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...
Reflecting over the sound bites I’ve heard from the pro-socialized-medicine crowd, I entertain two thoughts. Both thoughts have visited me and revisited me again in recent years…very, very often.
One, it must be a terribly bleak thing to go through life thinking about every decision you need to make in terms of bumper sticker slogans.
Two, some of these talking points conflict with other talking points. If I’m seeing evidence of how well people can coordinate with each other when they put their minds to it — I’ve just thought of a new reason I don’t want pencil-pushers managing my health care, because I see no coordination here at all. Looks more like desperation.
The slogans I recall from the past two years — and they are close to an exhaustive listing of all the pro-reform arguments that have come my way — are these:
1. 43 million uninsured
2. 30 million uninsured
3. We’ve waited plenty long enough
4. It won’t change anything
5. Let’s do it for Ted
6. Everybody wants it
7. People wearing white coats (the ones we gave them) like it
7. People with swastikas don’t want it so it must be good
8. If we don’t do it right now we may never get this chance again
9. Putting the government in charge will bring the costs down (for the first time ever)
10. Nothing else will revive the economy
Did I miss anything?
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Look at the Post Office, UPS and FedEx work just fine
Healthcare is a Right
It won’t cost a dime, it will be paid for by the waste and fraud of Medicare
If we can send a man to the moon this nation should be able to give free healthcare to all of its citizens
Public option/No public option/ Public option/No public option…
You’re a racist
- tim | 10/08/2009 @ 09:15Did I miss anything?
Only the obvious: “FOR THE CHILLUNS!”
- bpenni | 10/08/2009 @ 10:51