Nexus of Politics and Terror
February 22, 2008 2:35 AM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: If you think this is important, you might want to Make An Effort instead of a nearly blind link to a MSNBC video that is minutes of waiting before it's even clear wtf is going on. Seriously.... if you care about what is going on and you want to share it with someone, don't make a FPP that looks like you were running to catch a bus. -- jessamyn
I'd like to beg the moderators to let this OlbermannFilter post stand, but I'd just be accused of conflict of interest over my minor connections to msnbc.com. As opposed to his various well-hyped Special Comments, this is a very fleshed-out report with a lot of perspective (instead of just calling bullshit on Bush, he's documenting it). But still, why was it only #3 on his daily "Countdown"? Did both Britney and Lindsey break a nail that day?
posted by wendell at 3:19 AM on February 22, 2008
posted by wendell at 3:19 AM on February 22, 2008
plain black screen? Is that the joke, or is there something wrong with my computer?
posted by nax at 3:46 AM on February 22, 2008
posted by nax at 3:46 AM on February 22, 2008
No transcript? And Wendell for the thread (providing details, instead of homunculus in the FPP)? This isn't Beat the Clock, it's MetaFilter.
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:20 AM on February 22, 2008
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:20 AM on February 22, 2008
I'm with you wendell but I'm not really holding my breath.
It is a good summation of the propaganda used by the Bush administration and seemed far less shouty-from-the-rooftops than so many other Olbermann Special Comments. Maybe if the post had been fleshed out a little.
and yeah, #3 on 'the countdown', because "Country Largest economy in the world led around by its nose like a bull to slaughter" just ain't as compelling as... um...
posted by From Bklyn at 4:21 AM on February 22, 2008
It is a good summation of the propaganda used by the Bush administration and seemed far less shouty-from-the-rooftops than so many other Olbermann Special Comments. Maybe if the post had been fleshed out a little.
and yeah, #3 on 'the countdown', because "
posted by From Bklyn at 4:21 AM on February 22, 2008
I got your nexus of politics and terror right here. *grips junk, guidonically*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:23 AM on February 22, 2008 [4 favorites]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:23 AM on February 22, 2008 [4 favorites]
This black screen, it plays video?
Nope. Just sits there. Hang on...
Aha. Works in Firefox (was on Safari)
Thanks
posted by nax at 4:33 AM on February 22, 2008
Nope. Just sits there. Hang on...
Aha. Works in Firefox (was on Safari)
Thanks
posted by nax at 4:33 AM on February 22, 2008
I feel enlightened.
No, wait -- I'm just riding in an elevator. Nevermind.
posted by CheeseburgerBrown at 5:06 AM on February 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
No, wait -- I'm just riding in an elevator. Nevermind.
posted by CheeseburgerBrown at 5:06 AM on February 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Hey is this an Olbermann video ? BECAUSE OLBERMANN IS THE NEW DAWKINS DICK-NÄRD!
If not, sorry about that.
posted by Mister_A at 5:22 AM on February 22, 2008
If not, sorry about that.
posted by Mister_A at 5:22 AM on February 22, 2008
Well, it's an easy argument to make, no? For about two years straight, there was nothing but awful news for the administration, day after day. So, take the times when the threat level was raised and look at what happened the few days before that. Invariably, you will find some evidence of the administration being made to look like idiots who are incapable of running this country.
posted by billysumday at 5:29 AM on February 22, 2008
posted by billysumday at 5:29 AM on February 22, 2008
There will be a full transcript in a little hidden place on the MSNBC.COM site over here, but they won't be finished typing up the Thursday Night show until Friday afternoon.
posted by wendell at 5:30 AM on February 22, 2008
posted by wendell at 5:30 AM on February 22, 2008
So what he's saying is that the media never fails to fall for the bullshit that the administration feeds it. Hey, look at the shiny bobble!
posted by Pollomacho at 5:38 AM on February 22, 2008
posted by Pollomacho at 5:38 AM on February 22, 2008
...and the population at large never fails to fall for the drivel that the media packages for them.
posted by sfts2 at 6:15 AM on February 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by sfts2 at 6:15 AM on February 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Aha. Works in Firefox (was on Safari)
Safari is a nexus and politics and terror.
posted by ryoshu at 6:22 AM on February 22, 2008
Safari is a nexus and politics and terror.
posted by ryoshu at 6:22 AM on February 22, 2008
How many times do you think Olbermann has seen Network? I say a billion.
posted by fidgets at 6:30 AM on February 22, 2008
posted by fidgets at 6:30 AM on February 22, 2008
Olbermann is da bomb. I'd totally do him.
posted by Ivana Shtup de Naparino at 6:32 AM on February 22, 2008
posted by Ivana Shtup de Naparino at 6:32 AM on February 22, 2008
Network....wow.
