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makare
What I think is funny is he is being a hypocrite pointing out her (alleged) hypocrisy.
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North_Ranger
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Strange thing: Listening to Rush Limbaugh ranting while also listening to big band music (Dizzy Gillespie's Groovin' High) is oddly entertaining.
Breastfeed vs. Formula = lots of inconclusive data that goes back and forth.
Immunization vs. No Immunization = Hard conclusive evidence for Immunization.
If a woman doesn't want to breastfeed, that's her own damn business.
My wife is from Newfoundland and her whole family thinks it's bizzare and strange that she breastfed our son. Her friends and family that have young babies never even attempted it... just straight to formula.
Here in Alberta it's all over the place, but I personally see a lot more women breastfeeding than bottle feeding.
What was this thread about again?
North_Ranger
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Wait, breastfeeding is considered bizarre and strange?
MITÄ VITTUA?!
MITÄ VITTUA?!
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Chibibar
Yea! it is unnatural! oh wait. I got nothing.Wait, breastfeeding is considered bizarre and strange?
MITÄ VITTUA?!
He is very relevant. He's a fooking loon, but MILLIONS of people take his word as Gospel.
That is a mark against us as a culture.
Yes, but calling someone who is not actually fat "fat" when you're fat makes you look like a jackass.
I think the real story here is that people are still astonished that Rush says stuff that is batshit loopy in order to inject himself into the (inter)national conscious.
It's not like this is the first time.
It's not like this is the first time.
Are you calling me fat? I'll have you know that fat people have feelings too!
Oh poor you.
Yeah, people do take things too far most times.
But don't kid yourself, nicotine is addictive... try quitting cold turkey and see how you feel...
Depends on which side of the fight you are on Mathias, because if you ask the Immunization people there is lots of inconclusive data for actually getting them.
I have a point of view, breast feeding is a natural and normal way of doing things and should be the route take if ABLE. I understand that there are things in this world that take away from a persons ability to do things like breast feed and that formula is a viable alternative.
But their feelings don't matter because they'll just get drowned in all the ice cream...
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Well with vaccinations the effects (if the vaccine works) are guaranteed, while with stuff like breastfeeding it's more of a % thing, simply giving the kid better chances to have a strong immune system etc...
NO! Fucking NO! There is NO inconclusive data about vaccination. NONE! The only findings that challenged anything about vaccination where falsified by the M.D. who started this whole craze. You're comparing apples to oranges.
The problem with breastmilk vs. formula studies is that they draw out over decades, and there are absolutely NO quantitative tests that prove anything one way or the other without introducing other variables like upbringing and environment. Breast feeding is perfectly natural; so is letting your child die if they can't get enough, or don't take the breast. It happens in nature all the time. By "natural" standards we should be pumping out children soon after puberty hits; by age 20 you should have had 10 kids (6 of which would have died, naturally).
That's what riles me up the most. People always view nature as this wholesome golden state of being. If a mother chooses NOT to breastfeed her child simply by the fact that she's not comfortable with it, you have no right to tell her otherwise. That's nature - mind your own damn business and stay busy competing for life on your own terms.
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Case. Point.Oh poor you.
Unless you're being sarcastic. If you are and I can't tell, the irony is delicious.
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Jiarn
Never tell a scientist that science is inconclusive.
Just sayin.
Just sayin.
I wonder why Rush does not rail against all the presidents since 1916 for putting out dietary recommendations...
Also why does he make a big deal about Michele Obama eating ribs?
Also why does he make a big deal about Michele Obama eating ribs?
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Jiarn
Cause she's Black. I thought that was obvious by now.
I was very surprised he didn't make some comment about watermelon or fried chicken. That's more restraint than he usually possesses.
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Disconnected
I never claimed that the science was inconclusive, I said that there are people who believe it is.
North_Ranger
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Where the heck did THAT come from?
North_Ranger
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It's still quite a heavy-handed argument. "You prefer breastfeeding over formula? Fine, let's stop using electricity, and medicine, and start having babies every nine months!"
Of course, I am also exaggerating, but the effect and the assumption is there.
Of course, I am also exaggerating, but the effect and the assumption is there.
There is a reason your sex drive when nutz when you were 15 (or 2 years either direction.) That is when your body expects to start having children.
The infant mortality numbers hold up pretty well, likely 6-8 kids by 20 if pumping them out every 9-12 months. My Dad's generation was quite common to have still-born babes and to lose kids to flu, measles and accidents. Out of the 8 kids my Grandmother had from 1920's through 1930's, only 4 made it past 60 and 3 are still alive, 2 in their 80's one still in his 70's.
They lost two in infancy, one around 22, one around 58, then one about 85. That puts their life expectancy around 51 years, which was the life expectancy for their generation.
The infant mortality numbers hold up pretty well, likely 6-8 kids by 20 if pumping them out every 9-12 months. My Dad's generation was quite common to have still-born babes and to lose kids to flu, measles and accidents. Out of the 8 kids my Grandmother had from 1920's through 1930's, only 4 made it past 60 and 3 are still alive, 2 in their 80's one still in his 70's.
They lost two in infancy, one around 22, one around 58, then one about 85. That puts their life expectancy around 51 years, which was the life expectancy for their generation.
Jesus, at least I'm getting through to someone here...
No, that part is not true... the reason why the life expectancy was lower is because of the high child mortality rates... you made it past puberty chances where you'd live to 80 easy (ignoring war, abusing your body or epidemics).
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