Calling our troops cold-blooded killers

Armed Forces Network carries PMSNBC, and if I over slept and hit the Cardio Tent at Camp Taqaddum too late Olbermann would be on.

Hated of this jerk often motivated me to greater exertion in my work outs.

The talking heads on MSNBC are in an echo chamber. Who cares what any of them say? I used to watch Chris Matthews on Hardball but gave that up when Abu Ghraib became his raison d'etre. Thirty-plus minutes of the slide show of prisoners with underwear on their heads wasn't worth my time. Neither is MSNBC.

If Olbermann had resigned from his show at MSNBC, he would have been scooped up by ABC to replace Rosie on "The View." He certainly has the right genitalia for the job.

You hit the nail on the head. I have tried several times to watch his show but I have to turn it off or leave as I begin to yell back at the TV because of the vile he spews

I would dearly love to meet Olbermann in a dark alley.

This just shows that the whole "speaking truth to power" BS is just that, BS. Anyone can do it in the country, and its exercise is becoming tiresome.
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Laura Ingraham's web site has a link to a form that can be filled out to express to GE your disgust with their employee. You might also want to express your views toward the CEO of GE who evidently shares Olbermann's opinions and world view.

"merciless mercenaries who shoot unarmed Iraqis and then evade prosecution in any country by hiding behind your skirts, sir,"

Sad, sad, sad. Mercenaries are soldiers that fight without moral principles, simply for profit. MSM has come to a new low.

I think Keith is a poster boy of the left who deeply hates and despises military and yet quickly proclaims that he supports the troops every time people try to point out his hatred for the military.

I don't know whether the general public understand this but I am afraid they don't. Remember John Kerry? To a large extend he has the same view and attitude as Keith Olbermann and yet managed to almost get elected to the highest office in the land. And probably Obama has similar view with Olbermann as well.

Describing Olbermann's motives as political are giving him too much credit, I believe. Actually, he appears simply as a manipulative bully who generates bile to distract from his purile thinking. He doesn't appear very thoughtful nor very talented. Bullies concentrate on picking on others, especially others, like the President, who can never respond. He just wants his job and still fails at it. He's desperate and maybe he should be. What goes around, comes around. Ironically, he just may be in the catagory of "worst person" on television.

Well the truth remains... 4000 Americans are dead because of Bush's cavalier attitude. He misled the American people and has led us into the darkest moment in our history. It is a shame.

Olbermann was referring to Blackwater and other military contractors in Iraq when he said "merciless mercenaries". You know, those guys who actually aren't U.S. soldiers and really are only in it for the money?

What I find funny is about 5 years ago Mr. O was working on ESPN. Now he does nothing more than complain daily about O'Reilly, Limbaugh and Hannity. If this is MSNBC idea of Journalism than you can see why their ratings are in the tank!

I can't help but picture a bunch of Islamofacists sitting in front of a TV in whatever country, watching this bilious diatribe by Olber(not a)mann and thinking, "If not for guys like this, we'd probably be out of work." Like most liberals in this country, this guy has his head so far up his rectum that there's no hope for ever getting it out. We can hope, however, that outbursts of verbal sewage like these don't have a great effect in undermining the efforts made by Bush and others to keep this country safe.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qLAm0SLoJqw
What I still don't know is how is it possible for people like them to hate America. How was it possible for VVAW, IVAW, Code Pink and the PCC to be founded in the first place? How was it possible for them to arise in the first place?
Was it just because a new generation of Americans was born after WW2?

I know most people know this, but it bears repeating. True modern liberals cannot stand to have their views challenged, not even by reality.

In Olberman's rant he finally yelled at Bush, "just shut up". Stephen King, when confronted about his slur of the military told his fans to deluge his detractor's with emails that said "shut up". I've seen a video clip filmed at a "peace" rally in which one of the peace marchers gets so angry at the woman running the camera that he attacks her and hits her twice.

We all have heard that modern liberals are dominated by their emotions, and behaviour such as cited in these examples is clear evidence of such extreme emotionality.

My problem with all of these examples is that the liberals in question just can't tolerate an opposing perspective and get so distraught that they act in a manner to suppress speech.

Maybe I'm showing my age, but I can remember the 1960's when liberal kids used to spout "I don't agree with what you're saying, but I'd fight for your right to say it". Now, it's the conservatives who say the same and back it up with actions.

Go figure.

When Olbermann said "mercenaries" he was literally speaking about mercenaries -- Blackwater and Dyncor and the rest. They are not subject to any law while in Iraq: not Iraqi law, not civilian US law, not the code of military justice. Cop on everyone.

