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...
I expect I’ll be referring back to this bizarre little phenomenon in the years ahead, although I wish it were not so.
This article purports to present to me a diverse sampling of worldwide viewpoints about the midterm elections yesterday. It’s supposed to present that. What Ahmed thinks over here, what Vijay thinks over there, what Franz and Elisabeth and Pierre think over there. That’s supposed to be the point. And it actually delivers…halfway…and it leaves something else out. In that sense, it is a microcosm of all the commentary on this election I’ve been hearing today. All of it.
Echoing the sentiment of many in Muslim countries, Indonesian lawmaker Ahmad Sumargono hoped that the results would prompt a reassessment of American policies in Iraq and elsewhere.
“I am optimistic that American people have now realized the mistakes made by Bush in foreign policy. We hope this leads to significant changes, especially toward the Middle East,” he said.
Do you think — for one second — Sumargono went on to expound on the stuff that you’d want, y’know, upon which you’d logically wish for him to expound? Like…what mistakes are those? What changes are those supposed to be?
Well, if the person shoving a microphone into the face of Ahmad Sumargono got all uppity and bumptious about this, asking hard-hitting questions, insisting on meaningful answers…the ensuing exchange didn’t make it in to print.
The whole article reads like that. “I think this means President Bush’s butt cheeks got handed to him on a platter — YAY!!!” So-and-so says it, such-and-such says it, lather, rinse, repeat. But what is to be changed now? For what are they hoping? Nobody tries to address that. First word, last word, every word in between.
And I just think that’s odd. “What changes are going to come about?” seems to me an important question. “What changes do you hope to see coming about?” strikes me as a question to which I would like some answers. I’d like to know who’s out there, watching our elections. I’d like to know who’s in here, voting, and what changes they want.
Regardless of your political leanings, I think you’d agree there’s an awful lot riding on this.
Strange that nobody’s answering it. We’ve got a lot of people who just plain hate Republicans, and have waited six years for this to happen. If I was them, I’d feel cheated if the elected leaders went this long without bellying-up to the bar talking about why, in their minds, I bothered to put them in.
So now you can start to see my point. It’s really weird they’re not seizing the opportunity specifying it. And it’s even stranger, nobody anywhere is insisting on it.
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