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• The Left Coaster: ... Back by Steve Soto Image and video link courtesy of Crooks and Liars A new year, and Keith is back among us . Finally tonight, a Special Comment about "Sacrifice." If in your presence an individual tried to sacrifice an American serviceman or woman, would you intervene? Would you at ...
• Eschaton: ... Sacrifice -Avedon 10:10 ...
• Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community: ... could go and find dozens of links to back up what I am about to say, but I'm feeling lazy. So, I'll just say it. The country has finally turned on George W. Bush. The country is in a very bad and testy mood. At the extreme, tonight's Special Comment on Keith Olbermann's Countdown was the most blistering indictment of a sitting President in the history of broadcast television. I have never seen anything like it. It violated every law of Higher Broderism. It even passed into raw conspiracy ...
• The Moderate Voice: ... by Joe Gandelman MSNBC’s rising star Keith Olbermann has made one of his strongest, bluntest statements yet in THIS VIDEO where he takes up President George Bush’s reportedly impending “new Iraq stratgegy” call for a big “surge” of U.S. troops and more “sacrifice” to win in Iraq. If you boil it down, and cut out the political ...
• The American Street: ... sacrifice: No. It’s not just for backward heathens dancing around volcanoes, Liars . (Transcript at MSNBC) My post below supports the Olbermann option. Withdraw our troops. Keith provides the moral reason; I tried the strategic. Yet we all know what Bush will ...
• Alternate Brain: ... KO slaps the shit outta the Chimp Go see Keith Olbermann take Bush to the woodshed over his new propaganda word "Sacrifice" at Crooks and Liars . K.O. must hafta get his pants cut special for a #10 sack. Good on yer, Keith. Posted ...
• Salon.com - Daou Report: ... hits Bush on "sacrifice" - Mr. Bush, your judgment ... is at variance with your people's, to the point of delusion. TRANSCRIPT + VIDEO : "Your most respected generals see no value in a "surge" — they could not possibly see it in this madness of "sacrifice." The Iraq Study Group told you it would be a mistake. Perhaps dozens more have told you it ...
• D-Day: ... Olbermann Totally Stole From Me His Special Comment tonight, on the President, Iraq, and sacrifice, sounded extremely similar (albeit extremely longer and better-written) to a certain blog post from this afternoon, "human ...
• The Raw Story | A rational voice - Alternative news: ... become Time star (27) Olbermann on Bush's use of 'sacrifice' (2) ...
• The Sideshow: ... 03 January 2007 Partisanship Digby warns that the Stepford Press is going all-out to tell each other how important it is that Nancy Pelosi rein in the partisanship in Washington. Every time a pundit says something like this, a little bell should go off in your head that ...
• Attytood: ... too easily understood now. First we sent Americans to their deaths for your lie, Mr. Bush. Now we are sending them to their deaths for your ego. Read the whole thing. UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has video . Posted by will at 9:53 PM ...
• Liberty Street: ... some kind of misguided vision. Atone. Sacrifice, Mr. Bush? No, sir, this is not “sacrifice.” This has now become “human sacrifice.” And it must stop. Crooks and Liars has the video . Read ...
• The Mahablog: ... Administration — maha @ 9:55 pm Here is the BBC story Keith Olbermann mentioned in his special comments tonight. Justin Webb of the BBC writes, US President George W Bush intends to reveal a new Iraq strategy within days, the BBC has learnt. The speech will reveal a plan to send more US troops to Iraq to focus on ways of ...
• Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy: ... sacrifice at all Since the word came down that Bush's next phrase-that-pays will be " sacrifice ," I've had the Elton John / Bernie Taupin song of that name stuck in my head. Appropriately enough, the lyrics belie the title:But it's no sacrifice No sacrifice ...
• PBD - Progressive Blog Digest: ... congress http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002262.php Olbermann on Bush’s call for “sacrifice” http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/01/02/olbermann-special-comment-on-sacrifice/ What do the Republicans REALLY think about Bush’s troop escalation? ...
• Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog: ... and accelerate?" No. Just…NO. Keith Olbermann's Special Comment transcript here. (H/T to Suzanne.) If you missed it last night, Crooks and Liars has video here . An escalation with no defined mission is still an escalation. How many more Americans should be asked to die for a mistake and to prop up a President's ego? How many more innocents should be caught in the ...
• Jesus' General: ... January 02, 2007 Olbermann He haughtily continues to refuse to accept Our Leader as his lord and savior. posted by Gen. JC Christian, Patriot ...
• THE NEWS BLOG: ... angry enough Olbermann: Special Comment on “Sacrifice” By: John Amato on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007 at 6:52 PM - ...
