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Keith Olbermann replaced by Spitzer? Are you serious? Looks like you lost another viewer!
Keith Olbermann replaced by Spitzer? Are you serious? Looks like you lost another viewer!
Keith Olbermann replaced by Spitzer? Are you serious? Looks like you lost another viewer! I sincerely hope this station goes straight down the tubes...oh wait, you were already there....the only person who kept his head out of water was Keith Olbermann!
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I am going to say that which I know will not happen. I want them to both DITCH the lawsuits which are going to make HUGE bucks for the attorneys they hire. Were that we ALL were able to hire phenomenal representation which does NOT always equate with a fair verdict. So, I want all the parties to DISMISS their egotistical suits, sit down in a room, consider YOUR country who needs you desperately and bury your hatchets, compromise a thing liberals are supposed to be good at, and KO get your posterior ON THE AIR and Mr. Vice President and Mr. Hyatt work to do this if not for your own good for OUR good who needs more excellent progressive formatting to compete with the rancid 1% Fox and others!!! Think of all the bucks you could save which could collectively contribute the the betterment of Current!
Keith Olbermann was the best thing Current had going. It brought me over from MSNBC. I don't care if he was a prima donna. He spoke for me and a lot of other ordinary people sick the lies the right is telling. Keith had the guts to confront anyone and expose them on TV. He told it like it is. And his delivery is priceless. So let him be a little spoiled.
I can't watch Current now. Young Turks is stupid starting with the title. And Jennifer Granholm is plain boring. Elliot Spitzer does not have a personality for TV. So now I am back to MSNBC. But I'm frustrated because I thought Current would let Keith Olbermann do his thing. He's the only thing that put Current on the map. Now Current has nothing left to offer me. And I'm angry.
Bring back Keith Olbermann. I don't care how you do it. You created the problem. You knew how Keith is to work with, and you knew how we, the audience, love him.
His show was true class. Without Keith, I'm not going to watch Current TV.
I'm going back to MSNBC and will watch Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow.
I really can't believe your stupidity, ego, and lack of respect for Keith Olbermann, who brought his viewers to your struggling channel.
Wake up. Realize the wrong you've done. Bring back Keith!
I do not know why some of my comments appear in triplicate another Current technological screw up. I just wrote a long one because i am so frustrated with this and naturally it did not let it post so I kept trying. It may appear multiple times proof positive that Current is technologically bad! Apologies if you read some more than once.
As to what I said before which Current did not print. I'm angry because the opposition party if you want to call it a party is anti academic, anti science and that alone makes me furiously angry. How in hell is a culture going to advance if it denies science and academia? Case in point: Santorum the jerk says yesterday that the entire college system in California omits American history from its courses. WHAT???? Is this guy an idiot? NO, he appeals to his know nothing party to get elected. THAT"S the problem the composition of this vile party.
We NEED the Olbermann's MORE THAN EVER for so many reasons and policies that will DOOM our nation if these vipers in the Republicrat Party gain power. Keith was the king of commentary and they take the strongest voice we have and ditch him? This was supposed to save him and they do the opposite. I cannot believe it.
There is method to my anger: I had polio a HUGE catastrophe in my life. Why did I get it? Because I was born six months too early for the vaccine. How are vaccines created? Through SCIENCE. These rightwing DUMB asses eschew science that their own lives benefit from. It makes me SICK to deny the human proclivity to improve his culture through a logical thinking brain. If the right wingnut kids are not paralyzed from polio THANK the scientists built on the shoulders of other scientists -- thank Salk/Sabin but before him Jenner and Lister. My point: WE NEED SCIENCE and intellect to advance. If you know anything about the biological sciences you know that EVOLUTION -- A FACT these Republican jerkos deny, is very much a part of it. Keeping our nation disease free depends on our knowing the truths of science and evolution because even a virus is smarter than a wingnut Tea Bagger. It knows how to morph and evade attempts to keep the body healthy even THEIR bodies.
I cannot STAND anti intellectual, anti academics, anti science. I cannot stand it when religion puts barbed wire around the human brain and THAT is what the Republican Party is about now that they have become an extremist party. They are danger personified. And THAT is why we need Olbermann. He is our voice against it, he is our voice for humanitarian policies, he is our voice against corporate greed and against forces that will keep the few rich while the rest perish. He is a voice against the cruelties of a conservative court who care ONLY for the wealthy and are poised to ditch health care created with such difficulty. Is it perfect? Hell no but neither was Social Sec. when started and this rancid Republican Party even wants to ditch that.
WE NEED OLBERMANN and I am sad that his voice for us the 99% is silenced. I want it back, I want it loud and I want it crystal clear that these swine Republicans cannot get away with destroying the nation!
I can't believe you fired Keith Olbermann. He's the reason I came to Current TV and he is the reason I will leave it. If I weren't subscribed to other channels in the same package, I would drop your programming altogether. Be assured, I will not watch Elliot Spitzer!! Nobody can replace Keith.
How could you possibly fire Keith? So he didn't want to cover the primaries and be the voice of the left, big deal. People like myself that watched Keith faithfully for years didn't want to see that crap anyway. If we wanted to watch a 60 minute news program that talked nothing but mainstream politics, we'd watch MSNBC. Fans of Keith love him because he didn't want to cover that side (freak) show - it's all lies anyway. Do you think those of us that watched Keith are going to watch Spitzer or that twit Granholm? THEY SUCK. I hope Al Gore's attempt of making his own left wing news station (aka MSNBC 2.0) fails miserably. We don't need another crappy cable news network that covers the same BS that the rest are talking about. I hope Al Gore is forced to pay Keith every penny of his contract.
i am done with current tv - only reason was Olbermann.....tried to replace with spitzer----come on man
No Keith, no me. Goodby Current
To Al Gore and Joel Hyatt,
You two idiots are nothing more than a couple of ingrates to treat Keith Olbermann this way. Nobody even heard of this channel before Keith Olbermann brought his show to it. The only reason why you have your Politically Direct lineup in primetime and the the two morning shows is because of Keith Olbermann. Now that you have all of these great progressive voices hosting other programs, you think you can just kick him to the curb after all he did for your network? You idiots should be ashamed of yourselves! You just used him to lift your network out of obscurity and refused to give him a descent studio to broadcast from. You never showed any appreciation for all that he did for your network, and you do not deserve to have him on your network. I hope he finds another network to help, the same way he helped MSNBC and crushes Current in the ratings. There's no way Elliot Spitzer will be able to draw as many viewers as Keith Olbermann. I and many other viewers will refuse to watch this show out of respect for Keith. I also hope Keith kicks your behinds in court and hope that your network descends back down to obscurity where it belongs.
jfar agree. I keep posting because I just am loathing what was done and cannot believe it. I re-read the To our Viewers post and think it ridiculous and anemic. Keith if you are reading any of these at all. I will follow you to the moon (not the same moon as Gingrich) if necessary.
I know i"ve stated it but truly I think I am one of his most loyal and loving fans as I am with Rachel Maddow too. They give me hope, are wonderful each in their own way, most of all charismatic. They represent the ying and yang of good political delivery. Rachel is sweet, funny and utterly brilliant; Keith is utterly brilliant but serious. I LOVE both tactics. They are for our cause when too little of our cause is shown. We must search to find it through the mud of Fox Citizen's United media poison.
Keith, please, find another format. You are my King of Commentary and I will always love you. I will go where you are!
everyone is NOT replaceable, and because of that I will no longer be watching Current. Because your station is now doing well, it seems you have forgotten who got it there. Do you really believe your ratings and money will still remain as high? wake up! I, for one, will never be watching your station again. Good job!
