Windseeker

My 13 year old son dragged me and his 16 year old cousin to go see Moana. I really wasn't in the mood for Disney but I ended up really enjoying it. So did the boys. I lived for a time on Maui and my daughter currently attends BYU Hawaii and both my daughters when younger grew up attending a Halau in Seattle and danced Hawaiian and Taitian. My wife also graduated from BYU Hawaii so this movie hit close to home. Both boys commented that Moana reminded them of their sister/cousin. I enjoyed the music but was honestly a little disappointed that they didn't use more Polynesian music other than background music. But I guess they are sticking to their standard formula where the songs are typical princess-pop...like Brave. 5/5

You are correct, that it has more to do with moral/social values. But the atheists’ highest value of radical equality, where it's not about equal opportunity but equal outcome, can only be brought about and enforced by a totalitarian government which is why they align with liberalism/socialism/Democrats.

Without a doubt the most entertaining Press conference of my lifetime.

I read this today and thought it had allot to do with this topic. I'd highly recommend it. http://happiness-seekers.com/2017/01/02/the-alarming-truth-behind-anti-mormonism/ Specifically:

Atheism is the ultimate fast-food religion. It asserts the disbelief in a god no one believes in. It makes sense that despite the evidence they would think religion encumbers progress. The atheist contribution to human advancement is a rain drop in the ocean compared with that of theists. It's true from time to time certain religions have stood in the way of fellow theists and their scientific advancements, but science itself and it's methods come from religion and the desire to discover the intelligence of god in his creation. Every advancement any atheist makes is done on the shoulders of god worshiping theists. When it comes to virtue don't get me started. the worst tyrants and offenders of mankind are atheists. So like I said, it's fast-food for the self-absorbed, self-obsessed and hyper ambitious.

I had no idea about that Idaho crime, it's just unacceptable. I don't agree with the shared responsibility garbage. Take that teen from Idaho and these 4 teens from Chicago and hang them publicly.

On my mission we drank what is called mugicha, or barley tea. It's amazing both hot and cold. I drink Guayusa/Ginger/Citrus tea by Runa. It's really good but caffinated.

My older brother was a real bully to me growing up. Being a year younger and the second oldest I was always protecting my younger siblings from him. His Mission changed him completely but some of the things he did had a way of returning to haunt him. During a reunion we held, after we were grown up and married with young kids, my sister broke down and really layed into him about what a nightmare he had been growing up and it got to the point where her husband packed them up and gently escorted her to thier car departing early. They have since made up. My brother just didn't remember anything about the way he was or used to be. It's hard for me because we are just a year apart, but among bad memories or very precious memories that I want to share with him and he seems to have even forgotten those. He becomes noticably uncomfortable when we bring up anything from our childhood. Recently when I was visiting his family his kids, now college age, asked me about a story their Dad (my brother) told me about when I just attacked him out of the blue. I had jumped off our deck and slammed him to the ground and punched him in the face. Somehow my brother remembered this and completely disregarded my side of the story. It made me think that the distance between me and my nephews and neices was because he didn't share my side of things. The truth was that my brother kept trying to wake me up to go help my Dad who was calling for me. After the third time he had punched me in the face several times and left. I remember looking in the mirror and crying because I could see my face swelling and I had never ever been hit in the face or hit anyone in the face in my life (I was 16). It was that and years of intimidation and abuse that made me finally decide to stand up to him. When I attacked him in front of my Dad, my Dad literally cheered me on and didn't interfere because he was happy to see me standing up for myself. So for some reason my nephews and neices think I was psycho and I don't know how the jibs with their grandparents always refering to me as their peacemaker. So here I am with this situation and all I can do is love my brother. Whether or not it strained my relationship with his kids is not my problem and the fact that he remembers it wrong is not my problem either. All I can do is forgive him and I do. He has become a someone I greatly admire and he deserves admiration. Whether by choice or circumstance he just doesn't remember things like I do and that's ok. I try to do little things to support those nephews and neices, like liking the facebook posts...lame I know...but we live so far apart I don't have the chance to spend more time with them. Anyway, I really love this quote. Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past. -Lily Tomlin Happiness is not found in the past it's found in the present and Forgiveness involves the choice to live in the present. We know what we are commanded to do, our experience and our own mistakes and flaws remind us what a wonderful thing Forgiveness is. If we are to become like Heavenly Father we need to view others as he does. Thankfully he views us as we are, not as we were and that is how we need to approach each other.

