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The Spectacle Blog
As John Tabin reports, Keith Olbermann has been canned. This after being temporarily suspended in November for making political campaign contributions to Democratic congressional candidates.
Olbermann’s suspension in November was bogus. Say what you will about the man, he never hid his politics. He never feigned fairness or balance like so many other Big Media blowhards do.
To the contrary: Olbermann wore his rabid left-wing views on his sleeve. That, after all, is why MSNBC hired him.
It’s not clear what now has precipitated Olbermann’s sudden and surprise resignation. The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz notes that Olbermann’s “combative style put him increasingly at odds with his network bosses.”
Conservatives are bound to have mixed feelings about Olbermann’s departure.
On the one hand, many will be glad to see this pompous, angry windbag leave the airwaves. As National Review’s Rich Lowry tweeted this evening: “Who now will be there to lecture us angrily and hatefully about the need for civility?”
In fact, Olbermann was a left-wing hypocrite. He angrily denounced conservatives for their alleged sins while he himself committed flagrant crimes against fairness and the truth.
But that is precisely why conservatives are going to miss him: Olbermann was a useful and effective foil.
Indeed, he was sort of the media version of Tip O’Neil to our Ronald Reagan-like journalistic face. He was our national scold, our angry leftist father who bitterly denounced our right-wing sins. Who can replace him?
Well, apparently, MSNBC is going to have another angry leftist, Lawrence O’Donnell, take over Olbermann’s 8:00 time slot.
O’Donnell’s show currently airs on MSNBC at 10:00. However, an equally left wing apparatchik, Ed Schultz, reportedly will move his show from 5:00 to 10:00 to fill that void.
So not much has changed really — just a shuffling of the chairs on the decks of the MSNBC Titanic, which gets beaten consistently and badly in the ratings wars by its arch-rival, Fox News.
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Nick| 1.22.11 @ 2:29PM
Mr. Guardiano,
"He never feigned fairness or balance like so many other Big Media blowhards do."
This is not so.
I saw Olbermann-child, interviewed by Brian Lamb, claim that when he had his first show on MSDNC, back during Bubba the pervert's Lewinsky scandal, he would get all kinds of angry letters because he was covering the story. Thus proving that he had no ideological bias.
He didn't mention to Mr. Lamb that he quit that show because he said he got sick of doing the Lewinsky stories day in and day out.
If someone will lie to Brian Lamb, how can they ever be trusted?
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 3:25PM
"He never feigned fairness or balance like so many other Big Media blowhards do."
Hmmm. Like say Fox News? They are the ONLY ones who claim fair and balanced.
"n fact, Olbermann was a left-wing hypocrite. He angrily denounced conservatives for their alleged sins while he himself committed flagrant crimes against fairness and the truth."
Hold on there. You just said he never feigned fairness.
And the truthiness? Give me a break. The right wingers entire platform is a lie. I don't recall Keith lying even once.
BD57| 1.22.11 @ 3:31PM
Wearing a black armband in sympathy with ya, buddy......
As far as not being able to recall Olby lying even once ...... memory loss is a bitch.
Brad| 1.22.11 @ 3:54PM
Yeah, this dude really needs to be checked for early stage Alzheimer's.
"I don't recall Keith lying even once". Good one.
FastJohnny| 1.22.11 @ 6:04PM
"in fact, Olbermann was a left-wing hypocrite."
I think what the author means is that even for his left wing views, Olberman was a hypocrite (e.g. Scolding the rhetoric of the right while saying, and having said, things that made most of the targeted speech look inane).
frank| 1.22.11 @ 11:56PM
"Hmmm. Like say Fox News? They are the ONLY ones who claim fair and balanced."
Fair and balanced means that at least you'll get to hear the other side - Olberwimp would never dare debate a conservative on his show (ALL Fox news opinion hosts have both sides on their shows) because he's wrong and frankly not that smart.
So THAT' why Fox news is Fair (both side get their say) and balanced.
