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    Olbermann Watch, "persecuting" Keith since 2004


    February 1, 2007
    COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN - FEBRUARY 1, 2007

    "COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET)

    Host: Keith Olbermann

    Topics/Guests:

    • IRAQ AND POLITICS: Howard Fineman, Newsweek senior Washington correspondent and MSNBC political analyst
    • BOSTON "TERROR" FIASCO: Roger Cressey, fmr. National Security Council staff member and MSNBC terrorism analyst
    • "AMERICAN IDOL": Maria Milito, Q104.3 radio host

    The bellow was back, as Oralmann rattled off Thursday night's spiel: The President's "escalation" [Ding!] might be more than 21,000... The Great Leak Case... "The fleecing of America in Iraq"... Boston toon trouble... and American Idol, with Olby suggesting Paula Abdul is a "freak" (misogynism alert!). All that and more on The Hour of Spin.

    MADMAN

    Bush "cooked the books", because the CBO says non-combat support troops will swell the number to 30,000 or more, and they can just as easily be "killed or maimed or psychologically ruined" as any of the others (Blue Blog Source: Think Progress). Ace military expert Howard Fineman, Pundit for All Occasions, was asked by KO if the administration will "catch hell for this". Always agreeable with OlbySpin, Howie agreed, and yammered about "credibility" and "dealing from the bottom of the deck". Monkeymann expressed hope that this will move Republicans away from supporting it. Huh? There are lawmakers who support the surge? You'd never know it from watching The Hour of Spin. Great thanks.

    Then Larry Korb, introduced as "from the Reagan administration", the same hoary old trick Herr Olbermann uses every time with this guy, to keep people from knowing that he is no more a Reaganite today than is David Brock. There is no truth in labeling on OlbyPlanet. Citizen Keith asked tough questions, like isn't this just going to strain, even break, the military, and won't that make it easier to "escalate" [Ding!] the conflict into Iran? Larry rattled off all the usual palaver from the Center for American Progress, a talking-points factory for the Dems. Don't hold your breath waiting for Edward R Olbermann to ever interview a supporter of sending reinforcements--or even report their words (see mongrels, below). Great thanks.

    MADMAN

    The Great Leak Case: "Jaw-dropping", "bombshell testimony" that there was a conversation about Plame between Cheney and Libby. Well, there might have been. Or maybe not. But there could have been. Unless there wasn't. Have you picked up your jaw yet? Slippery Shuster recapped developments in his own distinctive style, which means he said nothing whatsoever about any of the cross-examintion. The jury "may be thinking" that Libby lied. Or they may not. It has to be one or the other. Oh, and Dennis Hastert will resign within seven days, the NIE says nothing about uranium, and Karl Rove is going to be indicted. Dave never fails to deliver.

    After oddball, Fat Ass turned to the "Boston terrorists". KO wanted to know why Boston and not the other cities? Cressey said there was an overreaction; Olby invoked "paranoia" and blamed city officials for "at least 50% of the panic". Great thanks.

    Next the "massive fleecing of America" (regurgitated NBC video), led into with Monkeymann citing a story that senior Iraqi generals may have been involved in the Karabala killings. This report was a Fox News exclusive, but Olbermoronn just couldn't bring himself to say so. Instead, he barked that "even the Fox Noise Channel is reporting" it. See, he can insult them, mislead his viewers by not telling them that Fox broke this story, and still leech off the work of their reporters. Keith Olbermann, a real class act.

    Then: Harry Potter, Miss USA, and another shot at American Idol. In the Media Matters Minute: Bill "Orally" (Blue Blog Source: Media Matters), Glenn Beck (Blue Blog Source: Media Matters), and Mark Levin (KO must be still smarting about this). Amazing: all three slots again are conservatives or Fox News personnel. Another hat-trick of hatred.

    OLBY

    Muted mongrels: A Democrat caught in a sex scandal? And you expect the discredited sports guy to report it? That's not news on OlbyPlanet. Just like Madame Pelosi trying to get carte blanche on military flights. Plus a bitter internicene battle between Congressional Dems. The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has been shattered. Iran continues to be defiant in its quest for nukes. Britain is sending more troops to Afghanistan. As noted above, Krazy Keith spikes news about people supporting the President's Iraq plan, so it's no surprise that he did so again when Gen Casey announced his support for the surge and got not one word on The Hour of Spin. New developments in the UK terror plot, a plot that Olby refuses even to acknowledge. And the poll-happy Olbermann will never tell you that Americans believe that the antiwar resolution he's been pushing will embolden the enemy and hurt troop morale, by almost two to one.

