Friday, November 13, 2009

DO you understand its meaning?

Desperate moments


With eyes tight shut


Knelt limbs,and


Arms spread out


I chant whispers of prayers





But when im alright


With nothing to bother,


No one to worry


The God im used to pray


I forget in a moment


But godliness I feel


Strongly in You





You are a superman


for sure,thought I,


Now I know that its


Not truely right





If god is he


Who changes sin


Into a pure moonlit flower,


A saviour, a friend


A reason to hope,


And ever so kind.


Whose mercy


and sympathy,


Justice and power


Boundless,infinite


Like expanse of the heaven


And through sunshines


And freezing winters


Is constant





I guess I know you,


You are a superman


But of superhuman kind


Full flesh and blood


But sort of like god

DO you understand its meaning?
Would it be your Dad?
Reply:maybe the poet is expressing what he or she feels about the faith. and is wondering who this "God" is, and why he or she should trust him? hope this is good enough!
Reply:Jesus
Reply:It seems as if the person of whom he/she speaks is righteous/constant and steadfast in his beliefs. By comparison, the author only prays when he/she is in trouble or struggling. The person be spoken of is god-like, but not quite. Hope this helps.





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How do u feel about our prophet today gordon B hinckley?

First Presidency Message


The Prophet Joseph Smith:


Teacher by Example


By President Thomas S. Monson


Second Counselor in the First Presidency


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Thomas S. Monson, “The Prophet Joseph Smith: Teacher by Example,” Ensign, Jun 1994, 2





“I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor county, State of Vermont.” 1 Thus spoke the first prophet of this great dispensation, the dispensation of the fulness of times. These words of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his testimony which follows have been translated into Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, German, French, Polish, and almost every language of the civilized world. When read by honest men and honest women, these profound words have changed thinking and have changed lives. This is the value of the simple testimony of the boy prophet, Joseph Smith.





Let us go back to the year of our Lord 1805, on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont. Will you take that journey with me? Will you accompany me as we look back on those dramatic events taking place on that day? As Joseph Smith, Sr., and his wife, Lucy Mack, proudly looked down upon the little baby that had come into their home, I’m certain they were pleased and most grateful to the Lord that the period of her confinement had passed favorably and that this child had been born to them. I can imagine that they might have exclaimed, as did the poet, that this little baby was “a sweet, new blossom of humanity, fresh fallen from God’s own home to flower on earth.” 2 A choice spirit had come to dwell in its earthly tabernacle.





Some have asked, “Did he have an unusual childhood or boyhood?” “Was the Prophet Joseph different from me or my brothers?” I think we could perhaps gain insight into the childhood of the Prophet by reading the words of his mother, Lucy. She said, “I am aware that some of my readers will be disappointed, for … it is thought by some that I shall be likely to tell many very remarkable incidents which attended his childhood; but, as nothing occurred during his early life except those trivial circumstances which are common to that state of human existence, I pass them in silence.” 3 This is all we have from the boy’s mother concerning his early childhood activities.





During his early youth, however, ill health and ill fortune seemed to pursue the family. The good father tried farming in several localities but couldn’t quite succeed in any of them. When young Joseph was seven years old, he and his brothers and sisters were stricken with typhus fever. The others recovered readily, but Joseph was left with a painful sore on his leg, a sore which would not heal. The doctors, doing the best they could under the conditions of the time, treated him—and yet the sore persisted. Finally the doctors were afraid they were going to have to amputate his leg.





We can imagine the grief and the sorrow that would come to parents who were told that the leg of their young son must be removed. Thankfully, however, one day the doctors came unexpectedly to the home, and they told the family that they were going to try a new operation to remove a piece of the bone, hoping that this would permit the sore to heal. They had brought with them some cord and planned to tie Joseph to the bed because they had no anesthetic, nothing to dull the pain, when they cut into his leg to remove the piece of bone.





Young Joseph, however, responded, “I will not be bound, for I can bear the operation much better if I have my liberty.”





The doctors then said, “Will you take some wine? … You must take something, or you can never endure the severe operation.”





Again the boy prophet said, “No, … but I will tell you what I will do—I will have my father sit on the bed and hold me in his arms, and then I will do whatever is necessary in order to have the bone taken out.”





So Joseph Smith, Sr., held the boy in his arms, and the doctors opened the leg and removed the diseased piece of bone. Although he was lame for some time afterward, Joseph was healed. 4 At seven years of age, the Prophet Joseph Smith taught us courage—by example.





When Joseph was in his tenth year, his family, which now consisted of eleven souls, left the state of Vermont and moved to Palmyra, Ontario County, New York. Four years later they moved to Manchester, located in the same county. It was here that Joseph described the great religious revival which seemed everywhere present and of prime concern to every heart. These are his words: “So great were the confusion and strife among the different denominations, that it was impossible for a person young as I was, and so unacquainted with men and things, to come to any certain conclusion who was right and who was wrong. …





“While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” 5





The Prophet said that after reading this verse he knew for a certainty he must either put the Lord to the test and ask Him or perhaps choose to remain in darkness forever. He declared that as he retired to the grove to pray, this was the first time he had attempted to pray vocally to his Heavenly Father. But he had read the scripture, he had understood the scripture, he had trusted in God his Eternal Father; and now he knelt and prayed, knowing that God would give him the enlightenment which he so earnestly sought. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught us the principle of faith—by example.





Can you imagine the ridicule, the scorn, the mocking which all of his young friends, his older friends, and his foes alike must have heaped upon him as he mentioned that he had seen a vision? I suppose that it became almost unbearable for the boy, and yet he was honest with himself, for these are his words: “I had actually seen a light, and in the midst of that light I saw two Personages, and they did in reality speak to me; and though I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a vision, yet it was true; and while they were persecuting me, reviling me, and speaking all manner of evil against me falsely for so saying, I was led to say in my heart: Why persecute me for telling the truth? I have actually seen a vision; and who am I that I can withstand God, or why does the world think to make me deny what I have actually seen? For I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it.” 6 The Prophet Joseph Smith taught honesty—by example.





An unusual thing happened after that great first vision. The Prophet Joseph received no additional communication for three years. However, he did not wonder, he did not question, he did not doubt the Lord. The Prophet Joseph patiently waited. The Prophet Joseph taught us the principle of patience—by example.





Following the visits of the angel Moroni and the delivering into the hands of the Prophet the golden plates, he commenced the difficult assignment of translation, which would absorb his every waking moment, his every thought, his every action night and day, perhaps every hour. One can but imagine the dedication, the devotion, and the labor required to translate in less than ninety days this record of over five hundred pages, which covered a period of twenty-six hundred years. There is not an absurd, impossible, or contradictory statement in the entire book. Joseph worked, Joseph studied, Joseph applied himself to his task. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught us diligence—by example.





I love the words Oliver Cowdery used to describe the time he spent assisting Joseph with the translation: “These were days never to be forgotten—to sit under the sound of a voice dictated by the inspiration of heaven, awakened the utmost gratitude of this bosom! Day after day I continued, uninterrupted, to write from his mouth, as he translated with the Urim and Thummim … the history or record called ‘The Book of Mormon.’ ” 7





The Prophet Joseph was truly blessed with the ability to inspire faith. One bright morning Joseph walked up to John E. Page and said, “Brother John, the Lord is calling you on a mission to Canada.”





John E. Page was rather astonished and said, “Why, Brother Joseph, I can’t go on a mission to Canada. I don’t even have a coat to wear.”





The Prophet Joseph took his own coat from his back, handed it to John Page, and said, “Here, John, wear this, and the Lord will bless you.” Brother Page took the coat, went to Canada, and in two years walked five thousand miles and baptized six hundred souls, because he trusted in the words of a prophet of God. 8





On another occasion Joseph was speaking to a group of brethren at Nauvoo on the importance of missionary work, and at the conclusion of his message he had so touched the congregation that 380 elders in the congregation volunteered to immediately embark on missions. 9





The Prophet Joseph believed in missionary work. While he and Sidney Rigdon were proselyting at Perrysburg, New York, 12 October 1833, having been long absent from their families and feeling concerned for them, they received the following revelation:





“Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, my friends Sidney and Joseph, your families are well; they are in mine hands, and I will do with them as seemeth me good; for in me there is all power.





“Therefore, follow me, and listen to the counsel which I shall give unto you.





“Behold, … I have much people in this place, in the regions round about; and an effectual door shall be opened in the regions round about in this eastern land. …





“Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men;





“For it shall be given you … in the very moment, what ye shall say. …





“And I give unto you this promise, that inasmuch as ye do this the Holy Ghost shall be shed forth in bearing record unto all things whatsoever ye shall say.” 10





Joseph and Sidney continued their missionary labors.





Joseph Smith not only inspired men to volunteer for missions, he not only took his own coat and handed it to John Page as he went on his mission, but he also taught the importance of missionary work—by example.





I think one of the sweetest lessons taught by the Prophet, and yet one of the saddest, occurred close to the time of his death. He had seen in vision the Saints leaving Nauvoo and going to the Rocky Mountains. I imagine he felt as did Moses—anxious to lead his people away from their tormentors and into a promised land which the Lord his God had shown him. But it was not to be. Rather, he was required to leave his plan and vision of the Rocky Mountains and give himself up to face a court of supposed justice.





These are his words: “I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer’s morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men.” 11 That statement of the Prophet teaches us obedience to law and the importance of having a clear conscience toward God and toward our fellowmen. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught these principles—by example.





There was to be one great final lesson before his mortal life ended. He was incarcerated in Carthage Jail with his brother Hyrum, with John Taylor, and with Willard Richards. The angry mob stormed the jail; they came up the stairway, blasphemous in their cursing, heavily armed, and began to fire at will. Hyrum was hit and died. John Taylor took several balls of fire within his bosom. The Prophet Joseph, with his pistol in hand, was attempting to defend his life and that of his brethren, and yet he could tell from the pounding on the door that this mob would storm that door and would kill John Taylor and Willard Richards in an attempt to kill him. And so his last great act here upon the earth was to leave the door and lead Willard Richards to safety, throw the gun on the floor, and go to the window, that they might see him, that the attention of this ruthless mob might be focused upon him rather than the others. Joseph Smith gave his life. Willard Richards was spared, and John Taylor recovered from his wounds. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” 12 The Prophet Joseph Smith taught us love—by example.





June 27 of this year marks the 150th anniversary of that solemn event when the first prophet of this dispensation sealed his testimony of the Restoration with his blood. I testify that he was a prophet of God. I have seen the Lord convert people to His plan of salvation through the testimony of the Prophet Joseph. Many years ago I served as the president of the Canadian Mission. In the city of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, two of our missionaries were proselyting door-to-door on a cold, snowy afternoon. They had not had any measure of success. One was experienced, one was new.





The two called at the home of Mr. Elmer Pollard, and he, feeling sympathy for the almost frozen missionaries, invited them in. They presented their message and asked if he would join them in prayer. He agreed, on the provision that he could offer the prayer.





