A Couple of Things

Disappointment R Us.  I read this headline (The Fat Lady Sings for Keith Olbermann) and thought "Cool.  It's about damned time." I was thinking, of course, that cleaning house was one of the first actions taken by MS-NBC's new owners.  And then after reading the piece I realized the deal ain't done, in both regards.  Olbermann is still on the air and the Comcast-NBC merger hasn't been finalized.  But you can bet the farm that Olbermann WILL be gone once MS-NBC is in Comcast's hands.  There's no way a profit-focused enterprise like Comcast would keep him... his ratings are in the frickin' cellar, or below.  KO fits at NBC, on the other hand, coz they're all about Lefty propaganda.  That should change when Comcast takes the reins... coz smart bid'niz men want to sell to everyone, not just a niche.

The Olbermann piece is worth your time, by the way.  For stuff like this:

And so the fat lady is not just singing for Olbermann and MS-NBC: Rather, she is belting out an aria that rushes Katrina-like past the designer finery of Old Media grandees in the audience of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera, rattles the Swarovski crystal chandeliers above their heads, hurtles across Central Park, and pierces the floor-to-ceiling windows of Olbermann's  $4.2-million 40^th-floor Trump Palace roost.

It is from here that Olbermann leads the progressive media battle on behalf of America's downtrodden, joined by neighboring New York Times staffers and mainstream media executives, fighting their self-described war on privilege from foxholes developed by Donald Trump. The various Trump Towers dotting upper Manhattan are, collectively, a progressive Pentagon, headquarters for the media war on Middle America...with Olbermann among the most polished of its brass.

...That is, until America began paying attention. The result: The audience of Countdown has sunk to roughly 20% of FOX News-viewers led by Bill O'Reilly. And now the fat lady is howling her delight as she joins a decades-long string of females in Keith's life -- beginning with his mother, who thought her son needed psychological help -- whose fist-bumps will come when he has exited their lives. 

Heh.  Ain't it something when your Mom thinks you need help?  Turns out the lady was right.

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Can anyone explain why the right side of the blogosphere is totally silent on the pending/proposed demise of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", The One's lil blurb about gays in the military during the SOTU, and yesterday's Senate hearings on the subject?  Plenty of Lefty blogs (predictably) are writing about DADT, there's no lack of coverage in the MSM, but there's not one single link to a conservative blog on this subject at memeorandum's page as I write.  I find that curious.

I'll break the silence on the right.  Don't change the law.  Don't fix what essentially isn't broken.  Yes, DADT is a compromise but it's been an effective compromise since Clinton and the congress made that policy the law of the land.  If change is required, then change the conditions surrounding vindictive outings that seem to be occurring too often these days.  That's wrong on many different levels.

Reasonable people don't give a big rat's ass about other people's sex life.  And reasonable people don't flaunt their sexuality in any way, shape, or form... gay or straight.  Sex is ultimately a private matter and it should remain so.  Unless you're serving in the military, where it's a matter of law.

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And then there's this:

A Priest and a Rabbi were sitting next to each other on an airplane.

After a while, the Priest turned to the Rabbi and asked,“Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?”

The Rabbi responded, “Yes, that is still one of our laws.”

The Priest then asked, “Have you ever eaten pork?”
To which the Rabbi replied, “Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and tasted a ham sandwich.”

The Priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading.

A while later, the Rabbi spoke up and asked the Priest,“Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?”

The Priest replied, “Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith.”

The Rabbi then asked him,
“Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of the flesh?”

The Priest replied, “Yes, Rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke my faith.

The Rabbi nodded understandingly and remained silent, thinking, for about five minutes.

Finally, the Rabbi said, “Beats the hell out of a ham sandwich, doesn't it?”

Heh.  The hat tip goes to a friend who sent that in e-mail.