And if you don't know Keef's lies, well it's because you rely on he and John Stewart for your "news" - sportscaster and comedian.
Oldefarte| 1.23.11 @ 10:00AM
BS, go into his neighborhood, church, associations, etc; and observe his hypocracy [which is the LIE concerning most liberals/progressives]. It's always a case of.....NOT IN MY BACKYARD!!!!!!!!
O'Donnell is a nut| 1.23.11 @ 7:02PM
You don't recall Keith lying even once? Christ, you are an idiot. Either that or you are in the late stages of Alzheimers. I will choose the former.
Seriously, how much of a pathetic, fawning sycophant do you have to be to claim, with a straight face, that Olbermann has never lied.
You are a joke.
O'Donnell is a nut| 1.23.11 @ 7:02PM
You don't recall Keith lying even once? Christ, you are an idiot. Either that or you are in the late stages of Alzheimers. I will choose the former.
Seriously, how much of a pathetic, fawning sycophant do you have to be to claim, with a straight face, that Olbermann has never lied.
You are a joke.
Dixie Pixie| 1.22.11 @ 3:27PM
This Conservative does not have mixed feelings about Keith Olbermann departure from MSNBC.
This whole situation is way too funny.
But don't feel bad for Keith.
He has plenty of job prospects available to him.
Here is a quick list:
1....Color Commentator on the new Pee Wee Football League.
2...."This Week with Keith Olbermann" now transmitting at a blazing 4 watts, channel 10 on the CB band.
3....Lead celebrity on the all male version of "The View".
4....Guest "Flack Catcher" at the White House.
5....Host of the new afternoon kiddie horror film show as "Ax Slasher Keith".
6....Tag team talk show host with Howard Stern, as the "Wing-Nut Of All Media".
7....Larry King's replacement as the "Crypt-Keeper".
8....Writer of his latest book "My Life as a Video Rodeo Clown".
9....Editor of the New York Times.
10.... Jeffery Immelt's newest butler.
Feel free to add to this list for your pleasure.
I await your reply.
Dai Alanye | 1.22.11 @ 3:56PM
Nice... thanks.
frank| 1.22.11 @ 11:59PM
Frankly, I don't think any of those except perhaps #9 would work for the Keester - he'd actually have to talk to those with other opinions and who weren't carefully selected suckups.
At the Red Rag he wouldn't have to worry about running into any conservatives at all.
Oldefarte| 1.23.11 @ 10:02AM
Dixie, IMO you are simply being way too KIND to him with your suggestions!!!!!
uber_infidel| 1.24.11 @ 4:40PM
chrissy mathspews will hire kweef as his fluffer between tingles !
Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 1.22.11 @ 3:38PM
Hopefully, Comcast will change the atmosphere at MSLSD. How novel it would be to have unbiased news programs other than FOX again. I don't know much about Comcast politically speaking, but I would hope they would look to create an unbiased approach to reporting the news because the previous owner certainly wasn't attracting viewers other than the deranged on the far left with their ridiculously slanted programming & opinionated pundits like K.O. FOX also needs some real competition. I don't watch FOX much anymore because I feel their product is not what it once was due to lack of competition. Sheppard Smith's coverage of the shooting of Rep. Giffords in Arizona a few weeks ago was pathetic & I had to turn him off. Basically, FOX has gotten dull & needs to be livened up with some real competition. Will Comcast clean house at MSLSD & try to compete with FOX? Time will tell I guess. If they continue with catering to the deranged far left they won't attract any new viewers to be sure. News programs are not supposed to be echo chambers of opinions of those reporting the "news". It's time Comcast take the LSD out of MSLSD. The station is currently a Zappa-esque parody of what news programming should be.
