Misanthrope

The topic starter has tapped into the burdgeoning, underground back-to-the-land movement that has greater impetuous and motivation than ever seen in modern history...at least in some enlightened circles. During the first depression, Americans were greatly agrarian, had little if no debt, and were relatively self sufficient by today's mediocre standards. Wood burning stoves and canning food were the order the day. Few held mortgages. They survived the first American depression only because they knew how to grow food and make due sans government mammary glands. These shriveling glands, mind you, will no longer avail themselves to the masses when Obama-Nation (get it?) declares war on the working class. He already has by bailing out big money and turning his back on the little guy. Look at recent government attacks on the Amish! How dare they be self sufficient! No one should be surprised, because no other candidate in American history has had so much BIG, Wall Street money thrown his way to carry out the most draconian of agendas. You want "change"? Well you're going to get it, and in the worst way. Consider Obamination as Bush/Clinton the Second. Same criminal regime, different cover. And not a big stretch considering he has gone under several pseudenums in his short history, and to this day cannot prove natural born citizenship. The man was born in Kenya, not America, which renders him unconstitutionally fit to even run for president of these United States. And soon, he will take an oath to uphold our Sovereign Constitution? Oh, the irony! But I digress, as I often do when inspired by fine forum topics, as this one truly is. Nowadays, folks are knee-deep in debt and wouldn?t know a garden tool if it hit ?em over the head. Self preservation? What's that? The masses are sitting ducks for whatever calamity our "benevolent" rulers deem necessary to plague us with. So, go ahead and amuse yourself with bread and circuses, vulgar amusements, and gadgets produced by Chinese/Mexican slave-labor. Don?t worry, be happy, for tomorrow we are offered "change." Whatever that is. Oh, and don?t forget the Prozac your drug pushing white-coat so willingly shoves down your collective gullet. The bitter pill of "change" and Christmas frivolity goes down much easier that way.

I see XPress and I are on the same culinary track, as too exhibit lustful abandon for samosas and other Indian savories. Indeed, one of the few things I miss about city living is access to Indian buffets and restaurants, where such delectable treasures are par for the course, as it were. For the time being, I shall have to satisfy myself with visits to this forum. Mind over matter, they say. But try telling that to an empty stomach!

My best Christmas gift is no gift at all, for the Enlightened Misanthrope is one of the thinking outcasts who doesn't equate superficial materialism with personal joy or satisfaction. Oh, what manner of scam and swindle has Madison Avenue played upon the teeming masses who have come to equate plastic toys and petty amusements with human love? Aren't these the same scam-artists who pushed "Valentine's Day" down the collective gullet, courtesy of Hallmark cards? Reminds me a bit of the absent mother who attempts to appease her state-raised offspring with offerings of plastic toys - compliments of Chinese-child slave labor, no less. Oh, the obscene irony!! Now, if I could just get my indoctrinated associates and relatives to stop sending those infernal Christmas cards I'd be a happier camper. Because you know what happens when some idiot sends you a Christmas card. You, unfortunately, are obliged to send one back. We're talking wasted time driving snowy byways, braving moronic Walmart crowds, and spending perfectly good coinage to mail a card back to it's source of infestation. And don't forget the saccharin verse that must accompany the card. "May all your Christmases be bright, blah blah blah......" Perhaps if they knew what became of their cards upon receipt they'd stop sending them. Oh yes, they end up in the fire, along with all the other refuse.

I?ve long taken issue with the authorized platform perpetuating this manufactured chasm between physical and metaphysical sciences. Study of Spirit is also legitimate science, you see. We have merely been cut off from our source. And not by accident. A wall of ignorance has been constructed and readily swallowed by the masses, but its foundations are built on propaganda, pseudo science, and outright lies. So I?m not sure how one with even a limited grasp of the matter can propose spirit and matter are somehow mutually exclusive. Something is indeed ?out there,? or to be more to the point, ?in there.? Not that I?m a fan of the man who took credit for the Theory of Relativity, but in his later years, the name most synonymous with the sciences (Einstein), had to admit there is something, something indefinable guiding all matter. You cannot have one without the other, at least on this plane of existence where spirit is forced to endure the hell of physicality. And yet the status quo that strives to separate man from his inner (higher) nature would have you believe man evolved from apes, and leave it at that. And we are the poorer for it.

The mere sight of the Sambar has me salivating! Alas, it's near midnight and too late to eat without suffering reprocutions of some sort or the other. And so I satisfy my hunger with single-malt scotch and ale of an American persuasion. I have often tried my hand at Indian savories with poor results. Although, my Indian Chole isn't too awful. Living in a rural area, I don't have the luxury of hitting the nearest Indian buffet whenever the mood hits. Such are my torments. I do, however, have a standing offer to visit a friend in Egypt...a wee bit closer to the source of cuisine I love so dearly. And I hear Taj Majal beer is more affordable there!

