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...
A member of Congress is unable to handle reality. While he’s sober, anyway.
No no, Ted Kennedy’s still dead. This is another guy.
Rep. Anthony Weiner (N.Y.), who is known for his outspokenness, praised Obama’s speech as “uplifting,” but said that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) response was too dour for his taste.
“[Obama] was then followed by a guy who was bumming us out,” he said on MSNBC Tuesday night. “I felt like I just needed a drink when I was done with Paul Ryan.”
Althouse nails him for this.
Now, let’s think about this. He didn’t need a drink after Obama’s talk, but he did after Ryan’s. What does that mean? Apparently, Obama’s rhetoric comes with its own high, while Ryan’s is more of a plain glass of water. Is Weiner interested in reality or not? I think we deserve sober Congresspeople at this point.
Is it really this bad? Congress has a constitutional hold on the nation’s purse strings…the nation’s frayed, tattered, and oh so troubled purse strings…and it’s filled with a bunch of, uh, weiners who just like to sit and listen to “uplifting” speeches about unicorn farts that make them feel good. Three hundred million people are counting on these 535 to maintain some substantial connection to reality, and whenever they’re told about that reality these weiners start crying about how they need to go get blasted.
It is a mental illness of sorts. Measuring how real things are, according to whether those things make you happy or not.
Well, well. If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad.
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It is a mental illness of sorts. Measuring how real things are, according to whether those things make you happy or not.
This is why I’m 100% serious when I say that in my ideal world, political office on all levels would work exactly like a military draft. You’re called, and if you pass the minimum basic requirements — IQ over 85, not floridly schizophrenic, basic reading and math skills, reasonable exemptions for nursing mothers and conscientious objectors — you’re in for a fixed term and then you’re done, never to be called again. (Note that the IQ and basic skills provisions would rule out everyone with an “education” degree).
In my opinion, you really do have to be just short of diagnosably mentally ill to run for public office in this country. The pressures are so intense, the schedules so packed, the positions so extreme and so changeable at a moment’s notice… you basically have to be an actor 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, instantly sizing up everyone you see and projecting, at least somewhat convincingly, what you think they want to see (and you have to be right at least 51% of the time). You’re not allowed to hold an opinion that hasn’t come from a focus group. Etc.
It’s the same reason that deep-cover spies (we’re told) burn out, and don’t live long even if they survive their assignments — they’re weird, broken people, but broken in a very specific way that is useful for one thing only. The only other people who can handle the psychic pressure are, ahem, sociopaths and clinical narcissists… you know, like certain dearly beloved leaders in high places these days.
- Severian | 01/27/2011 @ 08:31Ah, the uber-liberal from my alma mater. I really liked her first album. It’s hit or miss after that one.
She does look hot in a short skirt, though, no? Although she looks awfully angry for someone singing about stuff making you happy.
- philmon | 01/27/2011 @ 08:57Isn’t this the guy who ran for re-election and said he was the only weiner in this race? Yeah, no kidding, Tony.
- cylarz | 01/27/2011 @ 10:45