Keith Olbermann

The Monday Line: Lost Plot at Penn State, Why Pope Joe Fell

The Monday Line: Lost Plot at Penn State, Why Pope Joe Fell

November 14, 2011 7:15 am
23-pages of a grand jury report do not a conviction make. They do represent an indictment for institutional lack of control in a big-time college football programme. Alleged...

Posts Tagged ‘Keith Olbermann’

Shuster: “There Is A False Equivalency” Between Olbermann And Fox Rhetoric – Beck Has “Inspired” Acts Of Violence

Former MSNBC anchor David Shuster was suspended indefinitely and finally fired last week for auditioning for another network whilst working for them. He made his 1st post firing media appearance on Sunday’s CNN’s Reliable Sources. It was also, not coincidentally, the 1st after the surprise, abrupt departure of Keith Olbermann from MSNBC and Countdown. Without [...]

Will We Learn To Get Along Or Is All Hope Lost?

The shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was surprising in that it took so long to happen. Since announcing his run for the presidency in February of 2008, the rhetoric surrounding the (Kenyan, Muslim, antichrist, grandma killing) US President Barack Obama has been heated and racist. A product of the 24-hour cable news cycle in which [...]

Welcome Back Keith, I Will Now Re-Subscribe to iTunes

by Denis G. Campbell Ironically the two iTunes podcast downloads on my iPhone daily are Countdown and The Dan Patrick Show. They (plus Rachel) represent a few hours of sanity each day provided by fellow lovers of intelligence, politics, truth and sport. To find smart anywhere in the media today is a stretch. One of [...]

The Monday Line: “Bobby?” It Was All a Dream…

By Denis G. Campbell Those old enough to remember the strange Dallas episode where Pam finds Bobby showering and not dead branding an entire season a nightmarish dream, wondered if we might wake up this Monday morning to find the 60+ seat Rethug House corporate bought takeover and MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann suspension similar dreams. All [...]

If Anger is the New Black? I’m Mad as Hell!

by Denis G. Campbell Republicans, congratulations. You won by lying your way back into House control with gazillions in soft money three hours ago. You now own the economy, unemployment, two wars, banking regulation and you want to repeal healthcare and financial reform while your leader says he is going to “roll up his sleeves [...]

Morning in Amsterdam: Koran Burning/GOP Silence/Light Sabre? Turned On.

by Denis G. Campbell Hearts and minds? Fahgedaboudit! The battle, which already was a tough sell in a Muslim world worried about its survival with insurgents rising and emboldened, is now officially lost thanks to a right wing nutcase Florida pastor planning to burn copies of the Koran on 9-11. What his followers fail to [...]