• silverwhisper said on Nov 07, 2007....

  awe-inspiring.
  
  if anyone's interested, a transcript can be found here.
  
  ed

• kelly said on Nov 08, 2007....

  Very nice.  Thanks for that!
  
  
  Why is the world chock-a-block with people like Bush and so very few Olbermann's?  

• lioneljay said on Nov 08, 2007....

  Keith Olbermann is saying things that absolutely have to be said - but most people in the mainstream media are simply too cowardly to speak up. They like their cushy jobs working for their "news" corporations too much.

• silverwhisper said on Nov 08, 2007....

  kelly: b/c it's easier not to speak up, sadly.
  
  ed

• crybabylu said on Nov 08, 2007....

  yeah, i wish he was running

• kelly said on Nov 11, 2007....

  silver: It makes me really scrutinize myself, actually.  It's a good reminder to not take the easy road and to speak up even if it causes life to be a little rougher.
  
  
  Case in point.  At work they are implementing a very stringent security policy in which every employee must fill out a very detailed form telling every place you've ever worked and lived in the past 5-7 years, including names of people that can verify that information.  Additionally, you sign a statement that says the government or anyone they deem to have need for the information can look into any of your records whether they be financial, medical or whatever.  It's really abusive and none of the work that we do is classified or even needs a security clearance.  It's all homeland security bullshit.
  
  
  Oh, they say it's voluntary, but it's voluntary in the same way that you don't actually have to live in this country if you don't like certain laws.  In other words, it's not voluntary because there are consequences if you choose not to comply.
  
  
  So, I'm feeling a bit like I caved in by signing the thing.  I did, however, openly sign an online petition against it.  
  
  
  lj and cry: Thanks for checking it out!  Usually it's just silver and me and the crickets.  ;-)

• silverwhisper said on Nov 11, 2007....

  kelly: everyone needs the odd call to arms, i find.
  
  i find that security policy enormously invasive. are policies of that sort becoming commonplace? b/c i'm seeing a whole lot of potential "guilt by association" at play here.
  
  ed

• kelly said on Nov 11, 2007....

  silver:  It has instantly become commonplace for everyone who has even a remotely related government job.  It is called HSPD12 and is applied indiscriminately.  People who have worked for 10-20 years at a place are suddenly subjected to intense scrutiny.  It's ridiculous.
  
  
  It has also had the effect of making me feel a bit hostile towards my employer when before I was excited to be there.

• silverwhisper said on Nov 12, 2007....

  you know, on the one hand i can see the utility in not assuming bob is OK, but OTOH, it does sorta make you wonder what happened to the presumption of innocence.
  
  ed

• kelly said on Nov 14, 2007....

  And please don't forget that none of the positions we're talking about require a real security clearance.  These are not state secrets we're dealing with.  The heaviest thing we have to watch out for--besides our own network security--is export controls.

• silverwhisper said on Nov 14, 2007....

  ah, export controls--meaning that DHS is involved. my condolences. my previous employer imported goods from indonesia. you know, the country w/ the world's highest population of muslims?
  
  ed

• BlueHotRage said on Jan 03, 2008....

  Keith Olbermann is a wonderful speaker--and, if he composes most of his comments, a great writer as well.  I don't know how nightly-news writing sessions work, but even if it's a collaborative thing, I can still sense his ownership of what he says.
   
  I'm tempted to list him as a write-in during the election, if none of the other candidates do it for me.

• crybabylu said on Jan 03, 2008....

  Hey, Kelly, I just re-read your post, did I read it right?  You don't have  a TV?

• kelly said on Jan 03, 2008....

  Good thought, Blue!  I'm going to try to remember that!
  
  
  crybabylu:  Yep, no TV.  I've been without since 1991.  I missed it for about one month.  :-)

• crybabylu said on Jan 04, 2008....

  You are absolutely brilliant.......Lot of agrivation, that TV is.

• superbozo said on May 07, 2009....

  wow

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