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...
I found The Chosen One’s comments about “the lack of clarity” to be ironic. Not just a little bit.
I disagree with the current President’s position on the bailout, to a degree I can only describe as “visceral.” But you have to admire people who have that Howard Roark thing going on. Not so much “the hell with what people think,” for to support that, you have to play to the crowd — can’t go against the popular opinion if you don’t take the time and trouble to find out what it is.
No, the determination to just plow on past the trailhead, because you’re already doing something, knowing that down that way lies a vast bunny-trail and it’s best not to take the first step down it. Really, this is why people despise him so much. It’s the Ellsworth Tooheys of the world that despise the Howard Roarks in a way nobody despises anybody else, anywhere.
When your position in the world is to mold and shape popular opinion, and fool vast multitudes of suckers into thinking these thoughts were originally theirs, it’s quite a kick in the nuts, I imagine, to see someone with real authority come along who doesn’t care too much about any of it. I suppose it might even feel like something of a fuck-you. It isn’t that, of course, but I think it certainly must feel that way if you have become accustomed to something else.
And so we’re told to despise George W. Bush, because he’s a “war criminal.”
Also because he goes to his ranch house in Texas and clears brush. Clearing brush is just as bad as being a war criminal.
We’re told these thoughts are our own, even though vast sums of money were spent to get ’em planted in our heads.
And millions upon millions of us fall for it. They’re told what to think, they think it, and they go out and brag about what independent thinkers they are. It is exactly the kind of stuff that is melted away by history, and by not too much of it passing by. Like pissing on a snowman. And so, on the long-term vision of W’s legacy, our thoughts are already on record.
Update: Fred Barnes, on ten things the President got right. Not to be missed. So don’t miss it.
Update: Also, Sean Hannity’s interview. C’mon, you’ve certainly heard the other side of the story, often enough.
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I have always supported GWB for just the reasons you state, probably because his reaction to the moonbats was what I hope mine would have been, i.e. don’t dignify idiocy with a response. I know a lot of people think he should have done more to address domestic policy, but imo sticking to his guns and ignoring the flak merchants was the most dignified act of a President since Ronald Reagan, who managed to retain his dignity while taking it to ’em.
I’m 63 now, and I’ve never seen anything remotely approaching the vitriol poured on George Bush from the very beginning, even the in the Nixon-hating years. His refusal to recognize the negativity of the lefties endeared him to me forever, over and above the accomplishments of what I see as a great Presidency in the face of unbelievable opposition.
- rob | 01/13/2009 @ 22:44