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May 2, 2008 2:36 PM
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Sorry for a late response to something discussed a while ago, but I kept forgetting to log in and give my two cents.
I recently came across "The Blood Type Diet," and Bill Maher's comment: "I don't think there is something wrong with the mosquitos, there is something wrong with the swamp" is the core of the diet.
Four blood types, diseases and blood types which tend to focus on particular blood types, you see a population of people and notice how they eat the same, yet some are overweight, some skinny, some sickly, some healthy.
Blood type helps you process food in your environment.
Dr. Peter D'Adamo figured out the chemistry of food, interacts with the chemistry of your stomach, and the chemistry of your blood.
I am A blood type and can relate some interesting things about cancer, diabetes, asthma, etc.
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Mar 20, 2008 2:12 AM
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Bill, You are so right about medicine. I an a registered nurse and I know what you know. Our bodies take care of us, not medicine, doctors, and especially not the hospital.
Kim
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Mar 20, 2008 2:07 AM
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I would like to reply to your quesitons lelaji3, but this is not the place to do so. However I do think that we could have a most interesting conversation on the subject of awareness and belief, specifically the erroneous belief that enlightenment exists.
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Mar 19, 2008 3:04 PM
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 I simply am not willing to do to this, and the up-coming, generation what was done to us (I being 'Boomer's Baby Brother'); OUR leaders were stolen from us: JFK, MLK,Jr., Bobby Kennedy especially. And now 'Boomer' tries to 'steal,' by dirty, paranoid, partisan politicing, The same policies used to thumb us under into our "place," the only real candidate of these generations. "Hey Boomer: we furgged it up. Now get the hell out of the way, and let someone try and fix IT!"
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Mar 16, 2008 3:21 PM
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The age when one becomes self aware. All choices stem from self interests or the lack of.
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Mar 16, 2008 3:13 PM
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At what age do you think you begin to exercise "choice"? By the way I agree with you that ones choices are ones responsibility -in order to make "good" choices one needs clarity and awareness- if a belief is unconscious that means it is not seen yet. Are you are telling me that you are totally conscious and have seen through all your belief structures and they do not reconstitute themselves. again i say you may be one of the enlightened ones and if so then you know that no belief is 'true".
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Mar 16, 2008 3:08 PM
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Not enlightened, just aware. And smart enough to know that I have the choice of either being influenced or not by the culture around me, and not coward enough to blame my choices on culture to begin with. After all they are my choices and my responsibility.
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Mar 16, 2008 3:01 PM
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I never said "white" people are born racist. I said all people are conditioned by their culture. If you live in a racist, sexist, homophobic culture you get conditioned. Beliefs can be questioned and changed through ones own investigation process as one gets older. This does not apply only to "white people". The point is we all internalize our culture. Blacks internalize the racism of this culture and become self-hating. Jews carry their own internalized anti-semitism. Gays etc. With the light of awareness this can be seen and like I said before beliefs can be de-constructed. Of course ignorance can be removed by knowledge but stupidity is another story altogether.
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Mar 16, 2008 2:46 PM
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Are you telling me that you are immune to the conditioning of your culture? Maybe you are one of the enlightened ones. Congrats!
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Mar 16, 2008 1:34 PM
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All white people are born or raised racist in this country whether they know it or not? That is a bald faced lie, and by stating it as fact you are perpetuating the lies and ignorant assumjptions of racism yourself. In other words with such an ignorant statment you are just as racist as those you claim are racists. You don't know everyone in this country, nor were you privy to the way they were and are raised. You assume way too much, and sound exactly like those you claim are racist since they also base their ideas on assumptions and lies. You should be ashamed of yourself and all those that listen and believe such assumptions should also be ashamed.
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Mar 16, 2008 5:23 AM
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I believe that assumption stems from Liberal Arts Education and the stereotypes of the conservative right being hillbillies who know nothing or the rich and powerful who care not about the hoi polloi. As far as those who "worship children" I cannot imagine a person not wanting good for children no matter what beliefs you might hold, but to refer to that compassion as worship is an exaggeration. You also seem to be overlooking the fact that without anyone else you would be very lonely so the needs of the many DO matter more than the needs of one, and without your self-esteem you would not have the ability or desire to express your opinions in a forum such as this. As for developing basic understanding of concepts first you must learn to spell the word develop, then you need to learn the definition of a concept. Winter is a season not a concept; it actually exists somewhere, although not here in California. I can build a fire just fine and everyone deals with death how they so choose. Without our beliefs we would have no passion to fight for them.