    NAME

    Olbermann's book The book that bears Olberman's name stands at #3,246 at amazon.com, while "Culture Warrior" is #171. It must be that nonexistent 2-for-$25 sale. The OlbyTome is #2,688 at Barnes & Noble; O'Reilly's book is #716 there, and is in its 17th week on the New York Times bestsellers list. The Hour of Spin exhibited the usual mid-week slump, this time barely making second, but falling to third place in the critical, beloved, all-important, coveted "key demo". Tonight's MisterMeter reading: 4 [GUARDED]


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    Olby seems to be in a dander tonight. At the show's start, he was racing through his copy and frothing at the mouth. He gave a stammering retraction/clarification about Jessica Lynch/Lynndie England. Now we know there is something wrong with him. The Magnificent Olbywan never does that.

    Dick Deadeye? I think he got that bass ackward, but that's our Olby.

    He's still racing through his script. What's wrong, Olby?

    Why I can't believe it!!!!!!!

    Thats it!!!!!!!!!!!

    Fox News and Bill O'Reilly have gone too far!

    Bill has that far,far,far, right wing Kook! Whoopi Goldberg on the schedule tonight!!!!!!

    Thank God that Keith has nothing but fair and balanced guests on!!!!!!!!!!!

    Maybe the NY Post is planning another story about Olby. Maybe that's why he's upset and rambling like a fiend.

    It seems that Paris Hlton was caught somewhere saying the "N" word.

    So I guess she is going to have to go to 'Bad Word Re-Hab', like that guy did from that t.v. show I don't watch.

    Any way we could send Olby to 'Bad Show Re-Hab'?

    Maybe the reason Olby was upset tonight was the NBC brass told him they were not giving into his contract demands?

    What is it 27 days to go?

    I think he's mad because NBC exec Steve Capus chose to laud Joe Scarborough's ratings during a town meeting. Could that be an omen?

    calling all moonbats/wingnutz
    i want to be the first to let you know that gasbag ivins is still at room temp.since all of you were afraid to remember how the blackwater employees were treated in the words of daily kos"screw them".and now another wingnut is calling our troops mercenaries.go ahead defend these asshats and you become unhinged over my comments about alter,matthews,and ivins don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.
    BUSH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    can someone please tell me where Keith OBscnutts got his info tonight during his WPTW rant that its NEVER been proven that ANY American soldier has EVER been spit on EVER.......oh wait,I'm sure it must be from one of those "high ranking,unnamed officials" that KO always gets his rock solid info from.

    Wingnuts in Boston- if you're reading this I want you to know that it's alright to come out now. I know you frightened folks get very, very uneasy at the thought of a lite-brite bomb, but I assure you everything is O-Kay.

    "HAVE YOU PICKED UP YOUR JAW YET"??!!...LMAOOOOOOO...Ol crook-mouth Shuster is trying so hard to salvage his career with this Libby case. He's prayin for a conviction so bad. Wont happen and he's toast..BET ON IT!!

    Keith Olbermann: "There is not one, not ONE confirmed case of Americans spitting on soldiers returning from Vietnam".

    Really Keith? I think I know a few Vietnam Veterans who would beg to differ.

    jtm- I'm calling you out. You are not a right wing nut like you're pretending to be. You are a committed leftist that is just trying to make wingnuts look even worse (trust me, they don't need your help). No one on this planet is dumb enough to write those comments with conviction. You're a "double agent troll".

    indiedick
    i don't believe your qualified to comment because you said you don't go to daily kos and you were to lazy to go to wa post for the bill arkin article.so why ddon't you shut your pie hole.you can put your sherlock holmes costume away.now when david brock is brought up we will call you up because you said you go to his site.once again you run away from the double standard of the left.don't forget i have that cold one for when you assume room temp.
    BUSH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    LOL (this means "laugh out loud", jtm)!!

    I bet that in your lifetime you'll eat Bob Cox's weight in boogers.

    Johnny Dollar said:

    "Just like Madame Pelosi trying to get carte blanche on military flights."

