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	<title>In My Not So Humble Opinion &#187; I&#8217;m serious about this</title>
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		<title>We&#8217;re all organic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rant about all the hype about organics. They really aren't better, you know.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have had it &#8220;up to here&#8221; with the organic movement. Okay, so maybe some chemicals are bad. I don&#8217;t like smearing bug spray on my skin, and don&#8217;t want to eat it. But the organic fanatics are out of control. I saw an ad the other day for <b><i>Bottled Organic Water</i></b>. Please, someone, lock up that marketing consultant before it&#8217;s too late.</p>
<p>If every farm in the world switched to organic farming, <a href="http://reason.com/archives/2002/06/05/organic-alchemy"><b><u>we will not have enough food to go around</u></b></a>. Some people are already starving; <a href="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1567"><u>that number will increase</u></a> because organic farms produce less produce per acre than conventional chemical-loving farms.</p>
<p>Ohh, but &#8220;organic farming combats global warming,&#8221; you say. Hogwash. Or rather, cow manure. We&#8217;ve been hearing for years how cow farts are blowing holes in the ozone. What do organic farmers use? Cow manure. So, how can using more cow poop, thereby increasing the amount of methane released into the air, combat global warming? That is, IF global warming is real? So not siding with Al Gore on this one. The same Al Gore who flies all over the place in his personal jet, spewing all kinds of pollutants into the air to get us to stop polluting. The hypocrisy is painful, Al.</p>
<p><b>Stop telling me to eat like our early ancestors did.</b> Aren&#8217;t these the same ancestors who died before they hit 30? Oh, but you say, they didn&#8217;t have modern medicine. </p>
<p>The &#8220;modern medicine&#8221; that kooks like Jenny McCarthy preaches against? Yes, Jenny, <b>I do believe in immunizing children</b>. Just filling them chock-full of vitamins and organic produce isn&#8217;t enough to keep polio (or any other dread disease) at bay. My cousin Normie caught polio when he was two &#8211; shortly before the polio vaccine came out. Trust me, he would have preferred the shot to the high fever, extreme muscle and abdominal pain, and a lifetime of wearing braces. He missed out on the simple joys of tiptoeing up behind a loved one, running through the park with his dog, and breaking out into a joyful dance. I hate to think that your children, and the children of other kooks like you might end up the same way, or worse.</p>
<p><img src="http://weirdenough.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/veggies.jpg" alt="veggies" title="veggies" width="250" height="200" class="alignright size-full wp-image-323" />Back to the Organics.<b> Do they taste better? Not really.</b> A side-by-side blind taste test was done by a local tv show about a year ago. People were told one piece of fruit was organic, and the other was not. Overall, they said that the one that tasted the best was probably the organic. When told which one was organic, they nearly always said that tasted better. And, when they were lied to and told that the non-organic fruit was organic, they said <i>that one</i> tasted better. Which means that people are buying into the hype, not the reality.</p>
<p><b>Plants don&#8217;t know which fertilizer is natural and which is man-made</b>, because if the nutrients are the same, the plants absorb them the same. And, here&#8217;s something interesting: The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_certification"><u>standards for being labeled organic are pretty broad</u></a>, so consumers don&#8217;t know exactly what it means when a farm is certified organic, and <a href="http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/organic.html" target="_blank"><u>certification doesn&#8217;t really mean anything.</u></a> And, here&#8217;s another shocker for you: <a href="http://ziztur.com/2009/07/organic-food-bullshit.html"><u>Studies have shown there are no real health benefits of choosing organic food over typical food</u></a></p>
<p>When you get right down to it, the origin of everything we eat, wear, and use is the earth. Whether it is manipulated in &#8220;organic&#8221; or &#8220;conventional&#8221; ways, it all comes from the same place. And it will all end up in the same place when we&#8217;re finished with it. You may call me a cynic, a lunatic, out of touch, or a danger to the environment, but I&#8217;ll stick with the conventionally produced food that has sustained me all these years. And, I&#8217;ll drink my water straight from the tap. It will do me just fine.</p>
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		<title>Some equipment should not be optional</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when wearing a bra should be mandatory.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back in the 70&#8242;s, a fashion consultant (whose name I totally forget) said that if you put a pencil under your breasts and it stays there, you shouldn&#8217;t go braless. I followed her instructions and then proudly slipped into my little halter top. I went out into the California sun and strutted my stuff, comfortable in the conviction that I was not committing a fashion faux pas with my unfettered boobies.</p>
<p>I have nothing against bralessness. If you have amazing tatas and want to show them off, be my guest. If your gigantic rack defies gravity, by all means, show the world what daddy bought you. But, if you fail the pencil test, you might want to consider wearing a bra to help keep your knockers from moving further south. </p>
<p>There are times, however, when a bra should not be considered optional equipment:</p>
<p>If you wear a belt to keep your pendulous titties from hitting you in the knees, you need a bra. If you can fit a 2-liter bottle of soda under each fun bag and they don&#8217;t fall out, you need a bra. If you can go jogging while those 2-liters are wedged under your mammouth gazongas, and they still stay put, for safety&#8217;s sake, you should  wear a bra to make sure they don&#8217;t bounce up, hit you in the head, and knock you out cold.</p>
<p><a href="http://weirdenough.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bra.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://weirdenough.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bra.jpg" alt="bra" title="bra" width="300" height="214" class="alignright size-full wp-image-308" /></a>And if, when crossing the street (as you did in front of me today), an observer (again, me) is led to wonder whether a pack of rabid opossums are fighting their way out of your blouse as your more than ample busom bounces, jiggles, and lurches ahead of you, please, for the sake of all that&#8217;s holy, protect us from that horror and put on a bra.</p>
<p>Once you round up the mammaries in your over the shoulder boulder holder, go one step further and tighten up the straps. They&#8217;re adjustable for a reason. Nips should not be pointing to the ground. Hoist those puppies back up to home base. Let your headlights lead the way in front of you. Your back will thank you. And so will I.</p>
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		<title>Beck Surgery Goes &#8220;Horribly Awry&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are there so many bad doctors screwing people over? Thank goodness Glenn Beck speaks out.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By now, you&#8217;ve probably seen the Glenn Beck video on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX1rLv_hNeI&amp;eurl=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/beck_surgery_goes_horribly_awry_74231.asp">VIDEO: Beck from the dead</a>.<br />
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<p>He, like me, and so many of other unfortunate victims, fell prey to some bad doctors, and will be talking about his experience on his show this coming Monday. It&#8217;s about time someone in the limelight shares a story of bad doctors and the ways they nearly kill us.</p>
<p>If you want to hear his story, you can find the station in your area that airs his radio show, here: <a href="http://www.glennbeck.com/content/radio/">http://www.glennbeck.com/content/radio/</a>. His television show airs nightly on Headline News at 7, 9 ET. I&#8217;ll be tuning in. I want to hear what happened to him, and who nearly killed him. It&#8217;s time to start naming names.</p>
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