The only reason I started to watch Current TV was cause Keith O. was hired to have a show on the channel. Now that he is gone so am I. It's the principle of it in my opinion. While I'm a liberal progressive and enjoy the new format of shows for all there candor and faithfulness to the ideals i hold sacred the fact you released Keith O. I no longer will tune in to any show on your channel. All those years ago I started with Mr. Olbermann on MSNBC and his lively approach and wiliness to speak truth to power an tell it like it was made MSNBC a must watch for any lib/prog believer. He deserved far better then the way u have mistreated his legacy. Keith made it cool to be a liberal/progressive again as far as I was concerned cause he had the guts to call out all the faux news phonies and crap they put out there. My family will stop watching now Current TV sadly and all its programming even though we love all the new shows catering to a left wing idealism. MSNBC will get all our viewership now an we will wait again patiently for the man Keith to get his next show up and running. Shame on you VP Gore an current tv. What possessed you to pull a crummy act like this.
Likewise. The only reason for checking out Current TV in the first place was because Keith was going to be on, and he's the only reason I've watched at all. If he's gone, so am I.
I agree - the only reason I watched Current TV was for Keith - the others were just on for some entertainment if I didn't have anything else to do.
Mr. Gore,
You and your company has made a BIG MISTAKE, in dumping Keith. I only watched Countdown on your networkand only when Keith was on. If you do not find a way to fix your relationship with Keith and bring him and Countdown back your network is doomed.
Well at least on Tuesday nights I don't have to choose between recording or watching NCIS, Ed, or Keith.
Current will fold like a cheap card table.
Agree totally .. what a lousy decision. Current's line up Cenk I happen to like a lot BUT the format is AWFUL and he sometimes is TOO bloviating his "of course" gets tiresome. It looks like he's broadcasting from a cellar but I guess it's better than the fog. Really bad..You guys need HDTV desperately. Format never improved. Most have HDTV why on earth would someone watch Current if not for Keith. Cenk's pals in the background look like they are surfing the net. there is not one except maybe Sheur and Anna who are decent but the others do NOTHING!
The black background you gave Keith was a JOKE. Do you think we are IDIOTS???? I love Jennifer Granholm as a guest not as a commentator. The show is boring..sorry because I really like her.
Firing Olbermann is a big mistake. Goodbye Current TV!
Sorry it's not a question but a comment from a STRONG Democrat and consistently progressive supporter of Current and other progressive programming. Not a good move firing Olbermann. I used to LOVE MSNBC's one two punch of Olbermann and Maddow. Maddow is a must and Olbermann was for me as well. He is the king of news commentary and you are wrong NO ONE can take his place.
I do love Eliot Spitzer whose fall from grace was to me a tragedy. The man had VP or presidential possibilities written all over him. His actions are hard to ignore but I do try. Personally, I loved him on CNN and was shocked at his leaving there. Now he will be on at 8:00p.m. Sorry but I gave up watching Ed Schultz for watching Olbermann. He was always first on my list. Now that he is not on I found myself deleting the tape of Spitzer and will return to a damn good, commentator Ed Schultz. He has great charisma similar to Keith.
I think you have made an egregious error combined with the POOR technological programming of Current you are lowered to amateur status among the other highest professional commentary. Vice President Gore, I voted for you and cried when you lost. I am SHOCKED that both of you could not come to some resolution of differences in view of the audience to whom you owe everything.
Sad, big money cannot appreciate what it has and just try to get along. Isn't that what liberals are SUPPOSED to do? You blew it and unless Olbermann returns, Current make its broadcast technologically sophisticated to compete with MSNBC and even Fox then I do not foresee a positive future for the network.
No Keith Olbermann, no Current TV.
I would not go to Charter Cable TV because they didn't carry Current TV but my DirecTV did and I watch Keith Olbermann.
I will not be watching ANY Current TV programs now that Keith is gone
Spitzer???! You've lost another viewer-I shut off the TV when he subbed for Keith! What a loser!!
I'm bailing as well.
Greedy Megalomanics triumphant again
Could this be merely a ratings war to be resolved just in time for May sweeps???
If not, I won't be watching CURRENT again -- I'm sure Al and Joel realize that Keith was their cash cow, and the rest of their lineup just as limp as day old pasta...
I was especially disappointed in Jennifer Granholm, who I truly respect as a politician, but her show made the grave error of hosting claimed 'insiders' of the DNC who weren't really insiders at all or part of the DNC, including Chris Lehane and Susan Kennedy whose public service has been a disgrace to ethics and simple human decency...
Susan Kennedy served Arnold Schwarznegger's administration and Lehane has run every conservaDem campaign since Clint Reilly retired from doing so, including the biggest single CORPORATE WELFARE project in Sacramento history for an arena nearly COMPLETELY funded with public money built to NBA specs in a city that needs CLEAN DRINKING WATER instead...
With Democratic friends like these, who needs the GOP???
The best thing to do is block Current from every DVR, cable box in your home and elsewhere. Use the parental controls. No one will see Current ever again. Bad move firing Olbermann Current.
I'll never watch current tv again. you suck! best voice out there for the common man is silenced again. Not for long I hope. never watched anything else on the station anyway.
This is ridiculous I'm blocking this channel in parental controls. No one will watch it anyway. Current will disappear within months. Just watch...
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Agree, Richard. Some people are made for radio and some for TV. Few can do both well I don't think. I love Bill Press on radio, on TV not so much. Forgive me Bill as he is an incredible gentleman but on TV the charisma is not there.
Just watching Stephanie Miller who is a BRILLIANT comedian radio talk host. she does that INCREDIBLY well with Chris Lavoie and Jim Ward. I watched them on Current this a.m. and it's just different on TV. Radio you do not see expressions and sometimes that is good as you concentrate on the satire of it.
Still Olbermann cannot be replaced. I guess enough of my ranting and I'm the one getting boring.
Keith Olbermann was the best thing Current had going. It brought me over from MSNBC. I don't care if he was a prima donna. He spoke for me and a lot of other ordinary people sick the lies the right is telling. Keith had the guts to confront anyone and expose them on TV. He told it like it is. And his delivery is priceless. So let him be a little spoiled.
I can't watch Current now. Young Turks is stupid starting with the title. And Jennifer Granholm is plain boring. Elliot Spitzer does not have a personality for TV. So now I am back to MSNBC. But I'm frustrated because I thought Current would let Keith Olbermann do his thing. He's the only thing that put Current on the map. Now Current has nothing left to offer me. And I'm angry.
Peter, Agree with you totally!! Keith will be on David Letterman tonight. Just tell me where he is going and I will follow. I never left MSNBC totally as Rachel is a price above rubies and Current's technology just plain stinks. In this day and age for Current to think they can compete with the visuals of MSNBC or dare I say Fox for its technological excellence is delusional.
Keith brought me to Current not vice versa and you are right about the other commentators. Spitzer is watchable and I still may from time to time but a replacement for Keith? Ain't gonna happen.
I'll be watching Letterman tonight for sure!
We need Keith BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just checked my listings on CBS and Letterman's show is shown as a repeat tonight. Keith evidently will not be live.
Really?? mmm I'll have to check it out.
I'm reposting Keith Olbermann's public statement below, that he released after being let go from his contract with Current TV, for those who may not have read it.
Keith Olbermann's full statement from March 30th, 2012:
I'd like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of Current TV.
Editorially, Countdown had never been better. But for more than a year I have been imploring Al Gore and Joel Hyatt to resolve our issues internally, while I've been not publicizing my complaints, and keeping the show alive for the sake of its loyal viewers and even more loyal staff. Nevertheless, Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt, instead of abiding by their promises and obligations and investing in a quality news program, finally thought it was more economical to try to get out of my contract.
It goes almost without saying that the claims against me implied in Current's statement are untrue and will be proved so in the legal actions I will be filing against them presently. To understand Mr. Hyatt's "values of respect, openness, collegiality and loyalty," I encourage you to read of a previous occasion Mr. Hyatt found himself in court for having unjustly fired an employee. That employee's name was Clarence B. Cain. http://nyti.ms/HueZsa
In due course, the truth of the ethics of Mr. Gore and Mr. Hyatt will come out. For now, it is important only to again acknowledge that joining them was a sincere and well-intentioned gesture on my part, but in retrospect a foolish one. That lack of judgment is mine and mine alone, and I apologize again for it.
this is 2012..... this just can't be happening. what is going on here - that current could possibly be SO shortsighted? Keith HAS to be here/present. i find it unbelievable/mind boggling that egos have come to rule over the greater good. i thought that CTV was bigger and brighter and more encompassing than this.
its a sad sad day....
