What I Saw In Arizona. Part Two: Photo Album

I have a few more things gleaned among the cacti to report (besides the fact that Billy Hamilton is the fastest ballplayer I’ve ever seen, and seems to be going faster than freeway traffic).

But first, the photo album from a week in the incredibly convenient Cactus League:

IMG_4449No, this is not the world’s oldest, saddest boy band. Nor, despite the angles, are Manager Terry Francona of the Indians and President Theo Epstein of the Cubs actually resting their heads on my shoulder (they’d join me in saying ‘thank goodness’). I was privy to witness the reunion of the Men Who Made The Red Sox Great at HoHoKam Park, two weeks ago tomorrow. They’re both among my baseball friends and typically we spent almost no time talking baseball. Also got to see Billy Williams, Dale Sveum, and Brad Mills that day, too (“Nice to see you back with a Major League Team,” I said to Millsy. He smiled and was respectful enough to say nothing, but he looked 10 years younger – as did Tito).

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This is not Jackson Browne, though I’ve seen them both in the last 18 months and if the gentleman spotted at Peoria during a Brewers-Mariners game dyed his hair, they’d look like brothers.

That’s Ted Simmons, now an advisor in the Seattle front office, and simply put one of the smartest men in the sport. When Pirates fans harken back to the last winning Pittsburgh team they invoke the names of Jim Leyland and Barry Bonds (and occasionally even Stan Belinda), they don’t mention the last winning GM: Ted Simmons. He was just getting into the rebuilding of the post-Bonds Pirates when he suffered a heart attack during the 1993 season and retired. He’s been a coach and executive since – and that was after his 46.5 WAR (greater than Hall of Famers with careers of similar length like Nellie Fox, Kiki Cuyler, Orlando Cepeda, Ernie Lombardi, and the just-elected Deacon White). Narrow that down to catchers (Bill Dickey 52.5, Gabby Hartnett 50.7, Simmons 46.5, White 44, Lombardi 43.6 – and you occasionally hear Jorge Posada’s name mentioned at 39) and it’s obvious that “Simba” is a Hall of Famer. Despite a career line of .285/.348/.437 and seven .300 seasons, his work was overshadowed by being Johnny Bench’s exact contemporary for 15 years, and then spending nearly all of his last five at DH or 1B.

IMG_4543Here’s another should-be Hall-of-Famer.

Dale Murphy returned to the game last season in the Braves’ tv booth, and returned to uniform this spring as the first base coach for the USA team in the WBC. One of the older arguments for the Hall was the “wozzy” test – “was he considered for any length of a time one of the top five players in the game?” After two MVPs and a decade as one of the most feared hitters/least feared people in the game, Murph kinda flatlined starting with his 13th season in the majors. But again, WAR puts him in historical context. Lou Brock’s a 42.8, Jim Rice a 44.3, Chuck Klein a 41.5. Murphy: 42.6 – and in this time when one element in the Cooperstown ballot has suddenly taken on added importance (“character”), his was and is impeccable – and generous.

IMG_4697Here’s another one of my favorite baseball people. This one unexpectedly showed up with the visiting Royals on a frigid night at the Rockies’ facility, Salt River Fields.

When I tweeted this photo I believe I said that I first interviewed George Brett in 1980. In fact, that was when we were first “introduced.” I actually interviewed him in 1976, 1977, and 1978 during the A.L. Playoffs – the “nice to meet yous” came during the 1980 World Series during a memorable and scatological interview about the hemorrhoids that plagued him during the post-season. This might have been the same day I met a mid-level Royals’ executive named Rush Limbaugh (how would you ever forget a name like that). He and Brett remain best friends, and George and I laughed our way through 15 minutes in the KC dugout, which no matter how you diagram it means baseball trumps politics every time. George remembered that ’80 interview of course, but also (to my surprise) recalled that I got to interview him – for Fox – after his election to Cooperstown in ’99.

Photography by Jon SooHoo/©Los Angeles Dodgers,LLC 2013

This, of course, is Wash.

All the other guys on the photo tour are Hall of Famers, or should be, or might very will be (Terry Francona needs one more measurable success in his managerial career to cinch a spot – and he’s only 54 – while if Theo Epstein also turns the Cubs around, he’s a lock).

The first person to tell you he’s not getting to Cooperstown – surely not as a player – is the ever-affable skipper of the Rangers, Ron (.261/.292/.368, ten years, one as a starting player) Washington. But few figures in the sport are greeted with greater affection, by his players and rivals alike. Just to amp this shot up a little bit, check out the copyright. That’s Jon SooHoo, who I’ve known ever since I was a local sportscaster in LA and who has shot 30 years of incredible images on behalf of the Dodgers.

There were many other men I’m proud to call friends who I didn’t trouble for photos: Vin Scully, Bob Uecker, Bruce Bochy, Bob Melvin – the average was about three a day, and it emphasized that while we get swamped by scandal and controversy and stats and new-age stats and boasting and showboating, the game is about good people whom you get to know and cheer for, for a very long time.

But occasionally, even in middle age, you make new acquaintances. While I summarize my thoughts for a future post, take a look at this, which might be – pound-for-pound – the best baseball stadium built in this country at least since 1962:IMG_4547

 

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Love it! And I hate to be that person, but…. one of my favorite parts of this is getting to see you with a smile on your face – not just once, but many times over. Still missing you on my TV machine, but seeing you happy makes up for that. Hugs!

Keith,
I loved the way you glided us through an extravaganza of pictographic history. All of these friendships were built over the ‘ages’ (not to indicate you’re old here, babe). It’s nice to see all of these people you still remain in contact with through a common love of baseball. Glowing faces aside, it is great to see you ‘au natural’ and smiling, well actually beaming, through this adventure scape. You do this so well and leave me wanting more. I will be patient as I feel there is more to come in the Epic of Arizona 2013 and I am so looking forward to it. Can hardly wait! LyK

KO you really are good looking for a guy your age, Also like the info with the photos, again I love hearing you talk about baseball along with sports and news. You really show why you are this generations murrow and why you will around for a long time, keep being yourself and you will always have a fan in me. Love you faults and all, Iove that you had a goodtime on your trip.


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Wow what does this have to do with baseball, please go away with your igorance on KO and let people talk baseball.

I was afraid that Keith, Tito and Theo were going to break into a chorus of “Put Your Head on My Shoulder.” Great stuff!

I don’t know whether Keith reads the comments but, for what it’s worth, the second greatest day in my life (after my wedding day) was my first MLB game, Dodger Stadium, August 1, 1974, Dodgers-Padres. Not only did we get a foul ball, but my parents had written ahead and I got to meet my idol, The Vin (when you are that eminent, you should have a special form of address, and I think The Vin is appropriate. Anyway, my reason for mentioning this is that Keith mentioned in another post that it took him a couple of years to be able to say hello to him. When I met him, he looked down at the nine-year-old me and said, “So you’re the guy who wants my job!” I gaped. I STILL haven’t said hello.

Also again love the intolerance of that post, you show that you are everything that you claim KO is, now go away and go to we hate tolerance blogs and let people talk baseball.

Micheal
I love hearing stories like this, I loved hearing when I was in school, the what we did on vacations or the greatest day in my life, were some of the favorite ones that I to write about, thanks for the great info, this is what I like and to hear about and learn about when it comes to this sport, and you and KO and others bring that love out, this is why I would love to see KO do sports or baseball, would be great to watch and listen to as it when he puts posts up here.

Wow
This has nothing to do with KO or baseball. Love how you show that you have no idea what you talk about but just want to bash.
Moderators we have a troll on the loose please remove and let people talk baseball.

I agree with the gals here that “When Irish (German/French) Eyes are Smilin’” ♫ ♪
…they’ll steal our hearts away! Forget stolen bases! I love that you have your MEDIA PASS and rightfully so! You’ve done much for many sports! Relax and drink it all in! That Cactus Cooler was the best! Let someone else fight. You wear peace and light well. Good luck in everything ye do! Blarney! We love ye!

Wow
J thanks for showing that you do not know what tolerance means and show that you are everything that you want KO to be. YOu show why KO is this generations Murrow and that do not know what facts and journalism and tolerance is. Keep making love and respect KO more and more.

Love it,
I just came back from seeing a concert aka Merle Haggard and the rodeo so I love that you are posting a song there. Also I have sung that song in choir for concert that we did. Hope you and others on this blog had a great ST. Patricks day.

Thanks, history! Since he’s my patron saint, I was showered with green goodies! Hugs! You are the number one fan!

Despite what you say, Keith: Men resting their heads on other men’s shoulders: It’s classy and brotherly. I like it.

And did you mean to use the word ‘hemorrhoids’ and Rush Limbaugh in the same
paragraph? Hilarious! Because we all know he’s a royal pain in the ass!

Wonderful pictorial. Nice to see you happy and relaxed. That stadium must be enormous. The people look like ants in comparison to all of the structures and stuff.

BTW, thank you again for the recent ESPN spot you did on the Honus Wagner baseball card. I so love a mystery and was happy that you finished explaining that one. Any other baseball mysteries you might report on? :)

I saw that also Shoebedobedo and I thought that he was awesome in it, I would again watch him do a baseball show in a minute.

I’m sure that thier are people that are just as bad, but thanks, also understand I know people that love St Patricks day or take it serious because they have Irish hertiage.

It’s good to see that you’re still fired.

