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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.
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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.
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This Washington Examiner editorialist does not want a President Herman Cain, no way, no how. But just the same…
But what I find mind-boggling is the reason Bialek gave for revealing, 14 years after the fact, the details of the alleged “sexual harassment.”
“I actually did it because I wanted to help him,” Bialek said in according to a CBSnews.com story. “I wanted to give him a platform to come clean, to tell the truth.”
On one early morning news show, Bialek presumed to chide Cain: “Admit that you acted inappropriately,” she scolded.
Bialek’s claim that Cain “acted inappropriately” is precisely what makes me skeptical about her story.
If true, what Cain did to Bialek isn’t “sexual harassment” or “acting inappropriately.” What Cain did is called a sexual offense, either second, third or fourth degree sexual assault. It’s a crime, possibly a felony, for heaven’s sake.
Here, in essence, is what Bialek is saying: “Hey, Herman, why don’t you cop to committing this felony?”
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Why didn’t Bialek report what was clearly a sexual assault when it happened, back in 1997? I’m betting her answer will be something like Cain wasn’t running for president then, and a man of that character shouldn’t be president.Does that mean if a janitor commits a sexual assault, then it’s OK?
What Bialek is doing exactly what Anita Hill did, and that is why she cannot be believed. Remember Anita Hill? She was put in a “hostile work environment,” to which she reacted by…waiting and waiting and waiting some more, and then after she waited long enough, Clarence Thomas was nominated for the Supreme Court and then she bravely stepped forward. With some information that the Senate might be interested in hearing. Just as an oh-by-the-way.
It’s really the same problem I have with global warming, when the people telling me to worry about it are driving around in cars two, three or more times as big as my car. If it’s really a problem you want me to take seriously, act like it. Neither one of these broads acted like this is a real problem. They are acting & did act, on the other hand, exactly like cash- and fame-crazed divas. Well yeah, I guess that’s not very tactful of me, but hey it’s true. Their behavior is perfectly consistent with someone who wants money and attention, and not at all consistent with someone who was the victim of an actual crime.
As far as my own feelings about Herman Cain, I just don’t know. It’s probably not accurate to describe myself as a Cain fan, per se…if the primary were to be held today, I certainly would pick him though. But I’m getting there by means of process-of-elimination, as opposed to my process for picking, for example, Fred Thompson or Sarah Palin. I’d much prefer to be choosing a candidate with a spirit of “Yeah! Fist pump! This is exactly what we need!” and there are only trace amounts of that spirit in my consideration of Cain.
But as far as the comments about Bialek, the columnist speaks for me.
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You know darned well this was a result of political digging for something with which to character-assassinate … like they tried to do with Palin to the 10th power and like they dismissed anything about Obama as being racist…. the Dems dug, found this, found out the woman was sympathetic to Democrats, and convinced her, through either the GoodPerson™ virus or the promise of a book deal … to pipe up.
It wasn’t this woman deciding she couldn’t in good conscience let this man become president. It was her agreeing to a solicitation.
Yeah, I know that’s speculation and I can’t prove a word of it. But that’s the way I see it.
- philmon | 11/10/2011 @ 12:32It’s all about the headlines.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/11/10/only-52-days-left-get-on-with-the-dying-already/
- TMI | 11/10/2011 @ 13:08