Does subby work for the DNC? That was an EXCELLENT use of immediate and unnecessary counter-accusations. Well played.

$2K is a lot of oxycontin.

FTFA: State Tax and Finance Department spokesman Tom Bergin said the debt recorded against the TV host's Olbermann Broadcasting Empire Inc., based in Los Angeles, is still open.

MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines called it a bookkeeping disagreement between Olbermann's accountants and the state and said it was resolved months ago.

Bergin said the debt could have been resolved recently, but it has not yet been legally "satisfied" and so remains an open case.

Wow, scandal indeed.

submitter: Olberman reportedly owes less in taxes than what Limbaugh spends on OxyContin for a weekend

That comparison is only fair if Olbermann used a boil on his butt as an excuse to get out of his obligations.

What are you new here or something prefishing? Snark and counter-snark are not unnecessary, they're what make FARK, FARK

$2,269.50?

Heck, I have a couple of thirty plus year old unpaid parking tickets from Reno that probably come to more than that now.

Guess I'd better never criticize anyone or run for office.

BobtheFascist: $2K is a lot of oxycontin.

Limbaugh is a big man in a lot of pain.



Oh the pain, the pain.

oldebayer: $2,269.50?

is that all, fark. Considering what that douche pulls in, this is like the change you find down tha back of your sofa.

If he goes and pays them, who the fark cares?

How does this even get made public?

Regardless, tempest in a teapot.

<freep> Let's lock that guy up, and throw away the key! </freep>

Dude, I loaned him some cash to get some snacks from the machine, and that douchebag has yet to hit me back. WTF?

I farkin' loaned him a twenty to grab me a few Gorditas, a soft taco, and a Meximelt from Taco Bell. Instead the sonofabiatch set fire to my sofa, nailed my chick in the butt, and told my landlord I drank puppy blood.

Never did get my damned Gorditas.

Asshole.

I don't minder Olberman. I don't watch him because I don't watch MSNBC because I'm not 55 years old, but when I see him, I usually like what he has to say.

That said, you would think a guy who spends so much time taking people on would keep his own nose clean.

BobtheFascist: $2K is a lot of oxycontin.

No, no it isn't.
That's maybe 50x 40mg pills.
That's a bottle that fits comfortably in anyone's hand.
More than a weekend's worth, it'd probably last Limbaugh the whole week if he was taking doses every 4 hours...but it's not far off the mark.

JerseyTim: That said, you would think a guy who spends so much time taking people on would keep his own nose clean.

exactly

Keith Olbermann is listed as a Media Friend of Fark, wonder what his handle is.

JerseyTim: That said, you would think a guy who spends so much time taking people on would keep his own nose clean.

Not to nitpick, but it appears the contention of Mr. Olbermann is that this is exactly what he did.

You know, otherwise there wouldn't be a 'dispute'.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: JerseyTim: That said, you would think a guy who spends so much time taking people on would keep his own nose clean.

exactly

He did keep his nose clean. There was a dispute with his accountants, the matter was settled and he paid. This happens EVERY year to thousands of wealthy Americans and big corporations. And 2K is nothing compared to what he makes.

Really, if this the "bad" they have on him - he's squeakier than squeaky clean.

Procedural Texture - More than a weekend's worth

That's all I was getting at.

TheGrayCat: He did keep his nose clean. There was a dispute with his accountants, the matter was settled and he paid. This happens EVERY year to thousands of wealthy Americans and big corporations. And 2K is nothing compared to what he makes.

Really, if this the "bad" they have on him - he's squeakier than squeaky clean.

Well as any big government leftist you think that he would have instructed his accountants to over pay his taxes. But that is often not the truth.

$2200? Geez, Keith, just cut a friggin' check already.

MSNBC pundit Keith Olbermann, who spotlights misbehavior nightly
...
Olbermann, the host of "Countdown," owes New York $2,269.50, according to a tax warrant obtained by The Associated Press.

Give me a farking break. If this is all the right has on the man, he is a saint. The man highlights corruption and injustice, lies and deception.

It should be noted that his justified attacks on Fox News have led to Roger Ailes, who runs Fox News, trying to get MSNBC to censor Olbermann. Fox News is now even attacking GE, who owns NBC.

Olbermann is one of the few decent commentators on TV willing to stand-up. Really, in all honesty, it's just him, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert in a weird way, Bill Maher, Rachel Maddow, and that's about it. Tucker Carlson was great, but loathed by many liberals for some reason.

TheGrayCat: He did keep his nose clean. There was a dispute with his accountants, the matter was settled and he paid. This happens EVERY year to thousands of wealthy Americans and big corporations. And 2K is nothing compared to what he makes.

Really, if this the "bad" they have on him - he's squeakier than squeaky clean.

Good on him, then.

Suicidal Writer: Tucker Carlson was great, but loathed by many liberals for some reason.

