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Countdown Tuesday: War Chest Pains

Posted: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:59 PM by Countdown
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My Way Or The Highway:  Judith Regan, the high-profile book publisher and editor, suing Rupert Murdoch's News-Corp, and claiming one of NewsCorp's executives wanted her to lie about her affair with Bernard Kerik, to federal investigators who were vetting Kerik, in order to protect the presidential aspirations of Kerik's benefactor, Rudy Giuliani. An allegation that News-Corp tried to suborn perjury to benefit Giuliani... and that there is evidence to prove that. There are few details... but we'll bring you more of them, and some reaction, in a moment. But in our fifth story on the Countdown: Regan is seeking a hundred million dollars in damages from the Murdoch empire... That is a sneeze compared to the startling revelation tonight about what the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are really costing this nation. The new estimate -- the low estimate -- begins at one and a half trillion dollars. Yet despite that, in Indiana this morning, President Bush had the gall to demand an additional 200-Billion for the conflicts from Democrats in Congress... after criticizing them for wasteful spending.

Mukasey at the Bat: In his third day on the job, the new Attorney General startles his critics and probably the President...Enabling the resumption of the stalled Justice Department investigation into who broke what laws when the Administration illegaly wiretapped Americans.

ODDBALL: The greatest oddball of all time....this isn't.  But, when a guy marries a dog and monkey spit coffee hits the market...who else has the GUTS to cover it?

Falafel Guy Fatwa: Mark Cuban -- owner of basketball's Dallas Mavericks, internet billionaire, movie financier, and television network owner -- "might have been incarcerated" by a different American president... at least, that's the latest eruption from Mount Saint O'Reilly, in the No-Sin Zone. Our Third story on the Countdown: is Billo implying Cuban should be locked up for backing Brian DePalma's film "Redacted" -- or is he implying it because Cuban had the nerve to criticize O'Reilly? Mark Cuban gives us his reaction, and his dramatic challenge to Billo, presently. And we'll give you a little explanation, courtesy another Countdown translation of O'Reilly's cocktail courage and dinner table heroism.

Cuban Strikes Back:  Mark Cuban's challenge to Bill O'Reilly. This coming after Billo's latest wild charge that because he financed the Brian DePalma film "Redacted," Cuban is "anti-American" and "might have (been) incarcerated" by President Roosevelt during World War 2. In a moment, we'll explore this O'Reilly fetish -- that he can get people thrown in jail if he just yells loudly enough, based on some sort of historical precedent involving FDR.

WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Congressman Thad McCotter, Brent Bozell, and Keith Olbermann makes an appearance on the list for something you bloggers helped alert us to.  You don't want to miss this one.

The Paris Connection:  Paris Hilton might have been on a roll. Just days after a scientific study showing that a cardboard cutout of her image reduces pain in male mice... There appeared, on Yahoo News, and on 289 different Google News sources, even on MSN.com... The report that she was taking up the cause of... drunken elephants in India. Though it broke our hearts to be so cynical, it seemed too good to be true. In our number one story on the Countdown: indeed, it was. The Associated Press tonight killed the story, after Hilton's publicist told us it was absolutely false. So the drunken elephants -- if they ever do make it into rehab -- won't have Ms. Hilton to thank for it. 

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Republicans only call other people's spending extravagant and excessive, and not their own. You do realize this by now.

Only by going after some of the contributors to the GOP will this ever stop.


Look at http://www.dmocrats.org and see how you can stop the Republicans from continuing this war. We need to focus on working people and the retired and elderly people, whose finincial security has lessened during the Bush years and the Reagan years. A generation of mean spirited Republicanism appears enough.

Liberal Democrat (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:04 PM)

Hey Immortal Cougar -- I found it --

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21775795/

“Too often the term cougar is used in a negative way that is unflattering to all women.  It’s the image of an older, unhappy woman chasing after younger men.”

Now, I can see why they might have those where Scott comes from, but I'm not sure he read THIS article --

“Nothing could be further from the truth….  A real cougar is defined by her attitude about life and she is the woman we should all aspire to be.  She is the smart leader, a woman who can shape a generation.  She’s iconic….  Achieving the rank of “real cougar” is a privilege, not an embarrassment.  Don’t ever let age stop you from getting everything you want.  You deserve it all.”

