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St. Augustine?
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Just wondering what Sawgunner thinks about this ongoing anti-marines episode in Berkley?
http://tinyurl.com/2nxzgg
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Uh? The person I thought was quoted is no theologian.
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Oh for the fun of it, Tillich.
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Hey, anyone see that ad on the side of some WOW pages that says, “Evagelism According to Jesus.” Is that hubris or what?
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February 1st already?!!
Where did January go?
Lynn, you promised to post “the answers” to the spelling bee thread, and to “pass out prizes”. Evidently we’re not smarter than your eighth grader.
There. You’ve been reminded.
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Geography game, or is this one you’ve already been playing?: http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq
I got to level 10 before Africa defeated me–though I got a Mali question right because I knew Kyle used to live there and I had looked up its location!
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“I believe in the Code Pink cause. The Marines don’t belong here, they shouldn’t have come here, and they should leave,” said Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates after votes were cast.
MIM: Ah, nothing like freedom of speech and expression being discouraged by the liberal elite and homosexual activists, eh!
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They always feel free to denigrate the military, and do everything they can to shut them down, but when they need ‘em, they’ll be the first to ask; “What took you so long?”
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I had a question for Outkast in the WV 1.31 thread, but since it’s out of date, I’ll repeat it here:
Outkast, did you ever here the tribute concert to Gene Eugene that Adam Again and a group of guest vocalists did at Cornerstone 2000?
I just picked up a copy of the CD and thought it was remarkable. Mike Roe especially did a good job with the songs he sang. The CD set has two older Adam Again concerts too and while the sound quality isn’t great, it sounds like they were a great live act. I wish I’d had a chance to see them.
Sometimes I really miss Gene Eugene.
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In general the Code Pinkers strike me as a bunch of senile still unreconstructed hippies or other leftists. Perhaps someone forgot to change out the bong water?
I’ve noticed that whenever the USA has no real national interest at stake, there is not genuine threat to the USA (as was the case with Bosnia) it is folks like the Code Pinkers who demand in the loudest tone of voice that the USA “do something”.
Unfortunately, before any starving child can receive a bowl of donated food from American do-gooder liberals, much has to happen. The violent gangster-style warlords must first be eliminated to permit the distribution of food stuffs.
But of course Code Pinkers do not or cannot admit this. They hate the fact that evil must first be defeated before any good can be done.
My dos centavos for what its worth.
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SteveG: I was a huge fan of the music of the 77s and Gene Eugene and Daniel Amos back in the late ’80s and early ’90s.
Lyrically, of course, I was more in line with Steve Taylor.
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I adore Steve Taylor. Had the pleasure of meeting him and having fairly lengthy conversations a couple of times back in the 90s. I really wish he’d reconsider his decision to retire from music. (The Second Chance was pretty good, and Michael W. Smith did a decent acting job, but I just think Taylor can have more impact with music than film.)
I did get to see him live once, and it was a great show.
I Predict 1990 and Squint are among my favorite albums ever, of any genre. I still play them often, and I’m also a big fan of the Chagall Guevara album.
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I never heard a lot of Daniel Amos or the 77s, but I really liked Adam Again, and I also have all the Lost Dogs recordings.
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Hey, kBells got it right! Great quote. (What have you been reading, kBells?)
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Lost was better than I expected it to be last night. Good stuff with Hurley; the actor who plays him does such good work…he can communicate a lot with his eyes and jowls.
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No mention at all in last night’s Democrat debate of who and why we are fighting a war.
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#15. I used to write and research the lives of the spots on the Catholic Cable channel I worked for. I had a monk call me the best Hagiologist he had ever met. Not bad for someone who’s been a Baptist since she was eleven.
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kBells wins! Augustine is correct. Please enjoy your digital hot chocolate…
~~@)
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Thanks for the reminder, MIM — the 8th-grade definitions are up, and the winners announced!
http://online.worldmag.com/2008/02/01/none-of-us-is-smarter-than-my-8th-grader-but/
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#18 should read. I used to write and research the lives of the SAINTS spots on the Catholic Cable channel I worked for. I had a monk call me the best Hagiologist he had ever met. Not bad for someone who’s been a Baptist since she was eleven.
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Robhays: I, too, enjoyed Lost last night. It’s interesting that we now get flashforwards rather than flashbacks. (We now know 6 people make it off the island.) This beats reruns.
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We’ve decided to put our house up for sale. Has anyone sold a house recently?
I always thought I’d like to try selling our house myself, but I am too chicken.
Anyone with success stories in selling their house? Or disaster stories where their house wouldn’t sell for years?
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Augustine defined a (geometric) plane. The circle stuff was misdirection.
