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The Racists Are Raging

Posted by Michelle Moquin on November 19th, 2009

Good morning.

So how is everyone doing? I see the racists were in full rage on my blog yesterday sans George – Do we have a replacement for dear George our resident racist, now Larry?

In fact the racists are in full rage across the country sporting the psalm that 109:8.9 that BSK mentioned and Cindi witnessed on a young girl’s t-shirt. I got an e-mail from a friend who went out the other night and informed me that he too saw a young child around 10 years old wearing the psalm 109:8.9 t-shirt. The psalm was flanked with crossing guns – And displayed on a young Asian boy! What is wrong with these people? I am not as surprised to find it on a white child, considering the racist whites that we all know are out there,  but an Asian child?

And, it’s worse enough that these t-shirts are in children’s sizes, but to use your child as a walking sandwich board to express your racist feelings is just disgusting. It is not only disgusting but it should be illegal.  This is a wish for the president to be assassinated (!) as BTK so articulately pointed out. I only hope that I run into someone wearing this t-shirt so that I can express my feelings.

Nicely said Doug. When ever I hear someone say that Obama is a Muslim, the first thought that comes to my mind is, ‘So what if he is’, followed by, ‘Why is that considered a bad thing?’ Racists say these things as if it is a bad thing – like all Muslims are bad people. It just blows me away how because of ones religion, race, culture, etc., that they don’t approve of, everything else about a person doesn’t matter; everything else gets thrown out the window. Muslim=Bad. Sickening.

Brittany: I’m with Ruth – You go girl! Love your logic – love your comment.

Mike: I know, it’s amazing isn’t it? Who let open the flood gates? It just tells us how much work needs to be done to erase this racism.

Evelyn: Well said. Unfortunately there are many *Kellys in this world that feel that way. We need women such as myself, and you, and so many others on this blog to be the counter balance to, as you say, ‘these idiots’. And ultimately we need to tilt the scales big time. All in time…

I’ve got to run now.

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20 Responses to “The Racists Are Raging”

  1. Pat Says:

    Michelle

    This may be of some help.
    ==============================
    Six Steps To Healthy Sleep

    Along with good nutrition, regular exercise, getting plenty of clean water and fresh air, sound, restful sleep is a basic requirement for overall good health. As the demands of modern life contribute to increasing levels of stress, going to sleep isn’t always as easy as closing your eyes anymore. If you’re tired of counting sheep and not getting the proper amount of sleep you need each night, try these simple steps.

    Arrange your sleeping quarters so that you have as close to complete darkness as possible.
    This may require heavier curtains in the bedroom or even changing bedrooms in the house. Wearing a sleeping mask can help, but it is not the total answer.

    Some studies showed that body temperature and melatonin levels were altered when light was shined on the back of the knee. Researchers found that when they exposed the back of the knee to light before dawn, the body’s clock (circadian clock) would reset, or advance itself.

    This seemingly inconsequential light exposure had the very same effect as shining the light in the eye. (Science 98; 279(5349):333-4,396-9.)

    In other words, the day following the nighttime light exposure, the release of melatonin and the drop in body temperature, which trigger the need for sleep, occurred earlier in the day. This one seemingly harmless disruption can start a vicious cycle of fatigue and insomnia.

    After you’ve made your sleeping area as dark as possible, there should be a rule in the house that nobody turns on a light in the room while someone is sleeping. Even though it might not wake the sleeping person, it shuts down their production of melatonin.

    Also, if you have to go to the bathroom during the night, it would be best not to turn on the light. Turning on the light even for just a second shuts down melatonin production and can contribute to fatigue, insomnia, and all of the other problems.

    If you have trouble falling asleep, you might want to try a hot bath just before bedtime.

    While our normal body temperature will vary throughout the day, it generally stays within 1 degree above or below the norm of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

    About an hour before we feel the need to sleep, our body temperature begins to drop about 1 degree. This is one of the key signals from the brain to slow down and start the sleep process.
    Unfortunately, many of us continually override this signal by forcing our minds and bodies to keep going. Fortunately, you can easily reinstate this body temperature signal by taking a hot bath about an hour before you want to sleep. Your body will naturally start to lower its core temperature in an effort to cool itself off. This temperature drop will start the same physiological processes that naturally brings on the desire for sleep.

