join a host of partner countries who have sustainably grown their peacekeeping programs to fully participate in UN peacekeeping missions. As a GPOI partner country developing its peacekeeping capabilities, Vietnam has observed peacekeeping training events in the region hosted by other GPOI partner countries as well as participated in visits to UN missions. High-level officials from Vietnam have visited the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO), United Nations Peacekeeping Department of Field Support (UNDFS), as well as conducted a mission trip to the United Nations Missions in the Sudan (UNMIS). These trips gave Vietnamese officials greater understanding about the UN peacekeeping philosophy and allowed them to witness firsthand how UN missions work and encourage support for the program.
The partnership between GPOI and Vietnam was highlighted in the Joint Statement between President Obama and President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam on July 25. President Obama welcomed Vietnam's decision to participate in UN peacekeeping missions around the world, and emphasized our desire to assist Vietnam through GPOI with support for their peacekeeping efforts. Additionally, Secretary of State Kerry, made remarks alongside President Sang on July 24 stating, "As Vietnam has transformed itself, the country is now placing an increasingly significant role on regional and on global issues. We welcome Vietnam's announcement that it intends to participate in UN peacekeeping operations in 2014 and we are now joined together helping them to prepare for their initial deployments."
Collaboration at the highest levels of U.S. and Vietnamese governments demonstrate a strengthened relationship and joint dedication to furthering peacekeeping in the region and around the world.
For more information on GPOI, please visit the program's website.
About the Author: Major David J. Wilson, USAF, is a Defense Fellow currently serving in the Office of Congressional and Public Affairs, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/CPA).


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Thanks to all the readers who responded to my bleg for help for the [Laptop for Grandma]!
I've gotten suggestions to upgrade the memory and disk storage, and how to fine-tune the Microsoft Windows XP operating system. Others suggested replacing the OS with Linux, and to use the Cloud to avoid some of the storage space limitations.
But first, I have to mention the latest in our series of "Enterprise Systems" videos. The first was being [Data Ready]. The second was being [Security Ready]. The now the third in the series: the 3-minute [Cloud Ready] video.
So I decided to try different Cloud-oriented Operating Systems, to see if any would be a good fit. Here is what I found:
(FTC Disclosure: I work for IBM and own IBM stock. This blog post is not meant to endorse one OS over another. I have financial interests in, and/or have friends and family who work at some of the various companies mentioned in this post. Some of these companies also have business relationships with IBM.)
- Jolicloud and Joli OS 1.2
I gave this OS a try. This is based on Linux, but with an interesting approach. First, you have to be on-line all the time, and this OS is designed for 15-25 year-olds who are on social media websites like Facebook. By having a Jolicloud account, you can access this from any browser on any system, or run the Joli OS operating system, or buy the already pre-installed Jolibook netbook computer.
The Joli OS 1.2 LiveCD ran fine on my T410 with 4GB or RAM, giving me a chance to check it out, but sadly did not run on grandma's Thinkpad R31 with 384MB of RAM. According to the [Jolicloud specifications], Joli OS should run in as little as 384MB of RAM and 2GB of disk storage space, but it didn't for me.
- Google Chrome and Chromium OS Vanilla
Like the Jolibook, Google has come out with a $249 Chromebook laptop that runs their "Chrome OS". This is only available via OEM install on desginated hardware, but the open source version is available called Chromium OS. These are also based on Linux.
Rather than compiling from source, Hexxeh has made nightly builds available. You can download [Chromium OS Vanilla] zip file, unzip the image file, and copy it to a 4GB USB memory stick. The compressed image is about 300MB, but uncompressed about 2.5GB, so too big to fit on a CD. The image on the USB stick is actually two partitions, and cannot be run from DVD either.
If you don't have a 4GB USB stick handy, and want to see what all the fuss is about, just install the Google Chrome browser on your Windows or Linux system, and then maximize the browser window. That's it. That is basically what Chromium OS is all about.
Files can be stored locally, or out on your Google Drive. Documents can be edited using "Google Docs" in the Cloud. You can run in "off-line" mode, for example, read your Gmail notes when not connected to the Internet. Music and video files can be played using the "Files" app.
