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...
What if the next President doesn’t feel like pursuing anti-trust law, or banking regulations, or EPA regulations? What if he can’t get Congress to change his least favorite law because – as is the case with immigration – the American people don’t agree with doing so? According to the precedent Obama is setting, the President has the authority to simply wave his hand and declare that those laws – or entire sections of law – will not be enforced.
So, during an interview on This Week, George Stephanopoulos decided to ask:
“How do you respond to the argument, a future president comes in, wants lower taxes. Doesn’t happen. Congress won’t do it — he says I’m not going to prosecute those who don’t pay capital gains tax.”
Guess what. The President doesn’t think they have the right to do that. Why? Here’s his idiotic non-answer:
No word on whether He plans to change the force of gravity, the speed of light, or the freezing temperature of water within the two years He has left.
In fact, more and more I have some serious doubts that we’re done with this guy in 2017. I’ve always thought of Him as a tragedy in the making, someone whose fate is cast by our term limits, to lose all of His influence save for that as a somewhat famous private citizen — and whose psyche is simply unprepared for what He would surely see as a downfall. Oh sure, He’d shoot His mouth off a great deal more than ex-Presidents are supposed to, kinda like Jimmy Carter. But that is all He would be, another Jimmy Carter.
This clip makes me want to re-think that. I’m not so sure we’re done with Him. He thinks He’s doing the right thing here, but doesn’t want future presidents to follow suit. Just like the little kid who’s too young and too undisciplined to play Chess or Monopoly, making up new moves on the spot, coming up with new moves for the pieces, and new conditions whereby the opposition can’t build hotels or collect $200 for passing Go.
So why would He step down, just because the rules say so?
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So why would He step down, just because the rules say so?
Have you ever read “The Last Centurion” by Ringo? He posits a future president (a thinly disguised Hillary) who tries to stay in office after losing the election. The feds grabbed her/arrested her and marched her out of office. Now imagine that on January 20,2017, when Obama is supposedly saying his farewell to the nation, if the following words come out of his mouth:
“We come too far as a nation to stop now. I cannot allow the progress we’ve made these last eight years to stop, or be reversed. Therefore, I decline to step down as president. Will the Secret Service kindly escort [insert president-elect here] from the podium.
*pause*
And now here is what I have planned for my next term.”
I don’t see it happening, of course, but what would the reaction be? In my opinion, it would be the start of the next bloody civil war.
- Physics Geek | 11/26/2014 @ 09:48He will step down because He is too fucking lazy to continue exerting even the minimal effort required of him right now.
All Obama has ever wanted to do is give speeches, and golf, and bask in the the applause of his sycophants. Being an ex-President is a far better deal for Him than being President — when He’s actually on the job, there’s a possibility, however remote, that he might be called on the carpet for not doing anything in the face of an obvious crisis. As an ex-President, he can pack the room with nothing but fervent supporters, refuse to take any questions, and only allow the most egregious medial bootlickers to cover it.
Which means that by 2018 or so, He’ll be giving speeches to Rachel Maddow and the three members of the Evergreen College Socialist Alliance, but hey, they really had to pack ’em in to Utility Room B.
- Severian | 11/26/2014 @ 12:22President Calvinball. Awesome.
- Rich Fader | 11/26/2014 @ 14:04