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...
We do not SNUL here. SNUL is an acronym for “Sorry, No Updates Lately” and it refers to the process of chewing up enormous chunks of the interwebs to help contribute to a singular message…”sorry there haven’t been any updates lately.” After porn, MySpace pages, and grandstanding screeds about President Bush being an idiot, SNUL pages account for the greatest portion of what’s out there.
Besides of which, we are The Blog That Nobody Reads…which means we have a charming lack of enthusiasm on the question of who’s reading, why they’re here, etc. We just spout our stuff. If we get hit by a bus, or kidnapped by aliens, there will be no “goodbye.” We’ll just stop posting.
So lately we’ve been getting off-line messages asking why we’re not updating. Vagaries of life. We actually have very few time slots throughout the day in which we can get our postings done — it tends to be at the extreme ends, after we roll out of bed, and just before we roll back in — and personal events have consumed those. What few cycles we can eek out there, we’ve been spending on the fascinating conversation about individualism and collectivism, over here.
Besides of which, in spite all of what’s going on, none of it is really hitting my hot button. We have the Fannie and Freddy thing, but to me that’s just a rehash of all the other trouble that’s been caused by crossing our capitalistic system with experimental portions of Marxism…and if the resulting hybrid turns out to be a Frankenstein monster, blame all the ugliness and defects on capitalism instead of on the Marxism we just got done injecting in.
We’ve done it before, and we’ll do it again.
Capitalism is supposedly to blame for the high cost of housing that comes from rent controls…which are anti-capitalistic. And the high cost of health care that results from excessive regulation, torts and price controls…which are anti-capitalistic. And for the oil and gas market, which is inherently anti-capitalistic. And for the problems with our education system — which is anti-capitalistic. Now we’re blaming it for the housing bubble. Which we made by forsaking capitalism, AGAIN, in favor of some monstrosity hybrid.
As far as how we’re screwing ourselves over this time around, I really can’t do the subject justice compared to Dr. Melissa Clouthier’s turn at it.
So. SNUL. Don’t worry, we’ll be back.
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