KO’ Special Comment

This is a great Special Comment. It’s long,but aren’t they all? KO speaks truth to power regarding racism. Doesn’t it make you physically ill that the TeaBaggers don’t fucking get it? It’s common sense people…common-fucking-sense.

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Moyers and Olbermann: what a pair!

H/T to Crooks & Liars for having parts of this interview on their site. Here is the entire 21 minutes of the PBS interview from this past friday night’s Bill Moyers Journal. Its a great interview and KO explains how his Special Comments came into being among other things. Two of the best journalists of this era together..awesome indeed!

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Keith Olbermann and his Special Comment on the Idiot-in-Chief

Last night was a great one folks..thanks to Crooks and Liars for putting this up. I heart them for it.

WWIII my ass! Chicken Little is right KO.

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KO’s Special Comment, Daniel Levin and waterboarding as torture.

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To watch Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on Daniel Levin, torture and waterboarding, click here if the video isn’t working.

From ThinkProgress..on the eve of the vote on Mukasey..we hope..dare we pray, that this question will be at the forefront of the vote to deny this man the office of Attorney General of these United States; Is waterboarding torture Mr. Mukasey and do you support it? 24 Intel officials say DO NOT confirm this man in a letter to committee chair. From the Think Progress writeup:

Last night, ABC World News reported that in 2004 then-acting assistant attorney general Daniel Levin was so concerned about the administration’s use of waterboarding that he went to a military base near Washington and underwent the procedure himself.

Levin took over former Office of Legal Counsel Jack Goldsmith’s job when he resigned and immediately began reassessing the administration’s interrogation techniques. Levin released a new memo in Dec. 2004 that replaced the 2002 Bybee memo. Levin’s memo declared that “Torture is abhorrent” but also cautioned in a footnote that his memo was not declaring the administration’s previous opinions illegal. “The White House, with Alberto Gonzales as the White House counsel, insisted that this footnote be included in the memo.”

ABC reported that after Levin personally experienced waterboarding, he told the White House that it could be considered torture:

After the experience, Levin told White House officials that even though he knew he wouldn’t die, he found the experience terrifying and thought that it clearly simulated drowning.

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Keith Olbermann and his Special Comment

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KO addresses the MoveOn controversy and Bushco’s bullshit remark.