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XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore
From: tc@comcast.net
On 1/1/12 3:32 PM, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:
> On Jan 1, 12:41 pm, Colanth wrote:
>> On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 07:23:02 -0800 (PST), "TibetanMonkey, the Beach
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>> Cruiser Philosopher" wrote:
>>> On Dec 31 2011, 11:08 pm, Colanth wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:30:34 -0800 (PST), "TibetanMonkey, the Beach
>>>> Cruiser Philosopher" wrote:
>>>>> On Dec 31, 3:34 pm, Colanth wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:14:10 -0800 (PST), "TibetanMonkey, the Beach
>>>>>> Cruiser Philosopher" wrote:
>>>>>>> On Dec 27, 10:20 am, Colanth wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:10:29 -0600, "Zacharias Mulletstein"
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>>>>>>>>> "Colanth" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:0i7if7posbbbbmjoc9i6l83fer615okjh9@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:38:32 -0800 (PST), Father Haskell
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>>>>>>>>>>> It's great medicine. When I started biking years ago,
>>>>>>>>>>> my resting heart rate went from 80 to 50 bpm in less
>>>>>>>>>>> than two months. My blood pressure went from
>>>>>>>>>>> 120 / 85 to 110 / 65.
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>>>>>>>>>> That's my BP now. I don't have a pressure problem, I have an
>>>>>>>>>> oxygenation problem. I've passed out a few times already from anoxia
>>>>>>>>>> when I was sitting.
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>>>>>>>>> That's because you are a pop athiest.
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>>>>>>>> You're right, Zachy. Modern medicine doesn't have a clue.
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>>>>>>> It ain't so much that they don't have a clue, just that they give a
>>>>>>> shit about your health.
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>>>>>> Which is why I have a team of doctors who DO give a shit about my
>>>>>> health. I go for regular checkups, healthy or sick, and other than a
>>>>>> cardiac cath about 18 months ago, it's in, hello and out. (Haven't
>>>>>> even seen my rheumatologist in almost 2 years - just call his office
>>>>>> for a refill when I have a gout attack, which keeps getting less
>>>>>> frequent.)
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> "People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have
>>>>>> such funny beliefs." - unknown
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>>>>> Tell them the TibetanMonkey told you to reawaken the hunter-gatherer
>>>>> in you. It means the human species is meant to be on the move all the
>>>>> time.
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>>>> It's also supposed to live about 35 years.
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>>> I've seen other sources that question that. But we me ascribe many of
>>> those early deaths to POOR TEETH
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>> We evolved the teeth we needed for the diet we had. (Robustus had
>> huge teeth with thick enamel, and thrived on vegetation. Our
>> ancestors ate cooked meat, so we didn't need to grow those huge teeth,
>> the muscles to drive them or the skull to support the muscles. Lucky
>> for us, since that allowed our brains to get 3 times as large as they
>> had been.)
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> Hey, while we don't need to chew roots any more, our modern teeth --
> even dentures-- can still handle brown rice and whole wheat bread,
> which provide the fiber we need. Our bland diet is totally wrong
> knowing our origins. My point is that we don't know where we stand
> unless we know where we came from.
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>>> and IGNORANCE (ignorance about DIET
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>> We evolved to thrive on the diet we had. Those who couldn't weren't
>> our ancestors.
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> Yes, but we are not prepared by evolution to eat all this junk food
> and then sit on our ass!
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>>> This is a law of nature we often ignore in the modern world: USE IT OR
>>> LOSE IT!
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>> The law actually is "use it and you'll still lose it." No one lives
>> forever. If you live long enough SOMETHING will kill you. (You're
>> talking as if I'm 35 or something.)
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> I'm talking about stuff we lost along the way, such as the tail. I'm
> also implying that the lack of walking/riding a bike can make us lose
> our health.
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> Maybe we are evolving into a ball. ;)
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>>> "When I say hunter gatherers, you think nasty, brutish and short, and
>>> that's a misconception that's kept us in an exhausting race we can't
>>> win for 10,000 years.
>>> They're actually generally well fed, have more time off, and better
>>> sex lives than most of us protestant work ethic fools."
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>> You're preaching to the choir. The San spend about 4 hours/day
>> earning a living. That's a 28 hour work week.
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>>> Hey, the hunter-gatherers could only dream of the bicycle
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>> Why would they need one? They can get anywhere they need to get on
>> foot, and they get all the exercise they need.
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> Wait, the American Indians were quick to adapt the horses to their
> hunting-gathering. The bike is only a "mechanical horse," so to speak.
> It multiplies your ability to go places over walking. American cities
> are not made for walking, and many even lack sidewalks!
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>> And the elderly sit around, advising the younger members of the group,
>> and get fed and cared for. (I'm not saying that I'm 50 and have
>> decided to let my body go to pot - when I was 50 I was always active,
>> and I was healthy. Even when I was 60 I was pretty active.)
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> Well, you got to keep struggling to keep your body AND mind. Many
> people become dumb as they age, perhaps the product of a dumb society
> and cunning politicians that cater to that segment of the population.
> I'm referring to our elderly taking unwise decisions such as IGNORING
> CLIMATE CHANGE while voting for petty issues.
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> It's funny they don't vote for EUTHANASIA. Isn't dying part of life?
> Well, the point is that WE SHOULD LIVE OUR LIVES FULLY AND THEN BE
> READY TO TAKE THE PLUNGE, something clearly denied by the Christians.
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> Is an enlightened society such as Holland our last hope?
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you go first numbnuts
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