Oh, golly, I suppose it doesn’t need to be said, but the weekends are just too damn short. Yesterday was chilly but clear, so it was good for getting the chainsaw out and trying to make my woods walkable (lots more work to do there), and this week is supposed to get progressively warmer (too bad sunset is now about ten minutes before I get out of work). Good news about Olbermann, I guess. I don’t know what the “rules” at MSNBC are if they get applied consistently or not. If he was a straight “news” guy, then I could understand his company insisting that he disclose his political contributions – just to monitor his reporting and prevent him from showing any bias (or at least having him disclose that he contributed to the campaign if he did any stories on those folks he contributed to. As an opinion guy, though, that makes things a bit murkier.

Olbermann certainly isn’t hiding his liberal bent, so anyone watching should be able to take that into account. But a lot of ‘Countdown’ certainly gets presented as news stories (with comment by Keith and his guests). Not that Konservatives would believe Olbermann if he reported that the sky is blue, so again I don’t know. But what if two candidates were vying for, say, the Democratic nomination somewhere? Should Keith’s audience be made aware that he’s a supporter of one candidate if he happens to do a story on the campaign? I don’t know. I’m just saying maybe it isn’t quite as simple as “Olbermann good – MSNBC baaaaad.”

Maybe that’s ‘cuz I’m just one of those wishy-washy liberal types that sees shades of gray in everything.

One thing is clear, however. And that is that I have to get ready for work.

See ya