tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post3764622079775794230..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Natural Selection at WorkAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-20452101445931961252008-10-29T23:02:00.000-04:002008-10-29T23:02:00.000-04:00And, you wanna know why there are so many antibiot...And, you wanna know why there are so many antibiotic-resistant bacteria these days? because of the practice of raising beef cattle in feedlots. See, cattle are evolved to eat grasses, and are very good at turning them into protein. What gives them fits, though, is a diet high in grains, which are just the seeds from grasses. It upsets the pH in their digestive tracts, and make their digestive systems more prone to infection. So, how are these infections fought? By giving cattle more of the grass they are supposed to eat? No, sirree, those infections are fought by feeding the cattle loads of antibiotics, and this is done by literally dumping thousands of pounds of antibiotics <I> on the ground in the feedlots.</I><BR/>Nice, huh? Here are the miracle drugs that put an end to a lot of infectious bacterial diseases, and greedy operators are dumping them on the ground, so that they can stave off the diseases that occur in their unnaturally-fed cattle.<BR/>Nice.Servitor Lucemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792291004791974556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-50601825400465660932008-10-26T08:16:00.000-04:002008-10-26T08:16:00.000-04:00anne johnson:I have worn boxing gloves for a numbe...anne johnson:<BR/><BR/>I have worn boxing gloves for a number of years, to combat another "bad habit", the no more nosepicking thing was a happy accidental byproduct. And, yes, that would indeed mean that I'm not typing this with my fingers.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714733977927594559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-65309727377615582332008-10-25T23:22:00.000-04:002008-10-25T23:22:00.000-04:00Natural selection dictates that you get tough or y...Natural selection dictates that you get tough or you die. So don't give her antibiotics. Tell her that she has to get tough or die. <BR/><BR/>Well, that really isn't an option to a loving mother is it? <BR/><BR/>That is why I contend that this god (spirit) is an evolution, and a doctor that is trying to figure all this out because being a spirit in human form with opposing thumbs is pretty cool.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-42478591782983802922008-10-25T23:06:00.000-04:002008-10-25T23:06:00.000-04:00I've always contended that if you try to keep your...I've always contended that if you try to keep your environment too sanitary that you will end up with problems.<BR/><BR/>Your body is made fight what comes at it and if you, hum, I'm not sure how to put it right now, but I've never worried about all that and just live with what is out there and allow my body to be exposed to it so it can learn how to fight it.<BR/><BR/>Of course the body doesn't always win on this planet of chaos. Germs get tougher, but so does the science of combating them. <BR/><BR/>Some day we may get that all figured out and have much better bodies than what natural selection gave us.<BR/><BR/>Besides, I sometimes think that natural selection also decides that there are too many here and introduces ways to kill some of us off. <BR/><BR/>Whatever, I'm an omnipresent being so whatever happens to this body or how long it is here is of little concern to me. <BR/><BR/>*Spends two hours in a hot springs with a warning sign about possible nasty things in the water, returns home, pets cat, scratches butt, picks nose.*<BR/><BR/>Well, if I don't do another post you will know why, ha ha ha.<BR/><BR/>You have a strain of herpes in you also, big deal.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-65811659313544810762008-10-25T20:45:00.000-04:002008-10-25T20:45:00.000-04:00Just be sure not to pick your nose while you are k...Just be sure not to pick your nose while you are knitting - eeek!JaAnBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466168862531509865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-82836094747987616562008-10-25T20:19:00.000-04:002008-10-25T20:19:00.000-04:00I outlawed antibacterial everything from my house ...I outlawed antibacterial everything from my house a long time ago. Kids need to play in dirt, maybe eat a little and build up a resistance to crap. All the germaphobes are going to kill us with their cleanliness, lol.KrisMrsBBradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988742743150495260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-51386519193823755042008-10-25T12:36:00.000-04:002008-10-25T12:36:00.000-04:00Girl you made me go on the interwebz. Darn it. No...Girl you made me go on the interwebz. Darn it. No nose picking? *laugh* I'm all creepified now.<BR/><BR/>But this was a great article.<BR/><BR/>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919361/postsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-33487814927103225272008-10-25T12:33:00.000-04:002008-10-25T12:33:00.000-04:00mrsa will eventually kill us all off...blip...we'r...mrsa will eventually kill us all off...<BR/>blip...we're history..<BR/>no picking of the nose?....dang...sad news indeed..yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.com