The new rules of imperialism: Economic warfare, consumer products and disease exports

History tells us that imperialist nations quite predictably invade
weaker nations on a regular basis... especially when those weaker
nations happen to be standing on valuable natural resources like oil
or uranium. Thanks to this desire for strategic control over
territories, the twentieth century was the bloodiest in human history,
with more people being lost to war, greed and conquest than during any
single century in recorded history (including the centuries spanning
Greek and Roman civilizations).

War remains as supported as ever today, and in fact, many nations
actually thirst for war. Just look at the pro-war coverage on Fox News
and the unending war games being played on computers and game consoles
by young men who find entertainment in war. (In fact, the U.S. Army is
actually recruiting young men now through a free, downloadable video
game that teaches young boys how to pick up a rifle and kill people
with it.)

Why some nations create war

The people of some nations actually create war (or support it) in
their quest to express a sense of nationalistic heroism. Failing
nations need heroes, and when those heroes are no longer found in the
realms of science, art, politics or global achievement, they will be
fabricated from the false victories of war.

The tearful American mom whose son dies in Iraq is, indeed, suffering
a tremendous personal loss, but her loss is a necessary part of
feeding the population's desire to proclaim there are heroes among
them. Through the sacrificing of young men who are killed in Iraq, the
people of America can find common connection, righteousness, and
purpose where none existed before. War gives meaning to empty lives,
and it delivers a masochistic form of entertainment to those who are
too young, too old or too wealthy to participate. This is precisely
why, throughout human history, the leaders of failing nations have
habitually turned to military imperialism as a method to distract the
people from far more serious problems at home. When the sons of a
nation are returning home in body bags, nobody pays much attention to
failures in education or the economy.

This is not to say that there are not some instances in which going to
war has genuine justification. When a nation is threatened by an
invading force, for example, going to war to defend your own land
against invading aggressors is not only necessary, it is also truly
heroic. Defending your own land is courageous; invading your
neighbor's land is cowardly. (Some people claim, by the way, that the
only way to protect America's land is to invade other countries first.
This concept, called "preemptive war" is based on mass distortions
used to falsely justify actions of war.)

In America today, the thirst for war remains as strong as ever. But
the real war being waged on the world right now by America is not
merely found in the limited military action in the Middle East. That's
only the blunt instrument of this war. The real American invasion is
happening through foods, medicines, personal care products,
international banking and intellectual property law. Through the
proliferation of fast food restaurants, pharmaceutical companies,
chemically-contaminated consumer products and similar items invented
in America, the world is being bombarded by systems of food, medicine
and distorted intellectual property claims that are producing far more
casualties than any bombs-and-bullets war.

How to control a nation

In World War II, the Germans attempted to steal natural resources from
neighboring nations by forcefully occupying and controlling the
targeted territories. Today, war is far more sophisticated: America
steals national resources by patenting seeds, genes, medicines and
ideas, then applying economic and political pressure against targeted
nations to forcefully take a cut of their productivity through the
application of intellectual property law. Only Thailand has offered
any sort of resistance in an attempt to protect its people from the
predatory, monopolistic drug pricing of Big Pharma, for example, but
most countries just go right along and pay tribute to the western
world through outrageous patent royalties on medicines that should
belong to the people.

If that's not enough to dominate the targeted nation's economy,
America sends in the World Bank. The World Bank makes predatory loans
to desperate nations, knowing full well they cannot pay them back. It
then uses the leverage of debt to invade those nations with western
financial institutions. Those banks and lending institutions
subsequently turn around and engage in predatory financial practices
that soak the people of the target nation, skimming off productivity
and exporting it back to the West where rich white men cash in
billions without a single honest day's work.

The World Trade Organization, for its part, makes sure that targeted
nations comply with imperialistic western trade practices. The huge
push of Big Tobacco into Asia, for example, is the result of support
by "world trade" proponents who threatened to impose trade sanctions
against Asian nations if they tried to ban cigarette advertising.
Today, more than a third of Chinese men are addicted to cigarettes,
generating billions in annual profits for Big Tobacco companies who
are right now producing more Chinese casualties than any war in
China's long history.

Western medicine is also invading the continents around the world,
bringing its expensive, heartless and corporate-controlled system of
medicine to nations who were actually far healthier, happier and more
financially solvent before America showed up with all its patented
chemicals. Chinese medicine, for example, is routinely discredited in
China by arrogant Chinese doctors who went to med school in America
then returned home to betray their own fellow citizens. Drug companies
see China's one billion people as nothing more than revenue-generating
patients, and convincing all those people to take more medicines will
require a well-planned, well-funded economic and philosophical assault
on Chinese medicine. Essentially, Big Pharma must find a way to
disconnect the Chinese from their heritage, turning them all into
depressed, diseased "white" consumers whose medical mythology worships
the falsehoods of western reductionism.

