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...
…and generously.
The NBC lawyer who refused to allow a non-profit group to air an advertisement thanking American troops for their service has donated at least $45,000 to a host of Congressional Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, New York Senator Hillary Clinton and the campaign committees of House and Senate Democrats, research by the Majority Accountability Project (www.majorityap.com) has found.
According to a Fox News report, Richard Cotton, the general counsel for NBC/Universal, was one of two network officials who decided not to sell ad time to Freedom’s Watch, which describes itself as “a nonpartisan movement dedicated to preserving, protecting, and defending conservative principles and promoting a conservative agenda.”
For those who don’t know what the hoo-hah is about, it concerns ads by Freedom’s Watch. Ooh, oh so nitty-gritty, inflammatory, highly politicized ads, like these…
Controversial? Unfit for prime time? Form your own opinion. I’ve formed mine.
I’d sure like an explanation from someone about the times in which we live. Supposedly “everybody supports the troops,” but it’s clear to me this isn’t true, because supporting the troops is indeed controversial and political. Or it at least becomes that, once the rubber meets the road. People are decidedly against it, and when you’re in the public eye you’re supposed to respect their wishes — at risk of the now-ritually-monotonous career suicide, I would have to presume — without explicitly acknowledging that opposing the troops, or at least opposing those who support the troops, is precisely what their wishes entail.
Welcome to the pitfalls of the culturally prevailing viewpoint. It can embrace, support and promote — with gusto — ideas that are so repugnant, so out-of-step with reality, and so malicious, that no voice-box belonging to an individual with a name would dare give such ideas utterance.
H/T: Malkin.
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So next time someone thinks you’re a loon when you say the media controls the message … keep this one on file.
I’m baffled.
Well, not really. What I’ve seen from these people in the last 5 years has been eye-opening.
- philmon | 12/11/2007 @ 10:39