I bet in New York

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I fail to see the distinction.

I see.

[MikeWaters]

After all the KKK is a private group as well. But it doesn't make their choices right or moral or ethical.

But I suppose there will always be people who give them a pass and say "It's a private group."

[8ballrollin]

Who's more qualified for national office Palin or Kennedy?

She has not held a full-time job in years, has not run for even the lowliest office, and has promoted such noncontroversial causes as patriotism, poetry and public service. Yet Caroline Kennedy’s decision to ask Gov. David A. Paterson to appoint her to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate seat suggests that she believes she is as well prepared as anyone to serve as the next senator from New York — and is ready to throw her famously publicity-averse self into the challenge of winning back-to-back elections in 2010 and 2012.

Already, some columnists, bloggers and even potential colleagues in Congress have begun asking if she would be taken seriously if not for her surname. Representative Gary Ackerman, a Queens Democrat, told a radio host on Wednesday that he did not know what Ms. Kennedy’s qualifications were, “except that she has name recognition — but so does J. Lo

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/ny...er=rss&emc=rss

[Tex]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I fail to see the distinction.

I've spent many hours myself, wondering why the church couldn't just run more like Washington.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Tex

I've spent many hours myself, wondering why the church couldn't just run more like Washington.

Power in the Mormon church parallels America's journey with power as well.

Tightly held in a small circle connected by familial ties for many decades, it has gradually decreased the nepotism.

I see it as a kind of "trusting the members" when they choose someone outside the Mormon royalty.

Look at my stake. Both the President and First Counselor come from heavily Mormon-connected families. Do the names Kimball and Romney ring a bell? When Cook came as a Seventy for stake conference, they joked around a bit because he and the SP are first cousins. Cook was named an apostle after this.

However in 2008, it is more likely than ever for an unrelated, "unconnected" Mormon to be an apostle. In my opinion.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Power in the Mormon church parallels America's journey with power as well.

Tightly held in a small circle connected by familial ties for many decades, it has gradually decreased the nepotism.

I see it as a kind of "trusting the members" when they choose someone outside the Mormon royalty.

Look at my stake. Both the President and First Counselor come from heavily Mormon-connected families. Do the names Kimball and Romney ring a bell? When Cook came as a Seventy for stake conference, they joked around a bit because he and the SP are first cousins. Cook was named an apostle after this.

However in 2008, it is more likely than ever for an unrelated, "unconnected" Mormon to be an apostle. In my opinion.

What's amazing to me is, how did God know Joseph and Hyrum were going to end up in the same family? There's no way that was planned.

[Travis Henry]

I saw Caroline Kennedy once while I was living in New York. I was just walking down the street and she walked past me. I then became a stalker, turned around and followed her to see if it was really her. She wasn't with anyone and she walked into a private school to pick up her kid. It was somewhere around Amsterdam and 72nd.

This experience wasn't as memorable as seeing Angelina Jolie. It was Fall of 2004 and it was around the time "Mr and Mrs. Smith" must have been filming, so Angelina was at the absolute Zenith of her hotness. I wasn't one who thought Angelina was hot before this encounter (couldn't get past her former goth phase), but she was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in person in my lifetime. I was disappointed to see that she's recently turned into a skeleton when I watched "Wanted."

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Travis Henry

I saw Caroline Kennedy once while I was living in New York. I was just walking down the street and she walked past me. I then became a stalker, turned around and followed her to see if it was really her. She wasn't with anyone and she walked into a private school to pick up her kid. It was somewhere around Amsterdam and 72nd.

This experience wasn't as memorable as seeing Angelina Jolie. It was Fall of 2004 and it was around the time "Mr and Mrs. Smith" must have been filming, so Angelina was at the absolute Zenith of her hotness. I wasn't one who thought Angelina was hot before this encounter (couldn't get past her former goth phase), but she was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in person in my lifetime. I was disappointed to see that she's recently turned into a skeleton when I watched "Wanted."

This post won't endear you to Waters.

[RedHeadGal]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Power in the Mormon church parallels America's journey with power as well.

Tightly held in a small circle connected by familial ties for many decades, it has gradually decreased the nepotism.

I see it as a kind of "trusting the members" when they choose someone outside the Mormon royalty.

Look at my stake. Both the President and First Counselor come from heavily Mormon-connected families. Do the names Kimball and Romney ring a bell? When Cook came as a Seventy for stake conference, they joked around a bit because he and the SP are first cousins. Cook was named an apostle after this.

However in 2008, it is more likely than ever for an unrelated, "unconnected" Mormon to be an apostle. In my opinion.

My stake is almost always populated with Marriots and their progeny in the SP. Sometimes, they throw in a partner in a big firm, too.