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...
Last month, I noted with interest the shock and dismay one Peggy Noonan was feeling with America’s first Holy Roman Presidency and I let her have it with both barrels…because, as I’ve noticed repeatedly both silently and otherwise over the years, following the consensus is a religion just as irrational as any other. Obama-supporter Noonan made her mistake because, and only because, she happens to be somewhere around Arch-Bishop level in that religion. It is what she does. She figures out what the consensus does and then she jots it down. You could make a living that way, recognize you’re measuring something that could be right & could be wrong, and independently make up your own mind as to whether or not you will follow it. Noonan cannot, or will not, do this. She assimilates the consensus.
You can let her off the hook by saying she made a mistake simultaneously made by many, many, many others; that does not erase the fact she made a mistake that was very, very very easy to avoid making.
So now we see neither Obama, nor anybody on His team, even knows what to do when there’s a real problem to be solved. They just blame corporations and…is it lunchtime yet? The nation voted for something called “hope and change” and here’s a situation where it’s left with neither one.
FrankJ has compiled a list of ready-made excuses for His Holy Eminence:
10. Thought it wasn’t a problem because oil and water don’t mix.
9. Since it was British Petroleum in the Gulf of Mexico, he assumed other countries would handle it.
8. He thought the oil leak was just looking for attention and would go away if he ignored it.
7. It looked messy, and he had just bought a new suit.
6. Handling oil spills isn’t mentioned in the Constitution, and Obama only does things specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
5. We never listened to Obama’s pleas of “let me be clear”, and thus he was forced to be very unclear about things.
4. Louisiana did such a great job with the last big disaster that hit them that he assumed they were on top of this one.
3. Birds kinda looked like they enjoyed being covered in oil.
2. He never saw the problem, because his head has been stuck in a bucket for the past fifty days.
You have to follow the link to get hold of #1.
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