If you really need to get out of the browser, you can hit the right combination of keys to get to the "crosh" command line shell.
Like Joli OS, I was able to run this from my Thinkpad T410 with 4GB of RAM, but not on grandma's Thinkpad R31. It appears that Chromium requires at least 1GB of RAM to run properly.
- Android for x86
While researching the Chromium OS, I found that there is an open source community porting [Android to the x86] platform. Android is based on Linux, and would allow your laptop or netbook to run very much like a smartphone or tablet. Most of the apps available to Android should work here as well.
Unfortunately, the project has focused only on selected hardware:
- ASUS Eee PCs/Laptops
- Viewsonic Viewpad 10
- Dell Inspiron Mini Duo
- Samsung Q1U
- Viliv S5
- Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet
I tried running the Thinkpad x61 version on both my Thinkpad T410 and grandma's Thinkpad R31, but with no success.
- Peppermint OS Three
Next up was Peppermint OS, which claims to be a blend of Linux Mint, Lubuntu, and Xfce, but with a "twist" of aspiring to be a Cloud-oriented OS.
Rather than traditional apps to write documents or maintain a calendar, this OS offers a "Single-Site Browser" (SSB) experience, where you can configure "apps" by pointing to their respective URL. For documents, launch GWoffice, the client for Google Docs. For calendar, launch Google Calendar.
Most Linux distros have both a number and a project name associated with them. For example, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is known as "Lucid Lynx". The Peppermint OS team avoided this by just calling their latest version "Three" which serves as both its number and its name.
The browser is Chromium, similar to Google Chrome OS above, and uses the "DuckDuckGo" search engine. This is how the Peppermint OS folks make their money to defray the costs of this effort.
Peppermint OS claims to run in systems as little as 192MB or RAM, and only 4GB of disk space. The LiveCD ran well on both my Thinkpad T410, as well as grandma's Thinkpad R31. More importantly, when I installed on the hard drive, it ran well.
The music app "Guayadeque" that came pre-installed was awful. It couldn't play MP3 music out-of-the-box. I had to install the Codec plugins from various "ubuntu-restricted-extras" libraries. I also installed the music app "Rhythmbox", and that worked great. Time from power-on to first-note was less than 2 minutes! However, the problems with the Guayadeque gave me the impression this OS might not be ready for primetime.
I contacted grandma to ask if she has Wi-Fi in her home, and sure enough, she doesn't. Her PC upstairs is direct attached to the cable modem. So, while the Cloud suggestion was worthy of investigation, I will continue to pursue other options that do not require being connected. I certainly do not want to spend any time and effort getting Wi-Fi installed there.
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On July 11–15, the United Nations held a third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Arms Trade Treaty. The committee discusses the content of the treaty in advance of a meeting of the conference in 2012 to finalize the treaty and open it for ratification. This treaty is purportedly intended to address the absence of commonly agreed international standards for the transfer of conventional arms, which, it is argued, contribute to war, crime, and terrorism.
Previous meetings of the committee have made it clear that the treaty as contemplated poses serious threats to American liberties and interests and to effective and serious diplomacy. The latest committee meeting has not alleviated most of those concerns. But statements by both the permanent members of the Security Council and the European Union have at least reduced the supranational danger to U.S. sovereignty.
Leading States Seek to Limit Reach of Treaty
The tone of the statements in this committee meeting was more restrained than those of past meetings. Inevitably, the corrupt, the tyrannical, and the self-interested had an opportunity to make their case, but the meeting was dominated by statements made on July 12 by France, speaking for the five permanent members (P5) of the U.N. Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.), and by the European Union.
It is inconceivable that the final conference in 2012 will adopt a treaty that the powers in these groups find unacceptable. Since Russia and China have long been skeptical of any arms trade treaty, their willingness to support it now implies that the treaty will have no practical effect on their conduct.
The P5 statement emphasized that the treaty "is not a disarmament treaty nor should it affect the legitimate arms trade or a state's legitimate right to self-defense. The decision to transfer arms is an exercise in national sovereignty.… Domestic implementation in accordance with national legislation…would be the most practical way to address implementation" of the treaty.