I wish somebody would interview this wretch, and ask him about his employer, pointing out all of the above mentioned facts. Then force this dirtbag into a corner by suggesting that he is taking blood money as the author has stated and then asking him to resign his position there and then on national tv. I would wager that the rule of survival of never biting the hand that feeds you would prevail.

I have watched Olbermann's show a couple of times and his rants a few more. Can anyone explain to me why this guy is called a comedian? He is just kind of pathetic.

I can't watch Mathews or KO on PMSNBC, but I did see the YouTube version. I can't believe Tim Russert, GE and NBC allow him to continue, plus he has no ratings

I can truthfully say, I quit watching the NBC football show with Bob Costas ( who's one of my favorite sportscasters ) when they added Olbermann. Talk about a poster boy for the elite. I can't describe the loathing I have towards him. MSNBC & NBC should change their corporate logo's to the Islamic jihad, crescent moon with a star.

he wasn't referring to the US military, it was an obvious reference to Blackwater, and it's accurate.

"angst inspired liver secretions" <--BestLineEver.

The best way to silence Olberhmadinejad is not to watch MSNBC. Sooner or later this 'progressive' will dig his own grave. G.E. is certainly a different company under Jeffery Immelt - it is time to sell off the pieces, they can no longer control the ship and need to focus on their core business. If they want to be in the social advocacy business it is sure time for me to sell their stock. Olbermann acts like a 'spoiled brat' and needs to be put in the corner - can't stand to listen to his tirades long enough for me to find the remote to change the channel. Where is Jack Welch when we really need him?

Honestly, I think Olberman's on-camera anger is just an act. Although judging by his words, the man is arrogant enough to question God Himself.

As far as Blackwater and others of its ilk are concerned, would they be necessary if enough eligible young Americans enlisted in the military?

Moreover, I would bet that a large proportion of the people who gripe about these companies eagerly gobble up fictional accounts of them in the movies, TV shows and military/action novels.

He actually told President Bush to "shut the hell"? BDS! Telling the President of the United States to "shut the hell up." And he's still on the air and being paid by GE. Unbelievable!

Spewing this garbage is the only way Obermann gets ratings, small as they are. The Bush haters love him and Maher so they will always listen. Programs like this are the reaseon NBC sucks.

Who the hell is Keith Olbermann, anyway?

Olberdouche has found his proper schtick; and it's behaving like a little, undisciplined bratof a child, whom everyone loathes but laughs at when he mouths obscenities in the presence of adults. He's found out that he can get away with it - so he does it. The clown has no moral or intellectual character; and he has no concept of acceptable standards of behavior because no one has ever taught him right from wrong.
As for watching the clown - I don't. In fact, msnbc doesn't ever appear on my TV (nor my computer). I know I'm only one viewer, but I don't feel that I am alone in avoiding swill and tripe of that nature. And, sooner or later, GE is going to notice that their viewership has declined to all-time lows because of their leftard slant and promotion of BDS. Perhaps then, changes will be made - but I doubt it will save a sinking ship.

C'mon, kids. It's all about ratings (read: $$$), an elusive commodity MSNBC and Olberman desperately crave. As long as the money flows (in this case, the prospect thereof), all involved, including the parent company, couldn't care less if hypocrisy is on parade.

My cable company does not provide MSNBC and I am not asking for it. I won't give them the time of day. I won't complain to MSNBC about the likes of Oby and I do not miss watching MSNBC. I'm told that their ratings are abysmal and I say, let's keep it that way.

Why don't you morons actually listen to KO. He did not call our troops (bless them) "cold blooded killers" He was referring to mercenaries like Blackwater who do kill and murder with impunity. One returning soldier working at the ER room where I was at stated that, "Whenever Blackwater guys were around, soldiers tried not to be. They make all Americans look bad and the people of Iraq hate them." "Most the guys of my unit hated them." God Bless Keith for speaking the truth (is that still allowed in this country-I keep forgetting).

Why don't you morons actually listen to KO. He did not call our troops (bless them) "cold blooded killers" He was referring to mercenaries like Blackwater who do kill and murder with impunity. One returning soldier working at the ER room where I was at stated that, "Whenever Blackwater guys were around, soldiers tried not to be. They make all Americans look bad and the people of Iraq hate them." "Most the guys of my unit hated them." God Bless Keith for speaking the truth (is that still allowed in this country-I keep forgetting).