In the United States, the sheeple eat pizza because those who provide fast food have found it to be a medium of choice for economic reasons, and so it is pushed adnaseum via our corporate-controlled media. Think about it. The ingredients required for this "food" include the cheapest of ingredients: genetically altered white flour baked in a toxic blend of rancid oils and chemicals, cheese rendered from cows tortured on factory farms, and tomato sauce laden with high fructose corn syrup and MSG. If you want real pizza, make it yourself with organic whole wheat flour, organic cheese and sauce. Or, go to your local grocer and seek out pizza produced in Italy. Italians take great pride in producing food with real ingredients, free of GMO's and Bovine Growth Hormone. Alternatively, I've found a great alternative in Pita bread, usually associated with Greek fare. Pick up some Pita bread from your local health food store and layer it with sauce, cheese and toppings. Then heat in your oven as you would a store bought pizza, and watch the savings and health benefits rack up.

I have incorporated Yoga into my morning routine for as long as I can remember - though, I was fortunate to have had a progressive-minded mother who appreciated the fine art of twisting oneself into convoluted pretzel barely recognizable as human. I recall my younger sister having the ability to place both legs behind her head at will. I, sadly, could only place one leg behind my head. And still, my yogic prowess was the envy of the perverted cheerleading set at highschool, for reasons I shall not delve into here. This forum is, after all, a family show of sorts. I only pray it stays that way.Suffice it to say, the benefits of the fine art of Yoga cannot be denied. Our only equivalent in the Western world might be swimming, which renders little strain on the joints and bones while rendering considerable health benefits to it's fortunate recipients. Pain is not gain. Forget the harsh jogging and relentless work outs touted by your masochistic trainers, I say! For they wreak havoc and hell upon the human form. Pursue thee the gentle pleasures of the East.

I concur with OpaQue that qualified doctors may indeed be avatars of the gods - that is, if they take they take the hypocratic oath to heart and abide by it's humanitarian principles. But sadly, we live in a world of men, not gods, and men by their nature are subject to a fallen nature. Keep this in mind when you visit your doctor. It is incumbent on you to declare sovereignty over your own body, thus taking full responsibility for what you do it. Prevention is nine tenths of the cure.

I can't speak with any authority to the herb's curative properties for diabetes, but here in the States, truckers carry the stuff simply as a matter of course. A rite of passage, if you will. Seems Cayenne comes in handy in the aftermath of auto accidents, which truckers see plenty of during their long excursions. This herb works well to stop bleeding, and anyone who gets behind the wheel of an automobile should carry it. If you spot an accident on the side of the road, apply the herb to the victim's wound and it will encourage clotting and stop blood loss before emergency crews arrive. It can mean the difference between life and death....literally - as many truckers will tell you. Next time you (accidentally) cut yourself or otherwise incur bleeding, rather than immediately reaching for a ban-daid, sprinkle some Cayenne on your wound. You'll find it will heal so fast you won't even need a ban-daid. I speak from experience here. Recently, I cut myself while chopping veggies for my infamous lentil soup, and my wound healed incredibly fast with the addition of Cayenne. First, I sprayed with Hydrogen Peroxoide to remove bacteria, then I applied the herb. The end result was a fairly deep wound that healed within 24 hours thanks to the application of this power herb.Now, if the herb is this powerful, it wouldn't surprise me at all it's curative properties also lend themselves to diabetes prevention. But those who control the mainstream media outlets have much to lose by letting this hot tamale out of the bag.

Hoorah for Trap 17! I went ahead and applied for a domain transfer from Yahoo to Trap, and Xisto staff patiently helped me through the changeover - despite the fact Yahoo had released my name to an Australian firm first. Now I am proud to park my domain at Xisto, and it won't cost me a dime. Thanks all for steering me in the right direction! And thanks to Velma and Manvela for making the transfer a successful one.

Yes, my dear Lunaray, you are indeed asking for diabetes by frequently consuming "soft" drinks, much less on a daily basis. Most of the sugars you are consuming in pop and other trash "foods" are actually from "high fructose corn syrup" as opposed to the cane sugar your mum and dad grew up with - and did NOT get diabetes from. Nor did they experience the epidemic rates of cancer and heart disease youth suffer from today, even though they liberally smoked tobacco and drank alcoholic beverages. Studies show that pasteurized milk also causes diabetes. If you must drink cow's milk, get the raw, unadulterated stuff from your natural market. Avoid white flour, MSG, and genetically modified franken-foods infesting your grocery store and favorite fast-food resturant. The combination of these chemicals amounts to toxic overload in the body. Something has to give, and it's often your blood sugar. Stop buying packaged garbage (non-food) and prepare your own meals from organic, whole-food ingredients. And if you can't do that, buy some prepared organic meals from your grocers' freezer. If you want a carbonated, sweet drink, you're much better off drinking a good, non-fluoridated beer or wine that contains natural sugars in a fermented, highly digestible form. Beer, wine, and other fermented beverages are how man has traditionally enjoyed sugars for generation upon healthy generation. If you suffer from a sweet tooth, it may because you're not taking in enough fermented drink. For the first time in modern history, science predicts a decline of life expectancy in the youngest generation. Youth of today: YOU ARE UNDER CHEMICAL ATTACK! Lose that taste for high fructose corn syrup, before it buries you.

