Sunday, December 03, 2006

ö Olbermann - good luck Newt vs. Free Speech [video] Truthout has a nicely-formatted ad-free transcript:  We Fight for Liberty by Having More Liberty and Not Less By Keith Olbermann MSNBC Countdown Thursday 30 November 2006 And finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment about free speech, failed speakers, and the delusion of grandeur. "This is a serious long term war," the man at the podium cried, "and it will inevitably lead us to want to know what is said in every suspect place in the country." Some, in the audience, must have thought they were hearing an arsonist give the keynote address at a convention of firefighters. This was the annual Loeb First Amendment Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire - a public cherishing of Freedom of Speech - in the state with the two-fisted motto "Live Free Or Die." And the arsonist at the microphone, the former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, was insisting that we must attach an "on-off button" to Free Speech. more  Meanwhile, media-wise, the November 2006 cable ratings are in, and the Keith Olbermann juggernaut continues. permanent link #     ^ TOP ^  what is this place?