The prayer he offered astonished the missionaries. He said, “Heavenly Father, bless these two unfortunate, misguided missionaries, that they may return to their homes and not waste their time telling the people of Canada about a message which is so fantastic and about which they know so little.”





As they arose from their knees, Mr. Pollard asked the missionaries never to return to his home. As they left, he mockingly said to them, “You can’t tell me you really believe that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, anyway!” and he shut the door.





The missionaries had walked but a short distance when the junior companion said, “Elder, we didn’t answer Mr. Pollard.”





The senior companion said, “We’ve been evicted. Let’s move on to greener territory.”





The young missionary persisted, however, and the two returned to Mr. Pollard’s door. Mr. Pollard answered the knock and angrily said, “I thought I told you young men never to return!”





The junior companion then said, with all the courage he could muster, “Mr. Pollard, when we left your door, you said that we didn’t really believe Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. I want to testify to you, Mr. Pollard, that I know Joseph Smith is a prophet of God; that by inspiration he translated the sacred record known as the Book of Mormon; that he did see God the Father and Jesus the Son.” The missionaries then departed the doorstep.





I heard this same Mr. Pollard, in a testimony meeting, state the experiences of that memorable day. He said: “That evening, sleep would not come. I tossed and turned. Over and over in my mind I heard the words, ‘Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. I know it … I know it … I know it.’ I could scarcely wait for morning to come. I telephoned the missionaries, using the address which was printed on the small card containing the Articles of Faith that they had left with me. They returned; and this time, with the correct spirit, my wife and family and I joined in the discussion as earnest seekers of truth. As a result, we have all embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ. We shall ever be grateful to the testimony of truth brought to us by courageous, humble missionaries.”





In the 135th section of the Doctrine and Covenants we read the words of John Taylor concerning the Prophet Joseph:





“Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. In the short space of twenty years, he has brought forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents; has sent the fulness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained, to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations and commandments which compose this book of Doctrine and Covenants, and many other wise documents and instructions … ; gathered many thousands of the Latter-day Saints, founded a great city, and left a fame and name that cannot be slain. He lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people; and like most of the Lord’s anointed in ancient times, has sealed his mission and his works with his own blood.” 13





What a fitting tribute to a prophet of God! I pray we may learn from his example, that we might incorporate into our lives the great principles which he so beautifully taught; that we ourselves might emulate him; that our lives might reflect the knowledge we have that God lives, that Jesus is His Son, and that we are led today by a prophet of God.





Ideas for Home Teachers


Some Points to Ponder

How do u feel about our prophet today gordon B hinckley?
President Gordon B. Hinkley, like his predecessors, is a true prophet of God. He is the only prophet, seer, and revelator for this church. I know this for a fact. I love to hear him speak in meetings and General Conference. I know that what he says it true, and no one else can tell me otherwise.
Reply:Consider shortening your question with a link to an article actually written either by or about Pres. Hinkley. Try to avoid making a statement in the form of a question. Report It

Reply:It's true. Just pray to the Father in the name of Jesus Christ and he will send the Spirit to guide you and witness to you it is. Sometimes people make judgments before they know the facts. Sorry ya'll hypocrates Report It

Reply:To answer that question to that mad AA. I want you to know to look up Psalms 80. It says in it that we are are all gods because we are children of God. Jesus said it himself in NT. Research your stuff k. Then come back to me. Report It

Reply:I didn't bother to read the stuff after your first question. He is a false prophet, but he is honest though! The comments that I refer to are the ones he made at the annual conference about the God of Mormonism not being that of the Bible.
Reply:He's the true living prophet - he rules.





^^^ Buzz S, how can he be a false prophet and honest *BY DEFINITION*???
Reply:I love President Hinckley! He is so wonderful and any person in tune with the spirit need only look at him and know that he is truly a prophet. His countenance is bright, happy and to me reflects the Savior.
Reply:A Time for Revival





Scripture:


“The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables.” – 2 Timothy 4:3 4 NKJV








Paul prophesied that the time would come when people would not be willing to “endure sound doctrine.” They would have “itching ears.” They would refuse to recognize God’s messengers or believe that His Word is true. Instead of living according to God’s time tested, eternally true standards, they would live according to their own rules and find teachers to reinforce their own desires. Instead of accepting the Bible as God’s Word, they would reinterpret it to satisfy their own subjective opinions. They would set themselves up as gods and reject anything they don’t agree with or understand.














Today, the world is filled with people with “itching ears.” Christians are often accused of having foolish beliefs and being hopelessly out of date, and there can be great pressure to conform. But we cannot give in to worldly perspectives or concede defeat.














God calls each of us to a renewed commitment to His truth. He calls us to base our lives, our decisions, our thoughts, and our plans on His Word. He calls us to submit ourselves wholeheartedly to Him and seek His will. He calls us to listen to His voice and the leading of His Spirit. He calls us to obedience, trusting that He is God and that His Word is true!














Today, commit yourself anew to pleasing God and living according to His Word. Don’t compromise. Pray for a move of God’s Spirit around the world and a return to Godly standards. Pray for revival in our time.








Prayer:


Father, help me to resist the pressure to conform. I believe that Your Word is true, and I will base my life upon it. Bring revival to my nation and the world. In Jesus’ name. Amen.


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Title


THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS


by Derek Joseph Levendusky





Content





A few years ago, I was praying for revival, and the Holy Spirit spoke to me, “If you’re going to see a revival of souls, first you need to see a revival of laborers.”





So my prayer changed. “Lord,” I cried, “send a revival of laborers who will fulfill the Great Commission!”





The Holy Spirit spoke to me again. “If you’re going to see a revival of laborers, first you need to see a revival of worshippers. If my children will love Me with all their heart, they’ll love the lost with all their heart.”





So my prayer changed again. Now I’m trusting God to fan the flames of a worship movement that will become a missions movement in this generation. Daniel 11:32 says, “They that know their God shall be strong and do great exploits.” Knowing God is the prerequisite for doing anything great for Him. Acts 4:13 says, “Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”





It is a great tragedy when men and women seek to fulfill the Great Commission to “go into all the world” (Matthew 28:19) without first fulfilling the Great Commandment to “love the Lord with all your heart” (Matthew 22:37). Paul said that even if we surrender our body to be burned, but have not love , we gain nothing! Oh, may we be moved by the love of God to reach the nations!





I believe God is raising up a generation that will be moved by His heart, and like Paul the Apostle, cry out before a lost world, “The love of Christ compels me!” (2 Corinthians 5:14) John Piper dedicated a whole book to this topic, which he titled Let the Nations Be Glad . He wrote, “Where passion for God is weak, zeal for missions will be weak. Churches that are not centered on the exaltation of the majesty and beauty of God will scarcely kindle a fervent desire to ‘declare his glory among the nations’ (Psalm 96:3).”





He also wrote, “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t.”





I have traveled all over the world ministering to youth, and have seen God birthing a worship movement among the nations. I believe the worship movement sweeping across the earth today will transform into a great missions movement. This is what God is doing in our day! As this young generation draws close to God, it is impossible for them not to be moved by what moves God. This movement will affect our own schools, our own campuses, our own cities, our own country, and will affect the foreign fields of the world.





For years my band Isaiah 6 and I would be invited to two different kinds of events: 1) worship events for youth, and 2) missions events. I would notice several things at these events. At worship events, I noticed that the average age is very young. The worship movement is very young, hip, and cool. It is full of life, but also potentially ingrown. At missions events, I would notice that the average age is very old, and I would find myself asking, “Where are the young people that are answering the call to go?”





Our prayer is that the worship movement and missions movement will collide at Beyond the Song. Imagine with me thousands of young men and women getting away from the world for three days, gathering together to worship God and listen to His heart. Imagine those young men and women crying out, like Isaiah, “Here am I. Send me!” Imagine them actually going to the nations of the world, full of the love, the Word, and the power of God. What would happen?





I believe that God is raising up this generation that has been with Jesus to reach this world for Christ. Prophet-musician Keith Green once said, “This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth.”





By the grace of God and love of God, we will go and finish the job.








Derek Joseph Levendusky is the founder and director of Isaiah 6 Ministries and Beyond the Song.
Reply:sorry to much to read but we must follow Jesus and look to him not false prophets which are still popping up all over.
Reply:Mormonism is not the true word of God. OT and NT warns people that rewriting and changing the Word has the worst punishment in hell.


Do you really believe you are a god?


Do you really believe lucifer is jesus's brother?


How do you explain all the freemasonic rituals and symbols in mormonism?


the all seeing eye of horus, the compass and square, the apron of the priests, the handshakes, and the fact that Joseph smith was a 33rd degree scottish rite freemason and treasure hunter, who dabbled in the occult to find treasure, and that mormons still cohort with spirits and demons.
Reply:i feel that he is not a ture prophet and one day the true Priphet will come!
Reply:For something so long, I doubt you would recieve much answers because people can't be bothered reading all that.





All I will say, is seen that, heard that, been there, done that, disregard that.
Reply:Okay, my personal testimony is that when I first saw a printed picture of him, I could see the love and light in his eyes, akin to that which I have seen in the eyes of true spiritual leaders like DT Suzuki, Dalai Lama, etc. Those weren't the eyes of Jim Baker, Osama Bin Laden or Kim Il Joong. So I felt inituitively that GBH is a Prophet, (not a punk band).





That being said, I have read his 'mundane' book on virtues and find his insight to bee keen and accurate. In one sense, we are all prophets, and have the full potential to be...because God can bestow this upon us if we simply ask with humble faith. So humility is a quality of a prophet, and GBH exemplifies this.





On a humorous level, if you were the head of a 12 million strong church, wouldn't you have to be prophet...otherwise what would keep you from going bonkers?





One thing I am concerned about is the romanticisation and proximal deification of the Prophet. Some folks treat him with the same reverence they hold for Christ. This includes the current prophet as well as Jos Smith. When LDS members say that GBH or Jos Smith are 'perfect', "flawless", or justify 'every' one of their actions as God-drected, then I smell religion, not spirituality. God is the ultimate authority, we are but trusted servants, to paraphrass Tradition 2 of NA.





Being a prophet subjects a person to harsh persecution (Daniel, Alma) death (Abinadi), deep spiritual trials (Ruth) and a need to completely throw out what they know about 'the Truth' (Habbukuk). And this is just in the Xian tradition. Go beyond this to prophets of Islam, Daoism, Hinduism, and all the New Religions and one finds that the world is quite crowded with prophets. To me, there is a reason why there is 100,000 saints in past/present. If you live by the premise that everything leads to God, then it makes sense to disperse the pathways as widely as possible.





Gordon Hinkley a prophet? Yes. Does he have insight into one of those paths? Yes. Does he commune directly with God? Yes. Can those who heed his prophetic ability and authority be brought to God? Yes.





This I believe.


Short and simple to start the day?