Oldefarte| 1.23.11 @ 10:10AM
Kenneth, I agree with your thoughts, but remember that MSNBC was/is/will be an extremist out of the network closet for the likes of NBC, CBS, ABC, etc. They will never attempt to be middle of the road, unbiased, etc. The definition of journalism is liberalism/progressiveism. True FOX has many faults which you rightfully highlighted, but before their existance, the airwaves was historically dominated by the liberalized left. Probably, the most extensive news coverage on TV would/has come from CNN, but they too become sidetracked occassionally by booring content. If/until there is an viable alternative to FOX, it is simply the ONLY GAME IN TOWN, televisionly speaking!!!!!!
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 3:38PM
BD57
Please, save your sympathy. I could not care less that Keith lost his job.
One. I never watched him.
Two, he made more money in one year than most make in 30. I'm pretty sure he'll be able to manage.
And why don't you jog my memory and quote one of his lies? Jackass.
frank| 1.23.11 @ 12:23AM
The Keester: "I'm not politically biased."
Geez, just go over to "http://www.olbermannwatch.com" - they attempt to catalog his various lies, mis-quotes, and straw-man creations almost daily. They are truly heroic keeping up with this idiot.
And so apparently, are you.
BD57| 1.23.11 @ 4:29PM
1) "Never watched him" .... that would explain your lack of familiarity with his work.
2) Olby making money ..... funny how that works, isn't it? When other people make money, the Olbys of the world tell us how greedy, etc. they are ...
3) Name-calling .... the insults start when intellect is exhausted. Yours tires easily.
Occam's Tool| 1.24.11 @ 12:41PM
Who was this Olbermann? Was he not a firehydrant that did not work, thus good for only one purpose?
O'Donnell is a nut| 1.23.11 @ 7:03PM
There are entire sites that have catalog his myriad lies, idiot.
around the track| 1.22.11 @ 3:39PM
I had personal contact with him very quickly as we were walking out of Fenway Park. I told him that we conservatives really aren't too bad and recited the line from "Merchant of Venice: if you prick us do we not bleed,............." He smiled and said that, if it would comfort me, he and Tony Snow were good friends. How bad could the guy be?
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 3:40PM
Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.
"How novel it would be to have unbiased news programs other than FOX again."
You are a moron.
Patriot| 1.22.11 @ 11:42PM
Typical Liberal: All smear, no substance.
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 3:42PM
Dixie Pixie,
"He has plenty of job prospects available to him."
You are a fool. He has enough money for his grand children's children.
Dai Alanye | 1.22.11 @ 4:06PM
jharp proves this site is "fair and balanced" too. His ignorance, bias and bitterness balance the regular commenters.
Dixie Pixie| 1.22.11 @ 7:28PM
OK...JHarp....I will play along purely for the amusement value.
If the Great Foe of Fox News and Bill O'Reilly is really as good as you believe him to be, I have a challenge for you.
What are the top ten Keith Olbermann funny quotes at the Conservatives expense.
Remember Drama is easy, it is Comedy that is hard.
So have at Drama Queen. Lets see what you have got.
PS....Dai Alanye, Thank you for your kind comments.
I do love the feedback both good and bad.
Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 1.22.11 @ 3:55PM
jharp, grow up, leave mom's basement & go out into the real world & experience life. There is much more to life than sitting at a computer posting anonymous insults to people you don't know & will probably never meet. Real brave of you. Also there is more to life than money. All the money in the world won't help anyone when this life ends. GOD cannot be bought off. Get to know Him before it's too late.
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 4:02PM
Brad| 1.22.11 @ 3:54PM
Yeah, this dude really needs to be checked for early stage Alzheimer's.
"I don't recall Keith lying even once". Good one.
I offer you the same challenge.
Name one. Jackass.
solidground| 1.22.11 @ 4:08PM
In addition to childish name calling, I bet you do a lot nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-ing, too.
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 4:14PM
Hmmm. Still searching the google for one of his lies?
C'mon now. Don't let me down. You can come up with one can't you?
LiveFreeOrDie| 1.22.11 @ 4:53PM
I'll play. Your position is that Keith O. has never told a lie is that correct?
