In the past few days there was word that in a place by the name of Stephenville, Texas there was a UFO sighting, and that these military aircraft chased it off after it had been hanging there for about five seconds. The thing is that the military denied it at first despite the fact that many witnesses had seen the UFO and military aricraft chasing it away. Until just recently (Jan. 24) they had kept denying it but, eventually they said it was their mistake and that there was military aircraft in the area the day of the UFO aircraft.

Now, although this may seem like a relatively insignificant event this brings up the question of what else has the military been hidding from the general public. For example, if they won't be honest about something like this how can we trust them with national security and our safety.
Link to actual article:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18375952

Euphoria: a feeling of happiness/confidence. This picture is obviously trying to make a statement which is that this cat is feeling very confident like a lion if you will.

Eulogy: High praise or commendation, a speech or writing in praise of a person/thing. Jesus, need I say more. So many people on a daily basis namely priests and worshipers create speeches praising Jesus' work and him as a person.
Epitome: A person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class. Jesus is also what many consider to be the epitome of good and selflessness.

Euthanasia: Painless death. Compared to other ways that one could die. I feel as though dying in your sleep is the least painless way of leaving this world.

Eradicate:to remove or destory utterly. This is a picture of a victim to smallpox. Seeing as though smallpox has been eradicated (not to say it can't come back) from the U.S I chose to use this picture as a good rerpesentation of something that is eradicated.

erode (verb)- destroy by slow consumption or disintegration. The water has slowly overtime destroyed this mountainous formation due to the water hitting the same spot so many times day after day.




1) equivocate (verb)- To use ambiguous or unclear expressions
2) eradicate (verb)- To remove or destroy utterly, “To eradicate smallpox throughout the world.”
3) erode (verb)- destroy by slow consumption or disintegration. Battery acid had eroded the engine.
4) erratic (adjective satellite)- deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion.
5) escalate (verb)- to increase in intensity, magnitude. “A time when prices escalate”
6) esoteric (adjective)- Belonging to a select few, private, condidential. “poetry full of esoteric allusions”
7) espouse (verb)- To make one’s own, adopt or embrace. Chose and follow.
8) eulogy (noun)- high praise or commendation, a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing.
9) euphoria (noun)- a feeling of happiness, confidence
10) euthanasia- painless death,
11) epitome- a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class, “He is the epitome of goodness”

"Why We Fight" was a documentary created talking about why we fight (go figure). This documentary was kind of a response to all the media september eleventh and the War in Iraq received. This documentary was created to try to solve the question that has remained pretty mell hidden why do we fight? Is it the need to compete against everyone to be the next superpower, or is it all to benefit the big corporations that sell their equipment to the military. Prior to viewing this documentary I would have said it was for freedom . After hearing all the interviews and seeing all the speeches by Eisenhower, and others. I tend to lean more their way when they say the war truly does benefit politicians and big corporations. It's really sad they use this truly terrible way of manipulating and motivating people for their benefit so they can get money in their pocket.

Aspire: to long, aim, or seek ambitiously. I aspire to become a marine biologist like these scientists in the picture.

Fallacy- A deceptive misleading or false notion. It was a common fallacy that the world was flat. ( A long time ago)

Guru- Someone who's a leader in a specific field such as intellectual or spiritual. This is a guru because he contains the typical characteristics that you'd expect to see in a guru. (Someone who's looked up to, praised hence the light in the back).

Despondent- The feeling or showing profound hopelessness, despair, discouragement. Just by looking at this guy he is feeling very hopelessness because he is in jail and probably has no hopes of getting out soon.

Desultory- This was just a random picture i found on the internet and I figured since a synonym for desultory was random I posted this picture up. Enjoy.

Current Event 1/9/08
Summary: It’s the next west nile virus pandemic. It’s called Dengue, it is a tropical infection with flu like illnesses. It is said to be one of the most important reemerging infectious disease. There are and estimated 50 to 100 million cases per year. So far there have been 500,000 hospitalizations and an estimated 22,000 deaths (mostly children). They compared this to the west nile virus which killed 98 people last year. For dengue there are no real symptoms just maybe a mild fever but, if left untreated, it is very deadly.

Opinion: I feel as though if we weren’t trying to make every place into a miniature china and if we had better mosquito control then we could prevent things like this from happening. Also, with all the flying if there were some sort of medicactions or doctor on board to help this could maybe cut down the number of deaths. Thus, reducing this disease to nothing.

Daniel Shays
Daniel Shays, a man said to be very courageous and strong. He was born in 1747 in the town of Middlesex, Massachusetts. His father was Patrick Shays and his mother, Margaret Dempsey. He grew up on a farm and worked on it for a lot of his childhood. He had a very modest education and was a farm laborer for quite some time including during the time of the American Revolution.
He along with many of his other farm mates was very upset with the unfair and oppressive economic conditions. He wanted some way to seek relief from this oppression. So he joined a local militia and due to his courage he went up the ranks and eventually became Captain in the 5th Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army. Unfortunately, he didn’t think ahead to how the war would affect him and the state he lived in.
After the war the farmers suffered dearly due to the scarcity of money from after the war. His local peoples eventually elected him into local office; they felt as though he would be a great advocate for the farmers whose voices aren’t normally heard in public meetings or by the government. He (along with others) wrote up petitions expressing the farmer’s distress and pain due to the unfair taxes and their lack of money. They were demanding relief for debtors by means of a reduction in government expenditures, and restraints on courts and attorney fees. When this didn’t work Shays developed his own group of people of about 1,200 and tried to seize the Federal Arsenal in January of 1787. Unfortunately they were taken by surprise and a lot were captured by the state militia on February 4, 1787. Shays managed to escape and go into hiding, but eventually, all of the revolters were pardoned and were excused of their crimes. Shays died on September 29 1825. It is said that due to his rebellion he influenced the replacement of the Articles of Confederation. Thus leading to a stronger national government. In other words, (for the sake of conversation) let’s say a law was passed in a certain state saying left handed people can’t vote, yet the federal law says no man shall be denied the right to vote so it is therefore shot down due to the greater power.