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...
Neal Boortz read my mind as I put together the previous post…and found the perfect nugget that shows us where exactly it’s all headed.
Barack Obama and the Democrats are so eager to make America more like Europe. With our current spending levels and our soon-to-be taxation techniques – the value-added tax – they are well on their way to solidifying a full-fledged moocher society. Which leads me to this…coming soon to the United States:
The Davey family’s £815-a-week state handouts pay for a four-bedroom home, top-of-the-range mod cons and two vehicles including a Mercedes people carrier.
Father-of-seven Peter gave up work because he could make more living on benefits.
Yet he and his wife Claire are still not happy with their lot.
With an eighth child on the way, they are demanding a bigger house, courtesy of the taxpayer.
“It’s really hard,” said Mrs Davey, 29, who is seven months pregnant. “We can’t afford holidays and I don’t want my kids living on a council estate and struggling like I have.
“The price of living is going up but benefits are going down. My carer’s allowance is only going up by 80p this year and petrol is so expensive now, I’m worried how we’ll cope.
“We’re still waiting for somewhere bigger.”
Mrs Davey has never had a full-time job while her 35-year-old husband gave up his post in administration nine years ago after realising they would be better off living off the state.
At their semi on the Isle of Anglesey, the family have a 42in flatscreen television in the living room with Sky TV at £50 a month, a Wii games console, three Nintendo DS machines and a computer – not to mention four mobile phones.
With their income of more than £42,000 a year, they run an 11-seater minibus and the seven-seat automatic Mercedes.
But according to the Daveys they have nothing to be thankful for.
“It doesn’t bother me that taxpayers are paying for me to have a large family,” added Mrs Davey.
“We couldn’t afford to care for our children without benefits, but as long as they have everything they need, I don’t think I’m selfish.
“Most of the parents at our kids’ school are on benefits.”
She added: “I don’t feel bad about being subsidised by people who are working. I’m just working with the system that’s there.
“If the government wants to give me money, I’m happy to take it. We get what we’re entitled to. I don’t put in anything because I don’t pay taxes, but if I could work I would.”
To the gulag she goes!
This thing about having the huge pack of whelps, is actually the oldest part of our present decline. Think about it: What’s the one thing about childbirth that has changed most drastically over the last hundred years? Answer: The financial implications. Children used to be assets. Today, they’re liabilities.
What do you do with liabilities? You avoid having them in the first place…if you’re smart. And so we have an Idiocracy world, in which the gene pool becomes more and more polluted, as smart, independent, capable people only reproduce in quantities they have the wherewithal to manage…and the dependency class reproduces in far greater volume, not meeting up with any discouragement in this enterprise from anywhere.
The result? One or two kids, over here, are taught when you want something you have to work for it…fifteen kids over there are taught how to whimper, whine, snivel and protest.
Coming soon to America.
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Dad went from Administration to being Administered, but what really is the difference?
- jamzw | 04/14/2010 @ 08:32I was traveling Europe with a friend back in 1979. In Germany and Italy the public transport was incredibly cheap. I’m guessing it was heavily subsidized and rides cost a pittance. People I met still resented paying the fare and would do their best to ride “for free” and strongly encouraged us to do the same. The entitlement mentality has been building in Europe for generations, and judging from this post, has a solid footlhold among the morally retarded.
- sonofsheldon | 04/14/2010 @ 17:48The “morally retarded.” Ha! I like that. I’m going to steal it.
- cylarz | 04/16/2010 @ 11:36