Dela-Where?

I am now writing from the beautiful, but very small state of Delaware where I have discovered a wayward computer connected to the wonderful internet. A lot has happened during the past week, and much of it will most likely come up in future posts. For now, these few thoughts will have to be it.

Washington DC was a beautiful city with its immense buildings, stone monuments, and well-dressed people. It was awe-inspiring to say the least, but it started me wondering what the purpose of it all was. Why does our government spend so many tax dollars building impressive monuments? Why do we go visit them? There are several possible answers.

1) Power. A reminder that little people are nothing when they stand up against a big government.

2) Temples. In the Lincoln Monument there is an inscription in the wall right above the head of Lincoln's immense statue. There was really nothing about the sentence that would make it stand out except for the fact that it refered to the building as a "temple." That made me stop and contemplate the meaning of that word. Is it merely a monument to a good leader and statesman, to remind us of the things he had done? Or, is it a place to worship "Honest Abe"?

3) Reminders of the past. It is this last reason that I find the best and most legitimate. We need to remember what happened in history and learn from both the good and the bad. The knowledge of people and what they did and why is important to the decisions that will be made in the future.

Time is running out so that will have to be all for now.

In the Perfect World...

In the perfect world government officials would vote and run the country how their constituents wanted it--not so that they can get re-elected and receive more money, but because that is how the people that they are supposedly representing want it done. They would investigate their programs and listen to all the different points of view before deciding to carry something through. Lobbyists would not be able to "purchase" the support of politicians and campaign contributions would not be a driving force behind the things that the government does. The good of the people would be a main factor driving decisions throughout the country.

In the perfect world everyone would willingly look out for everyone else and share the things they had. No one would be lazy and everyone would employ their skills to work hard and use their products and earnings to help others. I believe that, in that perfect place, communism would work because no one would be using it to seek power and everyone would work together and share out of love and selflessness, not because they had to. Everyone could live a high-quality life and be happy with it. Things would be done not out of greed but for the mutual benefit of others.

In the perfect world there would be no fights, no killings, no stealing, no egos to get in the way, no selfishness, and everyone would keep their word and be committed to their spouses and family. Everyone would care for everyone else and all would agree because everyone would know and do what was right.

In the perfect world everyone would be free to do as they wished. There would be no need of law enforcement because everyone would follow the naturally perfect laws and never make any trouble.

Unforunately, we do not live in that perfect world, but in one that is fallen and corrupted. Thus, we don't agree, people seek their own good over the good of others, and communism is just an idealistic dream that does not work outside of that perfect society.

Here I Am, This is Me

I just wanted to let everyone know that, yes, I am still alive here and that I will be taking a two-to-three week hiatus from posting due to the fact that I will be out of town. Hopefully it will not be that long, but I thought that I should give a heads up so that ya'll will know that I have not fallen off the face of the blogosphere.

"That Does Absolutely Nothing For Me"

I do not know what it was about this song, but, according to everyone that I have talked to thus far about the movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, it is the best part of the movie. It is not that the movie was all that bad (although it did not live up to my expectations), it was just an incredibly cute song sung by the earth's dolphins as a farewell to us ignorant human beings who are unaware of our planet's impending destruction. Our cluelessness may be due in part to the fact that, according to the movie, we are not the most intelligent creatures on Earth as is commonly assumed, but instead rank third when it comes to brain power. We take that position behind dolphins, ranking at number two, and the top intellects [spoiler warning] white mice, who have in fact been performing experiments on us all these years instead of the other way around. It was an interesting and funny movie, and Marvin the robot was great, but I don't think that I would go out of my way to see it again anytime soon.

By the way, did anyone notice anything interesting about today's date? Other than being el Cinco de Mayo, it is also, (drumroll) 05/05/05! Just thought that I would share that interesting tidbit of useless information with everyone. I bet you are now on the edge of your seat waiting for the clock to change to the wondrous time of 5:55:55! Exciting, isn't it?

Cover the wound, leave the infection

These days, we no longer have to fear the black plague, smallpox is only to be feared as a weapon, and most other frightening illnesses have a cure. The biggest epidemic to currently be taking the world by storm is the AIDS virus, and scientists are desperately seeking a cure for it. Unfortunately, most of the world is ignoring the fact that it does not work to just have a cure, people also need to learn how to prevent it in the first place. Yes, there are a lot of innocent people who are born with the virus or receive it in blood transfusions, but the virus starts out when people ignore the laws that were etched into nature. Disobey those laws and there are severe consequences. How does that saying go? It is something like, "A pound of cure is worth an ounce of prevention." The epidemic would drastically decrease if people were taught abstinence before marriage, monogamy, and the consequences of homosexuality. Instead, "safe-sex" is preached and condoms are distributed and the buzz word of the day is "acceptance" and "tolerance" of other people's lifestyles.