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...
Onionizing
Don’t know why I got out of the habit of hitting The Onion. It’s kind of like Saturday Night Live, you know. They hit one way out of the park, and then you partake in it some more, and some more…and one day you realize the material is barely worth a half-hearted “Heh.” But then they hit one way out of the park again.
I feel bad saying that about something like The Onion, which on average is still the best satire on the “innernets.” I also feel bad including the best of the latest issue word-for-word, below, instead of teasing it right. It’s too short to tease. But down below, I do something about that.
Report: Everything Made In Sweatshops
July 24, 2006
Issue 42�30NEW YORK�A new U.S. Department Of Labor study revealed that Martha Stewart Living housewares, Tommy Hilfiger clothing, iPod music players, forks, diapers, telephones, and every other conceivable consumer good in existence is manufactured by people laboring in sweatshop conditions. “Long hours, low wages, and unsafe work areas are involved in producing everything our civilization uses,” Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said at a press conference Tuesday. “It is now literally impossible for anyone anywhere in this country to purchase any single thing that doesn’t infringe on someone’s human rights.” Chao added that even the few items still made in the U.S., such as designer T-shirts and certain Toyota sedans, are also produced in deadly squalor, mostly by illegal immigrants. The Department of Labor recommended no immediate course of action in response to the report, which was compiled by 135 government employees in an 20-by-80-foot Quonset hut without air-conditioning working six 18-hour shifts a week for $1.15 an hour.
Don’t miss the second-best thing on the Onion’s page, this issue. It’s almost as good. Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence.
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Hey…thanks for that, Morgan. I too, fell out of the habit of reading The Onion on a regular basis, preferring Scrappleface and IowaHawk, instead. Scrappleface posts daily; IowaHawk isn’t nearly as prolific, but when he’s on…Ohmigawd is he funny! Especially his Zarqawi “guest blogger” posts… Those were classics!
- Buck Pennington | 07/30/2006 @ 14:02