Keith is brave because there are very few actual media-types, real media-types who will attack anyone in the administration out of pussyass fear of being grouped with Michael Moore, MoveOn, Cindy Sheehan (pictured) or Dan Rather as "fringe" or "extremist Liberals". As if anyone who says this war is stupid is some traitor.
Jon Stewart and Colbert have to pretend that they're just kidding, and O'Reilly has to pretend that he's not kidding.
Keith on the otherhand has no problem acting like a normal human being and smiling and laughing during his puppet show or scowling and bashing during his commentaries like the ones in the post below.
Olbermann might not be the quasi-network quasi-news anchor of your dreams, but he's a giant leap away from the clearly uneducated partisan hacks at Fox or the emotionless drones everywhere else. And he's a voice in the wilderness for the majority of Americans who disagree with the administration but have been convinced that if they say anything they'll be marginalized for cutting and running, flip flopping, being a moonbat or any of the other childish taunts that sadly work just as well today as they did in the schoolyard.
There can be a middle ground in serious News Analysis as the LAT calls it and it can be entertaining. Although they're not fully there yet, I believe that Countdown is taking us down that path since it uses actual video evidence, real quotes, and omg facts to make its case. O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Coulter et al simply say "Kerry's fugly and Moore's fat."
The beauty of Olbermann's peice the other day was it brought back the idea of actually having an educated take that does not suck, using history as an example, and making friends with the English language. BushCo could certainly learn from the former SportsCenter anchor.
Another piece of Great writing.... And Tony... You owe me an interview!
To all the mothers out there, let me wish you a happy Mothers Day.
And to you Mama...
Not a day goes by that I don't miss you. I can feel your presence around me sometimes. Especially when I am sad, or something is bothering me.
Your strong faith, discipline and philosophy have helped to mold me into the man I am today. I can only hope that you are smiling down from the balconies of heaven, content in what you helped to inspire in me.
I have felt your presence strongly this week. Tony's passing came as a surprise to me, but I think that is because I did not pay attention to your messages to me. The two dreams I have had in the last two weeks with you and my Sister, now make sense to me. I can see that you were waiting for your oldest son, and with me being so far away from the family, you wanted me to know.
I love you Mama. I always will. You are my hero and my inspiration, more than anyone I have ever known. I can only hope that your namesake, my oldest daughter, will grow up to be half the person you were. I thought of you on your birthday this week, and remembered all the things you taught me. The lessons on life and honor and truth. I don't worry so much about my Brother, I know he is with you now. So happy Mothers Day mama. I love you.
Who just reached the milestone of Making Large Mammal in the TLB! Great Blog, awesome person and one of my best friends in the world. A hat tip and a cyber hug to you Angel, you deserve the reccognition.
To all the mothers out there, let me wish you a happy Mothers Day.