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...
In an old interview, my snark got in front of my judgment. I apologize to Speaker Boehner, whom I have always respected.
Said snark was:
…[Podesta’s hiring] represents the clearest sign to date of the administration’s interest in shifting the paradigm of Obama’s presidency through the forceful, unapologetic and occasionally provocative application of White House power. Podesta, whose official mandate includes enforcement of numerous executive orders on emissions and the environment, suggested as much when he spoke with me earlier this fall about Obama’s team. “They need to focus on executive action given that they are facing a second term against a cult worthy of Jonestown in charge of one of the houses of Congress,” he told me.
“Me” being, the guy who wrote the article, Glenn Thrush; “They” being the White House staff; “Cult” being someone controlling the House of Representatives. I guess that’s Republicans? Seems hard to envision.
The apology is sadder than the original transgression. Podesta must apologize, not because the statement made so little sense that it’s difficult to figure out what he meant, but because it brought back bad memories that made someone feel bad. It’s a sad commentary. Questionable statements demand subsequent apologies, not because of the gaps they leave as they mesh with reality, but because of their overlap with it.
Republicans, or the Tea Party, are…a cult?
But Babawawa thought Obama was going to be a Messiah.
Actress Ellen Barkin says we all belong to Him.
A cult, on the other side? Seriously, Mr. Podesta? Oh wait, that’s right…you’ve already apologized, so it never happened, silly me…
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The older I get, the more I believe that 95% of politics — hell, of American culture in general– can be explained by the realization that “liberal” is more properly spelled P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.
- Severian | 12/19/2013 @ 08:07