'Beginning of the end of America'

MSNBC, Countdown by Keith Olbermann | Oct. 19, 2006 (Opinion)

We have lived as if in a trance.

We have lived as people in fear.

And now—our rights and our freedoms in peril—we slowly awaken to learn that we have been afraid of the wrong thing.

Therefore, tonight have we truly become the inheritors of our American legacy.

For, on this first full day that the Military Commissions Act is in force, we now face what our ancestors faced, at other times of exaggerated crisis and ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Bush Administration, Domestic Spying
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Oct 20, 2006 - 2:00 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review), Michael D. Lowe (review), Arthur J. Fasciani (review), Ed Zingaro (review), Danice Calderon (review), Jeanne Sipahigil (review), Ruth Ross (review), Graham Wilkins (review), Terri Adams (review), Trevor Young (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Oct 20, 2006 - 2:53 AM PDT

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Terri Adams
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 by Terri Adams - Oct. 1, 2008

Keith Olberman has been doing excellent editorials. He goes straight for the jugular and makes points that the rest of the news people aren't brave enough to make.

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Michael D. Lowe
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 by Michael D. Lowe - Oct. 1, 2008

Keith Olbermann is outraged and rightfully so. He is articulate & logical. His opinions are backed up by factual assertion that are fully presented & substantiated. It is quite worth watching.

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Graham Wilkins
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Arthur J. Fasciani
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Ed Zingaro
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
Fabrice posted this story.
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Trevor Young
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Ruth Ross
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 by Ruth Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

Beautifully written, cogent, passionate yet reasoned.

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Danice Calderon
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Jeanne Sipahigil
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