For conservatives, it must sound like “better red than dead” all over again. A new study in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health suggests that liberals live longer than conservatives in the United States. The researchers looked at more than 32,000 adults and tracked them over 15 years. The result was surprising: conservatives seemed to be expiring faster than their counterparts on the left. However, conservatives claimed to be happier than their counterparts in life.
It has been reported that Hillary Clinton has been working on a new campaign theme. Perhaps they should consider a “Vote Hillary Or Die” campaign.
Roman Pabayo, a community health researcher at the University of Nevada said that the group relied on more concrete data like actual death records than did prior studies. They also eliminated other factors by comparing conservatives and liberals of similar age, sex, and socioeconomic status. Notably, when divided simply between parties, Democratic and Republican party members died at the same rate, but when compared on ideological grounds, conservatives bit the dust first on average.
Subu V. Subramanian, a professor of population health and geography at Harvard was critical of the findings. His study relied on self-reporting and found that Republicans reported better health and they were 15% less likely to smoke. He also found that Republicans and conservatives were benefitted by being more religious and “more tied into social networks and organizations.”
It may still be too early for some conservatives to embrace wage equity and global warming. The difference in death rates is described by Subramanian as “slight” in the new study.
Source: USA Today
I hope my comment about emails was clear. After rereading it (now that I’m tired), I’m not so sure. If you’re going to put your email out in the open, like on a post to another person, make it something like happypappies @ webhostwhateveritis dot com to make it more difficult for web surfing programs to scoop them up and spam/infect them.
happypappies,
“our political ideologies differ”
I’d consider myself a Classical Liberal or libertarian-leaning Independent, so I don’t think our ideologies differ that much! 🙂
Prairie Rose,
No, not that much. I think most of us are in the same place there. Even though I got batted around like a badminton shuttle there on what was who and told I knew NOTHING I KNOW NOTHING lololol
And Darren,
Why JT allows you this role is beyond me.
No Darren it was not a literal threat. Really, I think you know that, or at least you should. It’s verbal jousting and I get to defend myself. The comment was meant figuratively. But whatever Darren, I have no confidence in your ability to be fair minded.
Inga:
I placed a comment you made into moderation due to a threatening statement you made against another commentator.
Threats against another are prohibited on this website and it is necessary for you and all others to refrain from this type of behavior. I recommend that you cease posting comments that carry these types of remarks.
Regarding.
Nick and happypappies,
“after I published my email here to help someone through a tough time some a-hole tried to infect my computer.”
Try breaking your emails into segments. I think there are programs that essentially surf the web for emails to spam or infect. So, typing name @ place dot com is supposed to help protect your account, I think.
If there are others more well-versed in security issues like this, please correct this if I’m wrong.
Prairie Rose
Thank you very much
Even though our political ideologies differ it is nice to know that you are a person of integrity, I do a boot scan twice a day but I will keep this in my bookmarks with remembrances of repairs like Darrens Comments
Let’s try to keep the personal attacks away from this website. Professor Turley did not establish his blog to serve as a venue for continued comments having the sole content of expressing animosity toward others. If you have views on particular topics of interest feel free to share these. The vitriolic exchanges provide little of interest or benefit to those who visit
Darren
I hate to bring this up but because you are the appointed midnight shaman I don’t want you to think the earlier problem was without a reason. This is what it was from
http://jonathanturley.org/2015/02/02/north-carolina-woman-charged-in-road-rage-incident-caught-on-tape/#more-87751
on 1, February 4, 2015 at 12:47 am Anarchist 2.0
Aridog-
“I called you for “trolling” because that is what you were doing.”
I gave a reasonable opposing opinion, so of course you view that as trolling. Some of you people are highly intolerant of opposing opinions, no matter how rational they are- like my view on this matter, for instance. Of course, you’re most likely a little bitter at my reaction to your revelation that you are armed 24/7 for no real reason, but oh well. If you regularly engage in reckless and foolish behavior like carrying a gun when there is no real need, you should learn to tolerate criticism. Violent crime has been dropping steadily for over 20 years, so your fear of the world around you, your perception that your society is your enemy, is based upon unfounded paranoia. With that gun on your hip and that bullet in your pocket, you present more danger to the world around you than that world presents to you.
You might as well get used to the idea that I’m really not too concerned with your opinion, and I’ll never seek your approval.
Happypappies-
You are all over the map and you go from jeckyll to hyde with no rhyme or reason. I suspect you might be schizophrenic. What is your diagnosis, anyway?
“What a ridiculous comment you just made to all of us.
I am going to ignore it.”
