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...
Just plain nuts
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute…I thought in the “America should not have gone into Iraq” school of thought, you were strictly forbidden from even contemplating anything that had not been absolutely positively proven beyond the shadow of any doubt. I thought you were supposed to prove MORE than what was suggested before you spoke it out loud sans question mark behind it, let alone act on it, i.e., you have to prove Saddam had weapons before you said he was dangerous.
What’s with this stuff then?
The stance taken by Bush and Blair in blowing their trumpets so often spells out two things: first, that they are deep-down uneasy with what they have done, indeed Tony Blair nearly resigned earlier this year and contemplated changing from Anglicanism to Catholicism, which, however noble a quest, reveals that he is troubled inside and second, this Anglo-Saxon Alliance remains and continues to be an insult to the international community which through the United Nations Organization, made one simple request: that Washington and London adhere to international law.
These Bush-haters have throroughly engraved new wrinkles in their brains and I’m afraid if they woke up tomorrow fully intending to think straight again, the process would elude them forever. Bush and Blair blow trumpets? This proves something entirely unrelated to trumpet-blowing?
Soon after we invaded Iraq I found this page which nicely defines your “adhere[nce] to international law,” Mister hyphenated-last-name Pravda guy. In summary, the United Nations authorized member nations to enforce the provisions of Resolutions 687 and 678. Resolution 1441 did not call for additional deliberations or consideration by the Security Council to use force.
Let’s face it: “Illegal under international law” is nothing more than a rallying cry. It has little relation to the truth, and it is not designed to have any such relation at all. You repeat it over and over, people get riled up. Their numbers grow and their anger grows…but not quite enough to win an election. So stick a sock in it.
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