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...
Dick Durbin and Rachel Lucas are having a minor disagreement about who among us is bound for the hottest ring in hell.
Who’s the hottest ring in hell reserved for?
People who say mean things about Michelle Obama. No, really:
DICK DURBIN: Well, I know Michelle, she’s been my friend, a friend of my wife, for many, many years. She can take it. She can handle herself. She’s a very accomplished person. But I will tell you this: the hottest ring in hell is reserved for those in politics who attack their opponents’ families. And if there are some Republican strategists who think that’t the way to win the election, I think they’re wrong.
Huh. That’s an interesting moral structure, a fascinating window into the mind of someone who apparently misunderstands the concept of “if you go on the campaign trail and say campaign things, you’re gonna get criticized, dumbass.”
You know what I think about when I hear the phrase “hottest ring in hell”? Things like this:
The men who pulled up in three white pickup trucks were looking for Patson Chipiro, head of the Zimbabwean opposition party in Mhondoro district. His wife, Dadirai, told them he was in Harare but would be back later in the day, and the men departed.
An hour later they were back. They grabbed Mrs Chipiro and chopped off one of her hands and both her feet. Then they threw her into her hut, locked the door and threw a petrol bomb through the window.
Because, CALL ME CRAZY, just seems to me that it’s healthy to have some perspective. To maybe spend less time defending Michelle Obama’s tender widdle feewings and more time doing something about truly horrifying issues such as that genocidal psychopath Mugabe. Which by the way, no one is.
Yeah. That.
But I have another question: Why do prominent democrats like Durbin keep talking to dumbasses? By that I mean…his words seem very reasonable, if you have command of some of the information, but not of all of it. Like for example, if you know Michelle Obama’s been criticized by Republicans, but you don’t know about the nasty, vile stuff that has been coming out of her mouth, it would be understandable if you were inclined to pump your fist in the air and yell “Right on, Dick! You da man!”
But if you knew the whole story, you’d know why Rachel’s criticizing him.
This element always seems to be there in democrat speech-making — the lie-by-omission. It’s like, if it isn’t there, they go to some regular meeting and get paddled with a wooden spoon, or it’s their turn to clean the toilet with their toothbrush. Or something.
Who, paying attention to this election, thinks Michelle Obama is all sweetness and light and minding her own business when suddenly these awful Republicans have this nasty stuff to say about her? Who’s he talking to?
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