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...
Depending On Which Language You Speak?
Does this strike anyone else as ironic? If Bill Richardson, Gov. of New Mexico and formerly Bill Clinton’s Energy Secretary, runs for President, he will bring credibility.
“He brings credibility and he brings recognition,” said Gustavo Moral, the conference’s organizer, “that the Latino community in New Hampshire is growing.”
So all we need to know is whether this credibility-bringer will bring his credibility to the Presidential race. Mister Messiah of Credibility, how say you?
“I want to be very clear about this presidential stuff,” Richardson, the Democratic governor of New Mexico, said at yesterday’s New Hampshire Latino Summit. “No, I will not run for president.”
Then, switching to Spanish, he told the heavily Hispanic crowd, “Segura que si, voy a ser candidato!”
Rough translation: You bet I am!
So…in this post-Clinton era of true things being false and false things being true and liars being effective leaders and truthful people being called liars…I guess we like this stuff. You switch languages and say the polar opposite of what you just said.
I must be getting old. There was a time we paid attention to these public figures to find out what their positions were, and even if they were utterly, completely unambiguous in every single language they dared to use, we debated the tiny minutiae of what they said. The more credibility they had, the less we debated. The less credibility they had, the more we debated. If they walked into the speech having some credibility and they ended the speech having less credibility, it was called a bad speech.
Now, they contradict themselves on purpose and we celebrate it. Ooh, boy, this can’t be a good thing.
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