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...
Obviously, He doesn’t have one. “If He doesn’t give anything up on this, He gets what He wants, so…”
From CainTV.
By a margin of 57 to 38, America disapproves of Obamacare, and that disdain is present in virtually every key demo. Men disapprove at 60%, women at 55%, and independents at 67%.
So, Americans may not like Congressional Republicans, but they also hate Obama’s train wreck law. All of this indicates that – if the GOP members would just get out there and fight – they’d stand a good chance of turning their fortunes.
I think it would not cause too much of a big disagreement with anyone to take note of the fact that it’s now two-for-two — or is it three-for-three? — of “shutdowns” in which, if & when the government does have to shut down, the prevailing viewpoint is somehow established that it’s the Republicans that did it and are responsible for all the wreckage that ensues. This prevailing viewpoint is established early, and often. In ’95 as well as now, the boat isn’t getting too much rocked. It’s just kind of a background melody that endures across centuries, ages too, I suppose…
I’m concerned not so much about Republicans losing and democrats winning, as with the sloppy logic. Obama won’t negotiate, so if the worst comes to pass, it must be on the heads of…His opposition? Huhwha??
I also notice something else: At the state level as well as at the federal level, a “government shutdown” is pretty much a continuous fireworks display of the message that important things are being decided in pretty much the exact opposite from the way they should be decided. Can anyone arguing honestly, deny this to be true? It’s the sprawling and ever-expanding debt that brings the shutdown situation about; if debt is ever-expanding, that’s a pretty reliable sign that things aren’t being done the right way. And then you have the high-drama. As anyone with some dysfunction somewhere in their extended family knows all too well…and you know, I’m reasonably sure that’s all human beings with warm blood and a pulse to slosh it around…high-drama, all the time, as a rule rather than as an exception, is a sure sign that things are hosed. Problems are not getting solved, confrontations are going on, and whoever wins those confrontations is whoever is advancing the non-sustainable lifestyle. Which is a guarantee that more high-drama awaits tomorrow and the day after. In other words, in simpler terms: The “system” just isn’t working.
You know what sets that all off? The catalyst of the problem is not the person most people think it is. It’s the “bubba”; the baby of the family, usually. The jag-off. The screw-up. Momma’s always bailing him out of his latest jam. It’s that one guy — nothing is ever his fault, ever, no matter what. He doesn’t do anything wrong; bad things just keep happening to him. Know the type? I’ll bet you do. If you don’t, well…better-than-even odds, you’re that guy.
That’s what is happening here, I’m afraid. Obama’s skin is dark, so He shouldn’t ever have to give anything up, ever. There, I said it. Yeah yeah…I know…well, Freeberg Rule. You call me a bigot, just for that, I call you a coward.
What a shame. It’s obvious, now, that the people who questioned whether America was ready for a black president, were a hundred percent wrong. They won’t admit it, but they were. Why did it have to be Obama? We’ve got a lot of black notables in this country who would have made fine presidents. Why did it have to be the freshman senator who can’t ever take responsibility for anything? The “bubba”? What a mess.
What we have here is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. The outcome is being affected, rather directly, by the reportage. And not in a good way.
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Frankly, I don’t understand how lefties can say anything they say with a straight face. Obama publicly trumpets his refusal to compromise, and this is all Republicans’ fault. Hillary’s got all these wonderful achievements and qualifications and that’s so awesome because chick power, but no you can’t see them, you’re a sexist for asking. David Suzuki isn’t a climatologist and can only repeat their talking points, but he’s the ideal guy to have in the studio for a Q&A on climate science….
At some point you simply have to start seeking answers elsewhere. Now, much like David Suzuki I’m not a child psychologist and I don’t claim to be one, but one does begin to see signs of what the shrinks call “narcissistic injury” here. The government shutdown is Republicans’ fault because obviously it’s their fault, and if you don’t agree, we’ll cut’n’paste it a few hundred more times until you just shut up. It’s not quite the same thing as shoving your fingers in your ears, but it’ll do in a pinch.
- Severian | 09/30/2013 @ 15:30Republicans get the blame because most people know that shutting down the government is the last thing a Democrat would do.
- Daniel | 09/30/2013 @ 19:12The Hastert Rule means that 27% of the House can stop all legislation.
- Zachriel | 10/01/2013 @ 05:57Why would BHO and “tribe” consider “negotiation”?(That’s “civil” newspeak dogwhistle for “debate”, RIGHT?)
- CaptDMO | 10/01/2013 @ 07:13Well, there ARE those Treason (as per The Constitution), and “Tree of liberty….” things.
ANY competent “academic” Constitutional professor should recognize THOSE.
(NSA/IRS/HHS/CDC-please note “key” words. Similar, but NOT to be confused with F.S. Key libretto.)