The best part?  “That’s the core of being a real cougar -- creating your own reality.”

For sure.

Anomaly (always creating her own reality) (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:13 PM)

What a great day here at NewsHole! Thank you to EVERYONE (bloggers, moderators, etc) who was responsible!

OK...onto the matters at hand. Thankfully, GWB was in New Albany, IN today, a good 2-2 1/2 hours south of Indianapolis almost to the Kentucky border. It's a good thing because I just finished the purification and sterilization of my fair city after DICK's visit a couple of weeks ago.

To whomever was responsible for the caption "GOP Your Pants," loved it, loved it, LOVED IT! You all think Mayor Rudy, Mr. Kerik, et al are "GOP"ing their pants tonight? It almost sounds like a bad soap opera. All we need is an evil twin brother coming back from the dead, a poor lady with amnesia, and the bad organ music playing in the background.

Coffee is my alixer of life every day - especially these long days I've been "enjoying" at my job. But, for the love of whatever you hold holy, HOLD THE MONKEY SPIT!

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:15 PM)

Isn't it amazing how the President can borrow this country into the tremendous debt we have, our kids will have and their kids will have, and yet he can call Congress fiscally irresponsible? Denial... it's not just for the White House anymore.

Frederick Sweeney, Brooklyn (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:17 PM)

David Molinero (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:45 PM)

Mr. Molinero -- with all due respect, I don’t find this argument persuasive.  Here’s a quotation from your second link --

“There are several competing theories to explain the possible cause of the climate changes experienced during the MWP [Medieval Warming Period] and the LIA [Little Ice Age]. These include sunspot variations, volcanic eruptions, changes in the large-scale ocean current conveyor belt, and to a lesser extent, changes in the earth's albedo.  None of these theories on their own offers conclusive evidence; it is more likely that each has played a role.”

Which of these factors are in play today?  From the perspective of a layperson, I don’t see any factors listed in your article, other than maybe albedo, that could account for the steady warming we are seeing now.   It also seems apparent that increased CO2 from man-made activity, enhanced by the destruction of the filtering rainforests, is a new mechanism for warming that wasn’t present before the LIA, but has certainly been present since (because of the Industrial Revolution, maybe?).

From the data in your article, it is clear that the general trend since about 600 AD has been warming, with only brief periods of cooling, except for the Little Ice Age.  The cause of the LIA is not clearly explained in the article (volcanic activity or sunspots, maybe?), but it apparently ended around 1850.  This suggests we may still be recovering from that cooling period.  In turn, this may explain why the average temperature is lower today than it was 1,000 years ago.   But frankly, as I see it, even from your own evidence, except for the LIA, the overall trend appears to be up.

Anomaly (if it's hot in here, it's usually Billo's fault) (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:27 PM)

#1. Now that Paris is clean, she could buy a Scania Semi and be the Designated Driver for the Inebriated Pachyderms. #2. If Brian DePalma made a movie about Keith Olbermann and Mark financed it, would Bill O'Reilly's head explode? #3. Bill channeling FDR is like Dubya channeling Aristotle. #4. Huh...Go figure? Might this guy be the "Hidden Impeacher" that America needs in this, it's darkest hour? #5. Dubya get's regular Gall transfusions from the Komodo Dragons that Cheney keeps in the recently completed Bohemian Owl God Petting Zoo.

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:30 PM)

The Paris Hilton thing was unscrupulous. Even at the beginning of the piece, the story was that she was NOT involved in "saving" drunken elephants. Nevertheless, Olbermann spent three or four minutes talking AS IF she was; meanwhile, the video showed lots of Paris preening and primping and showing a bit of cleavage. Right?

I am no fan of Paris Hilton, and I am a fan of Keith Olbermann. I am appalled by this. Maybe the writers' strike allows this crud to make it onto the show?

Is this not what everybody chastizes bill O'Reilly for...finding a lame excuse to show cheesecake? Paris Hilton is a pathetic and stupid girl. You don't need to make up reasons to pillory her. She has given us plenty.