The EU statement struck a similar note, stating that the "decision whether to authorize an export should be…undertaken at a national level" and that any further details "should be decided at [the] national level."[1] Together, these statements make it clear that the treaty that emerges in 2012 is likely to be a general statement of obligations related to the arms trade that will be fulfilled primarily at the national level, not via a U.N.-based organization.
This rejection of a supranational authority is an important concession to sanity. Since the U.S. already has a substantial body of regulations on the arms trade, it would not—if the treaty has only general requirements—have to pass significant implementing legislation to comply with the treaty if the U.S. signs and the Senate ratifies it. Even more importantly, the emphasis on national responsibility reduces the opportunities for U.N. member states to use a U.N. authority to distort the treaty, apply it unfairly, or creatively reinterpret its meaning.
The U.S., and all the members of the P5 and the EU, need to remain vigilant to ensure that there is no backsliding on these vital points, but their statements offer some hope that the treaty will not create a new international organization dedicated, like so many U.N.-based treaty bodies, to offering hypocritical and self-serving criticisms of the West in general and the U.S. in particular.
But Serious Problems Remain
Unfortunately, the committee meeting also demonstrated that the treaty still has serious problems that it will likely not be able to overcome. Four are particularly important:
What the U.S. Should Do
The latest meeting of the committee illustrates that while the proposed Arms Trade Treaty can be improved, it cannot be fixed. The P5 and EU rejection of a supranational authority is a positive step, but it is outweighed by the flaws—many of them inherent—in the proposed treaty. Any universal treaty that seeks to control the arms trade cannot work, because too many nations are not actually interested in controlling this trade.
The U.S. decision to support the negotiation of the treaty was therefore an error, and it should withdraw from the work of the committee. This is particularly essential if it becomes clear that the draft treaty will seek to create a supranational authority in embryo, impose financial obligations on the United States, embody any threat to rights protected by the Second Amendment by not exempting sporting and hunting weapons as well as those acquired for self protection, or impose vague and damaging restraints on the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. The latest committee meeting offers no reason for optimism on any of these subjects.
Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1]See Reaching Critical Will, "Third Preparatory Committee on the Arms Trade Treaty," at http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/legal/att/prepcom3/index.html (July 20, 2011).


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"Interesting and Inspirational"
STORY - This is a true story which begins with the kidnapping of a six-year-old boy (Lopez Lomong) from his family's church in Sudan. It ends with his graduation from college in the U.S. after competing as an American citizen in the Seoul Olympic Games. The story in between is sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes humorous, but the message is clear: If you set your goals high, work hard and believe in yourself and God, anything is within your reach.
I do not usually enjoy nonfiction, especially autobiographies, but this book was very enjoyable. After I finished, I found myself surfing the internet for more information about Lopez, his accomplishments and his charities. The story is never boring or overly detailed, but it is sometimes a bit slow. Nevertheless, I am glad I had a chance to hear it and receive its message.
NARRATION - Good job, but nothing special.
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Lopez' story has a ring of very African truth, and the idiom is True to Africa. But the performance was annoyingly American, and succeeded in missing the point regularly. A worthwhile book, but it should have been read by an African
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This is the story of a boy born in South Sudan that overcomes many obstacles through life. He endures kidnapping, a refugee camp, and is blessed to end up in the US. Running is a major part of his life, but his faith in God is truly the one thing that keeps him focused. He believes God has placed every person in his life and every situation there for a reason.
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This was a great story from beginning to end. It even inspired me to run more. If I could change anything though, I wish the narrator had more of an African accent.
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I have read as many books on Sudan, South Sudan, and by South Sudanese refugees as I can find! THIS is now one of my absolute favorites. Lopez describes his transition to the United States SO WELL. I think for many of us Americans, even those of us who have traveled to other countries, it's still hard for us to imagine what exactly it must be like to adjust to life here when you've never slept on a soft bed, or you don't know how to use a light switch! Lopez made that transition come alive for me in this book.
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I really liked the first 3/4 of this book.
