[ZION] Sharpton for president
From: Grampa Bill in Savannah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Grampa responds: Wouldn't know. I voted for Reverend Al, myself. -- Great minds think alike. I voted for Sharpton as well. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^
[ZION] Who unsubscribed?
I have had my illness and otherwise been quite busy. I have been erasing tons of messages without reading them. I've read all of yours, though, and I noticed that in one of your messages you mentioned that an old hand unsubscribed from ZION? Who was it and why? Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^
Re: [ZION] Who unsubscribed?
This was supposed to go to my dad, but whoever knows can answer, if they so desire. - Original Message - From: Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:58 PM Subject: [ZION] Who unsubscribed? I have had my illness and otherwise been quite busy. I have been erasing tons of messages without reading them. I've read all of yours, though, and I noticed that in one of your messages you mentioned that an old hand unsubscribed from ZION? Who was it and why? Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz / / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / -- // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^
Re: [ZION] The Mouse
From: "Jim Cobabe" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mickey is 75 today. Somehow defines the age of our culture. -- And Japan decided to celebrate by finally launching the Japanese version of the Disney Channel. They showed Steamboat Willie and then Monsters, Inc., with reruns of Boy Meets World coming right up. Don't know why I included that bit of trivia, but there it is. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] News sources
From: RB Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think you're right, Jim. But, I still enjoy printed newspapers, magazines, and books. You can curl up on a cold winter morning with a laptop computer. -- Not to mention the crossword puzzle. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] The Return of the King
From: RB Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't know what the question was about, but whatever it was: why is it significant to some of you? -- Because some of us are huge Tolkein fans. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
[ZION] The Return of Cousin Bill
From: John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tomorrow it is exactly one month until the opening of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on December 17th. --JWR -- It's already Dec. 17 here in Japan. But I'm looking forward to one month after tomorrow (the 18th) for me, which will be The Return of Cousin Bill. Going home for winter vacation. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Soccer Rules!
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would MUCH rather watch a soccer game (or lacrosse game...or hockey game...) than watch basketball. I can't STAND basketball! -- I don't necessarily disagree with you here. That is, I don't particularly care for basketball myself. But I see it simply as being a fast-paced, higher-scoring version of soccer. The only thing I see in both sports is a bunch of people running from one side of the court or field to the other. But at least in basketball when someone shoots they usually at least hit the backboard. There are many instances (the majority) in soccer where the ball goes no where near the goal while shooting. I say if you have to have soccer, get rid of the regulation time and go straight to the penalty kicks that almost inevitably determine the outcome of the game since there are so many ties. It would save everyone a lot of time and anguish. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Does anyone know?
Getting back to the original topic, I find it quite telling that not one person has mentioned the World Cup volleyball. I take that to mean that though it is called the World Cup, little if any attention is being paid to it in America. Just to give a quick recap of the two matches I know, America beat Japan (Yeah!) and Japan beat Cuba (Yeah!) You'll have to find someone more interested than I to find out anything else. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
[ZION] Does anyone know?
Attempt to start new thread #4? Does anyone here even know that the World Cup volleyball tournament is being held? Here in Japan it's hard to find much else on TV right now. Seems quite silly. I mean, it isn't like we're talking about a real sport like football (the real kind, not that whimpy game more correctly known as soccer) or baseball. Oh, I suppose Japanese politics could be considered a sport of types. But the media seems to have drifted away quite quickly. Does anyone know there were parliamentary elections on Sunday? Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right." -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Soccer Rules!