I sure like this attitude, as I'm the sort of nut who has to be guided step by painful step. Just ask BuffaloHELP, jhalsip, Saint Michael, and any other in a long list of patient victims. They have long suffered my tedious technical questions. Been thinking of doing a site over-hall myself and swapping out my current "cutenews" for Joomla, cause there's nothing "cute" about cutenews. Unlike Joomla, it's terribly buggy, and there's only one site out there dedicated to it's support. Joomla, on the other hand, has tons of support and doesn't appear to be lacking for future possibilities.

As the ancients would have it, we are all born with one foot in the grave, so a harmless wrinkle here or there shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. We are born, we crawl irritably upon this earth for a short, miserable span, and at last our bodies crumble back into the dust from whence we sprang. Never mind the fact the body is but a shell for spirit. Did you hear me? We are spirit! And stiil, vanity prevails. All is vanity in the end, yes? That being the case, I've found the avoidance of child-bearing a great boon to smooth skin and youthful vitality in general. To illustrate, I compare a woman of my age who has not served as host to a human parasite to one who has, and more often than not, I see deep furrows between her weathered brows. Very deep furrows. These are the wrinkles of anger, frustration, and helplessness - no doubt the result of years of placating a child she allowed someone else to raise. That "someone else" is more often than not a combination of television and the public fool system. She was too busy earning money for stuff she didn't really want to impress people she didn't really like to waste time on something as inconsequential as raising her own child. How antiquated! She did not succumb to alcohol, tobacco, or other time-honored human traditions recently demonized by the culture creators of Madison Avenue. Oh no. She took the Prozac her white-coat drug pusher prescribed. She slathered her skin in petroleum based lotions and cremes. She ate fast foods hydrogenated in Canola oil and eschewed the saturated fats in butter and coconut oil. And now, she has more wrinkles than the woman who drinks wine with dinner and garnishes her toast with real butter.

Followed your instructions jlhaslip, and the registration went quite smoothly. Thank you. It's a brilliant idea, really. My antiquated hosting credits were miraculously exchanged for cutting edge myCents in the blink of an eye. Soon, I think, my domain will be hosted with Xisto - who are charging a very reasonable fee compared to my previous domain manager. Not sure how yahoo.com went from charging $10 to $35 for a domain name in the span of one year. Not very competitive, if you ask the Enlightened Misanthrope. At any rate, hats off to Xisto for brewing up this excellent idea! More are sure to follow, no doubt.

Thank you for the responses. Would I be correct in assuming hosting credits can't be exchanged for myCents? If I'm wrong, what's the going exchange rate?

I've got a domain name with Yahoo that's going to expire in the next week, and I won't be renewing with them because they're too bloody expensive. How fortunate (and timely) that Trap is now offering "MyCent." How many hosting credits would it take to have my domain managed by Xisto? Hope it's not too much....

Thanks for the assistance you two. I think with your all help and suggestions I finally got the page looking more the way it did before the changeover. Yipeee! Now I can get back to focusing on writing silly stuff...

Thanks. That worked for aligning the images flush with the left and right borders. The problem now is I have no space between the image and text. I'd like to have about 4px between them on all sides that border text as well as on top. I also notice something odd. On the first post (Friday), there's no space between the top line and the image, but on the next post, there is. Weird and annoying. Here is the Cutenews template for Active News: <div class="content"> <div style="width:455px; margin-bottom:30px;"><div><b><font style="font-family:Verdana; font-size:13px; color:#273C4F">{title}</b></font></b></div><div style="text-align:justify; padding:0px; margin-top:3px; margin-bottom:5px; border-top:1px solid #D3D3D3;">{short-story}</font></div><div style="float: left;"></font>[full-link]Read more [/full-link]</font><b> </div> Let me know if this is the correct code ya'll need to look at....

Are you saying you can't view the problem from your computer? I'm using the same browser I did then (Firefox). Of course, it updates itself as a matter of course. I haven't upgraded Cutenews because the current version is bad enough. I don't remember when but there were a few times that Trap sites went down following the upgrade issue. As a result of one of those occurances my Cutenews was altered and looked like crap. BuffaloHELP witnessed the changes at my site from his end, using Explorer and Firefox, I think. He was able to re-center my text, and told me how restore permissions so I could resume normal editing. Now if I can get the images to behave like they used to I'll be a happy camper.