Keith was the voice of reason. "current" TV now demonstrates the heartsickening voice of nothing. Thanks for supporting Keith for awhile. I am alarmed that the bland Eliot Spitzer program replaced a bold genius. What a gross disappointment. I watched one episode. I'm finished with the whole network.
He WAS on Letterman and although I could not pay full attention because of getting sick from Romney's primary speech. It LITERALLY gave me a migraine because they are simply SO mean, so sickening to the president and a Trojan Horse to us just like the president said yesterday which takes me to Keith.
HE is SO important to our cause. ALL progressives are and the ones who can articulate in the media something I personally could NEVER do as I do not have that kind of ability to withstand withering criticism. The primaries which I watched as Rachel discussed it makes me realize that those who were cheering Romney that piece of flip flopping trash COULD have been paid but viewers who are not savvy will think that the American public supports him. It made me upset and sick literally. Olbermann is SO important to our cause and the three egos should have thought of us ... WE their people who love them and who are NOT social Darwinists, nationalistic fascists .
The Republican hierarchy will DUPE or try to dupe the American public. As to Keith on Letterman I do not know what he expected. At his age and with all his problematic employment episodes he should have taken the money and run with it and done it not only for his own financial aspect but for once for us the 99% who need him. No one did as well by us as he. Just my thought coming out of a migraine fog -- sad and angry at the awful milieu in this country!
Do you know how few spots there are for people to fill in jobs like Olbermann has had? Ask Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck how they have weathered prima dona personalities...I still think that Keith should have taken the bucks, put up with what he had to because finding a job now that is as front and center as TV commentators will be difficult to day the least. Why cannot someone think of us for a change instead of petty egotistical junk!
I've been fighting the progressive fight for decades -- I''m running out of gas. If they reject t he president ... I give up and America will deserve the snake pit it gets. Republicans are RUINOUS and this comes from decades of experience!
For those of us who cheered when he delivered his "special comments" on healthcare, bank corruption, gay rights and others, and felt a moment of pride somehow, that someone stood up to the main stream and said something that stood for the common working person. We thought he had finally found a home on Current. We are very disappointed!! Were his ratings off...how inconvenient.
As it turns out, unlike Current TV, we championed a man who wasn't just about commercial success, and stood for something good and decent about people, and his demand that they stand up for themselves against power and say "ENUF". Damn it, he started OWS almost single handed!! We will miss you brother, and we love you.
I sorely am hoping maybe beyond hope that the three of them VP Gore, Hyatt and Olbermann will PLEASE for the good of the nation and the progressive movement's humanity and ethics TRY to get together. Nations at war reach accords. Life is too short you three if anyone reads these blogs, please TRY to reach some agreement. Keith, you could compromise and pay for your trips back and forth to work..big deal. To be honest I would do anything to keep in front of an audience that needs you badly. Husbands and wives make up and stay together for the sake of the children..consider us your children. Just do it and avoid all the trauma of court litigation.
Just endure, Keith the not so great Current format and hope that it will improve over time. Yes, HDTV is a must .. gosh with all the money between the three of you you could pay for a good set. Where there is life there is hope my mother used to say after I was diagnosed with polio before the vaccine. And there was. I did well and SO can you.
If your throat has issues my goodness won't they compromise on that? Do it for us, for your country. We need you!
Dropping Keith and Vanguard??? Are you nuts???
I've had Keith Olbermann's show cut and my only local radio station for progressive talk radio - closed - (it's now country and western music) in the same week..WTF !
NOW, All I have left is MSNBC
I sware, it's really hard to be an enthuastic part of a political party,
that can't seam to get it's act together !!!
If you didn't have the money to honor Olbermann's contract, you shouldn't have hired him in the first place! Get prepared for the GREAT SLIDE, you'll be sailing downhill very quickly from here.
i agree with you Van-Guard was great and so was Keith they lost me tooooooooooo
Are they dropping Vanguard??? Why? What will replace it?
As I stated in another post, Current, you have a problem:
1. The amateur technical issues exhibited every day are indicative of amateur staff and an indifferent management who cares little about content and execution.
HIRE REAL STAFF and give a shit.
Tried to watch Spitzer ONE MORE TIME last night but when I couldn't tune out the improperly tuned pre-recorded show and realized it was technical on YOUR END, I gave up entirely
SHOW some respect for your audience and at least TRY to APPEAR professional
2. I am unimpressed with attempts by Mr Gore ( as VP, he supported and even promoted extraordinary rendition as a policy for the US - Liberal? Not even progressive) to create a "liberal" voice when he shows little respect for his employees. (or viewers)
Sure Mr Olbermann is a bit of a prima donna but that is why you hired him. He performs and he is the only voice for the Left in the Medium.
Cenk appears to have lost his balls - with only infrequent insightful dialogue but little more than proselytizing for the remaining time.;
Bill Press is just doing his radio show in video as is Stephanie Miller - OK for radio but not TV. It does not translate. At least Bill Press DESERVES a show of his own with the ability to control every aspect.
Spitzer has some good points but as an "On Air" personality, he fails..
Grnholmmay have been a great governor but, again, she is terribly contrived and boring as a TV personality
ALL just proves that Current is not ready for prime time.
So, as a viewer, I have no reason to view.
I am HOPING maybe beyond hope that they will reconcile this heretofore bad marriage. Nothing is impossible if the will is there. One can recreate as well as one can tear down. I want Keith SO much to be on again as our king of commentary that there is nothing for which I would not advocate to do that.
Please just think about it!
Keith Olbermann dressed nicer for the David Letterman show then he did for his own show. Good riddence.
WOW...... Well Said Everybody else in this post........ Saves me Time...... Current TV can know kiss my ass..... Get some better programming... Bring Viral Video Film school, It was very funny..... Rotten Tomatoes, Not so Much..... You lost my ratings!!!!!!!!!
I am going to say that which I know will not happen. I want them to both DITCH the lawsuits which are going to make HUGE bucks for the attorneys they hire. Were that we ALL were able to hire phenomenal representation which does NOT always equate with a fair verdict. So, I want all the parties to DISMISS their egotistical suits, sit down in a room, consider YOUR country who needs you desperately and bury your hatchets, compromise a thing liberals are supposed to be good at, and KO get your posterior ON THE AIR and Mr. Vice President and Mr. Hyatt work to do this if not for your own good for OUR good who needs more excellent progressive formatting to compete with the rancid 1% Fox and others!!! Think of all the bucks you could save which could collectively contribute the the betterment of Current!
Current TV countersues Olbermann
Edit Subject By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
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Current TV offered its rebuttal to a scathing lawsuit filed by Keith Olbermann by filing a countersuit Friday detailing alleged bad behavior by its former talk show host and seeking a judge's ruling that he is not entitled to any more money from the network.
The network's filing accuses Olbermann of breaching his contract by disclosing terms of the lucrative deal, refusing to cooperate in promoting the show and taking days off without permission.
The countersuit comes one day after Olbermann sued his former employer, claiming it violated his agreement, engaged in shoddy production values and owed him more than $50 million.
"Current seeks a determination that it is no longer obligated to pay a dime to Mr. Olbermann who, having already been paid handsomely for showing up sporadically and utterly failing to keep his end of the bargain, now seeks to be paid tens of millions more for not working at all," the filing states.
The network and Olbermann have been at odds for months, and the dispute has escalated in the days since the former "Countdown" host was fired last week.
Current's suit claims Olbermann has damaged the network and will continue to do so. It seeks unspecified damages.