Wow
J shows that J is igorant on KO’s carer. J KO has only been fired twice, he did something that you have never heard of, it called quiting. Here it is Wow you show that you do not know KO’s job history, he was only fired two times, here again is his historyAgain you show that you do not listen to truth or facts, that is a made up talking point. again here is the evidence that you love to igonre that shows that KO was unjustily fired. I do not listen to people like you who keep putting made up crap. Current being a ragtime operations is a BS excuse. ragtime operations do not make people who are have a thorat infection that is serious in KO’s industry have work, that shows that they do not care about who they are hiring, they do not get rid of thier co-Ceo that knows what he doing, that is how made up that statement is here is again is the facts and what happenedWow you also seem to want to lie about KO’s career. KO was not fired from ESPN or MSNBC. I want you to explain to me why was KO able to a last show at ESPN, I did not realize Nick that people that were fired could do that. Nick what happened at ESPN is that they could not find a agreement when it came to reneogationating his contract. He wanted to be in New York, because he was single and cannot drive and had family there. ESPN wanted him to stay in Bristol, so they left on mutal agreement. At MSNBC the first time he quit because he did not want to talk other things beside Lewensky scandal. He was then traded to Fox, he got fired from Fox for reporting the truth about Murdouch selling the LA Dodgers. Which at Fox is not allowed. He was than hired back from MSNBC, and when he left in January of 2011 he was again allowed to do a last show and mangement even said that KO left on his own aka mutal agreement and he got paid the rest of his contract, that shows pacfically that KO was not fired from MSNBC just like ESPN. Also KO was rehired by ESPN to work with Dan Patrick before he left ESPN. Nick keep lying about KO’s career history.
Nick also I want you to explain when has a professional responsible business ever put out a letter that is a personal attack on the person that they letting go, so again explain Nick how this ego and KO’s fault. Also KO keeps his fans up to date on twitter about his abences and what is going on and when the subs are going to on and letting the subs like Press tweet when he going to be on. He also saying who on the show and his staff doing twitter saying who on when Shuster is on, while Current will not take responsible for thier mistakes like the tenichal problems which is business which in the couter-suit they claim is thier job. Nick why did Current want KO to do a commerical for a corporation and have a corporate sponser, when they advertised that they were corporate free, also giving corporation his website, wow trying to make KO a hypocrite to his audience and people like me who are fans, and love that he stands on principle. Why did Current leak the primary story to the press, and KO and his lawyer only confirm that lawyers that were involved that Current said were saying, Nick how is that sabtoging them, when they were putting out email and letters and putting out qutos about KO, and all KO does is defend them and confirm that lawyers involved, along with making KO go against his principles and make them go again what they stood for by being corporate free. Wow Nick that shows that Current is sabtoging themselves and unjustily fired KO.
Nick KO was unjustily fired and that is the truth and thier is nothing that going to change that. Also nick explain why when articles about KO come out he or his team aka lawyer and manger always quoted, but with Current it sources, and that Hollywood story says sources and they say that KO was the one responsible why not deny when KO said they had told him it was his manger. Who is it the manger or KO. and they cannot deny that they blackmaiel and threaten to fire staff, all showing that they not KO realeased the salary. They also never reprimended KO for saying that he was on a preplanned vacation to fans on twitter, showing that they had approved it. So again I would be pissed if KO does not get the justice he deserved for being unjustily fired.
Nick keep making me love KO and respecting him more and more and showing why KO will be aroud for year to come. KO keep being yourself and showing why you are this generations Murrow and you will always have a fan in me. Lov eyou faults and all. Again Hyatt is someone that fired some with AIDS and you take what he says seriously. Dude I researched this over and over again and nothing shows that KO personality is why he not at Current. Keep showing how igorant you are on KO. Paul you do not do last shows like he did no ESPN and MSNBC if you been fired. You do not get paid. Keep showing that you love
to bash gays and love to make crap up about KO. You really make me love and respect him more and more. Keep embarrassing yourself with igorance on who KO is that is all you do. Sorry but you prove that KO is this generations Murrow and by using a made up name and made up story by someone that has no idea who KO is and loves to bully people and show that they do not know what being human is aka Gibson Again this is who Gibson is and how made up that story is Wow again here is who Gibson is here again is who Gibson is KO is not BB, thier is no such thing as bath tub boy that is something that was made up by John Gibson because KO was not allowed to call him worst person. Also anyone that uses that name shows that they have zero clue what being human is. John Gibson thought it was funny to make fun of Stewart’s pain on 911, he thought it was funny to make fun of Lugar’s suicude by his I could never quit you quto, UPDATE: John Gibson has “apologized” for his distasteful comments on Heath Ledger’s death. Though he first defended his statements on his radio show yesterday — there is “no point in passing up a good joke,” he said, and repeated his “Brokeback Mountain” joke saying, “I’m not giving that up” — he eventually caved to pressure to apologize and did so on his television show.
Still, his apology seemed forced, and relatively half-hearted:
Those who knew him say he was a good actor and a loving dad. And what happened to him was terrible, but was evidently an accident. Once again, to anyone offended by my comments, I’m sorry. But I’m also sorry that Heath Ledger is no longer alive and with us.
ThinkProgress has the audio of Gibson’s defense of his comments, and MediaMatters has the video of his “apology.”

ORIGINAL ITEM: Fox News’ John Gibson found a way to outdo MSNBC’s Courtney Hazlett for the most inappropriate comment on Heath Ledger’s death. ThinkProgress reports that, on his radio show yesterday (which opened with funeral music), Gibson called Ledger a “weirdo” with a “serious drug problem.” Making fun of the famous “I wish I knew how to quit you” line from “Brokeback Mountain,” Gibson said of his death, “Well, he found out how to quit you.”
This is not Gibson’s first time making inappropriate comments in the wake of tragedy. In July 2005, just one day before the 7/7 terrorist bombings in London, Gibson said that “the International Olympic Committee missed a golden opportunity….If they had picked France instead of London to hold the Olympics, it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn’t worry about terrorism. They’d blow up Paris, and who cares?” The next day, after the London bombings, Gibson.
Also only people that live in alterante universes think that this is Obama’s Monica lewsinsky. Excuse me, were was the cover up, were was Obama lying, wow were was Obama having a affair with a intern. You really show that you have no idea what you talk about.
Also I love how you put out a made up Special Comment that KO never gave. Showing that you do not know what pardoy is. This story has nothing to do with KO, so keep showing how igonrant you are on KO and that you have zero clue what make believe aka pardoy sketch and reality are.
KO is not BB that is a made up story and anyone that uses it shows that they have zero idea what being human is.
Wow once again you show that you not KO are the immature one, and do not say different because that would be a lie. Only people that are igorant about who KO is and what immature behavior like you would believe those made up talking points, that again are debunked like everything that you say, and again I am someone who would care crap if Ko was that, that is how I know that KO is opposite of immature and that those talking points describe you to a tee.
Keep showing that you do not know what being human means, only people in alternate unvierses would believe the made up lie by Gibson that get’s debunked.
Keep lying and showing how igorant you are about who KO is, sorry KO is no crybaby that is who you and Gibson are.
Wow BG the only person that thinks that a made debunked story by a person that loves to make fun of people’s pain and thinks that making fun of sucide is funny. Please keep showing how igorant you are about KO and that you have no idea what being human means. You really make me respect KO more and show why he this generations Murrow. Sorry that story and name have been debunked over and over again, keep showing how igorant you are when it comes to truth. Now get off the blog and let people talk baseball.
Keep showing how igorant you are on KO that is all you know how to do.
Wow keep showing that you love to support people that do not know what being human is
You love to post people that have no idea who KO is just like you do not, go back and let people talk baseball.
You show that you would not know who KO is if it he walked up and to him. You really show why he and always will be this generations Murrow.
YOu show that you love to post things from people that do not know what being human means.
Moderators please get the troll off the blog and let people talk baseball thank you.
Now get off the blog and go to we are igorant about KO’s career blogs and let peopel talk baseball.

It’s good to see that J does not know who KO is and only wants to bash KO and not learn, here again is KO’s history and that he might have work LOL that you post made up articles that have gotten reufted and have no sense or facts behind them and you think this is showing that no one wants KO, wow I have to go LOLLOLLOL over how stupied this post is, you show that you do not know what facts are and what made up crap is, again this is how easily this post is wrong Sorry but this article is not true and you show that you are igorant when it comes to what is facts and what are not.
Please explain this article that came out before the settlement The ongoing sideshow that is Keith Olbermann and his employment woes just continues. Within days before a high level mediation meeting in San Francisco, the one-time TV host is now seeking a summary judgment in his $50 million lawsuit against Current TV (now being sold to Al Jazeera). In heavily redacted court documents (read them here) filed under seal in LA Superior Court on Thursday the former Countdown frontman wants an April 24 hearing to rule in his favor over his former employers. The documents filed this week are Olbermann’s evidence why the court should rule for him. While most of the document is blanked out, the introduction to the 25-page filing gives a pretty good sense of where the former talking head is coming from:
Current breached 16(a)(i) of the Agreement by making disparaging and derogatory statements in the public and to its staff about Mr. Olbermann and by disclosing confidential terms of the parties’ Agreement to the press. Current breached 2(a)(ii) of the Agreement by using Mr. Olbermann’s likeness in connection with advertising the Program properties, all without his prior approval. Current breached 5(c) by using Olbermann’s name, without his approval, in connection with a commercial for AT&T. Current breached 2(a) and 2(b)(ii) by denying Mr. Olbermann editorial control over “Program Specials” broadcast on Current, and breached 2(a)(i) by refusing Mr. Olbermann editorial control of the website when it denied his request to stream segments of Countdown over the Website. Current breached 13(d) of the agreement by improperly terminating Mr. Olbermann’s employment.
Olbermann and his lawyers are scheduled to meet with Current TV executives on March 12 at the offices of Antonio Piazza of Mediation Negotiations in San Francisco. Former Vice-President and Current co-founder Al Gore and Current president David Bohrman are expected to attend.
Related:
Al Jazeera Paid $500M For Current TV
Keith Olbermann Talks To David Letterman About His Current TV Gig: “I Screwed Up Big Time”
Olbermann was fired from Current after less than a year in March 2012. Before that the host had helmed Countdown With Keith Olbermann at MSNBC from 2003 to 2011. He also left that gig under less than amicable circumstances. Olbermann sued Current TV for breach of contact and other claims on April 5, 2012 for the full multi-million dollar sum of his five-year contract. One day later, Current filed a cross complainant against their former host. “Current had every right to terminate Mr Olbermann’s services rather than continue to pay a princely sum while receiving a pauper’s performance in return,” their filing said. A May 2013 start to the trial looked likely.
In the latest legal move this week, Current has 10 days from March 7 to request to have the particulars of Thursday’s filing kept secret. Otherwise the full contents of Olbermann’s summary judgment motion will become public. Current’s old and new owners might find that embarrassing. The filing also states that “Plaintiffs’ Second Cause of Action against all Defendants should be summarily adjudicated in Plaintiffs’ favor because Current’s persistent failure to address chronic staffing, technology, and marketing issues frustrated Olbermann’s rights to the benefits of the Agreement.” Vacation days and Current’s “Inadequate and Unprofessional Studio” are among some of the other issues of contention Olbermann has. Olbermann is represented by Patricia Glaser, G. Jill Basinger, Garland Kelley of LA firm Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro
Wow so Current a day after KO puts out a summary and asks the court to judge on it aka April 5th why would Current settle the next day, maybe HK they had no case, this is how made up that article is, also explain this don’t know if they would seal the request, unless Keith agreed to it. And I don’t think he would, unless he got pretty close to what he was asking for and decided to take the high road.
As for those “unnamed sources” that Politico and their ilk are referencing, I don’t put any stock in that crap. The only people in that room would have been Keith, his former bosses, the lawyers, the mediator, and a court reporter. No one associated with the court (meaning the mediator and the court reporter) would disclose any information about what happened in that room, or they could lose their jobs. Keith and his attorneys certainly wouldn’t give that type of fodder to the haters out there; not only would it violate the confidentiality agreement (and he could get into legal trouble for that), but they’re not going to say anything to make him look bad. That leaves his former bosses and their legal team; and if they violated the terms of the agreement, Keith could go after them for it (not that I’d put it past them, considering the things they said about him after they fired him, and the “leaks” about all the problems even before that).
We might still find out more about what happened, depending on exactly what details are included in the confidentiality agreement. Wow so once again Politco has to explain why would people that could loose thier jobs and people that could be trouble with the law would be leaking, also explain this A day after a deal was reach in Keith Olbermann’s $50 million lawsuit against Current TV, the former TV host and his former employer have issued a short joint statement officially confirming the settlement:
“The parties are pleased to announce that a settlement has occurred, and that the terms are confidential. Nothing more will be disclosed regarding the settlement.”
PREVIOUSLY, TUESDAY PM: Looks like Bay Area mediation worked where LA litigation could not for Keith Olbermann in his $50 million lawsuit against Current TV. A daylong session in San Francisco at the offices of Antonio Piazza of Mediation Negotiations has led to a settlement between the parties. While specifics of the agreement are confidential, a source tells Deadline that Olbermann is set to receive a significant payout from Current. The former ESPN and MSNBC anchor’s deal also means it won’t impact the Al Gore co-founded Current’s recent $500 million sale to Al Jazeera. Late last week, in heavily redacted court documents filed under seal in LA Superior Court, the former Countdown frontman requested an April 24 hearing for a summary judgment to rule in his favor over Current.
Related: Olbermann On His Current TV Gig: “I Screwed Up Big Time”
Olbermann sued his former employer for breach of contact and other claims on April 5, 2012 for the full multimillion-dollar sum of his five-year contract, this after Current fired Olbermann that March after less than a year at the network. On April 6, Current filed a cross complaint claiming it had “every right to terminate Mr. Olbermann’s services.” Both parties are expected to file documents relatively soon to dismiss the case.
Olbermann is represented by Patricia Glaser, G. Jill Basinger, Garland Kelley of LA firm Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro.
So one source says that it signficatly amount and other sigfincatly less, which is that is how BS this article is, and finally this Sunday night, the New York Times had a curiously-timed story: Keith Olbermann, the most disliked ESPN employee in the history of the network, had dinner with ESPN’s No. 1 suit, John Skipper, months ago. Why was this news only leaking out now?
At first, the story looked like an obvious plant by the unemployed Olbermann – two days before Fox Sports was making a splashy announcement about a new TV channel it hopes will rival ESPN, here’s a story about how the once-toxic Olbermann was now making nice again with ESPN! Fox is in the midst of a hiring spree, and they’re giving a TV show to an 81-year-old … why not give one to the supremely-talented Olbermann?
But after poking around at ESPN, sources tell me this wasn’t a give-me-a-job plea from Olbermann. ESPN President John Skipper wants the cantankerous Olbermann back, multiple sources say, and they’re very likely going to get him – as early as late-May.
The Times story wasn’t a test balloon from Skipper to his employees to see if a revolt would happen – although many privately expressed their dismay to me – it was a test balloon with Disney executives. Ultimately, they will determine whether or not Olbermann goes back to ESPN.
Sportscenter ratings have sagged. Competition in the sports space is suddenly fierce, with NBC and Fox (with MLB Network, Golf Channel, NFL Network, etc) constantly making moves on ESPN talent. If ESPN doesn’t hire Olbermann, someone else eventually would (though a source at Fox Sports says that’ll never happen, given his history with Rupert Murdoch).
What, exactly, would Olbermann do for ESPN?
[RELATED: Charissa Thompson is Dating ESPN College Basketball Analyst Jay Williams]
Besides tossing him the occasional Sportscenter, Olbermann could start a column on ESPN.com. Rick Reilly’s deal is expiring early this summer (June 1 is the rumored date), and if he bolts for the Golf Channel, Olbermann could fill his space. How’s that for media free agency – Reilly walks and Olbermann enters? Or, ESPN could just keep Reilly (not at a “ridonkulous salary”) and add Olbermann?
Another source said ESPN Radio in New York (which recently moved from AM to FM) is struggling beyond Mike & Mike, and an afternoon show (say, opposite Francesa?) could be intriguing. Olbermann is a baseball guy. New York is a baseball town. Baseball Tonight could also be in play, I’m told.
Options are many. But here’s the big fear Skipper may not have considered – in 2013, if Olbermann dresses down employees and curses out production assistants, a source at ESPN texted me, “you know that hours later, it’s going to end up on your site or Deadspin.”
If you’re wondering what Bill Simmons would think of Olbermann’s return – surely you haven’t forgotten their 2011 dust-up – the answer is probably nothing, since he’s based in LA and would never have to deal with Olbermann, who would be based in Bristol or New York.
One person who probably isn’t thrilled is Suzy Kolber. In the great ESPN Book by Mike Freeman, ESPN: The Uncensored History, he detailed how Kolber would go in the bathroom and cry after being berated by Olbermann. He later apologized.
In 2013, a story of that magnitude would hit blogs and then go viral on the web with unimaginable speed.
Olbermann’s old high school buddy, Chris Berman,
So a guy with sources in ESPN says that he wants KO, and that Times story was planted as a way to engage Disney which owns the netework, wow please explain HG how no one can hire him. You post BS articles that anyone with a brain and logic can see make on sense and have zero truth in them, because they go by the igorance that you have when it comes to KO. Sorry HG but this article can be easily refuted and by posting it you show that you are everything that you say KO is and that you are igorant on what are facts and what is truth. Keep showing how KO is nothing that you want him to be and that you are everything that you claim he is.
Sorry another refuted article that shows that you do not know facts from fiction. Keep showing why KO is this generations Murrow and why he not even what you want him to be.
Now get off the blog and go to we believe easily refuted articles that people with brains and logic can see have no truth to them blogs and let people talk baseball.
Keep embarassing yourself with your igorance about who KO is and what his career is and personlity is, sorry if KO wants to work he can. It funny that you post stuff that has no truth and logic behind it and you think that is what jouranlism is, wow all this post is showing that HG has zero idea what real journalism is.
Keep embarrasing yourself with the fact that you have no idea who KO is and never will and do not say different because that would be another J lie. Get off the blog and let people talk baseball.