Olbermann should be ashamed of this.

Mark Gehan, St Paul, Minnesota (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:35 PM)

Mark Gehan, St Paul, Minnesota (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:36 PM)

It's time for me to serious up here. And, my seriousness tonight is directed primarily to Keith. Keith, 99.999% of us here at NewsHole understand and appreciate that "the big giant head" is the gift that keeps on giving. He makes it so darn easy; we know. His stunning eduation in history, his decrying of smut at the same time as asking about all the juicy details about naughty pictures, videos, etc. are well-established. You notice he never gets up from behind his desk during his show? There may be times he could run amok with the Brent Bozells of the world if we caught a glimpse of the front of his pants during one of those segments. We know this, we get it, and we understand. Having said this, you devoted 2 SEGMENTS to him tonight?! There are too many important things going on in our country and in our world today to devote that much time to a "man" who has continued to and will continue to admirably demonstrate what a hypocritical moron and boil on the butt of humanity he is. The beautifully articulate constitutional mind of Bruce Fein tonight was wasted on "he who shall not be named" when citizens need to be reminded of the trashing of the Constitution and our civil liberties that the current administration is inflicting on us and the complicity of the Congress that is allowing this trashing to continue out of fear of being portrayed as "soft" or "unpatriotic." What I say next is not to besmirch or downplay the feelings of people who participate here in NewsHole on a regular basis, but you will not find much more of a staunch loyal defender of you than I am. Please PLEASE, let's give "you know who" a rest from your precious airwaves for a bit. Ok? Please?

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:36 PM)

Gee yet another Bill O'Reilly story.And to top it off another story about Paris Hilton. To quote the great Homer Simpson, BORING! How can any of you take this show seriously?

John Doggit Great State of Iowa (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:47 PM)

Can you please mature beyond the feud with O'Reilly?
You are supposed to improve with time and experience, not join the race to the bottom. By constantly focusing on Fox's nonsense, you are not solving the problem of mainstream media's failures. You are adding to it.

James, NYC, NY (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:08 PM)

Keith, as an addict of Countdown, tonight you really pissed me off! When Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, said that Ron Paul is "the only presidential candidate" who has opposed the war "from the beginning," you didn't call him on it. Why have you joined the rest of the main stream media in marginalizing Dennis Kucinich, simply ignoring him??? We thought you were different. Guess not.

As you WELL know, Kucinich has been outspoken and consistent in his opposition to the war "from the beginning" and has voted against every funding bill. Additionally, virtually everything he stands for is what the majority of the American people want, but, because he's been marginalized, most people simply haven't heard of him. PULEEEEZE! We simply cannot allow the media to decide who our presidential candidates will be.

Respectfully..... but pissed!

P. Wyeth, Sheffield, Mass. (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:11 PM)

G J  (GO JUICE)

O J (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:15 PM)

Back to #5. So Judith got leaned on by The Wall Street Journal/FOX/Star Mob? To hush up on The Rudy Mob's Capo, Kerik? What do we call these guys? DisOrganized Crime? Wonder what the spin on these Neo Cons will be?

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:16 PM)

Worst etc. Well, now Keith knows how Prince felt, huh?

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:18 PM)

I can almost breathe !  A breath of fresh from the DOJ, Murdoch's empire cracking with the hope that it will crack on down to the Fox in the henhouse.  

Texashogfan (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:19 PM)

Oddball. I heard of a gal that married a monkey who spit on the Constitution. A lot of people bought that, too.

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:20 PM)

Carol, Long Valley NJ (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:59 PM)

As I had posted in the previous thread, I think that Nuclear Power could do a lot for us. Coupled with all the Hydrogen that could be produced cheaply with Nuclear, we could switch to Fuel Cells. I'm very much for alternate fuel options

jen,il (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 2:03 PM)

I do think that if we change the paradigm on what can be done with Nuclear Waste, we could come up with better options then storage on site, or in the Yucca Mountain. If we got Scientist to study the problem with a mandate to find better options. I would like someone with a strong science background in radio activity to answer if there could be something possibilly better then the same old same old answer to this long term problem.

