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...
TLDavis, fellow contributor to Washington Rebel, opines and speaks wisdom:
The curse of Americanism is the very goal for which it would seem to strive: leisure. What is the purpose of all the hard work; of raising children to be competent self-directors; of saving money on which to live? The purpose would be to finally obtain the leisure promised to everyone since the advent of Social Security.
Before that, one worked hard to build something, to move from labor to management so that the later years, 70′s and 80′s would not be so physically demanding, but there was no sense of ultimate leisure, of retirement. I find this concept of retirement to be the anesthetic of the soul. It causes the “as long as I get mine” attitude, a sense that there is a point where dropping out and being dependent on the state is an acceptable goal.
We are faced now with the reality that only a few chosen members of society will have been able to enjoy that reality and the rest of us will be left with the tab. This is occurring all over the “civilized” world.
Retire at 55, settle down for your dirt nap at 130 or so. That’ll work fine if every “retiree” has actually generated that much wealth & then some…but if it’s just 35 years of clock-punching which may or may not have something to do with extraordinarily productive efforts, followed by half a century of “It’s Okay I Earned It Dammit” life-of-liesure…maybe, just maybe, that won’t all work out so hot.
But we make up for it in volume I suppose?
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- Eavesdropping On The Future | Washington Rebel | 10/13/2010 @ 21:15Unrelated- Morgan, what do you think of this?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/13/obama-republicans-learn/
Ha. Ha. Ha. The president thinks the GOP will have to learn to get along with *him* after it takes over Congress.
On the contary, pal. We ain’t lookin’ to “get along” with anyone. We’re lookin’ to stonewall the entire government for the next two years, then throw your lying, wild-spending, race-baiting ass OUT OF THERE when you come up for re-election.
Palin 2012.
- cylarz | 10/13/2010 @ 22:53I know it’s a typo but the phrase “life of liesure” has something magical going for it in this context.
- vanderleun | 10/14/2010 @ 00:06This video goes quite well with your topic. I think you’ll like it.
- Daphne | 10/14/2010 @ 14:09