Comments atelic has made

  • grow up steven

    wow - did you go through a bad divorce, or what??  so much hatred in one post.  gonna get you an ulcer.

    what a wonderful idea for the women in mexico city!On Mexico City encourages transit ridership with women-only buses posted 1 year, 10 months ago 8 Responses

  • misleading headline

    i actually read comments section yesterday, and Murkowski didn't address Rush's crude and juvenile behavior/comments at all.

    she DID say she was proud of Lockwood; she did NOT have the courage to condemn Limbaugh.On Alaska Senator defends young constituent against Limbaugh's attacks posted 2 years ago 9 Responses

  • question to Earth Shaman

    Um, so if we don't do anything, these "other forces" from our Flower will step in and indiscriminately kill most of the population?  And, I assume, any wildlife that just happens to get in their way?

    And they'll do this because they're so much wiser than us, that it's okay for them to commit genocide?  

    Of course, if they're so smart, why don't they figure out a way to teach us, or "lead by example," or help the disenfranchised wrest power from the corrupt??  "Dropping the bomb" is easier than diplomacy and scholarship even for these other forces, huh?

    Other than that, hopefully Waxman and others can at least tie this new coal power plant up until the next elections, when we might be able to get some more intelligent people in office.On EPA gives permit to new Utah coal plant; Waxman cries foul posted 2 years, 2 months ago 10 Responses

  • History Channel show disputed

    For one thing, there was just a NY Times article where some professionals put forth the theory that it was the addition of starch (from an expanding vegetable diet) rather than meat that helped humans gain in intelligence.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10starch.html?_ ...

    For another, there is a dispute over whether eating a certain item can "cause" greater intelligence, or whether the abilities to either digest or acquire a new food source put pressure on natural selection.  (In other words, maybe the "smarter" humans were better able to get the food, and therefore survived to breed.)

    I've been vegetarian off-and-on for over 20 years.  Mostly on, and on for the last 8-9.  I've also been sick for the last 7 years -- adrenal fatigue and problems stemming from low hormones and low neurotransmitters.  I was also depressed in high school when I was vegetarian.  I do eat tofu, although I'm not very good at eating veggies.  But I've wondered if my health problems might stem from the lack of animal protein.  None of the medicines or treatments have helped, yet my doctors haven't advised me to eat meat either.

    My problem is that I can't find meat that is humanely slaughtered.  There are going to be those who say there is no way to slaughter humanely, but there are certainly ways to minimize the pain and fear of the animal, for those who may need meat for health reasons yet have moral issues with it.On Umbra on vegetarian remorse posted 2 years, 2 months ago 38 Responses