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...
FrankJ gives a rundown of Obama’s strengths and weaknesses:
CONS
* Little experience.
* No accomplishments.
* Poor judgment.
* A history of hanging out with anti-American scumbags.
* Lies when politically convenient.
* Wherever he isn’t exceptionally bad, he’s just a typical politician.
* Liberal.PROS
* He’s black, so his election will be historic.
This is part of something much bigger than Barack Obama. Have you ever noticed that when left-wingers “want to be a part of this,” the “this” under discussion is seldom-to-never something that actually needs their support in order to succeed? They don’t seem to want to actually change the outcome of anything when they “want to be a part of” something. You can grow old waiting for liberals “want[ing] to be a part of” something that needs a tie-breaker vote; I don’t recall hearing of any liberals “want[ing] to be a part of” a Gore victory in 2000 or a Kerry victory in ’04.
Maybe it’s their inherent hostility to the individual. It seems they wait for the letters to be carved into the tablet of history, and after that’s been done, they want to have their hands on the chisel so they can claim to be “part of” it.
Another thing I notice is they have a propensity to support unbelievably mediocre candidates for high office, with negative claims to greatness. In other words, candidates who only can claim to not be something else. Carter wasn’t Nixon, and Kerry wasn’t Bush. When the democrat candidate for President is a Senator, it’s a Senator who can plow through a lot of years without doing much of anything. When the democrat candidate for President is a Governor of a state, there’s a curious dearth of conversation or news about how that state is doing.
Conservatives are excited about their candidates when their candidates demonstrate the ability to represent true and effective conservatism. Liberals are excited about their candidates when their candidates demonstrate the ability to lie convincingly. Gosh…it just seems that when you’re looking for entirely mediocre candidates, it should be a simple matter to find one or two with some remarkable, positive competencies — as a garnish on the dish, if nothing else — and, furthermore, free or nearly-free of “baggage.”
How come, across whole generations, they never quite seem to be able to get that done?
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Ironically, the apparent culmination of years of working against predjudice based on the color of one’s skin rather than the content of their character is a bunch of people who are excited about voting for a man based on the color of his skin.
- philmon | 05/09/2008 @ 10:56I know, I violated a bunch of English-class essay rules in one sentence there. Sister Conran, if she’s still around, needs to rap my knuckles. 😉
Do you know anyone who is actually going to vote for McCain because he’s white?
Just askin’. ‘Cause I don’t.
- philmon | 05/09/2008 @ 10:59Do you know anyone who is actually going to vote for McCain because he’s white?
Not personally, no. But I’ve heard tell there may be a few of those types around who WILL vote for McCain if The Obamanon is the Dem nominee. We ain’t quite there yet… “there” being this “post-racial” society all TheTalking Heads are going on about.
And Morgan… you’re a bit younger than I, but I remember the election of 1960, and I remember being totally enamored with JFK. I suspect that’s a lot of what’s going on with Obama supporters today. My excuse for my irrational behavior in 1960 is “I was only 15.” I don’t have the slightest idea what the Obama supporters’ excuse(s) are…
- Buck | 05/09/2008 @ 14:14