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By: ItsAboutFreedom

ItsAboutFreedom — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:12:16 +0000

Musing – I did a little data study this evening and I conclude that you may need some healing.

10/24: 7:13-9:52 (with hour break) of praise for UN – 2 hours, 9 posts.
10/24: 12:19-4:04 of your incredible analysis of deficit spending and why it is a good thing – 4 hours, 27 posts.
10/24: 6:30-8:00 – Dr. Data tells us why vaccinations good, people who don’t get them and give their children them bad – 1.5 hours, 7 posts.
10/25: 7:48-9:05 – criticizing everyone who posted after you went out for the evening to campaign for global cooling or something – 1.5 hours, 6 posts.
10/25: 12:00-5:41 – more of Dr. Data telling everyone why they are stupid and looking for facts on people’s personal choices – 5.5 hours, 24 posts.
10/25: 8:20-9:21 – criticizing everybody as usual for not giving your supportable facts – 1 hour, 11 posts.
10/26: 5:38-6:01 – more of your wonderfulness telling us how intelligent you are – 3 minutes, 2 posts.
10/26: 12:17-12:18 – finishing off your “I’m the most intelligent” posts – 1 minute, 2 posts.

All told, you spent 45 hours this weekend and 93 posts showing us that you are the fact police.

Dude, check into one of your Obamacare hospitals and get some psychological Obamacare psychiatry. You have no life man.

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By: ItsAboutFreedom

ItsAboutFreedom — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:09:59 +0000

Karen O – you asked why Tommy Boy for new salespeople. From the outset this is a very juvenile film but in it the main character, Tommy overcomes the death of his father and finds his style as a sales person. When he tried to imitate the other character and do sales analytically the way he did (what was the other guy’s name?) he failed often and in very gross ways. When he tried to imitate his father he stuck his foot in his mouth and failed also. However, when he discovered what his style was and applied his style he found success.

The point for new salespeople is to learn from the person teaching you but not to imitate, to search for the selling style that you were gifted with. The importance in doing this is that you will find out also if you were meant to be in sales or in a support position and you can evaluate yourself based on whether the gifts and talents come out naturally or whether you keep having to force them.

Making Tommy Boy a great movie for new sales people.

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By: ItsAboutFreedom

ItsAboutFreedom — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:06:23 +0000

“However, when you explain how you reached your choice it does allow one to explore how you approach problems and the quality of your ability to manipulate data.” Musing that is the main problem I have with your posts, you prop yourself up as the only person who can manipulate data. To me data is not to be manipulated as much as it is to be used to reach a decision. Decision making holds way more importance to me than endless analysis which it seems you are very good at. If I had need for somebody to endlessly analyze data I would probably hire somebody like you. However I run a small business and do not have the money to hire someone to sit around all day analyzing data so I read data, make the best choice available to me based on experience and accumulated knowledge, add in faith in Jesus Christ to steer me in the right direction and so far it is working quite well for me so you can criticize me as much as you want but it has little effect.

I would say if we were to measure success (which is a meaningless measurement by the way) that in my 45 years on this earth I have probably been quite more successful than your however many years (and I am guessing you are late 20’s, early 30’s by your infatuation with posting about how intelligent you are) you have walked the face of the earth.

The reason for my success as I have said before is not because I am the most intelligent man on the earth, certainly not the best looking, certainly not that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth (more like a straw of hay) but simply that long ago I made the choice to follow and obey Jesus Christ. When I made that decision I surrendered my right to always be right and I surrendered my right to always have it my way. You as a follower of Jesus Christ should know that obedience is the way of the cross and the road of obedience is a very narrow road. If you are striving to be obedient then you will not have to waste so much time being the data and fact police on this blog spot.

Good day to you Musing.

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By: Chas

Chas — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:56:59 +0000

Cheryl and Donna have good points. A person may/may not be affected by something seen on a movie screen, but, As Paul says, I Cor 6:12, “All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient: All things are lawful to me, but I will not be broutht under the power of any.”
Part of the way of dealing with temptation is to understand what your trigger is, and avoid it.
If it isn’t unlightening, it’s just as well to avoid it.
And no, it doesn’t preclude watching a football game. I am not tempted to bust heads with a linebacker.

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By: donna j

donna j — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:44:09 +0000

I’m just trying to draw you out a bit more theologically.

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By: donna j

donna j — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:43:30 +0000

“hope” as in shifting sands?

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By: musing

musing — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:18:42 +0000

Donna J post 280,

so when you say:

“It brings to mind Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians 15:19: If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. ”

and I find the word hope interesting here.

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By: musing

musing — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:17:16 +0000

Donna J post 278,

about the only ting for which there is objectvie data about Christ is that, basedon Tacitus, he was crucified by Pontius Pilot.

Everything else I know abuot Christ is my belief.

And if I were to ask you do you not believe in Christ?

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By: Pastor Roy

Pastor Roy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:13:09 +0000

Jon Rowe – you will most likely get your wish about That means if ABC wants to show a triple rated X movie at 12:00 noon, that would be their prerogative

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By: Jon Rowe

Jon Rowe — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:10:29 +0000

Thanks for the answers.

Though I obviously have a slightly different worldview. I don’t view the use of George Carlin’s 7 dirty words as immoral. Though I think there is a time, place and manner for using them.

Likewise I don’t have a moral problem with seeing simulated sex on film (or with actual pornography; but that’s a topic for a different discussion). But again, there is a time place and manner.

I’m pretty hard core First Amendment; however I know of some absolutists who would go even further than I would. My First Amendment professor at Temple Law (Burton Caine, still teaching in his 80s) didn’t believe time, place and manner regulations were constitutional. That means if ABC wants to show a triple rated X movie at 12:00 noon, that would be their prerogative.

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