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Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« on: January 25, 2011, 11:04:08 AM »
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The Olbermann Era 

By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

Tuesday 25 January 2011

A quick confession that might not sit well with many Truthout readers: I was, on a personal level, quite ambivalent about the loss of Keith Olbermann's show, "Countdown," when he announced his exit last week. If "Meh" can sum up an emotion, then that's how I felt when I heard the deal went down.

blah blah blah

Mr. Bush and his colleagues have led us before to such waters.

We will not drink again.

blah blah.

ask it of Mr. Bush:

"Have you no sense of decency, sir?"

blah blah blah.  And now for the pompous finale: 

The second reason is simple: Keith Olbermann is not dead. He was not beamed to Neptune, never to be seen or heard from again.

Write it down, carve it in stone, make a note, and bet the farm:
Olbermann will be back.

Somewhere, somehow, some day, in one form or another, Mr. Olbermann will be with us again. We will hear or read his own words on the matter of his departure, and then we will hear him again, and again, and again. Giants do not fall easily, and this particular era of political commentary is not over by a long chalk. Edward R. Murrow had his own troubles with management in the darkness of the McCarthy days, and it did not keep him down or silent one iota. So shall it be with Mr. Olbermann in these dark days of corporate hegemony.

Same as it ever was.

Giants do not fall easily. Count on it.

In the meantime, good night, and good luck.

http://www.truth-out.org/the-olbermann-era67123
 

He's such a douchebag.
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2011, 11:16:54 AM »
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Write it down, carve it in stone, make a note, and bet the farm:
Olbermann will be back.

How are those predictions of Rove being indicted in 24 business hours, Martha Coakley beating Scott Brown in the MA Senate race to replace Teddy Kennedy, the Democrats holding the house last November.....

Your track record ain't so impressive, you bloviating drunk. :loser:
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2011, 11:44:46 AM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on January 25, 2011, 11:16:54 AM
How are those predictions of Rove being indicted in 24 business hours, Martha Coakley beating Scott Brown in the MA Senate race to replace Teddy Kennedy, the Democrats holding the house last November.....

Your track record ain't so impressive, you bloviating drunk. :loser:

He's got a hat trick--heading for ace!
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2011, 11:48:49 AM »
Quote from: Karin on January 25, 2011, 11:04:08 AM
He's such a douchebag.

It's only in it's eleventh year, and you're trying for "Understatement of the Century" already?

 :hammer:

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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2011, 11:54:04 AM »
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The Olbermann Era
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
Tuesday 25 January 2011
A quick confession that might not sit well with many Truthout readers: I was, on a personal level, quite ambivalent about the loss of Keith Olbermann's show, "Countdown," when he announced his exit last week. If "Meh" can sum up an emotion, then that's how I felt when I heard the deal went down. blah blah blah
Mr. Bush and his colleagues have led us before to such waters. We will not drink again. blah blah.
ask it of Mr. Bush: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" blah blah blah.  And now for the pompous finale:
The second reason is simple: Keith Olbermann is not dead. He was not beamed to Neptune, never to be seen or heard from again.
Hold on pittstain,....take another hit off your bong. :stoner:
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2011, 12:03:52 PM »
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Write it down, carve it in stone, make a note, and bet the farm:
Olbermann will be back.

Yeah, in 24 business hours.
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2011, 12:09:55 PM »
Did he really just refer to Olbermann as a "giant"?


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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2011, 12:10:49 PM »
Quote from: dandi on January 25, 2011, 12:09:55 PM
Did he really just refer to Olbermann as a "giant"?
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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He did. I was thinking giant  :loser:.
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2011, 12:13:21 PM »
He tried to say the other day that KO's firing didin't mean anything to him - I think Keith was one of Pitt's idols and he tried to be as much like KO as he could.

Write it down, carve it in stone, make a note, and bet the farm is the new "bank on it".
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2011, 12:18:11 PM »
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Giants do not fall easily, and this particular era of political commentary is not over by a long chalk.

Why am I not surprised that the bloviating drunk is using a British pub term.  Makes him seem so elite & well read, ya' know. :whatever:

I think it just makes him sound like a failed writer who hangs out in bars 12 hours a day.
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2011, 12:20:32 PM »
Yes, very pretentious.  What got me about the last paragraph was how biblical it was, like a sermon at Easter.  "He shall rise again.  So shall it be...."   Arms outstretched, face to the sky. 
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2011, 12:41:59 PM »
Oh God...  ::)
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2011, 01:04:55 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on January 25, 2011, 12:18:11 PM
Why am I not surprised that the bloviating drunk is using a British pub term.  Makes him seem so elite & well read, ya' know. :whatever:

I think it just makes him sound like a failed writer who hangs out in bars 12 hours a day.

+1

It's like you're inside my head, dude!

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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2011, 01:11:46 PM »
OK, who is the wise ass?  I said essentially the same thing above....

