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...
Garry Hamilton sends some e-mail to our blogger friend, who in turn reveals its wisdom to the blogosphere:
Many years ago, I began to notice a pattern in TV programming. I noticed that in popular “comedy” there was a mantra of “women are smart, men are dumb; kids are smart, parents are dumb.”
In kids’ programming (Nickelodeon and the like), there was a series of cartoons emerging that not only pushed this “kids are smart, grown-ups are stupid” theme, but added a layer of “rude is cool.” South Park, Ren & Stimpy, Invader Zim, and others. And it wasn’t subtle.
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Now, during this same period (and earlier, actually) the concept of “children’s rights” became a prominent issue in schools. That would be public schools (as opposed to entertainment). I heard that kids were being taught that, if they thought their parents were being “mean,” they could turn them in for “child abuse.” Ground your kid? Child abuse. Impose at-home sanctions for misbehavior? Child abuse. Now, I took that with a grain of salt because, hey, you know how people exaggerate. Until one of my own kids brought that crap home from school. “You can’t yell at me or ground me, because that’s child abuse.”
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This has been going on to a greater or lesser degree for decades now. Young is cool. Old is lame.
Hat tip: Rick.
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Funny, I never though “South Park” was a kid’s cartoon. Strictly adult. Don’t know about the others, I never saw them.
- pdwalker | 07/27/2009 @ 19:22