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...
And Americans are yearning for his style.
It seems like every week or so, you see blogs and Twitter comments in the vein of, “Hey, did you see this great speech by Chris Christie?”
And they’re not actually great speeches, at least not the way we’ve been conditioned to expect in the Age of Obama — not much flowery language, not much rhetoric that soars — but just him and a group of New Jerseyans, and him laying out the state’s enormous problems in blunt honesty, and a raw, unvarnished pep talk that the path ahead is going to be hard, but will be the responsible and wiser course in the long run. And what makes him seem great is that the audience knows he’s not trying to sell them anything; we know he’s not making an implausibly optimistic promise because what he describes is not all that appealing, or at least not all that easy. He’s leveling with everyone, treating the voters like grown-ups, and they’re appreciating it, recognizing that it is radically different from what politicians usually offer.
Compare and contrast:
I hope this is just a devastating comparison. It should be. Let’s just cut through all the crap here & now: Nobody really needs to be told which of these leaders is apt to fix a problem, and which one is inclined to make new ones.
We all know. That’s why the speech that’s supposed to be boring is actually great, and the speech that’s supposed to be great is actually boring.
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No comparison.
I wonder if Mr Christie will be able to make any headway against the entrenched interests?
Here’s to hopin’
- pdwalker | 06/17/2010 @ 08:34Christie’s speech was very exact and to the point (which all speeches should be). Although I totally agree with him, I’m not sure how many people in this country are truly willing to do the types of things that he’s advocating. They may eventually, but I feel doubtful of this. He is totally right that the Day of Judgement is coming near (no, not in a biblical sense). We have a window of opportunity to turn things around in this country, but that window is fast disappearing.
- Mat | 06/17/2010 @ 09:49We do have Brandeis fifty laboratories. That means, as one state sails over the cliff when its window completely disappears, the other states can take heed.
Perhaps this is why liberal democrats have been so eager to equate any talk of states’ rights with racism. They want to concentrate the power that really matters into a single citadel that they can conquer once. Following a blind many is pretty easy; following him off a cliff — not so much.
Of course lately it seems my state will be one of the first ones off the cliff. Warning all, learning from none. So it sucks to be me, but the principle holds. Gotta seize onto whatever tattered shreds of hope you can.
- mkfreeberg | 06/17/2010 @ 09:56