The networks' filing paints Olbermann as a petulant figure after he was hired to be Current's signature host, rejecting seven limousine companies, refusing to cooperate in promotional discussions and taking vacations with little notice. The complaint claims Olbermann wrote to Current co-founder Joel Hyatt to complain about a problem with a guest, "Give me a name so I know which of them to kill with my bare hands," and threw a glass mug on the set, which prompted a complaint from the set's landlord.
After two days of court filings, it was clear neither side was pulling punches in its description of the other.
Olbermann's lawsuit repeatedly attacked the network and described Hyatt and co-founder Al Gore as "dilettantes portraying entertainment industry executives."
"Olbermann deeply regrets his decision to put his trust in Hyatt and Gore," the lawsuit claims. "Current had neither the desire nor the ability to produce a first rate news commentary show. Olbermann did not join Current to ruin his hard-won reputation and appear on a show that was an embarrassment."
His lawsuit described a litany of technical issues, including shoddy equipment that wouldn't work if it rained, "terrible sound and filming" of the show, segments that abruptly dropped off the air, busted teleprompters and an earpiece that repeatedly malfunctioned.
Current's filing Friday claims Olbermann refused to cooperate in discussions about improving the set, and in general refused to promote the network.
I have agreed since day one when Current broadcast that it was SORELY lacking in technical professionalism and that if they wanted to compete with MSNBC and even Fox they surely would never do it as is. I STILL feel that way and I do not blame Keith for resenting and knowing he had made a terrible error by sinking into a level in which he should not be.
Most I have spoken with cannot even find Current on the dial and most who have HDTV would NEVER watch commentary with such a poor broadcast. I have written Current in the past, written Keith and written the Young Turks about my qualms but thought at some point they would be rectified. They were not. Finally, I simply gave up and tuned in solely for Keith.
Having said that I do not doubt that Keith had problems with temperament. I personally loathe that in a person. What happens to people like that is that they get fired or serial leave jobs and finally no one will hire them. The cliche out of sight out of mind rings true eventually and none of us can think we are somehow exempt from that. A wise aunt of mine once said life is like a rock thrown into a river. It sinks, the water covers it up and it is gone. This is why for the nation I wanted BOTH parties to bury their differences and truly make a difference. Some of Keith's special comments were BRILLIANT, moving and necessary to hear. I want to hear them again.
I hope for the impossible and that is for the parties to sink their differences have the river cover them up and emerge whole again so our nation can live out its promise. Keith and all progressive commentary helps do just that.
The "Inconvenient Truth" about this for us, is that Keith was far from "working class", and although we champion his strength to "stand up" to authority and say "ENUF", as he encouraged us to, Current may truly be trying to go a different direction with their programming, and how a network ought to be run. So he was a spoiled snot nose celebrity of sorts, but is that the point?
Conversely, shouldn't there be recognition of their agreement to Keith to do one thing or another, because as obscene as the compensation numbers actually are, wasn't this a part of Keith's employment contract? Did they do those things promised, and if not shame on them.
Finally, I look at Keith's dialog with Letterman, and I don't have a lot of respect for it. Letterman is cut from a cloth I would never imagine Keith to be, and yet they talked as if they were the only elite in the room. Over our heads, as it were. Maybe the viewing public, should fire all of them?
Here are 2 video links to Keith Olbermann's April 3rd, 2012 appearance on the Late Show with David letterman. Keith answers questions and discusses his reasons for leaving Current TV, in his own words:
This 1st video link is edited clips of Keith Olbermann speaking with David Letterman during his appearance on the Late Show on April 3rd, 2012: (Originally published 04-04-12 on www.TulsaWorld.com)
This 2nd video link is to the full episode of the Late Show w/David Letterman featuring Keith Olbermann from Tues., April 3rd, 2012, as posted on www.CBS.com:
Note: If you don't want to watch the entire Letterman episode from April 3rd, Olbermann comes on at the 15 minute mark on the cbs.com video link below:
Are you guys that immature that you can't realize it's not Spitzer vs Olbermann. Both are intelligent and hard hitting newsmen who are thorns in the side of the right wing. Why criticize Spitzer for filling Olbermann's spot? Kind of childish. Of course, I would love to have Keith back, but let's call a spade a spade. Spitzer is articulate and brainy. Don't throw darts at him because he has his own show. He is one of US!!!!
Spitzer is not one of us
Basically I agree. I rather enjoyed him on CNN and did not know why he was forced out. I do not agree with his opinion of Citizen's United. That's a biggy but other than that he is a strong force for our side.
It is too bad he got into the situation he did as governor of NY can be a stepping stone to the presidency. Another candle for our side rendered extinguished. We need EVERYONE we can get. The president MUST be reelected in the fall. There is NO question about it.
It's not about choosing one over the other , ie. Spitzer or Keith, it's about how they ALL closed ranks and didn't say anything. I think Cenk and Jennifer are just as bad for having said nothing about it. Like we (the viewers) are just supposed to stay in line, eat our ration of s*#t everyday and say thank you.
Labor shuffles along and says nothing, even when it is talking heads on TV. They work for "the company" and I think this is exactly what we are all sick of. We're tired of taking less, working harder, and then being told this is the American Dream, and we are so lucky and fortunate to be able to struggle our entire lives to have our pensions stolen, our savings plundered thru investment fraud and our pay so diminished we can't make ends meet.
Paul: I don't advocate choosing one over another. Both are good guys. But do we let our dissatisfaction with Keith's dismissal blind us towards our goal of beating the GOP this fall? What are we going to accomplish by banning Current TV from our watch list? The demise of another of the few news outlets that is alerting America of the dangers we are facing? I am sure our brother Keith will find another venue real soon and we will benefit from his insight and outspokenness. Elliot Spitzer is an excellent, articular speaker for our cause. We don't have many! Let's support him. I only wish Current TV put him in the 7 to 8 slot, since we all love the Ed Show.
Eliot Spitz-her is not some one i would watch he cheated on his wife with prostitutes ..... what do you mean he is a good speaker for OUR side no he isnt i have heard him say some outlandish stuff.... get with it ........... i dont want the GOP to win no way they can Mitt is running ; )
Paul, agree. I too thought it was RIDICULOUS when I tuned in the day Olbermann was fired waiting for some reference from the network that did the dastardly deed. NOTHING. I called it the elephant (pardon that word) in the room. What, we do not know something HUGE has happened to a progressive network which networks are oh too few in nature? Current was SUPPOSED to wax with some technological parity to MSNBC. It kept saying it would when I wrote a few emails personally. It never did. So I feel they took me for a fool, did not tell the truth and STILL to this day say nothing about this horrible event and STILL present a VERY VERY unprofessional broadcast.
So, when is Current going to face the music, let the commentators say SOMETHING about Olbermann even if they say they cannot because of litigation AND at the very least put the gd network on a HDTV format? GET INTO THE 21st century and COMPETE! ugh frustrated with the entire thing. We lost a great voice and I am still licking my wounds!
i cant watch this station anymore and wish i didnt get the extra tier on my cable so i could get current tv............... i am appalled you let Keith go...... i will never watch you............... you have lost so many viewers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE was the glue that held your Advertisers together.... and now that glue is gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your station is falling apart........... you have no audience
Well, I do watch. I got into Spitzer more but NO ONE absolutely NO ONE replaces Keith. My heart is broken. We have so few progressives and this had to happen. Makes me want to cry. I LOVED that guy and still do. I miss him as if he were a family member ...honestly you may think I am kidding but I'm not.
The other continuing never ending problem with Current is the format. It remains PATHETIC to say the least. Why should one watch something that is a box. Utterly awful. It would be like getting a color TV in the 60's and there were no programs in color but all black and white. This may as well be. There are NO graphics.
Spitzer is good I will say that. His analysis is excellent. It makes me sadder that his political life was taken from us by utterly idiotic behavior by a man who is SUPPOSEd to be so smart. Boy when it comes to that guys are just like a 13 year old. Sad, Spitzer could be president or at least VP or attorney general but he is better than second rate programming. That is the biggest gripe I have against Current. Keith was the glue and Bobbie is right!