P.S. Learn to use the "Reply to this" function if you'd like to respond to a particular comment.
Nick| 1.22.11 @ 4:36PM
Here is one of my favorite examples of Olbermann-child's long, long list of lies. Mostly because it was exposed, in real-time, almost immediately after he spewed it.
It was not long after the pompous windbag had returned to MSDNC, back in 2003?, I think. He was on earlier then, but I don't remember at what time.
Mann-child did a whole segment on some guy who made steam engine automobiles at the turn of the century. He prattled on and on about how these cars were better than those powered by the internal combustion engine.
He then laid out an elaborate conspiracy theory, as lefty kooks are always prone to do, about how the steam powered auto industry was destroyed by a collusion between Henry Ford, Rockefeller, and the rest of.....BIG OIL! Dum....Dum...Duuuuuum
Thus, depriving all of us of these early green machines.
He never explained that in order to create steam, you must burn something!
A few segments later, KO announced that a special guest had just called in, unexpectedly. It was Jay Leno. KO was practically preening, thinking Leno was going to praise his story.
Instead, Leno explained that Mann-child's report was completely wrong! The reason the steam powered car failed was because they were death traps. Boilers exploded, severly burning their owners, and sometimes killing them. They could catch fire just trying to start them. The free market, we actually had one back then, picked the internal combustion engine.
The look on KO's face was priceless. I wish someone with access to old Countdown shows would find that clip, and post it on youtube. It was great!
(Sorry about the length of this post.)
bobmontgomery| 1.22.11 @ 5:25PM
Speaking of looks on KO's face, I once watched the late Elizabeth Edwards (GRHS) be interviewed by KO in the keyday of the Kerry-Edwards thing and she played him like a violin. She resurrected the memory of her son who had been killed in an accident years earlier and assured Keith that her son had greatly, greatly admired Keith and his work. When she was done, Olbermann was literally in tears.. Oh, the drama of it all.
Nick| 1.22.11 @ 5:44PM
Mr. Montgomery,
Olbermann-child was probably crying because he finally realized that no women would ever agree to have a child with him!
Truth to Power| 1.22.11 @ 8:45PM
I believe jharp would have his child right now.
Nick| 1.22.11 @ 11:38PM
Truth,
I believe jackass-harp is the love child of Olby and Al Frankenstein.
Patriot| 1.22.11 @ 11:43PM
The thought makes me sick.
frank| 1.23.11 @ 12:11AM
The Keester is not interesting in having a child with a woman because frankly he's not interested in performing the act required to have a child with a woman.
Keester's a "confirmed bachelor", don't you know.
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 4:44PM
"He prattled on and on about how these cars were better than those powered by the internal combustion engine."
That is a matter of opinion, jackass.
Are you people really so ignorant as to not know the difference?
God you people are stupid.
C'mon now. Name a lie.
Nick| 1.22.11 @ 4:58PM
I've named two, jackass-harp.
Did you miss the part about Olbermann-child claiming that there was a big conspiracy? Or, is that too big of a word for your tiny mental capacities?
LiveFreeOrDie| 1.22.11 @ 5:09PM
Matter of opinion? Are you joking or really this dense? It's NOT a matter of opinion it's a matter of fact.
Is a modern day light bulb "better" than a kerosene lamp? I'm sure you could find someone somewhere who would prefer the lamp but that doesn't change the fact the light bulb is better.
Your problem is with logic and common sense. You are likely an atheist. It's obvious you haven't had any post high school education. You have been very disrespectful and ignorant while making those same accusations about everyone else. This is typical behavior from the left. You ought to spend some time growing up. Come back in ten years and try again, junior.
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 5:20PM
"Did you miss the part about Olbermann-child claiming that there was a big conspiracy?"
Of course there was a conspiracy you idiot. It's what businesses do. It's how they make money.
God you people are stupid.
