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...
Every now and then during a good-natured debate with a leftist, I will be virtually commanded to believe something uncritically because it appeared in the New York Times. DO…YOU…DARE…TO…QUESTION…SOMETHING that appeared in America’s most prestigious newspaper?
I’ve not tried beating them about the head with the cudgel that is the Jayson Blair scandal. Not sure why. I just figure that’s bait for some kind of trap, like they’re waiting for me to do it. Wonder what would happen.
Well…we all know the New York Times is about as objective and unbiased as Barbra Streisand, maybe plus a few proofreaders that she’s missing from her own payroll. We know this. But every now and then, it’s good to see some evidence so it can be better understood what’s over there in Manhattan. And look at what Mr. Johnson found.
Yeah yeah yeah, there’s no evidence this edit was done by Mr. Sulzburger himself…probably some low-ranking guy in the mail room or something whose opinions are not necessarily those of the newspaper’s.
But what’s more plausible. Someone at the New York Times was defacing the Wikipedia page on his lunch hour, in a coat closet somewhere, in complete secrecy, like Clark Kent changing into his Superman clothes, and oh we must make absolutely sure nobody ever finds out about it…since we all know hating George Bush is a frowned-upon practice at the New York Times. ++chortle++ Or, could it have been just one more specimen of the juvenile “Hey look at me, I hate Bush even more than you do, please like me!!!” self-ingratiation ritual we see on left-wing blogs all the time? Is it too out of the realm of the probable to suppose such a culture might exist within the hallowed walls of our nation’s most revered and highly-regarded newspaper?
Tell ya what. For the uninitiated, just skim through the material in the front section for a few days in a row. Then get back to me on that.
Yeah, people like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh are slanted in the other direction. The thing is, they package themselves that way. In 2007 America, while our conservatives present themselves as conservative, our leftists present themselves as centrists, and we let ’em get away with it and call it “mainstream news.”
Update: We find out about this website, courtesy of TOTALFARK subscriber KnucklePopper. Very informative and useful. Thanks, KP!
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So…in looking at the “anonymous edits” page, I think this just has to be the most optimistic thing I’ve seen on a web page recently:
I mean the “disabled until…” bit. Traffic may wane…eventually… but I don’t think it will for the foreseeable future. This page is gonna be a prime tool in the endless rounds of “Gotcha!” our political discourse has devolved into.
Just sayin’.
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