>> ^ant:

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I wonder if she knows about this. Conan should have her come to her show!


CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio — A local police officer has become an instant celebrity all because of who she looks like. Chagrin Falls Police Sgt. Amber Dacek recently went Hollywood thanks to an interview on FOX 8.

Dacek was featured on the Conan O’Brien show earlier this week. O’Brien showed video from a FOX 8 story where Dacek was being interviewed. The sergeant has a lot of features that resemble the late-night talk show host.

“There is a resemblance, definitely. We both have big foreheads and red hair,” Dacek said by phone.

This isn’t the first time Sgt. Dacek has been told she looks like Conan O’ Brien.

“The kids in town used to call me that all the time,” said Dacek. “I think they thought they could make me cry, or something, try and pick on me.”

The video clip aired on Conan O’ Brien’s show earlier this week. Sgt. Dacek didn’t see the show live, but caught a recording of it a day later when her colleagues brought it to her attention.

“I thought the clip was funny. I am not much of an attention seeker,” she said.

Dacek has watched O’ Brien’s shows before, but admits she doesn’t watch it regularly, because she is either sleeping or working when the show is on the air.

“It didn’t necessarily excite me to see myself on national TV, but I do think it’s funny, and it’s all in good fun, I guess,” Dacek said.

The celebrity status didn’t end with Conan O’ Brien. Sgt. Dacek was featured on FOX 8 News in the Morning on Friday with Kenny and Wayne.

“I’m surprised that there is such a to-do about just the fact that I look like somebody,” she said.

Not just anybody, but a well-known Hollywood Celebrity.

Dacek said she has not been contacted by Conan O’ Brien’s staff to make any appearances on the show.

(http://fox8.com/2012/06/08/local-police-sergeant-conan-doppelganger/)

Hey Adam,

Thank you for sharing your background with me, and for your kind-hearted attitude. I haven't taken any offense to what you've said. I'll try to answer your questions as best I can.

I'll relate some of my background to you first of all. I grew up in a secular home, and there wasn't any talk of religion in my household, for or against. There was a bible in my house, and although I attempted to read it as a child, I didn't get past the "begats" in Genesis. I thought that perhaps that was the entire rest of the book. I grew up knowing nothing much about religion, and so I was agnostic by default.

It wasn't until a bit later in life that I received revelation that there is a God. At the time, I had started to ponder what the truth actually was. I started to search for it, because I felt that the love was slowly draining out of this world, that things were going really wrong, and it got to the point where I felt personally convicted to stand up and do something. What, I had no idea, but more than anything else, I wanted to know the real truth.

It was very shortly after this that I received revelation from God of His existence. Although I wasn't precisely looking for God at the time, I believe that He gave me this revelation because I was searching for the truth. God showed me that He was there, and that He is personally interested and involved in my life, and that He loved me. Needless to say, this was utterly shocking, and as naturalistic materialist, my mind was blown. I found out in a moments time that all that I knew was in some way, wrong. There was no room in my worldview for a Spirit, but God shattered that mold.

He didn't come out and say who He was, though. Instead, He had me investigate all of the various religions, belief systems, philosophies etc that I could..everything from Asatru to Zen Buddhism, and while I was doing this He gave me clues about Himself along the way. What I ended up believing was that none of the worlds religions were correct. I essentially believed that while they all might contain some element of thetruth about God, they were imperfect representations of who He is. I definitely did not believe that Christianity could be the one true faith. I had that picked out from the beginning as something I profoundly disagreed with.

Which is why it was the last religion I investigated. The actual truth was that I didn't know very much about it. I had, like many atheists do, a lot of things picked out of the bible which made me believe I could just dismiss it outright. It turned out though when I actually really read the bible that the understanding I thought I had was incredibly superficial (and self-deceiving). I had tried to read it before, but there was always veil there that prevented me from really understanding it. This time though that veil was taken away and everything became alive to me. The reason for this was that what I was reading was corresponding to those clues that God had given me about Himself that I had mentioned earlier. God had reinforced certain ideas and principles about Himself to me, which didn't really make any sense at the time (and indeed drove me crazy trying to figure out what He meant), but suddenly the meaning was unlocked and made crystal clear through what I was reading in scripture.