Kudos to Current for cutting the over priced primadonna loose. All Keith did was bring his MSNBC schtick here, and that wasn't worth no millions of dollars. I'm sure that Current can get a far better return on investment than a high priced talking head. I might suggest you put his salary into actual jouranlists, become a news breaker instead of just one more news parrot.
And to the "The only reason I watched Current was because of Keith......." whiners here I've got this to say.
The cult of personality has demolished journalism. you all want to see a 'star', not hear news. The sooner we all remember that the news is supposed to be about news, not opinions, the sooner we can have a hope in hell of slipping the stranglehold corporate entities have upon our lives.
Have your Keith, follow him like puppies wherever he may go. Just remember, while you are tuning into the latest episode of "We're so good, They're so Bad" your children are being sold into indentured servitude.
...and that's why CURRENT's numbers have been in freefall ever since.
I don't know about the 'prima donna' stuff, frankly it strikes me as massive rationalizationalist bullshit by the CURRENT seniors to justify their utterly stupid decision...
'Prima donna' or not, Olbermann put forth a great news product -- JOURNALISM in the public interest -- and the current CURRENT array doesn't come anywhere close to the quality of his efforts...
I was particularly struck by a soft-lob interview conducted by Jennifer Granholm of corporate right education darling MICHELLE RHEE that was an abomination to the subject, given investigations hovering on Rhee's prior role in DCSchools regarding test score cheating and budgetary malfeasance in which she kicked back millions to her former husband's TFA (Teach for America) knockoff providing scores of nonunion teacher trainees for the District's impoverished school budget, not to mention that Rhee's current husband, charter school founder and now mayor of Sacramento, California KEVIN JOHNSON, has been accused of child sexual abuse SEVEN TIMES, and that her STUDENTS FIRST PAC is funded by noneother than the KOCH BROTHERS, and other billionaire boys club folks seeking to dismantle public education as we know it....
...if THIS is what CURRENT puts forth as JOURNALISM, the interests served are NOT those of THE PEOPLE.... and all the progressive claims the network makes are nothing but warmed over borscht and bullshit by comparison to that which Keith Olbermann produced each night...
HERE HERE! If all of what you say is true I agree 100% with your conclusion!
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The long summer is ending, winter is coming, and don"t even think about spring. The second season of HBO"s thrilling fantasy drama Game of Thrones has arrived.
Episode one, "The North Remembers," was a typically a seat-of-your-pants, edge-of-your-seat tour of the geography of Westeros, from deserts to ice-bound forests, as we witnessed rival camps preparing to go to war for the Iron Throne.
Here are the developments (spoiler alert) that most intrigued me and will have me hooked for the whole season:
The Duo From Dragonstone
We met a new claimant to the crown: His name is Stannis Baratheon, brother to the late King Robert. As played by Stephan Dillane, he is dour, resentful, proud and self-important. He has the look of someone who lowered his bad cholesterol by sacrificing every food he ever loved and has not had a happy moment since. This is potentially a great character. Even better, Stannis has a female spiritual adviser, a sort of lady Rasputin: Melisandre (Carice van Houten) eggs Stannis on to war by talking New Age mumbo-jumbo and wearing a long, form-fitting red gown that looks especially flattering by firelight. She can drink poison and not even get a tummy ache. I am in love.
I Was a Teenage Caligula
That would be King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson), the awful young monarch currently installed – falsely – on the Iron Throne. Falsely, because he"s the product of royal incest, never a safe foundation for a house of kings. I"m not sure whether Joffrey suspects the truth about his background – but he does know his father, King Robert, produced illegitimate children, and in this first episode he orders a Herod-like slaughter of possible heirs. Joffrey needs to be dethroned. And not by a UN peace-keeping mission. The one thing standing between Joffrey and absolute chaos is his uncle, tiny Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), who cools hot heads with shrewd insight and some pretty good one-liners.
The Girl with the Dragons
Ah, Daenerys Targaryen! Last season she proved un-crushable. After the death of her husband Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa), she stepped into a pyre and emerged with baby dragons. No, it was not some Criss Angel trick! Shut up! But now she and her exhausted followers are traipsing around the Red Waste, wondering where to find a place that will welcome them. (See the clip below.) As Daenerys, Emilia Clarke is powerful even when she"s thirsty, dirty and beaten down. She looks like an Olsen twin who"ll ultimately be Wonder Woman. I"d put her on the Iron Throne in a second.
The Great White North
Not having read the George R.R. Martin novels that inspired the series, I continue to be somewhat baffled by the mystical, mythological horrors associated with life along the militarily protected northern Wall and the frozen woods surrounding it. What are these inhuman forces Do they, like everyone else, have a game plan Will there be a Discovery nature documentary This time, a band of watchmen, including Jon Snow (illegitimate son of the cruelly, cruelly executed Ned Stark), meet a strange, wild man of the forests named Craster. He has numerous wives, all of whom happen to be his daughters, and his heirs are … more daughters. So where are the sons The frost and snow only amplify the unsettling creepiness.
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What were your favorite moments of the season 2 premiere of Game of Thrones Sound off in the comments below.
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The Boston courtroom for the murder trial of James "Whitey" Bulger has resembled a nursing home at times.
Bookmaker Dick O'Brien, 84, was wheeled into federal court in a wheelchair.
Another bookie, James Katz, 73, brought his oxygen tank.
James Martorano, 72, testified using phrases that could have come from a dime-store crime novel -- back when there were dime stores.
One elderly witness, an admitted former drug dealer, was so used to prison time he brought a plastic bag with him to court with socks and underwear "in case he got locked back up for what he said on the stand,'' a court official told ABC News.
At the center of this ring of geriatric mobsters is Bulger, 83, a still fierce figure despite the liver spots on his hands. Bulger is on trial in federal court for a string of crimes including 19 murders. Prosecutors say that some of his victims were strangled with those arthritic hands.
Bulger's trial has entered its third week with a series of senior citizens describing the criminal havoc and reign of fear his Winter Hill Gang wreaked all over Boston with the help of corrupt FBI officials
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There has been testimony about "boilers" – stolen cars – and "broadsides" which involved pulling up to a moving vehicle with two shooters firing machine guns. Long before cell phones there were walkie-talkies used by the "radio car" operators in charge of surveillance at the scenes of hits. Cash was delivered in brown paper sandwich bags.
Martorano was wearing a "knee-cutter," which was a long white pea coat, when he whacked a man in a phone booth using a "grease gun," or a machine gun. There hasn't been a phone booth in Boston since the 1990s.
Confessed killer Kevin Weeks testified that he carried a beeper so his boss, Bulger, could summon him.
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Bulger has been imprisoned since his arrest in June 2011 when he was captured after 16 years on the run hiding in the predominantly elderly community of Santa Monica, Calif., where he and his longtime mistress, Catherine Greig, blended in alongside the aging shuffleboard players on the Promenade and in their favorite restaurant, Michael's on 3rd Street where they came in the early evening with other retirees.
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Bulger is being held at the Plymouth County Correctional Center, but has been raced into Boston hospitals several times for health-related issues, including incontinence. During one visit to Boston Medical Center he was checked in using the name of the fictional detective Perry Mason.
"He's an old man who got to live the end of his life along the beach, living the life of Riley,'' said Patricia Donahue, whose husband Michael was an innocent man killed by gunfire aimed at a passenger in his car on May 11, 1982. Bulger is charged with Michael Donahue's slaying. "He's 83. He could die before this trial is even over."


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Planned Parenthood filed notice Friday, Dec. 21, that it is dropping its appeal of a legal provision that requires women seeking abortions in South Dakota to wait three days.
A law passed in 2011 required women in South Dakota to wait 72 hours before they are allowed to end a pregnancy — the longest waiting period in the country — but the provision had been temporarily blocked until the lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood made its way through court.
