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"COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" (8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. ET)
Host: Keith Olbermann
Topics/Guests:
To say Keith was mailing it in tonight would be to disparage all letter carriers.
Republican candidates were too angry (McCain), too blase (Guiliani), too slick (Romney), the Los Angeles Police Department violates the "civil rights" of "immigration protesters", Paris Hilton going to jail and the eagerly awaited piece of fluff and filler, the Oddball Extravaganza - Plays of the Month.
UPDATE: video & transcript below
#5 - Clinton-Byrd bill to "deauthorize" the war. Jonathon Alter plays it straight in his political analysis. Zzzzzzzz.
#4 - Republican Debate - a political seance, "ten of the whitest guys your ever going to meet", Keith notes that Bush was not attacked during the debate (so much for Keith's fondest hopes as repeatedly expressed in his pre-debate telecast), a snide remark about the candidates talking about Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton ("at least they left Chelsea Clinton out of it") despite the fact that Olbermann's co-host of the debate coverage Chris Matthews is the person who ASKED THEM about the Clintons. Dana Milbank joins the discussion just in time for Keith to claim "Ronald Reagan trained the Taliban in Afghanistan". Really? That would be news since the Taliban did not even exist in the 1980's. Then on to serious stuff, the DC Madam case and a left-turn into...Jeff Gannon - complete with naked photos of Gannon in the b-roll.
#3 - GonzoGate linked to Karl Rove (yawn). Slippery Shuster with the usual prattle "Alberto must go", "Republicans turning on Bush", Blah, Blah, Blah.
#2 - An objective report on the riot that broke out in Los Angeles on May - "May Day Melee", "Question of Brutality?" "Excessive Force?" Canned report from Peter Alexander. We learn the latino mayor returned from a trip abroad to deal with the "crisis" (no mention of the interesting fact that the Latino mayor made it a point o be OUT OF TOWN for the May 1 "immigration" rally). Some journalists are now saying they will sue and this was then related to the Democratic National Convention in LA in 2000 when seven journalists sued and settled for "thousands of dollars". Hmmmm. Seven divided some number less than 10,000 so each journalist got a few hundred bucks or maybe a little more to go away. Pretty compelling analogy. In the last few seconds we learn that there are calls for an investigation into who first attacked police. Surprised that was even mentioned at all.
Top 3 Soundsbites - Ron Paul, Hillary Clinton clip from Daily Show, Bush honoring Mexican celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
BREAKING NEWS - Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days. No "slut" crawl today.
Paul Thompkins joins Keith in time to observe (incorrectly) that "it's not like she's going to go to regular jail, she's going to go to rich white person's jail so it's all going to be OK". Actually, according to news reports she was sentenced to the L.A. County Jail which is reputed to be particularly unpleasant. Britney Spears appearance at House of Blues in West Hollywood so her outfit and lip-syncing was deemed news.
Keeping Tabs - David Hasselhoff drunk and Elizabeth Taylor "too sexy" for Simpsons wherein Keith offers his services to replace Taylor. Somehow I think Matt Groenig will pass on that one.
WPIW turned into a nice bit of Olbypocrisy - some guy who got drunk with an intern (we all know Keith hates bosses abusing their interns), senior career officials at the VA got bonuses (you mean like the career officials you've been championing in GonzoGate?) and a department store that uses a fire alarm to trick employees to leave the building so they could all be fired (we know important it is to Keith that employees be treated well).
#1 Story Oddball Plays of the Month - regurgitated montage of previously regurgitated segments from last month.
Mercifully the show ends in the usual fashion.
BREAKING NEWS in Book Sales: Olbermann Drops Completely Out of Barnes & Noble Ranking!
Olbermann's book The book that bears Olbermann's name sank to #3,981 at amazon.com where the price has been cut 70% to $6.89. "Culture Warrior" is #333 is selling at just a 30% discount or $16.38. So, O'Reilly is selling about 5,000% more books at almost three times the price. The OlbyTome drifted down and OUT at Barnes & Noble where it is no longer rated at all; O'Reilly's book is #1,010 there, and been heralded as one of the top five books of 2006 per Publishers Weekly. Tonight's MisterMeter reading: 1 [GUARDED]
UPDATE: video & transcript below
Read the transcript to the Friday show
I think the YouTube moment of the show is when Keith referred to the Republican Presidential Candidates as "The 10 whitest guys in the world".