But regardless, Nuclear Power could remove over 2 Billion Metric Tons of man made CO2 if we would use it.

David Molinero (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:20 PM)

Just for kick's I just checked the ratings(Inside Cable News)for last night's(Monday)show.Billo's show is a little over 2.6 million viewers and Countdown has 780,000 viewers. I think you should quit worrying about O'Reilly cause whatever your doing isn't helping your number's and start thinking about that show that's on CNN.There not to far behind.

.John Doggit Great State of Iowa (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:21 PM)

Re:  Oddball man who married a dog.  Two thoughts come to mind--this is no weirder than the guy who shares his bed with a croc--and something very similar to the wedding was mentioned once on Law & Order:  SVU.

#3 on the countdown:  I know of course you never miss a chance to take a shot at Bill O'Reilly whether it's actually newsworthy or not, so I pretty much snoozed through that one--but it was rather clever of you to introduce a History 101 lecture on Pres. Roosevelt and Gen. Patton.

As for the person who started the rumor that Paris Hilton cares for something other than trampy clothes and photo ops--get a life.  Elephant keggers?  Can she even spell elephant?

As for me, I got a treat after that:  Mike Rowe of DIRTY JOBS at an exotic animal refuge in GA.  One of the exotic animals was a cougar.  Sleek, playful, dangerous, standoffish when appropriate--yep, that's me.

Immortal Cougar (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:01 PM)

Oops, forgot one other thing:  thanks awfully for having Christian Finnegan in that Paris Hilton thing.  After Angus Hamilton or whoever the heck he is, a genuinely funny guy was a blessing.

Immortal Cougar (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:09 PM)

Keith reads this blog?

Mike, AL (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:39 PM)

Monday's Ratings:

O’Reilly Factor- 2,619,000 viewers
Countdown w/ Olbermann- 788,000 viewers

What does that say?

Mark, AZ (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:49 PM)

"The greatest oddball of all time....this isn't."

I don't know. The Odd Couple intro was pretty funny, and "You may now kiss the bitch" was priceless. All I can say about the monkey spit coffee is that the ad that preceded it when I watched the clip online was for Dunkin Donuts coffee. Too funny.

And whoever was mentioning that their local FOX station was advertising their news during Countdown, I noticed it here. Didn't do much for me.

The pinot grigio ad that came shortly afterwards was more to my liking. Unfortunately, I couldn't act on it. Goes against my first Composition Program Director's advice not to grade papers if you're drunk, high, or feverish, even if the students seem to have been when they wrote the papers.

HM, in an ivory tower somewhere (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:19 AM)

Also read tonight that BillO "never" mentions Keith's name on his show. You have a problem Keith and the many good people on here are fed up with it. Your not in seventh grade anymore!! To Krista,I feel your pain! To Mark,AZ,Those ratings says it all,no matter how you "spin them". Know why Bill O'Reilly is always smiling? He knows that Keith will give him "free" publicity every single night! Hello????

John Doggit Great State of Iowa "The Home of the Planted Question" (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:34 AM)

Monday's Ratings:

O’Reilly Factor- 2,619,000 viewers
Countdown w/ Olbermann- 788,000 viewers

What does that say?

Mark, AZ (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:49 PM)

That just because 2,619,000 people want to wade in the shallow end of the intellectual pool, I'm not required to dive in head first after them.

HM, in an ivory tower somewhere (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:34 AM)

David. Nuclear Power? Talk about off-topic. Try this. If your parents were both immigrants, how can you have Original (Native American) Blood?

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:45 AM)

Backtracking to Veterans. I'd like everyone who cares about Vets of Any Era, to go over to First Read, Tuesday, 9:23 Column, "Iraq/Iran: Zero for 40 ouch." and scroll down to the post by SW GR, MI. Check out the Veterans and the Non-Veterans.

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:04 AM)

There is only one reason that Keith bemoans O'Reilly. He's the Big Number 1.

The big difference between Bill and Keith is that Bill will tell you that he's giving his opinion, Keith pretends to be a hard newscaster.