Nick| 1.22.11 @ 5:38PM
The liberal mind at work, folks!
Hey, RCV, aren't you glad jackass-harp is on your side? Not!
Bkackwatch| 1.23.11 @ 1:45PM
boy I have been a fool...........
Instead of providing a great product and great customer service for 10 years, competing with both good competitor and lousy competitors for sales... to MAKE MONEY...I could have formed a CONSPIRACY TO MAKE MONEY!?!
damn! maybe next time....Jharp, how old are you? Just curious, and don't lie.
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 5:22PM
Live FrwwOrDie,
"It's NOT a matter of opinion it's a matter of fact."
You are a stupid stupid man. At the turn of the century many thought the steam was a better engine.
God you people are stupid.
Nick| 1.22.11 @ 11:43PM
"At the turn of the century many thought the steam [sic] was a better engine."
Yes, and they were morons like yourself.
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 5:24PM
"P.S. Learn to use the "Reply to this" function if you'd like to respond to a particular comment."
On my system the "Reply to this" function does not function.
Nick| 1.22.11 @ 11:44PM
"On my system the 'Reply to this' function does not function."
Is that because your system was built by Thomas Edison?
frank| 1.23.11 @ 12:13AM
You be nice to our resident Libtard! That STEAM Reply button is far better than those new-fangled "programmed" Reply buttons!
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 5:30PM
"Is a modern day light bulb "better" than a kerosene lamp?"
God you are an idiot.
At the turn of the century, 1700 to 1800, there is no doubt that the kerosene lamp was superior.
Are you people really this stupid?
Dixie Pixie| 1.22.11 @ 8:31PM
The kerosene lamp was superior????
JHarp...The public could not get rid of them fast enough when there was any alternative.
The reason is simple.
Drop a electric lamp and you may break one bulb.
Drop a kerosene lamp and you will have a major oil fire.
Legend has it that Mrs. O'Leary's cow knocked over a kerosene lamp and burned down most of Chicago.
So if you don't believe me, call your home insurance agent and ask him to quote a rate for going all "Green" by replacing your electric lights with soy bean oil in lamps.
You will see your fire insurance rate go through the roof.
Oil lamps are definitely inferior to electric lamps and never did the whales any good.
Bkackwatch| 1.23.11 @ 1:49PM
don't forget that Edison wiped out the gas lamps industry. yes Jharp the successor to the kerosene lamp was a piped gas lamp in your home.
Jharp asking Grandpa a question "Was it kinda fun watching your TV by gas lamp? How did you locate the kerosene powered remote control? "
O'Donnell is a nut| 1.23.11 @ 7:05PM
I googled "Olbermann lies" and it took all of about .005 seconds to get a list about a mile long.
Here is one of them
http://michellemalkin.com/2010.....mann-lies/
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 5:35PM
Still waiting on you fools to cite an example of Keith's lying.
Hilarious. You've had 2 hours! And nothing.
beebop| 1.23.11 @ 8:59AM
Keith? Is that you?
Bob K.| 1.23.11 @ 10:06AM
Anyone who would sit around for 2 hours waiting for a response to his comments is an even bigger idiot!
Oldefarte| 1.23.11 @ 10:20AM
EVERYTHING he crapped forth from his anal cavity between his ears was HYPOCRACY [but of course, that applies to all liberals/progressives]. Want an answer, MORON, then here's one for you...........ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!!!!!!
Mark J| 1.23.11 @ 10:37AM
Jason Harp of California, is that you?
alice moore| 1.22.11 @ 5:47PM
What I never understood is how MSNBC could legally dictate how an employee spends their salary. I was not shedding any tears; mind you.
I have worked in many types of companies. I've gone through background, credit, and drug tests. Never once, has there been a policy specifying how I can spend my net pay.
Nick| 1.22.11 @ 6:20PM
Mrs./Miss Moore,
MSDNC could do it because there was a contract, voluntarily agreed to by both sides, that said they could.
