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...
Yes, it’s probably one of the last clips you’d show someone to help bolster that, if you really wanted to be convincing. Especially around 0:50, where she is clearly over her head.
It’s abundantly obvious to me, and everyone else who watched this, that Sarah Palin lacks skill in the fine art of talking eloquently and compellingly when she doesn’t have, or doesn’t want to discuss, the most sincere answer to a question.
It comes right up to, and falls just barely short of, suggesting a lack of brainpower. It seems like such a devastating assault. Now then — complete the argument for me.
In the most powerful positions in our nation’s government, it is vitally important that we have people who possess bullshitting skills superior to Sarah Palin’s…because…?
This is exactly why I was ready to order champagne when I heard Palin got picked. “My understanding was…” may seem like a feeble thing to say, and it seems like that because that’s exactly what it is. Feeble. It demonstrates a lack of knowledge. You see, that’s what people who don’t know the answer off the top of their heads, do — if they’re honest. That’s how decent people conduct themselves. Decent people do not indulge in a bunch of spin and hyperbole and say “well the real question, Katie, is why did this administration…blah blah blah.”
Yeah, I know what that looks like. I know how good it looks. And I understand it takes some skill to deliver the act with some polish. But, like everyone else who’s been paying attention — I know what it gets us. And I’ve had quite enough of it, thank you. As Phil was pointing out a couple days ago: A good salesman is something you need if the thing you’re trying to sell is a piece of junk.
I’ll take Sarah. It’s called, sticking to what you know, and when backed into a corner about something else, just admit it instead of pulling something stupid and false out of your ass, and maybe screwing something up. Call it a moose-hunting software-designing network-administrator-engineering thing. You media types just wouldn’t understand.
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I was once told by a man much wiser than I:
“If you don’t know the answer, don’t F!@# around about it and try to B.S. you way through. Stand up, look ’em in the eye, and be the not-knowingest Mother F!@#er in the room.”
- Andy | 09/26/2008 @ 12:41