    If a hot bath still isn’t enough to promote sleep, then the best suggestion I have for you is to start a regular exercise program.

    Study after study has shown that regular exercise enhances sleep in almost everyone with sleep disturbances. Something as simple as regular walking can make a big difference in the quality of your sleep — not to mention the dozens of other positive changes it will bring about. (Sleep 97;20(3):203-214.)

    Finally, as soon as you wake up in the morning, either turn on the lights or open the blinds and let the sunlight in.

    Opening the window is preferred, as it imprints on the brain the many sights, sounds and smells associated with awakening. This is the proper way to reset your body clock, and will ensure that your melatonin levels will stay set on “awake” until that evening.

  2. Anna on Guam Says:

    The women here on Guam are reacting to the new guidelines on breast exams. Guam’s women should be especially concerned since the women here can’t seem to stop smoking.
    ++++++++++++
    By Michael Rudolph
    GUAM – A recent study released by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that most women should start regular breast cancer screening at age 50, rather than at the American College of Obstectricians and Gynecologists-recommended age of 40.
    This recommendation has struck a nerve with the general public, particularly women and doctors both nationally and on Guam. The controversial recommendations do not have the capacity to directly change how mammograms are covered by an insurance company, but they certainly have influenced at least one local insurance company to review its coverage options and triggered a local OB/GYN to oppose the ten year hold-off. The issue is a growing national concern.
    Dr. Thomas Sheih, a board certified fellow of the The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) told the Guam News Factor, “we simply cannot just tell patients to not do breast exams, or doctors to stop doing breast exams for those under 50 years old. That’s not [a] very sound recommendation.”
    As a member of the ACOG, Dr. Sheih said that “I…really question the November 17th USPSTF study and their recommendations, I will continue to follow ACOG-recommended screenings,” which set the starting age for mammography exams at 40 years old, not 50. In fact, the ACOG is currently evaluating the study and recommendations of the USPSTF.
    Dr. Shieh also shares the concern that the study may affect insurance coverage for early detection of breast cancer.
    According to Dr. Shieh, the USPSTF recommendation has given a “C” rating “against routine screening mammography for women aged 40-49…some insurers will cover only preventative services rated as an “A” or a “B” by the USPSTF.”
    This means that a group of people with a “C” rating is considered less likely to develop breast cancer than a group rated with an “A” or “B.” Some insurance policies use the USPSTF rating system to determine who is covered for what treatment.
    Shieh answered his own question when he said that “in essence, insurance companies could deny patients in getting their mammograms until they are 50 years old.”
    The Guam News Factor confirmed that the national study has caught the attention of at least one local insurance company, Calvo’s SelectCare. According to Frank Campillo, SelectCare’s health care plan administrator, the USPSTF has “their medical directors who are practicing medical individuals” reviewing the USPSTF recommendation and “at the moment our company has not made any changes to the current policy as to how we cover mammography.”
    “Any changes that we may make to these policies will be properly conveyed to the public but at the moment no changes will be made.” Thirty (30) days notice is the amount of time Select Care customers will likely have if this sort of change were to occur.
    In order for healthcare to be reformed Campillo believes that “what this country needs to realize is that we need to control health care expenditures and probably go back to things that are evidence based medicine and try to control the costs that way.” The New York Times reported that the USPSTF “believe[s] that raising the age range would help prevent overtreatment.” This can be clarified from a quote from CNN’s coverage: “with its new recommendations, the [task force] is essentially telling women that mammography at age 40 to 49 saves lives, just not enough of them,” said Dr. Otis Brawley, the group’s chief medical officer.”
    The USPSTF study has received such violent public push back that it prompted Secretary Kathleen Sebellius of the US Department of Health and Human Services to issue a statement clarifying that the USPSTF is not a government entity and that there is no intention to change current federal government policies for addressing early detection of breast cancer.
     =========================
    Hafa adai

    Anna

  3. Anonz Says:

    Let me explain to those of you who don’t know how the very wealthy pay off their toadies. One of the chief ways is to get the toady to write a book. First we give them a hefty advance through one of the publishing houses we own.

