It's not just Glenn Beck and Keith Olbermann bringing the crazy on cable news. Check out this short clip of Ed Schultz, who has an almost unwatchable show on MSNBC (with the creative title "The Ed Show"), clarifying Republican objections to ObamaCare:
Reason Magazine
|9.25.09 @ 1:04PM|#
If the left wasn't "clarifying" (ignoring, misconstruing, taking out of context, and in any other way demonizing), they would have to admit their failure to present valid argument.
@|9.25.09 @ 1:04PM|#
Warren | September 25, 2009, 1:01pm | #
First I've heard of Ed Schultz.
I believe he arrived via Air America. Just like Rachel Maddow.
'Nuff said?
|9.25.09 @ 1:04PM|#
If the left wasn't "clarifying" (ignoring, misconstruing, taking out of context, and in any other way demonizing), they would have to admit their failure to present valid argument.
Jimbo|9.25.09 @ 1:05PM|#
In fairness to him, you'd do/say anything to get your sorry ass
out of the Fargo/Moorhead media market too.
I remember being inflicted with his sportcasts as a kid growing up
in NW Minnesota. Absolutely no one I knew liked him back then
either.
ll blow j|9.25.09 @ 1:07PM|#
"Check out this short clip of Ed Schultz, who has an almost
unwatchable show on MSNBC"
No, on all of television. But I still watch it every day. Everyone
should.
And then we all should hang him.
Pendulum|9.25.09 @ 1:14PM|#
Ed Schultz's Air America show was actually the least outlandish
and extreme thing on that network. He was reasonably mature and
together for a partisan hack. He used to talk about how he strongly
supported gun rights and that a political party shouldn't seek
lockstep on every issue.
This is a ratings act. It doesn't make it any less despicable
though.
John Tagliaferro|9.25.09 @ 1:15PM|#
And then we all should hang him.
To complete the anti-government Libertarian Jihad theory?
ll blow j|9.25.09 @ 1:26PM|#
"Note the clever "OP ED" graphic on the screen? Comedy
gold!"
Here's what gets me about The Mister Ed Show - on the wall behind
the guests, there are all of these meaningless pulsating bar
graphs. Very hypnotic.
|9.25.09 @ 1:29PM|#
Have to wait til I get home to watch the video. But there's
plenty of crazy out there.
I heard an interview on NPR the other day with Faya Rose Toure,
founder of the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, Ala.
Her take on the tea party protesters:
Thom|9.25.09 @ 1:38PM|#
This healthcare "debate" is quickly turning into the political version of a Red Sox-Yankees game. Both teams suck and I wish they could all lose.
iowahawk|9.25.09 @ 1:48PM|#
Boy howdy, that there's some weapons grade crazy.
What's the current odds of Lyndon LaRouche getting the MSNBC time
slot before Olbermann?
|9.25.09 @ 1:52PM|#
What's the current odds of Lyndon LaRouche getting the MSNBC
time slot before Olbermann?
Think big, iowahawk. Lyndon LaRouche as co-host for either
Olbermann or Schultz. Hell, I'd never miss an episode.
|9.25.09 @ 1:57PM|#
"I think it would be funny if someone did a survey where the
questions would be something like, which statment do you most
associate with? Then list a statment from Bill O'Reilly, Keith
Obermann, and Jesus. I bet it would prove how little of a Christian
nation we are."
Except where Jesus said, "Bring my enemies to me that I might slay
them." With statements like that, Jesus could get a job on Fox.
John Tagliaferro|9.25.09 @ 1:57PM|#
How are corpses profitable?
Stop your veiled talking about Fight Club.
|9.25.09 @ 1:59PM|#
What the fuck is that guy on? Can I have some? Jesus, dude, deep
breaths...
And Dencker, How are corpses profitable?
The Republicans make Soylent Green. duh.
|9.25.09 @ 2:04PM|#
"""Except where Jesus said, "Bring my enemies to me that I might
slay them." With statements like that, Jesus could get a job on
Fox."""
With all the ruckus they make about not bringing terrorist into the
US. Come on. But it sounds tough, so you might be right.
Was Jesus that lazy? I mean if you have enemies you want to slay,
it's your job to go do it. That statement might not mean what it
seems.
ll blow j|9.25.09 @ 2:06PM|#
"Except where Jesus said, "Bring my enemies to me that I might
slay them.""
