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...
Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on Monday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC, noting that it was Presidents Day, host Joe Scarborough asked the day’s panel members who was their favorite President. After the first two guests named Abraham Lincoln, to which co-host Mika Brzezinski agreed, she then announced her admiration for Jimmy Carter’s post-presidential activities calling him her “favorite former President.” She went on to call him the “best former President we’ve ever had,” prompting Scarborough to quip, “You should be paid.”
After Willie Geist poked fun at Brzezinski by declaring that Jimmy Carter was the best President because of “his bravery against that killer rabbit in Plains, Georgia,” Brzezinski sulked: “Stop mocking him.”
It’s not really news, I’ve seen it all before. In fact, if you Google the words “best ex-president” you’ll see Carter’s name mentioned prominently. It’s a way of getting the word out about Habitat For Humanity, and his other post-1980 activities — that have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with his performance as our nation’s 39th president.
His activities that do have something to do with the presidency, after we got rid of him — they all concern his readiness, willingness and ability to be a clueless, classless loudmouth and a jerk.
The churlish command “stop mocking him” — that is part of the script too. What’s up with that? It’s offensive to someone’s religion or something? He’s St. James now? You’re eligible for canonization if you lick the boots of enough terrorists?
Jimmy Carter is our “best ex-President” the way political correctness is correct. You have to attach the modifier. It’s mandatory. Absolutely required. Or else all sane persons, of all ideological flavorings, would instantly see you shouldn’t be allowed to walk around with all the rights, privileges and perks of the competent. They’d come after you with a great big net.
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He is the best ex-President because he was promptly made an ex-President after a short trial run. That title will soon belong to the former junior Senator from Illinois, and if we could send him packing today, he’d be an order of magnitude greater as an ex-President than he will be in three years.
- chunt31854 | 02/16/2010 @ 13:01I’m so sick of Carter. Every time he opens his mouth, it’s to say something obnoxious.
We probably have him to thank for North Korea going nuclear. He’s the one who offered to go over there and bribe them with a treaty full of food and fuel in exchange for some worthless promises to cease enrichment. Yeah, that worked out well, didn’t it?
- cylarz | 02/18/2010 @ 01:41