A florist received an outraged telephone call from a man who


had moved his restaurant to a new spot in town. The restaurant owner had been sent a funeral wreath along with a card that read: SINCEREST SYMPATHIES. The florist realized that he must have mixed up two orders and shuddered to think of the flowers that should have gone to the


restaurant man.He had sent to the funeral a clover design of


red roses across which was a bright green ribbon bearing the


inscription: BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR NEW LOCATION.

Short and simple to start the day?
Old one.. but still funny
Reply:I've heard this one before but still good
Reply:lol...thats cute......
Reply:"In your new home." Would be so much funnier.


Why do people like ANN COULTER?

An Evening with Ann Coulter - Al Franken eviscerates the hate-spewer - MVP, 4/4/06





This is what Al wrote about the debate afterwards:





Last May, as I left the stage after debating Ann Coulter in Hartford, my wife Franni took me aside and whispered: "The poor thing."





Last Monday, after my debate with Coulter at the Universal Amphitheatre in L.A., there was no sympathy from Franni. Just a strong sense of disgust. Because Coulter had chosen a strange strategy.





Offend the audience and then act the victim.





The event was part of a lecture series sponsored by the University of Judaism. The previous debate had featured Newt Gingrich and John Edwards before a crowd of about 5000 subscribers. About 5500 had gathered for me and Ann. The extra five hundred presumably were fans of mine and of Ann's.





Before the debate, there was a dinner for about 75 sponsors – mainly middle-aged-to- older Jewish couples. Between dinner and dessert Ann and I were to each make three minutes of remarks. I had planned to open with my usual at such Jewish events: "I'm going to start by answering the question I've been asked most tonight – Yes, I've had enough to eat."





But Ann went first, and set her tone for the entire evening. "It was fascinating being here for the demonstrations this weekend," she said with a snotty Darien sneer. "I guess that's why I didn't get clean towels in my hotel room this morning."





There was an audible gasp from the Jews. Ann continued: "I haven't seen so many agitated Mexicans since the World Cup Soccer Games were in L.A." As offended as the diners were, the waiters were pissed. Ann was actually dumb enough to drink her coffee afterwards.





I answered by saying that I hadn't seen so many agitated Mexicans since 1846 when James K. Polk invaded Mexico because he thought Santa Ana had weapons of mass destruction. I wasn't sure of the year, but I thought the different approaches to our "agitated Mexican" jokes might give everyone an idea of what to expect.





Fortunately, the debate had something of a formal structure to it. I led off with a twenty minute speech in which I eviscerated Ann, followed by her twenty minutes in which she defended herself by saying she was a flawed person and then proceeded to accuse Democrats of being traitors.





Then there was about an hour with the president of the university leading a discussion during which she lost everyone but her most dedicated fans, of which there were maybe fifty by the end of the evening. At one point, when I was talking about making sure our returning veterans got proper medical care, one of her nutcase followers yelled, "Boring!"





Anyway, I'm kind of proud of my opening statement. I put it on the website of my new political action committee, Midwest Values PAC. Drop by and check it out.








So I did, and here is Al's opening remarks...absolutely priceless:





COULTER DEBATE OPENING STATEMENT – UNIVERSITY OF JUDAISM





Thank you. First of all, I know I join Ann in thanking the University of Judaism for hosting this event. We’ve had an opportunity to spend some time with President Wexler and have dinner with many folks from the University community.





And I’d like to answer the question that I actually get asked the most when I do an event for a Jewish organization. Yes, I had enough to eat.





You know, in these kinds of debate forums, someone has to go first. It’s always preferable to go second, because you can react to what’s been said, giving you something of a tactical advantage. More importantly, it pretty much spares you the chore of writing out pre-prepared remarks.





Both Ann and I said we preferred going second, but I didn’t insist on it, because I understood somebody had to go first. And being a liberal, I just wasn’t tough-minded enough to insist on a coin toss.





So, I’ll try to use my time to define the terms of the debate – if you will. “Whence Judaism?”





No. I think we should talk about the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress and what it has accomplished over the past five years. I’m talking, of course, about well over two trillion dollars added to the national debt, the increase in poverty in our country and the added millions of Americans, including children, without health insurance. I’m talking about the sale of our democracy to corporate interests that pollute our water and our air. I’m talking about the widening gap between the haves and the have nots in this country. And I’m talking about the war in Iraq.





I’m talking about an increasingly corrupt, secretive, and incompetent federal government that rewards cronies, a Republican majority in Congress that’s acted as a rubber stamp, that has performed virtually no oversight and which excludes the minority party from the legislative process in a way unprecedented in our recent history.





I also want to discuss with Ann the coarsening of dialogue in this country. I want to discuss values with Ann. Values like love, of family, of your fellow man, of country. Ann has said repeatedly that liberals hate America. I disagree.





Last year I had the honor of speaking at West Point. It was an audience not so very different from this one. Except that instead of you, the audience was made up of about twelve hundred cadets. Many of whom will be going to Iraq in the next year or so.





The occasion was the Sol Feinstone Lecture on the Meaning of Freedom endowed by philanthropist Sol Feinstone. It’s an annual event and Sol Feinstein’s granddaughter, who is about my age, attended.





After telling a number jokes and getting the cadets on my side. I told them that we had been lied into the war in Iraq. I had just published a book entitled The Truth (with jokes), and I told the cadets that you can’t have freedom without the truth. You can have freedom without jokes, as has been proven by the Dutch and the Swiss.





I proceeded to prove that we had been lied into war, citing example after example of President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and Condi Rice, who had been National Security Advisor in the lead-up to the war, telling the public information that they knew not to be true.





At the end of the speech I received a standing ovation from the cadets. Sol Feinstone’s granddaughter told me she had gone to every lecture for the last thirty or so years, and that I received only the second standing ovation. The other was for Max Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam.





By the way, Ann has written that Max Cleland was lucky to have lost his legs and his arm in Vietnam. I disagree. More importantly, I know Max, and he disagrees.





I believe I received the standing ovation because the cadets knew that I was speaking from the heart, and that the information I had given them was all true. And as I said, you can’t have freedom without the truth.





You can’t have good government without the truth. During the crafting and passage of the Medicare prescription drug bill, the chief actuary of Medicare was told to withhold from Congress the true cost of the bill. He’d be fired if he told the truth.





The bill costs so much, in large part, because the bill prohibits Medicare from negotiating with the pharmaceutical companies on the price of drugs. As a result, seniors now pay on average 44% more than veterans getting the same drugs through the VA which is allowed to use its size to negotiate with the drug companies. To get the bill passed, the vote was held open for three hours. Tom DeLay was later admonished by Republicans on the ethics committee for attempting to bribe, and then extort, Republican Nick Smith of Michigan to get him to change his vote. The chairman of the Commerce Committee Billy Tauzin who ushered the legislation through, soon left Congress for a two million dollar a year job as the chief lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry. Obviously, a complete coincidence.





During the 2000 campaign George Bush ran for president by saying repeatedly, and I quote, “by far the vast majority of my tax cut goes to those at the bottom.” Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.





In fact, the president continues to ask for and sign tax cuts that go primarily to those at the top. By the way, until George W. Bush, our country had never cut taxes during a time of war.





As a result, our deficits grow and the cuts – in Medicaid, Pell Grants, food stamps, low-income housing subsidies, community block grants – are targeted at the poorest in our society.





George W. Bush famously said that Jesus was his favorite political philosopher. Frankly, I don’t get it.





I’m Jewish. Thank you. I’m not an expert on the New Testament. But I know that if you cut out all the passages where Jesus talks about helping the poor, helping the least among us, if you literally took a pair of scissors and cut out all those passages, you’d have the perfect box to smuggle Rush Limbaugh’s drugs in.





I don’t understand when the Christian right says that equal rights in marriage threatens marriage. I’ve been married 30 years, many of them happy. I don’t think that if my wife and I were walking around in Boston, where we met, if we saw two men holding hands with wedding bands… I don’t think I’d say “Hey, that looks good. Y’know, honey, you don’t like watching football on Sundays. Maybe I could marry a guy, watch football with him, and then if I wanted to have sex, I could come over and have sex with you.”





I was just talking to Newt Gingrich the other day. And I said to him, “Don’t you want for a gay couple what you had with your first wife? Don’t you want that bond that comes with the pledge of fidelity that you had with your second wife? Don’t you want what comes with that lifelong bond that you may or may not have with your third wife – I have no idea what’s going on there.”





You know, Bill O’Reilly always talks about his “traditional values” – as opposed to “the far left’s secular humanist values.” I didn’t realize phone sex was a traditional value. I didn’t think the phone had been around long enough. Maybe telegraph sex.





In her book Slander, Ann referred to Democrats and our “Marquis de Sade lifestyle.” I’ve been married for thirty years. Ann, you’re an attractive woman. And I know you support the president’s abstinence-only sex education. I want to congratulate you for saving yourself for your one true love.





When my daughter was six years old, her teacher asked all her students to write about how their parents had met. We told Thomasin that we met at a mixer freshman year of college. I saw Franni across the room, gathering up some friends to leave. I liked the way she was taking control and I thought she was beautiful. So I asked her to dance, and then got her a ginger ale, then escorted her to her dorm and asked for a date.





My daughter wrote, “My dad asked my mom to dance, bought her a drink, and then took her home.” Now all the facts were accurate, but what my daughter wrote was extremely misleading. Now my daughter wasn’t lying. She didn’t realize that what she wrote made her mom seem like a slut.





Ann, however, is not six years old. And she has developed her own techniques for misleading, by leaving out important facts. Let me give you an example of Ann lying by omission.





Also in her book Slander, Ann tells her readers that Al Gore had a leg up on George W. Bush when applying to their respective colleges. Harvard and Yale. Ann writes:





“Oddly, it was Bush who was routinely accused of having sailed through life on his father’s name. But the truth was the reverse. The media was manipulating the fact that – many years later – Bush’s father became president. When Bush was admitted to Yale, his father was a little-known congressman on the verge of losing his first Senate race. His father was a Yale alumnus, but so were a lot of other boys’ parents. It was Gore, not Bush, who had a famous father likely to impress college admissions committees.”





What does Ann omit? Well, that Bush’s grandfather Prescott Bush was also a Yale alum and had been Senator from Connecticut, the home state of Yale University. That Prescott Bush had been a trustee of Yale. That Prescott Bush had been the first chair of Yale’s Development Board – the folks who raise the money. That Prescott Bush sat on the Yale Corporation for twelve years. That Prescott Bush, like George W. Bush’s father, George H. W, Bush, had been a member of Skull and Bones. That the first Bush to go to Yale was Bush’s great great grandfather James Bush, who graduated in 1844. That in addition to his father, grandfather, and greatgreatgrandfather, Bush was the legacy of no less than twenty-seven other relatives who preceded him at Yale, including five great great uncles. Seven great uncles. Five uncles, and a number of first cousins.





