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Do you ever wonder what happens to the words that we send…

September 19th 2006 in Journal, Soapbox

The more I see of Keith Olbermann, the more I like him. Here he comments on the President’s Rose Garden speech, last Friday, and his comment that it was “Unacceptable to think…

The philosopher Voltaire once insisted to another author, “I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.” Since the nation’s birth, Mr. Bush, we have misquoted and even embellished that statement, but we have served ourselves well by subscribing to its essence. Oddly there are other words of Voltaire’s that are more pertinent, still, just now. “Think for yourselves,” he wrote, “And let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.” Apologize, sir, for even hinting at an America where a few have that privilege to think, and the rest of us wind up getting yelled at by the President. Anything else, Mr. Bush, is truly unacceptable.

Thanks, Cory, for pointing me towards this. Take the time, folks, Mr. Olbermann speaks volumes.


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Have you read this?

The article refers to Olbermann. He’s become a political commentator because he got his start in sports, and the 2004 eleection caught his attention. I quote:

“The lone news anchor who seriously questioned the integrity of the 2004 election was Keith Olbermann of MSNBC. I asked him why he stood against the tide. ”I was a sports reporter, so I was used to dealing with numbers,” he said. ”And the numbers made no sense. Kerry had an insurmountable lead in the exit polls on Election Night — and then everything flipped.” Olbermann believes that his journalistic colleagues fell down on the job. ”I was stunned by the lack of interest by investigative reporters,” he said. ”The Republicans shut down Warren County, allegedly for national security purposes — and no one covered it. Shouldn’t someone have sent a camera and a few reporters out there?””

You should read that whole article. It’s…disturbing.


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