My Priority Is NOT Keith Olbermann

In my opinion, it's not all that urgent that I contact MSNBC and demand they put the suspended Keith Olbermann back on the air. He donated money to political candidates. It's against NBC's rules for editorial personnel. It doesn't matter to me that they've possibly played fast and loose with their own rules over the years. That's standard just about everywhere. Some people get preferential treatment, some people don't. (Surprisingly, you'd think he'd be the one getting that preferential treatment. What does this say about his status?) If you want to guarantee that you're not punished for a crime, don't commit a crime in the first place.

And it doesn't matter that someone from Fox News probably gives money to all manner of candidates with no repercussions. (Pssst -- Olbermann doesn't work for Fox News, although thanks to this foolishness he just played right into their hands and the hands of his other critics. Let Fox News police their own if they want.)

No, I just can't get worked up about that. On the other hand, when a post is cruelly retweeted into my timeline with a taunting message about what might have been? Off with their heads!

It doesn't even make sense! The "if" probably is for "if necessary" or "if game is rained out" -- but there's no way they'd play a World Series game at 1 pm on a Saturday! This was posted today. Game 7 was scheduled to be played last night. A postponement would have pushed the game to tonight; continued bad weather would push it to Saturday night. This whole thing is ridiculous and has given me post-traumatic stress over the end of the 2010 Phillies season. I really want to sue someone for damages.

Here's an idea: instead of petitioning to get Olbermann back on the air, how about we petition to have the MLB playoffs re-played so that a more entertaining World Series could take place?