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...
Sirius, commenting at Neo-Neocon’s place, came up with a winning slogan and Gerard thought it was good enough to make into print. The petroleum-based kind you can stick on to the back of your car…
Inspired by that, Ex-Urban League came up with another design…
Of course, a few months ago blogger friend Phil got ahold of a good graphic that might be appreciated by the other side. Or not —
Now if I were to be tempted to partake, I would draw my inspiration from the timeless classic…
But this whole thing begins and ends there. That much goes without saying. I am far too mature to participate in such shenanigans. I am. I am, I am, I am.
Keep reading………
…NOT! Let’s celebrate some old-fashioned dissent. It’s still patriotic, right?
Every eight years of action, have an equal and opposite reaction. Well, most of the time anyway.
Lest you get too caught up in the levity, commenter Willa has some sobering words for us. Me, I prefer to keep my optimism. But some encouragement would be welcome at this point…
It was possible to fairly debate Bush’s policies, and we did, and the press reported on those debates, making sure everyone knew about it if 100 people showed up in DC to protest the war.
Obama’s policies are just as fairly [debatable] but the debate is not allowed and the press only covers dissenting opinion in order to sneer at it.
Which is why America will not survive this guy’s presidency.
Update 7/29/09: Kevin and Smitty approve, although the latter objects to the pessimistic tone of the quote above.
Well, good. Like I said, I prefer to keep my optimism. Don’t get discouraged, get motivated.
But I would offer this counsel: If and when this crisis is somehow shoved into our rear view mirror, never ever forget the damage people can do to everyone else in their community, by voting unwisely. I seriously think that is the real problem. People in my camp, the “Don’t Blame Me I Voted For The Non-Lawyers” camp, have our own vision of a Utopian society, and it’s one in which individual inhabitants can do stupid things and injure only themselves. It’s time we admitted our weakness: We keep thinking we already live there. We have wishful thinking about this.
A lot of them stayed home last November to catch “Friends” reruns. Maybe not many. But enough. They thought, other people could go out that fateful night, do something stupid, and it wouldn’t impact anybody else.
Well in the long run, the vision will win. “Vision” is not optimism; vision is hope, which is a close cousin to optimism, combined with other things. So yes, keep the vision.
And Uckfobama.
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That or the cops just won’t allow you to do it at all.
If you’re on the “wrong” side, or even attempting to talk to someone on the “wrong” side.
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- House of Eratosthenes | 07/29/2009 @ 07:20You need to check with me on these things. I think Buck oFama is much better.
- Andy | 07/29/2009 @ 07:46I want some flaming fingers, Morgan.
- Daphne | 07/31/2009 @ 14:27