Can I recommend a good psychiatrist?

Great pictures and smiles! Especially liked the line, “Baseball trumps Politics every time”. Enjoyed the Pics and anecdotes. And, Yes you do look like you died and woke up in Baseball Heaven. Great friends and memories. After all the feel good and great comments, a bit jarring to see the TROLLS already in action.

Emerson
The moderators need to get them booted out as soon as they post, I was also enjoying here you guys talk about baseball.

Dear history, how about giving them a QUICK REBUTTAL and then leaving some column space for the rest of us? I appreciate your devotion to KO and your desire to rebut the Bullies, but, please hold down the excess verbiage.

Freddie
I do not need a psychiatrist, I just need the moderators to take away the bullies, the reason why I go after them is beacuse I hate bullying, and I feel like it cannot be igonred, that is why I go after them. If the moderators would take the trolls away than you would not have to worry about me going after and I would happy listening to you guys talk baseball. Mentally I just fine.

P.S. History, there is no moderator. Mr. O uses trolls for batting practice on twitter, but here they are allowed to run free! To me it’s kind of beautiful.

Understand and I will try.

Thanks Sarah,
Personally, I believe the Trolls post in order to trigger a response from you; because they know you will fill the Blog up. Their point is to destroy KO anyway they can; plugging up his blog is a sure way to drive away other commentators. Thanks for listening.

I understand that, but I believe that they would do it anyway weither I responded or not because they just want to interupt period.

Keith,
As a loyal Giants fan, am disappointed you did not “trouble” Bruce Bochy for a photo, would have warmed my heart to see you and Boch grinning like 10 year olds.

I have to say that if I was a fan of a team and KO had done that I would be disappointed also. I still not happy with him beacuse he made fun of Mutton Busten on one of the Odd balls that he did. It takes alot of courage by those children to ride the sheep. I felt like someone needed to take KO to a rodeo and have him see for himself what it takes in that part of the rodeo.

This is not KO’s first rodeo. ;)

Thanks history. KO is like the rest of us, none are perfect. And, yes the TROLLS will “do it anyway”. Just keep your rebuttals short and sweet; one can say much with very few words.

Oh I understand that I just wish he would actually go to one, espically seeing the kids riding the sheep than I think that he would be careful about making a joke about it. As I say I do not want him to prefect I just want him to be himself because that is who I am a fan of.

OK. Here’s to seeing KO at the OK Corral! I recall seeing a monkey ride a dog on Oddball. ((sheepish grin))

I did too, I thought that was funny, Thanks for the laugh and the smile, Odd ball or Time Marches on that he did was great because it was a good releif for all the news that was going on, KO will always be this generations Murrow but he also has a great sense of humor.

Spent yesterday at Salt River Fields watching the Dbacks full squad play a B or C-level Dodgers team……the field is lovely and the lawn HUGE! Still love Maryvale, where the Brewers have played since the 90′s. Your access to the players is unsurpassed. Got my own picture with Tito last Friday and for a Red Sox fan living in Phoenix, that was HUGE!!!

Hamablin
I hope that you had a great day. I love hearing stuff like this, you guys along with KO really make care about this game.

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On Blacks

(Affect(ing) a black accent to recount San Francisco mayor Willie Brown asking) “Who is this “Emily List? She’s supportin’ all these people. She’s supportin’ Sen. Dianne Feinstein. She’s supported Sen. Barbara Boxer….She supported everybody. Why won’t she support me?” — Hillary Clinton. Source: John Broder of the LA Times

“Some junior high n*gger kicked Steve’s ass while he was trying to help his brothers out; junior high or sophomore in high school. Whatever it was, Steve had the n*gger down. However it was, it was Steve’s fault. He had the n*gger down, he let him up. The n*gger blindsided him.” — Roger Clinton, the President’s brother on audiotape

“You’d find these potentates from down in Africa, you know, rather than eating each other, they’d just come up and get a good square meal in Geneva.” — Fritz Hollings (D, S.C.)

“Is you their black-haired answer-mammy who be smart? Does they like how you shine their shoes, Condoleezza? Or the way you wash and park the whitey’s cars?” — Song from the show of left-wing radio host Neil Rogers

Blacks and Hispanics are “too busy eating watermelons and tacos” to learn how to read and write.” — Mike Wallace, CBS News. Source: Newsmax

Black on Black

“In the days of slavery, there were those slaves who lived on the plantation and [there] were those slaves that lived in the house. You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master … exactly the way the master intended to have you serve him. Colin Powell’s committed to come into the house of the master. When Colin Powell dares to suggest something other than what the master wants to hear, he will be turned back out to pasture.” — Harry Belafonte

“Republicans bring out Colin Powell and J.C. Watts because they have no program, no policy. They have no love and no joy. They’d rather take pictures with black children than feed them.” — Donna Brazile, Al Gore’s Campaign Manager for the 2000 election

(On Clarence Thomas) “A handkerchief-head, chicken-and-biscuit-eating Uncle Tom.” — Spike Lee

“He’s married to a white woman. He wants to be white. He wants a colorless society. He has no ethnic pride. He doesn’t want to be black.” — California State Senator Diane Watson’s on Ward Connerly’s interracial marriage

Comments From The Past

“Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.” — Former Klansman and current US Senator Robert Byrd, a man who is referred to by many Democrats as the “conscience of the Senate”, in a letter written in 1944, after he quit the KKK.

“I am a former kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County and the adjoining counties of the state …. The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia …. It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state of the Union. Will you please inform me as to the possibilities of rebuilding the Klan in the Realm of W. Va …. I hope that you will find it convenient to answer my letter in regards to future possibilities.” — Former Klansman and current US Senator Robert Byrd, a man who is referred to by many Democrats as the “conscience of the Senate”, in a letter written in 1946, after he quit the KKK.

“These laws [segregation] are still constitutional and I promise you that until they are removed from the ordinance books of Birmingham and the statute books of Alabama, they will be enforced in Birmingham to the utmost of my ability and by all lawful means.” — Democrat Bull Connor (1957), Commissioner of Public Safety for Birmingham, Alabama

“I’ll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.” — Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One according Ronald Kessler’s Book, “Inside The White House”

(On New York) “K*ketown.” — Harry Truman in a personal letter

“I think one man is just as good as another so long as he’s not a n*gger or a Chinaman. Uncle Will says that the Lord made a White man from dust, a nigger from mud, then He threw up what was left and it came down a Chinaman. He does hate Chinese and Japs. So do I. It is race prejudice, I guess. But I am strongly of the opinion Negroes ought to be in Africa, Yellow men in Asia and White men in Europe and America.” Harry Truman (1911) in a letter to his future wife Bess

“There�s some people who�ve gone over the state and said, �Well, George Wallace has talked too strong about segregation.� Now let me ask you this: how in the name of common sense can you be too strong about it? You�re either for it or you�re against it. There�s not any middle ground as I know of.” — Democratic Alabama Governor George Wallace (1959)

On Jews

“You f*cking Jew b@stard.” — Hillary Clinton to political operative Paul Fray. This was revealed in “State of a Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton” and has been verified by Paul Fray and three witnesses.

“The Jews don’t like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that’s a good name. Hitler was a very great man. He rose Germany up from the ashes.” — Louis Farrakhan (1984) who campaigned for congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in 2002

“Now that nation called Israel, never has had any peace in forty years and she will never have any peace because there can never be any peace structured on injustice, thievery, lying and deceit and using the name of God to shield your dirty religion under his holy and righteous name.” — Louis Farrakhan who campaigned for congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in 2002, 1984

‘Hymies.’ ‘Hymietown.’ — Jesse Jackson’s description of New York City while on the 1984 presidential campaign trail.

