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...
Mike Adams writes to his university Board of Trustees with a proposal for erecting a proper memorial to Che Guevara. All these little darlings running around with their “Che” tee shirts, he figures, would be well-served with an education about Che’s famous quotations, thoughts, deeds, alliances, etc.
I also want to make sure that a special room documents Che’s commitment to gay rights. It is important for people to know that when Madonna dresses up in a Che Guevara outfit she is supporting a man who helped criminalize gay sex and supported the incarceration of young men who exhibited mannerisms merely perceived to be gay.
Another room could be used to place some of his actual correspondence in glass cases. That way, people could learn that Guevara signed some of his early correspondence “Stalin II.”
Another room could display pictures of Che fighting in actual revolutionary warfare. This room would be nearly empty because there is little evidence that he ever fought in anything that could be characterized as a real battle. This is due to the fact that most of the people killed by Che were men and boys he shot at close range while they were bound and gagged.
I got a question that kind of touches on this. We’ve got some young men and women who don’t wear Che tee shirts, but instead, wear sand-cammies and serve in Afghanistan and Iraq. I am not one of them, and have not been one of them. But I’ve had some good things to say about them.
Some other folks their age — some among them wearing the Che tee shirts now & then — have a nasty name they like to call people like me because of this. “Chickenhawk.” Over the years, I’ve noticed it’s not necessary for me to support the war to be called a chickenhawk. Simply saying kind things about the people serving…will do nicely. I find that interesting. I admire their service, I have not served. Slam dunk, I’m a chickenhawk.
My question is this: We have quite a few young people who run around wearing these shirts, and doing other things to subtly promote communism. Or lesser strains of the anti-capitalist contagion, such as initiatives to increase the minimum wage, and tax increases on the wealthy. Shouldn’t we have a similar slur with which to tag them — if they have not worked?
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