Heh. You are such a farking loser troll.

BobtheFascist: That's all I was getting at.

No, you were alleging that $2K buys a large amount of Oxycontin. It is not. Obtained illicitly, it is a very expensive drug.
Assuming an arbitrary 40mg dose pill, and assuming a street price of approx $1/mg, I showed that the headline that you were obviously taking exception with, was only off by a factor of 2 or 3. Fair game.

But no one would dispute that Rush Limbaugh is a hefty man, who admitted that he became addicted to Oxycontin. The painkiller comes in doses up to 160mg, so if we adjust our assumptions to 80mg doses, used regularly rather than recreationally, that'd last a plus-size addict just over 4 days...barely more than a long weekend.
Subby's comparison is very accurate.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: TheGrayCat: He did keep his nose clean. There was a dispute with his accountants, the matter was settled and he paid. This happens EVERY year to thousands of wealthy Americans and big corporations. And 2K is nothing compared to what he makes.

Really, if this the "bad" they have on him - he's squeakier than squeaky clean.

Well as any big government leftist you think that he would have instructed his accountants to over pay his taxes. But that is often not the truth. HURRRRR. DURRRR.

Giving a damn about "the blogosphere", whether leftwing, rightwing, or wingless, is profoundly retarded.

BobtheFascist: $2K is a lot of oxycontin.

Limbaugh probably doesn't pay a dime for any of it. He's probably comped and promo'd until 2155, at least...

BuckTurgidson: Giving a damn about "the blogosphere", whether leftwing, rightwing, or wingless, is profoundly retarded.

It matters. It is catching up with, and will soon surpass, the mainstream corporate media in terms of how our culture has a conversation. They are already starting to usurp the media in terms of breaking political stories.

Obdicut: Suicidal Writer

Damn you people stop quoting him!

Anyway, a few years ago I messed up my taxes and ended up owing about 1.5k extra. Considering the O-Mann is probably pulling in a metric shiat-ton more than me, I think this is silly. But still, considering he makes so much, just cut a check and be done with it. Who has time for that shiat?

Fighting the State of New York for couch change.... unreasonable?

Sounds reasonable to me, IF I though I was right and New York was wrong. Ya gotta stand up for yourself if you think you're right.

Judge: Were you speeding?
Driver: No, your Honor.
Judge: Were you speeding?
Driver: No!
Judge: You were speeding, right?
Driver: Fine.
Judge: Finds for the State, pay the fine at the counter.

/Fight the power
//Say NO to judge
//Except Dredd. That m-farker will kill you.

Ah...the satisfying smell of wingnut desperation.

Keith owes me a bag of weed. I was all like "no way dude, I'm not spotting you any more. You gotta chip in, brah" but Keith was all "duuuuuude, c'mon, I get paid on Friday, man, do me a solid." I was all "ah hell, I'll spot you half my quarter, let's smoke this shiat." Keith was all "I got the papes." Duder was a capital M M-O-O-C-H Mooch. Worse than Minnie.

Olberman should DIAF.

I'm no Oberman apologist but I once had to pay approximately that amount in back taxes for the priveledge of making a non-living wage as a grunt worker for an academic press.

Aside from the fact that I couldn't afford to eat anything that wasn't white - the dreaded potato and Ramen diet - it was the best job I ever had.

I was paid to read and pull out "quotables" from/for the poetry canon. Yes, the canon blew up in my face.

- Overshare

hahaha crippling opiate dependency is funny

Loser.

For those of you wanting this put in X-Files terms:

When did whatever Keith Olberman says, does, or owes equal a flea's fart in the universe?

OK, then KO doesn't get to be VP.

Degree.

Remember it only matters if it's a Righty!

When they came for Al Franken I laughed my ass off.
When they came for Keith Olberman I gave out a hoot.
If they come for Larry O'Donnell there may be a God.

Somebody should tell some of these right-wing pundits that they lost. I swear, some of them are still yammering about how we can "win the war,' which is like a sports columnist declaring that the Mariners can still make the playoffs.

Lionel Mandrake: Ah...the satisfying smell of wingnut desperation.

Good point. If the left-wingnuts weren't so desperate, they wouldn't be submitting or greenlighting such stupid headlines...

Subby fails
Hannity hasn't mentioned this

I had to stop watching for a while because I needed to make peace with the fact that he'd transformed from journalist to pundit. (Happened around Katrina.)

Once I made that peace, I started watching again. Not tonight, though; Discovery Atlas is on.

JerseyTim: I don't minder Olberman. I don't watch him because I don't watch MSNBC because I'm not 55 years old, but when I see him, I usually like what he has to say.


He was okay when he just read the news.
His MadAsHellAndNotGonnaTakeItAnymore! pontificating is more annoying than O'Reilly, Coulter, and Hannity combined.

'nuff said.

TxRabbit: 'nuff said.

Oh, the irony