trulykiwi

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  1. OLD VERSION:

    The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long,

    building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

    The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances

    and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm

    and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so

    he dies out in the cold.

    MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!

    MODERN VERSION:

    The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long,

    building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

    The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances

    and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering

    grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know

    why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while

    others are cold and starving.

    CBS, NBC, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the

    shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his

    comfortable home with a table filled with food.

    America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be,

    that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper

    is allowed to suffer so?

    Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper,

    and everybody cries when they sing, "It's Not Easy Being

    Green."

    Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's

    house where the news stations film the group singing, "We

    shall overcome." Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray

    to God for the grasshopper's sake.

    Tom Daschle & John Kerry exclaim in an interview with Peter

    Jennings that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the

    grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the

    ant to make him pay his "fair share."

    Finally, the EEOC drafts the "Economic Equity and

    Anti-Grasshopper Act," retroactive to the beginning of the

    summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate

    number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay

    his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.

    Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper

    in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried

    before a panel of federal judges that Bill appointed from

    a list of single-parent welfare recipients. The ant loses

    the case.

    The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the

    last bits of the ant's food while the government house he

    is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles

    around him because he doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared

    in the snow. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related

    incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a

    gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.

  2. Kiwi? I'm not certain if you've watched this or, indeed, any of the films you're referring to. Are you aware this is a poorly edited piece of trash that uses 3 second sound-bytes to try to prove a point? And the second one you posted, where he said that laws can not be made based solely upon religious reasons? That makes sense. As a counterpoint: With a law based solely upon religious law, neither the LDS church in specific nor Christianity in general would have survived.

    The single, interesting thing that took place on -any- of those videos was in the first one: Governor Ventura spoke. As one who has a tremendous amount of respect for Governor Ventura, I would have liked to hear more from him specifically - Unedited and untouched - As to how he feels about the government.

    Excuses, excuses, oh how patriotic LOL, but I agree about laws based on religious reasons only, but that is another subject.

  3. You've already responded three times to my one post. Can I take it you're done? If not, would you please tell me how many more posts you have to go?

    The swearing is at 28 seconds, and no, I don't think you heard it. I don't think you'd purposely link something with swearing in it.

    Elphaba

    Yes dear I have LOL

    Sorry about the swearing thing do you want it removed?

  4. Perhaps we should make "In Allah We Trust" out motto. I think the term 'God' is general. It can apply to Allah, or Jesus, or Nature's God, or whatever understanding one has of the Creator.

    What is annoying is that so many seem to clamor for their own religious freedom while at the same time looking to limit the religious freedom of others.

    Frankly, I thought Mitt's speech on religious freedom was meaningless, pointless, and bland. Religious freedom allows each individual to believe as they see fit and to act accordingly. This is not a secular notion. It is not a religious teaching. It is a natural human right. It is a God-given right.

    Atheists are regular folks just like Muslims and Catholics. Nothing in the admonition of God we have received should cause us to feel otherwise. They are our brothers and sisters just the same and they have the same rights as we. Our goverment's role is to protect the freedom of conscience of each individual. Regardless of every attempt otherwise, the last 200 years have continued to see that freedom expand in the world.

    -a-train

    What you don't think it was a mock session?

  5. You can't be serious.

    This is nothing more than a sordid propganda hit piece created by ultra radicals. It's meant to appeal to your visceral hatred for Obama by literally portraying as a demon.

    Unfortunately, some people here will love it, and that is more frightening than Obama will ever be.

    By the way, the video violates the rule about swearing.

    Elphaba

    Propaganda??? Maybe, maybe not! Ha ha. I hope you are right, but don't be so sure as it could be considered propaganda in making you believe this propaganda!!

    I didn't hear any swearing and I hope the moderators understand if this is correct I try to uphold the rules and think this is important to know. If this is the case I am happy to let that link be removed.

  6. This may interest you, but again you're either uninformed or you are not open and teachable and you will think I am crazy....to be honest I am not doing this to prove a point, I am doing this because I want to know both sides and have knowledge, and it may well be true or not! But one thing is that I choose not to believe anything one way or the other.

  7. You can't be serious.

    This is nothing more than a sordid propganda hit piece created by ultra radicals. It's meant to appeal to your visceral hatred for Obama by literally portraying as a demon.

    Unfortunately, some people here will love it, and that is more frightening than Obama will ever be.

    Elphaba

    I guess when the beast does completely arise even the elect will be deceived!!!

  8. You can't be serious.

    This is nothing more than a sordid propganda hit piece created by ultra radicals. It's meant to appeal to your visceral hatred for Obama by literally portraying as a demon.

    Unfortunately, some people here will love it, and that is more frightening than Obama will ever be.

    By the way, the video violates the rule about swearing.

    Elphaba

    I couldn't give a hoot about what you think about the video, I personally don't give one about it either. But he said it, that was my point. And he has said it on other occasions! That proves he said it and it is TRUE!

  9. Well Obama said himself that the problem of this world is the religion of the people, and one of the phases of socialism/communism given by marx is to destroy the religion of the people, and as Obama has also stated himself that he wants a World Order, and this is the one of the ways to bring this about - this is no suprise!

  10. It tells me some people think Obama is Marxist, nothing more. I personally don't have that opinion (Obama would have to go a looooong way to please Marx). In other words, it doesn't sway me one way or the other at all, this whole "but everybody else is doing it!" argument doesn't work for me.

