Hmm...

Here's a random though wich just popped into my mind:
It seems that today there are many, many people who don't properly understand government. (including myself sometimes...) I was thinking that maybe this stems from the fact that nowdays most children in public, private and homeschools are taught mostly American history (and some only classical Roman and Greek histories - almost as bad). Both my parents were only taught American history themselves.

I think that from studying only our government and not seeing other governments and their mistakes (e.x. the French Revolution) people have never fully come to understand our government. This has also led to a generation of ungratefuls who complain about the American government. Although our government has it's problems, like everything in this sin-cursed world, our country has been blessed with the best government ever invented, and some of the best leaders of all time. I really saw all this myself after the last year in school - studying the time form 500 A.D. to the 1800's. It was interesting to see the French and American revolutions paralleled, and the many other forms of government and how that affects the world today.

That's just a random thought for you... I'm not a government or education specialist, so this might not all be true - just wanted to share that with you.

- Ellie

Watch This...

Possibly the shortest "real" post I will ever do

People (esp. government types) need to talk less and do more.

...And that's all I have to say about that.

Responsibility

In a follow-up to yesterday's post, how's this for a neat shift of responsibility: "'From the moment this disaster began, the federal government has been in charge of the response effort,' Obama told reporters at the White House. 'As far as I'm concerned, BP is responsible for this horrific disaster.'"

Okay, maybe it's just me, but I don't get the correlation here. It's BP's fault that this "horrific disaster" happened, so it's the government's job to oversee the cleanup?

This assumes that the government is the only entity capable of cleaning up an oil spill, which is painfully obviously not the case. If someone is responsible for a mess, it's not up to the government to micromanage the cleanup. It's up to the mess-maker. We all learned this when we were little kids. What's changed since then?

Again, the government needs to get out of the private sector. Otherwise, a whole bunch of almost-anarchists like me are going to take over in a few years...




Read the story the Obama quote was taken from
here and read another piece of the saga here.

Goodness, how time flies...

Sorry I haven't posted for so long! My life of late has been extremely busy. Since I'm still pretty busy, I'm going to have to keep this post short and (hopefully) pithy.

So here goes nothing...

The environment definitely needs looking after. This BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico certainly is having adverse effects on the environment. But why isn't BP allowed to take care of the problem itself?

Apparently, the current regime believes that it has all the answers. Who in office now, though, has the expertise necessary to clean up an oil spill? No one. Why, then, does the government feel that it can take over BP's territory in such an egregious manner?

It could be any number of things. Personally, I believe that the current government has its own best interests in mind--not the best interests of the people. Throughout history, it is clear that more government consistently equals less freedom, more taxes, and less efficiency.

So the moral of this short "rant": the government needs to get out of the private sector posthaste. It's called the private sector--not the government sector--for a reason.

Slight change...

From now on, The Food Dish is going to be solely a science and current events blog. No more tags. No more silliness.

Now, before you start to wonder if I'm joking or if I've just gone off my rocker, I'll explain.

Ellie and I decided that the content of this blog should be a little more professional and pithy. We also decided that it would be a good idea for me to create another blog for "personal" (read: silly/random/non-political) stuff... which means tags and the like.

So I'm not going away... I've just created a different blog, which you can visit here. Hope you enjoy!

An ABCs post

Bleah tagged me with this so... I guess I better do it. =)

Sorry, guys... I'm not as cool as Bleah and Eldarwen, so I'm not going to use pictures. (Also, I can't seem to figure out how to get a picture in...)

Warning: this is going to be really random because I'm in a really goofy mood. =D

A. Automatic. A shade of black typically used in MS Word.

B. Bullet casings. They make very unique jewelry.

C. Cats. 'Nuff said.

D. Doberman-Pinschers. All-around cool dogs.

E. Edges. Especially, standing on edges of tall things.

F. Fudge. Very edible.

G. Goats. They look really weird and they eat everything they aren't supposed to, but they're really fun animals.

H. Horses. Also fun animals.

I. Independence. It's what America is founded on, after all.

J. Jumping. As long as I'm on a horse's back, jumping is fun.

K. Kittens. I know I already said cats, but kittens are just in a class of their own.

L. Laughing. Supposedly it adds years to one's life.

M. Meese. The plural of moose, of course.

N. Night. I can actually see relatively better during the night than during the day. Weird, I know.

O. Optics. I wear glasses, so optics are rather important to me.

P. Pine trees. Perfect for climbing, provided they're big enough.

Q. QWERTY. Makes typing easier than ABCDEF would have.

R. Riptide. A ballpoint pen that always finds your pocket and can transform into a sword on demand is just plain old cool.

S. Silence. They say it's golden.

T. Torcs. Symbols of ancient Celtic royalty.

U. Umbrage. An area of comparative darkness, according to Webster's, but it's here because it sounds funny and I couldn't think of another word for U.

V. Velocity. The higher, the better.

W. Wisdom. Proverbs says she's worth more than rubies.

X. Xylophones. They lend an attack sound to the string section in symphonies, so the strings can sound more like a weird piano. (I noticed that recently while listening to some Shostakovich and Stravinsky...)

Y. Yurts. The ultimate in decadent-looking yet portable housing. And it's a fun word to say.

Z. Zippers. I don't know what I'd do without them.

So there you have it. No theme whatsoever, other than Things I Like And Could Think Of Off The Top Of My Head.

I'm going to try to scrape together something less random and more... logical and substantial. =P If anyone has a topic they want me to write about, I'd love to hear it. =)