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...
Melissa Clouthier wants to know what people think of this…
I suppose time will tell.
Me, I like the concept. In spite of all the “hope,” lightly laced with an undertone of pugnacious bullying, Obama’s installment into the Presidency wasn’t a “that fixes things once & for all” but a “let’s see how this goes.” The appalling lack of vision regarding what exactly the result was supposed to be, does very little to change this. The word “hope” is supposed to entail some kind of vision toward the near or distant future, a vision involving a status that is somewhat positive. Which means — I think all would have to agree at this point — something different from what we’ve seen for the last two hundred days.
We still have a lot of hold-outs out there insisting The Man has not yet been given enough time. Their argument, whether they realize it or not, is one that says we shouldn’t expect beneficial results just yet. And of course the obvious question it raises is what is the Launch Date. C’mon, just give us a ball park…
But they won’t. Deep into 2012, the catchphrase is going to be that George W. Bush messed things up so badly that it takes two terms to fix it all…and this should’ve been obvious to everyone from the get-go.
For a savior possessing messianic healing qualities, Obama is surprisingly dependent on bromides, cliches and bumper sticker slogans designed to vanquish any & all performance expectations. It’s like watching Christ try to make loaves and fishes, fail at it, and then blame His predecessor for messing things up so badly and nobody should be imposing such unrealistic expectations on Him. Well dude — the loaves and fishes we already do have, are disappearing. When things aren’t even staying static, they’re getting worse, there comes a point where your Divinity and Exaltedness and Glory have to at least be put into question if not doubted entirely. That isn’t even politics, that’s just common sense. It applies to deities just like it applies to anything else.
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If anything, this ought to demonstrate that Obama isn’t a savior at all…just another man who puts his pants on one leg at a time, who resists taking responsibility for his actions, who blames others for his failures, who wants to do what he wants to do…when he wants to do it…without being held accountable to anyone.
He is, in a word, human. A shame that he doesn’t recognize this fallen state of human nature, and use that realization to humble himself.
- cylarz | 08/10/2009 @ 00:33Read Amity Schlaes “The Forgotton Man”.
The presidential hero of the progressive movement, up to this point, is FDR.
FDR did the exact same kinds of experiments. It’s scary how his whims lead to policies… and some directly contradicted others. Like handing the wheel over to Curious George.
It is no secret that Obama is a great admirer of FDR and is patterning his presidency after FDR’s — with the added advantage of having the progressive infrastructure already in place in Washington and elsewhere. All he has to do is expand it and harness it.
- philmon | 08/11/2009 @ 07:32