You’re not doing such a good job with that.
“I gave you a long and fair argument about 2 weeks ago which you ignored regarding Charles Finney and his Evangelical Morality.”
I didn’t read it. As I’ve stated before, I like Finney. I’ve also read most of his works. I don’t feel any need to argue about his morality, especially with someone I suspect to be mentally ill.
on 1, February 4, 2015 at 12:57 am Inga
Bingo Anarchist! Damn it’s been an interesting evening on RIL, LOL!
Now Darren – I fought back on this post because I am tired of it –
on 1, February 5, 2015 at 11:46 am Anarchist 2.0
” you are a real Christian and an example to us all ”
So are the voices in your head telling you that you’re a Christian again today?
Maybe you can help me with a question. I’m wondering how hard I should be on you. Since you’re insane, I feel I should show you some compassion, even though you’re annoying. However, what if the fact that you’re annoying has nothing to do with your insanity?
Is there a possibility that I could get you to post your diagnosis? A note from your psychiatrist would work as well. I just want to know if you’re one of those obsessive lunatics that will eventually require a restraining order.
This is what I listen too and why they gave me their e mails.
And Paul, night shift HAS a supervisor. Always.
Paul, you have NO idea when I recieved my MSN, do you? My god what a creepy person you are. You have no idea what kind of nurse I was. I know one thing for SURE about you. I wouldn’t let you anywhere near any children to teach them a thing. For someone who doesn’t know the difference between Celcius and Fahrenheit, or the normal body temperature, it sounds like you were one of those incompetent teachers who must’ve been stuck in the worst of the worst schools and it’s no wonder why.
Inga – I would agree with you. It is not in the best interest of any child to have me teach them math or science.
I taught at-risk students who had been failed by the public school system. My job was to try to get them through high school and prep them for college. I was the highest paid teacher at my non-tenured school. I got that pay on merit.
Eventually I was made Instructional Specialist, which meant I supervised the other teachers as far as their teaching the standards, keeping records, classroom discipline, etc.
Big=bit.
Game? No Happy, it’s very serious. You make an assertion about what you think I said “Bingo” to, then you won’t back up your assertion with a link to where this supposedly occurred? I’ve mostly ignored you Happy because you’ve been a big erratic with your comments and I really don’t have the desire to try to understand where you are coming from on any given day.
I am that is Still have the new keyboard sitting next to me
I think JT needs to consider if it’s a good idea to allow his commenters to give out their private emails on his blog. There are vulnerable people out there who comment on blogs and there are unscrupulous creepy people who prey on these sorts of people. I would suggest caution in allowing anyone soliciting commenters to contact them via private email.
Wow, just what Happy needs, to be manipulated by someone like Spinelli. This is not a good idea, especially if she really is suffering from some mental issues. Happy, I would warn you to be careful with this person.
Happy, I have agreed with some of Anarchists comments regarding all sorts of things. I don’t recall any comments about your mental illness, sorry. Please post a link to where this occurred. Are you sure I said “Bingo” regarding your mental illness, or something else he said in the same comment? He tends to write long comments and sometimes things get missed.
happy, I just emailed you. Be careful, after I published my email here to help someone through a tough time some a-hole tried to infect my computer. But, you’ll recognize my email. Let’s keep in touch. I’ve helped others here who have been attacked.
Inga
I So not going back to that. I am so not going to play this game Sorry
happy, Don’t let these malcontents get to you. If you want to email me @ ndspinelli@hotmail.com we can discuss further. Give me a heads up so I know it’s you.
Nick
I don’t care if they know my name – I email aridog anyway. leslie.goudy@yahoo.com okay> thanks
happypappies – nick has my email address (if he has not lost it) if you want to get ahold of me.
Karen, Mespo was in the same chopper w/ Brian Williams. They both “misremembered” the incident. He’s an angry man w/ a one person cheer squad. To think people of his ilk were in charge here not long ago. Now, they just want to trash the place.
Annie – Inga – R2D2
And with that last comment by Spinelli….These types of vile characterizations of other commenters
No Inga everyone is sick of the personal attacks. Especially on me if you want to know the truth of it. Nick can take care of himself. But to call me insane over and over and to have you saying bingo and thinking it’s funny and being a psychiatric nurse and then calling Nick out for vile characterizations shows you basically either have no idea that it is wrong to call people out for having things potentially wrong with them if they are not of your political stripe or you are just well …. I won’t say
happypappies – the last person you would want around you if you were mentally ill would in Inga/Annie. Actually, with an MSn from Marquette she would have been a ward or shift supervisor, not a night nurse.