Deb - no need to call people morons. They've written that Olbermann hates US troopers - because he does. For example, he called General Petraeus (a man who has served America nonstop for the past 34 years) a person who has been 'pimped out' by the President. Yet, when his colleague David Shuster said that Chelsea Clinton had been 'pimped out' by her parents, he was suspended and Olbermann - the same guy who insulted Petraeus - apologised on the behalf of Shuster and MSNBC. So Olbermann is allowed to insult Petraeus, but no one is allowed, by MSNBC's standards, to insult the Clintons. And that's only a sample of Olbermann's anti-military rhetoric.
Like I said, no need to call people names.

can people really not distinguish criticism of military leadership from feelings toward members of the armed forces. My god people!

Did any of you actually watch the clip?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24635229#24635229

Bob, you're a freaking retard!

Did any of you actually watch the clip?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24635229#24635229

Bob, you're a freaking retard!

Did any of you actually watch the clip?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24635229#24635229

Bob, you're a freaking retard!

I guess I am fortunate like 99.9 percent of other Americans that I have never listened to an Olberman show. I did come across a Bill Maher show once and thaought to myself ,"who is this smarmy creep". Never saw him again. Just luck I guess.

President Bush gave up golf? Hundreds of billions of dollars spent, 4000 American lives lost, a horribly mismanaged occupation resulting in tens of thousands of iraqi deaths, and he says, "by the way, let's have a round of applause for my compassion."
Do you believe this guy?

Gene Weingarten, a Washington Post writer who recently won a Pulitzer Prize and who describes himself as a New Deal liberal, recently called Olbermann a "sputtering lunatic," and said he was ashamed that the left would have someone who would engage in such antics. Weingarten has been pretty critical of radio talkers like O'Reilly, and he puts Olbermann in the same boat -- ironically.

Why would I think for one second that people on the extreme right or extreme left can see past their respective blinders and personal biases. This country requires the commons sense of the center. Both extreme sides of the political spectrum should be ignored and marginalized at best.

Keith Olbermann resume qualifies him for nothing. His opinions and second guessing are speculative at best. The snippets and afterthoughts to his audience are his views. He magnifies his hate and discontent to all that will listen.I am not hesitant to say he is wrong on many issues. Mr. Olbermann was too young for the draft when he became of age. I have not researched much about him but from what I have looked at he has not served in any military capacity. Mr. Olbermann was all of 13 years old when terrorism reared its ugly head at the Munich games in 1972. Has he ranted about our marines in Lebanon who were killed in their barracks back in 1983 by homicidal bombers? Oh yeah, that 9-11 thing happened also. He was busy with sports then and I never heard him reject a government that would and did destroy their own people.
Mr. Olbermenn was busy getting a education provided by his local government or paid for by his parents. In either case I guess he forgot that the freedom for his education is a birth right in our nation and that people fought and died those rights. How can he be so presumptuous to know how president Bush really feels deep down inside?
I wish I had the air time that he has the luxury of to debate him on some issues. I did not go to college as he did and will not pretend that I was privy to any information that the defense department did or did not know about before going into Iraq. Neither did he! Many of the same facts about Iraq were verified by the intelligence agencies of many other nations.
Where was his rhetoric when the USS Cole was hit? If he lived in 1945 and was yapping about WW11 he would have scolded the United States for ending the war without consideration of the American lives that were saved when our president decided to drop bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many Japanese people were killed in a military tactic that determined Japans surrender. The alternative to storm their shores would have been disastrous for our military with estimated losses that we could not and would not accept.
Mr. Olbermann's rant is certainly being played throughout the Arab world and probably may have converted many conservative Muslims to agree with the radical movement that will eventually cause more bloodshed in the free world. Mr. Olbermann states that Mr. Bush gave up golf to solidify with the soldiers and families that have been affected by the war in Iraq. Mr. Olbermann gave up being a sports announcer to be a political pundit and sounds as if he has been tutored by the likes of Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi. You gave up a lot Mr. Olbermann. You gave up GAMES for spinning subjects that you think you know all about. Has the CIA, NSA etc.. filled you in on matters of our national security? You are a legend in your own mind SIR!
I will concede the fact that the war should have been handled better. Everyone does. I see troops come and go from my work place on many occasions. I have talked to many. They do believe in what they are doing for the most part. Many volunteer to return to free people that have been oppressed, tortured and murdered for what is taken for granted in the free world that we live in. If nothing else honor that. Keith Olbermann would not be alive today by stating his opinions if he was living in a totalitarian regime. Mr. Olbermann.....Shut the hell up .......

Sadly, what Bush said was a lie.

He said he quit when the UN compound was blown up in August '03, but he's shown here golfing two months later:
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/22488/thumbs/s-GOLF-large.jpg

Hey, he's only reflecting what the VAST MAJORITY of TODAY'S AMERICANS really believe!