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"L. Raymond" |
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06 Oct 2006 01:57:37 PM |
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Another bizarre religious manifestation in US gov't |
Just when you think Bush & Co. can't slide a religious bias into
anything else, they pop up somewhere new. This is such a minor thing
I'm surprised that it occurred to anyone to fiddle with it, which I
guess just goes to show there is nothing so insignificant it won't be
micro-manipulated towards Christianity.
The Food and Drug Administration sponsors a site at mypyramid.gov
where people can check to see how many calories they burn doing various
things. First you pick the broad category, like Condition Exercising,
then you pick a specific activity, like Stationary Bike, then you say
how long you did it and it spits out a calories computation. One of the
categories is "Religious Activities", and it includes these choices:
General Yard Work at Church
Kneeling in Church/at Home(Praying)
Praise with Spritual Dancing at Church / Run
Preparing Food at Church
Serving Food at Church
Sitting in Church Quietly, Service, Ceremony
Sitting in Church, Talking / Singing, Activities
Sitting, Playing an Instrument at Church
Sitting, Reading Religious Materials at home
Standing - Moderate/Heavy Work
Standing (Lifting 50 lbs., Assembling, Fast Rate)
Standing in Church, Quietly, Attending a Ceremony
Standing, Singing in Church, Attending a Ceremony
Standing, Talking in Church
Typing, electric manual or computer
Walk/Stand Combination, Religious Purposes, Usher
Walking in Church
Walking, 3 MPH, Moderate Speed, Carrying Nothing
Walking, 3.5 MPH, Brisk Speed, Carrying Nothing
Walking, Less Than2.0 MPH - Very Slow
Washing Dishes/Cleaning Kitchen at Church
You've supposed to extrapolate for synagogues, I guess. Anyway, seeing
this I naturally wondered how far the propaganda went, and sure enough,
there is not a single mention of any sort of sexual activity in any of
the lists, not even under "Personal Care", where you can learn how many
calories you burn while "Sitting on the Toilet".
--
L. Raymond
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| User: "J Forbes" |
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| Title: Re: Another bizarre religious manifestation in US gov't |
06 Oct 2006 02:25:03 PM |
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L. Raymond wrote:
The Food and Drug Administration sponsors a site at mypyramid.gov
where people can check to see how many calories they burn doing various
things. First you pick the broad category, like Condition Exercising,
then you pick a specific activity, like Stationary Bike, then you say
how long you did it and it spits out a calories computation. One of the
categories is "Religious Activities", and it includes these choices:
odd, there's no mention of how many calories you burn while praying to
god to make you skinny
Jim
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Another bizarre religious manifestation in US gov't |
09 Oct 2006 09:26:26 PM |
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On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 13:57:37 -0500, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Just when you think Bush & Co. can't slide a religious bias into
anything else, they pop up somewhere new. This is such a minor thing
I'm surprised that it occurred to anyone to fiddle with it, which I
guess just goes to show there is nothing so insignificant it won't be
micro-manipulated towards Christianity.
The Food and Drug Administration sponsors a site at mypyramid.gov
where people can check to see how many calories they burn doing various
things. First you pick the broad category, like Condition Exercising,
then you pick a specific activity, like Stationary Bike, then you say
how long you did it and it spits out a calories computation. One of the
categories is "Religious Activities", and it includes these choices:
General Yard Work at Church
Kneeling in Church/at Home(Praying)
Praise with Spritual Dancing at Church / Run
Preparing Food at Church
Serving Food at Church
Sitting in Church Quietly, Service, Ceremony
Sitting in Church, Talking / Singing, Activities
Sitting, Playing an Instrument at Church
Sitting, Reading Religious Materials at home
Standing - Moderate/Heavy Work
Standing (Lifting 50 lbs., Assembling, Fast Rate)
Standing in Church, Quietly, Attending a Ceremony
Standing, Singing in Church, Attending a Ceremony
Standing, Talking in Church
Typing, electric manual or computer
Walk/Stand Combination, Religious Purposes, Usher
Walking in Church
Walking, 3 MPH, Moderate Speed, Carrying Nothing
Walking, 3.5 MPH, Brisk Speed, Carrying Nothing
Walking, Less Than2.0 MPH - Very Slow
Washing Dishes/Cleaning Kitchen at Church
You've supposed to extrapolate for synagogues, I guess. Anyway, seeing
this I naturally wondered how far the propaganda went, and sure enough,
there is not a single mention of any sort of sexual activity in any of
the lists, not even under "Personal Care", where you can learn how many
calories you burn while "Sitting on the Toilet".
Will someone please flush the government?
