LDS donation has Iraqis wheelin' good

The reason I asked is because there is great disparity on what can and can not be posted. I asked a legitimate question and was ragged on.

I sincerely doubt that if the group in question donating the wheelchairs was the Lions Club and they were mentioned in the headline, that so much criticism would be directed at them for it. You are being disingenous.

41 posted on 02/27/2009 9:00:18 AM PST by Admin Moderator

To: chuck_the_tv_out

Can you read?...pick any Mormon thread. And NO, I won’t play your game.

42 posted on 02/27/2009 9:06:05 AM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)

There’s no game. You claim to see rabid “anti-mormonism”, and I am the most visible non-mormon on this thread, so that reflects on me.

I would just like to see one quote that is like you say.

If it’s “pick any mormon thread” then maybe so. I have studiously avoided them for a long time. But that title just begged to be given that Bible reference.

43 posted on 02/27/2009 9:11:56 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out

Thank you. Anti Mormonism has become an obsession on this forum for some. It’s ugly.

It kinda' creeps me out, frankly. I know it takes two to start a flamewar, but some people need to have a beer or go outside and take some air.

44 posted on 02/27/2009 9:13:29 AM PST by 1rudeboy

When you and I start agreeing, you know it’s gotten bad!!! LOL

Have a good day, rudeboy, I’m outta here for a bit.

45 posted on 02/27/2009 9:16:02 AM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)

Trying to get back on topic, this wheelchairs for kids program seems great.. here is some more on what they are doing.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195529/posts

46 posted on 02/27/2009 9:22:30 AM PST by mnehring

“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:

=>otherwise ye have no reward of your Father<=

which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms,
=>do not sound a trumpet before thee,<=

as the =>hypocrites<= do

in the synagogues and in the streets,

=>that they may have glory of men<=.

Verily I say unto you,

=>They have their reward<=.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.”

- Jesus Christ

47 posted on 02/27/2009 9:24:22 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion ("I, El Rushbo -- and I say this happily -- have hijacked Obama's honeymoon.")

To: aMorePerfectUnion

lol. did you not see that we’d already been through that?

the title just begs for that reference doesn’t it?

48 posted on 02/27/2009 9:27:39 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out

To: aMorePerfectUnion

Defense Department Supports Wheelchair Donations in Iraq

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2004 – Several hundred Iraqis have new-found mobility, thanks to a public-private partnership that provides wheelchairs to victims of war, disability and disease.

About 280 wheelchairs, donated by churches and private contributors through the Wheelchair Foundation, were delivered to Iraq in December and are being distributed throughout the country. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, in coordination with the State Department, arranged and paid to transport the wheelchairs. A nongovernmental organization, Life for Relief and Development, is overseeing the distribution.

"This is a great example of private-public partnerships," said Judith McCallum, who coordinates transportation for humanitarian assistance goods for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. It's a way for DoD to work with nongovernmental organizations to help people in need, she said.

So far, Life for Relief and Development has distributed the wheelchairs at events in Baghdad, Tikrit, Karbala and the province of Wasit.

McCallum said the joint effort fills a genuine need in Iraq, where thousands of residents have lost legs, many to land mines. Another shipment of 500 to 600 wheelchairs is scheduled for June.

The project is part of an ongoing DSCA effort by to support U.S. humanitarian assistance efforts worldwide, McCallum explained. The goal is to strengthen America's alliances and partnerships worldwide and to build trust and understanding of what America is all about.

"It's a way to help win the hearts and minds of people all over the world and to show them what the United States stands for," she said.

Last fall, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency took part in "Operation Afghanistan," a similar initiative that delivered more than 5,000 wheelchairs to disabled Afghans. The agency arranged and paid to transport the wheelchairs into Kabul, and the U.S. military provided logistics support on the ground.

"We are here to show the love and friendship of the people of the United States of America," said Wheelchair Foundation founder Kenneth Behring to an audience of more than 300 who gathered for the Afghanistan distribution. "We are here to show you that we care. Our hope is to give you hope to help provide freedom and dignity so you can more fully enjoy life."

The goal of the Wheelchair Foundation is to provide a wheelchair to everyone who needs but can't afford one, worldwide. Since 2000, the foundation has donated more than 160,000 wheelchairs in more than 100 countries.

49 posted on 02/27/2009 9:31:48 AM PST by greyfoxx39 (buckle in for 4 more years of detached, grandstanding flourish left untethered by an incurious media)

To: chuck_the_tv_out

How dare the Deseret News have the audacity to use that headline?!?! It should’ve cleared it with the FR imams here first!

51 posted on 02/27/2009 9:33:45 AM PST by 1rudeboy

To: Admin Moderator

LDS donation has Iraqis wheelin' good

This is not a Religion forum thread - please do not drag dogmatic battles into it.

Then WHY is LDS so prominent in the TITLE?

52 posted on 02/27/2009 9:35:23 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Luke 6 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

If this is NOT a RELIGIouS forum; WHY is SCRIPTURE posted?

53 posted on 02/27/2009 9:36:52 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Would you answer my other question?

They answered the one you SHOULD have asked.

55 posted on 02/27/2009 9:38:25 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

um, ok!

always a good plan. when you run out of reasonable argument, just invent an imaginary position for your argumenter, and argue with that! much more fun than addressing the actual points raised!

56 posted on 02/27/2009 9:38:41 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out

To: Elsie; 1rudeboy

Well, if we are going to quote scripture:

Proverbs 27:15-16 (New Living Translation)
A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.

57 posted on 02/27/2009 9:39:01 AM PST by mnehring

Because they are no different than any other corporation in the world.........

58 posted on 02/27/2009 9:41:00 AM PST by Osage Orange (Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. -Will Rogers)

If it’s impossible for a thread like this to exist without the usual hailstorm of arrows, perhaps it would save you and everyone else here time and heartburn to make it a caucus thread.

YES!!

Then we can banished these damRned GENTILES to outer darkness!

--MormonDude(This is a CHAT thead? WHY can't we CHAT about what ever interests us??)

59 posted on 02/27/2009 9:41:25 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

Frankly, it’s getting very tiresome, not only to LDS here, but I’ve seen many Non-LDS express similar frustration.

AWwww... you getting TIRED?

60 posted on 02/27/2009 9:42:11 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

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