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...
Victor Davis Hanson writes about the Trayvon Martin weirdness:
The media cannot explain why in this particular case some outlets have adopted the new rubric “white Hispanic” — what is the reasoning behind that, and why all of a sudden now? Nor can it explain why it continues to run photos that give readers the impression that Mr. Martin was a pre-teen middle schooler, when a recent photo is accessible.
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So far all that is clear is that there is a growing anger among African-Americans about a failure to immediately arrest the shooter that in turn is provoking an even greater backlash against the antics of Al Sharpton, the creepy bounty offered by the New Black Panther Party, and others who inflame for their own careerist advantage, and no one — not the president, not the media, not the civil rights leadership, not the politicians — seems willing or able to call for a time-out until all the facts are reviewed and released. We have collectively regressed to the days of Rodney King and the L.A. riots and the O. J. Simpson trial — or to something far worse. Hope and change came and went.
Got that from an excellent round-up compiled by Ed Driscoll about the elderly couple that was forced out of their home when Spike Lee mistakenly tweeted their home address, violating the Terms of Service by doing so, as the residence of the shooter George Zimmerman.
Update: The shooter’s father discusses the hate. It’s thinly cloaked in some kind of quest for justice, which curiously, has the effect of making the hate deeper and broader than it would otherwise be.
This was all foreseen in a book written way back in the early sixties…it was called, To Kill A Mockingbird. Some irony, there.
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In a sane world, the media and the public would both refrain from passing judgment until all the facts were in….and the New Black Panthers would be in jail for making threats. In a sane world, Jackson and Sharpton would be wearing blue vests and asking people, “Welcome to Wal Mart – is there anything I can help you find today?”
Sadly, we do not live in a sane world. We live in a crazy, mixed up world where a full 10% of the population buys into a bunch of racial grievance mongering bullshit, votes for a president based on the color of his skin, slanders the handful among their own who try to talk some sense into them, ignores the raging social problems in their communities, and sits around telling themselves that the entire country is out to get them no matter what they do. Instead of telling the rabble-rousers to get bent, showing some gratitude for the chance to live in this great country, and taking the advice of the historical figure they claim to revere the most. (That would be MLK, Jr.)
You can say what you like about that little rant. I guess I just can’t help feeling a little disgusted with a bunch of people who A) never seem to stop whining about imaginary prejudice and B) cause (and tolerate) social problems at a rate which far, far exceeds their share of the population.
- cylarz | 04/07/2012 @ 01:36