When you agree to work for someone else, and exchange your time and labor for their money, you have entered into a master/slave relationship. This is the origin of the employer/employee relationship. Of course, today the employee is free to leave, if he wants to.
The origin of being "fired" came from the practice of someone having their contract fired, i.e. set on fire, to terminate their obligations.
There is no right to a job. You either work for yourself, as a Freeman, or you choose a master.
alice moore| 1.23.11 @ 9:35PM
Please folks, I'm not defending KO. You mentioned a contract. He must have not had a very bright legal team.
So MSNBC is headquartered in a right to work state? Very ironic.
BTW, I am for Right to Work on balance. Those states do have greater employment and entrepreneurial opportunities.
I loved jharp's comment. Everyone is an idiot in his or her eyes. He/she seems to be stuck on the subject of whale oil lamps.
The posting of multiple advertising spams might be a new Soros tactic.
beebop| 1.23.11 @ 9:01AM
In a right to work state, you can be discharged for any reason. Even the color of your tie. Or for no stated reason of any sort. Work for a liberal not for profit and you hear things like "advancing an opinion 'not in keeping with' the purpose of the organization." What the hell does that purport to mean?
alice moore| 1.23.11 @ 9:54PM
I am surprised that an organization would put that in their contract. Most of the businesses I have worked for have only cared for useless things like showing up for work on time, being productive, not calling in sick with a hangnail....
Keith Olbermann's situation just highlights that you can sign away every Constitutional right in a variety of contracts.
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 6:01PM
alice moore| 1.22.11 @ 5:47PM
"What I never understood is how MSNBC could legally dictate how an employee spends their salary."
That is because you are stupid. He can spend his money however his wishes.
But if he wants to work for MSNBC he has to follow their rules. It's called the free market. They can hire or fire whomever they'd like.
God you people are stupid.
KO| 1.22.11 @ 6:46PM
I Keith O am really jharp, and have nothing to do now so i will pester everybody, God am i stupid
Oldefarte| 1.23.11 @ 10:25AM
TRUTH, he can, and they did. Now, all we have to be reguritated by are from the imbicilic utterances of Maddow, Matthews, Reed, O'Donnell, etc!!!!!!
O'Donnell is a nut| 1.23.11 @ 7:10PM
Hey genius, why don't you go visit www.olbermannwatch.com. They catalog most of Keith's numerous lies. A for instance would be his lies about Bill O'Reilly and O'Reilly's statements concerning Julian Assange.
For Christ sake, Olbermann has numerous sites devoted to him that list every lie the man has ever told on the air. To claim he has never lied is so freakin laughable it makes one wonder how someone could be stupid enough to make such a claim. You REALLY shouldn't be insulting the intelligence of others, moron.
alice moore| 1.23.11 @ 9:39PM
I only felt sorry for him as one human being to another. As I posted earlier, he must not have had an astute legal team.
W| 1.24.11 @ 2:22PM
Don't blame the lawyers. Keith thinks he is smart, and probably did not follow his lawyers' advice.
e cowan| 1.22.11 @ 7:44PM
Don't I remember Olbermann as a sports person on one of the LA TV stations back in the 70's or 80's?
When did he turn into a political guru - revered by the lefties?
bobmontgomery| 1.22.11 @ 8:00PM
Roughly the same time that Al Gore turned into an environmental guru, and Tom Friedman turned into a public policy guru, and Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were turning into racialist gurus and Joe Biden was turning into a gaffematic guru, all roughly in the same time period that Jimmy Carter turned into an economics guru. They all became legends...............
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 8:52PM
jharp| 1.22.11 @ 5:30PM
"Is a modern day light bulb "better" than a kerosene lamp?"
God you are an idiot.
At the turn of the century, 1700 to 1800, there is no doubt that the kerosene lamp was superior.
Are you people really this stupid?
