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...
In September, I called out a widespread, prevailing cynical detachment from the truth in our society today, blamed a certain former President for having created this disconnect, and everyone else for putting up with it. The occasion was Congressman Curt Weldon’s comments at the time about Able Danger. I was incensed not because of what Congressman Weldon had said, or the fact that the Pentagon was directly contradicting him, but that the disagreement took place with something that ought not be subject to debate, unless someone was lying.
Now here’s my point: [Pentagon Spokesman Army] Major [Paul] Swiergosz is lying, or else, goddamn it, Congressman Weldon is lying. If both of these sources are telling the truth, then one or the other is so woefully uninformed that that person might as well be lying his ass off. And that, I’m afraid, is about as complicated as the matter gets…Congressman Weldon’s comments are accurate, or else they’re not. Somewhere, someone knows which is which, and presumably that someone includes Weldon and Swiergosz…He-said-she-said situations like this, raised with regard to things that aren’t completely unknown to all parties involved, represent a contempt for the truth in the higher eschelons of our leadership. For this, the blame must ultimately rest with the electorate. We shouldn’t be tolerating this.
I don’t know if Neal Boortz reads my blog. I would suspect hardly anybody does. But how else do you explain this gem which appeared this morning in “Nealz Nuze”:
Remember ‘Able Danger?’ This is a secret group of military people that knew about some of the 9/11 hijackers before the planes flew into the towers. They have also been silenced….they weren’t heard from or investigated by the ridiculous waste of time known as the 9/11 Commission. Well, now they’re back.
Representative Curt Weldon, Republican of Pennsylvania, held a news conference yesterday to announce that the Able Danger group had identified 9/11 hijacker and ringleader Mohamed Atta 13 times prior to 9/11. That’s right, 13 times.
What’s more is the Able Danger group also knew about the attack on the U.S.S. Cole before it happened. Well, they knew something was going on in Yemen and that something might happen at that port, yet the commanding officer on the Cole was never told about it. Nice.
So when will all of this be investigated? Doesn’t seem like anyone is in a hurry to. The 9/11 Commission shows no willingness to re-form and take a look at it. Why is it being swept under the rug? Isn’t this what the 9/11 Commission was for? Why the cover-up?
Either these Able Danger people know something…or Weldon is full of it. Let’s investigate and find out. [emphasis mine]
I’ve been robbed, but I’m not calling the police. I’m quite flattered.
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