• CorrenteWire | Ecrasez l'infame!: ... Clusterfuck | sacrifice Since the word came down that Bush’s next phrase-that-pays will be “ sacrifice ,” I’ve had the Elton John / Bernie Taupin song of that name stuck in my head. Appropriately enough, the lyrics belie the title: But it’s no ...
• Bring it On!: ... obsolescence of ordnance, isn’t, Mr. Bush? And the building of detention centers? And the design of a 125-million dollar courtroom complex at Gitmo complete with restaurants. At least the war profiteers have made their money, sir. — Keith Olbermann Read the rest of this post » Posted ...
• The Supreme Irony of Life...: ... member of a soldier dares to speak, they are ridiculed in this right-wing circle jerk. Then the ultimate of indignities, the mainstream media dutifully echoes those self-same chicken-hawks. Where is the outrage? Keith Olbermann started , but is it enough? Will the remainder of the media, finally, stop telling Americans that all is well, and tell us that it is OK for us to be outraged? Will the rest of America ...
• Shadow of the Hegemon: ... January 03, 2007 "Sacrifice" Olbermann has a special comment , on the McCain Doctrine and the “Sacrifice” of more troops. Go watch it and/or read the transcript over at Crooks and Liars, but I wanted to highlight one section: And the war's second accomplishment — your second ...
• I can't believe it's not a democracy!: ... Olbermann on sacrifice . Apparently Chimpy's soon-to-be delivered speech on his "plan" for Iraq, he is going to emphasize sacrifice. The need to sacrifice--but not for the wealthiest 1%, I'm sure. Olbermann took that theme and ran with it. I just read the transcript ...
• Tennessee Guerilla Women: ... The theme of the pResident's speech is said to be "sacrifice." Keith Olbermann was in fine form last night. Whose sacrifice? Olbermann: If in your presence an individual tried to sacrifice an American serviceman or woman, would you intervene? Would you at least protest? What if he had already sacrificed 3,003 of them? What if he had already ...
• ArchPundit: ... Adults are Back In Charge Crooks and Liars has s Special Commen t. Go watch. Perhaps cry. Get angry. John Cole has been a must read for several months since he realized the Emperor has no clothes. One of his recent is quite good and fits with the ...
• The Carpetbagger Report: ... theme” in Bush’s upcoming address on Iraq policy will be “sacrifice.” In another one of his must-see special commentaries, the word drew MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann’s wrath last night. (C&L has the video , MSNBC has the transcript) More American servicemen and women will have their lives risked. More American servicemen and women will have their lives ended. More American ...
• A Brooklyn Bridge: ... I saw Keith Olbermann’s “Special Comment” last night, and the hairs on my neck stood straight up. (Not for the first time.) If you missed it, or don’t have cable go to Crooks and Liars . posted by Glen | 7:43 PM ...
• Scrutiny Hooligans: ... at BlueNC reports that the state's Land and Water Conservation Study Commission having a public meeting tomorrow night at AB-Tech 7pm Laurel Building, Ferguson Auditorium (340 Victoria Rd., Asheville). The Olbermann Sacrifice Soliloquy . Monkeyfister relays a strange and poignant story about U.S. soldiers in Iraq trying to make vegetables ...
• The Reality-Based Community: ... President Bush is going to couch his escalation in Iraq as an appeal to "sacrifice." Olbermann has already ridiculed the notion , but the best retort does not come from an American. Bush's rhetoric recalls another incompetent war leader whom he greatly resembles: Neville Chamberlain. Like Chamberlain, Bush comes from a prominent political family and has done ...
• Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines: ... to Bush: ‘You Do Not Own This Country’ During another of his notable special comments , Keith Olbermann took Bush to the woodshed over reports that the president plans to sell a troop escalation in Iraq as a ...
• Truth, Justice & Peace: ... on Bush's plan to use the word "sacrifice" as an excuse to send more troops to Iraq. Now that Bush is calling his Iraq plan "Sacrifice" -- does that mean we're supposed to shop more? (Video & transcript also available at Liars ) ~~~~ "Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies." - Henri Frederic Amiel Tags: ...
• Under The LobsterScope: ... Keith Olberman's Special Comment last night was an 11 minute piece of brilliance on Bush's forthcoming "surge" of more forces in Iraq, according to the BBC. Bush is going to stress "sacrifice" in his presentation and Keith made it clear that the 3003 (so far) sacrifices that have ...
• ArchPundit: ... Adults are Back In Charge Crooks and Liars has s Special Commen t. Go watch. Perhaps cry. Get angry. John Cole has been a must read for several months since he realized the Emperor has no clothes. One of his recent is quite good and fits with the ...