New Grown Diaries entries. NO Fault? Starbucks Starbucks. Do foodies eat?

Couple of new taste-test posts over on The Grown Diaries: Hamburger Dill Pickles and Kiwifruit.

In response to some of the conversation in Len and Nora’s Jawbone #67: Sorting It Out podcast, I posted this comment:

You asked why somebody ‘has to be’ at fault. Sometimes, people are — or in this case, governments are. No, they didn’t cause the hurricane, nor can they be blamed for building New Orleans where it is.

But because of poor government decisions and disorganization before and after the disaster, people died who did not have to. This is not a fact that can be lightly set aside.

Stating this, expressing anger about it, also does not preclude helping out in other ways. It is not an either/or situation.

Frankly, a CNN reporter expressing a little of that righteous public anger is good. The news media has been rolling over and parroting government talking points for too long. Like Jon Stewart said in a different context, they have been hurting America.

Whether the government handling was maliciousness, incompetence, or something else is immaterial. The government — our government — must be held accountable for their part in the needless death and destruction.

I printed this out and put it on the fridge — Starbucks Starbucks: Okay, we get it. You win.

You know, I just realized this morning what’s missing from most of those foodie blogs with their incredible photography of food pr0n:

Pictures of people eating the food. And enjoying it.