The Krile Files

I’m Glad

March 13, 2008 · No Comments

I’m glad there wasn’t much going on tonight. I’m going to bed. Early. Look for a return (hopefully) of full posts tomorrow night. In the meantime, one of the “bad guys” is gone..

Big Story: John Gibson’s Show Yanked At FOXNews

The New York Times: Fox News Channel, tinkering for the first time in eight years with its popular early evening lineup, is replacing its 5 p.m. news broadcast, “The Big Story,” with an election-theme program for the foreseeable future. The network confirmed this week that “America’s Election HQ,” a program that displaced “The Big Story” [...]

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Categories: Television

Stormy Night

March 13, 2008 · No Comments

Lots of thunderstorms around here tonight. And, some interesting dust ups on the political scene..

Secrets

Barack Obama’s campaign today released the senator’s earmark requests for 2005, 2006 and 2007, and issued a call for Hillary Clinton to do the same. The move is significant for two reasons: 1. The GOP is going to make a fuss about earmarks during [...]

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Categories: 2008 Election

The Blame Game

March 13, 2008 · No Comments

If Olbermann is quite sublime, O’Reilly sits at the other end of the scale. I’ll let the fine folks at Crooks and Liars handle the specifics..

The O’Reilly Factor: Billo Blames Internet For “Anything Goes” Permissiveness That Led To Spitzer Scandal

Sweet Jesus, I get a headache from watching Bill O’Reilly. How many hack arguments can you make in a single segment? In their discussion of the Elliot Spitzer escort scandal, Billo and guest Laura Ingraham employ a kitchen sink, scorched earth strategy to blame European values, left wing loons, the internet, and [...]

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Categories: Talk Radio · Television

Olbermann And Clinton

March 13, 2008 · No Comments

At least you can’t accuse Olbermann of attacking only republicans or the Bush Administration. He certainly pulled no punches in attacking the Clinton Campaign last night. If you haven’t seen one of his “Special Comments”, this is a pretty strong one.

Olbermann takes on Clinton

Many of us have come to enjoy MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann’s ‘Special Comments,” not only because they tend to highlight the outrages of the Bush administration in stark and powerful terms, but also because Olbermann has a tendency to say things no one else in television news is willing to say. When Olbermann gets into high [...]

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Categories: Clinton · Television

Headed for Friday

March 13, 2008 · No Comments

It’s all downhill to Friday. Except for this weird stomach crud that sidelined me today. Ugh. Gonna try to gather the energy to scan through Bloglines and see what the world’s been up to. Looks like the economy didn’t suddenly turn around while I was sleeping..

Lenders seize assets of Carlyle Capital - $16.6 billion default

Carlyle Capital is a publicly traded fund run by the well know Carlyle Group, where former Presidents, Prime Ministers and top government officials work. This is yet another shocking fall from the sky courtesy of [...]

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Categories: Economy