Nashville's Online Source for Daily News
Search Site
Letters to the Editor
A clean bill of health
What's all the fuss and uproar concerning national health care reform? This doctor, that doctor, this hospital, that hospital, this medication, that medication…
Want real health? Get off your butts and go for a walk, jog, or run. Every day. Breathe deeply often.
Avoid McDonald’s, Burger King, Sonic, and IHOP. All fast food is a no-no. Make a left turn at the canned and frozen food section at the grocery and head straight to the fresh produce aisle. And stay there.
Learn to meditate. Pray often. Forgive every grievance even if the other party is guilty. Get off all medications.
Do not under any circumstances enter any hospital unless you've just been hit by a bus.
Paul D’Argent, 37209
Send comments via e-mail to letters@nashvillecitypaper.com
Delicious
Digg
StumbleUpon
Newsvine
Facebook
Twitter
Google
Technorati230 Comments on this post:
Mailing list sign-up
1644 Cedar Springs Ct, Clarksville
Price: $159,900
Bedrooms/Bathrooms: 3/2
605 Apache Trail, White House
Price: $147,800
Bedrooms/Bathrooms: 3/2
View More Homes
You almost had me D.....
Me too brrrrk .
I stand by my comments. Actually I'm sitting at my keyboard.
And just what in the hell was going's on late last Fri. on this board?
Threats of a "class action" lawsuit brought by SidVicious against "Loner", et al?
All because he made some off-handed comments about her mommy?
Well, I vote we set up a defense fund for the defenseless Mr. "Loner".
I'll kick in the first buck and I'm sure we'll have a rally goin' in no time. Get your "Tea Baggin'" hats on!
dargent, perhaps you should write a letter about the dumb southerners who post on discussions boards and threaten to sue the ones that don't agree with them.
Fun: Maybe you should question why we all think you're a man.
Didn't you write a similar letter a while back?
Staying fit is only part of it.
I knew a woman who was thin, healthy, ate right, hiked, camped, pilates.
She died in less than a year from cancer.
Does the name Jim Fix ring a bell? He popularized the running craze of the 70s and 80s. He ran miles each day. Fell over from a heart attack at 39.
Catastrophic diseases happen no matter how well you manage yourself. If you don't have insurance, it becomes a financial catastrophe as well. It happens every day.
Most folks know I'm female and what difference does it make anywho?
D7, as usual, you can't read. I never said "class action" and just said it about 2 people. Your knowledge of me is nil. I'm not a southerner. I'm from California. How did you get that so messed up. I almost agreed with your letter today, then I read your stupid post. It's funny how Dems can't do anything but blast Reps and you Yankees can't stop fighting the war against the south. It's over. You can be nice now. We lost. You won. That makes you BDonC. So since you got up on the wrong side of the bed today, either go back to bed or play your reruns on Obama so you can memorize what he wants you to say.
I object. Frozen food is (almost) every bit as good as fresh.
This goes for veggies and canned salmon.
house will back me up on this...(maybe...)
Kosh is right though.
Things happen even to the best of plans.
D7 is right too.
You guys are both right and I'm stickin' to that (...unless something better comes along...)
Good morning, Nashville!
First, the LTE. Once again, Paul D'Argent scores. I admire Paul's prolific output and I like his writing style.
I counted up Paul's Do's and Don'ts. I counted eleven Do's, no Don'ts. He beat Moses by one.
If we all practiced what Paul preaches, we might be healthier, wealthier and wiser. Alas, we are all sinners.
Thank you, D7, for offering to help defray my legal defense expenses. I asked Sid for forgivenss, I was out of line. Like you said in your LTE..... "Forgive every grievance even if the other party is guilty". In my case, I'll accept the guilt, mea culpa.
Too late, Loner...Cousin Vinny is already on the case. Prepare for trial.
Syd, you made me laugh instead of cringe today. You're making progress!
SidV: I never said anything about "where're you're from". You told "Loner" last Fri. to "Go to Hell" and you were going to "drag him court in front of a judge". (and another poster). Ask your team of astute attorneys what the word 'Discovery" means. In TCP alone, there's 6 month's of you calling people "jackasses", idiots, morons, every name under the sun. Your case would be "frivilous" and "without merit". All because he said "Sidney" and "Jessie" were boy's names? You're certifiable. So, include me. I can't speak for "Loner", but him being from New York and me from Detroit, we love this sh**t.