Olby shouldn't be throwing stones about being the whitest guy on earth. He resembles that remark.
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Countdown with Keith Olbermann Does Oddball Month-Long Summary
by Danny Milbano
Keith Olbermann, after more than a month of his much ado tributes to insanity for the month of April. "Keith Olbermann ritually does one of these, once a month." As the most abid Countdown enthusiast, Bea Coates will tell you. "I can not help but jump for joy as I see the program. It is what I am there for."
So, what was Bea waiting for? Keith Olbermann started with the picture of a man kissing a monkey! Then the music track had started. The usual, yet longer version of Khaturian's Sabre Dance fills the loudspeaker. "A rather excitable sound" says Bea, reeling with joy.
Everyone is excited. Keith Olbermann shown clips of models falling, houses dropping and a pizza slice being thrown into someone's face during a baseball game. Amazing things to see, indeed.
Although, there is a negativity point to this, Bea points out."During one of the weeks, an unspeakable atrocity broke out in Virginia, and we had to forgo Oddball for a solid week." One week can be long. Good thing we have this month's end show to point out what might have been missed. Bea says "Yeah, it is one of those things."
Another one of those things is that this mantauge` was not at the end of the old month. "No, not technically, but close enough." An obviously vigilant Bea points out. "We can only hope for more Oddball." Yes we can, Bea Coates. Or, if I may add, we can only hope for more Oddball to happen to us.
--- Danny Milbano
The G.O.P. Hopefulls Meet For Debate
by Jannis Hawy
I do not care. All I want to hear from is from my self. Get out of my way, Sonny.
Olbermann Watch --- CLOSED !
by Y. Dewey O. O. Wantunowat-Minamiz
This may be "it" says R. Coly. By what does he mean, per se? WHta will be 'it'? "The end of Olbermann Watch". Well, you already were close to ending. "Well," confronts Y. Dewey "I know we were already close two months ago around this time, but the problems that we are having are of a different type.
What do you mean? "I mean, when we were going out of business over the contract, that was a seperate situation. We had a nice run, and even though it was going out with out leaving our things behind, the central idea was that we were leaving a legacy behind. That we have accomplished something magnificent."
What has happened already can only be claimed as "magnificent". Running since 2004, Olbermann watch has, at the time that it quit last, 150 noted instance of isolated Bill O' Rielly bashing, a page of limericks sent in by commentators, and lots of updated Countdown episode guides.
Those are where this new speculation comes in. "Without more episode guides, the central function of Olbermann Watch goes out the window." What she means is that Olbermann Watch's primary function is to take Keith Olbermann's lies, distortions, spins, & attacks, and combine them into why Keith Olbermann is a loathsome and irrespudible figure.
"The last week or so, this has been retired from this website." That sounds very infuriating. "It is", she adds. "All I, as a lower enficianado of this website, can do is hope that things come back on track and that this website does not end
1396 days 1 hours 7 minutes before it is supposed to. That is the date that Keith Olbermann's newest monolithic contract ends.
It looks bleak. What we have heard from this website's maintainer is that someone who maintains the website is moving away and that nobody competant has been able to fill his slot. "That whole U-Haul excuse ha been brought up before." fills in Y. Dewey. "That is just a distraction from the truth." An ominous statement, backed up by this: "The fact is, J. Dollman and R. Coly are really in a money dispute." This has not been verified.
What has been verified is that if we do not see an improvement in the episode bunking and a return to traditional normalcy, it may be too late for the website.
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I missed the debate.
Any republicans talk about the Exxon/Mobil profit bonanza while they're raising prices to the moon?
Or what they're going to do to help global warming?
or how they're going to bring our boys home from the civil war in Iraq they're entrenched in ?
