Wrong timing Mr. Olbermann.

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Monday January 19, 2009 · 6:40 PM PST

2009/01/19 · 18:40

Slavery. 3/5 of a vote. 40 acres and a mule. Internment camps. Emancipation Proclamation. Jim Crow. Assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Junior. Rodney King. Jimmy the Greek. The list goes on.

On the eve of the most important event in many minorities' lives and on Martin Luther King Jr Day, with his Special Comment, does Mr. Olbermann elect to celebrate? Does he choose to frame the historic nature of tomorrow in any manner? Will history look back at his broadcast with acknowledgement of relevant timing and valid purpose? No. It will not - and I am sorely disappointed as a fan of Keith Olbermann. Mr. Olbermann - if sports analogies are more easily analagous to you, you've demanded the soon to be Super Bowl champs score 10 touchdowns on the first 3 regular season games (of the next season) with 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl. Talk about pissing in someone's cereal.

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 11:56 AM PDT

2008/10/10 · 11:56

I don't know if you'll answer this, but I have a question that pertains to what I call the Absurdity of Modern American Politics.

Why is it that the mainstream media (MSM) has taken no responsibility in calling out the McCain/Palin campaign for their outright hate/fear mongering and smear oriented politics?

While I am happy that your show and Dr. Rachel Maddow's show do do this, it seems not to have penetrated into the shield of so-called "balanced" reporting for the MSM. It would seem that now, especially now, when the US and world markets are collapsing, when we continue to lose lives and resources in Iraq, when more and more people are uninsured while the wealthy can fly their own doctors in (I know - as a surgeon I've seen it happen), and when our future and history hangs in the balance, condemning McCain/Palin for their complete disregard for the nation's ills would be not simply appropriate - but more importantly, inherently necessary.

What will the MSM do?

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What will the MSM do?

They will denounce McCain/Palin and go down as American saviors.

4 votes

They will report on the hate and fear mongering, but that'll be it.

35 votes

They will continue their "fair and balanced" inaccurate reporting.

116 votes

They will do nothing.

46 votes

Ken Burns - "The real maverick turns out to be Barack Obama" Updated

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Sunday October 05, 2008 · 4:33 PM PDT

2008/10/05 · 16:33

I'm a huge fan of Ken Burns. His documentaries have inspired me to delve further into the history of our country throughout my life. His ability to tell the factual history of our country in a compelling narrative has always compelled me. In short, I respect him greatly. To my great surprise, he posted on Huffington Post his thoughts on what was happening with John McCain and how he's betrayed his supporters. Here's the first paragraph from his post at Huffington:

What happened to John McCain? What happened to the man so many of us in New Hampshire have admired and respected for so long? The fierce bipartisan warrior, the straight talker, the maverick whose ideas nearly everyone found some common ground with now seems missing in action. He seems to have betrayed the very attributes that originally commended him to us and earned our earlier trust and support.

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Saturday October 04, 2008 · 6:19 PM PDT

2008/10/04 · 18:19

Now it starts. The republican machinery is gearing up to divide the American electorate again with false accusations and far fetched claims. Sarah Palin's disgusting commentary associating Barack Obama with Bill Ayers today is the defining moment, I believe, of this election. How Democrats, the media, and all Americans respond to this will say more about this election than any other issue. I take heart in this portion of Obama's speech:

That is one option. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, "Not this time." This time we want to talk about the crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children and Asian children and Hispanic children and Native American children. This time we want to reject the cynicism that tells us that these kids can't learn; that those kids who don't look like us are somebody else's problem. The children of America are not those kids, they are our kids, and we will not let them fall behind in a 21st century economy. Not this time.

More after the jump.

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How should we respond?

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How should we respond?

Take it to the Republican turf

9 votes

Flood the internet like never before

2 votes

Email the MSM and tell them to expose the lie s

5 votes

All of the above

80 votes

Sex, lies, and racism. Weapons of mass distraction.

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Sunday September 07, 2008 · 11:23 AM PDT

2008/09/07 · 11:23

"I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot."

From The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume IV, "Remarks at the Monogahela House" (February 14, 1861), p. 209.

Even almost 150 years prior, President Lincoln astutely observed that the American people were inclined towards rhetoric than judged commentary. In this historic quagmire of our Presidential election driven by daily Gallups, I've comforted myself by reading history - seeing the results of previous elections good or bad to understand the seemingly incongruent choices we make when reason would seem to make the choice clear. Understanding our history, to me, can partially answer the questions I'm sure many are asking today:

How can McCain/Palin be so close (and ahead in the Gallup today)? What is wrong with America?

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Wrong timing Mr. Olbermann.

Updated! Question for Mr. Keith Olbermann: Why the absurdity?

Ken Burns - "The real maverick turns out to be Barack Obama" Updated

"Not this time." (With Poll)

Sex, lies, and racism. Weapons of mass distraction.