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...
I thought this was just a stellar performance by Joy Behar, challenging Alec Baldwin on his assertion that Sarah Palin couldn’t have been Vice President.
Baldwin: Well, she was entombed in Secret Service agents. And they had to — they covered the entire floor and the elevator, and the entire … and they closed off the street. There had to be 950 Secret Service agents …
Behar: Yes.
Baldwin: … because she’s the vice presidential candidate.
Behar: Do you think that [Baldwin’s “30 Rock” co-star] Tina [Fey]’s impression of her did anything to the election? I mean, do you think it had anything …
Baldwin: People say it did. But, I mean, I couldn’t possibly comment on that. I wouldn’t know. But people say that it did. I want to think that — I don’t really know. I have more faith in the American people. I can’t imagine that they would let that sway them. …
But I think that the correct answer is that what Tina did, and so beautifully, was just underline what was already out there in the journalistic zeitgeist and on the record, which was the woman was not ready to be the vice president of the United States.
Behar: Yes.
Baldwin: She just wasn’t.
Behar: Do you think she knows that — or knew that?
Baldwin: I think it was a win-win for her to be the nominee. She’s only the second woman to be the nominee in this country.
Behar: Yes, right.
Baldwin: … And I think that, you know, for her, it’s just full speed ahead now for her career, or whatever she wants to do.
Wow…that’s just a hard-hitting interview, there. No, I know Behar isn’t going to ask the obvious — “What exactly is it a Vice President needs to do that Sarah Palin can’t do?” But it’s telling that this interview went to Behar instead of to Bill O’Reilly or Sean Hannity.
The idea that Sarah Palin can’t do something — anything, really — is an idea that can’t stand up to challenge. It ends up looking good, only if everyone in proximity slobbers all over it and supports it.
Really, what should a Vice President know how to do that Palin has shown she can’t do? Name me five things. Name me one.
In fact, take everything you’ve ever heard about what people are supposed to be able to do, when they’re Vice President. Now, lop off from that, everything you’ve ever heard since August 29, 2008. Is there anything left? No. The fact is, Sarah Palin was over-qualified for this office, if anything.
Alec Baldwin being a dad, on the other hand…well…I’ll just not comment any further on that.
Update: Not entirely related — but I don’t want to start a whole new post just to bash poor Mr. Baldwin one more time. Nevertheless, I just have to make a record of what follows. Gov. Palin, you see, has been associated in proximity with animal remnants…as has Baldwin…however, only one of the two of them has been a spokesperson for PETA.
Seriously. I just can’t get over the idea that Alec Baldwin doesn’t think Sarah Palin is ready for something.
I’d love to have her as my Vice-President. Or President. Or Ambassador, Senator, Governor, you name it.
Alec Baldwin, I wouldn’t trust to watch my kids on a Saturday night.
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So an actor, one who pretends for a living, goes on TV and is interview by a tow bit comedian, one who makes jokes for a living, about Sarah Palin’s qualifications of being the VP? And they both think we should cherish their opinions because…they have an opinion?
That’s like asking my auto mechanic for a prostate exam. Though, he’d be more qualified for such versus those two clowns pontificating about Palin.
- tim | 12/18/2008 @ 11:38