All Posts Tagged With: "disease"

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Hypochondria – The Disease Of The Elderly

I am in the class of people politely referred to as ‘Senior.’ When I was young I thought Senior meant really old, fragile, frail, sickly, helpless. Today I understand Senior as that stage of life before Elderly. Senior is a prelude to an honest understanding of illness and mortality. Senior is that time of life where we begin to examine the ailments we will experience as elderly. I used to be a hypochondriac, but now I think I have something much worse. – it is called aging.

30Mar2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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The Criminal Paradigm, Fiddling around on the Roof

We were watching the old Topol character in Fiddler on the Roof. He portrays a man who struggles with tradition, struggles with the idea of changing ideology, struggles with changing his cultural prejudices. The movie is so universally accepted because all people relate to changing times and changing cultures, and the gut wrenching emotion those [...]

7Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 7 comments | Continued
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Irvin Rosenfeld on Medical Marijuana

Son,
In an effort to present more information I offer this video from Irvin Rosenfeld testifying on the medical benefits of using Marijuana. Mr. Rosenfeld has some multiple congenital bone disease. This issue is one that has been taken out of the court of reason and placed in the court of politics.
As anyone who reads my [...]

25Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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Ron Paul endorses drug addiction

Son,
We have comments from Ron Paul supporters that compare laws against marijuana to prohibition against alcohol. These folks, and Ron Paul, fail to understand the trauma of modern drugs. The real sadness is that Ron Paul is a physician – and he seems to turn a blind eye to the problem of a pandemic illness [...]

25Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 9 comments | Continued
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Ron Paul, Marijuana, Government

Son,
Ron Paul takes huge leaps of logic. There is a fundamental problem with his libertarian philosophy. That philosophy ignores the inter-dependence of modern society. Centralized government must take a larger role in a world where individuals States can no longer stand alone – Marijuana crosses the State borders like the wind. No one State can [...]

24Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 3 comments | Continued
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Spirituality, Confused with Co-dependency

Son,
Healthy spirituality – what is it?  What does it look like?  What is at the root?  A discussion like this leads to a discussion on generally healthy behaviors.  This leads to discussion on co-dependency, drug addiction, and other destructive behaviors.  Notice how I conveniently lumped different maladies together?  This is where the discussion often gets [...]

17Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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Animal Rights vs Wildlife Management

Son,
We live in a crowded world.  There are many lifeforms competing for the same land, water, and air.  But we happen to be humans – so get out of the way other lifeforms.  That has been the human motto for thousands of years.  But I think we have pushed too hard.
Wildlife is now relegated to [...]

10Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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Alcoholism and Drug Addiction – diseases

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Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, is a disease. The Fireside Post has many articles on addiction. We should be clear that we are talking about a pandemic disease. Here are some sticking points – is addiction self induced? Is addiction merely criminal behavior? Is addiction a moral dilemma – a sin of Biblical proportions? The answer to [...]

15Nov2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued