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...
Alienating Your Allies
Of all the bashing-points, I mean, er, talking-points used against George Bush and the War on Terror, the one I can always count on running into between my waking and retiring moments, each and every single day, no matter what I do, is: Our foreign policy has alienated our allies. People inside America, are not viewed favorably by people outside America.
This is often used as a “stand-alone” talking-point, as if it’s not necessary, anywhere, anytime, to say anything else. Those within something, are viewed with contempt by those without, and that thing is automatically a bad thing. The various reasons for maintaining the thing, are simply left untouched. Our dissatisfactions with the lukewarm results we had achieved prior to the War on Terror, dealing with the goat-fornicating weird-beards who want to slaughter us like chickens, are simply left unmentioned and unchallenged. Potency matters not; public relations is all-important.
Okay. I’d like to try something.
Attention. To those who follow Oprah Winfrey’s book club. Those of us who are not part of this whole thing, look upon this, and your participation in it, with disfavor.
You’re alienating us. Your allies.
Your public relations leaves something to be desired. We think you’re retards.
The book club is not conducive to sympathy. It rankles people more than anything Oprah Winfrey does, or has ever done. If someone doesn’t like Oprah, and he is asked to list his complaints against her, the two words you can count on coming out of his mouth are “book club.”
Now then, let’s sit back and watch the followers of the book club stop following it, just like the Blue-Staters are expecting us to stop supporting the War on Terror. I’m sure they’ll drop it like a hot potato.
I’m just sure.
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