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17. The world needs Keith speaking truth to power but...
 your line here.

"Write it down, carve it in stone, make a note, and bet the farm"

With your track record I don't like Keith's odds...

1) Rove being indicted in 24 business hours.
2) Martha Coakley beating Scott Brown.
3) The democrats holding the house last November.


Just ****in with ya.

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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2011, 01:43:03 PM »
He's not ****ing with him.  Just burning a mole.

Oh, and Pitt--be careful, dude.  Someone might catch you plagiarizing again.  Just sayin.
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2011, 01:48:26 PM »
Quote from: dandi on January 25, 2011, 12:09:55 PM
Did he really just refer to Olbermann as a "giant"?


 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

Well, yes, but the last word of the sentence got cut off: Sphincter
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2011, 01:59:44 PM »
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Write it down, carve it in stone, make a note, and bet the farm
Well, that's not very good writing, but I wonder where the drunken plagiarist found it.
Copycat Pitt and Keef are very similar, though it's hard to see any sign of alcoholism in Keef.
One of them is smugly snotty, while the other is snottily smug.
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2011, 02:14:01 PM »
And a bouncy within the thread:

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19. Your initial reaction is understandable; you've always been on the frontlines of
 everything that's happened, on every day of the nightmarish timeline.

But there are many people like my husband who are far removed from politics & aren't as interested. I knew not to talk about politics to him because it was a turn-off of his. I knew he liked Keith from watching him on ESPN & I used that information to get him to watch "Countdown" every night during our supper. I let Keith do the talking & said nothing until my husband started commenting. Keith's way with words & his delivery made it possible for my husband to grasp the horrors of Bush/Cheney & the Republican party. He now gets it because of Keith. And he really loves Rachel now, too.

That's the other side of the coin, dear Will.


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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2011, 02:20:13 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on January 25, 2011, 01:43:03 PM
He's not ****ing with him.  Just burning a mole.

Oh, and Pitt--be careful, dude.  Someone might catch you plagiarizing again.  Just sayin.

Pitt responded to the mole:

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20. My response  

1) Derp.
2) Derp.
3) Herp Derp.



Fat drunk & stupid is no way to go through life son. (And I'm acknowledging the quote came from Animal House, DUmmies, unlike Pitt & his frequent plagiarism)
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2011, 02:34:47 PM »
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Write it down, carve it in stone, make a note, and bet the farm

If you google the phrase, this thread comes up on top, with Will's truthout below.   :-)
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« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2011, 02:37:03 PM »
With Special K's actions on the networks dole it would have to be someone real desperate to hire him to anchor anything more important then the Beaver Creek Nebraska football team.
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2011, 02:41:30 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on January 25, 2011, 02:37:03 PM
With Special K's actions on the networks dole it would have to be someone real desperate to hire him to anchor anything more important then the Beaver Creek Nebraska football team.

I should BS you for insulting Coach's home state.
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2011, 05:25:48 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on January 25, 2011, 01:59:44 PM
Well, that's not very good writing, but I wonder where the drunken plagiarist found it.
Copycat Pitt and Keef are very similar, though it's hard to see any sign of alcoholism in Keef.
One of them is smugly snotty, while the other is snottily smug.

hehehehe!! ^5!

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Somewhere, somehow, some day, in one form or another, Mr. Olbermann will be with us again. We will hear or read his own words on the matter of his departure, and then we will hear him again, and again, and again.

Ya know there "SkidMark", I've left negotiated lucrative contracts before, and usually ya have to sign a non-disclosure about the agreement, forever! Lefty lawyers like it that way! That way it doesn't interfere the next time they try and screw somebody! Sets a precedence, it ya know whata mean!

Which, BTW, since I figure yer such a moldy turd you don't understand such things, means, he can never talk about the deal he made with his tail between his legs! Besides, I'll lay odds, he's the last one who wants the details divulged to the public! It would make him look like the ***** he is and we couldn't have that! You morons might figure out what we already know, he's nothin' but a clown!

I noticed somethin' else there, "SkidMark". Where's the outrage over his 7 mil/year contract? Any idea if he's payin' his share of those taxes for the rich y'all are so hell bent on on shovin' down everyone else's throat?
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2011, 06:55:08 PM »
You know, if Pitt had the slightest bit of ambition, he'd be angling for that job.

Obscure network.

Obscure internet anti-personality.

More booze than brains. 

Speaking in one sentence paragraphs.

It can't miss.

Miss, it can't.
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Re: Pittstain Opines about Keef, should you care
« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2011, 06:59:16 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on January 25, 2011, 02:20:13 PM
Fat drunk & stupid is no way to go through life son. (And I'm acknowledging the quote came from Animal House, DUmmies, unlike Pitt & his frequent plagiarism)
Seems Pittstain has no problem with it. And never will.
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