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...
The fifty-sixth Best Sentence I’ve Heard Or Read Lately (BSIHORL) award goes out this morning to James Taranto (who, if memory serves, might already have received one or two…although I’m too lazy to go digging in the archives at the moment).
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Obama’s new “optimistic” tone seems to reflect an adjustment in political tactics. Early in his term–until about a week ago, that is–administration officials were acting in accord with Rahm Emanuel’s dictum “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” The theory seemed to be that if people felt the situation was dire, they would be more amenable to Obama’s vision of transforming America into a European-style social democracy.
Now, it seems, Obama has concluded that the sense of crisis is an impediment to his goals. Therefore, he is counseling optimism and patience in the hope that that will win support for the things he wants to do.
But everyone knows the crisis is real, even if it falls short of a catastrophe. And hardly anyone is gullible enough to think that socializing the health-insurance business, imposing massive taxes on energy, and increasing the power of unions are going to resolve a crisis that has its origins in the credit markets.
Obama seems to care about the economic crisis only to the extent that it is an impediment to or an instrument for winning support for policies in unrelated areas. It is as if President Bush had responded to 9/11 by launching an all-out campaign for private Social Security accounts.
He seems to care about crisis only to the extent that it helps or hurts his agenda in unrelated areas. That’s how I would re-word it so it fits on a large refrigerator magnet…I’m still miles off from fitting it on a bumper sticker or coffee mug.
But you’re lookin’, right there, at why I’ve bet a hundred dollars plus a steak dinner on this guy being a one-termer. Nobody has an enduring craving for the salesman who is obviously just telling you what it takes to get things sold. He might be fun to have around for five minutes, or ten, but after an hour you want to toss him out on his ear. And if you ever want to see him again, it’s only because you’ve been enjoying a generous break from him.
The dude, like others like him, is like beef jerky. Just not that appealing when you get too much. That’s for starters. And now, as our duly Anointed Messiah, He can’t even keep it straight whether we’re in the middle of something that is a paralyzing crisis, or no-biggie. That kind of inconsistency will wear out His welcome even quicker still.
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