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...
Awhile ago I pointed out that with the economy in its weakened state, one of the most hazardous things about being alive right now is that we are under continuous assault by stupid ideas that begin with the words “in times like these.” At work, at play, on the teevee, when you hear the words “in times like these”…or “with the economy the way it is right now”…or “with things the way they are” —
— you know the next thing to come afterward is blisteringly stupid.
Now, I don’t see the reason for this. Yes, we are flawed humans. And yes, when we hear those magic words we are left open and vulnerable to…whatever. But that doesn’t mean the next thing has to be damaging or stupid does it? Why can’t we say “with the economy the way it is right now”…and then follow it up with something that makes sense?
So I thought I’d come up with some ideas. Let’s spread the word around that with the economy in the crapper right now…………..
1. …We need to go ahead and let kids pray in school if they feel like they need to.
2. …We cannot take away any profit incentive from people who might come up with a good solution to our problems.
3. …We need to entertain every argument on its merits, rather than haul out the racism card against anyone who takes issue with Obama.
4. …We all must learn to compromise, and get along with less…even the labor unions.
5. …We need to be especially vigilant in making sure our representatives openly debate their legislation…or at least read it themselves.
6. …We need to look to wise people — or to ourselves! — for solutions to our problems. NOT Hollywood!
7. …We need to avoid the temptation of making deities out of false prophets who happen to have charismatic personalities.
8. …We need to leave talk radio unregulated, along with the Internet.
9. …We simply cannot afford to let people live who we know want to do harm to others. If they’ve been convicted and sentenced, off ’em.
10. …We need to avoid passing bad legislation just to assuage the guilty consciences of senators who drowned girls in their cars.
11. …We absolutely, positively have to abandon Keynesidan economics once and for all.
12. …We have to make it easier for people to buy things.
13. …We have to make it easier for people to sell things.
14. …We have to make it easier for people to start and grow their businesses.
15. …In general, we just have to do what we can to make things easier. Let’s leave cap-n-trade for later.
16. …We have to Drill Here Now, Drill Baby Drill!
17. …We have to encourage people to buy their own personal firearms, so they can protect themselves when they can’t rely on anything else.
18. …We simply cannot afford a seventeenth amendment anymore, and we need to go back to election of senators by state legislatures.
19. …We have to have tax holidays, the more the better. Nothing less will do.
20. …We can no longer afford to endlessly haggle with the dictators around the world who are obviously up to mischief. We need to take ’em down.
21. …We have to take extra precautions to make sure officers in our military aren’t wagering one-man jihads against their own country.
22. …We must waterboard, and do whatever else it takes.
23. …We have to depend on the family unit, and we have to stop making “Doofus Dad” movies.
24. …We need our children working, the younger, the better. It’s what they’ll have to spend their lives doing to pay all this debt.
25. …We need to leave Wal Mart ALONE.
26. …We all need to get behind Rush Limbaugh. The quotes attributed to him were FAKE. It’s a free speech issue. He could be any one of us.
27. …Children should be encouraged toward independence. They should learn to hunt, fish, tie knots, use a knife, sail, go camping.
28. …We simply cannot afford to raise taxes.
29. …No argument should be supported with “The Experts Say.” People need to learn to think for themselves.
30. …Presidents need to be making decisions, not speeches.
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31. …We need the Congressional Record to actually reflect what goes on during Congressional sessions. That means no adding written speeches that were never actually delivered. Also, no more speeches in the dead of night so you appear on C-Span and can pretend to your favorite voting blocks that you care about their pet projects enough to shout from a podium about them.
- stevehorth | 11/09/2009 @ 09:2432. …The President gets a line-item veto.
33. …Congressmen and Senators need to be able to vote on Bills and their Amendments SEPERATELY. (If the Bill doesn’t pass then the amendments are automatically toast.)