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 few hours ago I made mention of some human vermin who, according to the available evidence, lashed a couple to an anchor and pitched them over the side of a boat Billy Bathgate style. True to form, I made a quick mention to the story and made some passing references to the events therein, after bloviating bloatfully about those among us who — well, let’s just cut to the chase this time — they don’t believe in visiting justice upon the wicked. Yes, I know the anti-death-penalty types bristle at that accusation, insisting that they simply have “moral objections” to the ultimate punishment. But they share a close kinship with the criminals-rights folks. And the criminals-rights folks, generally, aren’t too keen on victims-rights. They champion one over the other, often. You don’t have to wait too long to see them do it. They’ll find any excuse in the book to release predators whom common-sense says are guilty of their “alleged crimes,” even if “innocent-til-proven-guilty” might be interpreted to say otherwise.
James Bostwick has a lot in common with me. We both celebrated a birthday ending with a zero and each of us is mourning a decade of our lives lost forever…except he’s embarking now on the one I just lost. And he just got done reading an article about recidivism, and sharing his thoughts about it.
We didn’t collaborate on this. I swear.
Probably, what’s going on is we share concerns about our new Congress.
Isn’t it interesting? The people we are told are “conservatives”…you get left-wingers in positions of power, and the conservatives worry about violent predators being released on the streets and little kids getting chopped up and buried in fields.
The people we are told are “moderates” and “liberals”…you get right-wingers in positions of power, and those kind folks worry about tax cuts. They worry about government getting the hell out of the way, and private persons and businesses being allowed to do the stuff they want to do. Big crisis, huh?
Government getting out of the way of businesses that want to hire people, versus, Government getting out of the way of predators who want to rape and massacre little kids. Which is worse? Real toss-up, huh?
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