That movie, one of my favorites, seems almost quaint in an era of Judge Whomever, Survivor, Olbermann, O'Reilly, GWOT and security theater, etc. Contemporary reality is far more outrageous than a black comedy from 1976.
posted by pax digita at 6:39 AM on February 22, 2008
That movie, one of my favorites, seems almost quaint in an era of Judge Whomever, Survivor, Olbermann, O'Reilly, GWOT and security theater, etc. Contemporary reality is far more outrageous than a black comedy from 1976.
posted by pax digita at 6:39 AM on February 22, 2008
the administration being made to look like idiots who are incapable of running this country.
Wait. Someone needs to *make* them look like idiots? I thought they did that on their own. Man, those guys can't do anything right.
posted by nax at 6:39 AM on February 22, 2008
Wait. Someone needs to *make* them look like idiots? I thought they did that on their own. Man, those guys can't do anything right.
posted by nax at 6:39 AM on February 22, 2008
idiots who are incapable of running this country
oh, they're capable of running it--running it into the ground. (slaps knee, without much conviction...)
Invasion of Iraq was key part of Cheney's top-secret energy plan.
posted by saulgoodman at 6:51 AM on February 22, 2008
oh, they're capable of running it--running it into the ground. (slaps knee, without much conviction...)
Invasion of Iraq was key part of Cheney's top-secret energy plan.
posted by saulgoodman at 6:51 AM on February 22, 2008
President Bush repeatedly described the anthrax attacks as "a second wave of terrorist attacks upon our country."
posted by kirkaracha at 6:54 AM on February 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
Four Americans have died as a result of these acts of terrorism8230;The Postal Service and the FBI have offered a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to the arrest and the conviction of the anthrax terrorists8230;We do not yet know who sent the anthrax 8212; whether it was the same terrorists who committed the attacks on September the 11th, or whether it was the 8212; other international or domestic terrorists. We do know that anyone who would try to infect other people with anthrax is guilty of an act of terror8230;I8217;m proud of our citizens8217; calm and reasoned response to this ongoing terrorist attackRepublicans under Bush are 0-2 in preventing terrorist attacks inside the United States, and 0-2 in punishing the people behind the attacks (at least until the Guantanamo show trials are over).
posted by kirkaracha at 6:54 AM on February 22, 2008 [1 favorite]
sfts2: "...and the population at large never fails to fall for the drivel that the media packages for them."
And metafilter never fails to snark at the population who falls for the drivel.
Also...
wendell: "I'd like to beg the moderators to let this OlbermannFilter post stand, but I'd just be accused of conflict of interest over my minor connections to msnbc.com. As opposed to his various well-hyped Special Comments, this is a very fleshed-out report with a lot of perspective (instead of just calling bullshit on Bush, he's documenting it). But still, why was it only #3 on his daily "Countdown"? Did both Britney and Lindsey break a nail that day?"
That's MR. Bush, wendell...
posted by symbioid at 7:14 AM on February 22, 2008
And metafilter never fails to snark at the population who falls for the drivel.
Also...
wendell: "I'd like to beg the moderators to let this OlbermannFilter post stand, but I'd just be accused of conflict of interest over my minor connections to msnbc.com. As opposed to his various well-hyped Special Comments, this is a very fleshed-out report with a lot of perspective (instead of just calling bullshit on Bush, he's documenting it). But still, why was it only #3 on his daily "Countdown"? Did both Britney and Lindsey break a nail that day?"
That's MR. Bush, wendell...
posted by symbioid at 7:14 AM on February 22, 2008
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posted by From Bklyn at 2:39 AM on February 22, 2008