Running for My Life is a biography of a boy who was kidnapped from his village in Africa when he was just 6. I had just finished reading Jaycee Dugald's kidnapping and imprisonment, which lasted for almost 2 decades. The contrast between her experience and Lopez "Joseph" Lomong's was very interesting to think about. Jaycee, like most american children, did not expect to be kidnapped. She was cautious, but it seemed like the chances were relatively low. According to Lopez, it was fairly normal for boys to be stolen from his and neighboring villages. Another thing I found interesting was that bothJaycee and Lopez expressed how they actually felt lucky in some way to be the one to be kidnapped because they were strong enough to take it and had spared some other child. I really want to think about this thought process a little more, in an effort to understand how people cope in extreme stress. Both Lopez and Jaycee were young and wanted someone to love them, like a parent would.
Jaycee's captor Garrido's personality was a combination of sadistic and nurturing (his version of nurture). That really confused Jaycee, who was a child, still in need of a loving parent. She took what she could get and bonded with her captor, so much so, she was unable to motivate herself to run when she had the chance. His manipulation of a vulnerable child's mind had successfully brainwashed her to such an extent, she became like one of the dogs in Marty Seligman's "learned helplessness" studies. In the study, the dog is repeatedly shocked while in a locked cage. There is no where to go. No rescue in sight. The dog learns there is no escape. Then the researchers shock the dog again but open the cage, allowing the dog to leave. It stays. Despite being provided with a passage to safety. Dogs cannot talk and tell you why they made that choice. But Jaycee used her voice clearly to explain why she made that choice. Her captor had done the worst possible thing she could have imagined. And yet, there she was, still surviving this worst possible thing. She knew she could handle this type of hell. But if she left, was there an even worse possible thing that she had not yet imagined? What she learned from her experience was that there are terrible things that can happen in life and you will never see them coming. You will be walking to your bus in the morning and BAM! A stranger shoots you with a stun gun and uses you as a sex slave for almost 20 years. So if that can happen, what the hell else can happen? Better to stay with the danger you know that end up in yet another unimaginable hell that might be even worse.
Lopez's captors did not mix their torture with any type of parental nurturing. So instead of bonding with his captors, he bonded with imaginary angels. He probably already held religious beliefs prior to be taken. So it made perfect sense that he would talk to angels and God in an effort to connect with someone, in an effort to keep hope in a terrible situation. Adding to that, he was rescued from his captivity by a church and he bonded strongly with the other "Lost Boys of Sudan" there. While at the church, he was able to get help to write an essay that would allow him to come to America, live in a house he could not imagine, with amounts of food he could not imagine, be loved by 2 supportive parents (who would also later help his own parents), go to college, and run in the Olympics. So it made perfect sense to me that Lopez would suspend logic and conclude that it was God's hand when he was freed from his captors, sent to America, and had his hamstring heal before his big race, but not God's work when he was starving in his village (Tuesdays were a good eating day because it was trash day and they could eat the trash), when he was captured, when his hamstring failed him at the end of the race causing him to lose. All of that made perfect sense to me. But toward the end of the book, he really pushed the whole God thing to such a point, it was like being forced to go to Sunday mass-- one of the sermons that lasts forever and you just want to get up and leave. It was so repetitive and annoying, and ruined the rest of the book. Though, I feel certain religious people would find that it added to the book. Those who voluntarily spend their Sunday mornings having some guy at a pulpit lecture to them about morality are probably a better target audience for this book.
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I started off with 4 starters and 3 relief pitchers. I had three position players C, SS and OF to total my 10 keepers. Gonzales was a questionable keeper. I liked him and he should be the closer in Atlanta, either late this year or next year. Rivera is getting some age. I wanted to maintain two good closers on my roster. I, also figured, I did not have a position player I wanted more than, what I thought I could find in the draft.
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My first was Felipe Lopez, he will play second base. He has a history of a five star rating for contributions in all five offensive categories. I will actually have a high stolen base player who will have an OBP over .3300.
