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...
…by Michael Moore. The evidence and facts that come pouring in at a late hour, contrary to the evidence and facts that arrived beforehand, are injurious to the side he has chosen. So his answer is to attack the character of the people on the other side.
It is the sign of an unhealthy mind, of a weak, childish intellect. Very common problem nowadays. Something about the positions taken by the left, incline them toward this. It’s like, they just can’t handle a defeat, honest or otherwise — just can’t happen. Don’t have what it takes to work through a temporary setback, and hope for the best…”lost the inning, maybe we’ll win the game anyway.” No way, no how.
What’s with these guys, didn’t they ever play sports when they were kids?
Aw…I was going to avoid making a comment about his physical appearance. Just sort of fell into that one. Nope. No, of course he didn’t.
Hat tip to Allahpundit, who links to The Greatest Press Conference of All Time.
Now, I wasn’t aware elections were tabulated this way. The Excel spreadsheet, which is new, is imported into an Access database and the lady giving the press conference forgot to save the Access database? I thought this would be like some custom-built accounting software, with all kinds of anti-fraud features and gimmicks, digital signatures taken from files as they are imported, bells going off if you try to make multiple copies of the same thing, and all that. Like accessing my bank account over the Internet or something. It’s just office workers tossing around spreadsheets and Access databases? Really?
Okay, I can see how that would give us a false start now and then.
But someone needs to come up with a name for this mental illness Michael Moore has. Good news…Yay! Our side is so awesome! Bad news…no, can’t deal with it. Have to engage in this litany about how much the other side sucks, all their character defects, call them “hypocrites.” A defense mechanism, of sorts.
I’m sure there are other mental frailties far less worthy of carrying an ICD-9 number, that actually do have one. This needs one. It’s become a widespread and growing problem in recent years. And I do believe it is going to require some sort of treatment, before we as a society can ever maintain any kind of hope for President Obama’s “new tone.” You can’t have that, as long as one side suffers from a mental illness that forces them to insult the other side, on a personal level, knee-jerk style, every single time they see something that disappoints them.
Maybe, nowadays, that’s what being a modern-day liberal is. “I have never had to deal with disappointment or rejection before; why should I start now? And who the hell do you think you are, giving me this so-called ‘news’ that makes it necessary for me to do so?”
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Michael Moore, sports? The man probably hit 300lbs at puberty. The biggest setback he’s ever had was that one time his twinky got stuck in a vending machine.
I also thought that there is software written specifically for elections, and I gotta ask, why is that not the case?? I mean, really, MS Office to track OFFICIAL election results? Wow, no wonder Democrats have found it so easy to cheat.
- KG | 04/08/2011 @ 08:21I’m sure there are other mental frailties far less worthy of carrying an ICD-9 number, that actually do have one. This needs one.
Actually, I disagree. Context matters. If I lose a game of one-on-one basketball, say, I’m not that upset, because hey, it’s only basketball. Your being better than me at basketball says very little about my worth as a person. Even in the realm of politics, we have to acknowledge that there are a million reasons why the “better” candidate or idea doesn’t win — reasons ranging from “maybe I’m not as right as I thought I was about the wisdom of that idea or person” to “the stupid dumbass electorate bought themselves another big fish story yet again.”
It can be frustrating as hell, but we have to acknowledge it. We do, because we’re conservatives and therefore know what human nature is, and how the world works. They, on the other hand, do not. Liberalism is nothing if not a sustained exercise in self-deception, and when you assign all Good, Truth, and Virtue to yourself, any loss by your side is necessarily a win for the forces of darkness.
It’s all perfectly logical, really.
- Severian | 04/08/2011 @ 13:17