Reply to this
Dixie Pixie| 1.22.11 @ 8:31PM
The kerosene lamp was superior????
Dixie, you truly are a moron.
At the turn of the century, circa December 31,1799 the light bulbs you speck of produced no light. Zero, nada, none, zilch.
The oil lamps were far superior.
God you people are stupid.
Oldefarte| 1.23.11 @ 10:26AM
Who give an EXCREMENT! You're a MORON for even initiating the subject!!!!!
Dixie Pixie| 1.22.11 @ 9:54PM
JHarp....You are really are a bundle of laughs.
I have never seen a more perfect parody of liberal logic.
You have no concept of side to side comparisons.
You blatantly misuse temporal comparisons.
You certainly have no concept of the uses of competition for sorting out the better methodology.
For example, historically the two main generators of light were candles and oil lamps.
Candles were preferred due to the greater fire hazard of oil lamps as well as the greater smoke and smell of oil lamps.
When all three were in competition, the sales volume of the three light sources indicates the superiority of each light source.
The totals are:::
Electric 99%
Candles 01%
Oil Lamps [endangered to extinct]
Clearly electric lamps are superior to all other light sources.
Just for laughs, in what category or usage do you think oil lamps are superior.
They certainly resulted in the near extermination of the whales.
Or don't you like whales?
PS....I you are having trouble using the {Reply Too} function, try adjusting the Windows Explorer security setting.
It is [Tools] to [Internet Options] to [Security]
You probably have a security function set too high.
PS2....Your Psychic Skills are less than useful.
You must have been channeling the neighborhood squirrels.
Nick| 1.22.11 @ 11:35PM
Dixie Pixie,
Oil lamps are not extinct, yet.
I grew up with two, and still use them.....during power failures.
They were especially handy during the blackout of '03. I don't use whale oil, though. I like whales, unlike jackass-harp!
MikeN| 1.23.11 @ 12:35AM
Lawrence ODonnell is a good replacement. He shouted at John ONeill that he was a liar, to the point where Pat Buchanan had to apologize for it
Oldefarte| 1.23.11 @ 10:28AM
He's a dispicable PIG, just like the rest of the MSNBC radicals that are allowed to spew forth their hypocracy on the airwaves!!!!!!
Dixie Pixie| 1.23.11 @ 1:14AM
Greetings Nick
It is good to hear from again.
My Great Aunts owned a country store that was first started in my extended family in 1822.
As a result they had a whole wall full of oil lamps of all shapes and sizes.
They and the store are gone now but I did keep two very nice blown glass models for sentimental value.
So I do know a little something about oil lamps.
The only people I know who consistently use oil lamps are the Amish who do so for religious reasons.
Otherwise my logic is sound and JHarp was illogical in his reasoning.
That may be the result of Psychic channeling the neighborhood squirrels.
We may never know unless he answers back.
Stay in touch Nick.
Nick| 1.23.11 @ 2:11PM
Dixie Pixie,
I hope my comment didn't come across as criticism of your logic. I was just using your post to slam jackass-harp, who you have clearly exposed as a hater of whales!
Aren't oil lamps much cleaner and easier than candles?
Dixie Pixie| 1.23.11 @ 4:05PM
Greetings Nick
No apologies are necessary.
As for the need to humble a known hater of whales, I do sympathize.
See my post to Bob below.
As to the question which smokes more, candles or oil lamps, as a general rule oil lamps do.
Kerosene is a lighter hydrocarbon than paraffin or beeswax, so the smell and smoke is more noticeable.
However I do remember my Great Aunts selling a triple refined kerosene that barely smelled like kerosene and never smoked.
These days what is mostly sold is 1st cut highly filtered kerosene.
The only good oils I have seen lately is the scented oils.
The bottom line is the choice between candles and oil lamps is a subjective one.
To each his own.
Electric Lights are still clearly superior.
Nobody sells a candle or kerosene lit 52 inch LCD big-screen TV.