    I see you failed to mention that Speaker Dennis Hastert asked for AND RECEIVED military flights for almost every trip back to his Illinois district from Washington. That was IN THE ARTICLE.

    Pelosi is third-in-line for the Presidency. I think that reasonable security measures (like those Hastert received) are permissible.

    James said:

    "Really Keith? I think I know a few Vietnam Veterans who would beg to differ."

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1276799/posts

    "I have studied urban legends for nearly 20 years and have been certified as an expert on the subject in the federal courts. Nonetheless, it dawned on me only recently that the spitting story was a rumor that has grown into an urban legend. I never wanted to believe the story but I was afraid to investigate it for fear that it could be true.

    Why could I not identify this fiction sooner? The power of the story and the passion of its advocates offer a powerful alchemy of guilt and fear -- emotions not associated with clearheadedness.

    Labeling the spitting story an urban legend does not mean that something of this sort did not happen to someone somewhere. You cannot prove the negative -- that something never happened. However, most accounts of spitting emerged in the mid-1980s only after a newspaper columnist asked his readers who were Vietnam vets if they had been spit upon after the war (an odd and leading question to ask a decade after the war's end). The framing of the question seemed to beg for an affirmative answer."

    indiedick
    when you can't refute an argument or facts revert to name calling.what part of double standard don't you understand.bill arkin is a employee of nbc is that not mainstream enough.i thought you would be in a good mood your feb check will be here soon and feb only has 28 days you can party like a rock star.go crawl under the rock you came from.don't forget conservatives don't need to be liked we stand on facts.
    BUSH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    We have Vietnam War Vets that post here regularly. Have any of you, or friends you served with, ever had spit directed towards them?

    indiedick
    i'm not going away i'm your nightmare that won't go away.we conservatives have the facts and all you can do is name call or change the subject.why don't you call out bill arkin for calling our troops mercenaries.
    BUSH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

    There was some sort of shift today in the Anglo-American world. Prime Minister Blair was discredited just a bit more; Dubya seems to have lost a bit more public and Congressional support; Cheney seems to have become just a bit more vulnerable. There is nothing new in all of that. I have described virtually every day for the last couple of years. But there seems to have been some sort of milestone or benchmark passed. In the case of Dubya, his long honeymoon with the media may have ended in that ridiculous flyover of New Orleans on the trip from Waco to D.C., but his alienation was somehow made permanent in the CBO report today. If Dubya began to lose the respect of the average American with the "Heckuva Job" performance, he somehow managed to become truly disrespected as a silly incident in Boston showed us the lunacy inherent in living a life in America in abject and perpetual fear and the danger inherent in a leader who cultivates that fear for his own purposes. Dick Morris, of all people, may have sensed that when he wrote that the death of modern Republicanism is at hand (with one final short remission in 2010-2012). I think he is right. Dubya somehow managed to bungle a war and wreck a nation and a political party at the same time. And, maybe nothing really happened today. This is simply the day it all became clear. In practical terms, the Democratic primaries become all-important. We all need to come to know and understand the candidates in profound ways for it is they who will be leading us virtually the rest of our lives. By contrast, the current Republican class is irrelevant. We need to be looking not at the John's and Rudi's, but at those whose names and faces are not so well known and who will become relevant as our generation passes the political torch. The shift is likely to become a full-fledged quake before we realize it. Let's not be caught without batteries and bottled water.

    And interesting corollary may be at work as well. As goes the modern Republican party, so goes the Bill-o's, O'Hannity's and Hillbilly Heroin Addicts of the nation? Perhaps. Much of their careers and all of their sustenance seems to be found in a mindless allegiance to Dubya & Co. Will they disappear? No. But, we are likely to find that they become mere shockjocks (not that much of a transformation) as they mimic the crudeness and shrillness of some of their compatriot bloggers on this site. I am not prepared to say that the future of the media is with Mr. Olbermann and those like him, but I am reaonably sure it is not with Miss Shrill Malkin's and her fellow shrews and charlatans. We have a glorious future.

    kurt kissel
    i would to love to hear your comments on what bill arkin said and your buddy daily(screw them)kos.just once i would love to have a lib answer a question.
    BUSH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    KK,

    I suppose if you are on an airline flight and somebody pulls out a plastic gun and starts waving it around you will find that amusing. But don't you be the one doing it.

