Comments on: S’Marvelous…. http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:52:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Logan http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584498 Logan Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:43:38 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584498 <p>Kay Yow has been an inspiration for many years. She runs a solid program and is very active in the community. It’s a shame that it took her cancer to get her the national recognition that she so richly deserves as one of the finest basketball coaches in the United States.</p> <p>I hope she is able to continue for many years to come.</p> Kay Yow has been an inspiration for many years. She runs a solid program and is very active in the community. It’s a shame that it took her cancer to get her the national recognition that she so richly deserves as one of the finest basketball coaches in the United States.

I hope she is able to continue for many years to come.

]]> By: Maura http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584354 Maura Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:56:56 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584354 <p>Wow, when I read that link to Vennochi’s article titled, “Maybe It’s Time for a Candidate To Be a Husband”…all I could think of was:</p> <p>Maybe It’s Time for Clueless Pundits to Shut the Fuck Up.</p> <p>What an awful, awful concern troll article.</p> Wow, when I read that link to Vennochi’s article titled, “Maybe It’s Time for a Candidate To Be a Husband”…all I could think of was:

Maybe It’s Time for Clueless Pundits to Shut the Fuck Up.

What an awful, awful concern troll article.

]]> By: Health for a Long Happy Life » S’Marvelous…. http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584331 Health for a Long Happy Life » S’Marvelous…. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:55:04 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584331 <p>[…] Original post by Jane Hamsher […]</p> […] Original post by Jane Hamsher […]

]]> By: Maddy http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584041 Maddy Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:01:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584041 <p>I want to leave myself out of what I say in comments but thought that it would help if I said this; I have worked and lived through two bouts of interferon and then one more that I had to end in the middle of the course. you don’t surrender your self to any illness if one can help it, that would lessen the life you have left. In the present one continues to have dreams and aspirations and surprise, surprise, you get filled with all kinds of creative juice, mine in the pursuit of shape and sound, and learning how to play guitar at 65 years of age. wah fucking hoo life is 360 degrees and precious to the end. this said not to elicit sympathy but to celebrate life no matter what it holds for us, despair, joy, love, or any emotion you can name. Thanks all for the care you display for our country and the world, yea I am quite sentimental and easily moved to tears so forgive me if I bubble over the top of the glass. I am a little afraid to post this so that means I should.</p> I want to leave myself out of what I say in comments but thought that it would help if I said this; I have worked and lived through two bouts of interferon and then one more that I had to end in the middle of the course. you don’t surrender your self to any illness if one can help it, that would lessen the life you have left. In the present one continues to have dreams and aspirations and surprise, surprise, you get filled with all kinds of creative juice, mine in the pursuit of shape and sound, and learning how to play guitar at 65 years of age. wah fucking hoo life is 360 degrees and precious to the end. this said not to elicit sympathy but to celebrate life no matter what it holds for us, despair, joy, love, or any emotion you can name. Thanks all for the care you display for our country and the world, yea I am quite sentimental and easily moved to tears so forgive me if I bubble over the top of the glass. I am a little afraid to post this so that means I should.

]]> By: lori http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584013 lori Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:43:16 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-584013 <p>Aminopterin Killing animals and People too</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminopterin">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminopterin</a></p> <p>Apologies for all the posts, I keep doing “Google” research</p> <p>lori</p> Aminopterin Killing animals and People too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminopterin

Apologies for all the posts, I keep doing “Google” research

lori

]]> By: diogenes http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583949 diogenes Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:02:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583949 <p>1. My father died young after a long and debilitating illness. We had good days and bad. Being Mr. Responsibility, his greatest concern was leaving behind a young wife and two young sons with his work unfinished. He never realized he “…finished the course…” because he taught us how to carry on with life, and face down death with dignity and grace. I hope to do half so well when my time comes.</p> <p>2. The regard with which the Edwards hold each other was a beautiful thing to see. Thru sickness and in health.</p> <p>3. And the cherry on the cake - Georgetown hung tough, UNC did some poor game management, and my TarHeels lost.</p> <p>This Irishman needs a drink.<br /> Gonna</p> 1. My father died young after a long and debilitating illness. We had good days and bad. Being Mr. Responsibility, his greatest concern was leaving behind a young wife and two young sons with his work unfinished. He never realized he “…finished the course…” because he taught us how to carry on with life, and face down death with dignity and grace. I hope to do half so well when my time comes.