    This can not be called a bribe because it is a “legitimate” book deal. While the book is being written we lobby others whose issues or causes this person is being paid to support to guarantee to purchase from one to 10 thousand copies of the book before it is officially on the market to make it an “instant” best seller.

    Once the book is on the market we finance the publicity to keep it before the public and we secretly continue to purchase copies of the toady’s book. Once the lowlife is making declarable money, we can give them cash infusions to keep them on the payroll.

    Anonz

  4. Alexander Hamilton Says:

    Today we stopped by Utah in 1855. We have discovered a group called mormons who practiced a from of polygamy that today would be called pedophilia at its best. Some of the men are in their late 30′s with wives as young as 8. They regularly copulate with them and brag amongst themselves about breaking them in.

    Adam says that this was a cult started by a Joseph Smith. This was a pedophile and a petty thief who figured out how to gain access to the local lasses and the meager incomes of the men by forming a church centered around a man having multiple wives.

    He surmised that men would join for the free pussy and the right to pillage and murder in the name of the lord. So from 1830 to 1845 the mormon church grew huge with horny, thieves. Most of which were pedophiles who gathered as many “wives” as they could afford to keep.

    They bartered and sold their female children to each other or used them as pawns in the political game of becoming higher ranked elders in the cult.

    Once the word got out about the law that a mormon was supposed to have at least three wives men started joining in droves. The base group were handing out their female children as bribes to get more men to join. It was Brigham Young’s idea to use the females to gain more abled bodied men.

    While in Illinois the people began to get suspicious of their missing female children and the organized robberies and murders of their citizens. They jailed the Smiths because Brigham Young snitched on them because he wanted to be the sole head of the the cult. He bribed the local authorities to kill founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum.

    Once he had gotten the Smiths out of the way, he had murdered any serious opposition and he became the new head of the cult. He was a military man and he wanted to form a large well trained army to head west. They planned to murder and pillage and take anything they wanted along the way. They created the legend of the Mormon Pioneer Trail by killing everything they came across be it indians or white men or anyone they accosted.

    They were ruthless. They killed the men and if the women were white and not too old they took them into their fold. They killed any women they found dressed as men because they feared those women might give the indoctrinated women of their cult ideas.

    They eventually settled in Utah. It was a terrible time for the ute tribe of indians. The mormons seldom bothered to accost the males. They just waited until they left to hunt for food and went in and murdered everyone left behind.

    They also thrived on murdering unsuspecting wagon trains or trappers that accidently came within their murdering grasps. After they would divide up the spoils or auction them off at the latter Day Saint Cedar city tithing office.

    They massacred thousands of travelers attempting to pass through their Utah kingdom. They got away with it by leaving no witnesses. They would slaughter them, take all their possessions and leave their bodies to rot on the open plains as if they were massacred by indians.

    The only time anyone of the murders was ever caught and made to pay was when one of theirs a John Lee was shot for the massacre of about 137 men women and children in Mountain Meadows.

    I watched as Brigham Young and his two sons convinced the men to surrender and turn in their weapons. Then he had his men gather up the young girls, and shoot, bludgeon, and scalp the rest so as to make it look like it was done by indians.

    After John Dee was tried in a court of law, found guilty and executed by a firing squad. Brigham swore that his crimes would never again be subject to any law but his own. So he set about taking over political control of the Utah territory.

    He was so affective that to this day the mormons are virtually untouchable when they exercise their will in the state. They own every significant politician and every branch of the courts and law enforcement in the state.

    They have significantly infiltrated key areas of the federal governments three branches and have a strangle hold over the financial institutions in this country. The mormons have passed the catholic church as the number one profitable religion in the US if not the world.

