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...
Common sense from Floyd at Making Ripples:
In order to keep earning income, we have to come up with compelling reasons that our services will make someone else’s life easier.
He goes on to say…
When there is not enough money for business as usual, buyers and employers alike start looking for ways to bring costs in line with income. Every expense gets scrutinized to see how it contributes to survival.
This doesn’t seem, at first glance, very profound at all. And perhaps it isn’t. But if you think on it in conjunction with other things, you realize that some folks who may be laboring under the delusion that they’re not in for some kind of surprise, in fact, are indeed due to be whacked upside the head by a big ‘un.
Like for example…here.
This woman appears to be living in a house with her daughter, and therefore, I’m going to presume, has a job in which she makes a living. I hope that’s true. The job absolutely cannot demand anything by way of critical thinking skills. I’m further presuming that, for reasons I hope are obvious.
What are the odds that this woman is, by the fruits of her labor, “mak[ing] someone else’s life easier”? I’m gonna peg that one at about one-in-four, maybe one-in-three. Perhaps she’s an extraordinarily conscientious receptionist in an office somewhere, maybe in a doctor’s office, blossoming with organizational skills to make up for the other deficiencies she so clearly has. Please don’t blast me, all you insulted medical receptionists; I’m trying to give her the benefit of the doubt here.
So there’s at least a two-in-three chance that she just clocks-in-clocks-out.
And a nine-in-ten chance that the iPresident Man-God is not really going to pay her mortgage for her.
Those guesstimates are on the down-side. They’re on the low end.
So the lady is more than a little bit likely to receive that layoff notice Rick was talking about…which by itself isn’t big news. But again. Think of all the millions who are in the situation she’s in, who think on things the way she does. All these mediocre people sick and tired of their own mediocrity, looking to pandering politicians to somehow make them extraordinary.
It’s already happened to one Obamaton I know. Two solid years of listening to him crow about how Obama’s gonna lead us, and Is America Ready to Elect a Black Man? And then Mister Hopenchange prevails…the Dow falls into the crapper…poor fellow’s been working so hard at falling into line, being whatever he’s expected to be by the youngest, cutest, hottest fashion trend. Achieving extraordinary levels in his ordinary-ness. And he ends up not standing out in any particular way, when the bosses go through and try to figure out who doesn’t stand out in any particular way.
That’s the oddest thing I’ve noticed about these layoffs. We’re trained, in the public school system, to maintain our employability by falling into line, being similar to everyone else around us (right before paying that lip-service to “diversity”). Chasing that theory of Nonconformity Is The Surest Way To Get Your Ass Replaced Around Here. People work like the dickens to fit in…just like little schoolkids…to be like everybody else. To be, instead of to do. It’s exactly the wrong approach.
So Rick’s layoff notice, without anyone working to make it come true, ends up coming true nevertheless:
So, this is what I did. I strolled through our parking lot and found 8 Obama bumper stickers on our employees’ cars and have decided these folks will be the first to be laid off. I can’t think of a more fair way to approach this problem. These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.
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