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...
Platforms the Democrats Could Dump If They Want to Win
A little something I wrote up after the 2000 elections, added onto after the 2002 midterms, and now it’s time to haul it out again. Yeah, I actually kept track of it through all that time. Palm Pilots are so cool.
And yeah, somehow it’s still relevant. Democrats are still losing. They will continue to lose until they eject as many of these as they can stand to:
#1. “It’s good that we got Saddam out, but Bush should be fired and we should give the White House to someone who never in a million years would have thought of getting Saddam out.”
#2. “You absolutely have a right to work for a paycheck if you’re part of a union, and you absolutely do not if you are not.”
#3. “Where the First Amendment is concerned, ‘establishment’ has to do with simply mentioning religion, but we’re only concerned about Christian religions.”
#4. “America has no right or privilege to defend herself if France doesn’t want her to.”
#5. “A four percent increase over last year, when you were planning to provide a six percent increase before, is a cut.”
#6. “Profits are obscene, unless they are profits realized by a teacher’s union, a trial lawyer, or Hollywood, then they’re OK.”
#7. “The National Rifle Association is a big, powerful, sinister lobby; the Teacher’s Union is not.”
#8. “Ronald Reagan and Bush’s Dad are really bad people for having supported the Taliban against Russia back in the eighties…but James Bond and Rambo are okay, even though they did the same thing.”
#9. “Cops are always liars. Crooks always tell the truth.”
#10. “Everyone accused of a crime is innocent until proven guilty, except for straight guys accused by women of sexual harrassment or date rape.”
#11. “Nevermind about the hundreds of dollars in Federal withholding being taking out of your paycheck before you ever see it…but a fifty cent ATM fee is absolutely outrageous and ought to be outlawed.”
#12. “Everyone who believes in ‘God’ and has the balls to mention it in public, is a wild-eyed puritan zealot who will steal all your condoms.”
#13. “Blacks can’t succeed at anything without help from the Government.”
#14. “It’s okay to fight a war as long as you don’t win it too decisively.”
#15. “Straight guys killing a gay guy is a hate crime, but vice-versa is not.”
#16. “Smoking factories in American cities are bad for the environment; smoking CRATERS in American cities will be just fine.”
#17. “The ends justify the means when we take money away from those who earned it & give it to those who did not; but not when we take out Saddam Hussein.”
#18. “As soon as someone can prove to us al Qaeda isn’t providing health insurance for their employees, we’ll stop being easy on them.”
#19. “A smarmy, jaded five-second sound bite is the perfect forum to debate whether someone’s misfortune was bad luck, or bad judgment. Smart-alecky remarks provide all the thoughtful deliberation needed to settle that serious question.”
#20. “Abortion is not a States’ Rights issue; gay marriage is.”
#21. “Hungry people don’t need high-paying jobs quite so much, as free drugs for their rich grandparents, a global-warming treaty and hybrid cars.”
#22. “Wanna stop terrorism? Stop making people mad, that’ll do it. Osama just needs a little counseling.”
#23. “The reason we went into Iraq, was for the oil.”
#24. “We never had anything to worry about with the WMD – we should have SOMEHOW known that, and not gone in.”
#25. “Saddam Hussein is a harmless little old man…except his CONVENTIONAL explosives are really dangerous.”
Now that the election is over, before I tuck this thing away & let it gather more dust until 2006 I should stick in something about Michael Moore.
There is a VERY real chance the Haunted Tree could have won this election…IF he came out nice and early and said “I have nothing to do with Michael Moore, and I don’t put any stock into any of the absurd things he is saying.” I’m not saying it’s likely. But the chance is there. Spewing out Michael Moore theories during the debates, certainly couldn’t have done much to help him.
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