    Their wealth and power is reflected in how the history of the cult is portrayed. People now join to be a part of the cabal that enables its members to trade at a premium among themselves. Any historical account of the cult will reflect not its pedophiliac polygamy origins but its “misunderstood” religious fervor. They were simply deeply religious men looking for a place to worship god in peace. The fact that these religious men had a minimum of three wives most of which were children as young as eight will never be mentioned.

    Like the systematic murder of 12 million indians, the winner in the US get to control history, hence the victims are but the collateral damage of their progress.

    AH

  5. Anna on Guam Says:

    I almost forgot to mention that Michelle Cruz, 14, won the “Twilight saga.” She will be attending the Guam premiere of “New Moon.”
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Michelle Marie Uson Cruz was shocked when she got the news that she would be attending the Guam premiere of “New Moon”, the latest episode in the epic Twilight saga, with three guests.

    “I screamed,” the 14-year-old eighth grader from Untalan Middle School said when she found out her essay on why vampire Edward Cullen would defeat werewolf Jacob Black was chosen by Pacific Daily News readers as their favorite of five finalists in the PDN and Tango Theatres’ Twilight contest.
    Readers were given five days to submit a 150 word essay on who they think would win in a battle between the movie’s two male lead characters. From the 46 entries the PDN received, a panel of PDN staff then narrowed the selection down to the top 5, which were posted online at http://www.GuamPDN.com to allow readers to vote for their favorite. After four days and well over 400 votes, Cruz’s essay came out on top.
    Cruz, who said she planned to take her two sisters and a friend to last night’s premiere, first became enchanted with the series when her older siblings suggested she read the novels.
    “What I love is the story and I love how Edward falls in love with Bella through the three books,” she said. “I entered because I really wanted to win and I’m happy it happened.”
    I think Edward will win the fight.
    He can read minds, which means he would know what move Jacob will be making first and be able to block it. He’d also win because he’s immensely strong.
    Jacob needs to be killed. Edward has the advantage of seeing Jacob’s thoughts so that Jacob would not be able to catch him unaware. This would give him the ability to easily parry or dodge any attack.
    Jacob wouldn’t win because Jacob might be much bigger than Edward but he’s not nearly as strong. Sure Jacob heals fast but it’s very hard to cut through vampire skin — that’s why in “Breaking Dawn” Edward had to use his teeth so Reneseme could be born. As it’s been stated it takes two wolves to take down one vampire. The fact that the only way to kill a vampire is to tear them to shreds and burn them is also a factor.
    =================================
    Congratulations Michelle on a job well done.
    Hafa adai
    Anna

  6. Billy Says:

    The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was
          a small medium at large.

  7. Evelyn Says:

    This is my discovery on the mammogram issue.
    ———————————————————————

    Cancer screening gets a smack

    Cancer screening, cancer screening, cancer screening, cancer screening…

    For years, that has been the relentlessly wrong public message. You can’t even turn on a TV or radio without hearing some celebrity, athlete or other public figure lecture you about the supposed importance of getting screened for breast or prostate cancer.

    Now, the same people who started beating that drum have finally realized they’re playing the wrong tune. The American Cancer Society is revising its position on screenings, admitting that recommending them for everyone has led to over-treatment.

    It’s about time.

    The problems with these screenings are so well-documented that only severe denial has allowed them to go on for so long… that, of course, and the rising fees collected by hospitals, clinics and doctors that do the screenings and carry out the surgeries.

    You see, if cancer screenings worked, then each early treatment would be matched statistically by one fewer cancer death down the road in long-term studies.

    But… whoops. That hasn’t happened.

    Instead, the long-term studies show just one half of that equation: A big jump in cancer treatments, but only a slight drop (if any) in cancer deaths later on.

    So the American Cancer Society has finally opened its eyes and recognized the elephant in the room, and the New York Times reports that they are crafting a new policy on screening that all but admits they were wrong.

