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...
The White House won’t think outside the box on this one, so Victor Davis Hanson does it for them.
If the president thought that a campaign bus tour would rescue his numbers, he was mistaken — it seems to have had the opposite effect, perhaps because it seemed staged, almost like what a wealthy person would do if he wanted to act “real” for a bit.
But if President Obama has already purchased the new bus, why not use it Winnebago-style to see America with his family for a week, visiting a national park, a closed-down plant — or a real vineyard?
Two possibilities:
One, it’s a “Jar Jar Binks” decision, meaning the Guy At The Top came up with it, and the leadership dynamic is such that nobody in earshot would point out the obvious deficiencies in the plan, so it went forward.
Two, we’re suffering from a misunderstanding of the whole point of Obama’s “vacation.” It’s a listening tour, sure, a “get the word out that I am one of you” road trip. But Obama has no reason to show He’s one of the hoi polloi; He wants to show He’s one of the New Englanders. It’s about donations and not votes.
According to Two, which I’m thinking is a bit more likely but not by much: Obama is not going to pick up a single vote because of any whistle-stop vacation. If the economy continues to suck and He manages to win re-election anyway, He’ll have to win back some votes He lost when the economy started sucking…and He’s going to do that by buying them back with the money He’s going to start raising right now. He could very well be on to something here.
Sure is a weird transformation of our nation’s political cycle, though.
Hat tip to Instapundit.
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Rumor has it this occurred during the Bus Tour:
- bpenni | 08/18/2011 @ 09:03“Ahoy, polloi!”
- Rich Fader | 08/18/2011 @ 11:33Did John McCain get more votes?
At any rate, looks like Stanley and Steve will soon be hanging out.
- philmon | 08/18/2011 @ 12:12“Whose Idea was Martha’s Vinyard?”
I had assumed it was Martha’s. 😉
- philmon | 08/18/2011 @ 12:13Did John McCain get more votes?
I don’t think so. But I don’t write the jokes, I just tell ’em. 😉
- bpenni | 08/19/2011 @ 09:20