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...
Air Marshals Dress However They Want
In a sane world, this would be one of President Bush’s biggest weaknesses, and would have been ever since 2001.
Air marshals were told Thursday they will be allowed to dress the way they want and choose their own hotels in order to protect their anonymity while on missions.
Federal Air Marshal Service chief Dana Brown, who has been in the job for five months, said he was changing the rules, starting Sept. 1, after listening to air marshals’ concerns.
In a memo to the air marshals, Brown said the dress code was changed to “allow you to blend in and not direct attention to yourself, as well as be sufficiently functional to enable you to conduct your law enforcement responsibilities.”
Air marshals had complained that Brown’s predecessor, Thomas Quinn, insisted on a too-formal dress code that allowed people to pick them out. The marshals said, for example, that being forced to wear a jacket and collared shirt made them stand out on flights to Hawaii.
Not sure what the argument is, going in the other direction. I’ve read things about it, here and there. I’m just too lazy to go out and find those quotes at the moment. Not worth my time. They’re all stupid.
I’m expecting more; I’m expecting an attitude of “if you do something to thwart what terrorists’ plans, or plans that may be potentially made by terrorists, we will do anything and everything to protect you and what you do.” An attitude like that going all the way up to the Oval Office. The kind of attitude, from Republicans, that benefits unborn babies and baby-like constructs, i.e., stem cell lines. The kind of attitude, from Democrats, that benefits union goons, and piss-poor schoolteachers. The kind of attitude that says, “if everybody else likes it, but it has only a marginal chance of getting in your way, we will oppose it with every fiber of our being because we think your mission is so important.” That; not this “we support the troops but oppose their mission,” or tolerance of same.
This shouldn’t be a Dana Brown decision. It should have come all the way from the top, from the very beginning.
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