Or healthcare ?
or helping the poor?
Let me guess....NO ?
Rudy is Italian.
Italians aren't White.
They're bRoman (Latin).
Shows nUlbermahn's ignorance.
Rudy is Italian.
Italians aren't White.
They're Roman (Latin).
Shows Ulbermahn's ignorance.
Hey Joker..You said Rudy was a "sure thing" for the nomination.
He's looking worse and worse.
Told ya !
OK. Belatedly I did the Countdown Roundup. It was generally a very lame show so hardly worth the effort but there were two noteworthy occurrences - the WPIW was an OlbyPocrisy Fest and Keith's "book" sales are no longer even ranked at Barnes & Noble (i.e. no sales).
The Taliban emerged from the civil war that took place in Afghanistan after the Soviets left. They attained power in 1996.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
Ronald Reagan left office in 1989.
I'm sure Keith will correct his error in the next broadcast.
As he does with any other erroneous statement.
Ahem!
"Proclamation 5034—Afghanistan Day, 1983
By the President of the United States of America, 21 March 1983
The tragedy of Afghanistan continues as the valiant and courageous Afghan freedom fighters [The Taliban] persevere in standing up against the brutal power of the Soviet invasion and occupation. The Afghan people are struggling to reclaim their freedom, which was taken from them when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December of 1979.
In this three-year period the Soviet Union has been unable to subjugate Afghanistan. The Soviet forces are pitted against an extraordinary people who, in their determination to preserve the character of their ancient land, have organized an effective and still spreading country-wide resistance.
The resistance of the Afghan freedom fighters
is an example to all the world of the invincibility of the ideals we in this country hold most dear, the ideals of freedom and independence.
We must also recognize that the sacrifices required to maintain this resistance are very high. Millions have gone into exile as refugees. We will probably never know the numbers of people killed and maimed, poisoned and gased, of the homes that have been destroyed, and of the lives that have been shattered and stricken with grief.
It is, therefore, incumbent upon us as Americans to reflect on the events in Afghanistan, to think about the agony which these brave people bear, and to maintain our condemnation of the continuing Soviet occupation. Our observance again this year of Afghanistan Day on March 21, the Afghan New Year, will recall for all the world America's unflagging sympathy for a determined people, its support for their refugees and commitment to achieving a political settlement for Afghanistan which will free that country from tyranny's yoke.
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 65, has designated March 21, 1983 as Afghanistan Day and has requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of that day.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate March 21, 1983 as Afghanistan Day.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventh.
Ronald Reagan
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:10 p.m., March 24, 1983] "
And no BU$HWIPE, I'm not posting a link.
Doing a little research might do you good.
Way Below Average American Patriot,
Only an OlbyLoon would think that sticking the word "Taliban" into what appears to be a proclamation issued by the President of the United States would "prove" something. I don't think we need a link. I think you need a clue.
Only someone deeply confused or deeply dishonest (or perhaps both) could quote a presidential proclamation about the mujahideen in Afghanistan and state that it was somehow connected to the Taliban.
Again, as anyone who knows how to use Google can discover, the Taliban emerged out of the civil strife that bedeviled Afghanistan once the Soviets left and the Soviet-installed puppet government fell.
This was, of course, well AFTER Reagan had left office.
Don't trust my word, google it for yourself.
Try the Encarta encyclopedia:
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761588418/Taliban.html
which states, in part:
"The Taliban movement was created in 1994 by a senior mullah (Islamic priest), Mohammed Omar, in the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahār. "
In 1994, Ronald Reagan was out of office. William Jefferson Clinton was the president.
Poor wittle patty, debunked bigtime!
Look I think your all a little hard on 'Average American Tart Cart'. As we can all see here his Mom knows how to copy and paste.
Jizz-moper boy just had to try and be cute and sneak in those two words.
It's funny, most of your single digit I.Q. Tin foil hat, fallin' off the table left, Jim Jones kool-aid drinkin', 9-11 wing-nut screwballs still can't get over the 2000 election. But not 'Average American Clinton C**k Smoker'. This mental midgit is still trying to convince the world Reagan should be dug up and impeached.
