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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.
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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...
You might’ve missed the goings-on last week when our new Hopey-Changey internationalist world-community-citizen President got a little bit too caught up in the diplomatic festivities and salutations, and bowed before King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
And the Nine Inch Nails broke out in song: Bow down before the one you serve, you’re going to get what you deserve.
The new internationalist fervor has exacted yet another ugly price.
Consider the ramifications. Not only is He a more evolved Higher Being and Lightworker than the rest of us…but the Constitutions says He is also our President. If He’s underneath a foreign nation’s King, then so are we all. This is one among many reasons why United States Presidents do not bow before Kings. They simply don’t.
Greg Cotharn, addressing the incident in The End Zone:
Conservatives look at Barack and see someone who doesn’t fully get what makes America great. Barack would not faux pas over the symbolism of a black man bowing to a white man; would understand the symbolism of a woman bowing to a man; yet lightly forgets the blood which has been shed – is being shed at this very moment – so an American need not bow to anyone’s King? It’s not that Barack doesn’t understand the symbolism. It is, rather, the symbolism appears further down his priority list (so far down that he momentarily forgot about it) than it would have been for almost any other POTUS in history. Even writing this, I notice myself becoming angry about the apparent casualness regarding American sacrifice and principle.
It’s not that the bow will have any immediate practical effect. It is, rather, sort of like a filthy bathroom in a restaurant: what ELSE about America’s greatness is Barack casual about? If Barack doesn’t understand — deep in his bones — what makes America great, what principles is Barack basing his decisions upon?
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Morgan quoting Nine Inch Nails, when will the insanity stop?
“what principles is Barack basing his decisions upon”.
That we must “bow down” before the world. We’ve been so wrong and I, Barry, will straighten it all out.
I’ve never wanted four years to pass so quickly.
- tim | 04/08/2009 @ 10:00That America isn’t great. But he, TEH CHOSEN ONE, shall make it great. By telling everyone how it’s not. And stuff. He will send a strong message to North Korea by our own nuclear disarmament. He will get us out of a recession caused by too much borrowing by borrowing more than all the previous 43 presidents borrowed, combined. He will make America great by forcing productive people to support unproductive people. He will make America great by pricing energy out of people’s budgets. He will make America great by comandiering private corporations and banks.
- philmon | 04/10/2009 @ 12:04