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...
It’s not just this subprime mortgage mess, it’s every single economic issue, seemingly with no exception: Each issue has a left-side and a right-side. Universal healthcare. Minimum wage. Labor unions. Income taxes. Corporate taxes. Estate taxes. Offshore drilling.
Sometimes the right side of the issue is to “do something!” and the left side is “don’t do that!” Other times, the roles are reversed. With the drilling issue, for example, the left comes up with all kinds of excuses not to do anything. With raising the minimum wage, it’s the left that says we should do something and the right that says we should not. In both cases, the conclusion comes first, the justification comes afterward, as a rationalization.
But here’s something that remains consistent:
The “left” answer always has to do with making things more expensive. This is absolutely consistent. They can talk their way around it sometimes because their solution has to do with making a certain commodity “affordable for all”…which is quite a different thing from making something less expensive. In the case of the subprime mortgage mess, the left twisted arms, and installed layers of “regulation” and “oversight” — to make sure more people would qualify for loans. But it didn’t make anything any less expensive, and we’re about to learn that in spades right now.
The left side of any given issue, always has to do with diminishing the value of the dollar. Making the price tag of goods and services higher. Especially the labor commodity…especially that.
If I want to sabotage an engine, I don’t cut the fuel line and I don’t pull spark plugs. These can be replaced inexpensively. Instead, I’m gonna work on the cooling system and rev it way up high; make that sucker burn out.
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