I know that it seems like every time Keith Olbermann makes a Special Comment, I go all googly in the knees and post about it here. Well, it only seems that way because it's true. This latest one definitely takes it up a notch... I don't care if what he says is unprofessional, or hysterical, or part of a left-wing conspiracy to defame the President and all the President's men, as people who disagree with him are bound to criticize. It's the truth of what he says that is important! And it's really funny, because it is true. Here's a link to the transcript, and I highly suggest you watch the video instead of just reading it... inflection is important and adds to the overall spice of the art of the presidential bitchslap.
Anyway, things are moving right along here on the ground... I did get the word from above to begin disassembling the camp... so we have just under three weeks to do it. I suspect that, as long as we are close to finishing but not quite finished as of the eviction date, the JASG will give us a slight time extension to complete our asset removal, so I don't have an exact day of departure just yet, but I can't imagine that it will be any longer than the first or second week in November.
People keep asking me what I'm going to do next, and I refuse to answer based on a couple of flimsy reasons. The first: I'm not entirely sure what is going to happen in the next month. I mean I have some thoughts on where I want to go, but really I'm a bit too preoccupied with stuff going on here to really figure it out just now. The second: Even if I knew exactly what I wanted, I still wouldn't say until I knew it was definitely going to happen. I don't like to jinx things up by speaking too soon. Or worse, say what I want and then suffer the embarassment of not being able go through with it... it's like when you want to quit smoking. If you go around telling everybody that you are going to quit smoking, and then you don't, people give you loads of crap for not having any willpower, which depresses you and makes you want a cigarette. And also, if everybody knows the date that you are supposed to stop, that puts alot of pressure on you to actually go through with it. As any smoker knows, pressure is what makes you really want a cigarette in the first place, so on quitting day you're so freaked out and pressurized that the only thing that keeps you from totally melting down is a smooth relaxing smoke; It's a lose/lose. So really, it's infinitely better to just quit one day, and wait for people to notice that you're in bed sweating & shaking from nicotine withdrawal, and cussing out anybody that comes close and hey! NOT having a cigarrette. Good for you, man! (Grr! Argh! Go Away!)
Anyway, what the hell was I talking about?
You've started smoking again, haven't you? Is that what this is?
Posted by: hooligan | Sunday, October 08, 2006 at 12:42
ummm... no.
Posted by: messiestobjects | Sunday, October 08, 2006 at 15:57
I listened to Olbermann (ESPN in the 80's & 90's... right?!!). I read Bahgdad Burning. I listed to NPR. I heard Bush. Head in the sand? Right wing conspiracy? Stupidity... I am not a Bush basher and I tend to think he is sincere but I believe he IS sincerely wrong in this direction he is trying to get us to go in and he is not listening to/looking at/thinking about what's going on in Iraq or America. However, everyone should vote if they have an opinion about this - it's the only real power we can excercise - and those who have faith in God need to pray... a lot... regular like - because that's the only tool we have.
Posted by: Dad | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at 22:12
I have no idea what you're saying. Are you calling Olbermann stupid? Because of all the facts? Bush? Sincere?! I have no possible way of responding to this without being extremely insensitive, so I won't... but I mean really? Sincere?
And voting only works if it's not 1984, and prayer doesn't seem to have had a whole lot of effect on world events so far.
I'm not saying you shouldn't do either, just don't expect either to make the world a better place any time soon. Unless the Dems win back the House and actually find the orbs to impeach. So vote Democrat and pray, and then hold your breath.
Posted by: messiestobjects | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 01:27
Well there you go... Bush is sincerely stupid (possibly the worst kind of evil). Olberman is courageous if not brilliant and attacks the core issues regarding all this stuff. Voting is NOT outdated and still should be done but many people have to want change. Too many people gave up in 2000 and Bush got in in the first place. VOTERS could have hanged that (yes, I voted for him). As for prayer - well, no diatribe but I will pray. God has His thing going... I don't have it all figured out but I will pray that He is gracious to us all - even if I can't see it. Holding one's breath can cause light-headedness and tends to cloud the judgement.
Posted by: Dad | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 06:36
Ummm... get hip to the jar jar, daddio. 1984 was a reference to the book by George Orwell, not a comment on voting being outdated, as in; Voting only works if it's not rigged! I of course can't claim to know for sure, but I have a certain amount of feeling that Bush stole not only the Florida vote in 2000, but the last election also, if only because I can't allow myself the despairing belief that 50.7% of all Americans are that easily led around by the medulla oblongata.
Posted by: messiestobjects | Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 05:04