    I see you failed to mention that Speaker Dennis Hastert asked for AND RECEIVED military flights for almost every trip back to his Illinois district from Washington. That was IN THE ARTICLE.
    ********************************************
    It was also in the article that Pelosi was asking for a lot more access to military flights than Hastert.

    Back to KO....
    Lets see a Dem Congressman calls a Dem Congresswoman a whore and KO can't find room on his WPITW list?..well no surpise I guess...1- their Dems so KO won't say anything bad about them and 2- KO is known to be unkind to woman so maybe he doesn't see it as an insult.

    JTM371:

    When you showed youself to be a crude giant and an intellectual pigmy during earlier "conversations," you forever forfeited the opportunity for dialogue with me. Beyond this, there will be no reaction nor any response to any of your foul emissions. This should be a venue for constructive argument and civil discourse. I intend to do my part.

    Indierek:

    I am a Vietnam era veteran. While I was fortunate enough to have never been sent to Vietnam itself through the luck of the draw, I did spend 1 year in nearby Thailand in 1970 - 1971 on a base that was one of the major Air Force bases used for bombing North Vietnam (Takhli).

    To give a little background, most GIs going or coming from anywhere in Southeast Asia, including both Vietnam and Thailand, went through Travis AFB in California and Clark AFB in the Philipines. In other words, I traveled with the guys going and coming from Vietnam. In addition to that, I traveled all over the US in uniform because it was cheaper to fly in full uniform.

    While I can only speak for myself, I NEVER had any incidents of hostility directed at me by anyone, nor did I know anyone who personally had experienced anything like that. I can't say it never happened at all, because there were isolated reports in the news, but I really believe all of that was overblown.

    The bottom line for me is that I was never treated with any disrespect whatsoever at any time during my travels over a 4 year period, which all occured during the latter years of the Vietnam conflict. I was ALWAYS treated with respect by every civilian that I met.

    We have a glorious future.
    ****************************
    Well if your buddies in congress bring back the "fairness doctrine" which is an attempt to silence Dem critics then you may be right..but if O'Reilly ,Rush and others are removed from the airwaves it won't be because nobody wants to listen to them it's because the Dems had them silence.

    "Lets see a Dem Congressman calls a Dem Congresswoman a whore and KO can't find room on his WPITW list?"

    Well, maybe if SOMEONE other than the person making the accusation (who wasn't present) confirmed it...

    kurt kissel
    well i'm 2 for 2 first indiedick would not response to the questions and now kk won't response could it be they would have to call out another lib for something that is indefensible.go ahead kurt put your tinfoil hat.once again the double standard is in effect with the left.in the words of daily kos screw the bitch/ivins. BUSHROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

    "Well if your buddies in congress bring back the "fairness doctrine" which is an attempt to silence Dem critics then you may be right..but if O'Reilly ,Rush and others are removed from the airwaves it won't be because nobody wants to listen to them it's because the Dems had them silence."

    Gah, do you rubes even know what the Fairness Doctrine IS? It doesn't SILENCE anyone - Rush, Bill O and their ilk WILL NOT LOSE THEIR JOBS.

    It just requires that BALANCE be provided when a network presents a matter of controversy - so if Rush bellows on for three hours, the radio station must provide EQUAL TIME to a person holding the opposite view.

    > Well, maybe if SOMEONE other than the person making the accusation (who wasn't present) confirmed it...

    That's odd. I recall when he made Karl Rove worst person, based on an unconfirmed story from one anonymous source lifted from Insight magazine. Olby never needs confirmation for his smears, because they're all against what he considers the opposition party.

    Well, maybe if SOMEONE other than the person making the accusation (who wasn't present) confirmed it..
    **************************************************
    She was told by the person he told it to California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez..plus their are reports by other women making similar claims of his attitude towards women.

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0107/2572.html

    And when was the last time KO let lack of facts get in his way of reporting a story if he could attack Bush,O'reilly or others he dosen't like.

    You raise an interesting point, MLong. Although I favor a return of sorts to the Fairness Doctrine (the airways, after all, are in the public domain), we have to proceed cautiously. If Bill-o, O'Hannity and the Hillbilly Heroin Addict, even Messrs. Olbermann and Scarbrough were rendered mute, we would have lost little more than noise. If the voices of Messrs. Will, Buckley and Barnes, even Mesdames Carlson and Huffington were silenced, we would have lost natinal treasures.

    It just requires that BALANCE be provided when a network presents a matter of controversy - so if Rush bellows on for three hours, the radio station must provide EQUAL TIME to a person holding the opposite view.
    ***********************************
    Would KO have to follow those rules too?


    The bottom line is the FD is going to be used by Dems to silence critics..because radio stations are not going to put on 3 hours of liberal bs which no one will listen too..they'll just play it safe and go to non-threating radio programs.


    Dem and liberals have much more access to the airwaves than conservatives the truth is Rush,Hannity and others have been the EQUAL TIME.

    While I firmly believe that right wing radio blowhards like Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaughm, and others have done GREAT harm to our country, I am wary of any 'solution' like the Fairness Doctrine.

    The networks would probably respond by putting on the most idiotic sounding 'opposition' they could find, effectively gutting it's intended purpose.

    You raise an important point, too, Ensign Expendable. You are absolutely correct about the manner in which the Fairness Doctrine applies. Some have argued that the Fairness Doctrine has a chilling effect. Media outlets will not air any political discussion because political discussion doubled consumes all time. I am not sure that is a valid argument. I guess it is conceivable, but I do not think I know of an instance in which it has actually happened.

    Your fears are well-founded, Mike. Maybe the answer is in responsible citizenry, discerning viewers and listeners. How do we get people to spend as much time in the political theatre as on the stage of the American Idol, however?

    Now THAT's a good question Kurt!

    If we could just get the general public interested enough to learn most of the characters, they might actually become hooked on politics the way we are.

    To me, the daily interactions of politicians, pundits, writers, and the like provide FAR more drama than any soap opera or American Idol type show ever could. You never know what is going to happen, or be said next.

    KK and Mike,

    You deep leftist intellectuals are starting to get to me. I guess I'll have to go out tomorrow and buy a bumper sticker that says something really, really profound like "Think Globally, Act Locally". Is "Masterpiece Theatre" still on? If so, I'll be watching that from now on, too. No more AI for me.

    Kissel, your pseudo eruditeness is only slightly offset by your half-baked liberal bromides. You virtually reek of self-absorbtion. It's not pretty. You sicken a thoughtful mind. If you could see yourself as you truley are, you would set yourself on fire.

    It just requires that BALANCE be provided when a network presents a matter of controversy - so if Rush bellows on for three hours, the radio station must provide EQUAL TIME to a person holding the opposite view.

    Posted by: Ensign Expendable at February 1, 2007 10:29 PM


    So radio stations MUST find a progressive to "bellow on for three hours" and pray like the dickens that they attract listeners.

    Didn't progressive radio station Air America have a rough time with that?

    One can easily see a station making the decision to jettison currently popular and lucrative talk radio shows if they have to devote the same amount of air time to shows that people turn off.

    All hail govt mandated programming...


    kurt
    don't worry it sounds like you might have a few skeletons in your closet i will do alittle digging in austin and get back to you on it.hope it all comes back clean
    BUSH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    p.s.thanks J$ for the great fun!

    These idiots think their ideology will take root only if other viewpoints are censored or eliminated from table, completely. I've always believed that although the Conservatives see Liberals as children who need looking after, Liberals simply want all Conservatives DEAD.

    That's odd. I recall when he made Karl Rove worst person, based on an unconfirmed story from one anonymous source lifted from Insight magazine. Olby never needs confirmation for his smears, because they're all against what he considers the opposition party.

    Posted by: johnny dollar at February 1, 2007 10:30 PM

    I remember Lance Armstrong making the equivalent of "worst person" on Olbermann's MSNBC blog Bloggermann....when Olbermann wrote that he thought it likely Armstrong lied about not using steroids because Armstrong said he would not cross a tv screenwriters picket-line and then later changed his mind...

    No QQ, you got it all wrong!

    We liberals, (and moderates) just want the Bush conservatives to go to their corner, sit down, and shut up, since they have screwed things up so badly in the last 6 years.

    Now is that really too much to ask?

    Cecelia,

    Krazy Keith hates all sports and all athletes. That's why he became the first of the smart alecky, sarcastic "sports journalists". Now he's doing "journalism" about politics. Wonder why?

    "While I firmly believe that right wing radio blowhards like Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, and others have done GREAT harm to our country, I am wary of any 'solution' like the Fairness Doctrine."

    John Stewart and Steven Colbert have put a considerable dent in the list above.

    Conservative talk radio works because it uses a simple formula. That formula began with tent revival evangelism.

    Evangelist tell their listeners what the evils are in our world then tell them the safe path through such evils can be found in their sermons.

    They define such evils as things to fear and then resolve those fears through listening to them.

    O'lielly and Hannity constantly mix their political talk with victim crimes especially child victims. This is all about heroics. They make themselves out to be protectors of society. A perfect example of a faking coward!

    This is old stuff in small town politics across this nation - predominantly in the south.

    The idea that we can have an equal practice with "conservative" talk radio is not feasible as it is today. But the use of calling these noise pieces out on the carpet every time they lie and distort reality - then we need more people like Al Franken, John Stewart and Steven Colbert. Ed Schultz is a great one for confronting these charlatans on talk radio without the use of humor. More hosts like Schultz would be great.

    So far the genius of geniuses is Steven Colbert, he rules media of all kinds hands down.
    O'lielly was a real fool to think he match wits with Colbert. I loved watching both shows on Youtube.

    kurt
    come on kurt you must have more backbone then your showing.you get called out and you run and hide like any good lib now that is a oxymoron.kurt why don't you act like you have a pair or have you been gelded to control your A.D.D.

    BUSH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Not all athletes and all sports Rico. Keith loves baseball and he has the man love for A-Rod and Derek Jeter too. But it's true he's virtually clueless when it comes to any other sport besides baseball.

    This is classic. Krazy Keith is so paraniod he had to start another site to try covering his fat ass lies he is caught in time and time again. What is Krazy Keith goint to talk about when the Libby case is thrown out? He'll have to dig up another witch hunt to "cover". How's the contract negotiations coming along "I answer to no one/Krazy Keith? Good Luck, loonie!

    I guess it is conceivable, but I do not think I know of an instance in which it has actually happened.

    Posted by: Kurt Kissel at February 1, 2007 10:41 PM

    How could you? There's no Fairness Doctrine in effect.

    O'lielly and Hannity constantly mix their political talk with victim crimes especially child victims. This is all about heroics. They make themselves out to be protectors of society. A perfect example of a faking coward!

    ---

    An excellent analysis. Thought-provoking. Thank you.

    Bush Rocks!!!!

    I love this "I got nothin" Bush Rocks empty commentary.

    Try this one on for size. Not a "rock" but a very dense substance, a newly discovered element for the periodic chart (google it for you pea brains with no science education).

    Subject: THE DENSEST ELEMENT

    THE DENSEST ELEMENT

    A major research institution has just announced the discovery of the
    densest element yet known to science. The new element has been named
    "Bushcronium." Bushcronium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75
    deputy neutrons and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic
    mass of 311. These particles are held together by dark forces called
    morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles
    called peons. The symbol for Bushcronium is "W." Bushcronium's mass
    actually increases over time, as morons randomly interact with various
    elements in the atmosphere and become assistant-deputy neutrons in a
    Bushcronium molecule, forming isodopes. This characteristic of
    moron-promotion leads some scientists to believe that Bushcronium is
    formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This
    hypothetical quantity is referred to as "Critical Morass." When
    catalyzed with money, Bushcronium activates Foxnewsium, an element that
    radiates orders of magnitude more energy, albeit as incoherent noise,
    since it has 1/2 as many peons but twice as many morons.

    Well, folks, it's turd time again. This cowardly fake Buffalo is a miracle worker. One perfect, cookie cutter turd after the other, and all night long, too. Except the turds keep gettin' bigger and bigger with every day that passes. Dang! How's he do that? Things was easier in my day when a buffalo was a buffalo, and a human was a human. But today, too many people got too many problems in the head and they seem to want to display them for all to see. It's the 21st century and all y'all can produce it a cowardly fake buffalo. But not to worry folks, 'cause I am a gettin' my lever action Winchester converted to so's it'll shoot 10 gauge Lysol pellets. If that don't work, then I don't know what will.

    There's no Fairness Doctrine in effect.
    ---
    Once, there was. Most often it was referred to as "Equal Time." Same species.

    Mike doesn't believe in the fairness doctrine. Witness his post above, "We liberals, (and moderates) just want the Bush conservatives to go to their corner, sit down, and shut up, since they have screwed things up so badly in the last 6 years."

    In summary, Mike wants anyone who doesn't agree with HIS opinion to sit down and shut up. See, liberals don't want open debate and free speech in this country, they want one message and one message only to get out: their own.

    Buffalo, very of you. I like the "Bushcronium" gag. Apparently you concieved of this gem yourself. You don't credit anyone else. Nice.

    Buffalo, very > clever

    hey buff:
    i'm 3 for 3 you libs run from any questions that might call out one of your beloved spokemen.just tell me how you defend bill arkin.by the way i will take BUSH'S academic record over yours anyday of the week.maybe you should take the kerry 04 sticker off your car oh i forgot you take the bus.

    "Buffalo, very of you. I like the "Bushcronium" gag. Apparently you concieved of this gem yourself. You don't credit anyone else. Nice.
    Posted by: DavidBrock at February 1, 2007 11:23 PM"

    Gem? How about a hilarious, and no I did not write it. Can you see the "Subject" as in strait from email.


    Don't make who wrote the issue. The piece speaks for it's self.

    Cowardly fake Buffaloes don't write their own material, but those turds he keeps a layin down on the roadside sure look real to me. And they are all perfect, as if his fake buffalo ass had a cookie cutter on the end. Dang, how does he do that?

    Brandon:

    My comment that you quoted was meant as a joke, as I'm sure most here recognized as such....as long as they looked at my WHOLE post, taken in it's proper context (not just the part you chose to quote).

    However, most jokes are based on some measure of fact.

    There's no Fairness Doctrine in effect.
    ---
    Once, there was. Most often it was referred to as "Equal Time." Same species.

    Posted by: Kurt Kissel at February 1, 2007 11:18 PM

    No, it's not the same species. "Equal time" has to do with journalistic ethics, concepts that are delineated by that community. Though this process naturally entails peer pressure to conform, the decision to comply to agreed upon standards is ultimately voluntary.

    That's not the case at all with legislation that would mandate stations to use air time for political programming regardless of its profitability.

    We've not seen anything similar to that.

    Hey Brando Puck,
    Posted by: jtm371 at February 1, 2007 11:27 PM"

    You're a desperate fool who can't enter a conversation with adults unless it is to help you get up on the big boy toilet before you pooped your pants.

    You are an a--hole that has zero to offer to any discussion - here or else where.


    You're a loser!

    Here we have a coward hiding out in a buffalo suit and he's a callin' somebody else a fool? Dang, those turds keep a 'comin.

    "See, liberals don't want open debate and free speech in this country . . ."

    Brandon, are you kidding? The debate is over. Bush and the neocons have screwed things up badly over the last 6 years. If I'm writing Bush's résumé as president I'd have very few bullet points to accentuate the positives. The only thing he hangs his hat on is the stock market is at record highs. Currently, my retirement fund is benefitting from this. Other than that, I'm not living as well day to day as I had been before he took office. Bush has had 6 years to prove to us, his employer, that he would be a competent leader. It is time for the neocons to go to their corner, sit down, and shut up.

    Please don't attempt that nonsensical argument that is along the lines of "Well, we never knew the genius of Reagan until after he left office.". That's as stupid as me telling my parents when I was arrested for drinking as a high schooler "Don't give me any grief about this now because I'll make you proud in 10 years."

    hey buff
    you live up to all the traits of the modern left wing.i think you need to get back on your meds.how hard is it to respone to a question.just because the answer will so your cause to be bankrupt and all you can do is name call.all you wingnutz coming out of the woodwork i'm going to have to buy a case so i can pop a cold one when you all assume room temp.let me guess 9/11 was a inside job
    BUSH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    P.S.hope your neutered so you can't reproduce!!

    He's a fake buffalo, but a real screwball. Don't know if he has his nuts, but he is nuts.
    Don't know if he has his nuts, but he has lost his marbles.

    And those turds keep a 'comin. Dang, one after the other. Where's those Lysol pellets? 10 gauge.

    Yesterday at 9:28 PM, JTM371 posted: "its too bad that Jonathan Alter and chisssy Mathews beat the grim reaper that would have made for one hell of a triple header.i just opened a cold one knowing that gas bag is dead.have a great day i did knowing one more lib is now at room temp."