From: John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't feel the way you do about football, soccer and baseball. Professional football in this country cannot be played by ordinary people. They have to be giants. It is the same way with basketball: the best players are virtually freaks. But normal sized people can play soccer. -- Exactly my point. Soccer is a wimpy sport that anyone can play. Well, almost anyone. I'm so wimpy I probably couldn't play it. -- As for baseball, well... when my kids all got stuck out in right field while the coaches kid got to be pitcher I learned that baseball, softball actually, wasn't much of a sport except for a favored few. When I put my kids in soccer they all got to play their guts out every minute that they were in good enough shape to play. -- Grampa Bill never let any of us kids play sports. He thought that we wouldn't study if we were playing. I guess I showed him. I didn't study anyway. :-) At the time I wasn't too concerned about not playing sports, but now I wish I had done something. I will admit that those who play soccer seem to have a good time. I personally don't see how you can call it shooting when the kicked ball goes no where near the goal. So I will grant you a point on soccer perhaps being a fun game to play. But I think I would rather drive dull nails into my temples than to have to sit through watching a soccer match. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Dungeons and Dragons
BTW, there are also personality tests out there for Star Trek personalities, MM, muppets, XMen and cartoon villains. Here are a few links: http://www.geocities.com/windowkachan/personality/dbz/ Juuhachigou! I am a bit of a loner, but I have a squishy romantic side that fanfic writers just love to use. Of course, since I've never played or whatched Dragonball Z, I have no idea what this character is like. http://www.roxydoll.com/~erin/quiz/ A red MM -- You like to be in control, and you always make sure the job gets done, even if you are a little bigheaded. -- But I have to wonder who assigned these colors. You are Demeter, the Goddess of agriculture. You are a type of mother-figure to your friends, and whilst you are not incredibly outgoing, you have much inner strength. -- But in all honestly, this looks like it was set up more for women than for men. http://startrek.about.com/library/weekly/aa080201.htm You share a basic personality configuration with Leonard McCoy. I don't know that I agree with this one. Especially the long explanation it gave about why am similar to Bones. http://mewing.net/cryquiz.shtml I think I would be booted off the list if I wrote what it told me my battle cry should be. http://www.geraldfield.com/cgi-bin/unofficial/quizzes/sfesurvey.cgi?whatm uppetareyou This link doesn't seem to work. And not just because it cut off in mid link. I tried several permutations and none of them worked. http://www.mutedfaith.com/quiz/vq.htm You are the Super Villain. You have an incredible amount of power over people, be it mentally, physically, or emotionally. Or at least you think you do. Or maybe you just wish you did. You're also very explosive, and easily angered. -- I have no idea what this is supposed to be from. But the last sentence is true. But then I also forget that anger almost immediately. Which seems to drive my wife batty. http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~alyssa13/xmen/ This one doesn't seem to work either. I have grown tired of these. They're interesting, but I think I went overboard here. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
[ZION] The play's the thing.
Attempt to start new thread #3. As many of you know, I reside in Japan, making my living by babysitting kids ... I mean teaching kids English lessons. -- One thing I would like to try to do is put on a program for these kids' parents to make them think that I'm actually doing some work. I know that ELF and Tom Matkin have made reference to being in various dramatic productions. I'm sure there are probably others as well. Does anyone here have any ideas on where I could find simple plays (the operative word being "simple") that these kids with little English experience could learn and perform? These would NOT by LDS-central, though for little kids I don't suppose there would be anything too weird. I think my attempt to start a new thread is really stretching it now. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right." -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] This is Me
From: "Jim Cobabe" [EMAIL PROTECTED] A most amazing hat-- (URL looks pretty mangled after I copied it. Might have to try a bit of cutting and pasting to resurrect the whole corpus.) "http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-ite m.jhtml?id=0022624901951anavAction=jumpnavCount=0indexId=podI d=0022624catalogCode=UDparentId=parentType=rid=cmCat=search _DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fcatalog%2Fitem-link.jhtml.2_A_ DAV=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcontent%2FPod%2F02%2F26%2F24%2Fp022624ii01. jpghasJS=true" -- Or you could have gone to http://tinyURL.com , fed in that monster and come up with http://tinyurl.com/ughw and had no problems. Recently I have been wanting to wear a hat, but the only thing I have is a baseball cap type GAP hat. Since GAP is fairly stylish here in Japan, it doesn't look too weird. But I plan to look around a little while I'm in America. I don't think I will purchase your recommendation, though, Jim. :-) Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right." -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Hai karate?
