Keith Olbermann To RETURN Tuesday, Phil Griffin Announces

Updated: 11- 8-10 08:22 PM
Olbermann Apologizes, to Viewers Strikes back at MSNBC


Dang, the petition didn't go over 300,000
(Update, now it is 313,852 at 9:21 AM Mon Nov 8)

http://sav­eolbermann­.com/?sour­ce=gwa-sho­rt&gclid=C­JjiueuXkKU­CFRRqgwodK­BbWNw
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Bernie Saunders had this gem for us:

"If there is a silver lining in the action of MSNBC against Keith Olbermann, it is that people will now pay more attention to the political role of corporate media in America. ..."

The Infidel

Streaming now on Netflx. I laughed.

Still reading

Republican Gomorrah by Max Blumenthal.

I was right, reading this is no fun. I know crazy, believe me, and crazy is easier to deal with than crazy and stupid.

The Economist on the election

Lexington
And now on to the White House
But the Republicans may have to fight a civil war on the way
Nov 4th 2010

"......"But after the wine of victory has been drunk and the party begins to sober up, the job will come to look trickier again. That is because although the voters spoke this week, nobody can be sure what they intended to say.

For example: were they voting for the Republicans, or against the Democrats? Were they repudiating the whole Obama agenda or just registering a protest against hard times? Are voters more enthusiastic about the tea-party insurgents who set the grass-roots on fire, or the safer hands of the establishment types who wrote the cautious, bet-hedging Pledge to America, the nearest thing the Republicans offered to a manifesto?..."

On cable news and cable not-news

Keith Olbermann SUSPENDED From MSNBC Indefinitely Without Pay

Updated: 11- 8-10 08:22 PM
Olbermann Apologizes, to Viewers Strikes back at MSNBC

Update. Ok I read the updated ThinkProgress and then Josh, refers to the NYT . And then I watched Rachel and posted her explanation of what went wrong.

Ok. Hopefully Olbermannn knew the rules about getting permission from his employers to give political contributions. I still think it's bullshit and I still think if Comcast buys NBC Universal, the parent company of MSNBC that Olbermann and possibly Rachel will get shitcanned because money doesn't want you to hear opposing views. Money wants you to kiss their asses and buy their shit. Holy fuckwads from hell, isn't it enough that the Roberts Supreme court gives big wet sloppy kisses to Big Bidness? And we get no lube. The ISP I use already strangles the bandwith and tiers usage payments and if they get their way with the Supremes we won't be able to sue in class actions. So NO, I aint changin' shit in the rest of this post.


"While NBC News policy does not prohibit employees from donating to political candidates, it requires them to obtain prior approval from NBC News executives before doing so."

Ah ha, so this is a Pi$$ing contest?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

The Nation Aug 31, 2010
Who owns the media?

U.S. Court Curbs F.C.C. Authority on Web Traffic
By EDWARD WYATT

Published: April 6, 2010

The court ruling, which came afterComcast asserted that it had the right to slow its cable customers’ access to a file-sharing service called BitTorrent, could prompt efforts in Congress to change the law in order to give the F.C.C. explicit authority to regulate Internet service.
That could prove difficult politically, however, since some conservative Republicans philosophically oppose giving the agency more power, on the grounds that Internet providers should be able to decide what services they offer and at what price..."

Crooks and Liars Nov 5 2010
What role did Comcast play in Keith Olbermann's suspension?

Petition MSNBC to bring Olbermann back

It's the political system, stupid

FRIDAY, NOV 5, 2010 07:01 ET

BY DAVID SIROTA

"...Thus, as I showed in my 2008 follow-up book, "The Uprising," we are now reflexively drawn to whichever minority party candidates promise the swiftest backlash. Whether the challengers happen to be anti-Bush Democrats or anti-Obama Republicans, America is drawn to these faux rebels even though we implicitly know they will almost certainly become part of the problem once elected.

It's kabuki theater ad absurdum -- and it explains a lot..."

Thank You, Dick Cheney, For Giving Me the Proper Words

by: David Sirota Thu Nov 04, 2010 at 15:00

"...Like many of you reading these pixels, I've found myself in the last year burnt out on American politics, mostly...."


I love David Sirota.

Dear Red State America

You shore did show us Democrats sumthin' dint yew?

Yeah, that you are rage and fear driven, and that vicious teevee ads work on your retarded asses.

That Citizens United (the Supreme Court decision, you dimwits) will continue to make the wealthy even wealthier and the middle class will become so minuscule as to never be a thorn in the side of the the wealthy again. Congrats on that. The Chamber of Commerce's money was well spent.

That pot is bad and should remain illegal, but alcohol is ok. And those taxes you don't want to pay will keep the prisons open that drug dealers who killed 28,000 people in 4 years locked up, right?

