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...
Damn straight. Those are my two words on that.
A class-action suit has been filed against Hooters of America, Inc., for refusing to hire men as waiters.
The whole thing started when Nicolai Grushevski applied for a job at a Hooters in Corpus Christi, Texas, in May of 2008 and was told to forget it. Hooters maintains that because its food servers are called “Hooters Girls,” no labor laws are being violated.
It’s up to the courts to decide, though we can think of a couple of reasons not to go there if Mr. Grushevski wins.
Actually I have two more words on this:
LOSER PAYS.
No, waitaminnit, I have a few more.
I do not go to Hooters to be reminded what a wonderful egalitarian country we have in which everybody can be anything. Therefore, as a dude, I say discriminate against dudes all you want.
I do not go to Hooters to be reminded that lawyers run everything, and we’re always one lawsuit away from the most horrible nightmares you can possibly imagine. I go there to forget about such things.
I do not go to Hooters to meet people who sued their employers into hiring them. I go there after working hard at a job someone chose to hire me into, and I expect to see folks at the other tables in similar situations, enjoying themselves after a long shift of working their enormous asses off. And the ladies serving me my food, I expect them to be more of the same…people their employers want to be in those positions. (Except the thing about enormous asses doesn’t hold. Skinny asses there. Please. Thankyewverymuch.
I do not go to Hooters to be drowned in rules, or to watch others being drowned in rules. Just keep the food clean, the beer cold, the meat hot and tasty, and politeness all around…because we choose to be, not because we’re forced to be.
In other words, I go to Hooters to be around adults. To get — the hell — away from — the “Mommy, Mommy, Make Him Let Me Play” culture. And, dare I say it, that’s what lawsuits like this one are all about. Hooters is recognized as an oasis. As a shelter. And the nannies are not content to drive us into some kind of a fallout shelter; they want to wipe out the last pockets of resistance. Anywhere. Hooters is just the last stand. They know that’s where we’re all holed up.
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Government has no business telling private business who they can hire. Period.
- philmon | 01/13/2009 @ 22:27No, they don’t. But we will allow them too anyway.
- pdwalker | 01/14/2009 @ 11:20(uh, too = to)
- pdwalker | 01/14/2009 @ 11:29[…] Morgan Freeberg puts this in the proper perspective: I go to Hooters to be around adults. To get — the hell — away from — the “Mommy, Mommy, Make Him Let Me Play” culture. And, dare I say it, that’s what lawsuits like this one are all about. Hooters is recognized as an oasis. As a shelter. And the nannies are not content to drive us into some kind of a fallout shelter; they want to wipe out the last pockets of resistance. Anywhere. Hooters is just the last stand. They know that’s where we’re all holed up. […]
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