Panda
Thanks for that bold decision to straddle the fence. LOL
Fun, it took folks a long time to figure out I'm not a dude and that my name does not mean anything anti-semetic.
Thanks Kosh. It was a hard decision, but I finally made it :)
Dargent,
I'm curious. What is your opinion about the government's idea they are considering to put a sin tax on sugary drinks, all in the name of health?
Blanket, I'm at Wally World, looking at produce and getting disgusted
at the prices, then, on the way I home I stop at the korean place.
Wow, I got the best stuff for cheap and stocked up on chile paste,
which I put on everything.
Well here it is. Either Obama pulls in more troops or the mission is a failure.
Talk about being between a rock and a hard place! Does he tick off his base or does he risk failing in the mission he stated?
McChrystal: More Forces or 'Mission Failure'
Top U.S. Commander For Afghan War Calls Next 12 Months Decisive
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002920_pf.html
chief:
and what's the idea of calling it a "sin tax" anyway ?
Now it's a sin to drink colas ?
I strongly object !......(where's my coke ?...)
chief:
or, it was already a failure when Bush handed the whole mess to him,
so why put in more troops...
do you think this stuff through before you post or ...?
"d'pain": SidV said, " I had a BDonC". I know you're not a medical doctor, but play one on this board,... what is she talking about? Is it something serious? Should I get it checked out?
panda, Inner Asian is the bomb, is it not? i go through a lot of the asian hot sauce. btw, the very same brand/size is $4.29 at harris teeter. Under $2 at Inner Asian.
panda, have you noticed their awesome selection of Asian beer?
Sure. Tax soda.
d7, a brisk walk through the Shur Brite car wash will take care of "BDonC".
A squirt of air freshener under the pits wouldn't hurt, either.
They might as well call it a behavior modification tax. That's what it is.
House, call Vinny, tell him to "fuhgetit."
D7, I'm afraid that I do, in fact, love this sh*t.
As for a tax on carbonated beverages, I agree. Think of the carbon footprint - just from the eructation and flatulance. This is an environmental issue, not just a health issue.
If soda-pop consumption was drastically reduced, many dentists would have to shut down all across the coutry. There's gold in Mountain Dew.
Chief: Well, at least you can be civil.
The greatest harm to the human body is those 40-60 oz. "Big-Gulps".. They blow out the pancreas. In Hawaii, where temps are always around 90, kids, everyone, has a "soda" attached to their hip. They are like gas on a fire. Type II diabetes is rampant.
But, a "sin-tax"...NO. People have the right to choose, and destroy their bodies if they choose. The great and powerful OZ has spoken.
Panda,
"I strongly object !......(where's my coke ?...)"
Me too!
"Loner"...I DID in fact, look up your "Journal". Aren't you the tall, good lookin' guy in black leather holding the sax? The two hookers were a nice touch.
Panda,
"or, it was already a failure when Bush handed the whole mess to him,
so why put in more troops..."
Hey, Obama is the one who said it was THE war.
I'm just wondering how he's going to play this.
Kosh,
"Sure. Tax soda."
Ok...so you have no problem with this. How do you feel about the fact it won't stop those who have the EBT card from buying it because they don't pay tax on the card...or for that matter don't pay for anything that is purchased on the card?
Do you think, as I do, that those who have these cards should be the FIRST ones to have to give up sodas, when purchased with these cards? Also, how about cake, ice cream, etc?
d'pain: I was kinda getting hip to the posting vernacular..BTW...WTF...and "blow me", but what's "BDonC"?
"fraid so, D7. The old hippie biker with the tenor sax is yours truly....did that surprise you?
Hookers? I know nothing....
Loner,
"As for a tax on carbonated beverages, I agree. Think of the carbon footprint - just from the eructation and flatulance. This is an environmental issue, not just a health issue. If soda-pop consumption was drastically reduced, many dentists would have to shut down all across the coutry. There's gold in Mountain Dew."
Ah, so it's an environmental issue for you. But I heard that cow flatulance was a MUCH greater problem than human flatulance. Maybe we should eat more hamburgers???