[citation needed]
|9.25.09 @ 2:10PM|#
"Except where Jesus said, "Bring my enemies to me that I might
slay them.""
"[citation needed]"
I don't have a Concordance here at work, so I can't give you the
verse, but it is in there.
EJM|9.25.09 @ 2:10PM|#
Ed Schultz's Air America show was actually the least
outlandish and extreme thing on that network.
FWIW, his syndicated
radio show has never been actually distributed or produced by
AA itself; like Bill Press and Stephanie Miller's shows, it's been
handled by (the former) Jones
Radio.
John Tagliaferro|9.25.09 @ 2:11PM|#
"Except where Jesus said, "Bring my enemies to me that I might
slay them.""*
*The unpublished works of Jesus of Nazareth
Colin|9.25.09 @ 2:20PM|#
I have difficulties watching even short clips from anyone on either Fox (apart from the few libertarians) or MSNBC.
BakedPenguin|9.25.09 @ 2:24PM|#
"Except where Jesus said, "Bring my enemies to me that I might slay them.""*
Wow, people. Google is teh hard. Luke 19-27.
EJM|9.25.09 @ 2:25PM|#
Wow, people. Google is teh hard. Luke 19-27.
See also TheologyWeb's
related thread.
ll blow j|9.25.09 @ 2:31PM|#
bookworm,
You are taking it entirely out of context. Jesus was telling a
parable about "a certain nobleman". The nobleman is saying those
words. (sorry if this walls-up)
Luke 19: 11-27
11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable,
because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the
kingdom of God should immediately appear.
12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to
receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds,
and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him,
saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received
the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto
him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much
every man had gained by trading.
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten
pounds.
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast
been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten
cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five
pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five
cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which
I have kept laid up in a napkin:
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest
up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not
sow.
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,
thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking
up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at
my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound,
and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be
given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken
away from him.
27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over
them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Ward S. Denker|9.25.09 @ 2:32PM|#
>The Republicans make Soylent Green. duh.
Sorry, I forgot about that. The Democrats use only organically
grown, free-range, environmentally friendly people in their
wafers.
Between puppy kicking and baby eating, I must admit that I do
occasionally indulge in the gamey flavor of 100% free-range
hippie.
TrickyVic,
Your article is actually somewhat funny. I especially like the
quote from Heather Augustin in the article:
"You think, 'I'm carrying a bone in my neck from someone who didn't want to get chopped up,' " she said. "I'm, like, in total shock. What am I supposed to do with these thoughts?"
What's she afraid is going to happen to her? Is the ghost of some
dead guy going to haunt her, and maybe rattle some chains and moan
that he wants his stolen neck-bone back (right as someone is
telling her story with a flashlight pressed close to their chin)?
Is there some qualitative difference between the purloined bone and
one offered up freely by a donor?
moosecat|9.25.09 @ 2:33PM|#
you lazy fux ever heard of a search engine:
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS328US328&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Bring+my+enemies+to+me+that+I+might+slay+them
|9.25.09 @ 2:45PM|#
Thanks, Moosecat, my memory wasn't exact, but I knew Jesus said
something like that. Apparently, Jesus wanted his followers to do
the killing and not himself which makes him even lazier that Tricky
Vic thought.
Jesus wasn't all so much the loving person that lots of people like
to believe about him. Matill makes this clear in his book "Sweet
Jesus".
John Tagliaferro|9.25.09 @ 3:22PM|#
Apparently, Jesus wanted his followers to do the killing and
not himself which makes him even lazier that Tricky Vic
thought.
But not as lazy as me. I still RULE!
Nancy Pelosi|9.25.09 @ 3:40PM|#
""They want to see you dead" sounds like someone trying to
incite violence."
I know ed and there is no way he'd have shot Harvey Milk.
|9.25.09 @ 4:27PM|#
"""Apparently, Jesus wanted his followers to do the killing and
not himself which makes him even lazier that Tricky Vic
thought.""
I like the finger trick he does on Family Guy.
Remember, that's Luke's version of Jesus, tainted with his own
bias. I'm not a religion scholar, but if I remember correctly there
is no book of Jesus, only other people's version of Jesus.
So take what you read with a grain of salt.
