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...
Cassy unloads, and it couldn’t have happened to a nicer fella…
[H]e’s using his final days to try and maintain his lifelong grip on the power and authority he’s enjoyed his entire life. The family that considers themselves royalty is surely above such things as voters determining who takes his seat, or abiding by laws. And now, the man who murdered Mary Jo Kopechne has sunk to yet another low. In 2004, Kennedy had the Massachusetts succession law upended when John Kerry was running for president, fearful that Republican Governor Mitt Romney would fill Kerry’s seat with — believe it or not! — a Republican. And now that there’s a Democratic governor, he wants that succession law reinstated, probably to ensure that another Kennedy gets his seat.
Kennedy wants the Legislature to upend the succession law it passed in 2004, when – at his urging – it stripped away the governor’s longstanding power to temporarily fill a Senate vacancy. Back then, John Kerry was a presidential candidate and Republican Mitt Romney was governor; Kennedy lobbied state Democrats to change the law so that Romney couldn’t name Kerry’s successor.
They followed his advice with gusto. When the final vote took place, the Boston Globe reported, “hooting and hollering broke out on the usually staid House floor,’’ and House Speaker Thomas Finneran acknowledged candidly: “It’s a political deal. It’s very raw politics.’’
It still is. Now that Massachusetts has a Democratic governor, Kennedy is lobbying to restore the gubernatorial power to name an interim appointee. That would guarantee Democrats in Washington two reliable Senate votes from Massachusetts, even if Kennedy isn’t there to cast one of them.
Kennedy has already been out of the Senate for the most part for the last 15 months due to his battle with brain cancer. He’s missed most of the votes in the Senate anyways; if he’s so concerned about the people of Massachusetts having two voices represent them in the Senate, then he should resign, and let the people choose who fills that seat. The Kennedy family has already claimed the seat as their own. And while Massachusetts voters idealize the Kennedy family as their version of “Camelot”, they are in reality far from it and our Founding Fathers surely would not want this kind of corruption taking place.
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Why am I not surprised by any of this?
- cylarz | 08/25/2009 @ 22:48