From: "Stephen Beecroft" [EMAIL PROTECTED] So my question is: Does anyone on this list do martial arts-type stuff? Any ninjas, or karate kids, or judo choppers, or boxers, or Muay Thai kickboxers? Any of that stuff actually work in a practical self-defense situation? My kids took aikido for a while, which was very fun for them and all, but got way too expensive for us, and I never thought it looked very useful for any actual self-defense purposes. Anyone care to educate me? Samurai Stephen -- My kids do kendo, bamboo-sword fighting. But it would be pretty useless unless you had a bamboo sword with you when you needed to defend yourself. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right." -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
[ZION] Dungeons and Dragons
New thread attempt number 2. The topic of Dungeons and Dragons has come up before. Someone forwarded this to me, so I thought I would forward it to you guys. If you've never played DD then you might not understand what you come out as. But this link shows you what alignment, race, and class you would be. http://twinrose.net/dandchar.php It decided I would be a Chaotic Good Half-Elf Bard. I don't know but what it picked me out pretty well. Give it a try. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right." -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
[ZION] A reading list
I'm sorry to rain on everyone's parade. I see that many people enjoy discussing the gospel. I do not qualify to join such discussions. I just don't have the knowledge everyone else has. So I decided to start a new thread. In the past, my efforts have had mixed results. At times I have started threads that have lasted weeks. Other times my post seems to be the only one, so I suppose it could not even be called a thread. We shall see how this one works out. Please forgive the lightheartedness. I was just wondering what everyone is reading these days. I'm currently working my way through Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy. I had decided to read the Iliad and the Odyssey, but I didn't get too far before I realized that I will need to get the Cliff Notes to go with that. My little brain just doesn't function that well. Luckily I will be heading for Savannah next month so I plan to pick it up then. I'm thinking of reading Contact by Carl Sagan next. I really enjoyed the movie, and I can't imagine anyone having seen that movie without being convinced that there is life out there beyond the confines of the earth. So does anyone care to share what they are reading these days? Or their thoughts on life in outer space? I'm kind of angry at myself. Astute readers will notice that I have a new e-mail address. I also have a new computer. I downloaded the SETI program, but when I tried to add on to my previous SETI total they asked for my password. I have no idea, and since they only send the password to the old address (which has since been cancelled), I'm out of luck. I had over 400 completed work units, and had to start over. I'm at about 90 now. One good thing, my new computer whips through those work units between two and three times as fast as my old computer. Anyway, I ask again, what are you guys reading? Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right." -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Election Day
Don't forget to vote early and vote often. Till -- My absentee ballot was sent over a week ago. Unfortuately, I will have no real say in who becomes mayor of the fair city of Savannah. There will almost definitely be a run-off and Georgia law (or perhaps Chatham County, but probably Georgia) requires all absentee ballots to be in by the end of election day. Since the run-off will be held only two weeks after the general election, I doubt very seriously that Savannah will have its ballots ready to be mailed in time to get to me for me to get it back in time for the run-off. Or something like that. I don't particularly feel like going back to make sure my grammar matches up. Hope you guys know what I'm trying to say. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Roll Call
From: John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some former list members are returning. Hallelujah! I'm interested in finding out who is still here. Let's have a roll call. How about you Cousin Bill? - I'm here. I just don't have much to say at the moment. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
[ZION] Fw: CNN Breaking News
-- China launches its first manned space mission, becoming third country to do so. -- Wonderful news, in my opinion, though I will be much more excited when a winner is declared for the X Prize. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right." -- Carl Schurz // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
[ZION] Language
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. yikes.. I didn't have problems reading this the first time through.. Anyone have any problems? Let Freedom Ring! Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations -- entangling alliances with none. --Thomas Jefferson // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
[ZION] Hi, guys.