Oldefarte| 1.23.11 @ 9:56AM
Olbermann was an obviously radicalized liberal hack who was also......STUPID [the image of a Jewish boy with a bennie atop his head following his mommie to baseball games immediately comes to mind]. Will he be missed as a foil for conservatives......HADES, NO. IMO, the whole MSNBC should be cancelled, since it is a COMING OUT OF THE NETWORK CLOSET of sorts for their parent, NBC. What Brokaw, Curic, etc couldn't/wouldn/t say publically; was transferred to morons like Olbermann, Reed, Maddow, Matthews, O'Donnell, etc to spew forth from their hypocritical pie-holes. The network is [in a word]..........DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!
Occam's Tool| 1.24.11 @ 6:13PM
Olbermann---is a German Unitarian, Oldefarte. We don't wear Beanies, we wear Kippahs---reminds us that G-d is above us.
Olbermann is a bit of an antisemite, as well.
Bob K.| 1.23.11 @ 10:02AM
70 comments on this inevitable firing!
(Including the ads for Tennis Rackets, shoes, golf clubs et al.)
Wow!
He probably was fired for gross insubordination. It would be in character.
Dixie Pixie| 1.23.11 @ 2:58PM
Greetings Bob
The responses have reached above 86 comments.
Not a record but a lively exchange of viewpoints nevertheless.
TAS has done the World a unexpected and possibly unappreciated service.
It has recently been deduced that there may be a Secret Cabal of Psychic Squirrels using muddled-headed liberals to to their bidding.
"JHarp" writings have reveled he is under control of Squirrels by psychic means.
A further examination of "JHarp" writings have reveled a Secret Plot by the Psychic Squirrels to exterminate the whales.
Their willing tool, "JHarp" has been trying to push the concept that oil lamps are superior to electric lamps thus paving the way for elimination of electricity.
Obama definitely under control of Psychic Squirrels, is well on his way in shutting down oil production.
If he succeeds in that and in shutting down coal production he will be well on his way to repealing the Industrial Revolution and electricity.
Then the only means of illumination will be oil lamps.
With no oil production or refining the only source of oil will be Whale Oil.
Thus the Secret Plot by the Psychic Squirrels to exterminate the whales is revealed by "JHarp".
Was this conspiracy theory written purely to amuse and entertain.
Of course.
But within any conspiracy theory there lies a grain of truth.
Let "JHarp" explain himself.
Besides he still owes the TAS Readership 10 funny Olbermann quotes.
Oldefarte| 1.23.11 @ 10:30AM
The entire MSNBC network should be fired for gross incompetence!!!!!!!
e cowan| 1.23.11 @ 1:40PM
I guess nobody is monitoring the MESSAGES for spammers. Too bad - so much wasted bandwidth and cyberspace.......
polistra | 1.23.11 @ 4:42PM
Yall are badly underestimating KO's wealth. He doesn't have to run a 10-watt CB station or be anyone's butler. After the two-year noncompete period, he'll have enough money to buy and endow a real TV station, or a small college, or a foundation, to guarantee himself an unarguable platform forever.
Fortunately he won't have the sense to do any of these things, since he appears to be more into raw celebrity adulation than actual politics.
O'Donnell is a nut| 1.23.11 @ 7:12PM
Enough money to buy a real TV station? Give me a break. At his peak he was only making $7 million a year at MSNBC, not $70 million. Sorry, but he couldn't even afford to purchase the WB or UPN.
O'Donnell is a nut| 1.23.11 @ 7:11PM
Can someone please do something about the dozens of spam emails on this thread?
Davy| 1.24.11 @ 12:31PM
Who is Keith Olbermann? I've never heard of him.
Oldefarte| 1.24.11 @ 1:14PM
John, no offense, but ALL LIBERALS/PROGRESSIVES ARE HYPOCRITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
carol| 1.24.11 @ 2:36PM
anyone hear of Comcast?????
think they want to make money????????????????