On its own, it was a very cool tweet by Keith Olbermann: Roald Dahl is one of my childhood favorites. I am still very fond of vermicious knids. I replied to the tweet: He answered almost immediately: Seven is the perfect age for a very smart kid have written to Dahl. I already love Keith, but this added yet another layer of respect. I wish I’d thought of it! I’m really hoping that he reads the correspondence on the show….
125,830 People I’m so sick and tired of being sick and tired. I’ve spiked a fever at 105 degrees, and hovered around 100-101 most of the rest of the time. Vertigo and light-headedness. Fatigue and balance problems. Coughing. Sneezing. Aching, but I can’t rest (and I won’t take that medicine). Crossing my fingers that it doesn’t go into bacterial pneumonia like in many other cases. It’s been a week now, and I’ve racked up five sick days at work. That’s…
I hope that you’ve heard about the study from The Center for Public Integrity in which they collected 935 false statements by eight top administration officials in the period before the March 18, 2003 invasion of Iraq. We have the searchable database now. Provable, documented lies that can’t disappear or be denied. Iraq: The War Card – Orchestrated Deception on the Path to War argues that following 9/11, President Bush and seven top officials of his administration waged a carefully…
Yeah, our “beloved leader” is really interested in helping to negotiate peace in the middle east. Isn’t that what his record is all about? Isn’t it? Isn’t it? Crooks and Liars: Looking confused and distracted, the president butchered the names of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas *shock* and even needed guidance on where to stand with the two leaders for a photo op — which was apparently the only reason he attended at all. After…
I hear “betray us” whenever they say General Petraeus’ name too, but yeah, it was a bit cheap to play on the name. Making a stink about the childishness of of that would be fair, but the comments I’m hearing are really over the top. And with all of the concentration on the word play, the actual point of the ad was lost. Then there’s all this babbling about how the Democrats are “afraid” of irritating the members of Moveon.org….
I didn’t know until this morning that Keith Olbermann had received a letter in the mail, a letter that contained white powder – at his home, complete with a note that said it was in response to his commentary against the president. Olbermann did exactly what he should have done by calling NYPD for HazMat and going to the hospital. That’s standard procedure for a possible biohazard. Sending threatening letters is a federal crime, and adding the white powder –…