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...
Mommy is a Democrat
I’m thinking of getting this book for my kid. “Why Mommy is a Democrat” by lifelong Democrat and political activist Jeremy Zilber, tells the story from his side. Sample page is shown below, but you can see everything the author has to say about his own book at the website that is dedicated to it.
It has become a very popular theme to question and castigate books like this, such as, for example, “Help! Mom! There are liberals under my bed!” which I bought for my son last month. I believe this is intellectually lazy thinking. I mean, apply some mental elbow-grease to this for just a minute: What really is the down-side to buying books like these for your child?
How many people do you know, who were given books like these, as children, and ended up screwed-up-in-the-head? Is this really an epidemic that is sweeping the nation? Has it happened at all?
In my experience, no.
What I see happening, is kids going to college who have never given such things even an ounce of thought, and then some patch-elbowed, Birkenstock-wearing, pony-tail professor gets ahold of ’em. He lectures to them about “Bush’s evil tax cuts,” in a room chock full of kids who have no practical idea what a “tax” is or even what an “income” is. And they become Democrats right there on the spot.
I say, if being a Democrat is such a good idea, just dispense the same lectures at age eight instead of eighteen. Because you know what will happen if everyone does it my way: The kids will get “Mommy is a Democrat” and “Help, Mom!” at exactly the same time. They’ll read both, and see that Democrats like more rules, which leads to more security and more irritation as well. They’ll decide…well, since I’m eight, I like the idea of someone looking out for me, so I think I’ll become a Democrat.
After that…between third grade, and graduation…they’ll bust their asses here and there, doing things for which other people take credit.
And they’ll be told that when they do all the fucking work on a project, it doesn’t really matter, and they should learn to share.
And they’ll wear their caps and gowns to the high school commencement ceremony, full-fledged Republicans (or Libertarians) at least 95% of the time.
And the college professors will be greeted with classes of people who have been Democrats before, and have lived the entire experience already — instead of a bunch of blank slates on which said professors can write whatever they want. Which is what we have now.
So I’m thinking about it, seriously. In my case, though, it would be a waste of some twelve bucks, because the boy’s mother would never let him read such a thing. That’s one of the reasons we’re split up. I’m very keen on telling people how to think, and certain other people are more interested in telling them what to think. Maybe I’ll go ahead and buy the book, and keep it at my house.
Just kidding.
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