Not a whole lot to say this morning. I’m just glad it’s finally Friday, and I’m hoping this day will go by quickly. We’re supposed to get some snow today and tomorrow, though nothing major – just enough to remind us that it’s November. And it’s even supposed to hit 60 next week (when I’m at work, of course). If I was paying attention to the news, I’d mention that Patty Murray won out in Washington, which is a good thing. But I’m ignoring the news, so I’ll just say Happy Birthday to Art Garfunkel, Ike Turner, Peter Noone, Tatum O’Neal, Sam Shepard, Bryan Adams, and Elke Sommer :hubba: . Roy Rogers and Vivian Leigh, too, but they’re dead (not that there’s anything wrong with that; I expect to be dead one of these days myself). Have a good Friday.
Watching the Today Show is just like ignoring the news. Matt Lauer actually makes me more ill than Karl Rove.
There are times, as now, that I cannot watch the news. Reading it, however, is a different matter.
The thing about Republicans is that they cannot help but show their true colors and that is the only silver lining I can see just now.
From Thom Hartman’s blog which I get and sometimes read:
On Tuesday, Oklahomans approved a ballot initiative that would forbid judges in the state from using Sharia law to consider a case. Voters supported the measure by about 40 points even though many of them cannot name a single instance where Sharia law was used to rule in a case – that’s because it’s never happened in Oklahoma- or any other state in the country for that matter.
MSNBC has suspended Olbermann indefinitely without pay for giving political contributions to several candidates this cycle.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/11/5/917893/-Olbermann-suspended-by-MSNBC
If you have any doubt about Phil Griffin’s real motive in suspending Keith Olbermann, you need look no further than how the network reacted to Joe Scarborough’s donation of $4,200 to a Republican House candidate in 2006:
Joe Scarborough, host of the “Morning Joe” talk show and the evening newscast “Scarborough Country,” $4,200 in March 2006 to Derrick Kitts, Republican candidate for the House from Oregon. … A spokesperson for NBC, Jeremy Gaines, replied to questions sent to Scarborough. “Yes, he did make a donation to Derrick Kitts. Kitts is an old friend of Joe’s. Joe hosts an opinion program and is not a news reporter.”
Griffin might try to defend himself by saying the difference is that Olbermann interviewed one of the candidates that he contributed to after making the contribution. But Griffin’s problem would be that Joe Scarborough did the exact same thing. As JohnKWilson pointed out in a diary, after donating to Derrick Kitts, Scarbrough interviewed Kitts on his program.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/11/5/917928/-Joe-Scarborough-did-the-exact-same-thing
Support for Olbermann petition;
http://act.boldprogressives.org/sign/petition_olbermann/?source=huff
Waiting to see how they handle this debacle at MSNBC.
Meanwhile, Happy BD to GP.
:cake: 🙁 :gate:
Jill Clayburgh Dies at 66; Starred in Feminist Roles
😕 :cake:
MSNBC’s owners give millions in political contributions, but Olbermann suspended