Next, I wanted a high OBP first baseman. Considering, the majority of these players were already keepers, I hope to find a young player who could become a keeper in future years. Adrian Gonzalez was my first choice for first baseman, he was my second choice in my list of 25. When I hit on these two players, I thought this was going to be a pretty good draft.
Now my first two choices were not the best players in the draft, I just thought they were the best two players in the draft for the longterm needs of my team.
The run on relief pitchers hit, I did have a problem picking Salomon Torres. In fact, if I was smart, I would have kept him as a keeper instead of Gonzalez. He provided some nice saves late in the year. I guess you could say I gambled that a better relief pitcher would be available.
The next position I thought I needed was third base. This is an area that probably has almost as much quality depth as first base. There were many very good men. I had Chipper Jones as my third choice of 25 players, but he was long gone prior to my first pick. His OBP was something I could not ignore, considering I ranked 13th in that category last year. So 4th on my list of players who would help my team was Mark Teahen, there were many better 3rd basemen still on the market to be drafted, but, he had the combination of outfield and thirdbase in the near future, since Alex Gordon was going to take the position.
I actually had Bobby Bonds on my list of 25. When it came to his time, I had to pass. I thought it was an automatic pick when I made the list. My team was not as strong as I wanted, so I could not afford to blow that pick. I already gambled on Torres with my third pick.
Bond went at the end of the fifth round. However, I took Aubrey Huff, at the 65th pick or 215th depending upon how we are rating these players. He could have been a bit of a reach in comparison to Bonds, but not the risk. He could play OF and 3rd base. He actually might play enough first base this year to be a three position player. He has a high enough OBP, that he was a pretty good option. I paid for the pick. I wanted Jeremy Sowers, but, I rated him a sixth or seventh pick. He went a few picks later in the fifth round. I had four very good starters, but it was now time to get one.
Sixth round pick was Boof Bonser, Minnesota. This will be an interesting guy to watch. Ten more starting pitcher were drafted until the next starter I selected in the eighth round. I liked a lot of these guys. I just liked, maybe the better term is hoped that Boof had a little more chance of being a good fifth starter on my team.
The seventh pick was my what the F happened pick. Max asked about it on line, but, I must of pressed my finger on the draft, I wanted a different 3rd baseman, Ensberg or Mora, probably Mora, but, it was done and I could live with it at the moment. Max was good enough to follow up on line with me. Joe Crede, I had last year. The reason why I did not keep him as a keeper was his OBP. He got hurt in the year and it went down. His being the 17th in the draft, he probably was another gamble. He can hit HRs, but maybe a mistake. However, if he hits, I have two thirdbasemen I drafted earlier who can play the outfield. So, now I have a full offensive team without a DH.
The eighth pick was Bartolo Colon. He will miss April, but, he is a solid sixth pitcher in my rotation if he is healthy. He obviously has an upside.
So, six starting pitchers and four relief pitchers.
The ninth pick was Carlos Quentin, OF. I needed another outfielder/hitter. Where I noticed some owners went for young pitchers who will either surprise this year or be the ace of the staff next year, I went with a hitter that may fall into a very good hitter. Round 9 or 19, I guess we are all looking for lightning. It looked like the 19th round everyone was either taking a gamble on a young hitter or pitcher, someone who had a high upside with a risk like Cabrera, so good, but oh so risky. Even an injured player was too good to pass.
The tenth pick was basically the finish to my pitching staff. I picked up Joe Blanton. He won 16 games for me last year. However his ERA blossomed beyond anything I could imagine. If he repeated last year for ERA, he would get cut, but if he repeated 2005, he was a great pick.
These guys 11-13 were guys I wanted or thought they would be good for my team. I drafted David Dellucci, OF, Indians. He has a high OBP, hits HRs and could score some runs. I figured he would be batting 2nd in the Indians batting order. To my surprise, it looks like he might be batting sixth. He could really work out and he provides me another outfielder.
The twelve pick was Ryan Garko, 1st basemen, Cleveland Indians. I was going to keep him as my 10th keeper. He has high upside, but they were going to send him to the minors. I figured, what the H..., I needed a backup firstbaseman. It sounds like he actually might be the starting 1st baseman in Cleveland by June. I hope this happens. It could really help my team. He would make an excellent DH, he can hit and drive in runs. He can bat fourth or fifth in the Indians lineup by July and I could make up in the runs, RBIs, HRs and OBP categories.
