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Old 09-23-2008, 07:05 PM   #31
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Despite the site's efforts to talk up the "great views" and "cul-de-sacs", few of these homes look ostentatious at all. I don't expect to see photos of President Monson's rambler anytime on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. It looks like the home that everyone's great-uncle LaVerl lives in. And Midway, while nice, is no Aspen.

My current home is nice, but nothing special. I paid less than two times my annual salary for it. But if you put it up on that website, there are probably only about 5 homes that look nicer. Materialism might very well be a problem in the Church, but if the best that the enemies of the Church can do is link to pics of normal looking condos with "gorgeious views of the Salt Lake Valley", I see no evidence that the General Authorities have fallen prey to it.

I agree with this. I suspect that the site authors have likely never visited the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley. While it is overall a nice place, the views looking west over the Great Salt Lake are anything but gorgeous.
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Old 09-23-2008, 07:36 PM   #32
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I think per the church, it's not bad to have any number of homes and toys as long as you can afford it.
Then why rail on GA's for having them?
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Old 09-23-2008, 09:42 PM   #33
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No bailout from Europe and Japan. Good for them. I don't blame them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/bu...ss&oref=slogin
and we should stop bailing them out militarily. It's not like the EU couldn't come up with a pretty decent military force if they wanted to.
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Old 09-24-2008, 03:11 AM   #34
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and we should stop bailing them out militarily. It's not like the EU couldn't come up with a pretty decent military force if they wanted to.
Yep. It's time for the Euros to fight their own battles.
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Yep. It's time for the Euros to fight their own battles.
is it really smart to encourage Europe to develop armies as powerful and sophisticated as the USA's? THink about it for a while.
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is it really smart to encourage Europe to develop armies as powerful and sophisticated as the USA's? THink about it for a while.
Would they be capable of developing armies like the USA's? That might be a better question, as when the going really gets tough, the only country with guts is England.
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Would they be capable of developing armies like the USA's? That might be a better question, as when the going really gets tough, the only country with guts is England.
I think what you mean by "guts" is "idiocy" in going into Iraq with US.
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I think what you mean by "guts" is "idiocy" in going into Iraq with US.
No, I mean guts. England doesn't cower when the going gets tough.
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Would they be capable of developing armies like the USA's? That might be a better question, as when the going really gets tough, the only country with guts is England.
Middle aged armchair warrior talks like he's fourteen. What guts do you have? Have you ever been in the army? Ever fought? Yes, Europeans would be plenty capable of developing formidable armies, as would the Japanese. Europeans also know more about the wages of war than you do, I venture. Your ignorant jingoism is sickening.
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Middle aged armchair warrior talks like he's fourteen. What guts do you have? Have you ever been in the army? Ever fought? Yes, Europeans would be plenty capable of developing formidable armies, as would the Japanese. Europeans also know more about the wages of war than you do, I venture. Your ignorant jingoism is sickening.
Fuck you, Seattle. I mean it.

You are a pompous and bigoted asshole.

You love to compare me to the Europeans in this, but why not have the guts to compare yourself to me?

You are a cowardly pussy with a big mouth.

Fuck off.
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