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...
The Activist Returns
There is a certain activist who has returned to Crawford, Texas.
Your reasonable, objective, agenda-free media thinks you care, or should.
I care…about this woman whose name I no longer mention, getting the help she needs. I expect such a loss is all the more devastating when the departed has nurtured political opinions sharply different from those felt by kin left behind. In this case, this activist’s son re-enlisted when he didn’t have to. Because he thought, as she does, that the war is a sham to make oilmen rich? That idea would be extravagant to the point of immediate self-implosion, so, take it as a given, he disagreed. The last time I commented on that, most people didn’t understand this fact. Now, most people do, and they understand without me pointing it out, what it means. Thank goodness nobody is plotting the “approval rating” of this certain activist, because the trend would surely show she is wearing out her welcome.
It takes a certain maturity level to reconcile with opinions different from your own, especially with relatives who are close to you who’ve been suddenly killed. This certain activist has shown over and over, she doesn’t have that level of maturity. She labors under pain felt by thousands of other grieving Iraq-KIA parents, but lacks the peace that most of them have, knowing their children died fighting for a noble cause. Have a few thoughts of sympathy for her, even as you wish her off the front page, as most people are wishing now.
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