Open letter to Keith Olbermann

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Friday April 24, 2009 · 8:55 PM PDT

2009/04/24 · 20:55

I just posted this comment in Keith's diary, but considering the number of comments there's little chance of it being noticed. I know I'm not the first person to question the Hannity torture thing, especially considering Meteor Blades' diary, but I wanted to make my view more widely known if possible.

So I'm just posting this now, hoping that maybe it'll stand a slim chance of Keith actually getting to see it.

One more thing. If any of you feel the need to use this diary as an outlet to spew hatred for Keith, or making some kind of comparison between him and slime such as Sean Hannity.... all I can ask is that you PLEASE take it somewhere else!

(And sorry, Keith, for referring to you in the third-person up to this point. Pretty strange for an "open letter to...", huh?)

ratmach

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Thursday April 23, 2009 · 7:41 PM PDT

2009/04/23 · 19:41

By now we've all seen Shepard Smith's very un-Fox-like moment of righteous indignation and decency. I've thought for some time that he wasn't a good fit for that slimy organization, especially since Katrina. I personally think that, if Fox decides to get rid of him, Keith oughta lobby for him at MSNBC. We can argue about whether it's too late, whether he's already "sold his soul to the devil" by not standing up to Fox sooner and more often, and that in some ways he's helped their evil agenda. But personally I'd like to see him given a shot at redemption.

But that's not what this diary is about...

ratmach

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Wednesday April 22, 2009 · 1:05 PM PDT

2009/04/22 · 13:05

I don't know about you, but I'm getting a little sick of hearing how "vulnerable" the Earth is! "Oh woe is me! The Earth is dying! We are hurting her SO badly!"

Gimme a break! The Earth can take care of itself! After all, it's just a bunch of rocks and water! Whoop Di Doo!!!

ratmach

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Friday April 17, 2009 · 12:57 PM PDT

2009/04/17 · 12:57

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, is once again calling for a special prosecutor to look into the crimes (alright, the alleged crimes) of Bush, Cheney, and their fascist buddies. The big difference is that his previous calls were when Bush was still in office.

Now it's up to Obama and Holder...

It's not like Obama himself is pushing this, so he's got "political cover" if he feels he needs it. All Barack needs to do is GET OUT OF THE WAY and let others do this, if he doesn't want to be involved. "Alright Jerrold, here's your special prosecutor... knock yourself out."

ratmach

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Wednesday March 04, 2009 · 1:26 PM PST

2009/03/04 · 13:26

Sometimes we get caught up in the legalese behind the drug (esp. marijuana) legalization debate. But I think, in the end, the way we're gonna win is to get people MORALLY OUTRAGED at what the "drug war" is doing to our country and our citizens.

In Cedwyn's diary now on the Rec List, there's a quote by Bill Buckley. That was the inspiration for this diary. Actually, not so much of a diary as a couple of moving essays by Mr. Buckley. I know he helped create the conservative movement in this country, and therefore he deserves blame where it's due. But on the other hand, he was often on the right side of important issues (FAR more than the average conservative), and his stance on the "drug war" helps to make up for some of the problems his conservative views caused.

ratmach

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Thursday February 12, 2009 · 1:02 PM PST

2009/02/12 · 13:02

At the top of the Rec List right now is Senator Pat Leahy's call for a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" to look into the abuses of the Bush Administration. Senator Leahy asks us to sign the petition calling for the creation of such a commission.

But for two reasons, I can NOT in good conscience sign the petition, at least as it's now written.

ratmach

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 8:22 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 20:22

You all don’t deserve it, but I’m gonna do it anyway. I’m gonna save you from yourselves. All you Obamabots, thinking about voting for That One. Some of you even actively HELPING him get elected! But it’s not too late. You’ve still got time to come to your senses. Therefore, since I believe in the philosophy of redemption, I’m gonna help you back away from the precipice. I’m gonna give you a short, concise list of many of the reasons why you, or any right-thinking, patriotic, hard-working American, should want NOTHING to do with Barack Hussein Obama.

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Are you going to vote for Barack Obama?

284 votes Vote Now!

Are you going to vote for Barack Obama?

I already have. My soul is already lost.

145 votes

Yes, I'm going to. I'm proud to be a Commie, gay-loving, elitist.

117 votes

No, I already voted for those 2 mavericks... you betcha!

0 votes

No, I haven't voted yet, but I've always been for McCain/Palin.

1 vote

No, I might have... but you've made me see the light. Thank you!

8 votes

I'm so confused. I can't decide!

4 votes

None of your business.

9 votes

Video Metaphor for the McCain/Palin Campaign

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 1:47 AM PDT

2008/10/26 · 01:47

I don't know. Maybe I've just got too much time on my hands. Maybe this whole election season has just made me a little insane.

But I tell you what... if you ask me, this video has McCain/Palin (or more generally the Repug Party) written all over it.

ratmach

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 9:24 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 21:24

Rightwingers... NOT the nicest people around. But today we saw a gutter moment that's even worse than what we've come to expect from these scum.

Today, David Schuster was discussing Mooseburger Palin's $150,000 wardrobe. Among those he questioned was Repug "strategist" Brad Blakeman.

(You've likely already heard about this, particularly if you saw it live, or if you caught one of the other diaries on the subject earlier today. But I wanted to do something a little different. I just created a page over at ActBlue (the first time I've tried it), where we can donate in Obama's grandma's name... and to show this Blakeman slime what happens when he opens the hole on front of his head.

ratmach

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 9:40 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 21:40

I first heard about this in a comment by Anton Sirius, in dday's diary (now sitting proudly on the RecList summit). As Anton said, it's an absolutely amazing, beautiful story, from Ben Smith at Politico.

I thought it was cool enough that it deserved its own (short) diary, so that maybe more people would get to see it.

ratmach

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 11:46 AM PDT

2008/10/20 · 11:46

A few minutes ago, Andrea Mitchell was interviewing Congresswoman Heather Wilson (Repug from New Mexico). I don't know much about her, but from what I heard today, and from the few other times I've seen her recently, I'd say she's just your typical Busheep.

Anyway, one thing she said was, to me at least, kinda scary... even threatening sounding.

(I'll put up a video of this when I find one)

ratmach

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 11:15 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 23:15

I didn't watch tonight's SNL. Like some others, I kinda boycotted it. But since then, I've seen the clips of Palin's bits. I've read a couple other diaries dealing with this, and I've read the story (and many comments) over on HuffPo. I've also posted a couple of relevant comments myself here tonight.

But I wanted to try to get my point across to a broader audience. So I decided to write a diary, rather than just comment in other diaries, since I think my take is a little different than some others.

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