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota said Friday that it was dropping the appeal of the 72-hour wait but will continue to fight another provision that requires women to undergo counseling at pregnancy help centers, which discourage abortions, before they can terminate a pregnancy. The group filed a motion to dismiss that part of the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning they may decide to challenge it in the future.
A judge must still sign off on the dismissal.
"This was not an easy decision for us to make by any means. We believe that this law is wrong and that it is disrespectful to women and it is completely unnecessary and for a host of reasons is ill-conceived," said Sarah Stoesz, the president of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota.
Stoesz said Planned Parenthood, which operates South Dakota's only abortion clinic in Sioux Falls, did not feel confident that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals would have sided with it on the provision, saying the court has "ruled against women's interests time after time."
Instead, she said the group will continue to focus on fighting the counseling provision.
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I didn't enjoy the Lyric Hammersmith's revival of Blasted – but you'd think I was sick if I said I had, right?
Sarah Kane's first play features rape (both explicit and implied), bigotry, despair, physical and psychological torture, the sucking-out of a man's eyes and the cannibalism of a dead baby. What respite there is comes from the darkest possible humour. And Sean Holmes's production both lingers on the atrocities, and punctuates them with eked-out moments of anticipation-laden near-inaction: held breaths of suffocating duration.
It's not a play you enjoy; it's one you endure.
When I arrive home from the theatre, the first thing my housemates ask is "Did you enjoy it?". Taking in a show is a leisure pursuit, so it isn't surprising that people judge the experience on how pleasurable it is. So can giving your audience a thoroughly miserable time ever be considered a valid artistic objective?
To mix my media momentarily and paraphrase Sally Sparrow from the Doctor Who episode Blink, sad is happy for deep people. Enjoyment isn't necessarily every theatregoer's goal or expectation; or at least, enjoyment can be reached by more than one route – for instance, via discomfort.
Stick with me.
In Blasted, the Soldier (Aidan Kelly) accuses journalist Ian (Danny Webb) of closing his eyes to the lives and hardships of the people he meets. To watch / endure Blasted, and not to turn away when (for instance) the Soldier goes to work on Ian, is to prove oneself better than Ian and the people he represents (you and I). The enjoyment to be had from the play is a kind of solemn, supercilious smugness. "I watched. I didn't pretend it wasn't happening. I faced it without flinching."
But who left the auditorium resolved to pay more attention to foreign wars, or to the people sleeping in shop doorways on your way to work? Not I. I was just relieved it was over. That's just the thing: it ends. You know it'll end even if it seems interminable (and those dramaturgical held breaths of Holmes's play havoc with your perception of time; it's masterful). You're allowed to stop facing it down – it lets you win the staring contest in a way real life never will. The victory is fiction, and the smugness is founded on fiction.
Written by Sarah Kane
Crew includes Sean Holmes (director), Stef O'Driscoll (assistant director), Paul Wills (designer), Paule Constable (lighting designer) and Christopher Smutt (sound designer)
Cast includes Aidan Kelly (Soldier), Danny Webb (Ian), Lydia Wilson (Cate)
Need a second opinion? (Or for someone to actually tell you whether the production / performances were any good?)
- Read Michael Billington's review for The Guardian
- Read Charles Spencer's review for The Telegraph
- Read Paul Taylor's review for The Independent
- Read Quentin Letts's review for the Daily Mail
- Read Aleks Sierz's review for The Stage
- Read Honour Bayes's review for Fourth Wall Magazine
- Read Aleks Sierz's review for The Arts Desk
- Read Michael Coveney's review for What's On Stage
- Read Hannah Stratton's review for The Public Reviews
- Read Jake Orr's review for A Younger Theatre
- Read the West End Whingers' review
- Read Matt Trueman's review on Carousel of Fantasies
- Read Diana Damian's review on her blog
- Read Ian Foster's review on There Ought To Be Clowns
- Read Eoghan O'Neill's review on his eponymous blog
- Read @lurkmoophy's review on his blog
- Read Dominic Kent's review on his Theatre Thoughts blog


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Baiba Murniece moved into her apartment on city-owned land nearly two years ago, and has never looked back.
"I feel very secure here," said the 32-year-old, who became a tenant at Westridge Apartments near Nanaimo SkyTrain station after immigrating to Canada from Latvia in 2010.
Murniece, a server at a catering company, lives with her boyfriend in a one-bedroom unit that costs $1,000 per month and includes a parking space.
"Since the time I've been here, [rent] has gone up only once. I would say it's a good deal for what you get."
The apartment is one of 1,400 units of assured rental housing constructed on six properties across the city in the early 1990s. They offer affordable accommodation to low- and middle-income households.
"I think I was lucky, it was perfect timing," Murniece said, noting her househunt coincided with a rare vacancy at the complex.
But Nelvin Kusnadi, who's lived at Westridge since January 2010, said the place isn't perfect.
"The conditions, they're okay," he said, noting the thin walls. "Sometimes the neighbours can hear what we're talking about though."
He's been chided for his musician roommate's guitar playing, he said.
But the Langara College commerce student and Indonesian national said the location makes up for any design shortfalls.
"It's close to the SkyTrain, close to downtown. It's very convenient."
Inside, marbled nylon carpeting on hallways with matching brown trim stretches out from either side of the ceramic-tiled entrance. Studio suites with enclosed balconies look past the bright building exterior and onto Nanaimo Street.
Westridge manager Kalina Tocheva has worked at the four-story complex since 1997. On her desk is a card from a resident wishing her a happy birthday, today. "I have been here 15 years and each year we have less and less people moving out," she said.
Once they have children, some tenants move out of one apartment only to occupy a larger one.
"I have come to know residents, their children and their grandchildren in my time here."


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1979 Jeep CJ7 Buildup - "Camel Man's" CJ-7 BuildPosted in How To on February 1, 2010
Believe it or not, this old, trail-hardened '79 Jeep CJ-7 was at the top of its game in the early '80s, and even part of the '90s. The Jeep belonged to Bob Beck, best known for being the Camel Man, portraying a rugged and adventurous outdoorsman. It is no wonder Bob was given that job, for that is exactly what his life was about.
Bob Beck was somewhat of an iconic figure in the Jeeping world in southern California, so when his son, Matt Beck, called to tell me that the Jeep was for sale, I jumped at the opportunity. Bob was the reason I bought my Jeep back in 1984 and a large part of my having an extraordinary life of off-road, backcountry travel and adventure. I did not want this Jeep put out to pasture or bought by someone who would never know of its rich history. The plan was to bring this old iron back to life once again.
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The CJ had given Bob Beck many years of faithful service and the frame was still in good shape. The T-18 manual transmission and transfer case had been well taken care of and would be left untouched. The straight-six engine had a Paxton supercharger, which was hot stuff at the time, however this would be changed out and replaced with the new and reliable Howell fuel injection system.
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After much conversation with friends and fellow wheelers, we came up with a parts list that would address the inherent weaknesses in this vintage CJ and enhance its off-road capability. The parts list encompassed many manufacturers. Fortunately, all but a few are available from Quadratec, the Jeep parts and accessories specialists. Just about any part you can think of for Jeeps, new and old, can be found at Quadratec and shipped anywhere in the country.
Unfortunately, one of the premier Jeep aftermarket manufacturers that we wanted to use, Gen-Right, was not listed in the catalog. So we contacted this company separately in regards to their replacement gas tanks, fenders, and body protection.
Getting Down To Business
The mail order thing worked out well. All of the products arrived safely and even sooner than expected. The rest was left up to me.
My first move was to replace the old suspension in order to gain more clearance for obstacles on the trail and better articulation. This would be accomplished using a Rubicon Express 4.5-inch Extreme Duty kit. This kit has absolutely everything needed to get the job done. Rubicon Express left nothing to chance when they planned out this suspension kit.