The last pick is probably the strangest or funniest of them all. I figured since Colon is hurt for a month at least I better pick another starting pitcher. My computer screen wig out. The only players I could get for selections were hitters rated 999999999. Thank goodness, I had a pitcher still in my queue. John Maine, SP, New York Mets, this guy can get me some wins, because of the teams run support. I had him rated as the 90th starter early in the draft preparation process. He is young and has a little upside.
So, that is my draft self-evaluation. I hope I did not put you to sleep.


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I, along with other members of the Minnesota Legislature's Rural Caucus, urge Democrat leaders to prioritize seniors and caregivers in our state budget.
We are facing a crisis in long-term care if not addressed immediately. I support prioritizing seniors and their caregivers. However, the Senate Democrat budget currently proposes to spend more than $3 billion during the next two years, yet gives little consideration to our rural areas and seniors in Minnesota. Many facilities caring for our elderly and developmentally disabled, particularly in our rural areas, are struggling and need the state's help and commitment.
Minnesota's long-term care system is under stress due to increasing cost and a growing senior population. According to the Long-Term Care Imperative – a collaboration of Aging Services of Minnesota and Care Providers of Minnesota – 115 facilities are on the verge of closing down, placing 15,000 employees and communities at risk.
In Greater Minnesota, the nursing home in many communities is the largest employer. The dedicated staff work for below-average wages, with little to no benefits. The local hospital, Walmart and hog confinements pay a more livable wage than what our nursing homes can provide. This is unacceptable.
Nursing homes and long-term care facilities, such as Truman Senior Living and Good Samaritan in Jackson, have been forced to do more with less for years, and now the DFL's misprioritized budget will jeopardize seniors, their caregivers and countless communities. Minnesotans deserve better.
I was re-elected in November 2012 to the newly reconfigured Senate District 23, which now includes all of Watonwan County, portions of Jackson County and Le Sueur County. Martin, Blue Earth, Faribault and Waseca counties continue to remain in the district. I welcome comments and questions and can be reached by telephone at (651) 296-5713, by mail at 139 State Office Building, St. Paul, MN 55155, or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com
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An October Saturday morning several weeks before election day was
enveloped in a gray, dreary mist. The Trenton Farmers Market, in New
Jersey's state capital, countered the dull weather with the bright bustle
of buying and selling—the smell of fresh baked goods; the autumn colors of
tomatoes, cilantro, pumpkins, and apples; the sharply dressed Boy Scouts
selling popcorn.
Doug Forrester
The business of politics was also underway: "Hi. Doug Forrester, running
for U.S. Senate. Nice to meet you." Forrester (Class of 1983), 49, who was
running as the Republican candidate for senate in New Jersey, moved
confidently up and down the aisles, his baritone loud and clear as he
reached out to shake hands with each of the vendors and shoppers.
And though not even having the balance of power in the senate of the most
powerful country in the world at stake could glamorize shaking hands in a
farmers market, Forrester considered it a vital part of the democratic
"I've been doing a lot of this for nine months…pretty much anywhere you
can think of in New Jersey," he said as his campaign entered the final
stage. "It's been very helpful to me in a lot of ways. For one, it's
helped me listen to what people's concerns are. Also, there's a real
humbling effect [for the political candidate] when you see people really
In addition to the humility gained by taking in people's struggles, on
this morning Forrester encountered the palpably unpleasant results of
running as a largely unknown Republican in a mostly Democratic state—first
against Democratic nominee Robert Torricelli, then his replacement Frank
Lautenberg. For every enthusiastic, "Good luck! You'll do it. I'm behind
you all the way," there was also a reluctantly offered, limp hand of
someone who avoided eye contact, leaving no doubt that Forrester would not
get the nod on her November ballot.