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How to end cruelty to people, animals and nature, and create a world without war and environmental destruction

What is cruelty? It is any harmful action taken against another living
entity that disregards its consciousness or awareness. In this essay,
we'll explore some of the levels of cruelty: how it happens, how it's
defined, and what we can do to help end cruelty and enhance compassion
in the world. Cruelty exists in three distinct realms: cruelty against
mankind, cruelty against animals, and finally, cruelty against nature.

Let's start with cruelty against mankind, in which one individual may
be cruel to another for a variety of reasons, usually relating to
gaining personal control over resources (food, money, etc.) or other
people. This concept of personal gain is an important factor in
understanding human cruelty, since individuals are usually only cruel
to others because they gain something from it. In fact, this is
designed into our behavior and has been carried through our ancestry
for hundreds of thousands of years. Picture this: two cavemen are
sitting around a fire at the end of the day. One spent hours gathering
berries, and the other has nothing. The caveman with nothing can
attack the caveman with the berries, take his fruit, and be all the
more successful for it, at least in terms of survival and control of
resources.

From an anthropological point of view, there is an incentive for
deceit, theft, and even harming other individuals, as long as it
results in some sort of personal gain. In fact, we see this across
virtually all species, but especially in those that are most closely
related to humans, such as primates.

Today, we see the very same thing happening when one nation attacks
another nation in order to control its resources. Attacking a nation
to take control of its oil supply is essentially the same as beating a
caveman over the head and stealing his berries. It just goes to show
how little we've actually advanced over the years.

This brings us to a salient point: ending cruelty requires moving past
our ancestral roots, and past the behaviors that are programmed into
us because they once helped us succeed in an uncivilized world. Today
we have to recognize that cruelty is not acceptable in the
international community. It is not acceptable to attack and kill other
human beings for any reason, and certainly not to take control of
their resources in order to enrich ourselves.

Likewise, it is not acceptable to exploit poverty-wage labor in
third-world countries in order to enrich corporations and their CEOs
in developed nations. But this is no anti-trade rant: free trade is
essential for lifting poor nations out of poverty, but only when
combined with mechanisms that respect the sanctity of human life such
as safe working conditions, living wages, and a system of recognizing
private property ownership for the poor. Read "The Mystery of Capital"
by Hernando DeSoto, which is among the most important economic books
of the last 100 years, to learn the real reasons why free trade has
failed to provide economic freedoms for underdeveloped nations (and
what we can do to change that).

Beyond war and economics, we also see cruelty in the world of
medicine. Conventional medicine has a long and sordid history of using
human beings for medical experiments, even right here in the United
States. In fact, news recently surfaced about a hospital that had been
using retarded children in radiation experiments.
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This and many other medical experiments have been conducted on living,
breathing people right here in the United States. This is one of the
most egregious forms of cruelty, in that it is a harmful action taken
against these people, and that it refuses to recognize the
consciousness, spirit or awareness of these individuals. Just because
someone cannot speak in words that we understand, or communicate with
us in the manner in which we are used to communicating, doesn't mean
that they don't feel pain, fear, pleasure or love. Thus, these medical
experiments are a horrifying form of cruelty, and many continue to
this day (behind closed doors, of course).

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Wild Neighbors - The Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife

Every year billions of animals are killed for food, fur, laboratory
experiments, or are used and abused for entertainment. There are small
things we can do to stop or help reduce this cruelty to animals.
Living closely with such sensitive, vulnerable animals, we know how
much bunnies love to live, have fun and how smart they are. But we
should also realize that they are not the only animals who suffer at
the hands of humans. Cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, etc. have feelings
of fear, pain and love - they are cute and loving too!

To help reduce the suffering of these defenseless, voiceless animals,
the best thing we can do is to avoid supporting people or companies
who profit from their suffering.

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How to End Cruelty to Animals, People and Nature (Downloadable PDF)

Live with Dr. Elson Haas: Bestselling author, pioneering doctor and
nutritional detox expert

Mike: A lot of people are familiar with detox, but some are not, and
from a nutritional standpoint, they certainly may not be familiar with
what it involves. What type of detox do you focus on?

