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...
Had a flash of inspiration, the kind you only get when something is already percolating in your brain and something else comes along to kick you in the ass…you see these two things fit together…had you not been confronted with both of them at once, you wouldn’t have had the thought.
Ted Kennedy has a serious health problem. Some of us walk the fine line in wishing him well as a fellow human being, but also for the good of the republic, that this is the closing chapter of his career. We are immediately dismissed or called-upon to explain ourselves.
Buck found a nutcase female editorialist who’s all hysterical that Hillary will soon be dropping out. The hysterical editorialist has a litany of specimens of “misogyny” she’s been noticing…which seem, to me, to be commentaries on what an exceptionally toxic political figure Hillary Clinton has been for a decade and a half. And would stand, logically, if she were such an exceptionally toxic man.
In other words, we’ve rejected Hillary Clinton — and we’re being called-upon to explain ourselves.
Now…is Ted Kennedy accepting of all people? Is he one of these guys who has nothing but good stuff to say about everybody he meets? Eh — no. Not by a long shot. No, the fact of the matter is, he’s liked by democrats because he’s had incredibly inflammatory things to say about Republicans. Not just “he’s wrong on this and he’s wrong on that” stuff, but bridge-burning stuff. This is his claim to fame. He portrays Republicans, regularly, as just plain bad people.
How about Hillary Clinton? More of the same. Every issue she discusses — there’s a villain. This borders on a psychosis. Your family is bankrupt because one of your kids got a life-threatening condition and you had no healthcare…or…Hurricane Katrina. AIDS. Sad stories that have no villain; Hillary, once called-upon to comment on the villain-less tragedy, will make one. Count on it. She’ll take things away from you for the common good. Is she one of those people who can’t find anything negative to say about anyone? Eh — again, no. Quite to the contrary. Finding bad things to say about people, has been her schtick. It is her usefulness. It is what she is, as a public servant.
This is quite bizarre, and I do not blame the politicians for it. I blame the people. We have allowed an unhealthy set of protocols to form, to take shape, to harden: The lowly paupers say negative things about the aristocrats, like for example that the People’s Chamber would be far better off without them serving in it…and we have violated a sacred taboo.
The aristocrats say bad things about the lowly paupers, like for example that we’re causing global warming by driving our cars, or that we’re causing poverty because we’re allowed to keep too much of our money.
That isn’t the violation of a taboo. It is quite accepted.
With some of those aristocrats, it’s the fulfillment of the mission for which they were elected.
And we, the paupers, cannot criticize — cannot wonder aloud how good things might be without those aristocrats in there. Engaging in a service and a privilege. In short, they get to wistfully wonder aloud how nice things would be without us, we cannot wonder the same thing about them.
That seems kind of gunnybags and cockeyed to me.
Tell the rabble to be quiet, we anticipate a riot.
This common crowd, is much too loud.
Tell the mob who sing your song that they are fools and they are wrong.
They are a curse. They should disperse.
— Caiaphus, Jesus Christ, Superstar (1973)
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