. . . “I appeal to the intelligence agencies and the governments of what is left of the free world,” Olbermann began, “to them as entities, entireties, as bureaucracies making official decisions and to the individuals who make decisions of conscience, to GCHQ and MI-6 in the U.K., to the BND in Germany, the DGSE in France, the ASIS in Australia, and even the GRU in Russia, where they must already be profoundly aware that they have not merely put an immoral cynic in power here, but an uncontrollable one, whose madness is genuine and whose usefulness, even to them, is at an end.
“To all of them, and to the world’s journalists, I make this plea,” he continued. “We, the citizens of the United States of America, are the victims of a coup. We need your leaks, your information, your intelligence, your recordings, your videos, your conscience. The civilian government and the military of the United States are no longer in the hands of the people. Nor in the control of any responsible individual on whom you can rely.” . . .
I'm sure little Kim in North Korea will help.
Keith Olbermann Calls the NRA 'a Terrorist Organization' "Keith Olbermann, probably the only person ever fired from MSNBC for being too radical, cited former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger and claimed that the Second Amendment doesn't guarantee people's right to own guns. . . .the Framers had intended for it to be a gun-control measure. He said it was meant to limit our access to firearms, not enable it. "The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..."
Why the Media are in a Never-ending Hunt for Right-wing Violence
. . . "Facts on the ground:
-- Approximately every other year since forever, liberal hooligans have been rampaging through the streets, beating people up, setting off bombs, killing cops, smashing store windows, assassinating politicians and burning down neighborhoods -- against capitalism, Vietnam, Nixon, Wall Street, a police shooting, Trump, Starbucks, a sunny day. -- Conservatives, mostly families, have generally avoided even the mildest forms of political protest, and, when they finally are driven to petition the government over their grievances, they pick up after themselves-- at tea parties, town halls, Trump rallies and so on. Result: The entire media are constantly on Red Alert for the threat of Right-Wing Violence.. . .
"Remember when polite, hardworking Americans came together to oppose Obamacare at tea party rallies in 2009 and 2010?
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Steny Hoyer called the protesters "un-American." The Democratic National Committee called them "rabid right-wing extremists." Sen. Harry Reid called the tea partiers "evil-mongers."
"Jimmy Carter pronounced an "overwhelming portion" of them racists. ABC called them a "mob."
"CNN called them "rabble-rousing critics." Democratic congressman Brian Baird of Washington accused tea partiers of using "close to Brownshirt tactics."
"The AFL-CIO called them an "extremist fringe," using "mob rule.' " . . .
