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...
A part-time U.S. Census worker found dead near a secluded Clay County cemetery killed himself but tried to make the death look like a murder, authorities have concluded.
Bill Sparkman, 51, of London, apparently was trying to preserve payments under life insurance policies he had taken out, one as recently as May, which paid benefits if he died as a result of murder or accident, but not suicide or natural causes, police said.
Sparkman had survived a bout with cancer a few years ago, but told a friend he believed the cancer had returned and that he would die, police said.
However, there was no indication Sparkman’s cancer had recurred, said Cristin Rolf, deputy state medical examiner.
In a two-month investigation, police marshaled a number of reasons to conclude Sparkman ended his own life. Among other things, only Sparkman’s DNA was on evidence at the scene, and he had told a friend details of his plan that matched what happened, police said at a news conference Thursday.
Flashback to some of the irresponsible comments that came bubbling up to the top of the blogosphere shortly after the man’s death…first up, charlow1 at the Huffington Post:
There are a lot of people out there who have been so sufficiently aroused by the irresponsible radical right that they will not want to be counted, and I am not talking about the usual homeless people that the census usually has difficulty finding. It’s our own aunts, uncles, parents who have been led to believe that our federal government and our President are out to get them. This is completely shameful and detrimental to our having the civil society that is necessary for democracy to work. To those who have made this happen, shame on you!!!
The people instigating this should be ashamed of themselves. It’s one thing to have a philosophical and political disagreement – it’s another to distort reality and irresponsibly use your rhetoric to make the world a more dangerous place. And for what? So Glenn Beck has better ratings and Rush Limbaugh isn’t offended? I’ve been wary of overzealous claims on the left of racism and dangerous rhetoric, but I’ve been convinced of the shear stupidity of the leaders of the Republican Party. Ugh.
go west young man at Democratic Underground:
It hit’s too close to home after all the anti government sentiment they have drummed up since Obama became president. The U.S. press should be ashamed. They would rather cover Acorn and Faux propaganda than provide some justice for a true American patriot like Bill Sparkman. Fucking wake up America! Wake Up!
shapiromarilyn commenting on the Washington Post story:
The latest iteration of domestic terrorism – – tea baggers, so-called “patriots”, and libertarians, consist of two elements: unthinking angry white males and women who are under their thumbs AND the wealthy puppet masters and politicians who stoke the flames of hate and violence for financial and political means. The Michelle Bachmans and Glenn Becks in this country take orders from the puppet masters who are threatened by a possible shakeup of the status quo. This is a dangerous time for us. Why isn’t the FBI throwing these domestic terrorists (from Fox News to unpatriotic senators and congresspeople) into jail?????? Why are tea baggers and town hall crazies allowed to come to meetings with loaded guns????
These are just samplings…
It’s so much easier to repeat a bunch of sensationalist bullshit than to do some thinking about things, isn’t it.
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