tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post7219384794269572700..comments2023-10-17T06:26:31.005-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Middleman: Hey Bush - "SHUT THE HELL UP"!John Evohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-70644812578085264032008-05-17T16:51:00.000-07:002008-05-17T16:51:00.000-07:00John:You're right about Olbermann being a lone voi...John:<BR/><BR/>You're right about Olbermann being a lone voice, and you're right -- he certainly deserves lots of credit for that. And I agree with your hope, that he will inspire the networks to add other voices to his.<BR/><BR/>Seems to me, way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and channels only went from 2-13, that we had a lot more political editorializing on TV. I guess now that we havebjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-34128224997972047332008-05-17T12:39:00.000-07:002008-05-17T12:39:00.000-07:00Brendan -"Aural callouses" LOL!Yeah. I guess not...Brendan -<BR/><BR/>"Aural callouses" LOL!<BR/><BR/>Yeah. I guess not if you think of Olbermann as a screamer. Still, I get what you are saying and there are other ways to present your point.<BR/><BR/>Still, NO ONE ELSE is doing it! So anyone on the networks who speaks up (and however they do it) is fine by me.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, Olbermann (with success) will encourage the networks to put John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-83434254874230181512008-05-17T04:41:00.000-07:002008-05-17T04:41:00.000-07:00I meant to add that when you've got a case as stro...I meant to add that when you've got a case as strong as he has, it's more effective to deliver it in forceful but measured tones. At least, to me.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's that I don't have the aural callouses that most people do, since I almost never watch TV shoutfests. If that's true, maybe Olbermann feels he has to scream to get any attention at all. I guess I can't argue with his ratings, but bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-55550395466352473862008-05-17T04:38:00.000-07:002008-05-17T04:38:00.000-07:00Olbermann makes good points, and I'm with him 100%...Olbermann makes good points, and I'm with him 100% in spirit, but I think he undermines his message with his histrionics.<BR/><BR/>I may have said this before, and if so, I apologize for the repetition. But it really puts me off.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-44749697278736952332008-05-15T16:53:00.000-07:002008-05-15T16:53:00.000-07:00Come on guys, you didn't really think W. would sen...Come on guys, you didn't really think W. would send one of the the girls, or his brand-new son-in-law into the line of fire, did you? That would have gone beyond symbolic solidarity to, I dunno, something like normal life, something about which our president knows nothing. (Remember: his dad was pretty damned impressed with computerized check-out machines back in the day).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-28210471623478904542008-05-15T13:20:00.000-07:002008-05-15T13:20:00.000-07:00Nothing will get me to swing a club again. Althou...Nothing will get me to swing a club again. Although that reason would be tempting.John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-36627993674296776092008-05-15T13:18:00.000-07:002008-05-15T13:18:00.000-07:00I'm very impressed; great work by Olbermann. Now, ...I'm very impressed; great work by Olbermann. <BR/><BR/>Now, we'll all have to take up golf, just to show that we think the prez is full of shit.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.com