On 6/16/2013 2:57 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Todd" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 06/16/2013 05:09 AM, Don Roberto wrote:
>>> I'm used to Julie is getting things wrong - she's an expert at that.
>>
>> Hi Don,
>>
>> Its okay to get thighs wrong every so often. (Who me? I NEVER DO!)
>> It is not okay to bear false witness against someone. Just reading
>> the first paragraph tells you Mark wasn't telling any lies.
>> She maligned the guy. Julie is a "professional offense taker".
>> I just ignore her and don't respond to her.
>
> No. I'm not a professional offense taker. I just don't like blatant lies.
> And what he said at the beginning *are* blatant lies.

You really are tuck on stupid.

>>
>>> What got to me were the other two clowns who jumped on the band wagon
>>> without reading the article and helped her totally twist the story
>>> before anyone got a chance to comment on _the merits_ of the article.
>
> No need to read the article when it starts out as lies.
>>
>> The other two guys are really not clowns. They are really decent folks
>> and I enjoy their friendship. And, they are good cooks. They made the
>> mistake of taking Julie at her word. When you think about, they
>> probably thought "[a] nice article on salt" was another one of those
>> articles on low salt articles that Mark referred to and didn't realize
>> Mark was refuting them.
>
> They don't have to take me at my word. Marks words are right out there and
> they are lies! Experts are not telling us to avoid salt! Some experts
> might say to watch the sodium level in the foods that we eat. Why? Because
> most people do eat things like condensed soup and frozen meals. And those
> things can be super high in sodium.
>>
>> It is/was an understandable mistake. And now they have to forgive me
>> (and everyone else) when they screw up. Which is what friends are
>> for. (Ribbing, as long as it is funny, is allowed.)
>>
>> I especially loved the part about Potassium. My wife did a lot of
>> research on Potassium before reading Mark's article and Mark came up
>> with the same thing my (highly intelligent, whom I greatly admire)
>> wife came up with:
>>
>> "Unfortunately, the official recommendations for sodium and
>> potassium intake cannot be met simultaneously. Yep – the
>> experts want you to eat in a way that is literally impossible
>> to accomplish. Inspires confidence, doesn’t it?"
>
> But there's the lie! The *experts* aren't telling you this! Mark is just
> telling you that they are. Why do you need someone to tell you things like
> this anyway? There is an RDA for all vitamins and minerals. It's easy
> enough to run your foods and drinks through the Cron-O-Meter or some such
> thing to see if you are getting too much of something or not enough. Or
> even get a blood test when it comes to things like potassium.
>>
>> By the way, I got called "Fuzzy Lovey" on another group. In my
>> rebuttal, the corn and baloney flowed on and on and on . "Bad
>> for my reputation!", "take it back!", "I can be insensitive!",
>> "for the love all that is good and decent!". I bet his eyes
>> were glues to the top of his head for hours. One of my finer
>> hours.
>
> Whatever! That doesn't even make sense!
>
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