That zero job growth and making the rich even richer works for you.

That winning the house isn't enough for you, you have to act like flaming assholes even if you lose to a long time safe Dem seat.

That the Republican mantra of "I got mine, so fuck you" works.

That beating a dead horse is not beyond you hateful assholes.

That you are incredibly stupid in believing that the Tea Parties are independent and are not paid for by big energy and big industrial polluters .

TPMDC
The Crazy Class Of 2010: Meet The New GOP Stars
Eric Kleefeld | November 4, 2010, 8:38A

I turned on NPR this morning and the move to the right has already started, gotta make sure the new congress doesn't take them out, right?

Fuck me, they were interviewing some Tea Party bitch from Texas.

And one more think Red State America?

Good luck getting anything done since all you did was carry water for the rich. It's gonna be gridlock.

But you are a wet dream for big energy.
again. map (map)

Pfffft. Dems didn't vote

No wonder I checked out months ago. I must have seen this coming. Nobody bothered to vote in the primaries. Except rethugs, who reliably vote because they do what they are told. So what made me think that Dems would vote now, or that Independents would vote Dem?

Dems didn't vote, they got over half the ballots counted at midnight here. (There are 452,971 registered Dems in SD county and 287,844 is 62% of the counted votes? ) I'm betting that craploads of the 287,844 "Independent" voters went Rethug this time. It does not take much in a county owned lock, stock and barrel by the military-industrial-complex. There are 200,000 40,000 less registered voters than there were in '08. (mybad)

(local results as of midnight)
GOVERNOR

Precincts: 2050
Counted: 1285
Percentage: 62.7%

Vote for: 1
MEG WHITMAN - REP 243063 52.14%
EDMUND G. BROWN - DEM 197072 42.27%
CHELENE NIGHTINGALE - AIP 8665 1.86%
DALE F. OGDEN - LIB 7701 1.65%
LAURA WELLS - GRN 5714 1.23%
CARLOS ALVAREZ - P-F 3960 0.85%

I wonder how many assholes screaming about taxes will lose their homes in fires because fire department funds will be cut?

REGION: Despite storms, La Nina suggests drier days ahead

OCTOBER WETTER THAN AVERAGE, BUT WINTER DROUGHT IS LIKELY


PROP D-CITY OF SAN DIEGO Temp. One-Half Cent Sales Tax

Precincts: 805
Counted: 605
Percentage: 75.2%

Vote for: 1
NO 132787 62.79%
YES 78682 37.21%

local results

CA votes reliably Dem, but a red state nightmare in the House

Natl' results
election results

So it looks like the Rethugs took the house. Nifty. Can't wait to watch the circus. Wonder how much more damage they will do? If anybody in this country thinks it's going back to some mythical dream idyll like they remember it was in the 50s they are batshit crazy. The 50's were fucked for a lot of people, but the union workers got paid enough to buy homes and raise families. Everybody in the world owed us something and Latin America suffered for our gains. And this country is NEVER going to be like it was in the 1950's.

Seriously? We gotta deal with this drunken idiot for at least the next 2 years? Jesus, you really don't have to have anything but an ability to be a fucking corporate puppet in order to be elected in the Republican party.

Voters can't see through all the corporate spending? Looks like

State ballot measures did what I expected them to: Nyah, we don't want any real solutions we just don't want to pay taxes. At least the 2/3 vote requirement will change. Fucking rethugs have been holding up State budgets for years.

And now the rich get their way- gridlock.
Angry voters choose government gridlock, investigations and shutdown.

I voted. Did you?

Yeah, I know that this country is one sorry excuse for a democracy, but I vote anyway. I just wish we could set up a hunting season on lobbyists, especially ones that lobby for deregulation bills in the service of major polluters and worker's rights quashers.

I'll be watching the returns with my political junkie friend. Can't wait :)

Peddling politics in America

. Midterm contributions soar to record levels in 2010, a sign that the US campaign finance system is tainted as ever
Danny Schechter Last Modified: 01 Nov 2010 18:18 GMT

"...Selling influence

Many are up in arms about the latest wave of "secret money," some perhaps from overseas, including charges in one race in Washington state that Saudi nationals are involved.

Climate Action Network Europe released a new report revealing the effects of Big Business trying to weaken US environmental laws: "Big European emitters … supported climate change deniers in the US Senate in 2010 for $107,200 … This amount is higher than the same type of spending of the most notorious US climate denier and Tea Party funder: Koch Industries ($217,000)."

Overlooked in all the hoopla is the fact that American politics has itself become a business with a vast network of professional fundraising companies, consultants, advisors and ad agencies profiting from the services they provide.

The politicians don't just hire others. They spent much of their own time "dialing for dollars," as one congressman I know well told me..."

I love Danny Schechter