“Jews � that’s J-E-W-S.” — Democratic state representative Bill McKinney on why his daughter Cynthia lost in 2002

On Whites

“I want to go up to the closest white person and say: ‘You can’t understand this, it’s a black thing’ and then slap him, just for my mental health.” — Charles Barron, a New York city councilman at a reparations rally, 2002

“Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them.” — Mary Frances Berry, Chairwoman, US Commission on Civil Rights

(I) “will not let the white boys win in this election.” — Donna Brazile, Al Gore’s Campaign Manager on the 2000 election

“The old white boys got taken fair and square.” — San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown after winning an election

“There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.” — Former Klansman and US Senator Robert Byrd, a man who was referred to by many Democrats as the “conscience of the Senate”.

“The Medicaid system must have been developed by a white male slave owner. It pays for you to be pregnant and have a baby, but it won’t pay for much family planning.” — Jocelyn Elders

The white man is our mortal enemy, and we cannot accept him. I will fight to see that vicious beast go down into the lake of fire prepared for him from the beginning, that he never rise again to give any innocent black man, woman or child the hell that he has delighted in pouring on us for 400 years.” — Louis Farrakhan who campaigned for congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in 2002, City College audience in New York

“There’s no great, white bigot; there’s just about 200 million little white bigots out there.” — USA Today columnist Julienne Malveaux

“We have lost to the white racist press and to the racist reactionary Jewish misleaders.” — Former Rep. Gus Savage (D-Illinois) after his defeat 1992

“White folks was in caves while we was building empires… We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.” — Rev. Al Sharpton in a 1994 speech at Kean College, NJ, cited in “Democrats Do the Dumbest Things

“The white race is the cancer of human history.” — Susan Sontag

“Reparations are a really good way for white people to admit they’re wrong.” — Zack Webb, University Of Kentucky NAACP

Wow
You show that you have no idea what tolerance is, no wonder you love to bash KO and praise a guy who thinks that it okay to make fun of pain and sucide, you think that blacks are bad When Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) died on June 28 at the age of 92, he was the longest serving member of Congress in U.S. history. In 2006, he was reelected for an unprecedented ninth term in office. And he was elected by his colleagues to more leadership positions than any senator ever. With 18,000 votes cast and a career attendance record of 98 percent, he had a proud record of achievement. But he also had a disturbing history as a former member of the Ku Klux Klan. Byrd would later renounce his racist past, demonstrating to us that people have the power to change and move beyond their hate.

In his final years, Sen. Byrd was frail, in poor health and confined to a wheelchair. Yet, he was still on call to vote for President Obama’s health care reform bill and help ensure its passage. In his early years, it is safe to say, Byrd was sick with the disease of racism, segregationist sentiment and a hatred of black people. At age 24, he joined the Klan in 1942 and rose to positions of leadership within the white supremacist organization. He vowed to fellow segregationist Senator Theodore Bilbo (D-Mississippi) that “I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side… Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”
Also here In the early 1940s, Byrd recruited 150 of his friends and associates to create a new chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.[10]
According to Byrd, a Klan official told him, “You have a talent for leadership, Bob … The country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation.” Byrd later recalled, “Suddenly lights flashed in my mind! Someone important had recognized my abilities! I was only 23 or 24 years old, and the thought of a political career had never really hit me. But strike me that night, it did.”[10] Byrd became a recruiter and leader of his chapter.[10] When it came time to elect the top officer in the local Klan unit, Byrd won unanimously.[10]
In 1946, Byrd wrote to segregationist Mississippi Senator Theodore G. Bilbo:[16]
I shall never fight in the armed forces with a negro by my side … Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.
—Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1946[17][10][18]
In 1946 or 1947, Byrd wrote a letter to a Grand Wizard stating, “The Klan is needed today as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation.”[19] However, when running for the United States House of Representatives in 1952, he announced “After about a year, I became disinterested, quit paying my dues, and dropped my membership in the organization. During the nine years that have followed, I have never been interested in the Klan.” He said he had joined the Klan because he felt it offered excitement and was anti-communist.[10]
In 1997, Byrd told an interviewer he would encourage young people to become involved in politics but also: “Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan. Don’t get that albatross around your neck. Once you’ve made that mistake, you inhibit your operations in the political arena.”[20] In his last autobiography, Byrd explained that he was a KKK member because he “was sorely afflicted with tunnel vision—a jejune and immature outlook—seeing only what I wanted to see because I thought the Klan could provide an outlet for my talents and ambitions.”[21] Byrd also said, in 2005, “I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times … and I don’t mind apologizing over and over again. I can’t erase what happened.”[10]
[edit] Wow I see were you got your BS post which does not show that democrats are intolerant, just shows that BY does not know what racism and sexism are, you got it from a right wing site that also does not know what intolerance is, wow I guy wondering why he does not get money from that list is not a sexist quto. Roger Clinton is not a politician and this At least according to Sean Hannity on H&C tonight. He said he’s heard tapes of him using the word. First, I wanna ask if anyone else has heard this? Wow so this was sworn to be Sean Hannity, whose bigotry has been repeatedly reported here and who is the former pal to white supremacist Hal Turner, teamed up with Kate Obenshain, former chief of staff of George “macacawitz” Allen, in a comical effort to tar Bill and Hillary Clinton as racists. On numerous occasions, Hannity has made racial attacks on Barack Obama, without any apparent objection from FOX News. But suddenly, Hannity and FOX were very interested in the feelings of African Americans who have felt slighted by some recent comments by the Clintons on the campaign trail. Tellingly, it wasn’t long before Hannity and Obenshain made it clear that they weren’t at all concerned about whether or not blacks had really been insulted by the Clintons, just resentful that Republicans “can’t get away with” the same kind of language. With video.

“The Clintons have some race problems, Hannity said gleefully at the beginning of the discussion. Then, without even exploring the two issues – Bill Clinton’s reference to Obama’s campaign message as “a fairy tale” and Hillary Clinton implying that LBJ deserved more credit than Martin Luther King for enacting civil rights laws – Hannity moved on to focus on his usual preoccupation when it comes to race: That Democrats (or blacks) are freer to be racists than Republicans. You have to wonder why he would care or be keeping score.

“I have said this for years and it is frustrating to me,” Hannity complained. “Because 90% of the African American vote goes to the Democratic Party in most elections. But yet Bill Clinton says his political mentor was J. William Fulbright who was a known segregationist. Al Gore father’s was not there for the ‘64 Civil Rights Act or the ‘65 Voting Rights Act. Lyndon Johnson was depending on Republicans to get those votes passed. I have Roger Clinton on tape using the “n” word multiple times. During the Clinton years, you have a former Klansman who used the “n” word on FOX News Sunday, Robert Byrd. And somehow the Democrats gave the Clintons a pass. He didn’t appoint African Americans to the highest positions of power. How did he get this reputation in the first place?”

Guest Juan Williams (often a decent guest on Hannity & Colmes) answered that Republicans such as Barry Goldwater opposed the Civil Rights Act. “Clearly, that was the beginning of the Southern strategy that has captured the south pretty much for white, you know, conservatives and made the south more Republican, done away with the Dixiecrats, and posited whites, as opposed to blacks, as being in the Republican Party. And sometimes those are people who align with the Confederate flag and …black people feel that as if they’re being excluded from the club.”

Hannity moved on immediately to expound about Republicans not being able to insult blacks. To Obenshain, Hannity said, “I think there’s a pattern here that has emerged where Democrats get a pass. They get to be around Robert Byrd, Roger Clinton gets to use that word. But if Republicans said or did these things, I think there’d be, let’s say a lot of trouble for them.”

Obenshain’s relationship to Senator Allen was not provided to the audience by the “We report, you decide” network, even though his use of a racial slur and other allegations of racism featured prominently in what turned out to be his 2006 re-election defeat. In her screechy voice, Obenshain whined, “There are quite a few examples of good, decent, honorable Republicans who have been virtually destroyed by the media (over mistakes or misspeaking).”

Conservative Bill Sammon was the third member of the imbalanced panel. Sammon agreed with Alan Colmes that the Clintons were not deliberately trying to create a racial divide in the Democratic Party for the purpose of using it against Obama. But Sammon, too, sloughed off any concern for what African Americans might be thinking or feeling. “I do think that Republicans are looking at this with just a delicious sense of irony to watch Democrats savage each other over the race card.” He added, “To have the guy who loves to be called ‘the first black president’ crawling to that great racial arbiter of our times, Rev. Al Sharpton, who gave us Tawana Brawley, like he’s some kind of Don Imus to go seek absolution from this guy. It’s unbelievable what a spectacle this is.”

The real spectacle was watching the three conservatives pretending to be racially sensitive while proving the opposite. Sorry I went to the site that you got this from and Fritz quto has no link behind it so I know that one is not true, it was just made up like all what the right wing news does, Mike Wallece is not a memeber of the democratic party he is a journlist, so you and right wing news show that you do not know what democrats are from journlists, Henry Belfounte is telling historical truth about slavary there, also again thier is no source to back that one up expect for websites that defend racism like right wing news which show that they have n not idea what racism is. Again what Donna is saying is not racism is truth, republicans have had no policies that have helped blacks and they do just put them out there to show it, it was espically true in 2000, also if you took in context Al Gore and Bill Clinton have worked hard for the last seven years to improve the lives of African Americans and Hispanics,” she said. “On the other hand, the Republicans bring out Colin Powell and [Rep.] J.C. Watts [R-Okla.] because they have no program, no policy. They play that game because they have no other game. They have no love and no joy. They’d rather take pictures with black children than feed them.” Again were is the racism in that quto, those two were offended because it was true and do not say different because that would be a lie from somone that likes to post articles from websites that defend hate and racism, and nothing to back that one up, so again that was not being racist, I love how this site like you does not get that Truman lived in a time where even republicans were using N word and others that were not appoertaite today, shows that you have no idea what history is, also republicans in the 60′s were also using the N word regulary, so as a historian I have to laugh that you and that website shows that Truman and LBJ are racist, here is thier history on the subject y 1947, as the Cold War with the Soviet Union intensified and the nation was becoming increasingly anti-Communist and intolerant, Harry Truman astonished everyone by suddenly supporting civil rights. Truman had been outraged at the murder and assaults on dozens of black veterans of World War II. Although he once held strong racial biases — he had used the word “nigger” freely in his speech — in 1947 he decided to make civil rights a national issue. He authorized a fifteen-man committee on Civil Rights to recommend new legislation to protect people from discrimination. Speaking from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Truman became the first president of the United States to address the NAACP. He promised African Americans that the federal government would act now to end discrimination, violence, and race prejudice in American life. Shortly afterward, his panel issued its report confirming that segregation, lynching, and discrimination at the polls had to be ended.

In the election year of 1948, Truman continued to push for civil rights, partially because he felt that it was the right thing to do, and partially because he knew that he had to win the black vote in order to be elected. Although most political analysts predicted a Republican landslide, Truman believed that the election would depend on a handful of cities in the North where the balance of power would be held by black votes. Senator Hubert Humphrey, who was deeply committed to civil rights, had successfully maneuvered the Democratic Party to support a strong civil rights plank in its campaign platform — much stronger than Truman wanted. One of Truman’s strongest arguments in favor of civil rights was that American and Russia were now locked in a deadly “Cold War” and the Russians were using America’s Jim Crow policies to win support from the rest of the world. Southerners replied that the civil-rights program was supported by Communists.

The 1948 Democratic Convention,
and the reaction of Strom Thurmond to Truman’s support of civil rights.

Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina, and a group of Southern delegates walked out of the Democratic Convention when the civil-rights platform passed. The dissidents formed the States’ Rights party, whose members came to known as Dixiecrats. A reporter asked Thurmond why he had bolted from the Democratic party when President Truman had not done anything substantially different from his predecessor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Thurmond replied, “Yes — but Truman really means it.” After the convention, Truman ordered the army integrated — a move brought about, in part, by the intense pressure of civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph. Truman’s stance on civil rights won him the black vote in 1948 — and with it, the presidential election.
Wow this guy was the one that intergrated the military, I have to laugh with how uneducated in history you and the persont that wrote it are, also here is what LBJ did Forty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a bill that changed the face of America. It opened all public accommodations — hotels, restaurants, swimming pools — to all Americans regardless of race, color, religion or national origin.

The bill also ended legal discrimination in employment on the basis of race or sex, and established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce the law. The signing ceremony represented a personal triumph for Johnson, who lobbied tirelessly on behalf of the bill. Recordings of the president’s phone conversations reveal his relentless campaign to wrangle lawmakers in favor of the controversial bill.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep and NPR’s Cokie Roberts recall Johnson’s role in passing the historic act.
Also LBJ was the one that signed the 1964 and 1965 civil rights acts, so please show me why qutos from a time period were thier those words were used regulary by everyone is showing that these guys are racist. First that quto is not anti-semtic, if saying bastrad is hateful, than everyone in England would be consider racist or others things, so first off you and that writer have no idea what anti-semtism is. The second one is only been put out by right wing sites that have always defended anti-semtism so that shows me not believe what is being said, also people that campaign for others aka Powell with Obama does not mean that person is associated with the party. Sorry but that does not show anti-semtism in the democratic party, again no link and when you reasearch it it not even there, so that just came out of the blue, also has nothing to do with the democratic party, and actually that ones against the party, so again you do not show anti-setism, Rev. Jesse Jackson referred to Jews as “Hymies” and to New York City as “Hymietown” in January 1984 during a conversation with a black Washington Post reporter, Milton Coleman. Jackson had assumed the references would not be printed because of his racial bond with Coleman, but several weeks later Coleman permitted the slurs to be included far down in an article by another Post reporter on Jackson’s rocky relations with American Jews.

A storm of protest erupted, and Jackson at first denied the remarks, then accused Jews of conspiring to defeat him. The Nation of Islam’s radical leader Louis Farrakhan, an aggressive anti-Semite and old Jackson ally, made a difficult situation worse by threatening Coleman in a radio broadcast and issuing a public warning to Jews, made in Jackson’s presence: “If you harm this brother [Jackson], it will be the last one you harm.” So wow this site and person does not know what a apology is. Thier is no qutos in there that shows that the democrats are anti-semtic, only ones that show that you and this person have no idea what real anti-semtism is, as someone that is jewish I have to laugh that they think someone campaigning is showing that democrats are anti-semtic, that Clinton’s using basterd which is what is used in England is anti-semtism, and here is what jews think of Clinton Little Rock, Ark. — Bill Clinton was affectionately introduced as so pro-Israel that he was effectively “the country’s first Jewish president” on Saturday night. In town to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Jewish Federation of Arkansas., Clinton was awarded the group’s Tikkun
Former President Clinton (Mark Lennihan – AP) Olam Lifetime Achievement Award.

In September, New York Magazine ran a contrarian cover story characterizing President Obama, who has been criticized as insufficiently pro-Israel by some, as “The First Jewish President.”

The headline quote for that story came from Abner Mikva, who said during the president’s ’08 campaign, “When this all is over, people are going to say that Barack Obama is the first Jewish president.” The author of the piece, John Heilemann, argued that while it hadn’t quite worked out that way, there was more truth to that assessment than one might think.

There was no mention at the Jewish Federation of Arkansas event of any intention to strip Obama of that distinction, never conferred in earnest in the first place.

Since his days as governor, Clinton has had a close relationship with the state’s Jewish community.

But “since I’ve seen you, I acquired a Jewish son-in-law,” he said as the crowd laughed. He really feels part of the Jewish community, he said, since Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 marriage to Marc Mezvinsky.. He even celebrates the Jewish holidays, he said.

Among the 500 who attended were Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and one-time presidential candidate and former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Wesley Clark. Clinton also posed for photos with teenagers who weren’t born when he took the oath of office.

“I have a zillion friends here,” he told the crowd in his keynote speech.

Clinton said he wanted to talk about the current situation in the Middle East, but felt he should hold back:

“You can say whatever you want [as a former president], unless your wife happens to be Secretary of State.”

He did, however, recommend two books for the crowd to read.

First, he praised Ben-Gurion: A Political Life by Shimon Peres, the Nobel Peace laureate and President of Israel, about the country’s founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion.

He also suggested The Crisis of Zionism by Peter Beinart, which will be published next month. Clinton said he’d written a blurb in which he called it, “a deeply important book for anyone who cares about Israel.”

Many in the crowd dutifully jotted down the names.

He told a story about how he used to walk alone in the Jewish cemetery in Hot Springs, Ark., where he grew up.

And he said he prays that in “twenty, thirty or forty years” the entire Middle East region will be strong and Israelis will have “genuine partners of peace” in the region.

After his speech, Clinton had planned to exit quickly and hop a plane to New York. But he was having such a good time he nixed that idea at the last minute and stayed for the rest of the awards ceremony.

Hilary had most of the jewish vote in the primary, that is how luaghable that quto is. Basterd is a word that was used for childern that were born out of wedlock, it is not a word that used to hate jews.
Again I have to laugh that you think that Charles Barron quto is racism, do you and right wing news not know what true racism is, he is saying the truth there, whites do not understand what blacks go through I have people say that to me, so again were is the racism. Also Francies Berry quto is also not a racist one, she again is telling the truth, white men’s civil rights have always been covered, we passed the Civil Rights acts to make sure that women and people of color could have the same right as they do, again that is not a racist quto, and you and right wing news are showing how igorant you are when it comes to racism by putting that one in. Again were is the racism in that quto, also that one does not make sense because Gore and Libermann were both white men. So I have to laugh that this one was put in there, because it shows that you both have no idea what common sense is. First I have no found anything on that when I resaerch, and second I have no idea how that quto is racist, that one is just her voicing her opin about Medicare, so again you and that writer show that you have no idea what racism is. Wow again were is the racism in the Willie Brown quto the white boys got beat so what, were is the racism there, does this person even know what racism is and what racist qutos are. Wow again this site and you do not know what an apology means West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrdapologized Sunday for a slur he used during a discussion of race relations in a nationally broadcast interview.

In an interview taped Friday for “Fox News Sunday,” Byrd, 83, was asked about race relations in the United States.

“They are much, much better than they’ve ever been in my lifetime,” Byrd said, but added that he believed people talk about race too much.

“My old mom told me, ‘Robert, you can’t go to heaven if you hate anybody.’ We practice that. There are white niggers. I’ve seen a lot of white niggers in my time. I’m going to use that word. We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I’d just as soon quit talking about it so much.”

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In apologizing, Byrd — the Senate’s senior Democrat — said the phrase dated back to his childhood. In the same interview, Byrd also talked about joining the Ku Klux Klan in his youth, describing it as a mistake.

Interviewer Tony Snow did not ask Byrd about his use of the expression. But after the videotaped segment was played, Snow noted that Byrd had later apologized for his choice of words.

In a statement released by his office and read on Fox, Byrd expressed regret for the words.

“I apologize for the characterization I used on this program,” he said. “The phrase dates back to my boyhood and has no place in today’s society.

“As for my language, I had no intention of casting aspersions on anyone of another race,” he said. “In my attempt to articulate strongly held feelings, I may have offended people.”

“Unfortunately,” he added, “there are people in every race who would rather attack others simply because of ill-conceived, false stereotypes based on skin color. People who do this are obstacles to positive race relations and become the stereotypes that they despise. But by working together and continually improving the understanding between the races, we can overcome these narrow-minded people and the obstacles that they represent.”

His use of the term came about in his answer to a question about civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who recently admitted that he had an extramarital affair and fathered a child out of wedlock.

Byrd said he had “never been an enthusiastic admirer of Jesse Jackson” but that Jackson “made a bad mistake.”

“We all make mistakes. I made a mistake when I was a young man — it’s always been an albatross around my neck — in joining the Ku Klux Klan,” Byrd said. “We all make mistakes. We can strive to overcome them. That’s his situation. What he and his God work out between themselves, that’s their business.” Wow so angry when someone says something than apologizes for it. Thanks for showing how BS this site is and how like you have no idea what the democratic party is.

Finally, Jackson doused the fires in late February with an emotional speech admitting guilt and seeking atonement before national Jewish leaders in a Manchester, New Hampshire synagogue. Yet Jackson refused to denounce Farrakhan, and lingering, deeply rooted suspicions have led to an enduring split between Jackson and many Jews. The frenzy also heightened tensions between Jackson and the mostly white establishment press.
Also with Louis Frankkahen, some stumping for them By does not mean that they are part of the democrat party, so the fact that they would use him to try to say that Cynthia is anti-semetic is sad, and shows that they would rather bash democrats than listen. ALso here is what the Elders thing was about The Surgeon General, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, said today that Medicaid must have been developed by “a white male slave owner” because “it fails to provide services to poor women to prevent unwanted pregnancies, and this failure contributes to poverty, ignorance and enslavement.”

At the same time, Dr. Elders said the Government should work closely with churches to improve public health and provide social services to “our poorest and most helpless citizens.”

“We always talked about the separation of church and state,” Dr. Elders said. “I want to forget about the separation. Let’s try to integrate church and state so we can come together and begin to do things that make a difference to people in our community.” Urging More Family Planning

Dr. Elders made the comments here in a speech at the annual meeting of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, which represents more than 4,000 family planning clinics. She repeated the comments and elaborated on them in an interview this evening.

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Medicaid was created in 1965 to help finance health care for low-income people. It now serves 33 million Americans. State Medicaid programs generally must cover family planning services and supplies, but many low-income women do not qualify.

Moreover, Dr. Elders said the eligibility criteria for women seeking prenatal care and obstetrical services were more liberal than the criteria for those who wanted family planning.

“If we really want to do something about illegitimate births and unwanted births, Medicaid should support family planning at the same level as prenatal care,” she said.

Dr. Elders added: “The Medicaid system must have been developed by a white male slave owner. It pays for you to be pregnant and have a baby, but it won’t pay for much family planning.

“White male slave owners wanted a lot of healthy slaves; people to work. We don’t need slaves any more. We need healthy, educated, motivated children with hope. We need to really invest in family planning.”

The Surgeon General said the Reagan and Bush Administrations had tried to destroy Government-subsidized family planning through “ruthless and inhumane policies.”

Gary L. Bauer, who served as domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan, said today that Dr. Elders continued “to employ language that is bizarre, emotionally charged and terribly inappropriate for a Government official.”

Dr. Elders said she tried to find “a jazzy way” to express her ideas so people would understand her. “That’s the way I always speak,” she said. “I say honestly what I think.”

During her talk today, she said: “I am very eager for churches to go out and really help dysfunctional families get the services they need for people to survive. How can you moralize about the issue when children are hungry, cold and abused? People should not just sit around and talk about their religion.”

Mr. Bauer, who is now president of the Family Research Council, a conservative research organization, said: “When Joycelyn Elders calls for more Government-church cooperation, I feel uncomfortable. She is talking about churches getting more involved in sex education and parroting the Government line that children need condoms.”

But Judith M. DeSarno, president of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, praised Dr. Elders for her efforts to increase access to health care for poor women.

The Surgeon General said, “My No. 1 priority during my tenure in Washington is to do something about the startling rate of unintended pregnancies.” In this and other efforts to improve public health and social welfare, she said, churches can be helpful.