I'm coming back to ZION. For a while anyway. Anything I should know? Anything non-Mormon specific to talk about?) Bill Lewis (the one who is younger than Grandpa Bill. I think I am Cousin Bill. Who knows?) // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
[ZION] Lewis on Liberty
OK. I'm going to put myself out on a limb here, because I don't know if I can really do this. But here goes. You are hereby invited to join Lewis on Liberty, a soon to be started e-zine that will document the history of Liberty, offer commentary on issues of the day and provide resources on Liberty. For more information use this link: http://www.topica.com/lists/Lewis_on_Liberty To join send a blank e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope to see one or two of you there. Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.topica.com/lists/Lewis_on_Liberty Do you want liberty in your lifetime? http://www.freestateproject.org // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Definition of liberal
At some point in the past, Gary wrote: here's a stump question: Can anyone tell me the name of the Democratic Georgia Senator who tends to vote frequently with the Republicans and Bush? (I know the answer, and I can tell you that if there were more guys in the Democratic party like him- who vote on principle and not on party platform, I'd possibly vote Democrat). Being a voter from Georgia, this one is too easy for me to pass up. None other than Zig-Zag Zell Miller. It sure is nice to get some of them right. I mean, surely you didn't mean Max Cleland. Bill Lewis AKA Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guess what! I'm published! Check out this link: http://www.writers-and-publishers.com/ebooks / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: Voting and parties (was Re: [ZION] Cuba and Castro)
At some point in the past, Mark (and Marc) wrote: Marc: In the U.S. every voter registers for a party (or as an independent -- as I recall the rules vary considerably from Mark: What? You mean to say that you cannot vote in the US unless you register your preference? Is that true? And if it is, what's the point of it? Since your vote is secret, why register a preference? Cousin Bill tries to explain: Different states have different rules for registering to vote. No state (that I am aware of) requires you to register a party in order to vote in general elections, such as those that are coming up in a couple of weeks. Party registration is required by some states in order to vote in primary elections (when choosing the nominees for each party for each office). Georgia, where I am registered to vote, does not require prior registration of party. On the date of the primary elections (or in my case, when requesting an absentee ballot) you state which party's primary you wish to vote in and you are given a ballot for that party. In Presidential election years, Georgia holds two primaries. One for the presidency and one for other offices. In Georgia you can opt to vote in the Democratic primary for president, and then a few months later vote in the Republican primary without any trouble. (Or vice versa) But then when the general election roles around, no one asks party preferences and one is allowed to vote however one chooses. Mark: As to voting or supporting a party: I'm not sure that I follow what Elder Jensen was saying. What's the point of voting for a party if you don't accept their policies? The Brethren have always told us to study the issues and then support the candidate that best represents our interests or who supports the issues we believe in. If a candidate supports things that we are opposed to, then why would we vote for him or her? Okay, granted, probably every candidate supports some things that we are opposed to, but if a candidate supports many things we strongly oppose, why would we vote for him or her? Cousin Bill: I think there is a problem with definitions here. Someone (John?) wrote that he thought it was impossible to be a good Mormon and a good Democrat. Someone else (Marc?) wrote that Elder Jensen said differently. This is where the definitions come in. My definition of a good Democrat is someone who agrees with and supports the party platform, party leaders and office holders. By using this definition, I believe it is impossible to be a good Mormon and a good Democrat, because the party platform, leaders and office holders hold to many planks that are against what is taught by the church. But maybe there is a different definition of being a good Democrat that others use. If one defines a good Democrat as being someone who works within the party to bring about a better platform, select better leaders and elect better office holders (those that would agree with church teachings), then it would be possible to be a good Mormon and a good Democrat. Clear as mud? Bill Lewis AKA Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guess what! I'm published! Check out this link: http://www.writers-and-publishers.com/ebooks / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
[ZION] Mij, are you out there? (was: High priests)
At some point in the past, Jon wrote: Noj --- Has anyone heard from Jim Cobabe recently? Getting kind of concerned. Bill Lewis AKA Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guess what! I'm published! Check out this link: http://www.writers-and-publishers.com/ebooks / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Voting and parties (was Re: Cuba and Castro)