    “We don’t want people to panic,” Dr. Otis Brawley, the organization’s chief medical officer, told the New York Times. “But I’m admitting that American medicine has overpromised when it comes to screening. The advantages to screening have been exaggerated.”

    Bravo to Dr. Brawley for some rare honesty… but he’s a few years too late. Cancer turned into panic when everyone started getting screened and found out that, in many cases, they had cancer.

    Too often, those were cancers that people have always had, but didn’t know about. These cancers grow so slowly or have such a slow risk of spreading that they rarely put anyone at risk. What the patients didn’t know, didn’t kill them.

    But now, an entire generation of men and women have had to live with the trauma and side effects of cancer diagnoses and surgeries that they never needed to begin with.

    That’s not a mistake. That’s a shame.
    —————————————————————————————-
    Evelyn

  8. Mike Says:

    The repugs are at it again. This time they are pandering to the racists in the country by claiming that diversity is not a good thing in the US.
    ————————————————————————
    It cannot be said often enough that the chief of staff of the United States Army, Gen. George Casey, responded to a massacre of 13 Americans in which the suspect is a Muslim by saying: “Our diversity … is a strength.”

    As long as the general has brought it up: Never in recorded history has diversity been anything but a problem. Look at Ireland with its Protestant and Catholic populations, Canada with its French and English populations, Israel with its Jewish and Palestinian populations.
       
    Or consider the warring factions in India, Sri Lanka, China, Iraq, Czechoslovakia (until it happily split up), the Balkans and Chechnya. Also look at the festering hotbeds of tribal warfare — I mean the beautiful mosaics — in Third World hellholes like Afghanistan, Rwanda and South Central, L.A.
       
    “Diversity” is a difficulty to be overcome, not an advantage to be sought. True, America does a better job than most at accommodating a diverse population. We also do a better job at curing cancer and containing pollution. But no one goes around mindlessly exclaiming: “Cancer is a strength!” “Pollution is our greatest asset!”
    ———————————————————————
    This is a truly sick group.

    Mike

  9. Helena Says:

    Michelle

    I read on your blog a short about cell phones. I couldn’t find it again but I did locate this. This is a very serious warning because it is not just about brain tumors. We are talking about pelvic bone loss, hearing loss and decreased sperm count in men.

    Even more serious is the possibility of what the constant exposure our children have and how all this radiation will effect them.
    —————————————————-
    Calling in a warning

    Cell phones, your number is up.

    A major study run by the World Health Organization found that long-term use of cell phones may present a “significantly increased risk” for brain tumors.

    The research included 12,800 people in 13 nations over 10 years. Six of the eight studies in the project found a link between the use of cellular phones and gliomas – the most common type of brain tumor.

    One study even found that heavy cell phone users are 39 percent more likely to get these tumors.

    This new research flies in the face of what the electronics industry has been saying for years… but that’s not really surprising, is it?

    And while the increased risk of brain tumors is the worst of the news… it’s not the only danger revealed by this and other recent studies.

    Long-term use of a cell phone has also been linked to hearing loss and inner-ear damage, even in people who use the devices for as little as an hour a day. Signs to look for: warmth in the ears, ringing, or a sensation that your ear is “full.” If you experience any of that, make your next call to your doctor… and then shut the phone off.

    Several studies, including research in 2006 and again in 2008, found a link between cell phone use and low sperm count and quality. The 2006 study found that the more you USED the phone (not just had it on your hip), the greater the likelihood that your sperm won’t be swimming the way they should.

    A six-year study found that cell phones could weaken the pelvic bone in men. Turkish researchers found that men who carried cell phones on their belts all day had slightly lower bone density on the side where the phones were kept.

    While the difference was not enough to raise alarms on its own, it makes you wonder what a longer study might find.

    For many of us – especially those of us who are older – the news is worrying enough… particularly if you’ve grown overly attached to you phone.

    But our children and grandchildren are the ones I’m really worried about. They’re the first generation to grow up with access to these devices from the cradle to the grave. And with more homes giving up traditional landlines entirely in favor of cell phones, it’s second nature for them to use these electronics without thinking.

