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...
What would I do? Besides the obvious…repeal ObamaCare, pass a real budget, and drill-here-drill-now. What other steps could I take if I were King-for-a-day?
Well it turns out, the things I would do, from the straightforward to the silly, are all things that are highly unlikely to ever happen, even though in all seriousness they would probably work pretty well. If there’s a lesson to be gleaned from this, it is that we are tying the knot for our own hangin’. Here it is, in Letterman Top Ten form…
10. You know where you can stick your global warming, “climate change,” or whatever it is today.
9. If you’re really that concerned about some other guy’s tax bill, you can’t vote.
8. Radio stations cannot carry more than 1 ad a week containing the phrase: “Find out if you qualify.”
7. All female politicians wearing pantsuits 60% of the time, or more, must resign immediately.
6. ADA reform.
5. Payroll tax holiday for 180 days.
4. No boutique fuels.
3. You can’t tax ammunition.
2. You can’t tax beer.
And the Number One thing that Dictator Morgan Freeberg would do to fix the economy…
1. The tips you leave for Hooters waitresses are tax deductible.
None of it will ever see the light of day. We’re way too enlightened, too sensitive, far too infected with a raging case of GoodPerson Fever.
This, I think, is divine punishment on us. I really do think that. Consider the cause-and-effect here: We have GoodPerson fever. We have it because there is a preciousness, an economic value, in these silly little things we can do (and not do) to show what wonderful good people we are. In basic economics, a commodity is precious when it is rare, so the unavoidable conclusion is that we are starved for opportunities to prove what good people we are.
So we act all uppity and hands-on-hips-ey and butt-hurt-ey when we see bad things. Which is why I’m particularly partial to Items #7, #3, #2 and #1. They are confrontations against cultural quirks we have allowed to set in…quirks that, at first glance, don’t seem to really exist or, if they do, are harmless. Well, they exist and they’re not harmless.
This thing, that thing, some other thing we used to ritually do…each of which carries some incremental impetus to potentially make our economy take off just a bit…we don’t do it anymore, or we seriously hesitate, because we’re afraid of ticking someone off. That’s the truth of it. GPF is killing off our economy. And the other truth is, if more of us were genuinely good people and were more worried about staying that way, than proving it to a bunch of butt-noses who need to be minding their own business, we wouldn’t have GPF in the first place.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
2. You can’t tax beer.
Already here. I don’t pay tax on beer or any other form of alcohol, provided I buy it at the base. And I most certainly DO. 🙂
- bpenni | 10/08/2012 @ 10:58And here we are, up to our eyeballs in problems that you don’t have.
As bad[ly].
- mkfreeberg | 10/08/2012 @ 11:51#6
Anyone caught gaming “special” ADA considerations? Break their legs.
Full “access”? Great, now get in line.
50% reduction in ‘handicapped” parking spots, without oil leak stains in them.
I must admit that ONE clever ADA compliance approach was just a regular flip-up toilet seat with grab rails attached to it. Easy, low cost install.
- CaptDMO | 10/08/2012 @ 14:20Wish THOSE were around in my drinking days.
Vexatious litigation.
- mkfreeberg | 10/08/2012 @ 15:43