Thanks, you pushed me to the gold with your vote here:
http://videosift.com/video/Worst-Persons-Countdown-9-13-2011

Wow, I was sure from the title and thumbnail that it was gonna be the guy wearing sunglasses to court who was "worst person," but DAMN! Also, glaucoma, eh? I wonder if it's the disease or the treatment that keeps him in those glasses ;-)

Oh, and here is how it came out: http://youtu.be/MONNcL1Rglw

@chilaxe okay, for one, "the left" has never been of a single opinion about Olbermann, and they're not of a single opinion about him now. I think the left has, and will continue to deny that he's equivalent to right-wing pundits in terms of factual accuracy and tone, but that's different from defending him from all criticism of any kind.

All I was saying is that in general, lefties like this kind of thing.

I didn't even really give my personal opinion of what Olbermann's doing here, mostly because I agree both with the idea that it's a worthwhile thing to applaud, but that it also seems like a cheap, token effort.

I think the motive behind it is genuine, I just don't know if what he's doing is really going to change much of anything. He's never going to have broad-based bipartisan approval, and I don't think he should ever try to. But he could stand to rely more on the kind of rhetoric we see in his Special Comments than on what he does with Worst Persons.

Oh, and thankfully yes, he stopped with the Sesame Street voices in Worst Persons (and for the record, that always bugged the hell out of me).

>> ^MaxWilder:

...part of the pride of being on the left is a sense of superiority. I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean that people on the left feel that standing up and doing the right thing in a public and visible manner feels good, and encourages others to do the same.

It's almost the opposite of pride and superiority. He's acting humbled, and deciding that he should try to file down the sharp edges, to make sure he isn't inadvertently sending the wrong message.

I will confess, the left is proud of our encouragement and admiration of that, and we do think it makes us better than the other side, who seem to like guns blazing denial of fault, and a doubling down as their go-to response to these sorts of things.

(See, we can't help it )

>> ^Pprt:

He could have waited a couple weeks to make it less obvious...
I'm not sure subtlety is valuable in this instance.

This from the guy that spews hatred and nominates people for the "Worst Person in the World?"

I'd love to see him take responsibility for the shooting, but he's too stupid to see that he's as guilty of inciting violence as anybody was for this shooting. (Not that anyone actually was - the shooter wasn't incited by anyone.)

Olbermann should take his own fucking advice on "vitriolic rhetoric", but that would require a higher level of cognitive function than he's capable of. He's an amazing fucking hypocrite.

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I Read the article - this line gave me a chuckle "Apple Inc. might be America's most beloved company."

... I'm not feeling the love here.
>> ^Farhad2000:
Good article on the DailyBeast the other day talked about how Apple's economic performance is basically carried by the top tier earners in the US accounting for most of it's consumer base. Essentially the company is targeting a very rich part of the populace in this current time this is certainly unsustainable.
Apple also recently became larger then Walmarts and Microsoft in terms of market capitalization. This is a good and bad thing as we have the occurrence of abnormal profits which in a business cycle has always lead to a turn for the worst (personally I think Apple can weather this due to it's rabid consumer base).
But most of all, can Steve Jobs keep running it like this? certainly he won't be there forever. Can someone really replace Jobs?
Read more...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-31/steve-jobs-wont-live-forever-so-short-apple-stock-now/

Does this mean when Ballmer goes MS share price will rocket?

>> ^Farhad2000:

Good article on the DailyBeast the other day talked about how Apple's economic performance is basically carried by the top tier earners in the US accounting for most of it's consumer base. Essentially the company is targeting a very rich part of the populace in this current time this is certainly unsustainable.
Apple also recently became larger then Walmarts and Microsoft in terms of market capitalization. This is a good and bad thing as we have the occurrence of abnormal profits which in a business cycle has always lead to a turn for the worst (personally I think Apple can weather this due to it's rabid consumer base).
But most of all, can Steve Jobs keep running it like this? certainly he won't be there forever. Can someone really replace Jobs?
Read more...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/b
logs-and-stories/2010-05-31/steve-jobs-wont-live-forever-so-short-apple-stock-now/

Good article on the DailyBeast the other day talked about how Apple's economic performance is basically carried by the top tier earners in the US accounting for most of it's consumer base. Essentially the company is targeting a very rich part of the populace in this current time this is certainly unsustainable.

Apple also recently became larger then Walmarts and Microsoft in terms of market capitalization. This is a good and bad thing as we have the occurrence of abnormal profits which in a business cycle has always lead to a turn for the worst (personally I think Apple can weather this due to it's rabid consumer base).

But most of all, can Steve Jobs keep running it like this? certainly he won't be there forever. Can someone really replace Jobs?

Read more...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-05-31/steve-jobs-wont-live-forever-so-short-apple-stock-now/

I completely agree btw. I can't bring myself to watch oberman so I won't comment there. I love the logic people used there...since he is a doctor and has the ability to help people...he must. I would like to see the tables turned on that logic and say they are responsible for every child that starves for every piece of luxury they buy. It is not like there is a shortage on doctors that person can get help from...now food on the other hand...

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Non-violent protest against a political ideology...hmmm where does that sound familiar...Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi? Didn't they receive Nobel Peaces Prizes? And this guy gets a * Terrible and on the "Worst Person List?"

The liberal mind is seriously warped...

>> ^imstellar28:
Non-violent protest against a political ideology...hmmm where does that sound familiar...Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi? Didn't they receive Nobel Peaces Prizes? And this guy gets a Terrible and on the "Worst Person List?"
The liberal mind is seriously warped...


Comparing this guy to Martin Luther King Jr... Ghandi?... yeah... And Obama is the second comming of hittler... those liberal minds sure are warped... not at all a stretch.

Non-violent protest against a political ideology...hmmm where does that sound familiar...Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi? Didn't they receive Nobel Peaces Prizes? And this guy gets a * Terrible and on the "Worst Person List?"

The liberal mind is seriously warped...

uhhh, worst person ever is not the patsy....worst are the people lambasting the self-absorbed cocksucker to make themselves feel comfortable with doing fuck-all to correct the problem...excise the cancer...or what ever euphemism suits yer over-educated, ineffectual asses...

>> ^choggie:
So Pat Robertsons' a piece a shit....Yawn, and send a dollar over to Haiti-

Yea we all know Pat Robertson is a pile, but it's fun to hear different ways of explaining his shittiness