Now why did Ann leave out these somewhat relevant facts? Ann grew up in Connecticut. Ann, did you really not know that Prescott Bush had been your senator when you were born?





Ann, is it possible that when Prescott’s son George H. W. Bush became president, it totally escaped your notice that his father had represented your state in the United States Senate? Did neither of your parents mention it in passing at the dinner table? Did no one at home in Darien make any comments about the new president’s lineage?





Understand. This isn’t sloppiness. This is deliberate. For Ann’s purposes – to claim that the media that was manipulating facts here – Ann herself had to manipulate facts – in such a shameless way. This is what she does.





And she does it over and over and over again.





Let me give you another example.





On page 265 of her book Treason, Ann writes of Tom Friedman, the New York Times columnist. “He blamed twenty years of relentless attacks by Muslim extremists on- I quote – ‘religious fundamentalists of any stripe.’”





This didn’t sound like Tom Friedman to me, so I found the one Friedman column that contained that phrase – “religious fundamentalists of any stripe.” It was from a December 26, 2001 column called “Naked Air,” about an airline where everyone would fly naked. “Think about it,” Friedman writes, tongue firmly planted in cheek, “If everybody flew naked, not only would you never have to worry about the passenger next to you carrying box cutters or exploding shoes, but no religious fundamentalists of any stripe would ever be caught dead flying nude.”





Let me repeat. Ann wrote of Tom Friedman, Jewish by the way, that “he blamed twenty years of relentless attacks by Muslim extremists on – I quote – ‘religious fundamentalists of any stripe.’” She bothered to put “I quote” in there for emphasis.





Friedman actually wrote “no religious fundamentalists of any stripe would ever be caught dead flying nude” in service of a conceit that illustrated our dilemma of either becoming less open as a society or learning to live with much higher risks than we’ve ever been used to before.





Friedman was not blaming 9/11 on the Lubavichers, as Ann suggests.





Now this sort of deliberate misrepresentation contributes to a coarsening of our nation’s dialogue. Ann recently told an audience:





“We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens’ creme brulee,” Coulter said. “That’s just a joke, for you in the media.”





Here’s my question. What’s the joke? Maybe it’s a prejudice from my days as a comedy writer, but I always thought the joke had to have an operative funny idea. I’ll give you an example of a joke.





Like they do every Saturday night, two elderly Jewish couples are going out to dinner. The guys are in front, the girls riding in back. Irv says to Sid, “Where should we go tonight?”





Sid says, “How about that place we went about a month ago. The Italian place with the great lasagna.”





Irv says, “I don’t remember it.”





Sid says, “The place with the great lasagna.”





Irv says, “I don’t remember. What’s the name of the place?”





Sid thinks. But can’t remember. “A flower. Gimme a flower.”





“Tulip?” Irv says.





“No, no. A different flower.”





“Magnolia?”





“No, no. A basic flower.”





“Orchid?”





“No! Basic.”





“Rose?”





That’s it! Sid turns to the back seat. “Rose. What was the name of that restaurant…?”








That’s a joke. What exactly is the joke in “We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens’ creme brulee?” Is it the crème brulee? Is that it? Because Stevens is some kind of Francophile or elitist? Is it the rat poison? See, I would have gone with Drano. I’m really trying here, Ann. Please, when you come up, explain the joke about murdering an associate justice of the Supreme Court. One who by the way, was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gerald Ford, and who, also, by the way, won a Bronze Star serving in the Navy in World War II. What is the joke? ‘Cause I don’t get it.





Now in Ann’s defense, she doesn’t always make horribly offensive remarks or knowingly craft lies. Very often Ann is just wrong out of ignorance or pure laziness. Take this from the MSNBC Show – Saturday Final – on August 30, 2003 – MSNBC. She is talking about how well the war in Iraq is going.





COULTER: I think the rebuilding is going extremely well. Douglas MacArthur was in Japan five years after V.J. Day. There were enormous casualties in Germany after World War II. The rebuilding is actually going quite well compared to past efforts. And really, all we’re getting from Democrats is constant carping.





Ann, do you know how many combat fatalities the American military had in Germany after V-E day? Zero. You know how many in Japan after V-J day? Zero.





Ann and I have debated once before. In May of 2004, and Ann still felt the war was going amazingly well. Let me quote her from that debate:





“…. This war is going amazingly well… the casualty rate is incredibly small for the rebuilding. It is going better than can be expected. You cannot read about how well things are going against Al Sadr, where you have Iraqis protesting against Al Sadr; all these stories about how Al Sadr had (this) vast support among the Iraquis… oh no no no. They recently held a protest march saying, ‘Al Sadr, get out.’”





As you know, Ann, Moktadr al Sadr, recently picked the Shiite choice for prime minister for the new government, Mohamed al Jafaari. Sadr has thirty-two seats in the Iraqi assembly compared to Ahmed Chalabi’s zero. And remember, it was Chalabi to whom we were going to turn over the Iraqi government.





Things are not going amazingly well in Iraq. And they haven’t been going amazingly well since we allowed the looting of Baghdad. A week ago, former prime minister Ayad Allawi said that Iraq was already in a civil war. And as George Bush said in September of 2004, we should listen to Allawi because – and I quote – “he understands what’s going on there – after all, he lives there.”





The first thing this Administration needs to do in Iraq is to start acknowledging the truth and level with the American people.





I think the one lesson we can all agree on from Vietnam is that we cannot blame the troops. By and large, the vast, vast majority of our troops have performed heroically. And they deserve our gratitude and support. And that means supporting them after they’ve come home.





Two thirds of the wounded in Iraq now have brain injuries. That’s because so many of the casualties are from IED’s, and the injuries are concussive and not ballistic. Each one of those brain injuries is going to cost a million dollars over the course of that veteran’s life. And we need to fund programs for those who come back with post traumatic stress disorder – a higher percentage than in any previous war.





Now another value I believe in is love of country. For some reason it rankles Ann that I’ve done six USO tours and have had the nerve to talk about it. I do so because I want people to be aware of the work that the USO does. I want anyone here today who is a Hollywood celebrity to think about giving up a couple weeks of your life to entertain our men and women in uniform. I think it rankles Ann that I’ve talked about going on the USO tours because she can’t conceive that anyone would actually do something for anyone else. I didn’t go to Iraq to prove that Democrats are patriotic, Ann. I did my first USO tour in 1999, when Clinton was president. We went to Kosovo, a war that was vehemently and vocally opposed by many Republicans. Even so, we didn’t call them traitors. I was invited by the USO to go to Iraq because they know I do a good job and that it means a lot to the troops when anyone comes over to show them we care.





My daughter is 25. She teaches inner city kids in the Bronx. And that makes me proud. She hates when I say it, and that makes me even more proud.





My son is an engineering student. He wants to build fuel efficient cars. He’s a junior in college and got a job at Ford this summer working on a new manufacturing process for power trans. I don’t know what that means either. But he got there because he works his butt off.





But my son doesn’t feel that he got where he is because he is some kind of rugged individual. That he did it all himself. He knows that he stands on the shoulders of those who stood on the shoulders of those who stood on the shoulders of those who stood on the shoulders of those who stood on the necks of Indians.





My wife and I tried to instill certain values in our kids. But we don’t love them because they’re perfect. We love them because they’re decent, loving kids. Kids who care about others and care, by the way, about the truth.





One last thing. Speaking of the truth. A few months after my last debate with Ann, the following appeared in a New York Observer story about Ann. From the September 13, 2004 issue..





The writer asks Ann in the article:





“She debated Al Franken recently?





“’Yes,’ she said. ‘It’s not an interesting debate, because liberals can’t argue. So it’s never like point-counterpoint; all we do is hear about his ******* U.S.O. tours for three hours. Excuse my French.’”





Ann, let’s see if we can have a point-counterpoint, and an interesting debate. And by the way, Ann, I have here a DVD of that entire three hour debate – And I’ll bet you my speaking fee tonight that I spoke about my USO tours for less than a grand total of three minutes. How about it Ann? My speaking fee against your speaking fee?





I mean we care about the truth, don’t we?

Why do people like ANN COULTER?
Thank you so much for sharing these truths. Sadly, there are so many people that will discount this with hate and venom because it is so hard for them to see the truth. But from me...THANKS!
Reply:Ann.. for the same reason that more people watch Jerry Springer reruns than all of the History Channel shows combined. We're attracted to stupidity. Report It

Reply:you Bush bashers are getting nowhere with this garbage. You got nowhere in 2000, nowhere in 2004, and you will get nowhere in 2008 if you don't stop the childish ranting!! Report It

Reply:I am happy to see a conservative spwer. Howard Dean, Michael Moore were jokes. Al Francken is a freak and could not make it in the movies. Report It

Reply:Because americans love bullshit and dis-like the truth Ann is a slut Report It

Reply:Someday you will all pay for your theivery, lies and warmongering Report It

Reply:Sadly, she represents a small percentage of people who share the same beliefs she does. Report It

Reply:ANN ROCKS Report It

Reply:Ann Coulter is a national treasure. People hate her because they hate the truth. Report It

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nice Report It

Reply:ann coulter is a HUGE ***** Report It

Reply:She is not the only Republican to make up lies. I get E mails every day that are out right lies and misrepresentations.


I enjoyed reading your comments. Thank you for standing up to her and others like her who want to ruin this country. Report It

Reply:Guys like her for the same reason girls like ambi-sexual boy bands when they are preteens. Girls like those boy bands because they are boys who act and look like girls.





Conservative guys like Ann Coulter because she is a girl who looks and acts like a boy, insults, sarcasm and all. Report It

Reply:I don't know Ann Coulter I dont pay attention to her, but you know if there was no Ann there would be no one for you to stand up to. Bravo to you for standing up, but bravo for her for giving you a reason too. There can be no debate or no understanding if things are simply one sided all the time. Report It

Reply:Actually, it's Mrs. Edwards twisting around what Coulter says, for the sake of trying to save here hubby's ailing campaign. Report It

Reply:I offer a hand to all the conservatives who have been exposed as self serving, hard hearted, simple minded, and oh so hard to achieve, old at a very young age. Report It

Reply:Why does anyone even pay attention to Coulter. The only reason that she gets any attention is because she is an anorexic who wears skirts up to her lulu. Anyone can grow her har 2 feet and wear skirts up to there. Ann is nothing special.
Reply:Why did it take me 20 minutes to scroll down to answer this question???
Reply:Nobody in their right mind listens to her, don't worry.
Reply:only closed-minded people who see and hear only what they want likes her.
Reply:They only reason I can think of is they are as stupid as she is, and just as nasty!
Reply:Most people who like Ann Coulter are rich white men who want a giggle. The only person who really takes her seriously is herself.
Reply:only stupid NEOCONS do!!! the rest of us hate her guts!!
Reply:I am a rich white man and I DO like her, but my rich white wife likes her too!





