Gods of the Copyright Headings

The Gods of the Copybook Headings

By Rudyard Kipling

1919

As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,

I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place.

Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,

And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.

We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn

That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:

But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,

So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.

We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,

Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market-Place.

But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come

That a tribe had been wiped off its ice field, or the lights had gone out in Rome.

With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch

They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch

They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings.

So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.

When the Cambrian measures were forming, they promised perpetual peace.

They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.

But when we disarmed they sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,

And the Gods of the Copybook Heading said: "Stick to the Devil you know."

On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life

(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)

Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,

And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."

In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,

By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;

But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,

And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."

Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew,

And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true

That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four --

And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.

*   *   *   *   *

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man --

There are only four things certain since Social Progress began --

That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mice,

And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire --

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins

When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins

As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn

The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

What is SilverSneakers? | Older Adult and Senior Fitness, Fun and Friends

What is SilverSneakers? Older Adult and Senior Fitness, Fun and Friends

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Are You a Scuppie? Quiz - Gaiam Life

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I Am Your Flag

"I AM YOUR FLAG - The silent sentinel of Freedom."

I am the emblem of the greatest sovereign nation on earth.

I am the inspiration for which American Patriots gave their lives and fortunes.

I have led your sons into battle from Valley Forge to the bloody swamps of Viet Nam.

I walk in silence with each of your Honored Dead, to their final resting place beneath the silent White Crosses, row upon row.

I have flown through Peace and War, Strife and Prosperity, and amidst it all I have been respected.

My Red Stripes . . . symbolize the blood spilled in defense of this glorious nation.

My White Stripes . . . signify the burning tears shed by Americans who lost their sons.

My Blue Field. . . is indicative of God's heaven under which I fly.

My Stars . . . clustered together, unify 50 States as one, for God and Country.

"Old Glory" is my nickname, and proudly I wave on high.

Honor me, respect me, defend me with your lives and your fortunes.

Never let my enemies tear me down from my lofty position, lest I never return.

Keep alight the fires of patriotism, strive earnestly for the spirit of democracy.

Worship Eternal God and keep His commandments, and I shall remain the bulwark of peace and freedom for all mankind.

I am your Flag.

How Did Thomas Jefferson Know?

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

Thomas Jefferson 

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. 

Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. 

Thomas Jefferson 

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. 

Thomas Jefferson
   

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. 

Thomas Jefferson

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. 

Thomas Jefferson 

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. 

Thomas Jefferson

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. 

Thomas Jefferson

To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. 

Thomas Jefferson 

Thomas  Jefferson said in 1802:

'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. 

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'

Join a Food Coop

What a BLESSING!

It is great fun opening the boxes etc. to find these home grown treasures. You don't have to worry what's for dinner....

Some Coops let you select what items you want which prevents getting overstocked on some items but at a greater price.

We recently toured the farms, Wild Boar Farms, where our products grow and are produced. What an experience! Beautiful fields with healthy looking plants and all was so clean. There is a store from which members can buy for a discounted price. The Coop which is about 25 miles away delivers to a Nature Center here once a week as well.

We feel like we are eating much healthier than before our meals are also more interesting with such variety. As a result we feel we are doing a great deal to improve our health and well being.

Our Coop is located near Fredericksburg, Texas. A beautiful place which is also very fertile and has an excellent climate for growing.

Be sure to stop by if you are traveling on Hwy 290 in the Texas Hill Country:

Wild Boar Farms and Earth Divine Coop

21 Luckenbach Rd. and Hwy. 290

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

830.990.8187

earthdivinecoop@gmail.com

P. S. We can order online each week for delivery the following week to Kerrville if desired

To find a Coop or Farmers Market in your area go to Local Harvest, www.localharvest.org

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What A Little Gem The Cucumber Is!

WOW WHAT A LITTLE GEM THE CUCUMBER IS, I WILL LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY NOW.  

1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.

2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.

4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.

5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!

6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.

8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.

9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!

10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.

11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.

13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!

Pass this along to everybody you know who is looking for better and safer ways to solve life's everyday problems.. 

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To Your Health

Sauteed Spinach with Pine Nuts and Golden Raisins

2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp golden raisins
1 tbsp pine nuts
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 10 oz bag fresh spinach (tough stems removed)
2 tsp balsamic vinegar
1/8 tsp salt
1 tbsp shaved Parmesan cheese
Freshly ground pepper

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add raisins, pine nuts, and garlic; cook, stirring. until fragrant, about 20 seconds. Add spinach and cook, stirring, until just wilted, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vinegar and salt. Serve immediately, sprinkled with Parmesan and pepper.

