It's not very surprising when you consider that people who watch Fox News are the least informed, and Fox news shows are the most watched news shows in this country.

I dont know if it's reassuring or not but not all of us are raving lunatics.
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As a Canadian, I can not fathom how this woman is getting any media attention what so ever.
She is bat shit crazy and her views are myopic at best.

It really scares me sometimes being so close to a Country that has such a willingness to go to war, and to imagine a person as stupid as this in charge of the United States.

I remember agreeing with Mr. Olbermann on just about everything c.2004. Now I mostly see a liberal Bill O'Reilly. I applaud many of his points & turns of phrase, but the man's become a blowhard, & it saddens me. Rhetoric run amok, contaminating truth.

Indeed. I dunno how to make 'em happen though.

In reply to this comment by Duckman33:
My pleasure! Now, I just wonder how much longer we are going to sit here and take this shit. He's right, it's time for 60's style protests. It's been time for quite a while now.

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Thanks for the promote!

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*promote

>> ^RFlagg:

One would hope this deal would cause a backlash against the government, but it won't. The American people are too pacified to care and will continue to let the government and the rich that control it run them down. Too pacified by the fact that the upcoming episode of Hell's Kitchen (or whatever show) is going to be the most shocking ever! Too pacified by a new map pack for CoD that needs dominated. Too pacified by a religion that says the party that is most responsible for handing power over to the corporations and the rich are the moral choice because they are the ones who say they care for the unborn, and ignore the ass fuck you are receiving from the rich because who matters more? The unborn or your ass comfort? Too pacified by a right wing agenda media that lies and manipulates their public into ignoring logic and thinking this is a good deal. Too pacified by a so called "liberal media" that is in the end, corporate controlled and still presents the view that is best represents the immediate short term profit needs of the corporation. Too pacified by an education system that has failed them. Failed to teach even a basic understanding of science or just as if not more importantly, critical thinking...


I have to say I agree with almost all of what you're saying.

Where I disagree is that I think this will indeed cause a backlash against "the government", but will result in people stupidly voting for candidates who're making government suck but say "I think government sucks, elect me!" or result in people just getting disillusioned and not bothering to vote.

I also think a lot of American culture emphasizes individualism to a fault -- people who face hardship almost universally blame themselves for it. They've been told since they were a child that we're all equal, and that adult life is essentially meritocratic. If you're poor, it's because you aren't working hard enough, or made bad choices, and if you're well off it's because you're a hard working, entrepreneurial individual who did it all on your own.

We're encouraged to stay divided on lines of race, class, religion, ideology, sexual orientation, state, urbanization, school district, sports team, etc. to make sure we never build up large blocs of solidarity. The old sources of broad-based solidarity like churches, unions, and schools have been systematically corrupted or destroyed.

It's divide and conquer masquerading as "individualism".

It's not that people in America are content -- far from it! It's that we all feel isolated and powerless, and have no experience with using collective action to empower ourselves.

I don't know how we get the fire lit in people to join hands together and fight, but we're just gonna keep getting screwed as long as we refuse to work together against our oligarchs.

>> ^ForgedReality:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
I Love this Man.

Why don't you MARRY him!?


I would bet its not legal in his state.

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Thanks for the quality!

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*quality

Yeah, I've been feeling the same way since the standoff over union rights in Wisconsin.

Something's going to have to give, people have got to snap out of it and start acting.

In reply to this comment by Duckman33:
My pleasure! Now, I just wonder how much longer we are going to sit here and take this shit. He's right, it's time for 60's style protests. It's been time for quite a while now.

In reply to this comment by NetRunner:
Thanks for the promote!

In reply to this comment by Duckman33:
*promote

My pleasure! Now, I just wonder how much longer we are going to sit here and take this shit. He's right, it's time for 60's style protests. It's been time for quite a while now.

In reply to this comment by NetRunner:
Thanks for the promote!

In reply to this comment by Duckman33:
*promote

Thanks for the promote!

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*promote

Mr. Uygur, I believe Keith Olbermann at CurrentTV is on line 1...

I don't think he was talking about lack of whistleblowers in general...but whistleblowers from within the Murdoch organization.

BTW...this just in "Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.">> ^radx:

How ironic that Olbermann is complaining, indirectly, about a lack of whistleblowers.
The entire Murdoch/NotW scandal is based almost solely on the relentless work of the Guardian's Nick Davies, who kept digging and digging until they couldn't bury it anymore. The very same Nick Davies who brought the Guardian and Julian Assange together, the same Nick Davies who is very outspoken with regards to the mistreatment of, allegedly, the most prominent whistleblower of our days -- Bradley Manning.

"After six months off the air, Keith Olbermannreturned to television Monday night with a new edition of "Countdown" on Current TV." - Posted: 06/20/11 07:40 PM ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/keith-olbermann-countdown-premiere-current_n_880921.html



>> ^Shepppard:

Apparently I'm out of the loop..
Olbermann is back on the air?

Apparently I'm out of the loop..

Olbermann is back on the air?