Ronald Reagan crapped bigger than you!!
Ya know Olby isn't the whitest on earth. Most nights he's orange!
By the way a special 'Thanks' to Robert Cox for coming in from the bull-pen to take over the daily update duties.
And while we are on the subject of baseball.
Bus Driver Jacob Nasser was arrested in a Shea Stadium parking lot after dropping some kids off for the game, then pulling down his own pants and taking "matters" into his own hands in the bus. Now as anybody who has taken in the experience out at Flushing Bay's Big Blue And Orange Noisy Stank-Raw-Sewage-Infested-Butt Ugly Eyesore Dump isn't brutal enough, the New York Met faithful now have to be on guard for 68 year old trou-dropping self gratifiers.
Do you think Average American (you fill in the blank) is a Met Fan?
Puck is certifiable ! That is the rantings of a mad man !
puck. Bill O'Reilly has been fighting to get laws passed to stop sickos like that from doing what they do, along with all the other causes he fights for. Olby? He makes O'Reilly WPITW on a regular basis. Pedophiles are AOK in Olbys book.
Awwwww!
Poor, sad little phuck is throwing a tantrum and wetting his depends again over ONE little word.
Guess which one, Bovine!?
Bill O'Reilly has been fighting to get laws passed to stop sickos like that from doing what they do, along with all the other causes he fights for. Olby? He makes O'Reilly WPITW on a regular basis. Pedophiles are AOK in Olbys book.
Posted by: royalking at May 6, 2007 3:14 AM
Typical Jeff Logic:
O'Reilly does good work in the 'crimes against children' arena. Olbermann name O'Reilly WPITW for something stupid O'Reilly said or did, Olbermann is Pro-Pedophile.
If this is how Jeff forms opinions about the world around him, it's no wonder he sleeps with a gun under his pillow.
If this is how Jeff forms opinions about the world around him, it's no wonder he sleeps with a gun under his pillow.
Posted by: at May 7, 2007 3:35 AM
No, it's no wonder you would make an idiotic statement like this.
Jeff: "No, it's no wonder you would make an idiotic statement like this."
WOW....what a comeback!!!
“Democrats have a plan to lower gas prices, taking America in a new direction that works for everyone, not just the few. Our plan would empower the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on price gouging to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices, increase production of alternative fuels, and rescind the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks, and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies.”
4/18/06
That's one hell of a plan, gas is higher than ever! Just another one of the lies on the left..
Idiotwind, Jeff, is blaming gas prices on the Democrats before they even implement a plan !
Another day, another bonehead statement.
All I have to say about gas approaching $4.00 a gallon is that those secret energy meetings between Cheney and Big Oil has certainly paid off...for THEM.
The rest of the American people...not so much.
All I have to say about gas approaching $4.00 a gallon is that those secret energy meetings between Cheney and Big Oil has certainly paid off...for THEM.
The rest of the American people...not so much.
Posted by: at May 7, 2007 7:48 PM
Booo! Watch out for those gosts in your closet at night. A left wing whacko. I'll bet you Cheney is having a "secret" meeting right now! He's piping all the oil from Iraq right into his back yard,but, don't tell anyone, it's a secret!
Your posts are getting more embarassing each and every day.
Cheney DIDN'T have secret meetings with Big Oil when coordinating our so called energy policy?
Do you not know anything ?
If you state hard cold facts, you're a left wing whacko to Royalking. If you make excuses for or ignore the failures of Bush, you're a ....Republican !
"hard cold facts?" Did I miss something? Where's these hard cold facts?
"All I have to say about gas approaching $4.00 a gallon is that those secret energy meetings between Cheney and Big Oil has certainly paid off...for THEM." anonyloon
Oh, these "hard cold facts?" LOL on the freakin floor!
I'll ask again .
Cheney DIDN'T have secret meetings with Big Oil when coordinating our so called energy policy?
Jeff has stepped out of the building !
Cool website! Keep up the great work. Many thanks. Thanks!