Insights on Health Care Reform | John Goodman | NCPA

Insights on Health Care Reform | John Goodman | NCPA

Political Correctness

Sometimes you are encouraged about our country's future when you see something like this.

Specifically, there is an annual contest at Texas A&M University calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term.

This year's term was

"Political Correctness."

The winner wrote:

"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

"NORA: Practice Makes Purr-fect" - Check the sequel too.

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How Sweet It Is

Cinnamon and  Honey

Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot... It will do what some call turning to sugar... In reality honey is always honey... However, when left in a cool dark place for a long time it will do what I rather call "crystallizing". When this happens I loosen the lid, boil some water, and sit the  honey container in the hot water, turn off the heat and let it liquefy. It is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it  in a microwave. To do so will kill the enzymes in the honey.

Bet the drug companies  won't like this one getting around.  
Facts  on Honey and Cinnamon:  It is found that a  mixture of honey and Cinnamon cures most  diseases Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world.. Scientists of today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases.  Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of disease.

Today's  science says that even though honey is sweet, if  taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and  cinnamon as researched by western scientists:

HEART  DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart  attack. Also, those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above  process relieves loss of breath and strengthens  the heart beat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found  that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS:
Arthritis patients may take daily,  morning and night, one cup of hot water with two  spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER  INFECTIONS:
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

CHOLESTEROL:
Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces  of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured...According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken  with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS:
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough,  cold, and clear the sinuses.

UPSET  STOMACH:
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS:
According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that if Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE  SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune  system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals

INFLUENZA:
A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural 'Ingredient' which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu...

LONGEVITY:
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old  age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder, and three cups of water and  boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also  increase and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES:
Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste.. Apply this paste on  the pimples before sleeping and wash it next  morning with warm water. If done daily for two  weeks, it removes pimples from the root....

SKIN  INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT  LOSS:
Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:
Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three  times a day.

FATIGUE:
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon  powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD  BREATH:
People of South America, first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING  LOSS:
Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restores hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had.

How much simpler could it be?

Warning: Avoid giving honey to babies and small children.

Natural Highs

 

         1. Falling in love

   

         2. Laughing so hard your face hurts

   

         3. A hot shower

   

         4. No lines at the supermarket

     

         5. A special glance

   

         6. Getting mail/e-mail

     

         7. Taking a drive on a pretty road

   

         8.. Hearing your favorite song on the radio

   

         9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside

   

         10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer

   

         11. Thick and creamy  milkshake

   

         12. A bubble bath

   

         13. Giggling

   

         14. A good conversation

      

         15. The beach

    

         16. Finding a 20 dollar bill in your coat from last winter

    

         17. Laughing at yourself

   

         19. Midnight phone calls that last for hours

   

         20. Running through sprinklers 

   

         21. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all

   

         22. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful

   

         23. Laughing at an inside joke

   

         24. Friends!

    

         25. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you 

    

         26. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep

   

         27. Your first kiss

   

         28. Making new friends or spending time with old ones

   

         29. Playing with a new puppy

   

         30. Having someone play with your hair

     

         31. Sweet dreams

   

         32. Hot chocolate

   

         33. Road trips with friends

   

         34. Swinging on swings

   

         35. Making eye contact with a cute stranger

   

         36. Making chocolate chip cookies

   

         37. Having your friends send you homemade cookies

   

         38. Holding hands with someone you care about

   

         39. Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change

   

         40. Watching the expression on someone's face as they open a much desired present from you 

   

         41. Watching the sunrise

   

         42. Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day. 

   

         43. Knowing that somebody misses you

   

         44. Getting a hug from someone you care about deeply.

   

         45. Knowing you've done the right thing, no matter what other people think.

Why Do Cats Purr?

Why Do Cats Purr?

Recipe For A Happy New Year

Recipe For A Happy New Year

Take twelve whole months.

Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate, and jealousy.

Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.

Now...cut each month into twenty eight, thirty, or thirty one different parts,

but don't make up the whole batch at once.

Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.

Mix well into each day:

- one part of faith,

- one part of patience,

- one part of courage,

- one part of work.

Add to each day:

- one part of hope,

- faithfulness,

- generosity,

- kindness.

Blend with:

- one part prayer,

- one part meditation,

- one good deed.

Season all with:

- a dash of good spirits,

- a sprinkle of fun,

- a pinch of play,

- a cup of good humor.

Pour all of this into a vessel of love.

Cook thoroughly over radiant joy.

Garnish with a smile.

Serve with quietness, unselfishness, and cheerfulness.

You are certain to have a Happy New Year!!!