    Why do they think that? Why would everybody think he is a marxist? States have declared sovereignty over this! Wow I wonder if he could be a marxist. Of course he is!

    Could you source this please? I've never heard of this.

    Here's a link to what I believe paints the picture on how socialist he is. Unfortunately youtube have removed the video of his speech on the matter(ooops communism begins).

  11. Obama a socialist? Not even close. Go take a trip to Europe, they're way more socialist than Obama is. And... Europe isn't even very socialist anyway, they're more social democratic (or "socialism lite," you could call it).

    Obama has declared he is Socialist before he was elected, so don't say he isn't, why would you say he isn't, when he says he is!!!???? How else is the NWO going to be brought about. If government isn't socialist then it can't be!

    Europe is more ahead to being socialist than USA, but they are both swiftly headed there!

  12. No. I just simply do not agree with some of Benson's political views, which some could call bigoted or fanatic (the views, not the person). I mean no disrespect to Benson, and I apologize if my comments have offended anyone.

    When I make a statement I am not pretending to be someone else, therefor my views are the same as my person. Tell me what you mean by the difference between Pres Bensons 'views' or 'the person'????? It may well be one in the same! I don't think he had one view as a 'PROPHET' and another as a 'PERSON'.

    Cheers!

  13. No. I just simply do not agree with some of Benson's political views, which some could call bigoted or fanatic (the views, not the person). I mean no disrespect to Benson, and I apologize if my comments have offended anyone.

    I just simply agree with his views. I believe they are not too far removed from what Christ will institute, freedom, equality and prosperity. I agree with all of those political views, which one don't you agree with? He was speaking in a GC in that link I gave you, it has never been renounced and he was an Apostle. Maybe Noah was called a bigot and fanatic by all those people that DROWNED too??!!!!

  14. It wouldn't be the first time she spoken out....:lol:

    Well it seems to me she was going on about opinions of prophets and man being two separate things. What is her opinion then, is it prophetic or is it mans?

    So long as she or he knows it is President Bensons words I would believe (even in 1972 as and apostle speaking in GENERAL CONFERENCE) than her words!

  15. (Edit: In the paragraph directly above, I meant to write: The information you have presented to buttress your claims is an excellent example of a future, or even a present-day prophet, presenting his personal opinions as facts. President Benson might have endorsed your position, but not as a prophet. They are only one man’s extremist opinions, period.)

    Elphaba

    How do you know? where do you get your information from, you don't know who you might be talking to here! Be careful!

  16. I'm sorry to be blunt, but everybody has an opinion and is wavering and being tossed too and fro by the very people who want you to believe all the lies!

    Like I said in another post, you must read 'NONE DARE CALL IT CONSPIRACY' by Gary Allen. In a talk Pres Ezra Taft Benson knew what was going to happen and URGED us to read this book. It will educate you on what is really going on.

    I have a PDF of the book if you want to PM me.

    It will really let you know what is going on now is the result of what this book talks about. ENDORSED BY A PROPHET!

  17. Speaking of which, I for one hope he does launch an independent inquiry into 9-11. Obama's the one person who most of the "truthers" would believe if he finished the investigation and announced that, no, it really wasn't orchestrated by Bush and Rummy.

    I don't know if Bush had to do with it too, but I know the bilderbergs did!

  18. please remember that those that dont live in the US really dont know the full truth. those that do live in the country only know the partial truth. remember not everyone voted for obama. i didnt vote for president because i felt like all the parties are failures... i still feel like that.

    please get the facts straight.

    if its conspiracy that you are looking for look in to 9-11

    Well some of us do know the full truth, as what is happening in the US is happening in all countries. And I am very aware, educated and informed about what is going on in the US.

    What facts?

    Well it is the fruits whereby you may judge something, and anybody can see it's not rocket science that 9-11 was an inside job. I agree! But because there are so many people that still believe it wasn't I won't get into it. This will be revealed in the judgment if not before.

  19. I wanted Hillary for president. Just wanted to say that, in case anyone got the idea I was a full supporter of Obama all along....

    Altho I admit he's def got potential to be a really great president. I'm pleasantly surprised :D

    Unfortunately they bat for the same team so the outcome would have been the same. But who am I to say right? I agree though he has great potential to be an awesome President, but I think he is not going to choose the right ha ha

  20. Sorry, can't go on youtube (BYU blocks all video sharing sites), but a transcript would be appreciated (or maybe somebody could download the video and email it to me?).

    Here's the description of the vid: "Ezra Taft Benson in this 6 April 1972 conference address says its not a conspiracy theory, but a conspiracy fact. He also endorses the book None Dare Call It Conspiracy, by Gary Allen.

    This book links the communist conspiracy to the much larger New World Order conspiracy, which Ezra Taft Benson was fully aware of. "

    Can you watch it somewhere else? Maybe I could email you the link?

    EDIT: I also have a PDF of the book he has recommended too if you want a copy just PM me your email addy

  21. I don't have that book, so until I find it I still won't have any idea what this conspiracy is.

    Besides, Benson was a very politically active president of the church, so I doubt he was endorsing such a conspiracy in his capacity as prophet.

    to President Bensons talk on the matter!

    Like he said "it's not a conspiracy theory, but a conspiracy fact"