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NJL: So who are the six (five?)? I’ve got Hurley, Jack, Kate, Sun, Aaron & Claire. How ’bout you?
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Theselittleones,
One of each. Our house in Hamilton NJ wouldn’t sell for anything close to what we had paid for it, because it was too close to Trenton and the perception that it was a safe neighborhood had changed during the 8 years we lived there. We finally were able to be accepted in the mortgage company’s “debt mitigation” program when it had been over 18 months and we stopped paying the mortgage (because we couldn’t keep on paying two mortgages, one on that house and one on the one we moved into in the area where my husband was now pastor of a church), and someone finally made an offer on the house that was “only” 15K less than what we owed. So the mortgage company took the loss, and we had to explain the problem on our credit report for the next several years (but it was better than a foreclosure).
The house that we had bought when we moved (actually, 9 months later, because we lived in a rental house near the church while we got to know the area and looked at houses and schools) went up in value (in spite of the problems with the economy in 2001 – we bought in 1999 and sold in 2004). It wasn’t even officially on the market, because we were down in Illinois for my husband to candidate at a church, and we called the realtor Sunday afternoon to say go ahead and list it the next day. He stopped by the house Sunday evening to put the sign in the yard so he didn’t have to come back the next day, and someone saw it and called him, and offered more than we had dared hope for.
As I remember, Dave Ramsey recommends using a realtor when selling a house, but sees it as less beneficial when buying a house. The realtor’s strength is in sales, and will generally get enough more for the house (according to Ramsey) that it will more than make up for the commission paid. (When you’re buying, on the other hand, the realtor is going to be tempted to steer you to more expensive houses that will yield a larger commission, rather than what’s really the best house for you.)
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Pauline,
Wow I live really close to you (in Yardley).
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Jon Rowe- read Pauline’s post closer- she moved from Trenton to Illinois. Now she lives in Iowa, I think (about 2 hours drive from my NE Missouri home).
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RobHays: I didn’t have as many as you have. I must have missed something. I know about Jack, Kate and Hurley and then there’s someone who Kate lives with (one could assume Sawyer, but not on this program). How do you know Claire, the baby and Sun get off the island? Remember that Kate leaves Jack at the airport when he says they have to go back, telling him that she has to get back to “him.” And then there’s the guy in the coffin that no one goes to view except Jack. Was he one of the “Oceanic Six?” Please advise.
I logged on to report that I just heard the suicide bombings today by al Qaeda in Iraq were done by people who suffered from Downs’ Syndrome. If that’s true, these people are beyond despicable. How could they strap a bomb on people with mental deficiencies like that!? That is cold.
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Two of our three house sales took a long time –9 months and 12 months. Of the second, which I called the-never-ending-house-sale, we had to replace a septic system with a high tech system right when 9-11 hit. Cost? $25K. By the time the house sold, it went for $150K under the original asking price.
Ouch.
I’d advise hiring a realtor and pricing your house as realistically as possible–interview three realtors and ask them to present you with an estimate on what your house should list for. Get recent comps if possible. Pray, and keep your eyes open.
And remember, it all belongs to the Lord, anyway.
Remembering that helped me . . . most days.
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Michelle #7
thanks alot i just wasted an hour.
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NJL: About the terrorists using people with down’s syndrome. You remember the first attempt to murder Bhutto (sp?) of Pakistan was by wrapping a baby with explosives and handing it to her. That way, they get rid of an adversary and the (victim ?) gets a free ride to paradise.
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Is this Friday?
I don’t have a rant or rave, but I don’t think it can be Friday without it.
Apparently I’m the only one who missed it.
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Jon Rowe,
As Peter L pointed out, I don’t live near Yardley anymore, but I did live in Bucks County for six years before we moved across the river into NJ, and I still know people there. More in Newtown, Langhorne, and Morrisville than in Yardley, though.
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NJL:
I’m guessing at the other three, based on Hurley’s statement about the “Oceanic 6″. I’d also assume that Michael and Walt (remember them?) aren’t included.
And I’d also guess that the 6 were reduced to 5 whenever someone took up residence in the casket that Jack visited last season. Then again, it could be Jack’s dad, or Michael, or Ben, or somebody else in the casket. Regardless, I’m hooked again.
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RobHays: Then we’re both guessing. Sometimes I think it’s Ben in the casket, and other times I think it’s John Locke. I don’t know what they’re going to do about Walt — that kid has to be a lot taller now! I confess I’m hooked, too.
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Chas, I did not remember the baby incident with Bhutto. These people are beyond my comprehension.