David Molinero (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:19 AM)

Today, after President Stupid returned from his zillionth vacation, he again gave a good slap in the face to children!! The moron vetoed a “Health and Education Bill” and had the audacity to criticize the democrats on their “budget priorities.”  Yeah, ok you idiot!!

Also today, President Stupid signed an increase in the Pentagon’s budget, supposedly for “non-war” spending; however, oops, they might need to borrow some of that money for the so-called “war” in Iraq!! The man IS the devil, I’m convinced beyond ALL doubt!!

“President Bush, escalating his budget battle with Congress, on Tuesday vetoed a spending measure for health and education programs prized by congressional Democrats.

He also signed a big increase in the Pentagon's non-war budget although the White House complained it contained "some unnecessary spending."

The president's action was announced on Air Force One as Bush flew to New Albany, Ind., on the Ohio River across from Louisville, Ky., for a speech criticizing the Democratic-led Congress on its budget priorities.”

http://www.pennlive.com/politics/national/article297955.ece

FUMING BUT PEACE TO ALL STILL!!

Pam Bignardi, San Pedro, California (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:23 AM)

Krista - It might be nails on the chalkboard to you, but I love the Bill O'Liar whoop-a$$ that gets piled on by KO.  Remember, it's helpful for those of us who have to put up with his drooling ditto-heads to know what he's been up to.  Keith's got BillO's phoney outrage down to a T.  And I think he has fun doing it too....

I agree with P. Wyeth, though that Ron Paul is not the only presidential candidate who opposed the war from the start.  Dennis Kucinich actively opposed the war, the Patriot Act, etc.  So did Russ Feingold, who unfortunately, gave up his candidacy very early.

Not only nice of Keith to mention that he misquoted a statistic, but he gave himself a WPITW mention to boot.  I've never heard of one of those NeoConNutJob shills even correcting one of their numerous (on purpose) errors.

Hey Keith - when do we get the segment on the BushCo redefinition of "privacy" complete with Rachel Maddow?  It was originally scheduled, then cancelled, on Monday.  I expected to get it on tonight's show.

Sue, West Allis, Wisconsin (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:34 AM)

--"What does that say?
Mark, AZ (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:49 PM)"--

It says that MSNBC is often not available in all markets where Faux Made-Up News is freely available.  2 examples:  military bases where Faux is always on and MSNBC not available and Comcast which has recently moved MSNBC to a premium digital channel and now charges extra for it.  Despite all this, Faux is in ratings decline.

Sue, West Allis, Wisconsin (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:39 AM)

Thank you, kind sir.  And Fein, and Dean, and...

There's a wonderful place in the heavens for souls such as yours.
mdc

m. d., burbank, ca (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:16 AM)

Great show tonight! A laugh a minute..maybe too much..we need a little more serious stuff. When talking about Billo tonight Keith, you had the look of the cat that swallowed the canary. I love your humor, but with all that is befalling our country, the problem with the mental state of the returning troops and those away from home, we need more of this type of news.

WPitW..Keith you name yourself one of the worst just because you made a boo boo..you're very humble but I forgive you!

Oddball: Indian man married dog! "you may now kiss the bitch"..too funny.

Monkey spit coffee..don't some people of the rain forest also make coffee using beetle dung?

and..if you need something to take up the end of the show segment..why not do a story about the people who do the voices on the Family Guy..I'd love the see who does the voice of Stewie. Enough of Paris..et al.



Laura in Los Angeles (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:45 AM)

Steve Tuesday 10:20 PM..Kudos!

Laura in Los Angeles (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:10 AM)

Wow! Your FANS?? are letting you know your ratings are below Billo's? I personally don't know anyone who watches his show. I thank you for the courage to speak up re the current administration's disregard for our country. Wasteful spending for an unjust war, Katrina, lack of health care, lack of compassion for the poor and middle-class. Your eyes are open, Keith. Your research is thorough. You're even witty! Why would anyone choose Billo when they can get Keith? Keep on reporting the truth others are afraid to.

Judy Jendro Elizabethton, TN (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:16 AM)

Back to the REAL ISSUE!  The illicit, immoral, unfunded war in Iraq!