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To help turn the new tires and prevent breakage on the trail, Superior Axle and Gear were called upon for a set of replacement hardened axles and gears. The original 3.54 ring and pinion gears were replaced with a 4.56 ratio. Both front and rear axle shafts were replaced with Superior replacement axle shafts. These axles are up to 35 percent stronger than the originals and come in complete kits with bearings, studs, and more.
This Jeep had already been equipped with lockers front and rear, however those lockers would not accept the 4.56 gears, and so were changed out to Detroit Lockers. As you know, the Detroit Locker is a positive locking differential, which maximizes traction by delivering 100 percent of the torque to both drive wheels. This was the one aspect of the build that I knew wouldn't be accomplished in my driveway. The install of the new Detroit Lockers, Superior Axle and Gear ring and pinion, and axle shafts, would be best left to a professional shop.
I made arrangements with Jim Cox of JC Fab & Design to do the installation. JC Fab & Design specializes in custom 4x4 fabrications and has more time working underneath Jeeps than most of us do behind the wheel. It was a good thing I did.
Jim has a great deal of experience, not to mention specialty tools everywhere, all of which seemed to be needed for this process. The job that lay before us looked daunting, but for the seasoned veteran, as Jim Cox put it, "it was a piece of cake." The job took much less time than I had expected and was completed without any problems.
J.E. Reel Drive Line Specialists made up the drive shafts. These guys specialize in tough dependable drivelines for all types of off-road vehicles. Not only did the drive shafts need to be lengthened to accommodate the lift, but a CV joint was needed for the rear to handle the angle. Ordering the drive lines involved only a few simple measurements. From there it was an easy remove-and-replace process.
We then set our sights on the steering. The steering box bracket and the tie rods have always been weak links on CJs of this vintage. These were replaced with the extreme heavy-duty steering box bracket from Rusty's Off-Road, and the Rugged Ridge heavy-duty tie rod kit. The steering box bracket from Rusty's replaced the three, lighter weight, pressed-steel steering box plates with a one-piece unit made out of 3/8-inch-thick steel plate with welded gussets.
The Rugged Ridge heavy-duty tie rod kit provides virtually one-ton strength with factory-tapered ends. This is a bolt-on tie rod and drag link solution, and it is perfect for preventing a bent tie rod sustained from the rigors of off-roading and the added stress of larger tires. Both of these were easily installed.
While changing out what we thought to be common problems on the CJ, we also replaced the clutch rod linkage. This was done by using Rod Links clutch linkage. Rod Links replaced the worn clutch linkage with a new style rod end bearing linkage. This is a direct replacement for the factory linkage. The bearing ends are much more durable than the factory style and offer smooth operation. This was another straightforward remove-and-replacement process.
It was now time for the body, which had taken quite a beating over the years, to be addressed. The front fenders were swapped out for tube fenders with 3-inch flares from Gen-Right. The rocker panels, situated on either side and in the center of the Jeep, were fitted with the Gen-Right rocker guard set with bars. The rear corners of the Jeep were covered with a Gen-Right CJ corner guard set and Gen-Right 3.5-inch-wide rear tube flares.
The instructions are quite complete and most of work went without a hitch. The fenders were held in place with clamps and the holes were drilled. Some cutting and trimming was necessary, however, the steel is somewhat mild and was cut using a jigsaw. Once prepped for installation, the front fenders, rear quarters, and rear tube flares were painted and mounted.
Built from 1.5x0.120-inch-wall diameter tubing and plated with 1/8-inch-thick steel, there is little question as to how well this body protection will stand up to the punishment of the trail.
The gas tank was exchanged for a Gen-Right Crawler Enduro tank. This tank is made from 1/8-inch-thick aluminum alloy, has a heavy-duty 3/16-inch-thick skid plate, and holds 20 gallons of fuel. The most difficult part of the installation involved the sending unit. After much conversation we went with the original CJ-style sending unit. Although the new unit was a direct replacement, we still wired it up and tested it with the existing fuel gauge before putting it in to the new gas tank. Better now than later.
Once the sending unit had been set in the new tank we found that in order for the float to work the fuel lines would have to face the rear of the Jeep, and in doing so we had to notch the upper cross brace to make clearance for the fuel lines. Once the cross brace was cut out we covered the sharp edges with rubber to prevent cutting of the fuel line itself. The bolts on the shackles were trimmed to accept the size of the new gas tank and the tank was set in place.
Engine Work
The engine was equipped with a Paxton supercharger. Very cool, but an older unit, the parts would have been hard to find, and the original installation looked a bit questionable. In addition to this, the original straight-six was often plagued with carburetor problems. Often in extreme angles or rough terrain there would be difficulty with stalling out due to flooding or fuel starvation.
To address this issue we decided on the Howell Jeep EFI kit. This kit uses a new General Motors throttle body fuel injection unit from a 4.3L V-6 engine to replace the existing Jeep carburetor. It is fitted to the stock Jeep intake manifold with an adapter supplied in the kit, and controlled by a GM computer. Everything needed, including comprehensive instructions and diagrams, comes with the kit.
On this particular Jeep the installation would not be so easy. The intake manifold was a four barrel aftermarket product and there was no exhaust manifold. Instead it was equipped with a very old set of headers. All of this had to be brought back to stock. Wanting to keep costs down we went to a Jeep junkyard. We ended up at Jeep Only in Pacoima, California.
The owner, Sam, had just what we needed for a fraction of the cost of new. While we were there we also picked up other odds and ends that would be needed to complete the project.
Once the parts from Jeep Only were installed (stock intake and exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipe, and cat and muffler) we continued with the Howell EFI kit. The kit took some time but was not too difficult. Staying up with the instructions was the trick. All the plugs and wires are well marked, and other than having to take some of the plug ends apart to fit them through the firewall, the install was straight forward.
We did just as instructed, turned the ignition, and the old Jeep fired right up. Some playing around with the timing and all was good. We were left with a dependable, strong, and efficient running engine.
Bumpers and More
Choosing a set of bumpers was the next task. There are many options available, almost too many. After much research, we decided to go with Rock Hard 4X4 parts. This decision was made even simpler after a phone call to the company. While talking with the owners, James and Lewis Barth, it was obvious that these guys have spent a lot of time traveling in the backcountry and have designed their products to fit that lifestyle.
Strong, rugged, and well thought out, the front bumper and the rear bumper/ tire carrier combination are just what the Jeep CJ needed. These bumpers are made of 3/16x2x4-inch tubing with ends that are boxed in. The front bumper comes with an integrated winch plate, roller fairlead mount, and holes for lights at the outer edge of the winch plate.
This bumper also comes with an angled forward hoop for the rock crawler look, D-Ring shackle mounts welded front and back for ultimate strength, and a mounting plate for a steering box guard. The front bumper was outfitted with a Superwinch Epi 9.0S winch with synthetic Superline. The Superwinch unit comes with 80 feet of 3/8-inch synthetic rope with a 10-inch rock guard sleeve and stainless thimble.
The Rock Hard 4x4 Parts rear bumper/tire carrier has two sets of holes that mount to the Jeep's frame in a standard position, or can be raised one inch to increase departure angle and/or compensate for body lift. This bumper also comes with two D-Ring shackle mounts with tabs that are welded on the front, go through the bumper, and are welded on the backside too.
A CB antenna mount and horizontal Hi-Lift Jack mount with a padlock provision comes standard. This was also ordered with a Rock Rack and gas tank mounts. The swing-out tire carrier will hold up to a 38-inch tire. All needed hardware and comprehensive instructions are included, making the install as painless as possible. The job was completed with the mounting of the new Hi-Lift Extreme Jack and fuel cans.
A few items inside the Jeep were all that were left. The steering column had to be replaced. The original had seen its share of weather and was worn and tired. There were some options in the Quadratec catalog, but the one that caught our eye and looked to be the simplest install was the Ididit ignition tilt floor-shift steering column for the '76-to-'86 Jeep CJ. We were not disappointed once it arrived.