Dargent,
"But, a "sin-tax"...NO. People have the right to choose, and destroy their bodies if they choose."
But then, by that logic, smokers should be left alone too, as long as they smoke where no one else is...right?
BTW, I agree with you 100%...even though there are those who say this makes healthcare worse or whatever.
House,
"They might as well call it a behavior modification tax. That's what it is."
Well, it worked for cigarettes to some degree...but I tend to agree with you on this.
Our local Rochester, NY radio star, a Rush wannabe, was bemoaning the fact food stamps can be used to buy pop, tax-free. He whined that the taxpayers are not only paying the tax on their own pop but also paying the tax and the retail cost of the pop for the food stamp recipients. Chief now echoes the same refrain...the GOP "think tanks" obviously orchestrated and coached this reaction. It's more "blame the victim" rhetoric and agitation for class warfare. That's all the GOP knows.
Chief: Be careful when you agree with me "100%". Sid "V" did last month and now me and that trouble make "Loner" are embroiled in a potential lawsuit. Allegations of malfesance, extortion, racketeering and jury tampering. My speciality is "influence peddling". I may get off on a technicality.
"Loner": I gotta tell you...in my late teens I loved Stanley Turrentine. Then it was Grover Washington, Jr., then Stanley Jordan. Bob James went to my alma mater and I had ALL his albums. Theme to "Taxi"...unbelievable. Now, I just listen to The White Album, backwards...sad.
I dunno, Chief, 200 million addicted pop drinkers are burping and farting us into an environmental catastrophe. The CO2 emmissions eminating from the sphincters of these carbonated hominids has been conveniently ignored by the MSM and the government. The pop lobby is very powerful.
Cows don't drink pop, Chief, though they do drop a plop quite often. Eating more burgers is counter-productive, they cause room-clearing beef-farts.
Did anyone get a good look at the bods of Glenn Beck's Tea Baggers? (LOL!!!) I am certain the street vendors in DC quickly ran out of hot dogs and chips. That was sorriest, fattest, pastiest group of middle aged men I've ever laid eyes on. And who can forget the women in their Quakkers and hairdos!
I wish I had a nickel for every tank top, tattoo and mullet on the Mall that day.
Argh! Don't call it pop! Or soda. Southerners HATE that.
Agreed, Fun. It's all "Coke"...even if it's Pepsi.
Loner,
"Our local Rochester, NY radio star, a Rush wannabe, was bemoaning the fact food stamps can be used to buy pop, tax-free. He whined that the taxpayers are not only paying the tax on their own pop but also paying the tax and the retail cost of the pop for the food stamp recipients. Chief now echoes the same refrain...the GOP "think tanks" obviously orchestrated and coached this reaction. It's more "blame the victim" rhetoric and agitation for class warfare. That's all the GOP knows."
Oh gee, so since I thought of something and someone in NY thought of the same thing, it MUST be a GOP conspiracy! Please! I work part time in a grocery store, and I SEE this every day. If you think I'M disgusted, you should hear what those who work there on a daily basis have to say about it.
All I'm saying is, if WE have to reduce or stop our purchasing of unhealthy foods because we're being TAXED into it, why not stop those who get the stuff for FREE from getting it too.
That doesn't sound unreasonable to me.
I wanna sue someone for calling me a dumb southerner, but I can't figure out how to do it.
Loner,
"I dunno, Chief, 200 million addicted pop drinkers are burping and farting us into an environmental catastrophe. The CO2 emmissions eminating from the sphincters of these carbonated hominids has been conveniently ignored by the MSM and the government. The pop lobby is very powerful. "
So then, let's tap into this powerful emmisisons and hook up a catching device to everyone's butt and use this to power some stuff. Of course walking around with a tank on your back MIGHT be a bit uncomfortable...but that's a small price to pay for being eco-friendly, right? LOL
Dargent,
"Chief: Be careful when you agree with me "100%". Sid "V" did last month and now me and that trouble make "Loner" are embroiled in a potential lawsuit. Allegations of malfesance, extortion, racketeering and jury tampering. My speciality is "influence peddling". I may get off on a technicality."
Nah, I never sue anyone...too much trouble. But hey, you might want to talk with ACORN and see if they can recommend a good lawyer. They seem to be doing ok with their influence peddling too.