Of course this debacle is costing trillions of dollars. If people would just add up the figures it would help - <g>  I want to know exactly how much of the money has been paid out to the "private contractors" and, I still believe our own military is capable of acting as security guards, and, why aren't the Army Corps of Engineers doing the re-building?  And, why is there rebuilding going on while there are still bombs, (ied's even) going off in Iraq?
Why aren't the people of this country storming the White House and demanding a stop to this mess?  Oh, yah - I rememberm there has been major blockades to access of 'visitors' or, demonstrators in and around 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

You know the old saying?  Denial is NOT just a river!

Ro Meistre, So. CA (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:26 AM)

"Keith, as an addict of Countdown, tonight you really pissed me off! When Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, said that Ron Paul is "the only presidential candidate" who has opposed the war "from the beginning," you didn't call him on it. Why have you joined the rest of the main stream media in marginalizing Dennis Kucinich, simply ignoring him??? We thought you were different. Guess not."

P. Wyeth, Sheffield, Mass. (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:11 PM)

If you're going to put something in quotes, it should be a quote, not a bad guess.  Alter's quote was "All these Republicans are on record supporting the war, except for Ron Paul."

Last time I checked, Kucinich is a Democrat.

There was no reference to "presidential candidates", although that seems to be what Alter meant.  And there was no mention of opposing the war "from the beginning".  I think you missed the word "Republican", and your emotions took over from there.  But that can lead to Billo-style stupidity if you're not careful.

It pays to check your facts.  The interview with Alter is on the Countdown website.

JMM, Lafayette, IN (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:34 AM)

Huffington Post Wednesday..Politically We're Frogs Not Noticing the Boiling Water..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-durang/politically-were-frogs-n_b_72368.html

Laura in Los Angeles (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:17 AM)

I turned on the "news show" called Countdown last night just to give it a shot and see the stories.  With all of the important stories out there that need addressing, KeithO's continued obsession with Fox News and Bill O'Reilly is sickening.  I had to turn it off, because you are not reporting news, nor are you discussing anything that is relevant to our world.

So last night's program is about, lets see, bringing down Rudy, check, bashing President Bush, check, making fun of Bill O'Reilly, check, stupid bimbo segment, check.  If Rudy does not get the nomination, you will only have Bill O'Reilly and President Bush to discuss.  Keep it up, and this show will no longer be relevant.

How about discussing stories of substance such as the ongoing dispute in Pakistan.  Lay out the sides of the situation, bring in knowledgeable guests about how this will get resolved.  Discuss the history of Pakistan.

How about discussing some of the successes in Iraq.  You want to put down everyone on Veteran's Day, but never discuss any successes that our brave military men are having.  Who really hates the troops?  There is daily successes being reported.  The military and the Iraqi people have gotten the upper hand on the violence.  The Iraqi people opening up markets in Bagdad, and violence continues to go down.  Iraqis, while there is still problems with governing, are starting to work together to take back their country and be self sufficient.  Our military just announced that a brigade will be going home.

These are the stories that should be discussed.  Your obsession with Fox, Rupert Murdoch, and Bill O'Reilly is nauseating.

Kevin of NJ (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:10 AM)

KRISTA SWISHER  says:

"Please PLEASE, let's give "you know who" a rest from your precious airwaves for a bit. Ok? Please?"

So do I.

(I'm such a Krista Fan!!)


jh Bay Shore, NY (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:47 AM)

How about a nomination for worst person in the world going to Rep Carla Blanchard Dartez ? Last week while publically ?thanking an africian american woman Ms Hazel Boykin she evidently ended the thanks with "talk to you later buckwheat". Seems to meet criteria for WP in the world induction, right? Let's hold our democrats to the same level of scrutiny as we do Billo and Rush, the pill popper.

Christopher Awtrey, Boston, MA (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:19 AM)

Immortal Cougar (Sent Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:01 PM) Hi! I saw bits and pieces of DIRTY JOBS last night; I was actually posting here while it was on. DJ is one of my favorite shows, so I DVRed it; maybe some year, I'll get to watch it.

