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...
Ah-boom boom boom…another one bites the dust…
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) announced tonight that he will be retiring at the end of his term, citing the difficult political environment that he would have faced to win an eighth term in the House.
“2010 will be a robust election year during which great forces collide to set the direction for our country for another two years,” Snyder said in a statement.
“I have concluded that these election-year forces are no match for the persuasive and powerful attraction of our three one-year old boys under the leadership of their three-year old brother, and I have decided not to run for re-election.”
Blah blah blah pursue other opportunities spend more time with my family blah blah blah.
Snyder is the 11th House Democrat to announce his retirement. — and Republicans are aggressively contesting nine of those open seats. Griffin, a former U.S. Attorney, was mounting a vigorous campaign against Snyder and had already banked over $300,000 for his campaign, according to a GOP source.
You have to wonder what the democrat leadership says behind closed doors. There is 1933…there is 1965. And then there is 1993. There is, clearly, a decline. There were no “come-uppins” for 1933, although ’33 had to do with tearing apart the very fabric of what makes America. It may be argued that not quite so much the legislation passed in 1965, but the drive to marginalize the opposition that surrounded the activity — brought 1968. Lyndon Johnson’s narcissistic, psychotic personality brought 1968. Earl Warren letting all the murderers and rapists out of jail. “Knowing Where The Bodies Are Buried” politics.
And then 1993 brought 1994. But at least there wasn’t quite as much…well, maybe we should be charitable and call it “foresight.” And, a good democrat legislator was more-often-than-not proud, not ashamed, to climb on board the Clinton locomotive. It was where he belonged.
Today, the democrats need all the stars to line up before they can enjoy an instantaneous shot at pushing through whatever is “good for us.” They have to do it in the dark of night. Sneak around. Crouch and pounce. And it’s still a suicide run. Sixteen years ago, it was more like a gamble; I seem to recall there was just a vague feeling in the air that was only mildly suggestive of a “Republican Revolution,” one that was not perceptible (at least to me) until Election Day eve.
This is more like a slow-moving car wreck. Congressman Snyder joins Larry, Moe and Curly…and perhaps more as events continue to unfold.
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