(Who other than a politician has this kind of humility regularly scheduled
into his day? Who would choose—or even listen to God's call to—a vocation
that includes this as part of the work? While following Forrester around,
I entertained myself by imagining a theologian, after publication of a
groundbreaking new work, having to come to this same market and walk down
the aisles saying, "Hi. Professor Smith, theologian proposing that a
radical reinterpretation of metaphor will unleash the power of Jesus'
miracle stories. Nice to meet you.")
"It is very important to make sure that those involved in elective office
spend a lot of time listening to people," Forrester said after an hour of
meeting and greeting. "Democracy works only if people believe they have
access, if they can stand eyeball to eyeball and say, 'You're obligated to
me.' I think that's a good thing for two reasons. First, the person who's
speaking is reminded that he or she has access, and is encouraged that
democracy works. Second, it reminds the elected official that ultimately
[the people are] where the power comes from."
Forrester was initially motivated to run for the senate because he thought
New Jersey deserved better than Senator Robert Torricelli, who was running
for reelection but eventually quit the race under pressure for unethical
conduct that had contributed to his falling behind Forrester in the polls.
Forrester had to that point been sold as the honest, upstanding
alternative to Torricelli. When Frank Lautenberg, who had previously
served two terms as New Jersey's senator, replaced Torricelli, Forrester
suddenly again found himself an underdog—fighting as a moderate
conservative in a left-leaning state. Though for the past 12 years he had
worked in business, government service and political ups-and-downs were
not new to Forrester. Before running for the senate, he had 14 years
experience in local and state government—as mayor of West Windsor (at the
same time he was a part-time student at PTS), as director of the state
pension fund, and as New Jersey's assistant state treasurer under Governor
Tom Kean.
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Resistance means going against something. African Americans resisted segregation and racism in many ways, helping to change society. Protests are one form of resistance. Protest is when an individual or group of people publicly show that they disagree with something they feel is bad.
One type of resistance is non-violent resistance. Non-violent resistance is people deciding not to fight even if someone attacks them. One example of someone who used non-violent resistance in Oklahoma is Clara Luper. Clara Luper is the mother of the Civil Rights Movement in Oklahoma. She was a teacher and an advisor for the Oklahoma City National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council. She, along with her students, started one of the first sit-in protests in the country. A sit-in protested segregation at places like restaurants. On August 19, 1958, Luper and her students went to Katz Drugstore in Oklahoma City, sat at the front counter, and ordered cokes. They were denied service, stayed until closing, and came back the next day. They did this until the drug store agreed to serve them. Clara Luper and the sit-in became famous across the nation. Luper continued non-violent resistance to desegregate public places, and police arrested her several times.
African Americans used newspapers as another way to resist racism. George Perkins in Guthrie used his newspaper, the Oklahoma Guide, to encourage civil rights. In Tulsa, A.J. Smitherman ran the Tulsa Daily Star, an African American paper. A white mob destroyed the newspaper building during the Tulsa Race Riot. Roscoe Dunjee, editor of the Oklahoma Black Dispatch, was a leader in the Civil Rights Movements. He used his newspaper to report injustices to the African American community and further goals of the Civil Rights Movement.
Sit-in at Katz Drugstore, August 26, 1958 (20246.38.395.B, John Melton Collection, Oklahoma Historical
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Top: Clara Luper's glasses
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Skip to comments.Word for the Day, Monday, March 19, 2012-- diffident
Posted on 03/19/2012 5:09:16 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 3/19/12
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
diffident; adj.
1. lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; 2. self-conscious, self-effacing, abashed, embarrassed, modest, unassuming, unconfident. 3. Archaic . distrustful
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Here is my example with WFTD.
Neither Sarah Palin nor her children are diffident. Good for Bristol. I question the reality TV Show shenanigans etc. but i thought this was good.
Review Threads:
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No pushing at the door please!
Good day.
If you say so.
I'm scheduled to handle on call Saturday.... I still believe my knowledge of all the products is diffident at best, and this will be a long week.
Rick is not diffident about his religious beliefs.
But then again...nobody should have to be, in America.
i DO.
Are you working on your foreign accent?
you've got a week to BONE UP ; ) A+++
The Syrian dissidents are by no means diffident...
