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...
Some of the more reasonable among the Bush-bashing leftists…just some…will start to regret the thumpin’ with this news item. Trust me on this one, it’s the first chunk of ice to melt off the shelf.
Bolton’s days at U.N. are likely numbered
By Anne Plummer Flaherty
The Associated PressWASHINGTON — John Bolton’s prospects for winning Senate approval to stay on as U.N. ambassador essentially died Thursday as Democrats and a pivotal Republican said they would continue to oppose his nomination.
On Thursday, the White House resubmitted Bolton’s nomination to the Senate, where the appointment has languished for more than a year.
President Bush appointed him to the job temporarily in August 2005 while Congress was in recess, an appointment that will expire when the Congress adjourns, no later than January.
Bush could not make a second recess appointment of Bolton for the same job, though there was some speculation that the administration might try to keep the ambassador at the U.N. in some fashion.
Okay, I understand what the typical left-winger’s reaction to this is going to be: Good riddance. Yelling at subordinates, wants to take floors off the U.N., bushy eyebrows, blah blah blah.
Well if not Bolton, then who?
Don’t forget, this “unpopular war in Iraq” was authorized by the United Nations. They authorized it…Bush and the coalition followed through. To object to the follow-through without objecting to the authorization is illogical — and to object to the authorization, and hope for more of it, while excoriating anyone who follows through subsequently “just like we did in that disaster over in Iraq,” would be patently absurd. To say the U.N. needs reform, is to state a decidedly reasonable and middle-of-the-road viewpoint. Hell, it’s to stand guilty of stating the obvious.
I fully expect this is simple and straightforward enough that even the most slobbery, rabid lefty will have to surrender the argument or, maybe a bit more likely, simply change the subject. You want a change of course? John Bolton was the change of course, where it would have done the most good. To get rid of him may make some Hollywood actors happy, but it’s a pronounced nod toward the status quo. Meaningless paperwork passed by the U.N.S.C. condemning this and renouncing that and deploring some other silly damn thing…while nobody responds in the language spoken by those who justify the U.N.’s existence, with menacing and thuggish behavior in the international arena.
Maybe some leftists like that. But the point is, it’s not uncharted territory, not even close. The Blair Witch is coming after us and we’re walking in circles. We’ve been here many, many times before. When’s this “change of course” start?
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