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...
It needs to be said, and I’ll tell you why: Among the hobgoblins on the innerwebs who want to do some arguing with me about what a great, great President the peanut farmer was, and how Obama is going to make us great like that once again, some three-quarters of them were born after we fired him and replaced him with Ronald Reagan.
The rest of them won’t say when they were born.
We ran from Vietnam like a bunch of scared big girls. The economy sucked. Cynicism and selfish, destructive behavior was rampant. Cars were hideous junk painted ugly “earth tones” like crap brown, condensed-milk yellow, ketchup-stain red, and garbage can green. (My father’s giant boat of a ‘73 Ford LTD was that color. Driving it was like trying to pilot the Hindenburg on the ground.) Fashions made men and women look like clowns.
Actually, my recollection was that fashion made men look just like women, and women look just like men. It was the decade of “Deplore l’Difference.”
I think that sums up the whole thing right there — anybody who was anything, should live out their existence as that thing, with just a hint of regret for being it. Men shouldn’t be happy to be men, women shouldn’t be happy to be women, America shouldn’t be happy to be America, veterans shouldn’t have been proud to be veterans, rich people should’ve regreted being rich, white guys should’ve wished they were black, black people should’ve wished they were white, straight people should’ve wished they were gay, blue-collars should’ve wished they were white-collars and vice-versa.
Remembering The 70’s had some more recollections:
For those of tender age who don’t remember President Jimmy, please do your homework. He remains the worst President in modern history. Inflation at 20% plus,oil prices through the roof, impotent regarding our hostages in Iran, double digit interest rates, the US as the laughing stock of the World, etc., etc. His solution to high oil prices for the winter: “Wear a sweater.” Please, Jimmy, hide for another twenty years! He only came out of hiding the last few years because none of the little yuppies know his record. From his recent comments, he’s either senile or a traitor.
Wear. A. Sweater. Yeah, that’s another one…people who had furnaces had to pretend they didn’t have one.
Live apologetically. That just about sums it up.
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