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Mar 16, 2008 4:15 AM
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Why is it automatically accepted that the leftist person is the more informed, i.e. more intelligent person in a political discussion? Those who worship children, think the needs of the many over ride the needs of the one, and think that self esteem is the most important thing for a person to develope, are not grounded and don't understand basic concepts like.... winter. I personally would rather hang around with someone who knows how to build a fire than with someone who "is comfortable with facing death on my terms" Liberal ideas are the roadway to slow death, take any program you like to its logical conclusion, given what you know about human nature, and the point is made. The passion on the left is great but you people need to restructure your beliefs. signed a True Libertarian
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Mar 15, 2008 10:25 PM
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Geraldine Ferraro is the most insidious kind of RACIST- an UNCONSCIOUS one. She is completely ignorant as to her own racism or the concept of "white privilege" that she enjoys even as a women although less than white males who are on the top of the totem pole of privilege in our society. White privilege is not personal- it is that through no effort of your own -just being born in a body with white skin (whether rich or poor) opens more doors and allows you more opportunities. As i have said white males are at the top of the this power or privilege structure, then white women then black/hispanic women and black/hispanic men. I'm not sure where other minorities exactly fit but in our society no one moves the white male as the dominant power figure (at least not yet). As for Racism in America - we all need to move beyond denial, guilt and shame. We are all racist to some extent, whether conscious of it or not. We are born into a Racist society and so we got conditioned, indoctrinated -what evre word you want to use to describe it- by our parents, oue teachers, movies, tv etc. etc. Whatever society you are born into you internalize the culture. No Blame -it just happens. Saying you are not racist is like being thrown into a lake and then proclaiming you are not wet. Whatever the culture is we all are to varying degrees. That is racist, sexist, homophobic, ageist etc. So what to do? Hopefully as you grow you become conscious of the racist/sexist etc. beliefs that you have internalized as a child and once they are conscious you have choice and then can change these beliefs 1st in yourself and then use whatever privilege you do possess to change things in the culture/society. That is why however despicable Geraldine Ferraro's remarks are -they are shining a huge light on this issue I call unconscious internalized racism. She is totally clueless because she has never investigated her own mind and motivations.
One other thing i want to express is why I think Obama ( and i am a supporter) is getting the huge crowds and reactions like he gets. Of course it is because he is a great orator, is inspiring, has an uplifting message, isn't defensive, is gracious (like with Hillary even when she has mocked him) etc. but I believe the reasons for all these skills and his unflappable personality comes from the fact that he seems to live and act from a place of higher consciouness. I am not speaking of religion but you could call it spirituality which is different. Obama seems to speak and act from a place that is undivided within himself. That is why he is so attractive to so many people. I have seen some attack ads by Fox that are trying to scare us, but they are are actually scared themselves by his effect on people- the crowds he draws and their reactions. One ad even said Obama is not Jesus. No he's not, but I suggest that maybe the consciousness is not so different. We all have access to this consciousness- and it is called by many names-but it is what I like to call our "true nature". It is not really higher or lower or someone is not better than someone else for realizing their true nature. It is also a vibratory thing -since on an absolute level we are all one - it makes sense that when Obama speaks to us from this undivided place/nature that we all are, that this comes foreground in us as we listen and we are uplifted, literally, by it. I have watched this happen to Hillary Clinton in the last two debates . He lifts her up and her best moments have been when she starts coming from what I would call her "higher consciousness". That is why I strongly believe Obama is the best candidate to be President especially at such a crucial time in our history and the world's. Hillary wants to put a bunch of pieces together to form unity whereas Obama speaks and acts from the place where Unity already exists and actually cannot ever be separated. Thanks for letting me rant on.
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Mar 15, 2008 7:33 PM
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New Rule: Tell Bush to stop refering to "ENDGAME" as
a Transitional Period!
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Mar 14, 2008 10:27 PM
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I'll be watching for your next post. I think that I will find it interesting reading. It's nice to know that not all of us Americans are lazy and complacent. If we don't protect and watch over our own freedoms, who will? Freedom belongs only to those who are willing to be vigilant and aware that it must be protected and watched over. It is not something to be taken for granted. Those who take it for granted are destined to lose it.
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