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Again when you put it in context I do not see where the racism is, and it shows that this person like you have no idea what real racism is, Wow again how does this do with the democratic party, people campaign with people all the time that are not assoicated with the party aka Powell campaigning for Obama, so again how is that bad on the party, also still not shown anyting that this guy was campaigning for her. This quto is not from someone that is assoicated with the democratic party is this like Wallace is a journlist and again it is not racism, she is just stating a fact that we still have racist today, I guess you and that right wing news guy did not want to hear and show that you two have no idea what real racism is. Wow again a defeated campigner and also again how does this show that democratic party is bad, again this is a claim with nothing to back it up, again were is Sharpton being a racist here, actually as someone that studies history he had a point, Africa and Asia and Middle East aka the Moorns were studying what the greeks had been doing and were advancing cilivation while Europe was caught up in conquering Isreal and heading the wrong direction in the Middle Ages/ Dark Ages, so again thier is no racism in that quto, if you and this guy would learn your history you both would see that quto is right on. Wow again another quto that has nothing to do with racism Zack is talking about what whites could do to repay blacks for the decades/Centuries of slavary in this country, again no racism. Also that other one is not racism also, and it has nothing to do with the party, and she is also never was an elected leader.
Sorry but you have no shown that democrats are racist all you have shown is that you like this site have no idea what real racism is. This list is a joke and shows that you are everything that you claim KO is. Go to the we are igorant about what racism and anti-semtism blogs are and let people talk baseball.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/keith_raised_stink_Fe4fWsVng0ZWuK5VBqWi8N

Keith needed ‘Diva’ limos e-mails reveal

E-mails bare ‘Diva’ chauffeur shuffle
By TARA PALMERI and FRANK ROSARIO
Last Updated: 9:17 AM, April 4, 2012
Posted: 2:11 AM, April 4, 2012

EXCLUSIVE

Liberal bloviator Keith Olbermann spent his last days at Current TV driving colleagues nuts with rants about “smelly’’ drivers who had the audacity to talk to him, according to startling e-mails obtained by The Post.

“The problem is with him . . . the man who professes to be for the 99% doesn’t want any of the 99% talking to him or being near him,” an accounting executive complained in one of the missives.

An assistant, who had just about maxed out her corporate card in a desperate attempt to find a car service whose drivers would meet Olbermann’s exacting standards, e-mailed Accounting:

Daniel Shapiro

Keith Obermann

“I bet you wish I was joking about this . . . but we have yet ANOTHER car service we need to open an account with.

“Any chance we can get this ASAP? I keep putting the charges on my corporate card and I’m afraid it will go over the limit soon!”

But then she had an inspiration — why not try an LA company called, appropriately, “Diva.’’

“I am hoping this is the last one!!” the exasperated staffer said.

It worked, but it didn’t last long, because Olbermann was fired about a month later.

He did, however, leave the studio for the last time in a Diva limo, sent by the firm’s New York operation.

Olbermann’s pre-Diva drivers had disdained him as much as he despised them.

“I don’t watch him. And I don’t like him as a person,” said one Skyline driver. “He’s wealthy and entitled. That should be your answer.”

Meanwhile, Olbermann appeared last night on “Late Show with David Letterman,” where he bizarrely compared himself to a “$10 million chandelier’’ and suggested Al Gore’s network was not up to his standards.

“It’s my fault that it didn’t succeed, in the sense that I didn’t think the whole thing through,’’ he said.

“I didn’t say, ‘You know, if you buy a $10 million chandelier, you should have a house to put it in. Just walking around with a $10 million chandelier isn’t going to do anybody a lot of good.”

“You’re the chandelier,” Letterman responded.

“You are always pointing out how big my head is,’’ Olbermann answered.

Olbermann, who had a $50 million contract, also hinted again that he’ll sue Current TV.

“Well, up to last Thursday, I got my money,’’ he said.

“The nice judge will decide whether or not I get more of my money.’’

Olbermann was booted after fighting with Current honchos David Bohrman and Joel Hyatt.

Sources told The Post that Olbermann refused to speak with Bohrman, and communicated only through his manager.

They feuded over the $250,000 set that Olbermann designed and his insistence on his taking vacations during key political events, including the Republican Super Tuesday primaries last month.

Wow this site is also hypocritical they were defending Limbuagh and his racism and than want to claim the democrats are the bad ones, wow keep showing that you have no idea what tolerance is and that you love to support hypocritcal sites, “Look, let me put it to you this way: The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”
“I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: Slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back. I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.”
“The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in (Donovan) McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn’t deserve.”
Oben wrote in the Post that Limbaugh’s remarks should raise red flags for commissioner Roger Goodell, who vigorously enforces a personal conduct policy that Oben suggests Limbaugh would fail to meet.

“Character is a constant point of emphasis for NFL and team officials when it comes to the players,” Oben said. “Potential owners should be held to the same level of scrutiny and accountability.”

We never anticipated the popularity of this article, nor the controversy that it would cause. But all we can say is, “Thank you, Rush, for being you.” Before we get into the Top 10 Racist Limbaugh Quotes of All-Time, here are some of Limbaugh’s most recent racist statements.
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Do you think any of Limbaugh’s recent rants belong in the TOP 10? If so, let us know in the COMMENTS!
THE TOP TEN RACIST RUSH LIMBAUGH QUOTES

1. “Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?”
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No, but I’ve noticed that all racist bigots think like Rush Limbaugh. Comparing a respected black politician and minister to common criminals is Jim Crow racism. Maybe all black people look alike to him, but I’ve never seen a picture of a wanted criminal that looks like Jesse Jackson. A serial killer that looks like Rush Limbaugh on the other hand.
John Wayne Gacy

2. “Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela — who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.”
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The communist connection is an old way of dealing with black leaders. They used it on Martin Luther King, they’re using it on Barack Obama and Limbaugh used it on Nelson Mandela. By siding with the racist apartheid regime over a world-wide symbol of peace and freedom, Limbaugh has shown he’s a global racist.
3. “Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”
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Limbaugh is once again fear mongering and race baiting by associating professional black athletes with criminals and gangmembers. He continues the fear mongering association of good, decent, hard working African Americans as criminals.
4. “The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.”
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Now Limbaugh is saying that an organization with a storied tradition of representing the positive black people for change in their communities are criminals and rioters. An organization that has been represented by intelligent professional African Americans, that has played a part in the Civil Rights movement and continues to be an intelligent, concerned voice for the African American community is degraded to common criminals. There you go Rush. Keep racism alive!!!!
5. “They’re 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?”
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Decent human beings care Rush. Someone out of that 12% is the President of the United States. Not caring about black people? Even George Bush wouldn’t admit to that.
6. [To an African American female caller]: “Take that bone out of your nose and call me back.”
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Okay, Rush, that’s classy. The old African bone in the nose stereotype. Wasn’t funny when the racist white school kids called the black kids that and it’s definitely not funny when a grown man with audience of millions of easily influenced dittoheads says it either.
7. ”I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve.”
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I wasn’t super offended by this, the whole black quarterback/coach thing has been going on for years in sports, but the quote was so offensive that Retired General Wesley Clarke said:
There can be no excuse for such statements. Mr. Limbaugh has the right to say whatever he wants, but ABC and ESPN have no obligation to sponsor such hateful and ignorant speech. Mr. Limbaugh should be fired immediately.
When a respected, retired general condemns the statement of a sportscaster, you know he’s gone too far.
8. Limbaugh’s many attacks on Obama.
Limbaugh has called Obama a ‘halfrican American’ has said that Obama was not Black but Arab because Kenya is an Arab region, even though Arabs are less than one percent of Kenya. Since mainstream America has become more accepting of African-Americans, Limbaugh has decided to play against its new racial fears, Arabs and Muslims. Despite the fact Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law school, Limbaugh has called him an ‘affirmative action candidate.’ Limbaugh even has repeatedly played a song on his radio show ‘Barack the Magic Negro’ using an antiquated Jim Crow era term for Black a man who many Americans are supporting for president. Way to go Rush.
So Rush Limbaugh has managed to make racist attacks on four of the most admired and respected people of African descent in the past one hundred years, in Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Colin Powell and Barack Obama. He has claimed that Joe the Plumber, who isn’t even a plumber is more important in this election than Colin Powell, a decorated military veteran who has served honorably in three administrations. How can the Republican party stand by this man and let their candidates appear on his show? Rush Limbaugh’s comments are so racist, they’re funny, in a Borat, Archie Bunker kind of way. What is not funny is the millions of dittoheads who listen to him, who take in and re-spout all the racist rhetoric that he spits. Limbaugh’s statements are echoed in the racist, angry Palin/McCain supporters who shout ‘kill him,’ ‘terrorist,’ ‘communist,’ ‘traitor,’ ‘socialist’ and ‘off with his head.’
9. “We need segregated buses… This is Obama’s America.”
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Okay Limbaugh let’s take back all of the Civil Rights movement and bring segregation back. But you’re not a racist.
10. “Obama’s entire economic program is reparations.”
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So everything Obama is doing is a big plot to give money to Black people. Any evidence? Stop the racist fear-mongering.
THE TWO CONTESTED QUOTES

We ran these two quotes as part of our original list of ten. However, in the fall of 2009, this post surfaced in the debate that followed Limbaugh’s dismissal from an investment group attempting to purchase the St. Louis Rams. NewsOne has, as yet, not been able to determine the veracity of these quotes. We note the following for the record:
These two quotes were both sourced to a book by Jack Huberman called “101 People Who Are Really Screwing America,” published by Nation Books in 2006. The author of this book, in turn, claims that he procured these quotes from a source which he has refused to reveal “on advice of counsel.”
Rush Limbaugh has vigorously denied that he said these things.
In sum, NewsOne can no longer vouch for the accuracy of these quotes. Nor can we trust Limbaugh, who never denied saying the other eight racist quotes on our original list, and whose own track record of duplicity gives us pause. We keep them in our post for their news value as a controversial, and perhaps dubious attribution. Segregated, of course. Which should make some people very happy.
1. “I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.”
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2. “You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed.”
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BONUS QUOTES

(…because ten isn’t enough!)
“Obama is “more African in his roots than he is American” and is “behaving like an African colonial despot”
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How exactly does and African colonial despot behave? Trying to degrade our President by attacking his African roots?
“Obama is an angry Black guy”
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Was John McCain an angry white guy? Was George Bush a dumb white man? Is your hero, Dick Cheney, an evil white demon? Why are you playing off the angry Black guy stereotype to disrespect our President?
ANTI-LATINO QUOTES
“Let the unskilled jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do — let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work.”
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“You’re a foreigner. You shut your mouth or you get out.”
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“A Chavez is a Chavez. We’ve Always Had Problems with Them”
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So keep showing that you have no idea what tolerance is. You really show that you are everything that you claim Ko is, now go to we love to be igorant about tolerance blogs and let people talk baseball, you really show why KO is this generations Murrow.

Also this like the democratic list has nothing to do with baseball, keep showing that you have no idea what tolerance is.

Also the list I put up was as response to a debunk site, but it can be removed because it has nothing to do with baseball or KO.

