Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
I’ve said a lot of things like this myself…although the context is different.
Any jackass can kick a barn door down, but it takes a carpenter to build it back.
No…there hasn’t been some amazing flip-flop between 1953 and now. Rayburn is talking about “building” the one product democrats really care about building…left-wing legislation. He’s issuing ominous foreshadowings of the next two years as he’s compelled to hand over the Speaker’s gavel. Republicans are jackasses who are going to kick the barn door down.
I imagine, if you’ve never really built anything, it’s easy to think you’re in the process of building something when what you’re building is nothing more than a piece of machinery that destroys.
But out here in the real world, of real people who aren’t politicians, who build real things that do real things and help other real people…Rayburn’s words ring true. The process of destruction is infinitely simpler than creation. It is one hell of a lot sexier, too. Everyone wants to destroy, nobody wants to admit they’re destroying, but destruction is quick, easy, fun to do and fun to watch. It’s the Morgan Freeberg Theory of the Charismatic Wrecking Ball.
There is no more dreadfully boring thing to watch, than something getting built…except, maybe, for that same thing being designed. Yuck. Measure, draw, erase, measure again. Razing packs a whole lot more entertainment punch compared to raising.
Therefore, for the addled mind, it is more worthy. Since the purpose of life…after all…is to have fun and be entertained.
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A piece of machinery? Oh please.
- CaptDMO | 10/04/2010 @ 08:57Spreading ones acquired virus, by sneezing on the salad bar- just to share it, is more in line.
Misery loves company. The amount of effort the most miserable folks throughout history have gone to, in “justification” of special exceptions in sharing the “wealth”, without risking so much as a broken nail, simply boggles the mind.
I suppose such folks can STILL seek the Nobel Committee approval, in lieu of…say… Olympic/shareholder judges, but I guess that’s just…um, academic.
*sigh*
- CaptDMO | 10/04/2010 @ 09:03” ?” after machinery =”>” above.
Could …oh… somebody, who doesn’t type with their thumbs, please fix that if it’s too offensive to the sensibilities?
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