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...
Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), set his goal as nothing short of winning back control of the House in the 2012 elections.
“We’re all trying to win it back,” Israel said on MSNBC when asked if it was Democrats’ goal of winning back enough seats to make Pelosi, the former Speaker and new minority leader, the next Speaker.
Not entirely unreasonable. The “big middle” of America really doesn’t give a rip one way or the other. I remember Sean Hannity was trying to make people think about this back in ’06; I regard that as one of the silliest things he ever said. Even a loyal Hannity viewer isn’t going to care that much.
People don’t even care about what the House of Representatives does, let alone who leads it. Now, on that one, a change would be welcome…as America’s financial position becomes less and less solvent, the House’s potential to screw things up further becomes “progressively” embiggened.
I’d certainly like to see a durable, logical mini-essay from a supposed “moderate” or “independent” meandering through a theme of “yeah, Speaker Pelosi again, I could learn to live with that.” Someone who claims to want the country to do well. Make that all gel together. I dare ya, I double-dare ya.
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Rep Israel can set whatever goals he likes. Doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. Unless the Republicans “blow it” a second time and make the economy worse than it is, there’s no reason for the public to put the Democrats back in power. Even if there’s no real improvement between 2012, we’ll simply explain to the country that we’ve introduced several bills that would have helped, but we were unable to get them through the Senate or past Dear Reader’s desk. It would be the truth, after all.
Keep in mind that people in Israel’s position *have* to say things like this. It’s like the opening phase of some criminal trial, where the defendant’s lawyer talks about his client’s innocence and how absurd the prosecution’s accusations are. Just lines in a play, nothing more. (Shame the guy has to be named “David Israel.” I’ll be he turns out to be more supportive of the Palestinian “cause” actually.)
- cylarz | 01/07/2011 @ 10:59Er, “Steve Israel.”
- cylarz | 01/07/2011 @ 10:59