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Sorry By but that story has been debunked you again show that you do not know what a facts and what debunk and lying stories look like. First the NewYork Post has never posted anything truthful about KO, here is what happened here WOw I would ask that Current excutive that if Ko does not want the 99% around him, why did he go to park that Occupy was at and talked to him, wow that shows tells me that Current TV account excutive is doing somethign that you have no idea and that is called lying. Also Science if that email was true than maybe that account can explain why KO was dealing with a homeless man in his studio, also I was researching on the internet and I did not see a email from a Current excutive that says that KO hates the 99% and did not want to be around them. Also he was working with people that are part of that, his crew that is how made up this post is. Also KO is against coporations not people. Keep lying about what went on at Current. I want you and that suppose Current excutive to explain why does KO ride the subway where he was dealing the 99% and was intervewing people that were part of the 99% if he did not want to be around them. Keep lying about what happened at Current. This posts shows how dishonest you are and how unitelligent your posts have been, because this one makes no sense, KO rides the subway and he even tips cab drivers, so how could KO not want to be around 99% he around them all the time. Also the other one shows that Current could not pay the car servie which shows that KO was telling the truth that he was not being a diva on that one. YOu really are pathic and you just show that you have zero clue who KO is and would rather bash him than listen to the truth, Current Scinece not KO broke the contract, and again this is from someone who cares nothing about his ego and personality. Keep making me love and respect KO and showing why he this generations Murrow, also do not put up made up crap about him, espically emails that make no sense, wow for a guy that rides the subway, and went to Zacoti Park and talked to people that re the 99% that sure shows that he okay to be by them. So that excutuve was lying and making crap up if that was true, which is not because I have seen no site that says that. Also the other makes no sense in saying this shows that KO diva limo, wow so you like putting up made up emails. You really make me love and respect KO more and more and showi why he this generations Murrow. KO again will be mad if you do not get the justice you deserve for getting unjustily fired, and Science thanks for showing how Current broke the contract, you love to put stuff up that do not make sense. KO keep being yourself and you will always have a fan in me. Science loves to show why you are this generations Murrow. Love you faults and all. Keep putting up unintelligent crap showing that you Science are the untintelligent one not me and nit KO. Wow made up non-sense emils that show that Current broke the contract and that KO has no idea how to be a diva. Also here But KO cares more than his ego, you need to get this in your brain, KO’s ego is not why he got fired. You put out BS and stuff that is only name calling, you think that people on twitter bullying KO is what disagreement is, you show that you have no idea who KO is and what he cares about. Science I want you to explain a guy who was coming in with thorat problems when he should have been home resting shows that he cares more about his fans than his ego, that car story about him has been debunked. The guy who Current said drove the car said that he never drove him. KO in real life if you read his tweets like you say you do science takes the subway and uses cabs, and he even tips, so explain how KO hates being near the 99%. I want you to explain if KO only cares about ego, than why Science was KO staying at Current even though he was getting absued there and Current was breaking the contract left and right, because he cares more about his staff and his fans than his ego. Science you keep showing that KO cares more about people than ego, you do not even get that the person who keeps using that debunked phrase about bath tube crap also had a head injury, I guess you should say that guy also suffered brain damage, oh that is right, only peope like KO who pratice real journalism can have stuff like that happen to them, keep showing that you only care about bashing and putting out debunked crap and showing that KO has never only cared about ego. You keep showing that you love to lie about who KO is. I do not care even how much KO cares about his ego, and I can see that KO cares more about people aka staff and fans and telling the truth and praticing journalism than his ego. Keep making me love and respect him more with your made up debunked crap about him, all you are doing is embarrassing yourself with your uninteillgent posts. Current stated fully well when they say that they deal with business, that means that they have to fix problems like sets and making sure that Countdown runs smoothly, anyone with a brain Science which once again you show that you do not use, can see that banging trash cans is not expectable when a show is in progress, that person should have waited until Countdown was finished to do that, also any person with a brain that unlike you they like to use, knows that taking pictures right before a show and without a persons permission is anyiong and KO has every right to be upset at that stuff, and again this is if I believe that KO actually throw a mug because I have never seen him with a glass mug, also the fact that the satlite feed had broken and that KO was not getting the right info before a show, again I know that I would be at the point where I would want to throw something. All these emails show that not only was KO dealing with imcomptent bosses, but also imcomptent staff that did not want to do thier jobs but only complain. You prove me right when I said that all Current has are whinnie emails that show that Current is not responsible for thier behavior and showing that they are everything that they claim KO is. Keep showing how Current broke KO’s contract and how KO was unjuistily fired. Keep showing that you do not like to think things through. KO dealing with set problems and people who think it okay to do noise during a show and want to take photos before a show is on without asking permission which they have to ask before taking a picture that is not what ego and a guy that has a bad temper looks like. That is what a person that under stress with having to work with imcomptent people that do not want to do thier jobs looks like. Keep lying about what happened at Current and showing that you have no idea what a person with a bad temper and all about ego looks like. Those emails just make me feel sorry that KO had to deal with people that unlike him do not want to act professional and do thier jobs and do not want take responsibity for thier mistakes. These emails make me hate Current and show just how irresponsible and unprofessional that company is. The person emailing about throwing should have been more upset like I was that tenichal problems were still going on. Thanks for making me love and respect KO more and hate Current more and more, and showing that Current is the bad guy and once again showing that KO’s ego had nothing to do with why he not at Current and that his personality is not why he got fired. You keep loving to show how KO got unjustily fired. Wow I want you to work with all that those emails where complaining about and than see if you would be at the point of wanting to throw something, I know that I would, this email shows how much stress KO was under for dealing with stuff like banging trash cans and pictures being taken before shows without permission which anyone Science weither you are celebrity or not would want, and tenichal problems that show just how irresponsible Current is and how they are everything that they claim KO is, and that they never lived up to thier end of the bargin from even what they say thier responsiblity is. KO again will be pissed if you do not get the justice that you deserve for being unjustily fired. Keep showing how Current broke the contract that is all those emails show, and they prove my point that all Current’s proof is whinnie emails by people like mangement did not want to do thier jobs and take responsibility for thier mistakes and the stress that KO had to deal with, they just make me feel bad for KO and make me want to yell at Hyatt to stop lying about what happened and tell the truth that they not KO broke the contract and that they only cared about taking KO’s audience and money and that they lie about being progressive and that they care nothing about the cause and that they are just as hypocritecal as Fox and that they need to go away. These emails make me want KO to sue for all that Current has and take this hypocritcal dishonest network out. KO keep being yourself and you will always have a fan in me, love you faults and all. Science keep putting post that show that KO’s ego and personality had nothing to do with what happened at Current and that he was unjustily fired there. Sorry but you will never show me that KO the bad guy because thier is no evidence that person that uses common sense and his brain that shows that KO the bad guy. Scince unless you are in KO’s case and dealing with what he had to deal with you cannot say that KO the bad guy, because you do not know what you would do in his place, I am not violent but if I where in KO’s situtaion I would be at the point of throwing something. That is why I know that had nothing to do with temper and had all to do with the stress of having to do mangements and his staff’s job, because he the only responsible professional there. Keep making me love and respect KO more and more and making me hate KO more and more that is all you know how to do. You love to show how Current broke that contract that you do not know what stress is and what temper is. Science this is not diva behavior not wanting noise when you are doing a show is what professional responsible people would be upset about because it what you have never heard of dinstracting, same with taking pictures without permission not only is distracting but disrespectable too, KO should have been upset when these things were done, I know that I would be. Also I question if that mug story is even because me and I know others that watch Countdown never saw KO use a glass mug and it very noticlble the mug that KO uses and they are all ceramic. So keep lying about KO that is all you know how to do. YOu just make me love and respect him more and show that KO has no idea how to be a diva and be all about ego. You really are pathic.
Sorry about the length but I hate when people post debunked crap like this. BY this has already been debunked and refuted, BY thier is no evidence that KO broke that contract, and never will be, keep showing that you love to post refuted crap that gets easily debunked. Go to we are igorant about what happened at Current blogs and let people talk baseball.

Wow
Love how you defend bullies here is who Gibson is Sorry but you prove that KO is this generations Murrow and by using a made up name and made up story by someone that has no idea who KO is and loves to bully people and show that they do not know what being human is aka Gibson Again this is who Gibson is and how made up that story is Wow again here is who Gibson is here again is who Gibson is KO is not BB, thier is no such thing as bath tub boy that is something that was made up by John Gibson because KO was not allowed to call him worst person. Also anyone that uses that name shows that they have zero clue what being human is. John Gibson thought it was funny to make fun of Stewart’s pain on 911, he thought it was funny to make fun of Lugar’s suicude by his I could never quit you quto, UPDATE: John Gibson has “apologized” for his distasteful comments on Heath Ledger’s death. Though he first defended his statements on his radio show yesterday — there is “no point in passing up a good joke,” he said, and repeated his “Brokeback Mountain” joke saying, “I’m not giving that up” — he eventually caved to pressure to apologize and did so on his television show.
Still, his apology seemed forced, and relatively half-hearted:
Those who knew him say he was a good actor and a loving dad. And what happened to him was terrible, but was evidently an accident. Once again, to anyone offended by my comments, I’m sorry. But I’m also sorry that Heath Ledger is no longer alive and with us.
ThinkProgress has the audio of Gibson’s defense of his comments, and MediaMatters has the video of his “apology.”

ORIGINAL ITEM: Fox News’ John Gibson found a way to outdo MSNBC’s Courtney Hazlett for the most inappropriate comment on Heath Ledger’s death. ThinkProgress reports that, on his radio show yesterday (which opened with funeral music), Gibson called Ledger a “weirdo” with a “serious drug problem.” Making fun of the famous “I wish I knew how to quit you” line from “Brokeback Mountain,” Gibson said of his death, “Well, he found out how to quit you.”
This is not Gibson’s first time making inappropriate comments in the wake of tragedy. In July 2005, just one day before the 7/7 terrorist bombings in London, Gibson said that “the International Olympic Committee missed a golden opportunity….If they had picked France instead of London to hold the Olympics, it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn’t worry about terrorism. They’d blow up Paris, and who cares?” The next day, after the London bombings, Gibson.
Also only people that live in alterante universes think that this is Obama’s Monica lewsinsky. Excuse me, were was the cover up, were was Obama lying, wow were was Obama having a affair with a intern. You really show that you have no idea what you talk about.
Also I love how you put out a made up Special Comment that KO never gave. Showing that you do not know what pardoy is. This story has nothing to do with KO, so keep showing how igonrant you are on KO and that you have zero clue what make believe aka pardoy sketch and reality are.
KO is not BB that is a made up story and anyone that uses it shows that they have zero idea what being human is.
Wow once again you show that you not KO are the immature one, and do not say different because that would be a lie. Only people that are igorant about who KO is and what immature behavior like you would believe those made up talking points, that again are debunked like everything that you say, and again I am someone who would care crap if Ko was that, that is how I know that KO is opposite of immature and that those talking points describe you to a tee.
Keep showing that you do not know what being human means, only people in alternate unvierses would believe the made up lie by Gibson that get’s debunked.
Not only that but that comment strip is as igorant about who KO is as you are, I laugh with how BS and made up that strip was, it shows why KO is this generations Murrow and why you are everything that you claim KO is. Go to we love to dfend buillies aka Gibson and igorant about who KO is blogs and let people talk baseball.

Sorry about the long post will try to make them shorter just hate when people come on here and think that it okay to bully people, moderators please get rid of the trolls and let people talk baseball.

If someone’s life has devolved to the point that he/she is working as a moderator for BB’s blog, they should just do what Mary Kennedy did.

Wow
You really show that you have no idea what you are talking about as normal, I love how you bash people, you again By show that you are everything that you claim KO is and do not sa different because that would be another lie.

Wow
By keep showing that you have no idea what being human means, no wonder you will put up a made name and a made up story, you show that KO knows what being human is and you would not know one if it bit you. You again are everything that you claim KO is, You show why I love KO and why he this generations Murrow.

Moderators can you please remove this troll and let people talk baseball, this is one of the most disgusting posts that I have every read in my life. Keep showing me that KO is nothing what you claim he BY and that are everything that you say KO is.