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:39 AM)

Keith:

Drop the O'Reilly bashing each night. We know the guy is a wacko and enough is enough. Your credibility is still solid but if you continue these O'Reilly segments using the phony voice to quote him, the ole credibility will start to crack.  

In place of the O'Reilly segmentssssssss bring in the Presidential candidates for interviews to give all of them more exposure, Dem and Republican.  

Yourself followed by Dan Abrams who also takes (waste) the time to talk about O'Reilly and others like him are really hurting your shows with serious viewers concerned about our state of affairs.

Finally, does everyone really understand what the cost of this Iraq polcing action and the availability and cost of oil is going to do to our kid's futures? Bush is bankrupting this country and our kids are going to have a very very tough time. This could easily lead to chaos in this country, riots and crime against persons and property to a level never seen before in the US.

C A, Tuscaloosa, AL (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:46 AM)

Off topic but I know of interest to at least a few here. Apparently FAMILY GUY is going on without Seth McFarland. Check out this story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071114/tv_nm/family_dc

FAMILY GUY minus Seth? Does this seem wrong to anyone else besides me?

Krista Swisher, Indianapolis, IN (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:47 AM)

To Mark, AZ,

ignorance knows no bounds.

john cowan (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:50 AM)

Mark AZ:  You keep spounting out these meaningless viewer statistics like they have some kind of significance.  You obviously didn't study statistics in college, or you would know that the numbers are meaningless as you present them.  I do a lot of travelling.  It is not unusual to find that MSNBC is missing from the cable line-up in the towns that I visit, even in relatively large communities.  But, in every po-dunk community with the lousiest of cable line-ups, the big head is always available for my viewing displeasure.  I think your ratings numbers are simply a reflection of the saturation of the crud that is Faux News throughout the country, and the limited areas where MSNBC is offered.  People regularly post on this thread about their dismay over not getting Keith on cable in their area.  You never hear, on any thread, "Damn, Billo just ain't offered here!"  Now, if you would compare the viewership between Keith and Billo in markets where they are both offered, THAT would be a legitimate statistic.  Of course, you would have to factor in the people who watch Billo as comedy, too.  I know that there's a lot of people who do that, and that would make your numbers argument even more useless.    

mad in Madtown (hand me a cup of that Monkey Spit, it's too early to talk statistics) (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:04 AM)

"Keith, as an addict of Countdown, tonight you really pissed me off! When Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, said that Ron Paul is "the only presidential candidate" who has opposed the war "from the beginning," you didn't call him on it. Why have you joined the rest of the main stream media in marginalizing Dennis Kucinich, simply ignoring him??? We thought you were different. Guess not."P. Wyeth

I hate to interfere with your outrage and all, but Keith said Ron Paul was the only REPUBLICAN candidate who had opposed the war from the beginning.

Oh, and a note to all the married female Countdown fans, if your name is Macey,Tracey, or Kacey Peterson, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE NOW!

And I agree with those that have had enough of Billo and Paris. And how about a 30 day MsNBC moratorium on ANY analysis of Hillary's campaign.

Scott,Naples,Fl (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:07 AM)

CA- Cute? How did you know I do all my posts in a little plaid miniskirt and kneesocks?
jen,il

Doesn't everybody? Now where are my size 12 oxfords?

Scott,Naples,Fl (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:11 AM)

Krista:  I, too, am getting rather tired of Keith's constant mention of Billo.  If I wanted to watch Billo, I'd change the channel.  So Keith, like the little trolls on this blog, best to just ignore the big headed troll, too.

I know that at least a couple of you yesterday inquired about the absence of our friend Larry.  I know that thre is the distinct possibility that he has changed his handle, or, the blog God has finally declared him a very bad, naughty boy and pulled him from this thread.  But, this is probably the answer to this mystery - Big, dumb, "now I'm against choice", Freddie Thompson spoke to those poor cadets yesterday in Charleston at The Citadel.  Do you think Larry was lurking somewhere in the back of the room?  

And C A:  I've been called a lot of things, but have never been declared "cool".  Thank you. (I think)

mad in Madtown (Sent Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:18 AM)



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