Christians hate it when I say that.
|9.25.09 @ 4:30PM|#
That is funny Ward. She didn't say she was worried about getting
a disease or something since the parts were not properly
screened.
Some people just have different priorities.
btw, that was a big story here. Not her, the body parts
scandal.
|9.25.09 @ 4:45PM|#
"if I remember correctly there is no book of Jesus, only other
people's version of Jesus."
And there may have not even been a Jesus.
cangrejos fantasmas|9.25.09 @ 4:54PM|#
"And there may have not even been a Jesus."
or a Muhammad or a Lao Tzu or a Socrates or...
|9.25.09 @ 4:55PM|#
"""And there may have not even been a Jesus.""
True.
But I think most things are based in some truth. I do believe Jesus
lived, but I have more of a Thomas Jefferson version than a
Christian version. The reason I seperate the two is that Christians
would say you are not one of them if you deny the resurrection,
which Jefferson did.
But you know, just because I believe it makes it so. ;-)
The Libertarian Guy|9.25.09 @ 7:52PM|#
Well, until they show up, here's all you need to know about Ed
Schultz:
He's the evil mirror-universe version of Rush Limbaugh, though
neither of them sports the goatee that identifies which one of them
is FROM said evil mirror universe. (With Spock, it was easy to spot
the difference.)
Schultz is a pompous, self-important cretin who is as steeped in
his left-wing ideology as Rush is with his side. But Schultz has
the disadvantage of being slightly less talented, and he's hawking
an inferior product - though only by a few curly hairs' difference
in quality.
Bottom line: They are both arrogant, pompous cocksuckers. That's
all you really need to know.
B|9.26.09 @ 2:44AM|#
Christ, this clown's ratings are so bad, it makes those of the John McEnroe show look positively O'Reillyesque by comparison. Seriously, who the fuck runs MSNBC? It is almost as if they are deliberately hiring any liberal hack just to see how bad the ratings can get. Hell, back before the election when we were being told how great the ratings were for the Rachel Maddow show, her audience was about a third of O'Reilly's.
jester|9.26.09 @ 3:52AM|#
"Lyndon LaRouche as co-host for either Olbermann or
Schultz."
That would be a fucking riot. When people say that the media is
only interested in ratings, you can call bullshit on them. This
would be like pay-per-view ultimate fighting. Very entertaining.
Fuck! Maybe I am onto a new and better paying job.
jester|9.26.09 @ 4:00AM|#
Extreme Newsfight promoter:
jester: On the left side of the ring, Keeeiiith Oooolberman, hack
tool of the Left. On the other left side, Executive Director of the
Executive Intelligence Review, 'why the fuck does he call himself a
Democrat other than the fact that he adores FDR', Lyndon
LaRouche.
ref: okay boys, no name calling, no hitler moustaches on opponents
deified political heroes....
Bo Darville|9.28.09 @ 3:39PM|#
If I wouldn't have known better, I'd have thought that was a spoof of political commentary.
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@|9.25.09 @ 12:47PM|#
No kidding. "Almost unwatchable"? That clip is standard fare from the beefy-faced Stalinist.
MSNBC scraped the barrel clean through and came up with something that calls the underside of rocks "home."
GILMORE|9.25.09 @ 12:49PM|#
To Ed Murrow:
we're all very very sorry we let you down
kc|9.25.09 @ 12:50PM|#
aaack! flashback to attending fundy-Baptist church as a kid -- I bet this guy is a bible thumper who couldn't find a church......
|9.25.09 @ 12:54PM|#
""clarifying Republican objections to ObamaCare:""
I like the way the opposite team has to "clarify" the other teams point of view.
John Tagliaferro|9.25.09 @ 12:55PM|#
Sounds like he just came from a coffee table meeting at the Student Union.
|9.25.09 @ 12:55PM|#
kc, I think he has found a church, just not like you were thinking.
Church of the 24 hour news channel.
|9.25.09 @ 1:01PM|#
First I've heard of Ed Schultz. Has he been frothing like that for long?
|9.25.09 @ 1:01PM|#
I think it would be funny if someone did a survey where the questions would be something like, which statment do you most associate with? Then list a statment from Bill O'Reilly, Keith Obermann, and Jesus. I bet it would prove how little of a Christian nation we are.
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