    And forget teenagers… We already know how much time they spend on the phone.

    So, should you bury your cell phone out in the yard?

    Maybe not… if you really need it. But in those cases, use it the way most people did 10 or 15 years ago: very rarely, for emergencies or unusual situations. Use a hands-free earpiece or speakerphone if you can.

    And keep them off limits for kids – period. Even your teenagers, except on the occasion when they’re out on their own and need a way to reach you in an emergency.

    Sure, it may be strict. Maybe even extreme. But it could save their lives.
    ———————————————————————————————————-
    Helena

  10. Stacy Says:

    Zen Lill

    Are you okay? I haven’t heard from you. I read the blog every day to get your latest exercise advice, but I genuinely like to think you are a friend.

    Hope everything is okay.

    Stacy

  11. John Says:

    Michelle

    You should give equal time to the plight of men. I bet you have as many men readers as women. Women are just as bad as men when it comes to infidelities. My wife, for example, has had an affair with my sister, brother and my father.

    Sure you could laugh, but I just found out that the woman is a consummate liar. During the divorce hearing it was revealed that she used to be a man. She got a sex change, but didn’t bother to legally change her name. I was married to a man.

    The last laugh was on her. My lawyer, a woman, got our marriage annulled. She didn’t get a penny of the $8 million she was asking for. Now if I wish I have a case of fraud I could pursue against her. But I am so happy to be rid of her that I say good riddance.

    John

  12. Henry Says:

    Did I read this on your blog. My brother said I did when I mailed it to him.
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    What is it about men and doctors?

    Some guys out there need to be blind, missing a limb or losing quarts of blood before they’ll seek help. Others find their way to the doctor only by accident — or when their wives pressure them to get checked out.

    A new study finds that “manly” men — guys who think of themselves as tough and masculine — are 50 percent less likely to visit a doctor for checkups and other forms of preventive care.

    In general, it doesn’t matter how educated a man is — only how manly he thinks himself, according to the study.

    The one exception to this trend was “masculine” men who worked at blue-collar jobs — construction workers and machine operators and such, some of the most masculine men of all, at least according to perception.

    For these men, a day lost to illness often means a day of lost wages, so that may be why they’re likely to take a more common-sense approach to their health.

    The study, which looked at 1,000 middle-aged white men, was presented in August in San Francisco at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.

    Finally, we just might be getting closer to understanding why men on average don’t live as long as women. And if this is the reason, it’s something we can fix easily enough — if we can get men to stop this absurd kind of thinking.

    I know many men are reluctant to visit the doctor, and not all of it is pure machismo. Here in Montana, plenty of folks have always managed to avoid their physicians, going back to the cowboy days.

    Back then, to see a doctor, you’d need to send for one first. He’d get on his horse and head out to your ranch, charging you his $1 fee plus 50 cents for each mile he had to travel. If the doc happened to live in the next town 20 or 30 miles away, that could add up pretty quick, and for many people that was just plain unaffordable.

    Since those days, folks here in the West have often preferred to “tough it out,” and plenty of today’s men share that macho sentiment.

    But it makes no sense, especially not today. Doctors are quite literally everywhere. We’re still looking for more holistically trained medical doctors and hopefully you’ll start seeing more of us everywhere, too — but in general, basic health care is widely available.

    Men who think they’re masculine because they avoid the doctor aren’t manly — they’re just foolish, at least when it comes to their health habits.

    Not everyone who thinks he’s healthy really is, and visiting a doctor can help catch minor problems before they turn into big ones. Not only that, but a regular checkup is also a chance to ask your doctor about little nagging things that maybe weren’t worth an office visit on their own.

    Some of those might be more serious than you’d think, and mentioning them to your doctor could save you from a serious illness later on.

    We know that men don’t live as long as women. But is it masculine to die early? Right now it is, at least statistically.

    But it doesn’t have to be.

    Be Well,

    William B. Ferril, M.D.
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    If I did, thanks for the thought. I am a devoted fan.

