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...
…is that kids are being systematically taught to evaluate only one side of a controversial argument, uncritically accepting the wild speculation and doomsday scenarios from financially motivated strangers. And to call it good. Think on it as a decision well-made. That is the real crisis.
At 1:06: “Are there some people who say this isn’t true?” “Yes.” “Might they be right?” “Nooooo!” “How do you know they’re not right?”
That is so much of a bigger issue. Especially if you want to talk about freight trains smashing into our kids. Because you cannot achieve a fulfilling life with real freedom and independence, when you fall for anything that comes along.
So much of what we “know” is settled because if you don’t believe in it, someone is going to call you stupid. If you don’t believe the earth is getting hotter, it’s man’s fault, and the new systems of taxation will fix it, you’re an idiot.
If you don’t believe that evolution is singularly responsible for every little living thing on this planet, you’re an idiot.
If you don’t believe Sarah Palin is an idiot, you’re an idiot.
If you don’t believe Joe Biden is a “distinguished elder statesman” sooooper genius, you’re an idiot.
If you don’t believe in hyper-isolationism, that we should leave mad butchers like Saddam Hussein and Kim-Jong Il exactly where they are to do whatever they want, then you’re an idiot.
If you don’t believe in getting rid of any & all discipline in the public schools, leaving it up to the shrinks, the special nanny-programs and the mind-altering drugs to restore order, then you’re an idiot.
If you don’t believe in Stimulus, then you’re an idiot.
If you don’t think a higher minimum wage will lower the unemployment rate (????), then you’re an idiot.
If you don’t agree that poor people need special instructions from Michelle Obama about what kinds of food to eat, then you’re an idiot.
Of course you’re an idiot if you watch Fox News…
If you don’t think a country with a good health care system should throw it out, and taken on the health care systems of other countries with bad health care systems, then you’re an idiot.
If you don’t think Bush stole Florida back in 2000, then you’re an idiot. If you don’t agree Bush is an idiot you’re an idiot, and if you don’t agree Bush is an evil genius that fooled everybody then you’re an idiot.
This idiot objects not quite so much to these conclusions, compared to how we’re getting there. We’re “thinking” these things out by calling each other idiots. We are thinking them out by medicating.
It’s bad enough to passively fail to teach children how to think critically. To actively teach them how to think things out non-critically, of course, is far, far worse.
If you stand for nothing you’ll fall for anything.
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If you don’t believe in hyper-isolationism, that we should leave mad butchers like Saddam Hussein and Kim-Jong Il exactly where they are to do whatever they want, then you’re an idiot.
Where exactly was THIS one back in the 90s, when Clinton was busy turning the military into an international Meals On Wheels, and sending our troops wily-nily across the globe with no statement of objective, coherent plan, or explanation of how it related to our national interests?
Geez. I don’t know what’s worse about the Left – the stupidity or the hypocrisy.
- cylarz | 02/18/2010 @ 01:38