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...
I must paraphrase the fellow who called in to the radio guys a few minutes ago. It’s a replay from a show that was broadcast earlier in the week, and in theory I should be able to launch a search for a transcript. But I wouldn’t bet a nickel of money on this and I’m not going to bet a single minute of time.
The point has already been made that America is a unique player on the world stage, in that the loud, always-present, seldom-correct never-in-doubt politically correct glitterati will not grant her license to show pride in herself. Those who define what is offensive, find no offense when any other country shows this pride. Canada can do it, Mexico can do it, Scotland can do it, France can do it and Chile can do it. When you go to those places, those places can insist you behave in certain ways or else face the consequences, social, civil or criminal.
America is the one place that cannot do that.
This guy laid down a logical, durable argument that America is the one place in the world that should be granted this license, presuming only one country may have it. It is the one spot on the globe at present, and the only nation in all of recorded human history. It did not spring forth from a patch of ground, a tribe, or the bloodline of a royal family. America is unique in that it was founded on a set of ideas. He mentioned that no other nation has this origin, and I believe that is the case.
Our country should be the first one to be able to say: If you come here, you must accept our ideas, or turn around & head back the way you came.
I would go even further, and say: So long as such a nation-of-ideas adheres to its true legacy, of fidelity to those ideas, it should be the last to be called upon to prove something about non-prejudice, non-discrimination, non-bias, et al. Color-blindness is a natural development of caring about an idea. You meet a stranger who shares your values with regard to that idea, you aren’t going to care if he’s black, white, yellow, red, green with purple stripes.
Hey come to think of it, how come those other country’s aren’t called-upon to prove such a thing? How many black leaders has Europe elected?
I’d go even further still: You want to come live here for good, and do it by scaling a fence or overstaying a visa, that’s like immigrating to Israel wearing a Hitler uniform. There, I went ahead and Godwin‘d.
Immigrating legally but speaking your mother tongue, that’s bad too. Yes, a lot of the ways you can learn a new language cost money and a lot of immigrants don’t have it. These methods also take time, and that can be scarce too. When you’re older than five or ten, it takes awhile to pick it up. There’s stuff to to be done, you have to talk to your immediate family…I get all that. Do what you can, and the kids learn English. You want them to have a future, right? It’s politically correct to point out the enhanced career opportunities in store for people who are bilingual, well guess what: English still beats everything. The official language of air navigation, worldwide, is English. This is not so P.C. so maybe you haven’t been told.
The USA is entitled to an official culture and an official language. It is entitled to these things even if only one nation can be. It possesses, and would be right to claim, special, unique privilege. Yes, I’m dead flat-ass serious.
Spare me the e-mails and comments about racism. This stuff is all color-neutral, and it all makes perfect sense.
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