Dr. Haas: Well, detoxification involves getting rid of things from the
body as well as stopping toxins and irritants in the body, those
things that our body does not handle well or that cause damage,
inflammation, irritation or over-stimulation in the case of caffeine
or over-sedation in the case of alcohol. Now, when people think of
detox, they think of drug addicts who need to go into a detox center.
However, there are many others who could benefit from detox. It is
really the more common, everyday people who have habits that I call a
SNACC -- which stands for sugar, nicotine, alcohol, caffeine and
chemicals. Probably well over 90 percent of people have a habit of at
least one of these substances. I think over time our habits are what
create our problems, especially what we eat.

Mike: So, that's sugar, nicotine, alcohol, caffeine and chemicals?

Dr. Haas: SNACC -- sugar, nicotine, alcohol, caffeine and chemicals.
The chapters in the book, The New Detox Diet, cover each of those.

Mike: When you say chemicals, what type of chemicals are you referring to?

Dr. Haas: I am referring to food chemicals in processed foods, food
additives, food coloring and food flavoring. I am referring to
chemicals that we use in over-the-counter medicines and even
prescription medicines. I am not telling people just to go off all
these things, although getting off the food chemicals certainly does
not hurt.

I find if we go through the detoxification process, we do not just
turn to medicines or drugs. If we do not feel well, we more clearly
ask ourselves, "Why am I not feeling well? What is the problem? What
are the causes of this problem?" We do this through an integrated
approach, and we don't just say, "What can I take to make this to go
away?"

We focus more on why a problem is present and what is needed for
healing. Typically, one of my overall philosophies in medicine and
healthcare is that our body -- and how we feel and how we look and
whether we are healthy or not -- is result of our life. It has to do
with our genetics, our upbringing and the way we go about living --
our diet, our exercise levels and our stresses. Even illnesses that we
have had over time and how we went about treating them can be a
factor.

We often just treat symptoms with drugs and don't really work on why
the symptoms presented themselves in the first place. Most of us do
not live perfectly. Most of us do not live in a way that creates
disease. I encourage people to support health. I do what I call
"health care," and I do less "disease care." In other words, I focus
people on the positive -- the things that they can do -- and also on
the negative -- the things that they should avoid. Detoxification
involves both things. There are a lot of positive actions we can take,
and there are also things to avoid, so there are two aspects of
detoxification and preventative medicine.

Mike: Right.

Dr. Haas: The basic ideas of lifestyle medicine and preventative
medicine include nutrition, exercising and moving the body to keep it
working and flexible, getting proper sleep, learning to manage stress
and keeping a positive attitude. What I have found since I became a
doctor in early 70s is that I must get people to shift their attitude
to a more positive one and remind them that this is the only body they
have, so they must think, "I am going to love it, and I am going to
take care of it." If I can instill that attitude and inspire that
attitude in my patients or people who read my books or people who hear
me speak in public, they are likely going to eat better and exercise
and make sure they get proper sleep and can deal with stressors.
Attitude is really an important factor.

Mike: I want to talk about your philosophy that certain elements of
nutrition are necessary but others -- like the elements SNACC -- must
be avoided. What are the common criticisms you hear about this? Have
you heard the criticism like, "People should enjoy life and not try to
avoid everything that we say is causing disease?" What is your
response to that kind of criticism?

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How to Balance pH Levels in the Our Body - An Easy Solution for Curing Many Diseases

The following is comment on the discussion about acid and base
problems that cause disturbance in pH level that leads to many health
problems:

Respected Deepa, it is a very good discussion acid and base that has
its roots in our pH level of the body. It is real importance is:

"We live and die at the cellular level. All the cells (billions of
them) that make up the human body are slightly alkaline, and must
maintain alkalinity in order to function and remain healthy and alive.
However their cellular activity creates acid and this acid is what
gives the cell energy and function. As each alkaline cell performs its
task of respiration, it secretes metabolic wastes, and these end
products of cellular metabolism are acid in nature. Although these
wastes are used for energy and function, they must not be allowed to
build up. One example of this is the often painful lactic acid which
is created through exercise. The body will go to great lengths to
neutralize and detoxify these acids before they act as poisons in and
around the cell, ultimately changing the environment of the cell. Most
people and clinical practitioners believe the immune system is the
body's first line of defense, but in actuality it is not. It is very
important, but more like a very sophisticated clean-up service. We
must instead look at the importance of pH balance as the first and
major line of defense against sickness and disease and for health and
vitality."

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Thanks and please take care of your pH level.