At some point in the past, Stephen wrote: To make sure the Democrats in an area don't band together and elect a Republican candidate who can't possibly win the general election, and vice versa. - This happens, I'm sure. I mentioned before that this is the way things are done in Georgia. Whenever someone loses a primary, they inevitably use this as an excuse for losing. It doesn't make much sense, though, when both parties are holding primaries. I have mainly voted in Republican primaries. Off hand, I don't recall ever voting in a Democratic primary, but I wouldn't deny it. Before I became of voting age, I understand that practically everything in Georgia was determined at the Democratic primary because the Republican party didn't have much of a chance at anything. That is no longer the case, though Democrats still maintain a firm grip on a lot of offices. BTW, I have sent in my absentee ballot. I have no idea whether it will actually be counted or not. There were many offices in which I voted for neither the Democrat or Republican candidate. I am a firm believer in voting for who you think is best, not who you think will win. That includes the liberal use of write-in voting. (I have voted for Grampa Bill many times in the past, and for two offices this time around. Gramma Letty, too, for that matter.) Cousin Bill / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Hindsight
At some point in the past, Paul asked: So, who all on this list voted for Bush? - Not I, said Cousin Bill. Nor will I ever vote for a Bush. I did vote for the first Bush. That was when I was young and foolish and didn't know better. Cousin Bill / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Hindsight
At some point in the past, Jon wrote: Well, I voted for Bush and I will again next time. -- As did many other people that I know and love. I won't hold it (your voting for Bush) against you if you won't hold (the other) it (my not voting for Bush -- and no, I didn't vote for Gore, either) against me. Deal? Cousin Bill / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
[ZION] United Nations
The following article makes an argument against the United Nations that, thought I had never heard before, makes perfect sense, and leads me to wonder why I had never heard it before. (I'm also slightly embarrassed that I had never thought of it before.) United Nations James Humes Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002 http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/10/22/230948.shtml The argument in a nutshell: When did the United Nations become the supreme moral authority of the world? One might advance such a proposition if most of the organization were represented by democratic governments, but that is not the case. Of the 191 nations in the United Nations only about 40 percent (85 countries) are democratic societies that enjoy political rights and civil liberties. The rest are either controlled by dictators or by a one-party government. CB / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
[ZION] And a little on the lighter side...
Clinton aide slams Pentagon's UFO secrecy By Richard Stenger CNN Tuesday, October 22, 2002 Posted: 3:09 PM EDT (1909 GMT) http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/10/22/ufo.records/index.html [A] former White House chief of staff and an international investigative journalist want to know what the Pentagon knows, calling on it to release classified files about that and other incidents involving unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. It is time for the government to declassify records that are more than 25 years old and to provide scientists with data that will assist in determining the real nature of this phenomenon, ex-Clinton aide John Podesta said Tuesday. CB / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Bunny Boots and Mukluks
At some point in the past, John wrote: Here in Alaska bunny boots and mukluks are not the same thing. During the two years we lived in Kotzebue in the arctic, we learned the difference between mukluks and bunny boots. Mukluks are made from animal furs and are the traditional dress of the Inupiat. They keep your feet warm down to many degrees below zero. Bunny boots are a rubber and plastic monstrosity created in a white man's factory, providing a perfect vapor barrier, and keep the feet warm to an even lower temperature than mukluks. People who work outside in minus 25 to minus 50 degree temperatures for any length of time need to wear bunny boots. They are funny looking, but they are the only thing that will keep the feet warm in some conditions. Do you know of a store that will sell and ship overseas (like, say, to Japan)? I lost my good pair of boots to a septic tank accident and haven't been able to find any since. Bill Lewis AKA Cousin Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guess what! I'm published! Check out this link: http://www.writers-and-publishers.com/ebooks / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
RE: [ZION] Developed Story
At some point in the past, Sandy wrote of his experience with the INS. Yes, I remember going through that with Shuko. However, we had a rather pleasant experience. There was only one time that the lady who did the interview threw us a zinger. She asked why we didn't do the paperwork in Japan. I told her that we were going to come right back to America after the wedding so we didn't have the time. Not much else went wrong. Unfortunately, we never got back to take off conditional status. By that time we were back in Japan. :-( Maybe some time in the future. Cousin Bill / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