She speaks her mind and is not afraid to stand by her convictions. When people yell for an apology she just tells them she meant what she said. How many people do that? She has the right to her opinion and she has the right under our Constitution to SAY what her opinion is.


I LiKe tHiS pOeM....WHAT do you think? (What God Has Promised)?

God has not promised skies always blue,


Flower- stewn pathways, all our lives through.


God has not promised sun without rain,


Joy without sorrow, peace without pain,





But God has promised strength for the day,


Rest for the laborer, light on the way;


Grace for the trials, help from above,


Unfailing sympathy, undying love.

I LiKe tHiS pOeM....WHAT do you think? (What God Has Promised)?
Loved it. Covers my life perfectly. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.
Reply:great poem love and forgiveness
Reply:Very true!!
Reply:crap....pure crap
Reply:nice
Reply:Beautiful with a capital B!
Reply:I think it is a very realistic view of Life, God will see us through it but he will not take us out of it.
Reply:Very Hallmark.
Reply:I like it. Then again I like shite on toast.
Reply:LOVE THIS POEM!!
Reply:i like it its intersting,

motor scooter

Can anyone one tell me the name of the song and the band its from?

if you get it then you will get 5 stars and you will get best answer





Those tire tracks


zigzag your torso like a Devil's self portrait.


The car accident, the skin graft treatment, the flower baskets,


the wincing relatives...





you bid her farewell then got in your car


and that's the last thing that you can recall.


and when they pulled you out


you didn't know your name


exploding semi truck blurred your face with flame...





you met Jane four years ago today


dancing at some vomit-stained frat party.


Her newspaper gown, flashing headline brown, her violent gypsy dance,


her tired underpants...





Love [x12]


rhymes with pity now


Love [x12]


rhymes with sympathy now





Jane let you touch and feel her


she was so free like a pineapple in a tree


You said it's dangerous


to be so intimate


You know it's dangerous, dangerous, dangerous.





Jane said when she laid on her back


the sun hit her body like an ugly landscape.





But some things never get better


like used cars and bad livers.


So you traded her in for a better looking brand.


One with fake porno ****


a pad lock on her lips


disposable tan


biodegradable hands.





Back at the hospital


you got no visitors at all.


She visits you in your sleep,


but that newspaper gown is always on fire [x2]





She met him a week after you left her


when you tossed out her touch to the garbage collector.


He talked her out of her skirt in his beer-soaked apartment


and then they did all the things


you never said that you wanted.


And the sirens are laughing underneath your skull.


And your thoughts are turning dull, callous and cold.


Yesterday you gave your burden a name.


Yesterday you gave your burden a face.





But your burden it looks a lot like her.





Love [x12]


rhymes with pity now


Love [x12]


rhymes with sympathy now

Can anyone one tell me the name of the song and the band its from?
The Blood Brothers - "Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck" from the album Crimes.
Reply:its by the blood brothers


Where in the bible is this verse? " God hath not promised skies always blue,?

Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;


God hath not promised sun without rain,


day without sorrow,


peace without pain.


But God hath promised


strength for the day,


Rest for the labor, light for the way,


Grace for the trials,


help from above,


Unfailing sympathy,


undying love.....

Where in the bible is this verse? " God hath not promised skies always blue,?
It is not in the Bible in those words. What you quoted is the meaning of the words of the Bible to one who has read some of it.
Reply:Click the link and input what you're looking for. :)
Reply:That is a hymn, not a scripture passage.
Reply:%26lt;What God Has Promised%26gt;





God hath not promised


Skies always blue


Flower-strewn pathways


All our lives through.





God hath not promised


Sun without rain


Joy without sorrow


Peace without pain.





But God hath promise


Strength for the day


Rest for the labor


Light for the way;





Grace for the trials


Help from above


Unfailing sympathy


Undying love.





By: Annie Johnson Flint
Reply:The Bible wasn't written in English therefore the poetry that it contains doesn't rhyme in English (not sure if it does in Hebrew and Aramaic and Greek or not, but I doubt it). That would be a surefire sign that something like the poem above isn't in scripture. It's lovely, but it's not in the Bible.
Reply:That is not in the Bible.








Nice thought, but not a scripture.


Interpert dream i had during a lunar eclispe.. death coffins funeral tree hair wind in face best friend spirt

The dream started with my two girl friends. One is my best friend the younger sister and the other is her older sister my second close friend. And a guy I know little brother who in my dream had the name of a third friend’s boyfriend but was not her boyfriend but a little brother of a guy I went to high school with. They all had a terminal disease caner. we sat by the river there was a small wall we were sitting on concrete and a door like entrance to the river and the rivers current was flowing strong. And there were bright green trees and wind was for a second blowing hair in my face it was a well known place in my town. then went to the girls mothers home that looked bigger and more extravagant royal than it is their step father later looked urgent and told them all that they were going to die they were scared the step-father said they could go to the hospital but that they would die either way so they chose to stay at the home.





When they died the two girls visited me as sprits and I asked what they needed me to do so they could move on and go to heaven though I myself don’t believe in heaven. The older sister I don’t think needed anything and left the world before my best friend the younger sister. I asked my best friend if she wanted me to use her MySpace to let people know about her death and she said yes I said I needed her password and she told me it was kids hate something another word I cant remember so I did it then the next day I’m walking into her home to their funeral and there are there coffins with them in it I have flowers but I don’t have a card so I walk out side it was a nice day lots of green and tress and people waling and dogs people walking their dogs but I’m in a rush I’m almost running and panic anxiety cause I don’t want to miss the funeral and the dream ends with me trying to get a card for them a sympathy card to say good bye and I dream waking up and that I’m scared fearful anxious and then I woke up scared.


***************I missed work today cause


I was sleeping/ dreaming so PLEASE HELP! I guess I really need to grasp a concept. Subconsciously

Interpert dream i had during a lunar eclispe.. death coffins funeral tree hair wind in face best friend spirt
wow... that's a pretty complex dream.


In general, dreams are a mixture of stuff that happens to us during the day, and stuff our unconscious minds are trying to tell us.


You should try and sift through the dream, choosing what it might actually be telling you. Maybe you're afraid of death since you awoke anxious? Maybe you're afraid of abandonment? In any case, the unconsicous mind knows your weaknesses and will try to work them out in the dream world.


If you dream a lot, which from the way you said you missed work you probably do, your unconscious mind might be trying to heal old wounds. I suggest looking for a JUNGIAN psychologist who can help you interpret these dreams.
Reply:an active imagination
Reply:There are 3 options..





1. You have a creative mind. Your brain made up an exciting and interesting dream.





2. You're going nuts. Time to go to the loony bin!





3. You're being contacted by your best friend in spirit.


My older sister and I are on the outs. How do you fix it?

We had a disagreement over something the simple fact that I felt that I was having a bad day and she came up with this stupid analogy and I was like... what? what does that have to do with this?? She said I needed to be on a antidepressant... I told her its a bad day... it will pass... no big deal. People have them. I wasn't freaking out or anything ... good grief. I told her as usual, I don't agree with her. She got an attitude and hung up on me. Then she sends me this nasty letter and I sent her one back. Its been two months now. I do miss her but she is a little miss know it all... she never shows me any sympathy... and she brings up things from the past that I prefer to stay in the past. She thinks she is helping people when she offers them all this advance. I heard she was in the hospital a few weeks ago and I sent flowers. She sent me a text saying thank you but that was it. I was hoping we could fix this. That was my olive branch... any suggestions?

My older sister and I are on the outs. How do you fix it?
just call her already. family is very important and you shouldn't let something like a silly argument come between the two of you. i guarantee you that she misses you just as much. sounds like you're both being stubborn
Reply:oh wow, it sounds like your sister may be a bit jealous of you, but she really dose not mean any harm it's just that as a big sister sometimes, you see your younger siblings not going through all the hard things they may have had to go through being the oldest, as the oldest child in my family i know, but that dose not mean she dose;nt love you she just has issues. in time she will come to her senses and make up with you don't worry, just try to get along as much as possible.
Reply:You made the first move. It is up to her now to swallow her pride and make amends. I have gone through the same thing with my younger sis quite a few times. And I have found that once you extend the olive branch, then it is her turn to extend one.
Reply:Give it time.
Reply:Only you and your sister can fix it. It takes a b ig person to apologize but you'll feel much better when you do.

Teeth Whitening

Any comments on this poem?

The last warm air of summer drew back


as the sun turned away,


the moon was faint through the clouds


turning grey.


Winter opened starless eyes,


her hard breath numbed the ground


where the dead leaves lay.





I thought I saw you today


at a distance


in the crowd.


You looked different somehow,


without me.


Flowers by the roadside


die so quickly in a vase,


you said.





I still find your hair


on my pillow,


your perfume lingers somewhere.





Maybe I'll see you again.





The rain has no sympathy,


spraying bright waves


in the breeze.


I walk,


more thoughtful now


through the shapeless wind,


Long coated in black and memory,


without your hand.





Time passes,


I become less sure of things.


The trees on the riverbank


still wait for you


in silence

Any comments on this poem?
It is Poignant, Ethereal and very moving....


Life passes by, or dow pass by life,


Memories linger or do we hold them captive.


a breath fragrant, yours or mine,


Deafening heartbeat, mine and yours


a whisper, unspoken thoughts, left unsaid


resound within this empty heart...





A love lost, a laboured pain unhealed


comforts, your love your loss your pain,


remains long after you have passed
Reply:i like it. but i agree... a few to many skips
Reply:Time passes,


I become less sure of things.


The trees on the riverbank


still wait for you


in silence





Simply greattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
Reply:thats brilliant!! i absolutly love it!!





did you write that?!





genius!
Reply:I actually really like it. Some suggestions though:





It might speak more powerfully if you take out your exact experience and describe the situation from a distance to leave some room for imagination and interpretation. Right now, it's only a sad specific story, but opening the story up to fit more scenarios will bring more emotion to it. Does that make sense?





Try using less of the words "you" and "your" to leave room for more describing words.
Reply:it needs to be more together it seems to skip from one to the next and not really flow.....
Reply:Its great. I think its personal to you. Well done.
Reply:its very good. i used to love writing poems myself.





ok why the thumbs down?? cos i think its good and i used to enjoy writing poems? does someone not like that?
Reply:I LOVE IT





IT IS TOTALLY AWESOME
Reply:Its great!


Funeral help?

it seems my husband's grandmother is not doing well in the hospital. my MIL is flying up to be with her husband as he has been with his mother during this time....he told her to take clothes for a funeral. so we are preparing for the worst.


it seems a bit petty of me but i was wondering, since i have never met my husband's grandmother, how could we celebrate her life. is sending flowers and a card of sympathy enough to show how much we care about everyone's loss.


we are flying to the dakota's from south tx. over the thanksgiving holidays and i have never met my husband of three years family. just my father in law's brothers and sisters. i know his immediate family and my mother in law's family.


anyway....i want to be respectful and kind and thoughtful and make a good impression.


i'd send a bouquet of blue irises, that is my favorite flower, and a card from our family. is there anything else i can do? we can't just go and join them for a funeral.