Health Problems of Present and Future - Are You Aware about the Difference We Can Make Together

There are so many mental health problems. However, as my approach is
from Ayurveda - Yoga and Naturopathy with guidelines from Natural
Philosophy and Humanistic Psychology, I differ in approach and it does
not deny that these diseases do not exist.

In Indian way, as I have described above considers that human body and
mind can be diseased, but not the conscience. So, one is never
considered sick or diseased, but body and mind can be. The conscience
or as some people also call it soul does not get sick.

We know it well said and thus prayed: "O Dear God! I strong in the
spirit, but weak in the flesh, so please help me"

This weakness in flesh includes all parts and organs of body that
also included our brain (or mind the activities of brain, and you know
it better than me).

We notice that if someone goes into a well, and when oxygen is very
low feels grabbed or held by spirits is a common problem. The same
problem is there when there is lack of not just oxygen, but social,
economical, psychological, biological and all that relates to body and
mind and thus its proper functioning and coordination.

If one in the presence of all that is needed does show mental symptoms
(it includes greed, corruption, dictatorship, self-righteousness and
so many other things, which person in good conditions may not accept
as abnormal, but we know it is also psychological problem). Moreover,
what we say disease, it is more natural as pollution causes diereses.

We are not able to give company to others that want to communicate,
and a stage comes when they really become sick and thus it seems that
they are really sick and diseased. However, initially, they may be
fit. Moreover, good company and living in commune with nature makes
lesser effects of shadows that human our subconscious mind and one
hears voices, the hidden motive overpowering super ego and thus one
may easily lose control on actions that ego controls with the help of
super ego. The id level starts to create strong compulsive disorders
that seem as if one is being compelled. This compulsion is very normal
as there is no super ego and less ego control.

So, I am not saying that there is anything wrong, but how long one can
dwell on medicines and treatments, when all have some potential that
they do not know to use. It seems there is need of change in way the
patients are treated. Our doctors and technologists experiment on
millions of animals and birds and derive theories from them, but the
natural philosophy is to observe human nature and not do
experimentation as it may harm our originality. In the influence of
drugs, one may think and behave abnormally, but it does not mean one
can never recover with help from all. What we lost is faith and trust,
the resulting suspicion seem to have made us mentally sick one way or
the other from hypertension to all that we can include in the mental
health problem.

Our social structure has gone beyond all ethics and value systems,
resulting in our doubting one another. Most of us are afraid of being
cheated, robbed, abused, threatened and all kinds of loses. It can
never be cured simply by brain surgeries or anything similar including
the drugs as we need good quality in all that relates to our body and
mind, and thus the pollution and corruption free environment.

The drugs and removing affected parts of brain by surgery may not
convince the conscience as one knows what is wrong in the society. If
it keeps going on, we may react out of apathy and artificial effects
of compulsive commands known as <a
href="http://www.johnbutlertrio.com/central/viewtopic.php?id=588">buy
or die button</a>.

The <a href="http://agricultural-biotechnology.suite101.com/article.cfm/harms-of-genetically-modified-food-crops">food
problems</a> are also harming us.

<a href="http://www.humansfuture.org/artificial_intelligence_robotics.php.htm">Artificial
Intelligence</a> needs attention and <a
href="http://www.enchantedmind.com/html/science/artificial_intelligence.html>Nanotechnology</a>
as well.

The other discussions include Nano, GM, and whatever artificial it can
be as on this site: http://www.nanoethics.org/paper032706.html

If not checked by the world community, we the humans; all of it can
almost kill the human conscience, and finally the existence of life.

We need to be aware, and help one another. Thanks!

Hair Loss - Jason Advices

It is simply a comment on what Jason Cline says:

Dear Jason, your words give a great relief to people losing their
hair. We mostly dwell and live on self-assumed assumptions that are
not compatible with nature and its laws and principles. As most of us
are habitual of living in the conditioned way, our reactions towards
life and lifestyle are similar and we all know what others think of us
when we consider our behavior and also appearance and personality as
you have rightly said. It makes us more psycho (the psyche problem)
and less thinkers as we do not have skill of expressing personal
feelings and opinions that need the communication skill as you have
used, we do not have way to express due to fear of rejection, the
other impact of psychological conditioning that controls the social
behavior and trends. Lot can said and written about it, but all is
hidden in what you have said in a question - "Why do we constantly
fight natural occurances?"

Thanks for sharing your insight.

You may kindly read the full post in the thread at the <a
href="http://www.lifedynamix.com/community/forum/hair-loss-87/hair-loss-a-concern-or-an-inevitable-naturally-occuring-event/">forum</a>.

Enjoying nature as is.