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...
Of course there’s no way I completely agree with this…but it’s an awesome response to something I’m more than a little bit tired of hearing.
Hat tip to Linkiest.
[I]t is odd how society sees things. [L]et[‘]s say if a guy sleeps with all these girls, “he[‘]s the man!” or a stud. [B]ut if a girl does, she’s a total slut or whore. [I]s society sexist?
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[W]ell think about it this way. [I]f a key can open a bunch of locks, it[‘]s viewed as a master key, and is awesome to have. [B]ut if a lock is opened by a lot of different keys, well that[‘]s a pretty shitty lock if you ask me.
I’m sick to death of hearing about this double standard, because it’s real and it comes from an acknowledgment of a superior role women have to play in the coupling process. Let’s face it, the key only decides that an attempt is going to be made, the lock is what gives the yea or nay as to whether it’s a success.
It is a projection of the reproduction process itself; all those millions of male things competing with one another to see which singular champion will succeed in penetrating the one female thing.
And to act all oppressed over this difference, is a projection of modern feminism. Whining away about such a meaningful advantage; that just captures the whole spirit of it.
It’s a good answer. Not a perfect one, but then again it’s a stupid question.
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Okay, now I’ve got Melanie singing “Brand New Key” in my head. See how you are?
- Rich Fader | 11/16/2010 @ 10:10My own personal “up from liberalism” story started with something like this. Back when I was in college I was a brain-dead liberal for all the usual reasons: it was cool, everybody else was doing it, I had zero life experience, all smart people are liberals, granola girls put out. But then two things happened, more or less simultaneously: Shannon Faulkner won her suit to be admitted to the Citadel, and some guy won his suit to be admitted to the nursing program at Texas Women’s University.
Every single liberal I knew, which was for all intents and purposes everyone in my social orbit, was ecstatic over the first and went apeshit over the second. When I pointed out that gee, this sure seems like a double standard, I got an earful. The word “Nazi” was used. I started to suspect, right then and there, that liberals don’t care about anything other than being oh so right about everything.
- Severian | 11/16/2010 @ 12:27