Funeral help?
Send flowers and a card to the family for the funeral, and send a personal card to your MIL and her husband to let them know if there is anything they need, you'll be there to help them out.
Reply:Your husband should go to the funeral - He should fly up for that. You and the kids can stay home. Go to your local church and get a prayer card for the family and have your husband bring it with him.
Reply:Thats pretty much all you can do. Just be a good support group.
Reply:Flowers are always nice, as are cards. Also sending a gift certificate for food so they don't have to worry about cooking, even if it isn't that much money, is nice since cooking is the last thing you want to do after a funeral. Cowel lillies are pretty. Find out your husband's grandmother's favorite flower and send that instead if possible, that shows even more concern than just your favorite.
Reply:yeah flowers and a card is good.
Reply:yeah, flowers are nice. Unless they specify, don't send flowers, that is a good.
Reply:Just do the best you can. Flowers and a note expressing your sympathy will be good. If his family doesn't understand that you can't afford to fly your whole family up there then that's hardly your problem.
Reply:no matter what you do its always the thought that counts.
Reply:I agree that what you have already done is sufficient. More importantly, the appearance that you will make will mean so much more than just a few flowers %26amp; a card.





I will pray for her!!!


God Bless!!!
Reply:If that's all you can do and afford, then that has to be good enough. It's not like you went without a thought about things. If they don't appreciate it, too bad. I'm sure his grandmother would've if she realized your effort.
Reply:Do you have any family photos that your in-laws have never seen? Perhaps you could bring an album. If your grandmother is still conscious, she would probably love to see the photos too. Even if she can't respond, you can be telling her the stories behind each photo. Perhaps you could mount the photos so she could see them from her bed.





If she does pass while you are there, just be aware of ways in which you can help. There is so much to do around a funeral. Help write an obituary, contact family members, make a display board for the funeral of pictures of your grandmother's life, help do the cooking, answer the phone, greet people at the door, organize sympathy cards, volunteer to watch all the kids in a separate room (if there gets to be a houseful), etc. Your thoughtfulness will be noticed and appreciated.





Take care.
Reply:The flowers are good. Another idea is to call and ask the family for "grandma" stories and memories. Type them up and print out a little book for everyone.
Reply:I think that is enough... Just lettin them know theyre in your thoughts and prayers and you will always be there for whatever they need. I think thats the best thing you could ever do. Just being there for them is a whole lot!
Reply:I think what you did was nice.
Reply:Flowers are fine. You may also want to wait until the obituary appears in the paper. These days, you can access many newspapers on line and finding the obit may not be too difficult. I say this because the family may want donations to a charity rather than flowers.





But, flowers are appropriate any time. You are very kind to think of this.
Reply:Send flowers





write a personal letter once the death occurs (you can start working on it in advance) expressing your condolence, and making clear that while you would love to be able to attend the funeral, it's just not possible. If your husband can go, that is all that could be expected.
Reply:I would send HER favorite flower. Ask your husband, if he doesn't know then send her white or colorful flowers. Blue might be depressing.





Flowers and a card are enough. Shows you are concerned. Don't send too much - or it will look weird.
Reply:Sending flowers for the death of an elderly person is pretty standard. If you will be staying with them or spending time at the house of one of your family members, perhaps cooking a meal or something would be a warm gesture. Your heart is in the right place, it's just so much easier to accept the death of the elderly that there isn't much more you need to do than to be there for your family.





Perhaps you could suggest a memorial to a charity she worked with or a program at a church she attended or something of that nature.
Reply:give them a phone call and tell them that you're sorry for their loss
Reply:Flowers ... always flowers unless otherwise specified.


What is a proper show of condolence for a mother who lost her baby?

I work for an OB/GYN and one of my patients gave birth only a few months ago, but recently lost her baby due to complications of an illness. She and her husband are wonderful people and it shouldn't be a thing anyone has to go through. It has especially been getting to me since I heard the news this afternoon. She's coming back for an appointment soon, and I don't know what to do. I just lost my mom a few months back and although I cried everytime the phone rang from a relative or friend calling or opening a sympathy card, it really did help. I was thinking of getting her just some potting flowers or something as a small gesture of my condolence, but I'm not sure if it would be proper, or if I should do anything at all. Just trying to get some ideas.


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What is a proper show of condolence for a mother who lost her baby?
The best thing you can do is be kind to her. Getting her a gift might make her think the whole office is talking about her. That would be the first thing that would come to my mind if someone from my OB office gave me a gift like that. I would think if you were close to this person it would be okay. Otherwise it's best not to approach her about this subject as it is very sensitive. If she brings it up with you personally then you can talk with her about it. Otherwise no gifts.
Reply:Acknowledge her loss, even if u cry thats ok, its is SAD! I work as a midwife, when a baby dies I often cry too (and when I see them later down the street sometimes too) it shows u r human and that u feel for them in a real way. A littel gift or card is ok but ur thoughts and acceptance of them would mean more. Ur patients r lucky to have u!
Reply:the best thing you can do for them is to give them a child.... which you can't really do ... if you work in a hospital.. you must be also in touch with persons who wanna go for an abortion... then am sure that you can do something for them to become parents...... i know it's a hard job but if you are a nice person am sure that you will surely try your best in solving the problem
Reply:Flowers, a card, a hug, anything. that would really mean a lot to the family. just show that you care, that you are doing more than just doing your job, that you actually care for the patients.
Reply:I lost my son last year. I get it. You have the right idea. Also make a donation to the hospital in the babies honor. or get and in memory ornament. Make her a bracelet and put always ________'s Mom. She will know you care.
Reply:if she was a friend I would say a rose bush. But if she is a patient it may not be appropriate
Reply:We all get that overwhelming urge to try to think of something to do or say in situations like that; and there isn't much anyone can really do or say.





I think a nice, tasteful, simple, card (maybe with a little simple prayer if you think she's the type) or a "thinking of you" card with something like, "If there's anything at all I can do", may be all you can do.





I think any gesture is proper for the most part. She'll know what you're trying to tell her.
Reply:I can tell that you genuinely care for this woman, but the most I would do is offer her verbal condolences. It sounds like you have a professional/patient relationship with her. You have a legal and moral obligation to protect her confidentiality. It seems crazy, but with all the HIPPA laws, I'd hate for someone to misconstrue your well intentioned gift or card. Talk it over with the OB before you do anything. She may value her confidentiality at the doc's office and not having to discuss her grief as she does with famiy and friends.
Reply:When you see her, look her in the eye and say kindly "I'm so sorry for your loss." That's what a mother most needs to hear at such a time. I know because I suffered a miscarriage with my first pregnancy. Then I went on to have 3 healthy pregnancies. But it hurt me most when people wanted to gloss over my loss and my pain. Its kindest to acknowledge the loss directly and express your sorrow over it directly to her.





Give her a beautiful card with an offer to help out in any way necessary. You can pass it around to the other employees in the Dr.'s office and have everyone sign it. You could take up a collection of $5 per person and buy her and her husband an engraved picture frame with her child's name on it. It will be a keepsake of her few precious memories of her child. She can place a picture she took of her baby before he/she passed away in the frame. Most mothers need to feel the child they lost is remembered.





The idea of the flowers is lovely. I'm sure that would mean a great deal to her. You can also find books about grief and recovering from the loss of a child through Amazon, you may want to buy her one.





You and your coworkers could attend the funeral and there pass around a sign up sheet for the other ladies to offer to bring her dinner every night for two weeks after the funeral in order to comfort her and allow her and her husband to grieve without worrying over cooking and cleanup at dinner time. They might not eat properly if no one sees to that so that is the most important advice, give them the gift of prepared meals. This is going to be such a heartbreakingly difficult time for this poor Mommy.
Reply:Personally, I would just let it be and not say anything. This happened to my friend last month and from the things I have learned is that the parents are so overwhelmed with condolences that they get rather fed up with them and just want to move on and come to peace with it, without everyone trying to feel for them all the time. I never said anything and just told her that if she ever needed to talk then I was there, and if she wanted to hang out I was here and it was going to be up to her if we talked about it at all. So, I always wait for her to bring it up. If she comes in and brings it up, then say something nice but I wouldn't do anything else. I know that it hurts, and I am so sorry you are going through this, I know the pain, but we have to let these mothers be strong. The fact that we need to give, in order to feel comfortable with this, isn't always the answer. Godbless you.
Reply:i honestly have no idea what would be the best thing for them. i don't know that anyone would since everyone heals differently, but i do have one thought. perhaps she may need people to treat her normally, as if nothing has changed between you. while she may be trying to get her mind off of it, others are probably constantly reminding her. but i certainly don't want to suggest something that would come off as offensive. my heart goes out to this family, and i hope that someone will be able to offer some more useful advice.
Reply:I think that the best thing you can do is ask her if she's doing alright, if there's anything that you could help with or anything that she needs. Offer your friendship. Give her your phone number and tell her she can call anytime if she needs someone to talk to.





If you want to buy her something maybe a necklace. There's this great one "Mother Embrace" You can get her it with her child's birthstone in it. http://www.limogesjewelry.com/custom.asp...


If your bf who claims he wants to marry you...?

has no sympathy when you both found out that you have been bleeding heavily for 3 weeks because you have been miscarrying his child at 10 weeks - he doesnt so much as get you a flower but asks you to throw a heavy bag of garbage out to the dumpster while you are bleeding tissue and huge clots. When he finds out all this was a miscarriage, he doesnt even get you a card or flowers.. instead while you are in bed crying for the loss and finally deciding that you want to marry him - he sneaks behind your back to try to move states... and then badmouths you to his control freak 18 yr old daughter.. He has 3 kids. I have 1.. what would you ladies do?????

If your bf who claims he wants to marry you...?
Why do you even have to ask? He obviously doesn't care about your well-being, or probably even you. I'd pack my things, take my child and leave.
Reply:youve answered ur own question u know what to do
Reply:At first,I was thinking maybe he doesn't know how to handle all this with you.Not knowing his background,how he was brought up,etc.makes it hard for me to really judge that.But I feel badly for you that he isn't there to at least try to support you or let you know he feels bad-something! When you said he badmouthed you,what is it he badmouthed you about? I know that I would never trust my boyfriend if he had other children and ever,ever talked badly about me to them.We only have 2 together.Never should he talk badly about you to his children.He has 3 you say.Just wondering what is the age of you both.You don't deserve to be treated like that and I would never get married to anyone under these circumstances.Things usually only get worse if there is already this going on before you tie the knot.I do hope you make the right choice for you and your 1 child. Was he making plans to move out of state without you??
Reply:I would leave.
Reply:Run! Why would you want to be with someone that would EVER do that to you? You are obviously a better person than he would ever deserve. Get away from him and move on!
Reply:I'd be long gone!
Reply:Go find someone who will appreciate you.


