Posted by jkm822 at alb-24-195-224-162.nycap.rr.com on May 26, 2003 at 14:07:47:
In Reply to: Beef...It's what's for dinner. posted by Bob301 on May 26, 2003 at 03:51:36:
: : ~~ just finished off two homemade beef tacos myself!
: : I was wondering if you'de ever read anything by Susan Margolis/
: : I was also wondering if they over medicate USA people ?
: : Maybe I should just make an infamous poll?
: I think the US is infamous for overmedicating people. Our doctors like to prescribe pain killers, anti-depressants, and relaxants for anyone and everyone. It's way to easy to get drugs. Thats not even including all the self-medicating people do, with non-prescritption drugs. At the supermarket, there is usually an entire aisle side dedicated to all the drugs available. Then we have the antibacterial soap, the germ-killing cleaning fluids, the anti-biotics which are soon going to make all our natural defenses null and void, because of survival of the fittest. Of course, we need all these things because of the preservatives, hormones, artificial flavors, chemical additives, and other byproducts of processing that we eat every day. The plysaccharides, the saturated, unsaturated, monunsaturated, polyunsaturated fats; the MSG, sodium, and yellow #5 that rises to unnatrual levels in our bodies. We try to counter these things with long, unpronouncable chemicals designed to shut down receptors, or inhibit flow, or activate glands, or God knows what else, all wrapped up into a grape flavoring that contains 32 graps of sugar per spoonful and no grape juice whatsoever, with a little alcohol thrown in to make us drowsy and prevent us from operating heavy machinery.
: I don't believe I've read anyhting by Susan Margolis, but I'm haveing a hard time finding a bibliography on Google so I can doublecheck. But if you reccomend something, I'll pick it up tomorrow or Tuesday. I'm about done with American Gods anyhow.
: I'm up for a poll.