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...
Our Demosthenes seems to regard the rule of strategic reticence as irrelevant to him. The rule: Do not speak unless you can improve the silence. He did not do that with his Oval Office speech. In it, to the surprise of no one who has been paying attention the last 17 months, he discerned in the oily waters of the Gulf of Mexico a reason for a large and permanent increase in government taxation and supervision of American life on shore. The oil spill validates his passion for energy—or is it climate change?—legislation.
The news about his speech is that it is no longer news that he often gives bad speeches. This one, however, was almost magnificently awful.
The idea of grandstanding on this disaster to push climate change legislation, or cap-n-trade or whatever, is perhaps the capstone of silliness in this latest installment. It pleases me mightily to see the occasional encouraging sign that His Holiness may, maybe, perhaps, just possibly, not be getting away with it so easily. Or if He does, it will cost Him gawdawfully much.
Jay Leno, of all people, probably said it the best:
President Obama said today he is going to use the gulf disaster to immediately push a new energy bill through Congress. I got an idea: How about first using the Gulf disaster to fix the Gulf disaster.
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Yeah, I read that article yesterday. It was very well written.
And Jay … Jay’s more middle-of-the-road than most people probably think. He may even be a closet conservative. The nature of his job means he keeps most of his jabs in either direction pretty quick and pretty light. But he has been known to take the occasional jab at the administration on more than one occasion.
Would that the Chixie Dix and most of Hollywood follow suit.
- philmon | 06/23/2010 @ 08:52Would that the Chixie Dix and most of Hollywood follow suit.
I’d settle for David Letterman NOT being an arrogant ass and puppet of the Left. While it would be nice to see the entire entertainment industry at least shift back to neutral, even seeing a few more comedians stop making stupid jokes about conservatives – even that would be a big improvement.
The “Palin’s Daughter A-Rod rape” thing should have been the end of Letterman’s showbiz career, and it would have been the end of any funnyman thought to lean rightward.
- cylarz | 06/23/2010 @ 19:37In general, it’s a good rule for any & all humor:
If you hate someone or something, your hate doesn’t automatically become funny just because you think a certain number of other people might share it with you.
- mkfreeberg | 06/23/2010 @ 19:46I used to like Letterman.
But that was 25 years ago.
Now I can’t stand the sight of him.
- philmon | 06/23/2010 @ 19:47