This is a direct replacement steering column. The instructions left absolutely nothing out and answered any and all questions. If there was a difficult aspect to the installation it was not with the new column, but with the existing steering shaft. The stock steering shaft had to be removed and then, with much persuasion, broken free of years of rust and dirt so that it could be collapsed to accommodate the length of the new column. Once that was accomplished the new steering column bolted and plugged right onto place.
To keep the nostalgic look of the early CJ, and to keep the build price lower, we changed out the torn up old seats with a new set from Bestop. Quadreatec has the Bestop TrailMax II classic low-back front seats and Bestop TrailMax II Fold & Tumble rear bench seat in vinyl in their catalog. The seats were great. They were the right height and comfortable.
Bestop did a good job. The front seats are a direct bolt-in replacement. The rear requires the drilling of a few holes, but it is a very simple installation. The rear can be folded out of the way or easily removed.
The last product to be installed on the "Camel Man" CJ-7 was the top. The Bestop Supertop soft-top with two-piece doors was hard to beat. It came with all needed hardware and a very comprehensive instruction kit complete with diagrams. With the addition of the two-piece doors and ease of removal this was another great fit and nice way to complete the build.
It was only fitting that I call Bob Beck's son, Matt, to take the rejuvenated CJ out for its first shake down run. We went out to one of the trails that I had spent countless weekends on. All of the choices that were made paid off in the end. The CJ performed better than expected.
The Detroit Lockers and lower 4.56 Superior gears were just the right fit for the 35-inch Dick Cepek tires. The two most impressive modifications had to be the Rubicon Express 4.5-inch suspension lift and the Howell Jeep EFI kit. The Rubicon Express lift had much more articulation and was smoother than expected. So well, in fact, that some more trimming in the rear wheel wells was needed.
The engine ran without any hesitation, allowing the Jeep to idle through most of the trail. We were very impressed with the way all the products were handled by Quadratec.
We accomplished our goal of breathing new life into the "Camel Man" '79 CJ-7 and got it back on the road where it belonged. The CJ had turned into everything we had hoped for. It was a strong and dependable trail rig that would have many more trips down tough trails and then deliver us safely back to the camp once again.


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The magical creation of musical legend Francisco Gabilondo Soler will
take children and adults alike to the dazzling world of "Cri-Cri:
El Grillito Cantor" (Cri Cri: The Singing Cricket) in A presentation
scheduled ON Friday, April 16 at 7 p.m. in Texas A&M International
University's Kinesiology/Convocation Building (Gym).
The event is made possible by support provided by TAMIU, the City of
Laredo, County of Webb and the Texas Commission for the Arts. Additional
support has been provided by the Laredo Women's City Club and the D. D.
Hachar Foundation.
Performers include all students currently enrolled in the dance program.
The concert features costumed characters who come to life in a variety
of dances including "El gato del barrio" (The Barrio Cat), "El
chivo ciclista" (The Cycling Goat), "Caminito a la escuela"
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The event, under the artistic direction of assistant professor of dance
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jazz, tap, and Spanish dance into the realization of "Cri-Cri's"
In addition, two separate 'children's only' presentations will be held
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and 11:00 a.m. in the Kinesiology/Convocation Building.
A special performance, to benefit Hecho en Encinal, is scheduled at
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part of the Spring Garden Party to raise funds for the program. Other
children's activities at the Party include face painting, spin art and
a showing of a video created by Encinal kids. In addition, there will
be a silent auction, featuring local artists.
"Cri-Cri," originally created by the Mexican-born Soler as
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Another highlight of the event will be the presentation of the 2004
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LinkedIn reports after the bell Thursday, and with the stock up 51 percent year-to-date, but down nearly 7 percent on Wednesday, investors are wondering if it will remain a rare success story in the volatile Internet space.
LinkedIn's performance since its IPO stands in stark contrast to Facebook's: Its stock has more than doubled.
While Facebook leans on advertising and its payments business is flat, LinkedIn has three revenue streams: recruiting tools, premium subscriptions, and advertising. Facebook may be the fun socializing toy to LinkedIn's buttoned up business tool, but being "boring" seems to be winning over investors.
Wall Street expects LinkedIn to report earnings-per-share of 15 cents, 54 percent higher than a year ago on 78 percent higher revenue of $216 million. Investors will also be watching for indication of user engagement — the growth in unique visitors.
Another key number is LinkedIn's margins. We expect LinkedIn's growth to slow — in the first quarter it had 101 percent revenue growth over the prior year. The question is when that growth will pick up again, and where that growth will come from.
We can also expect analysts to push for details on the impact of recent hackingand theft of user passwords and LinkedIn's acquisition of SlideShare. And international may be in focus as LinkedIn builds up its overseas business with new offices in Brazil, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea.
We'll also see how softness in Europe impacts revenue numbers. We'll see what LinkedIn says about users shift from desktops to mobile devices, and whether it's ramping mobile revenue to keep up with user growth, in contrast with Facebook, where mobile use is far outpacing mobile ads.
LinkedIn has dipped a bit on concerns about economic weakness and hiring hitting the company's recruiting tools business. We'll see whether companies are increasingly shifting their recruiting to these products from traditional Human Resources teams.
Goldman Sachs analyst Heath Terry, who has a 'Buy' on the stock, said the company's recruiter products are "increasingly impacting the way companies are hiring; simplifying the process and creating cost savings." He added that he expects the company to leverage all its information about its user base to create additional revenue streams.
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NBC is bumping its annual airing ofIt's a Wonderful Lifeby a week in favor of an encore presentation ofThe Sound of Music Live!
Wonderful Lifewas scheduled to airSaturday, Dec. 14at 8/7c on NBC, but the holiday classic will be pushed to ...
NBC is bumping its annual airing of It's a Wonderful Life by a week in favor of an encore presentation of The Sound of Music Live!
Wonderful Life was scheduled to air Saturday, Dec. 14 at 8/7c on NBC, but the holiday classic will be pushed to the following Saturday, Dec. 20., the network announced.
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"Let me just thank the Supreme Court for not making a ruling today and messing up my presentation," began Kay D. Mooney, as she started her talk Monday outlining various parts of the health reform law now before the nine Justices.
Mooney, a health executive with insurance firm Aetna , and a guest speaker at the Society for Human Resource Management Conference in Atlanta, Ga., stood before a packed room of business owners and HR executives and attempted to decipher the reform bill's affect on businesses.
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What many analysts and experts say is that no matter what happens, some sort of closure is needed on the healthcare debate.
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USPTO Issues Final Rejection Of Apple's Rubberbanding Patent, Which Were Among Those The Jury Said Samsung Infringed
from the oops dept
We had noted a non-final rejection last fall, and now the USPTO has reiterated that with a final rejection. Of course, even "final rejection" is a bit of a misnomer, since Apple can (and probably will) still appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Still, given the significant doubt over the quality of the patent, it seems crazy to assume that it was valid as part of the lawsuit.
Also, in the meantime, if we're going to grant massively powerful, technology-landscape-changing patents to companies, is it really so much to ask that the USPTO not get it wrong so damn often? The fact that, on second review, they suddenly realize "oops, that was a mistake!" seems like the kind of thing that we should be worried about, given just how much power there is in a single bad patent.


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Target names new chief information officer
NEW YORK (AP) — Target says it has hired a new chief information officer to help overhaul its data security systems in the wake of a massive pre-Christmas data breach.
The Minneapolis-based discounter says Tuesday it named outsider Bob DeRodes, who has 40 years of experience in information technology. He will assume oversight of the company's technology team and operations, effective May 5.
DeRodes replaces Beth Jacob, who left in early March. Target says it is continuing its active search for a chief information security officer and a chief compliance officer.
The company also says that by early next year, its branded cards will have MasterCard's chip-and-PIN technology.
Target is still dealing with fallout from a breach that compromised 40 million credit and debit cards between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15.