Laughing At Glenn Beck

Well, if Glenn Beck is honestly this emotional, I have some words to eat. As does the gang on Morning Joe. Still, this is some darn entertaining early morning TV. Enjoy. And, again, my apologies for the lack of posts lately. Had some irons in the fire. And that is a good thing!

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The Media Merry-Go-Round

Is this a "balance of power" thing? O'Reilly gives up on radio - Morning Joe jumps in.

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Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski Begin Radio Show Monday

First on TVNewser: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski begin hosting a radio show on WABC in New York Monday morning. The show will air from 10am-Noon, following Imus in the Morning. Scarborough and Brzezinski will continue [...]

Dogsitting Saga

It's day three of the dogsitting marathon.  The kids return and claim their dogs tomorrow. I'm certainly getting my exercise, letting them in and out.  They all park themselves in the big windows at the front of the house, waiting for ANY movement (human or otherwise) anywhere up and down the street.  Seeing such movement, they feel the immediate need to start barking, to protect us from whatever dire danger said objects might hold. It all starts early in the morning, when the newspaper carrier arrives. Our dogs know the routine and ignore the regular carrier. They do let us know if the car or carrier is different, but most mornings they just let it happen. Not so with the guest dogs.  They started barking about 3:30 this morning, which meant I had to get up and let them into the back yard. Then, they decide it's kind of fun to make me get up and go through the routine several times, with no evidence of ANYTHING to prompt repeated outbursts of barking.  Of course, I hate to discourage the barking, just in case there WAS something to warn us about.  So, I spent an hour or so, running up and down the stairs, letting them all in and out.
Then, of course, there are the periodic face-offs between our little old shaggy haired dog and our daughter's frisky little terrier. Both are males and ours feels the need to exert his Alpha status on a fairly regular basis. Usually, he just gets in the other pup's face and stares him down, letting him know he's not going to pass. They have, however, really gotten into it a couple of times, so it's a constant chore to keep an eye on the two of them.
All for the kids.  Good thing they're worth it!
Here's something to give you a weekend chuckle:

Report: Murdoch ‘absolutely despises’ Bill O’Reilly; Ailes ‘loathes him.’

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Olbermann and O'Reilly

Been meaning to point this out, but kos did it up right just now: In the key demographic (the 25-54 group advertisers love) Keith beat Bill-O several recent nights.  Rachel Maddow kept the string going in the following hour.  I love it when an underdog comes through!

O'Reilly's map, and ratings

...Olbermann and Maddow have both beaten their Fox News counterparts three of the five shows this past week -- a remarkable achievement given how dominant Fox's lead once was. And don't forget that O'Reilly once had a commanding lead as the most-watched cable news host. So when [...]