Because of that, I started to develop a simple faith in what I was reading. On that basis I put some faith in the bible as being at least potentially accurate, and I decided to give my life to Jesus Christ. That's when God showed me that is who He is. When I gave my heart over to Him, He supernaturally transformed me, and He gave me a new life free of anxiety, addiction and depression. He exchanged those things for peace and love and joy. Where there was darkness before, He had brought light.

So, that's my testimony. When you ask why didn't God reveal Himself to you at that time, a few things come to mind. The first is that everything is done in His timing. God has a plan, much bigger than our plans, and I believe that there were many things God wanted to show me before He brought me to Christianity. He wanted me to experience what I did so that when I became a Christian, I would be more effective in communicating with others who are seekers like I was. So that I would be able to relate to them better than someone who grew up in the faith could have. It could be the same for you, that God has had many things to teach you, to give a certain ministry to others, and for your own understanding.

Second, although you are a non-believer, you seem to have a genuine desire to know the truth, and to know, if there is a God, who He is, and what He wants from you. I believe God has placed that desire into your heart so that it would lead you to find Him, as He did in mine. I believe that you're asking me this question for a reason, and that reason is that God is reaching out to you. I would suggest to you that you pray to God and invite Him into your life, and ask Him to forgive your sins. Part of the Lords prayer is "Your will be done, your Kingdom come". Tell God, if this is so, that you're willing to surrender your will for His will in your life. I have prayed that God would hear your prayer and lead you to Him. I also recommend that you read the Gospel of John.

You're right, that from your perspective there may be no reason why you should believe one religion is any better than the other. I shared that view for all of the years I was searching. I can give you a lot of good reasons why Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, but only God can change your heart.

What God doesn't expect is that you are going to figure Him out. Only He could reveal the truth to you. What He does do is give you opportunities in life to get closer to Him. They could be, for instance, situations that test your moral fabric. "What does he do when no one else is looking?" "How does he treat people when he has nothing to gain?". It's how you live your life that is proof of what is in your heart, and that is what God is interested in. I think that is what determines how close to Him you will get. What scripture guarantees though, is that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. That you would have the desire to do that is a gift from above.

In regards to your forest question, God speaks to us in many different ways. A person doesn't need language to understand that there is a higher power. In Romans 1:18-21 it speaks to the fact that God gives a general revelation through His creation of His power and Godhead. How could this man learn about who God is? Well, no one is unreachable on this planet. God could lead him out, or lead someone in. He could give the man dreams and visions.

So I hope that is a satisfactory answer. I couldn't tell you precisely why God hasn't reached out to you before, but what I feel is that He is reaching out to you now. The question is, will you answer His call?

God bless you,

Joshua

>> ^PalmliX

Just two words come to mind here......... Attention Seeker

>> ^quantumushroom:

He probably also had cybernetic eyes to see in the tunnel.

>> ^Ryjkyj:
>> ^Enzoblue:
>> ^Darkhand:
Had me until he accelerated with his hand off the throttle!

And went into a pitch black tunnel with no headlight. Little things like that take me out of this. Foliage in the high rises was major overkill,(full trees? Seriously?) the chaser plane and even the seeker missiles it dropped had apocalyptic rust on them...

You guys didn't get that he was some kind of cyborg that controlled technology with his hands? And yes, given enough time, trees will grow anywhere.
I would be more skeptical of a skinny hipster surviving the apocalypse, along with his own suicidal style of motorcycle riding.



Exactly. Or he simply could see because of the bright light of the drones!

The real funny thing was, that his bike had perfect traction on a road with decades of dirt, plants and potholes created by the plants - with tires that seemed to be at least 40 years old.

I thought the same thing then I realized he knew his opponent so well (the missles) that he knew they would provided enough light for him to navigate by that's why he waits till he can see the light at the end of the tunnel to destroy them.
>> ^Enzoblue:

>> ^Darkhand:
Had me until he accelerated with his hand off the throttle!

And went into a pitch black tunnel with no headlight. Little things like that take me out of this. Foliage in the high rises was major overkill,(full trees? Seriously?) the chaser plane and even the seeker missiles it dropped had apocalyptic rust on them...

He probably also had cybernetic eyes to see in the tunnel.



