I know some of you here are big Family Guy fans, I am a HUGE Family Guy fan - all 5'2" of me, & Keith Olbermann is an ENORMOUS (according to David Letterman, anyway) Family Guy fan. Last night's episode featured a searingly wonderful satire that would've done Lenny Bruce & George Carlin proud!
My opinion on this piece might be in the minority - like that's ever bothered me. I absolutely welcome & encourage thoughtful debate if you agree with me or not; y'all should know be well enough by now to know that! :D
Let's Countdown!
After the not - so - honorable MN representative spewed what she spewed to Chris Matthews on Friday night, today's "This Day in History" has much more meaning. On this date in 1947, the "Red Scare" came to Hollywood. The group known as the "Hollywood 10" who refused to name names in front of HUAC & were blacklisted included composer Aaron Copland, writers Dashiell Hammett, Lillian Hellman and Dorothy Parker, playwright Arthur Miller and actor and filmmaker Orson Welles. Let us all once again read, revel in, & remember these words from Edward R. Murrow:
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.
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We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and remember we are not descended from fearful men.
#5 "Fear and Distraction" AKA "15 Days and Counting" AKA "Secrets & Lies" AKA "Powell Broker" AKA "Powellfull" - OK, if the McCentury campaign wants to go to Rev. Wright, we can go to G. Gordon Liddy & Gov. Demagogue ON VIDEOTAPE with her own Rev. Muthee. I dare y’all; I double dog dare y’all!
The GOP is absolutely petrified of "we, the people," aren’t they. Normal everyday people contributing their hard – earned money – many who had never contributed before (like me – I’d never donated to a POTUS campaign before Senator Obama ran) & at an average of less than $100 is the biggest threat to democracy. I’ve got them quakin’ in their tutus, huh? There’s my eye candy! My night just got more betterer! Great "tubes" line there, Mr. Wolffe! Senator McCentury doesn’t understand the computational devices, ya’ know. I’m sure General Powell, much like many people who’ve claimed to know Senator McCentury for many years, is saddened & disappointed by the man Senator McCentury has become. "Sensible centers" are lefty un-American elitists, don’t cha’ know! You betcha! To paraphrase Chris Matthews, Dems fall in love; the GOP falls in line. And, as Gen Powell has & will find out, heaven help you if you fall out of line. What about all those white guys who are supporting Senator McCentury, Mr. Comedian?! Is it a race thing with them, too?! Son of a *&^%$#@! When we hopefully have a resounding Senator Obama victory 2 weeks from tomorrow, I will listen with glee to "the comedian’s" show on Nov. 5.
#4 "Can You Fear Me Now?" AKA "Call Wading" - If Gov. Demagogue calls my abode – just the one abode... *&^%$#@! Senator McCentury’s hiring of the same "people" who robocalled against him back in 2000 to robocall for him now is yet more proof that he sold his soul to his 2000 tormentors for a chance to be POTUS. There’s G. Gordon Liddy! Keep putting him out there, Keith! My god, that voice...that soul – killing voice...ice pick to gouge the eardrums...
** Now, THAT’S a robocall! I don’t remember a flight of the bulldozers ditty. Oh, now who would take Paul McCartney’s head?! OK, maybe Heather Mills – never mind. How ‘bout Senator Obama speaking at Keith’s high school in 1991?! **
#3 "Not Ready for Primetime" AKA "Weakened Update" - Well, I for one am happy that the Governor took home her cue cards; she can practice reading now. Practice! Practice! Practice! Tina Fey was way more funny than "you know who" was. O...M...G... "that woman" was dancing like one of those fearful strange not – quite Americans! Excuse me...
OK, I feel better now. There was a pro – Obama women’s ad during SNL this past weekend?! HA!
WPITW – Mark Halperin is still going on the "forgoing of public campaign funding" memo. That’s a hell of a trinity at FAUX News – and not of the holy kind. Roger Ailes is heading to a hall of fame of some sorts. Was it a Lame Fat A$$ MoFo Hall of Fame?!
#1 "Special Comment" - Go, Keith, GO! What a foul foursome – Palin, Bachmann, Pfotenhauer, & Limbaugh. Keith, Senator McCentury’s had numerous chances to nip this hatred in the proverbial bud; if he hasn’t done it by now, he won’t.