He doesn't 'love' you the way you need to be loved.


That is heartless and mean!


Making you go through all of that alone.


I just went through some of my own things and my bf pretty much did the same thing. I have been sick for almost a year and barely ever got a 'hey, how you feeling?'.


I fought my battles alone and still do. I think it's mean.


We deserve a little attention and love too.


You need someone who will show you the attention and love.


I know that some men don't know how to show sympathy and love the way a woman does or needs. They are just too hard but come on sometimes they have to break that barrier and be what we need.


I'm sorry for your loss.


Good Luck ♥ God Bless
Reply:leave..what an ***..i'd been gone a long time ago!!
Reply:I would run as far sa possible from this man. Why should i put it with it. Nobody should but now that u know what kind of person he is ,it is u to decide.
Reply:Sounds like you need to move on. He shows no sign of committment and sympathy and doesn't have the sense to offer comfort.
Reply:I'd leave, and never look back.
Reply:Leave him,it sounds like he has some mental issues.

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“To Kill a Mockingbird “Journal Project”



































Themes ( Courage ) #1





Bravery , is a recurring theme in literature and it has been probably since the beginning of time , the Greeks talked about bravery , the Egyptians talked about bravery , and the Victorians talked about bravery . And To Kill A Mockingbird is not left out in this phase , even though bravery comes in different forms and sizes the amount of bravery still counts even when it has no or little impact….also the other great thing about bravery is that sometimes you don’t even know your being brave . One of the earliest and most accountable forms of bravery that plays part in this story is that of Atticus when he a respected white males from a long line of respected long males decided to be the attorney of a unrepresented black man from a long line of unrepresented black males and puts everything on the line for the name of Justice and equality , that was probably one of the biggest impact of bravery in the novel .Another form of bravery that we saw in the book that was caused by emotions that had nothing to truly do with bravery was when Scout ran in front of a murderous mob and fought them off with a smile and some nice words(Don’t you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I'm Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one early morning, remember? We had a talk. I went and got my daddy to come out and thank you. I go to school with your boy. I go to school with Walter; he's a nice boy.) , her intensions may never be unveiled but we do know that Scout showed a act of stupidly and bravery that day but that may be because of the lack maturity because she was quite young at the time . But one of the most noticeable acts of bravery that appeared in the pages of To Kill A Mockingbird and was in no way accidental was when Jem protected and tried to fight of Mr. Ewell when he attacked him and his sister after a dance at school ( “ Run , Scout ! Run, Run!” Jem screamed ……..Jem risks his life for scout to make it to safety), this may have been instinct from his new found maturity or it may have been instinct from a brother trying to make sure his sister was safe from such an attack . In the end like so many other works of literature bravery is well represented in this story , we get to see many different types of bravery from big and small from physical and internal but in the end they are all an act of bravery . The theme of bravery in the novel represents the fact that sometimes you need to step out your comfort zone in times of need and show a little bit of bravery .






































Theme (Walking in someone’s shows) # 2





The theme of walking in someone else’s shoes has been heavily preached by Atticus and others in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird .Atticus unlike so many others at the time saw things at a different view that saw from what both sides had to say and in the end that’s what made him a great lawyer and was the cause that made him able to present Tom Robinson a great case , even though he lost he was able to put a doubt in the mind’s of the jury taking them two hours for them to decide on the decision on Tom’s life . One of the greatest incidents that happens in the book that have to deal with the saying and theme ( walking in someone else’s shoes ) happens when Scout in the end of the book when she finally caught on the idea of a not so perfect world walks with Boo her once upon a time night mare and decided to look out from the place Boo used to and still looks outside , and at that moment Scout experienced a out of body experienced and saw what Boo has been seeing from the start .Another incident that happens though out the story is by the main person that preached this philosophy and that was Atticus I’m sure Atticus was always a man that apposed the treatment of blacks in the United States of America but taking a cause like the Tom Robinson case was so risky even some of the more passionate activist would back down , I believe that Atticus was able to look deep into Tom and try to feel what he felt and use the capability to help the accused man and from there help him as mush as possible . And last but not least is more like stepping in the shoes of a group of people , and by that I’m talking about Calpurnia’s success and ability to see the point of view of both the whites and blacks and able to live , work , and survive with both of them , that I believe took a lot of time and effort on Calpurnia part ('It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike - in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.'). In the end it’s always nice to see how the shoe of another person feels from Prada stilettos to Nike sneakers to smelly or fresh .






































Theme ( Family background / social classes ) # 3





Family background is important to everyone some more important then others . It can be a good thing to know about someone ‘s past and understand your lineage and family tradition that most of the time travels down from generation to generation . But in the send good things sometimes gets affected by evil or things that could go on used fro example when family background becomes what sets you apart from other and puts you in a class with other most times things can get dirty pretty fast . In the novel To Kill a mockingbird the social class is cut up in 4 levels or caste’s this mirroring what was going on in the US at that time . The first level is consumed of whites , well – educated richer whites with stable family homes and long family ties ( the Finch’s and Mr. Tate ) , the next level is consumed with mid – class farmers and small business owners which may be educated or not but have similar morals with the 1 class ( Cunninghams ), and the then the third class consumes of town drunks , fools , poor trash with no or little education and bad morals ( Ewells) , and the 4th class who are put down under not for there weekly amount or morals but because of there skin color ( tom Robinson ) . The importance of family background plays out in one incident when Aunt Alexander has a chat with Atticus about what he is doing to the family name how people will start looking at him if he keeps on being a n***** - lover ( she did not say that but , what other ‘s will say ). Another incident that happens often but is shown rarely is how Calpurnia and other adult blacks have to call little white boys and girls Mr. and Miss showing the racist looks on life and on the so called caste system . Another example about how connections and family background are important in Maycomb is how people who associate with people of lower classes seem to be pulled down in the social ranking for example Atticus seems to lose his hand in the town he is branded a n***** - lover by the towns people . in the end Family background is very important to understanding one’s past and later future , but like everything else in this world things are often changed to be used for something more sinister.















































Theme ( Prejudice / racism ) # 4





Prejudice is a large group which we all belong to. It damages not only our eyes, but also our thoughts and actions. When we getted grouped into the group prejudice ( we all our at some point in time ), not everyone can set them selves free from such hate and racism. Sometimes we see people and think they are our enemies when really they are just a little bit different then us, just because they are a different race or even a different sex. These prejudice views are not uncommon, even though most of the time they are wrong just imagined by fear and hate . To Kill a Mockingbird presents many different types of prejudice, the situations also show that prejudice can be overthrown and banished. An example of viewing things differently is when Aunt Alexandra forbid Scout to play with Walter Cunningham, a poor boy which Scout attends school with. This is because Aunt Alexandra sees Walter and his family as poor and beneath the Finches who our considered by most to be one of the top families in the area, in her words," ...they're good folks. But they're not our kind of folks." Scout on the other hand with her personality and the teaching she hears from her father ,doesn't care about how much money Walter has but about his potential to be a friend. She doesn't let stupid and illogical things like money damage her judgment of people. The most typical of all prejudice views is that of race , but to me and many others their only one race the human race black , white , yellow we are all human. An example of this is during Tom Robinsons trial. Tom was a black man accused of raping a white woman, a crime that is punishable by the death penalty , in the form of the diabolical form of the electric chair. Even though all the facts proved that he didn't do it, the jury still found him guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt". Tom's life has been sacrificed to racism by the people who were there to protect him. The justice system didn't allow this man to have a fair trial because of the color of his skin. They disregarded his citizenship or that of the other minorities, all they could focus on was his race because that was all racism let them see. But Prejudice can be overcome if you let it , and it is proven over and over again. There are many people out there that are willing to lose everything they have to fight for what's right. Take Atticus Finch for example, he knew that Tom wouldn't win but he defended him anyway. He didn't care what people thought, he just knew that the truth had to be heard even if it was not considered. The children also show that there is hope in the future for people to be nonjudgmental. They didn't understand how a jury could convict a man whom they knew was innocent and it shocked them. Atticus explained to them that it has happened before and will happen again, sadly he also told them,"... when they do it - it seems that only the children weep. .." Prejudice showed it's face many times in To Kill a Mocking Bird, and in some of those instances it showed itself being overcome. From economical prejudice against the Cunninghams to racial prejudice against Tom Robinson, the book has displayed every aspect of how people can look to the wrong side of the highway and see things completely differently then the person standing next to them. It's situations like the ones given in this book that make me angry that society gives people ideas like these to write about. If we can wipe prejudice clean, people who know what's right wouldn't have to hold the guilt for all those people who do wrong. In the end , I know prejudice and racism will be no more with people starting to understand there reall is not a difference maybe people will start to embrace themselves more


Theme ( Coming of age / loss of innocence )





To Kill A Mockingbird was not made to be a fairytale or to be a book a child was supposed to read and come out thinking the same they did before they read the book . This book was made to try to show what was really like in the real world and how it was really like to be faced with things you had no control over , you never plan when you’re going to see the thing that makes you grow up and helps you come of age or when you experience a moment where you finally lose your innocence . This book is based around young children finding them selves in a difficult world and time a time of differences and battles that will change their lives forever . One of the main characters that I believe had what you call a change of attitude or look of life . He began to understand what was really going on in the world he began to see what justice was like his father has been doing for all his adult life he began to grow up. One of the incidents that evolved Jem was when Dill still a small boy ran all the way from to stay with his aunt but to scared to confront her he hinds under Scouts bed , Scout extremely happy to have one of her best friends under bed plans to keep Dill under there but Jem seeing this decides to the right thing and tell his father who will know more on what to do with Dill . Another incident is with Scout in the end of the book where relies where she went wrong in figuring Boo out and how mush she has changed in the past year , at this point Scout is moving away what she used to be and know trying to be what her brother has already down now. The fact is the loose of innocence is not terribly a bad thing but a time for moving on and growing to a better and securing person .


























Character # 1( Atticus )


Atticus is one of those characters that are characterized with such great qualities that it makes himself a more admirable and loveable character . Atticus is what you call a real southern gentlemen on of the few men in Maycomb that can truly claim lineage in the small Alabama town . but he never holds himself at high regard or puts himself on petal stool , not once in the novel did atticus claim to be superior to anyone in the book even if he did hold higher morals and character then some of Harpers many interesting and developed characters .One of the main characteristics that I believe makes Atticus a more better of a man to read about is his intelligence , he unlike so many other people from his crop does not depend on his family inheritance or pride to help him get his way. Being a Law school graduate Atticus knows a lot of interesting and important things that the town people of Maycomb will never know about , for example since the being Atticus was shown to be a man that held education at the highest regard and made sure to install it in his children in a early age , he also seemed to know what racism really was and how easy it corrupt even the finest of gentlemen and ladies . another great thing about example about Atticus is wisdom and the ability to see through other people’s shoes and try to understand their point of view and pain and he preaches this philosophy every chance he gets especially to his young children that will use his teaching to better understand them selves and others around him (“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” --Atticus (pg. 30) .Another great thing about Atticus is his great love for justice and all the great qualities that comes along with the terrioty for example Atticus is willing to give way everything he’s got , everything he has rightfully won just for doing the right thing and defending a innocent black man at a time when Alabama was fighting the wounds of racism and the Great Depression . ( "As you grow older you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it— whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, of how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.”--Atticus (pg. 200)) and (“It’s not okay to hate anybody.”—Atticus (pg. 246)) are great quotes made by Atticus that truly showed his true colors and what he truly stood for . In the end Atticus Finch has proven him self to be an intelligent , brave which he showed by going against what was thought to be the right thing and jumping on a idea of freedom and equality , wisdom , and last but not least sympathy for what is evil and embracing what is good . Atticus Finch is the true definition of a southern gentlemen with a good head on his shoulders.

