CaptDMO: Why would BHO and “tribe” consider “negotiation”?
ObamaCare was passed by a majority of the House, a supermajority in the Senate, signed by the president, and ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court. Republicans are holding the government hostage because they don’t have the votes to repeal the law through the normal legislative process.
Green Eggs & Ham
- Zachriel | 10/01/2013 @ 08:24I will not eat them, Sam I Am.
- mkfreeberg | 10/01/2013 @ 08:33mkfreeberg (indirect) “How do I get an exemption from the fee for not having health coverage?”
Not sure your point.
https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions/
mkfreeberg: I will not eat them, Sam I Am.
Have you even read Dr. Seuss?
- Zachriel | 10/01/2013 @ 08:38Not sure your point.
My apologies. I thought when y’all pasted in the Obama talking points about “passed by the House, a super-majority in the Senate, declared Constitutional by SCOTUS” y’all were saying something about the people actually wanting it. So I guess, by pointing out that they obviously don’t, I’m veering off topic.
Have you even read Dr. Seuss?
Yes.
- mkfreeberg | 10/01/2013 @ 08:52mkfreeberg: I thought when y’all pasted in the Obama talking points about “passed by the House, a super-majority in the Senate, declared Constitutional by SCOTUS”
It’s a matter of record.
mkfreeberg: y’all were saying something about the people actually wanting it.
The American people elected and reelected Obama based largely on his policy on healthcare. The American people can elect new leaders to repeal ObamaCare. Until then, it’s law.
mkfreeberg: Yes.
Perhaps you didn’t understand the point of Green Eggs and Ham.
- Zachriel | 10/01/2013 @ 11:23Doesn’t the House of Representatives count as elected leadership, last validated in 2012?
- Daniel | 10/01/2013 @ 11:50Daniel: Doesn’t the House of Representatives count as elected leadership, last validated in 2012?
Sure they do, but they can’t pass legislation by themselves. It has to also pass the Senate, and be signed by the president (or overridden). If they want to end ObamaCare, they need to pass a repeal, not hold the government hostage.
- Zachriel | 10/01/2013 @ 11:56ObamaCare was passed by a majority of the House, a supermajority in the Senate, signed by the president, and ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court. Republicans are holding the government hostage because they don’t have the votes to repeal the law through the normal legislative process.
Green Eggs & Ham
– Zachriel
Um..The.”It’s Not a tax…” argument for Obamacare was most certainly NOT “ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court”.
After SCOTUS “revelation” that “well, ok, it’s a tax…” The Senate’s “opinion” became “advisory”.
“ACA TAX” was NEVER “voted for and passed” (or comprehended) by ANYONE in The House (never mind the “oppressed minority”), OR Senate.
I’m not finding The Executive Privilege citation to “selectively” enforce/encumber ANY “legislation” in
BHO’s “Academic” subject-The Constitution- ANYWHERE!
Nor can I seem to find the “taxation schedule of freedom of (non)association” bits.
(with the possible exception of “Personal Executive Amnesty” for failure to prosecute “certain” crimes)
NOW, bolstered by Democracy in our Republic Representation, The Minority in The House is legitimately
using ALL “procedural” suppositories, once championed by “former minorities”, now under the heading “Be careful what you ask for….”, to “remind” folks of the apparent “need” of “stopgap” CR “negotiation”. (Terrorism, gun to the head, bomb vest, propaganda, ideology,hostage taking -whatever consequences of “But…but…that’s not what I MEANT…!” are being malaproped as THIS time)
On going, never ending, Continuing “Resolution” that resolve NOTHING, except that The Senate seems to claim immunity from the law in their budget” advisory” duties.
One would think that a majority would have no “issues” in prescribing (actual) income vs. (actual) liability
budget.
Apparently, despite well touted myths of Anarchist “total gub’mint STFU-down?) the allocation of remaining gub’mint “services” is at the sole unnegotiable discretion of The Executive “branch”.
I’ve heard nothing of (ie)the First Lady’s personal staff sequestered payroll sacrafices
Gub’mint STFUdown is being “managed” by top officials… TOP officials.
*”STFUdown” is one of my rare concessions to neocivility favored by folk in the Socialist/Feminist/Mental Wellness/Diversity/Entitlement tent. I will strive to entertain traditional civility in the future.
- CaptDMO | 10/02/2013 @ 08:05CaptDMO: The Minority in The House is legitimately using ALL “procedural” suppositories, once championed by “former minorities”
“BOTH SIDES ARE THE SAME… and we have proof!”
- Zachriel | 10/02/2013 @ 09:00http://liberalbias.com/post/2636/both-sides-are-the-same-and-we-have-proof/