Hi Neuro, First off I didn't vote for Trump for moral reasons. One of the reasons Trump got elected was as a result of a recoil from 10 years of identity politics rammed down our throats from the left. If anyone one needs to apologize it's the left, their insentience onslaught and accusations of privilege and patriarchy against white people is what has given rise to the Alt-Right. The fact that Trump could not have gotten elected without an increase in support from minority voters as well as those who voted for Obama twice ought to give them pause when they attempt to tie %50 of this country to a minuscule numbers of impotent white supremacists. I'm not going to apologize and what we need to be doing is pointing out the lies. I am sad for minorities in this country who can't see past the lies and are living in a state of fear as pawns of the identity politics of the left.

He has condemned the Alt-Right http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/307142-trump-spokesman-denounces-alt-right-meeting-in-washington

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latter_Day_Saints Cove Reber was pretty great during his time I think.

Welcome from a fellow Floridian!

I'm a lucky guy and it was not because of me. My wife was his physician while he was here in Florida and she received permission for me to tag along. Believe me I felt out of place like I was standing next to Giants the whole time. One thing I got to observe is how extremely popular he is with the youth. They are very attracted to him, but if there is a choice, rather then meeting the young adoring fans, he will give them an acknowledging friendly wave and move on to seek out the quiet meek frail folks to personally greet. Another thing I really liked about him.

I've actually had the chance to meet President Uchdorf and he's such a great guy. The fact he does not come across as perfect makes him endearing. Something to keep in mind is that it was more of a light confession of a human weakness, so people would be remiss to assume it's an endorsement of any sorts.

Well, while I'd love to see Romney in that position because he's such a good man, I'm concerned that he might not be tuff enough. So I won't be disappointed if he appoints Nikki Haley instead.

Picking Romney would be a big reveal of Trumps character especially with Romney having been so outspoken.

I heard this as well. I think it's safe to assume he was drinking a caffeinated soda. I makes sense that he was drinking it to help maintain focus and counter the tedium of having to learn something so boring. In my opinion I think diet anything, has way worse chemicals then caffeine. (Diet Pepsi drinker here, just started my second day of giving up soda).

I agree but I doubt I'm the only one who in the space of a week finds these protests have grown as tiresome and ineffective as the icebucket challenge.

For church books, my favorite is 'A God Who Weeps'. It sounds like it's read by Mary Poppins (Sister Givens).

I agree that Dune (Macmillan Audio with Scott Brick, etc,....) is amazing. One of the best because they use different actors for the voices. My next favorite is Harry Potter by Jim Dale (amazing, he does all the voices from the move) followed by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy narrated by Stephen Fry.

Mcmullin and Campbell here. So our names our Scottish but they came to Amerikay from Ireland. I'm a descendant of Robert the Bruce AND Edward Longshanks.

Would you agree that racism is racism?

If a persons racial sensitivity is to a point where they dehumanizing others based on race, judge others that because of their skin color they are incapable of experiencing and understanding the broad range of human emotion, particularly empathy, and feeling the need for segregation and safe spaces then that person is simply a racist. I understand what causes a person to hate and make judgments based on race, walking in my own shoes. In my own shoes I've been treated poorly because of my race. Racism and dehumanizing others is something we all must reject. I appreciate my son's reaction to his Latina friend who told me as a white person I had no right to an opinion and that I should think before I speak. "You're going to tell someone who chose to marry a minority and raise 4 minority kids, as well as basically raise a half Mexican son of an illegal immigrate and a half Haitian nephew that he doesn't know what it's like to be a minority? As a white guy he is a minority, maybe you should think before you speak". If you find your self saying "White people" to anything, be very careful to consider what it is you are saying. Are you generalizing and dehumanizing? People are People. We ought not to make assumptions on a persons humanity, character or potential nor should we treat people differently because of their race. Ending racism starts with that simple truth. There is no way to right the wrongs of the past, there is no path to justice thru racism, discrimination, and hate. Martin Luther King was inspired with the only possible solution. "A color-blind society". And yes, there are hateful people on both sides no doubt. I agree with you.

LP, Don't you think there is a difference between race insensitive and racist? I believe Trump is the former but I don't believe he's racist. We need to stop supporting those who can't see the difference. People are tired of the lies. And when it comes to race insensitive, everyone fails at some point because some people are overly sensitive. Those who inject race into everything whether they realize or not are feeding racism and division. For the last eight years the left has successfully turned, any opposition to Obama, any concern about our national security, any concern about education, any concern about the strength of families, any concern about the safety of children, any concern about the economy and any concern about crime into allegations of racism, sexism, homophobia and religious bigotry. The concerns people had the last 50 years about religion being intolerant, divisive, dogmatic and repressive of free thought are how I feel about the left in this country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtlzPUtyBnI These protests and incessant displays of glassy eyed ignorance have convinced me I was wrong not to vote for Trump. He's simply an equal opportunity offender of people, not a racist, bigot homophobe.

grasping at straws??? No idea.