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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| Title: Re: Another bizarre religious manifestation in US gov't |
09 Oct 2006 11:51:09 PM |
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stoney wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote
You've supposed to extrapolate for synagogues, I guess. Anyway, seeing
this I naturally wondered how far the propaganda went, and sure enough,
there is not a single mention of any sort of sexual activity in any of
the lists, not even under "Personal Care", where you can learn how many
calories you burn while "Sitting on the Toilet".
Will someone please flush the government?
You might be interested in what I was told when I asked about this. I
sent this email:
I was looking through the activity type entry form and notice that
love making is in none of the lists. That's a fairly basic activity and
I'm wondering if I simply missed it. Could you please let me know where
the fitness values for it are? Thanks.
and got this response:
We don't have it on the Tracker. And because of that we don't have any
values for it either. We did have it on the Tracker before but had to
remove it later.
I resisted the urge to ask why they "had to" remove it, since I
figured whoever was handling the email could get in trouble for
criticizing policy (and for some reason I get the feeling it definitely
would have been criticism).
--
L. Raymond
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Another bizarre religious manifestation in US gov't |
10 Oct 2006 07:10:51 PM |
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On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:51:09 -0500, "L. Raymond"
<badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote in alt.atheism
stoney wrote:
"L. Raymond" wrote
You've supposed to extrapolate for synagogues, I guess. Anyway, seeing
this I naturally wondered how far the propaganda went, and sure enough,
there is not a single mention of any sort of sexual activity in any of
the lists, not even under "Personal Care", where you can learn how many
calories you burn while "Sitting on the Toilet".
Will someone please flush the government?
You might be interested in what I was told when I asked about this. I
sent this email:
I was looking through the activity type entry form and notice that
love making is in none of the lists. That's a fairly basic activity and
I'm wondering if I simply missed it. Could you please let me know where
the fitness values for it are? Thanks.
and got this response:
We don't have it on the Tracker. And because of that we don't have any
values for it either. We did have it on the Tracker before but had to
remove it later.
I resisted the urge to ask why they "had to" remove it, since I
figured whoever was handling the email could get in trouble for
criticizing policy (and for some reason I get the feeling it definitely
would have been criticism).
That is interesting, thank you. Words are interesting things. The
words can say one thing while the sequencing and word choices provide
the real message. You've, more than likely, got it right.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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| Title: Re: Another bizarre religious manifestation in US gov't |
07 Oct 2006 09:38:03 AM |
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On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 13:57:37 -0500, L. Raymond wrote
(in article <mfp5jytt4or6.161mcgvzb14rf.dlg@40tude.net>):
Just when you think Bush & Co. can't slide a religious bias into
anything else, they pop up somewhere new. This is such a minor thing
I'm surprised that it occurred to anyone to fiddle with it, which I
guess just goes to show there is nothing so insignificant it won't be
micro-manipulated towards Christianity.
The Food and Drug Administration sponsors a site at mypyramid.gov
where people can check to see how many calories they burn doing various
things. First you pick the broad category, like Condition Exercising,
then you pick a specific activity, like Stationary Bike, then you say
how long you did it and it spits out a calories computation. One of the
categories is "Religious Activities", and it includes these choices:
General Yard Work at Church
Kneeling in Church/at Home(Praying)
Praise with Spritual Dancing at Church / Run
Preparing Food at Church
Serving Food at Church
Sitting in Church Quietly, Service, Ceremony
Sitting in Church, Talking / Singing, Activities
Sitting, Playing an Instrument at Church
Sitting, Reading Religious Materials at home
Standing - Moderate/Heavy Work
Standing (Lifting 50 lbs., Assembling, Fast Rate)
Standing in Church, Quietly, Attending a Ceremony
Standing, Singing in Church, Attending a Ceremony
Standing, Talking in Church
Typing, electric manual or computer
Walk/Stand Combination, Religious Purposes, Usher
Walking in Church
Walking, 3 MPH, Moderate Speed, Carrying Nothing
Walking, 3.5 MPH, Brisk Speed, Carrying Nothing
Walking, Less Than2.0 MPH - Very Slow
Washing Dishes/Cleaning Kitchen at Church
You've supposed to extrapolate for synagogues, I guess. Anyway, seeing
this I naturally wondered how far the propaganda went, and sure enough,
there is not a single mention of any sort of sexual activity in any of
the lists, not even under "Personal Care", where you can learn how many
calories you burn while "Sitting on the Toilet".
I didn't see anything about smiting, surely they wouldn't have forgotten
that.
--
Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
"It's tough ... but not as tough as comedy!" - Edmund Gwenn on dying
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