Also to Olbermann, I do not know if you read this blog and the posts that are put up after you read them, but if you do I am sorry that this troll that shows that they do not know what having a heart means and By do not say different beacuse that would be a lie after reading what you wrote, that this was said, I hope that this is removed and this troll is asked never to come back.
Also KO keep showing why you are this generations Murrow and why you are nothing what this troll is and that this troll is everything that they claim that you are.

Dale Murphy is from my neck of the woods– Oregon. I want to see a photo of Keith and Harold Reynolds– also from Oregon. Actually, I want to see a photo of Keith and me at the All-Star Game at Citi Field. I’ll buy the Keith Burgers (Keith H. not Keith O.). I’d “settle” for any game at Citi or Yankee Stadium.

I would like to see a photo of you with Keith H along with one that has KO by him. It would fun to see that. So if it happened I hope that would post it.

Also to the moderators I apologize for the fact that someone would say to something that disgusting and that hateful, I know get why they will spourt the made up name and made up story, they show that they are just as bad as Gibson and that they do not know what respect means. Please do the right thing and get rid of this troll and let people talk baseball.

Wow
Again thanks for posting made up videos that do not even put up made up names, again here is who Gibson is and why that name is made up and the story Again this is who Gibson is and how made up that story is Wow again here is who Gibson is here again is who Gibson is KO is not BB, thier is no such thing as bath tub boy that is something that was made up by John Gibson because KO was not allowed to call him worst person. Also anyone that uses that name shows that they have zero clue what being human is. John Gibson thought it was funny to make fun of Stewart’s pain on 911, he thought it was funny to make fun of Lugar’s suicude by his I could never quit you quto, UPDATE: John Gibson has “apologized” for his distasteful comments on Heath Ledger’s death. Though he first defended his statements on his radio show yesterday — there is “no point in passing up a good joke,” he said, and repeated his “Brokeback Mountain” joke saying, “I’m not giving that up” — he eventually caved to pressure to apologize and did so on his television show.
Still, his apology seemed forced, and relatively half-hearted:
Those who knew him say he was a good actor and a loving dad. And what happened to him was terrible, but was evidently an accident. Once again, to anyone offended by my comments, I’m sorry. But I’m also sorry that Heath Ledger is no longer alive and with us.
ThinkProgress has the audio of Gibson’s defense of his comments, and MediaMatters has the video of his “apology.”

ORIGINAL ITEM: Fox News’ John Gibson found a way to outdo MSNBC’s Courtney Hazlett for the most inappropriate comment on Heath Ledger’s death. ThinkProgress reports that, on his radio show yesterday (which opened with funeral music), Gibson called Ledger a “weirdo” with a “serious drug problem.” Making fun of the famous “I wish I knew how to quit you” line from “Brokeback Mountain,” Gibson said of his death, “Well, he found out how to quit you.”
This is not Gibson’s first time making inappropriate comments in the wake of tragedy. In July 2005, just one day before the 7/7 terrorist bombings in London, Gibson said that “the International Olympic Committee missed a golden opportunity….If they had picked France instead of London to hold the Olympics, it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn’t worry about terrorism. They’d blow up Paris, and who cares?” The next day, after the London bombings, Gibson.
Also only people that live in alterante universes think that this is Obama’s Monica lewsinsky. Excuse me, were was the cover up, were was Obama lying, wow were was Obama having a affair with a intern. You really show that you have no idea what you talk about.
Also I love how you put out a made up Special Comment that KO never gave. Showing that you do not know what pardoy is. This story has nothing to do with KO, so keep showing how igonrant you are on KO and that you have zero clue what make believe aka pardoy sketch and reality are.
KO is not BB that is a made up story and anyone that uses it shows that they have zero idea what being human is.
Wow once again you show that you not KO are the immature one, and do not say different because that would be a lie. Only people that are igorant about who KO is and what immature behavior like you would believe those made up talking points, that again are debunked like everything that you say, and again I am someone who would care crap if Ko was that, that is how I know that KO is opposite of immature and that those talking points describe you to a tee.
Keep showing that you do not know what being human means, only people in alternate unvierses would believe the made up lie by Gibson that get’s debunked.
Keep lying and showing how igorant you are about who KO is, sorry KO is no crybaby that is who you and Gibson are.
Wow BG the only person that thinks that a made debunked story by a person that loves to make fun of people’s pain and thinks that making fun of sucide is funny. Please keep showing how igorant you are about KO and that you have no idea what being human means. You really make me respect KO more and show why he this generations Murrow. Sorry that story and name have been debunked over and over again, keep showing how igorant you are when it comes to truth. Now get off the blog and let people talk baseball.
Keep showing how igorant you are on KO that is all you know how to do.
Wow keep showing that you love to support people that do not know what being human is
You love to post people that have no idea who KO is just like you do not, go back and let people talk baseball.
You show that you would not know who KO is if it he walked up and to him. You really show why he and always will be this generations Murrow.
YOu show that you love to post things from people that do not know what being human means.
Moderators please get the troll off the blog and let people talk baseball thank you.
Now get off the blog and go to we are igorant about KO’s career blogs and let peopel talk baseball.
Keep showing how igorant you are about KO, the only one who is that name is Gibson, this story BY has been debunked over and over again, it not true this is and never By will be KO’s name and if you say different than that would be a made up lie. Keep making respect KO more and showing why he this generations Murrow with crap like this. Also make me respect Maddow with showing how igorant you are about her also.

Also I do not listen to people who think that it okay to make fun of sucide and like you did with that post and by using this heartless person which is Gibson. Also this is not baseball and needs to be removed as are the posts that go against it.

Moderators please remove the troll and let people talk baseball, be much apprecriated.

Also I love how you believe everythig that is on YOu tube, you really show that you do not know what facts, please leave and let people talk baseball, that is what this blog is for.

Again Sorry for this troll and moderators needs to remove them and let the baseball talk start.

Keith, love your work. You need to be on the tube again. First time, Long time (my apologies to DP). I wondered if you could shed some light on why Dale Murphy Isn’t in the HOF yet. Keep up the good work.

That would be good idea and intersting.

Wow thanks for showing again that you think that it okay to use hateful terms and show that you are once again a hypocrite.

Also again By this has nothing to do with baseball or even KO, get off the blog and let people talk baseball and let me listen and comment to it.

Moderators please get rid of the troll it would be much a appreciated

Let’s face it your a troll that is igorant on facts and what tolerance means, get off the blog and let people talk baseball.

Again I will say thanks for showing that you love being a hypocrite and do not say different because that would be another lie.

Next trip to Arizona, don’t forget your wide-angle lens for Bochy’s head. Better yet, make an in-season trip to San Francisco for some good baseball and seafood. (My husband would talk your ear off about transit history if you let him.)

I would love to hear what your husband has to say about transit history, but I have been into the history of everything, including trains and trolleys.

Trains and trolleys…and don’t forget TROLLS! ;)

Thanks Roberta, keep on talking up the Giants.” Wide-angle lens for Bochy’s head”; made me LOL. Yea, Keith, how about coming out to “The City by the Bay”?

Actually Emerson
KO was in San Fransico, but it was to deal with the settlement, maybe we could get him to there to vist and see the Giants play.

Thanks for the laugh

Wow another who does not know who Gibson is
Again here is who Gibson is and how made up that story is Again thanks for posting made up videos that do not even put up made up names, again here is who Gibson is and why that name is made up and the story Again this is who Gibson is and how made up that story is Wow again here is who Gibson is here again is who Gibson is KO is not BB, thier is no such thing as bath tub boy that is something that was made up by John Gibson because KO was not allowed to call him worst person. Also anyone that uses that name shows that they have zero clue what being human is. John Gibson thought it was funny to make fun of Stewart’s pain on 911, he thought it was funny to make fun of Lugar’s suicude by his I could never quit you quto, UPDATE: John Gibson has “apologized” for his distasteful comments on Heath Ledger’s death. Though he first defended his statements on his radio show yesterday — there is “no point in passing up a good joke,” he said, and repeated his “Brokeback Mountain” joke saying, “I’m not giving that up” — he eventually caved to pressure to apologize and did so on his television show.
Still, his apology seemed forced, and relatively half-hearted:
Those who knew him say he was a good actor and a loving dad. And what happened to him was terrible, but was evidently an accident. Once again, to anyone offended by my comments, I’m sorry. But I’m also sorry that Heath Ledger is no longer alive and with us.
ThinkProgress has the audio of Gibson’s defense of his comments, and MediaMatters has the video of his “apology.”

ORIGINAL ITEM: Fox News’ John Gibson found a way to outdo MSNBC’s Courtney Hazlett for the most inappropriate comment on Heath Ledger’s death. ThinkProgress reports that, on his radio show yesterday (which opened with funeral music), Gibson called Ledger a “weirdo” with a “serious drug problem.” Making fun of the famous “I wish I knew how to quit you” line from “Brokeback Mountain,” Gibson said of his death, “Well, he found out how to quit you.”
This is not Gibson’s first time making inappropriate comments in the wake of tragedy. In July 2005, just one day before the 7/7 terrorist bombings in London, Gibson said that “the International Olympic Committee missed a golden opportunity….If they had picked France instead of London to hold the Olympics, it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn’t worry about terrorism. They’d blow up Paris, and who cares?” The next day, after the London bombings, Gibson.
Also only people that live in alterante universes think that this is Obama’s Monica lewsinsky. Excuse me, were was the cover up, were was Obama lying, wow were was Obama having a affair with a intern. You really show that you have no idea what you talk about.
Also I love how you put out a made up Special Comment that KO never gave. Showing that you do not know what pardoy is. This story has nothing to do with KO, so keep showing how igonrant you are on KO and that you have zero clue what make believe aka pardoy sketch and reality are.
KO is not BB that is a made up story and anyone that uses it shows that they have zero idea what being human is.
Wow once again you show that you not KO are the immature one, and do not say different because that would be a lie. Only people that are igorant about who KO is and what immature behavior like you would believe those made up talking points, that again are debunked like everything that you say, and again I am someone who would care crap if Ko was that, that is how I know that KO is opposite of immature and that those talking points describe you to a tee.
Keep showing that you do not know what being human means, only people in alternate unvierses would believe the made up lie by Gibson that get’s debunked.
Keep lying and showing how igorant you are about who KO is, sorry KO is no crybaby that is who you and Gibson are.
Wow BG the only person that thinks that a made debunked story by a person that loves to make fun of people’s pain and thinks that making fun of sucide is funny. Please keep showing how igorant you are about KO and that you have no idea what being human means. You really make me respect KO more and show why he this generations Murrow. Sorry that story and name have been debunked over and over again, keep showing how igorant you are when it comes to truth. Now get off the blog and let people talk baseball.
Keep showing how igorant you are on KO that is all you know how to do.
Wow keep showing that you love to support people that do not know what being human is
You love to post people that have no idea who KO is just like you do not, go back and let people talk baseball.
You show that you would not know who KO is if it he walked up and to him. You really show why he and always will be this generations Murrow.
YOu show that you love to post things from people that do not know what being human means.
Moderators please get the troll off the blog and let people talk baseball thank you.
Now get off the blog and go to we are igorant about KO’s career blogs and let peopel talk baseball.
Keep showing how igorant you are about KO, the only one who is that name is Gibson, this story BY has been debunked over and over again, it not true this is and never By will be KO’s name and if you say different than that would be a made up lie. Keep making respect KO more and showing why he this generations Murrow with crap like this. Also make me respect Maddow with showing how igorant you are about her also.
So keep showing that you have no idea who KO is and never will, also I do not listen to people who think that it okay to support people like Gibson who do not know what a heart is and how to be human and do not say different because that would be a lie.

Moderators can you please get rid of the trolls it would be very much apperciated.
Also that post has nothing to do with baseball, please get off the blog troll and stay off

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