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 it’ll just be a matter of time before G.R. swims across the pond and ends up here. OH NOES!!!
Whatever. Bite me, Hulkie. According to the article linked, 20% of single Brits advertising on dating sites are more interested in “GEH (Good Environmental Habits)” than in GSOH (Good Sense of Humor).
‘Green rage’ is also transferring to the workplace with 37 per cent admitting to getting angry with work colleagues for printing out unnecessary documents or leaving computers on overnight.
The figures published by EDF Energy show that more than a third, 35 per cent, of people in the UK are frustrated when someone they know acts disrespectfully towards the environment.
Someone in jolly ol’ Britain didn’t get the memo about environmentalism and other “progressive” causes. One of the most effective ways of promoting this kind of bilge, has been to cast the other side as being full of “rage.” This is, and has been, measurable. What do you have to say, in opposition to an increased minimum wage, affirmative action, tax increases, welfare benefits, sensitivity training, et al, in order to be accused of being “angry.” Hardly anything at all, really. So — it’s going to be a little bit of a rake handle in the bicycle spokes once word gets out that our enviroweenies have an anger problem. Simply mentioning it does enormous damage.
Someone’s gonna get a reprimand.
But there’s more than a grain of truth to it, and it helps to highlight something I’ve discussed in these parts many times before. Enviornmentalism — not just this modern “green” stuff, but classic enviornmentalism, going all the way back to that public service ad with the Indian crying over the piles of junk in the city — isn’t really about the environment. It’s about social status. It’s about the things you do, this “your part” stuff that nobody really honestly thinks will change anything one way or t’other in “the global environment.” And it isn’t even about that — it’s about being seen doing them.
To change all the light bulbs and windows in your house, and keep it a secret, is socially unacceptable. You’re supposed to ramble about it. It’s a fashion statement.
And it’s about relativity. Like Syndrome said in The Incredibles, “When everybody’s super…then NO ONE will be!” The worst nightmare scenario to our modern green movement is for everyone in line-of-sight to comply. It isn’t about reducing the carbon footprint; it’s about scolding.
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Someone advertising that they want someone with GEH above all else is someone to steer well clear of.
They are more interested in how they look to other people than actually having a relationship with any of them.
- philmon | 07/06/2008 @ 23:12