Character # 2 ( Jem )





Jem Finch born into a pretty stable family with a great educated father who comes from a long line of respected southern men seemed to have every thing going for him and in fact things never really got to bad for him but he did experience great disappointments, grief, and had a lot of rapid changes happen to him in his life. To me and many other Jem Finch seems to be the most changed and the one with the most evolution between the beginnings of the book to the end of it. He has experienced some akward situations and has found himself in some pretty dangerous places but he still seemed to hold his important and primary characteristics and morals taught by his father. One of the earlier characteristics of Jem the showed early on was the willingness to learn and listen which he and scout both carry and where most likely taught by that by Atticus . even thought that characteristic has proven to be useful it has landed him in some trouble for example how easy for him to believe the stories about Boo and how realistic he told them to Scout and Dill (Jem: Well, judgin' from his tracks, he's about six and a half feet tall. He eats raw squirrels and all the cats he can catch. There's a long, jagged scar that runs all the way across his face. His teeth are yella and rotten. His eyes are popped. And he drools most of the time.). Another characteristic that proves to be one of the deepest once to date is his bravery and how fast he is to show his strengths , this characteristic ends up to be very important when he shows it when one of the most important people in his life comes close to death ( “ Run , Scout ! Run, Run!” Jem screamed ……..Jem risks his life for scout to make it to safety). Also another great characteristics that he probably learned from his father is his thoughts on the importance of justice and the actions he does to try to get a little bit closer for finch line ( Jem If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? )Since the start of the novel we always know that Jem know a little bit more in about what was happening in this world then Scout and even then some of Maycombs adults. By the end of the book it seemed like we had finally saw what Jem really represented and we had finally had saw a full swing of evolution of Jem’s thoughts, feelings, and actions. Jem started out in the book as a small innocent youngster that most important interest was boogie monsters and scary stories to a young man that understood the bases of good ( loving and understanding each other )and the effects of evil ( racism and prejudice ) . Jem finch truly is the most evolved character and I don’t believe his story ends when the book closes.




















Character # 3 ( Scout )





Scout Finch is a very unusual girl especially a girl in the Great depression in the 1930’s when girls where expected to were hand made dresses and learn etiquette and strive to be a the perfect southern bell, Scout is out climbing tree’s with her brother and play mate, rolling around in tires and harassing cranky old women down the street. But scout is also unusual in something else also and that is that she is unusually smart actually very smart ,she has already been able to read and write with the help with her father and has already thinking about the worlds many and diverse problems ( Scout There's just one kind of folks. Folks. ) . But even though she is a very intelligent girl she is also very hard headed and feisty which adds to her tom – boy appeal that makes her so loveable and a kind of feminist icon , scout carries great confidence and does not back down to any battle not even when the opponent seems and is the one with the upper hand , even though Scout knows that what she does sometimes is not necessary she still has no problem in breaking the rules because that’s her personality and she is not ready into being someone that truly doesn’t embody her presence (Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fightin' any more. I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be. ). Another great thing about Scout is that she truly does what is right what she believes is right, scout never truly had any bad intention behind any of her motives even if they sometimes turned into something unnecessary or very quite foolish for example when she went in front of a lynching mob that were at the point of there momentum and challenged them with only a smile and some few words (Don’t you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I'm Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one early morning, remember? We had a talk. I went and got my daddy to come out and thank you. I go to school with your boy. I go to school with Walter; he's a nice boy.) In the end Scout is able to prove her self to be one of the rare creatures of yester year the woman ( girl ) with a personality , a say , a real head on her shoulders , and the willingness to be independent and strong for your self and many other in your presence , she may have made some foolish and childless mistakes but she has also been able to learn and better understand life and come out a better and more mature lady (Neighbors bring food with death, and flowers with sickness, and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a knife, and our lives. )




















Character # 4 ( Calpurnia )





We don’t really get to experience Calpurnia’s character and appeal as mush as we like but we to get to see many beautiful and motherly characteristics from what we do know about her. We know Calpurnia is an American woman of African descent , we also know that she is probably a lady who is the daughter of a man who’s father was a slave and not one of recent immigration . but on of the most important things we know about Calpurnia is the she is since the death of the Finch’s childrens mothers death the primary care taker or motherly figure of both Scout and Jem and by how the children treat they also see Calpurnia as a great mother role and a very important figure in their lives .And by the way she treats the young children we now know that she is more of the disciplinarian to the children of the Finch house ( Calpurnia -Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house, they are company and don't let me catch you remarking on their ways like you were so high and mighty.)………(.That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear) And ……….( “ if you can't act fit to eat like folks, you can just set here and eat in the kitchen.”) We also find some other interesting characteristics like for example that she is a very intelligent even though she and many other African – Americans at the time are robbed to their right at education. But it’s not knowledge of mathematics and history but knowledge at how she is able to translate her behavior from one race to another without being false to her. She is both successful to appear very knowledgeable to her “white family “and the people of their world, but also is still same old Calpurnia when she is at home with other black people in her every day environment ('It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike - in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.') . Calpurnia like so many other woman and men of minority classes at the time ,found a healthy line of interacting with both higher class whites and blacks , Latino’s , Asians , and native Americans from their own neighborhood without feeling like they abandoning their culture and their lineage . Calpurnia is the primary mother figure in the story and without her strong will scout and Jem would not have turned out like they did, Miss. Maudi and other motherly figures are great but not of them can compare to the strong willing, tough, loving, and very uniquely smart Calpurnia .




















Character # 5 ( Miss. Maudie )





Miss. Maudie is considered to most kids in the neighborhood as the most trust worthy and friendly adult for her more clear understanding of younger children and her unusual act of not tattle telling on the mischievous act some of the children commit. Maybe one of Miss. Maudie most loveable fans is Scout, other then her father Miss. Maudie is one of the most respected adults in Scout’s life. Unlike some adults Miss. Maudie does not seem to mind Scouts rash attitude, tom – boy looks, and fiery temper. In fact she seems to enjoy like if it is a look back in to her child hood in some way. So from the start of the novel we found out some amazing characteristics about Miss. Maudie for example that she is a very optimistic person that she chooses to see things from a brighter light like when her house was unfortunately burned to the ground Miss. Maudie was able to look at a different angle and see the better out come from this dire situation ( Mrs. . maudie – “ I was planning to get a smaller place anyway …just a better way to get rid of it “) this characteristic makes Miss. Maudie a more loveable and admirable character in a book that is filled with many unpleasant men and woman . Another great characteristic the brightens Miss. Maudie is the love for justice and equality that she shares with Atticus maybe the reason they are quite great friends, her dislike for racism is shown by how she talks about the matter (2) "What I meant was, if Atticus Finch drank until he was drunk he wouldn't be as hard as some men are at their best. There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results." -Miss Maudie (52) ) .And last but not least another thing that characterizes Miss. Maudie is the love a simple like and her sympathy for other who have nothing , she shows it when she is one of the only people that do not attend the Tom Robinson case for the sake that she’s it as a blood bath or helping pulling the trigger to an innocent man ( Miss. . Maudie - “ There’s’ no reason for me to go there ..what’s the fun to watch a man walk to his death “ ) In the end Miss. Maudie proved her self to be a loyal and helpful character to our main characters in the time of need , she was there when you needed a talk and she was also their when you needed someone to protect you , Miss. Maudie has rightfully won a place with Calpurnia as a great mother figure , feminist personal, and in the end a good old southern lady .























Character # 6 ( Dill )





Charles Baker Harris known by Dill by the closest of his friends is scouts and Jem’s summer play pal and close friend . Dill is around the same age as Scout and you can tell by his childish behavior him and Scout share while Jem is starting to grow up and becoming a man and starting to see the world as it is . In most of the story Jem is seen has a overly , funny , diminutive , and imaginative boy , his character does not experience the amount of change that Scout and Jem experience but maybe he does but because his role in the novel is not large he still under goes some changes , and his sensitive behavior comes to bloom when he sees the injustice of the “Tom Robinson Case “. In the start of the novel Dill is introduced as Mrs. Rachel’s nephew who comes to visit over summer because of family issue’s ( later introduced in the book ) we also find out one of Dill’s characteristics and that’ gullibility , Dill seems to be easily swayed by the existences of the legend of Boo Riley ( Dill Harris: Let's go down to the courthouse and see the room that they locked Boo up in. My aunt says it's bat-infested, and he nearly died from the mildew. Come on. I bet they got chains and instruments of torture down there.) We also fing out that Dill is very dependent over other’s and quickly attachs him self with the Finch siblings especially Jem , when they first met you king of felt Dill wanted to out do the siblings , but that quickly changed when there adventures with Boo started (Jem: There goes the meanest man that ever took a breath of life. Dill Harris: Why is he the meanest man? Jem: Well, for one thing, he has a boy named Boo that he keeps chained to a bed in the house over yonder. Boo only comes out at night when you're asleep and it's pitch-dark. When you wake up at night, you can hear him. Once I heard him scratchin' on our screen door, but he was gone by the time Atticus got there.


Dill Harris: I wonder what he does in there? I wonder what he looks like?


Jem: Well, judgin' from his tracks, he's about six and a half feet tall. He eats raw squirrels and all the cats he can catch. There's a long, jagged scar that runs all the way across his face. His teeth are yella and rotten. His eyes are popped. And he drools most of the time.)So we know that Dill was very gullible , and also dependent but we later find out that Dill also very sensitive no matter how mush he tries to make him self look like in front of Jem and sometimes Scout , for example during a time when Dill was not staying at his aunts house he randomly appeared at the Finch’s house under Scout’s bed to be in fact , for the reason that his parent were not treating him the way he liked ( Dill : “ they don’t care about me any more ….they don’t love me “ ) another innocent was during the Tom Robinson trials when Dill saw the harsh treatment that the prosecutors were forcing down on Tom , he burst in to tears with Scout trying to quite him down . So in conclusion we find out that Dill is only just a boy that finds him self at a time of desperate situations , he may not have been in the front line of the battle but he sure was there to experience the amount of hatred and prejudice in the town at that time .











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