    This JTM371 is just like some filthy little cockroach running around in a clean room that folks on both sides would really like to stomp, but it keeps on scurrying around and hiding under things, only to reappear a few minutes later adding more filth in it's new location.

    The problem with cockroaches is that there are often many more hidden under in a slimy crawlspace somewhere, although One would hope that that isn't true in this case.

    "Don't give me any grief about this now because I'll make you proud in 10 years."

    Posted by: indierik at February 1, 2007 11:39 PM


    Who's asking you to stop giving them grief?

    On the contrary, you're the one saying "the debate is over".

    Bill Cody, aren't there people in real life that you could go harrass?

    mike
    maybe you can defend the statements of daily kos and bill arkin.if you can't see the double standard then your blind when the blackwater employees were murdered your buddy kos said "screw them" and your other buddy arkin who is employed by nbc called the troops mercenaries and i have yet to hear any of you hypocrites call these asshats out.it is so easy to show you hypocrites for what you are as phony as the color of harry reids hair.kiss my conservative red ass.BUSH ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    "On the contrary, you're the one saying "the debate is over"."

    Yes, I am saying this. And the majority of the voters also said "the debate is over" last November.

    Lovely Cecelia,

    Ma'am, I was hired to take care of one buffalo. It ain't my fault that he ain't one. If he was a real buffalo I would have shot him with my Winchester, but since he ain't one I had to figure out another plan. Since those turds keep a 'comin, one cookie cutter designed turd after the other, I got to do somethin'.

    "P.S.hope your neutered so you can't reproduce!!

    Posted by: jtm371 at February 1, 2007 11:43 PM"

    You try so hard to hide the more common names you use here, Puck, Brandon, or who ever. The use of no spaces after a period does what? You think that hides your over use of "meds" and other quips in your simple minded sophomoric peanut gallery name calling?

    You have no style other than the use of many ID's on this page. Very lame. I know you have to be an a--hole in your everyday also, not just here.

    As for reproducing? I have two grown children and 3 grandchildren. I am passionate about politics strictly because I give a shit about the world my descendants will inherit. Unlike the anti-environmental right wing evil perspective of thinking saving the world is a waste of time because god is going to destroy the world anyway.

    I have zero-non-zip thoughts of or concern for a life after my death other than that of my offspring.

    Unlike you, I had a father who taught me how to be a man. How to stand and fight for a cause instead being a lame pussy who sucks up to a group to huddle with. You have come to this page seeking validation for being what you are. Sorry to say this will never happen.

    As for me and my validation, there is no more greater moment in a person's life than holding up your grandchild and looking him or her in the eye and wonder in awe about the fact that your after life is in your hands.

    I can only think of how sad it is that you have come about in this world so lost and desperate to discover who you are in the manner you seek here. Always begging for a whipping in the manner you do is one sad pathetic way to seek validation that can be recognised.

    "On the contrary, you're the one saying "the debate is over"."

    Yes, I am saying this. And the majority of the voters also said "the debate is over" last November.

    Posted by: indierik at February 1, 2007 11:54 PM


    And the November before that?...

    So it's not Brandon who's asking for no more grief (argument from opponents), it's you, from a debate board... who's being grieved by continued discussion.

    We'll alert the media...

    Since those turds keep a 'comin, one cookie cutter designed turd after the other, I got to do somethin'.

    Posted by: Bill Cody at February 1, 2007 11:56 PM

    Yeah, well, you could start by putting down the gun and getting an argument.

    "That's not the case at all with legislation that would mandate stations to use air time for political programming regardless of its profitability."

    It has been held consistently that a FCC license does not give the person holding it OWNERSHIP of the frequency at which they broadcast, but merely the PRIVILEGE of using it. And the government, as the TRUE OWNER (like any landlord) can require the renter to do certain things. Why do you think radio stations are required to carry emergency broadcasts?

    "A license permits broadcasting, but the licensee has no constitutional right to be the one who holds the license or to monopolize a radio frequency to the exclusion of his fellow citizens. There is nothing in the First Amendment which prevents the Government from requiring a licensee to share his frequency with others and to conduct himself as a proxy or fiduciary with obligations to present those views and voices which are representative of his community and which would otherwise, by necessity, be barred from the airwaves." - Justice White, writing for the majority in Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission (1969)