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...
Me:
From here forward, no more about the Wonder of Wasilla…Back to Palin, when she points out something meaningful, or is imploded by the major scandal that has been so breathlessly anticipated by her enemies for over two years straight now. Or, when she turns out to be right about something and the O-Man turns out to be wrong…which is the trigger most likely to get tripped first.
But some whiny pussykins writing a meandering screed — thereby proving she’s relevant AND electable — is not going to get any notice from us for the foreseeable future. This is just stupid. Someone wants attention so they write “Palin Go Away!” and they just…get it? Enough is enough.
Charles M. Blow, writing in the New York Times. Different sentiment, but essentially the same moratorium in effect.
This is it. This is the last time I’m going to write the name Sarah Palin until she does something truly newsworthy, like declare herself a candidate for the presidency. Until then, I will no longer take part in the left’s obsessive-compulsive fascination with her, which is both unhealthy and counterproductive.
She’s the Zsa Zsa Gabor of American politics. She once did something noteworthy, but she’s now just famous for being famous.
…except, of course, I’m breaking my own moratorium by mentioning his. But what the hell, it’s worth it. Besides, I’m a blogger. If I come up with an idea and someone copies me, I have to point it out.
Blow just doesn’t get it. “Famous for being famous” is Courtney Peldon. Now, did you recognize that name? Probably not; you’ve probably read the name “Sarah Palin” a whole lot of times since the last time you’ve heard any mention of Peldon. In fact, there are really only two things in common between Palin and Peldon, and “famous for being famous” is not one of them.
They’re both vastly more aesthetically appealing than the average chubby-liberal-goth-chick in Seattle, and each is more qualified to be President than our current one.
The one that is being talked about more often, however, is constitutionally eligible to run in an election for that office. And, I still maintain, if she comes gunnin’ for it the job is hers. I maintain, furthermore, that deep down everybody with a working brain knows this, including Charles Blow. That’s why nobody anywhere is actually ceasing & desisting from talking about what’s-her-name. We have a lot of people (including me) saying they will. We have lots of people talking about how everybody else should. And we have truckloads and truckloads of liberals who are wishing everybody would. Starting now.
And absolutely nobody is saying “hey, it’s a great idea if we start talking about Sarah Palin!”
But people are talking about her anyway…all the time. You know the real reason? Because it is becoming an impossibility to imagine a credible sequence of events, between this moment and 2012, culminating in an outcome other than Gov. Palin being our new President-Elect. Lot of comments about how it can’t happen because this-insurmountable-obstacle or that-insurmountable-obstacle. But not a single credible scenario that stops it from happening.
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