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...
“What am I missing here?”, asks Allahpundit at HotAir. I wish I could say for sure.
Allahpundit continues:
There must be some inside joke or allusion I’m not getting that explains why you’d introduce this slogan during the one week more than any other of his presidency that illustrates what a terrible, disengaged manager he is. It’d be like the RNC rolling out a “Prosperity” bumper sticker the week of the financial crash in 2008.
So, obviously, it refers to something else. But…what?
I have my ideas. I’ve noticed often that the conflict with the modern-day liberal movement seems to orbit almost entirely around the perception that we live in “a universe of cause-and-effect.” They just can’t seem to get jiggy with that. They read a great deal into “income inequality,” they seem to be entirely on-board with the idea that those who prosper greatly must be doing something differently from the so-called “ninety-nine percent.” Normal, red-blooded people would then naturally conclude that they would want to find out what exactly that is, so that they, the ninety-nine percent, can do more of it and make themselves more prosperous.
But NO. Not even close. They don’t even seem interested in doing more of whatever magical wonderful stuff they think Barack Obama is doing, to be “Like A Boss.” It’s as if they doubt it’s the place of anybody, anywhere to actually do or not do anything; it’s more fitting to say that we all are or are not something. So you and I don’t do anything to make ourselves rich or poor — we’re just that way. Barack Obama could not have done anything to prevent the VA scandal, it’s just something that happened. It’s His voice inflection and His demeanor and His snappy comebacks that really matter. At least, that’s the most sense I can make of it.
Anyway, as Allahpundit noted, the NRCC had a fix:
And then the democrats had a rebuttal to that…it’s really juvenile and stupid. The most remarkable thing about it is the procession of “RT”s underneath.
It must be bring your kids to work day at Dem HQ. How thoughtful of you to let them take the twitter account for a spin.
come on. Stop.
if they mean empty suit then yeah “like” a boss.
A boss takes responsibility and acts maturely.
how often does a real boss hear about things going on in his organization from the news?
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“Like a boss” is something the kids on campus say. It means “cool.”
Which makes sense. As somebody here said*, liberalism is the lifelong attempt to make high school come out right. Liberals were not cool in high school, and this will be the defining characteristic of their personalities until the day they die, no matter what they achieve in later life. And so:
Just so. If you’re cool, you’re cool; if you’re not, you’re not; and, as we all remember from high school, there is no one more pathetic than the guy who tries way too hard to be cool — it is far, far better to remain anonymously uncool than to try to ape the cool kids, draw attention to yourself, and get viciously mocked.
More and more these days, I think that’s really all there is to it.
*I wish I remembered who said this. Physics Geek? Nightfly? CaptDMO? A regular here, I know that. The shortest, broadest, best definition of liberalism ever.
- Severian | 05/24/2014 @ 08:02As somebody here said*, liberalism is the lifelong attempt to make high school come out right.
Someone a few years ago stopped by to claim provenance; the user name escapes me. I had thought it was me but I let it go – I honestly didn’t remember for sure and didn’t want to make a lot of noise about it and turn out to be only quoting it. But I think I am going to make the claim. Probably it will only earn me a “spurious” level of authenticity but oh well.
- nightfly | 05/27/2014 @ 11:33Uh oh! Rob already claimed it.
There is a lesson here: tracing the orogins of words and quotations, like tracing family histories, is a science that is rarely “settled.” It is more theory than fact.
Especially where the great quotes are concerned, I would offer. If a quote is inspiring or great, it will tend to outrun its correct attribution and another mystery will be born. Seems to be what’s happened here.
- mkfreeberg | 05/27/2014 @ 11:45OK – further research suggests a Rob De Witt of American Digest. It’s possible that he said it there while I was saying it in a comment thread here, and the coinages overlap.
- nightfly | 05/27/2014 @ 12:03Have you all run this by the Mount Vernon Association for Valid Appeals to Authority or whatever the fuck it is? I’d sure hate to have this certified “spurious” when it’s merely “attributed.”
- Severian | 05/27/2014 @ 15:23