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...
A company in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter is making commemorative coins for American presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
And if the Democratic candidate is elected to become the most powerful man in the world on November 4, it could open the floodgates for millions of pounds worth of business for the firm.
Winston Elizabeth & Windsor has already sold more than 300 limited edition commemorative silver coins to the Democratic Party to hand out to key members of the campaign to elect Obama.
The contract is worth about £100,000 to the company, based on Warstone Lane, Hockley.
And a spokesman for WEW said they expected thousands more coins to be bought if Obama becomes president, which could bring millions into the small firm.
WEW is producing limited edition runs of gold, silver and platinum Obama coins, and plans to produce new ones in other finishes for public consumption if the demand emerges.
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The coins show Senator Obama’s face, along with a picture of the White House and the legend “President of the United States of America”.Mr Obama, along with his chosen vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden is going head to head with opponent John McCain and Sarah Palin in the contest to become President later this year.
If he is elected, he will be the first black man to become President in the country’s history.
A spokesman for WEW said: “We are just a small company from Hockley. They think its hilarious that a company from England is going on the television in about 10 days.
“They’ve been looking for two years for someone to take on something like this, and this proves we can compete with the Far East.
Wait, I’m kernfyoosed here. Really kernfyoosed.
I keep hearing from democrats in general, and from The Lightworker in particular, that his policies are desperately needed so we can make the government work “for everyone.” Why, then, would you have tokens of any kind? Whether they’re a denomination of hard currency, or simply a badge of some kind of support quid pro quo…or simply a thing to display in an office, kind of a “I was in the right place at the right time” thing — wouldn’t they have to contradict that whole “for everyone” concept? Isn’t there some situation, some event, in which the bearer of a coin is treated differently from someone who doesn’t have one? There must be, otherwise what would be the point.
Not to say this is all well-thought out or anything. It seems to be instinctive. Anytime you have a revolutionary movement to get everything to work “for everyone,” it seems there’s always this sub-revolution to get people stratified, organized and ranked within that larger “for everyone” revolution.
And so we have tokens. Coins.
Fascinating.
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Well, his motto is Hope and CHANGE 😉
- tim | 09/26/2008 @ 08:58