XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism
XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore
From: survey@stopassaultnow.net
On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:27:44 -0500, Tom wrote:
> 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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>>>>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> "Colanth" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:0i7if7posbbbbmjoc9i6l83fer615okjh9@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:38:32 -0800 (PST), Father Haskell
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
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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
>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>> I've seen other sources that question that. But we me ascribe many of
>>>> those early deaths to POOR TEETH
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.)
>>
>> 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.
>>
Yea. lets make climate change illegal! Talk about dumbing down!
>> 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.
>>
Murder is not part of life. There is a big difference (but you are too
enlightened to understand the difference) between allowing one to die and
murdering them.
>> Is an enlightened society such as Holland our last hope?
>>
> you go first numbnuts
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