    Henry

  13. Zung Says:

    Zen Lill

    Your President visited us here in China. We girls sat around and watched what our government would allow us to see. We were laughing and saying how he must be following your exercise program too because he is so thin.

    Here in China blacks are frowned upon. So Obama didn’t get a big welcome. But I think that will change. One has to give big attention to the Most powerful man in the West.

    Happy talking with you

    Zung

  14. Melody Says:

    Michelle fix your blog all I ever get is “Error establishing a database connection.”

  15. Chuck Says:

    Michelle

    I am not a racist. I just don’t believe in mixing the races. People should listen to you and add to your list of religion, race, culture the right to the belief of non race mixture.

    Chuck

  16. HOWIE Says:

    Mr. Alexander H. I enjoyed your take on the Mormons, In the past I have blogged a similar comment explaining the allure of that pseudo religion. It was Polygamy and Pedophilia and interested many horny Men.

    They grew because of these perks that came with being a religious Christian while practicing their Polygamy.

    They began in the Midwest (Illinois) and John Smith and his cult were thrown out so they found Utah which was a vast desert and they could be left alone to practice their sick behavior. A 30 year old Man could Have four Wives from the age 0f 8. This wsas the allure. Free Pussy was the pull of his cult/religion — All in the name of God, who visited the New World and made John Smith a Prophet.

    They have become a power to be reckoned with inUtah. They own everything and everyone in Politics and Law enforcement.

    They believe that OTW’s Are inferior. That included Native Indians and Blacks, who they believed were evolved from monkeys.

    You get to see firsthand, how this pseudo-religion has grown to be a major power in t Utah.

    All Mormons are required to pay a tithe to the Church which is 10% of their earnings. The became very wealthy and powerful — all over the availability of pussy.

    Do you think this should be considered a Religion? I do not. It is a Large cult with a lot of pull in Utah.

    I have had the Book of Mormon explained to me by a very religious practitioner. He believed in the Superiority of the White Man and the Inhumanity of OTW’s and tried to brainwash me.

    I was not interested and told him what I thought of The Church of Latder Day Saints — The Mormons. Our friendship dissolved quickly after I told him my opinon of his ‘Religion’.

    What a bunch of nuts. They do dress nicely — White Shirt and black Pants along with a bicycle to go out into the Workld and spread the word of god.

    HOWIE

  17. Zen Lill Says:

    Hi, I’m experiencing technical difficulties and working a lot this week, hopefully my real computer will be up and running mañana so I can catch up on reads/comments better. Rhonda, Stacey and Zing amongst other women of MM blog I have exercises to add, along with other thoughts so…I’ll be back, typing lengthy comments on an iPhone is too tedious : ) thanks for understanding and for asking after me. Receiving comments directed at me never ceases to astound me and make me smile. Is that egotistical? Hope not…

    The racist ranting are scary but i find it fascinating that people delude themselves and superior type talk, to me, is my first indicator that your not feeling very good about yourself otherwise you would have mo need for this type of nonsensical behavior/talk. Take your meds : )

    Caio, Lyv, Zen Lill

  18. Zen Lill Says:

    Sorry two typos: that Zung (so sorry) and Luv not lyv…iPhones have a mind if their own : ) ZL

  19. HOWIE Says:

    Zen Lill, Hi ZL, I am chiming in to hear how you are doing. I use a word processor with spell check and then copy and paste to the blog, due to me beimg legally blind. However, many typos still get through. Please forgive me. It is not due to not caring about what I write. I wish I could see clearly.

    Such is life (C’est la Vie). I think that is how it is written in French.

    As a blog friend, I must tell you that it may not be egotistical to enjoy receiving comments, It is how you feel afterwards that makes you egotistical or not.

    I still enjoy hearing from you any time. I know your heart feels like it, but it doesn’t always get written.

    Please say Hi to Al and I every so often, I personally enjoy hearing from you. It keeps us attached as blog friends. That advice is a two way street, so I am guilty as well.

    HOWIE

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