>> ^Ryjkyj:

>> ^Enzoblue:
>> ^Darkhand:
Had me until he accelerated with his hand off the throttle!

And went into a pitch black tunnel with no headlight. Little things like that take me out of this. Foliage in the high rises was major overkill,(full trees? Seriously?) the chaser plane and even the seeker missiles it dropped had apocalyptic rust on them...

You guys didn't get that he was some kind of cyborg that controlled technology with his hands? And yes, given enough time, trees will grow anywhere.
I would be more skeptical of a skinny hipster surviving the apocalypse, along with his own suicidal style of motorcycle riding.

>> ^Enzoblue:

>> ^Darkhand:
Had me until he accelerated with his hand off the throttle!

And went into a pitch black tunnel with no headlight. Little things like that take me out of this. Foliage in the high rises was major overkill,(full trees? Seriously?) the chaser plane and even the seeker missiles it dropped had apocalyptic rust on them...


You guys didn't get that he was some kind of cyborg that controlled technology with his hands? And yes, given enough time, trees will grow anywhere.

I would be more skeptical of a skinny hipster surviving the apocalypse, along with his own suicidal style of motorcycle riding.

>> ^Darkhand:

Had me until he accelerated with his hand off the throttle!

And went into a pitch black tunnel with no headlight. Little things like that take me out of this. Foliage in the high rises was major overkill,(full trees? Seriously?) the chaser plane and even the seeker missiles it dropped had apocalyptic rust on them...

"Oh thats just Flapper... Flippers older brother. He's a thrill seeker... racing in wakes, ramming sharks, riding on whales,... always looking for the next 'extreme' thing to do."

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Iowa has picked 6 of 8 of the last nominees of both parties (including unopposed 2nd term seekers) which is a decent track record.


That sounds a bit like number-fudging If you only have one choice, you could argue an inherent strong correlation of candidate and outcome, so no real point in counting those.

Throwing out the unopposed candidates and going back to 1980, we have 5 of 7 correct picks on the democratic side and 2 of 5 correct picks on the republican side. So in sum 7 of 12 or about 58% where there was an actual choice.

So just from the numbers, I would argue that there isn't that strong of a connection between Iowa caucus winners and chosen candidates. The abrupt about-face of the media (as presented here) is strange though.

Edit: Speeling

I think people are saying a Ron Paul win in Iowa doesn't mean much because his popularity there is not reflected at the national level.

Iowa:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/ia/iowa_republican_presidential_primary-1588.html

National:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-1452.html

Iowa has picked 6 of 8 of the last nominees of both parties (including unopposed 2nd term seekers) which is a decent track record.

@Pantalones

The subject of rights is vast, and as old as the Greeks. The most relevant thinkers that directly tie to this line of questioning are Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke. Hobbs rejected the idea of Natural rights and divine orders, where Locke embraced it. Like Hobbs, I reject the idea of Natural, Divine rights, yet still embrace the idea of a social contract replacing natural rights with rationally negotiated rights.

Your counter argument is at the heart of what Positive and Negative rights are: I personally believe that only negative rights can be enforced; your right not to have something happen, where as others suggests that only positive rights can be asserted; your right too something. Wiki has a good read on it here.

I posted a video awhile back that wasn't very highly regarded because the guy is a little arrogant to start off, but the video really starts to get awesome deeper in if you can get past some of the arrogance to start. http://videosift.com/video/Tom-Woods-Where-Do-Rights-Come-From

So much to learn, so little time. Myself, I am still tasked by @NetRunner to read John Stuart Mill's book, but I suspect my rejection of natural rights/utility won't bold to well for me there. Go forth fellow truth seeker and find all the truths that I missed

O ya, and always consult the wiki on natural rights and social contracts, that will point you in so many directions and give you such a complement of names as to be lost for years in completely conflicting ways to view the world!

I have found the native website
I think they are missing a huge market of thrill seekers.

@artician. agree that blaming republicans is disingenuous at best. these people are democrats first, and truth seekers second

This guy has been outed as a bullshitter, with no background in financial trading:
See here.

"He is a business owner, a 99pc shareholder in public speaking venture Santoro Projects. Its most recent accounts show cash in the bank of £985. After four years trading net assets are £10,048 - in the red."