A+++ exactly.
A+++ sounds good.
It's almost musical when you say it that way.
German investors are hoping that Apple will use some of its mega-billions in cash to declare a diffident.
"Diffident" is what one out of five dentists recommends for their patients who chew gum.
A+++ not many diffident dissidents.
The rest of us prescribe Rock Candy and Sweetened Iced Tea.
A+++ ; ) warum nicht auf Deutsch?
i like theD's response to you : )
But are there any cognitive dissonant diffident dissidents?
dunno : ) A+++
I've been visiting in Florida for the past week, staying with friends in the Ft. Lauderdale area. We've now moved on to a vacant condo in Margate, which me brother's wife inherited. It's nominally an Over 55 community, but the median age is closer to 80.
I feel so anonymous here, I told Mrs. Truth that it feels like we're in the Witness Protection Program.
Wednesday, we will head across Alligator Alley to the Gulf Coast, where we will do some more freeloading, first with my wife's cousin, and then with my long-time racquetball partner.
Folks who always say,"If you're ever near us, stop by for a visit," be careful what you wish for.
Ich bin ein Berliner. Ein diffident Berliner. (A jelly donut who is a bit unsure of himself?)
OMG it's Truthy the Itinerant! LOL! my best friend is down at West Palm beach for spring break with her hub and three twentysomething kids, you could prob bunk there a night if you need to ; )
oh yum, i love jelly donuts!
how's your bracket doing, Neo? where do you have SU? btw, we are going to the Eastern Regionals up in boston this week, Thurs and hopefully Sat if they advance to the elite 8. I am excited bc i have only been to boston once, and xsteen was a year old, so that was 22 years ago, and it was just for a weekend and it was raining. So i am psyched to see more of the city this weekend, hopefully.
I saw a pharmaceutical commercial this morning. They warned that it could cause drowsiness and that one should use caution when driving or doing other unsafe acts.
#1: Shouldn't we always use caution when doing unsafe acts?
#2: Shouldn't we generally avoid doing unsafe acts?
I can't believe the lawyer's disclaimer actually makes it seem like unsafe acts are OK as long as you use caution.
perhaps it is made unsafe by the drowsiness. i doubt that such a disclaimer holds them immune to lawsuits. i see your pedant hat is on extra tight this AM ; )
I know that in my business we would never tell anyone to do an unsafe act. You find a way to do it differently and you mitigate against harm.
They should have, at the very least, put a "potentially" in there somewhere.
That article is great
Ok, it has started. There was an article about "The Hunger Games" movie in the paper this weekend. The idiot writer said it was about "the haves vs the have nots"....no mention of how the only "haves" were the government and employees, or those the government chose to give to. No, this idiot wrote an otherwise good article but was too blinded by liberal bias to even realize the government was the problem.
And they thought Atlas Shrugged was about a train company.
it comes out this week, I can't wait.
I am anxious as well - just saw all of the actors have locked in for the next two, possibly three movies - maybe they will draw it out a bit. Probably depends on the take from book one. Also, Dave, the second part of Atlas Shrugged is in production.
I checked out one of the trailers over the weekend, her acting looks pretty good.
i believe all of it, but it will never come to light, nor be commonly accepted as the truth. never.
i don't know what to do! we are going to be in Boston this weekend and while i am sure i could see it there, i kind of want to see it with Paula, since we talked about going together when we were reading it. I will be in Boston with three people who did not read the book nor give two dangs about it! xsteen has to stay behind. xsjr is coming with us, and xsboy will drive to Boston from SU if they make it to the Saturday game.
gotto go hang by my ankles RME
the posts on the thread have me dry-heaving though!
Mama always said I was diffident from the other children, and that made me special.
well then you fit into our class perfectly, bc we all ride the short bus to get here ; ) A+++
And did your Meemaw call you Moon Pie?
Sometimes. Mostly she called me "That idiot grandchild".
Too bad it wasn't a "hot mess."
beautiful vice presidential family. i hope. and PLEASE GOD don't let anyone give me any crap that he's not a natural born citizen or i'll have a seizure.
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