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armoredangel,
May I ask, how long have you been with eharmony and are you happy with it (even though you meet strange people)? I have two that have taken a peek in the door (one boy,one girl). Just wondered what you thought. Thanks.
Michelle,
Wow, we could have bought three of our houses on five acres for the money your house did not sell for, under the asking price. Wonder what that says about my house???
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NJL,
I thought they had been doing that right along, chaining people to cars, kidnapping families, otherwise using the unwilling or unknowing to accomplish their dirty work.
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Friends,
Some of you may be familiar with Washington’s Farewell address which noted “of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” Washington and the other key Founders believed that “religion” fosters the necessary “morality” to make republican government work. However, I have discovered these key Founders believed practically any religion — they listed Judaism, Christianity, Unitarianism, Deism, Hinduism, Native American Spirituality, pagan-Greco-Romanism, Islam, and Confucionism as examples (I have quotations for all of them) — were valid ways to God and would work. I also discovered that many of the orthodox who heard the Founders generally worded messages like “religion and morality” didn’t quite understand the message the same way. Some of them did take “religion” to mean Christianity, or more specifically their orthodox Protestant Christianity. But the Founders who originated these republican ideals meant religion in general. There was a bit of talking past one another. But one reason why I think America has become so religiously diverse is because of the Founders’ latitudinarian indifference to the world’s various religions. What say you?
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Another LOST fan here! That show is addictive. Each episode manages to raise more questions.
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TheseLittleOnes: I sold real estate for 3 yrs until the market dried up. What happens is that a lot of people “dabble” in real estate and are happy with 3 or 4 sales a year and starve out those of us who try to make a living at it. That being said:
Go with one of the Big Three agencies in your area. ReMax, Coldwell Banker Keller Williams. Try to find a Team of Agents to list the house. One with several agents on the team and at least one assistant. That way if you need anything there is always someone to take care of it. Flyers, etc. Also if your particular agent is unavailable someone else can pick up the slack. Next ask how many houses they sold last year. Go with the team that sold the most houses. There is a reason they sold more and they will have more advertising dollars.
And finally, go in scoring points with your realtor. Tell them you know that an open house is a waste of your time and theirs. THEY WILL LOVE YOU FOR IT.
I am still connected in real estate and if you would like me to find you a team of agents that offer that level of service in your area, just email me at klb1668@yahoo.com and I will refer you to someone.
Good Luck.
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Thank you for sharing your experiences in house selling. I appreciate it.
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NJL, with the flash forwards, they can explain how the actor who plays Walt is 4 years older.
Also, to everyone: I’d appreciate your prayers, as I lost my job today. I’ve already got some leads, but it’s still discouraging. Thanks, y’all.
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RobHays,
Rough but not the end of the world, and sometimes quite a good thing. Meantime, praying for you.
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RobHays, you have my prayers. Mumsee is absolutely right. It can be rough, I’ve been through this a few times, but I can honestly say that God has good reasons when he does stuff like this. It may take a few months, but you’ll be okay. So, when those discouraging feelings come — and they will! — remind yourself that something better is coming. Be open to using your skills in a different industry.
Mumsee, maybe you’re right. I do remember that they were planning to take babies on those planes with the liquid bombs last year. It just seems so evil to strap bombs on mentally disabled people and push a remote. We try to protect people like that.
LOST: yes! flashforwards solves the Walt problem. I’m glad there are others still addicted.
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Jon Rowe, I think your are correct that there was a disconnect between some of the Founders and the rest of the nation when it came to religion. I think the Founders realized that most people in America would think Christianity and decided not to clarify and/or enlighten them. They didn’t want to include “morality” in the Constitution — how could they? It’s a framework of our form of government and to remain flexible, they had to leave that out. I have often wondered if they had known what weapons would be developed (i.e, nuclear) if they would have done that.
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NJLawyer,
Actually, America isn’t much better when it comes to people with Down’s. I’ve seen statistics ranging from 70-90% of how many babies with Down’s are aborted. Somehow that’s more palatable than knowingly killing an adult, but it still shows a very callous response to the most loving group of people in our world. I for one have only seen one Down’s child in the last ten to fifteen years.
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NJ Lawyer,
Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it!
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Sorry to hear that, Rob. I hope your loss leads to an even better job somewhere.
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CherylD, I just saw your post. Americans like to think we aren’t “Nazis,” but what did they do when you think about it? They embraced the eugenics movement, and we didn’t in the 30s. We did embrace it with abortion — big time!
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Prayers from here for you and yours, Rob. We’ve been there so we understand. We’ll pray that the Lord opens up really great opportunities for you.
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Thanks, y’all. I’m already starting to see some of the silver linings. Providence is a funny thing: the sermon today was about sovereignty.
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