2. The regard with which the Edwards hold each other was a beautiful thing to see. Thru sickness and in health.

3. And the cherry on the cake – Georgetown hung tough, UNC did some poor game management, and my TarHeels lost.

This Irishman needs a drink.
Gonna

]]> By: lori http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583943 lori Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:56:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583943 <p><b>Pet food maker to pay for vet bills</b></p> <p>Same poison that killed and sickened animals is used in Cancer drugs</p> <p>Entire USA Today Article</p> <p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-23-poison-pet-food_N.htm?csp=1">http://www.usatoday.com/news/n......htm?csp=1</a></p> <blockquote><p>“Aminopterin, also used as a cancer drug, is highly toxic in high doses. It inhibits the growth of malignant cells <b>and suppresses the immune system.</b> In dogs and cats, it can cause kidney failure<em>,(and in humans?)</em> according to Donald Smith, dean of Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.”</p></blockquote> Pet food maker to pay for vet bills

Same poison that killed and sickened animals is used in Cancer drugs

Entire USA Today Article

http://www.usatoday.com/news/n……htm?csp=1

“Aminopterin, also used as a cancer drug, is highly toxic in high doses. It inhibits the growth of malignant cells and suppresses the immune system. In dogs and cats, it can cause kidney failure,(and in humans?) according to Donald Smith, dean of Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.”

]]> By: spiderpaws http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583931 spiderpaws Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:47:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583931 <p>A lot of people are still operating off the old model of sickness and cancer. Back in the day, when you or someone you knew got sick, you lay down and played the part. You took the extra pity and got waited upon, extra treats, no work, no blame (hell, you were sick!) no one could pick on you or say bad things about you. However…you had to act sick and not do anything that could be done for you.<br /> If you had incurable cancer or were “retarded”, everyone pitied you and kept you in the back bedroom out of the way of normal, healthy people. You got a tray and spent your days with books, looking out the window over the lawn and watched everyone else running and playing and having fun. If you were lucky, you got a visitor…and you were damned grateful for it.<br /> Fast forward 25-30 years and not only can you be sick and not show it, you can actually have a life! You can work, party, have kids (yes, disabled people have children now! For years it was FROWNED UPON)<br /> The old model no longer serves in any shape, form or fashion. thank goodness. In the meantime, it is up to us to educate the ignorant and let them know it is no longer cool to keep the lunatics and sick locked in the attic.</p> A lot of people are still operating off the old model of sickness and cancer. Back in the day, when you or someone you knew got sick, you lay down and played the part. You took the extra pity and got waited upon, extra treats, no work, no blame (hell, you were sick!) no one could pick on you or say bad things about you. However…you had to act sick and not do anything that could be done for you.
If you had incurable cancer or were “retarded”, everyone pitied you and kept you in the back bedroom out of the way of normal, healthy people. You got a tray and spent your days with books, looking out the window over the lawn and watched everyone else running and playing and having fun. If you were lucky, you got a visitor…and you were damned grateful for it.
Fast forward 25-30 years and not only can you be sick and not show it, you can actually have a life! You can work, party, have kids (yes, disabled people have children now! For years it was FROWNED UPON)
The old model no longer serves in any shape, form or fashion. thank goodness. In the meantime, it is up to us to educate the ignorant and let them know it is no longer cool to keep the lunatics and sick locked in the attic.

]]> By: Jane Hamsher http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583920 Jane Hamsher Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:41:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583920 <p><a href="#comment-583873"><em>Pam @<br /> 124 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Watching the Edwards piece now. Really moving. “We have to live today the best way we know how. We have to be really sensitive about the way we have chosen to serve our country, and our children.”</p></blockquote> <p>It was nice, wasn’t it?</p> <p>(this is my sister, btw)</p> Pam @
124

Watching the Edwards piece now. Really moving. “We have to live today the best way we know how. We have to be really sensitive about the way we have chosen to serve our country, and our children.”

It was nice, wasn’t it?

(this is my sister, btw)

]]> By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583910 dmac Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:31:19 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/03/25/smarvelous/#comment-583910 <p>thanks john casper, i thought i spit all of that out for no apparent reason, not so……….<br /> </p><blockquote>dmac, I doubt this will help, but you’ve eaten fruit from the “tree of knowledge.” The Genesis myth, expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, hasn’t stuck around so long, because it’s about God or nudity. It’s about the human experience of lost innocence. It’s rare, however, that I read someone describe it as heartbreakingly well as you did. </blockquote> thanks john casper, i thought i spit all of that out for no apparent reason, not so……….

dmac, I doubt this will help, but you’ve eaten fruit from the “tree of knowledge.” The Genesis myth, expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, hasn’t stuck around so long, because it’s about God or nudity. It’s about the human experience of lost innocence. It’s rare, however, that I read someone describe it as heartbreakingly well as you did.

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