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Originally posted by wuapinmon
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Not even comparable."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf -
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Many people don't understand the tragedy of Katrina. When Ike blew through Houston, people were worried we'd end up with a Katrina-like experience complete with houses under water, looting, etc. What they failed to understand is that Katrina was Katrina because the levies didn't hold and part of NOLA is undersea level. Isaac is not a big storm and won't break the levies so NOLA is fine. It'll have some damage, but that's typical with a hurricane.Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
I don't remember how strong they rebuilt the levies. I remember them getting approved to build them to withstand a category 3 hurricane but I hope they decided to go to category 5 as I'm sure at some point in the next couple decades there will be another big storm to come through that area."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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The biggest deal about Ike in Houston (not talking Galveston or the Bolivar peninsula) was the fact that it happened over the BYU-UCLA game weekend and the weekend Lehman Brothers collapsed. I was getting fuzzy rumors of that on Monday but didn't see anything concrete until I got into work on Tuesday, and by that time all hell was breaking loose.Originally posted by Moliere View PostAwesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.Comment
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I was at that BYU-UCLA game, which means I missed Ike. MJ and I were driving to the game and were stuck in traffic on I-15 when we called our neighbor and found out our house was fine but we'd lost some trees. BYU then demolished UCLA 59-0. That was a good weekend for me. We got back in Houston the day after power was restored to our home.Originally posted by nikuman View Post"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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It's "levees", not "levies"."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Same difference... the tax payers still got soaked one way or another in the end for billions.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!Comment
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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Raise your hand if you started singing "American Pie" in your head after reading this.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostComment
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Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."
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We've got some steady (not strong) winds coming from the north east. Made for some good weather for my morning run. Here's to hoping NOLA and the rest of the gulf coast make it through without serious issues."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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Audubon Park in NOLA has gotten 17 inches of rain since midnight! :yikes:"Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --SolonComment
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Wow. The average rainfall for a year here in SLC is about 16 inches. Difficult to fathom that much precipitation.Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
"I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear LeaderComment
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If any CUFFERS in the path of the storm needs a place to evacuate, our doors are open."Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --SolonComment
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