His head whips up: chin drool, eyes refocusing, brain buzz. He resists; the somnifying waves persist. Olbermann rails from the TV. – Written by @Ralphley.
His head whips up: chin drool, eyes refocusing, brain buzz. He resists; the somnifying waves persist. Olbermann rails from the TV. – Written by @Ralphley.
“Thank goodness we don’t have an official language or anything, they probably wouldn’t allow that guy into Arizona.”
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Wednesday night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann featured a special commentary by Olbermann on the current health care debate, informed by the experiences he has had surrounding his father’s recent illnesses.
The Golden Age of American Popular Music: The Jazz Hits from the Hot 100 1958-1966;
Whale Rider;
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By the time I pulled this video from YouTube, it had been viewed over a million times. And that’s not including the multipe versions of it that have probably been viewed as many times each. But, in case you haven’t seen it yet, this is an inteview that Governor Palin just gave at a turkey farm.
The clever folks at 23/6, who created the condensed version of the Presidential debates, have done the same to Keith Olbermann’s “special comments.” Olbermann fires off the occasional show-closing tirade whenever something is seriously stuck in his craw, and it makes for great theatre every time. This condensed version dispenses with the message and serves up 60 seconds of vitriol. You’ll love it.
But Maddow isn’t just another left-wing pundit. In many ways, she’s the perfect representative of the new media elite — a hyper-professional, Blue-State meritocrat straight out of central casting. “Everything about her radiates competence and a deft, bright careerism,” wrote Rebecca Traister in the Nation.
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This car emblem was spotted in the parking lot of the main post office in downtown Birmingham today.
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And his childish, squealing, braying, Tourette’s-like repetition of 9/11 (TM), was greeted not as conclusive evidence that he is consumed by massive guilt – hard-earned guilt, in fact but rather as some kind of political tour-de-force, an endorsement of your Vice Presidential nominee, a rookie governor, a facile and slick con artist.