New Keith Olbermann blog 2/7/05

[bear425]

Deep Throat revealed?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

edit: add date

[babylonsister]

1. Ya mean 2/7/05? nt

[bear425]

3. d'oh! Yes.

:dunce:

[SharonRB]

2. Thanks for posting.

He has new ones so infrequently lately. I checked earlier today and it wasn't out there yet. Tonight's show should be good.

[crispini]

4. Oh, it's a must-see, eh?

Gotta be Rehnquist, don't you think? Who else is sick?

Yeah, he used to blog like 3 or 4 times a week, post-election. Sigh.... those were the days. :loveya: :evilgrin:

[SharonRB]

5. I was joking to my husband the other day that

it must be Rehnquist. Most of the names on the list aren't really well known people, so it could easily be one of them and we'd never know they were sick.

[gkhouston]

6. yeah. Do you think a little ego-stroking might persuade him

to blog more frequently?

[crispini]

7. Don't we ALREADY do that?

:evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

8. most of us seem to aiming a little lower...

I, of course, have the most honorable of intentions... O8)

[Clark2008]

24. Doesn't that all depend on where his ego is?

:evilgrin:

:hi: gkhouston

[Senator]

9. Just a "promo" for tonight's show

Nothing much more than he reported the other night (most verbatim), other than the "sea change...in status" for DT being illness.

However, Dean may be more free to "speculate" in response to questions on Countdown. Something he could perhaps not do in his LA Times article yesterday.

We shall see.
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[SaveAmerica]

10. His blog 'Delusions of grandeur at "Focus on the Family"'

is excellent. It's too bad something like that wasn't made public before the election as an example of the correct role religion should have in your life. The entire blog us a good read but this is mostly what I'm talking about;

"And not to let the facts get in the way of FOF’s prejudice, but I happen to be a religious man. I believe in God, I pray daily, and if I’ve ever gotten any direct instructions from my maker, they were that I’ll be judged by whether I tried to help other people, or hurt them. Also, that true belief should not be worn like a policeman’s club, nor used like one. And, finally, that I’m in big trouble for helping to introduce funny catchphrases into sportscasting."

Just another reason to like Keith Olbermann. Since his is the only show I miss now that we don't have Dish anymore, I wonder if C-Span will set up in his studio every night so we can watch it on the internets.

[Der Blaue Engel]

14. I just read that one for the first time, too

Wasn't it brilliant? I wanted to kiss him. :loveya:

Raised as a fundie, I often have a hard time even giving "religious" people the time of day, but it's people like Keith who remind me that the people I was raised around, and the people that spew hate daily, are not even true Christians.

[gkhouston]

15. yup. religion is kind of like intelligence

the people who genuinely have it usually don't feel compelled to ram it down your throat every five seconds. Funny, that.

[Left Brain]

22. ITA!

That article made me cheeer at my computer screen at work. Brilliant work, straight from the heart.

[Patsy Stone]

11. Here's the newletter. See you kids later -- and Hi, Steph!

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Tonight on Countdown
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For all those who have been deeply interested, or at least a little curious, about the identity of Deep Throat, the wait may soon be over.

Bob Woodward, a reporter on the team that covered the Watergate story, has advised his executive editor at the Washington Post that Throat is ill. And Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of the Post and one of the few people to whom Woodward confided his source's identity, has publicly acknowledged that he has written Throat's obituary. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-sources6feb06,0,1365197.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.

Keith blogs. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

* Bad Example: A state Supreme Court justice pulled over for alleged drunk driving urged a police officer not to arrest her and cited her rulings in drunk driving cases, according to police videotapes. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-briefs7.4feb07,1,6023806.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

* The PIZZA guarantee: a report on several dozen hospital E-R's now advertising a "30-minute pledge."

* The Deepest Cuts: President Bush sent Congress a $2.57 trillion budget plan Monday that seeks deep spending cuts across a wide swath of government, including reducing subsidies paid to the nation's farmers, cutting health care payments for poor people and veterans and trimming spending on the environment and education. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6908656/

* "We got him by a breath".... Church officials revealed that the Pope's condition was more serious than had been claimed and that he had nearly died last Tuesday night with an inflamed windpipe and breathing difficulties brought on by flu. He was still "not out of danger", they said. The Pope has had Parkinson's disease for a decade. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1474040,00.html

* And a tribute to John Vernon, Dean Wormer in "Animal House"...

That's some of what we're working on for tonight's show.

Finally,
A Michigan boy drove his mother's car to a video store in the middle of the night, police said - and he's all of 4 years old. Even though he was unable to reach the accelerator, the boy managed to put the car in gear and the idling engine provided enough power to take him slowly to the store, a quarter-mile from his home, about 1:30 a.m. Friday, Police Chief Doug Heugel said. Finding the store closed, the youngster began a slow trip home. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/Y/YOUNG_DRIVER?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME
Hey, practice makes perfect. Next week, he'll be off to the grocery store, dry cleaners, and Laundromat, all during daylight hours and back in time to make dinner. Now, that's Momma's little helper.

-- Carey Fox

Countdown Home: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

More:
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders will declare a formal end to more than four years of fighting at a summit Tuesday in Egypt, both sides said Monday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6906348/

Ford Motor Co. is recalling 358,857 Focus cars because their rear passenger doors may not latch properly. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6924436/

Military officials have demoted a female member of a National Guard military police unit for indecent exposure at a mud-wrestling party at the Camp Bucca detention center in Iraq. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6927645/

[gkhouston]

12. yeah, I just read it and forwarded it to my husband

I won't be at the meeting tonight -- I'll catch the show after my four-year-old goes to bed -- she doesn't need to get any ideas about driving cars!

[crispini]

13. May I just say how totally hot it is

to get ANY kind of email in my inbox that even LOOKS like it's from Keith. Hee hee hee hee hee!

Oh, and Stephanie.... there are more of us than there are of you..... :evilgrin:

but she does have proximity on her side, damn her!

[noamnety]

16. Odd statement about the Pope there

Keith was just reporting last week that the Vatican had been extremely forthcoming in letting people know what was really going on.

"Moreover, it appears that everything the Vatican has said about the pope‘s health since his hospitalization late Tuesday has been scrupulously accurate and detailed. No holy spinning done to soften an eventual blow to believers."

I guess he can retract that statement.

I know it's hopelessly naive of me, but I would like to think the Vatican is above telling lies.

[crispini]

17. Nevermind. D'oh! nt

[noamnety]

18. I like the new photo on the countdown page

Keith and SpongeBob. :)

[gkhouston]

19. we need to get a tech-head on the Countdown staff to edit in

a speech bubble of SpongeBob saying, "even I hate that suit, Keith!"

[crispini]

20. Oh, sooooooo cute.

Is there any question why we sit around and drool over him?

[WhirlyGirl]

21. CUTE PHOTO ALERT! Newsguy and Spongeguy...

... together at last!!!
See Countdown homepage: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

Ooooooooooooh,Keeeeeeeeeeeith!!! :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya::loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[WhirlyGirl]

23. Off-topic: KO in prayer?

Keith appears to be praying with Pope John Paul...
http://www.gogomag.com/cgi-bin/tvheads_viewer.pl?tvheads25805&25805&Keith

Ooooooooooooooooooh,Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeith!! :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: