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...
Foley Is A (Blank)
Well, well, well. Congressman Mark Foley has had to resign, right before the midterm elections, because it has come to light that he has been asking 16-year-old boys what it feels like to jerk off into a towel. This is the guy responsible for enacting some of the sexual predator laws that, ironically, will probably be used to hang him. That makes Republicans look pretty bad. But wait, it looks like the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives has known about this for quite some time…and done very little about it. Why, that makes them look a whole lot worse.
I am led to believe, by those with a vested interest in me concluding such a thing, that those in power have something for which to attone. Well, I’m gonna go ahead and agree with that. This is sick and disgusting, and Speaker Dennis Hastert & Co. have some splainin’ to do.
Three problems with the Mark Foley situation:
1. As Patterico has nailed down, there is a significant discrepancy between what the facts tell us about what Hastert knew and when Speaker Hastert knew it…and what the High Priests Of TruthinessTM tell us we are supposed to conclude, about what Speaker Hastert knew and when Speaker Hastert knew it.
2. The High Priests further indignantly intone to us certain beliefs we are supposed to have about Congressman Foley’s memberships in certain groups. Specifically, they demand we are to have the opinion that the “R” after Foley’s name, is all-important. His reprehensible conduct is endemic to being a Republican, and it is a reflection upon all Republicans. His homosexuality, political correctness demands we are to believe, is off topic. Try this. Go to a left-wing blog and find some comments about Foley; it’s not hard to do. Read what they have, and substitute “Republican” with “homosexual” (since Foley is both). After that pattern replacement exercise, does the result look like something liberals, or anybody else, would have the balls to say anywhere? No, I really don’t think it does. Now, common sense tells us that to believe that one of his attributes is 100% relevant, and another of his attributes is utterly irrelevant — that just isn’t gonna fly. Common sense says that. I wonder how many among us will listen.
3. Perhaps some will think I’m unfair by simply asking the question: What did the Democrats know about this and when did they know it? I’ll confess to being biased, since as I’ve said before, I don’t trust Democrats on anything. That’s a bias. All biases are not necessarily unfair, since I have reasons to think the things I think about them. And let’s face up to something here: If no Democrats, anywhere, knew anything about the Foley shenanigans prior to 9/24/06, that sets up one scenario; but if a single Democrat under the dome, anywhere…Minority Leader Pelosi, the freshest, greenest Democrat, or anyone in between those two extremes…if even a single one of them knew a single thing about this, why, that sets up a completely different scenario. Most reasonable people, whatever their prejudices, will ‘fess up to agreeing with that. This has the appearance of being an October Surprise, in its most naked, brazen form. Why is the question not being asked anywhere?
Interesting side note: This showed up in the mail from Netflix, the very night the scandal exploded. That freakin’ night. I am shocked, I tell you. Shocked!
Update: Just getting in at the end of a long, long line of other bloggers who consider it worthwhile to point you here. Macsmind wants to ask pretty much the same questions that I do…except in my case, the questions are all I have, whereas what’s presented over there is pound after pound after pound of raw, fresh, lean meat. Every single ounce of which, raises the pertinence of the questions. Responsible Americans will demand answers before figuring out who’s naughty & who’s nice…and they’ll certainly insist on them before changing leadership of our Congress.
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