{"id":93750,"date":"2021-12-30T22:10:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T05:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=93750"},"modified":"2022-01-01T19:41:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T02:41:24","slug":"keith-olbermann-gets-into-his-version-of-the-holiday-spirit-with-regard-to-mitt-romneys-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2021\/12\/keith-olbermann-gets-into-his-version-of-the-holiday-spirit-with-regard-to-mitt-romneys-family.html","title":{"rendered":"Keith Olbermann gets into his version of the holiday spirit with regard to Mitt Romney’s family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Mitt and Ann Romney, the faces of evil?\u00a0 \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons public domain image )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A few of you may remember that there was once an extremely unpleasant man who went by the name of Keith Olbermann.\u00a0 He was, at various times, a sports commentator and then a rather negligible political commentator and then a sports commentator.\u00a0 Well, it seems \u2014 at least according to Bethany Mandel<\/a> and some other journalists \u2014 that Herr Olbermann is still (more or less) alive out there somewhere:<\/p>\n

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\u201cPerspective: Keith Olbermann\u2019s attack on Mitt Romney\u2019s large family is indicative of a deeper cultural rot: The sad reality is that photos with large families are an increasingly rare sight in 2021 America\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cKeith Olbermann is the new \u2018Scrooge\u2019 after tweet about Mitt Romney\u2019s family\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cKeith Olbermann criticized for tweet targeting Romney family\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Again, politics isn\u2019t everything.\u00a0 Political differences don\u2019t justify abandoning common decency, charity, civility, and respect.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Halverson<\/a> published an interesting article related to New Year\u2019s Day in the Deseret News<\/em>: back in 2015:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865618775\/Evidences-for-the-Book-of-Mormon-In-cover-of-darkness-and-the-turning-of-the-New-Year.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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I myself wrote a holiday-relevant article about Amalickiah in 2011: \u00a0\u201cMay your New Year begin better than Amalickiah\u2019s!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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The holiday season is, I know, a remarkably horrible time because of all of the offenses committed against us by religion and religious belief, so I don\u2019t really want to pile on.\u00a0 But here are some items from the Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d File that are simply crying out to be inflicted upon you:<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018There\u2019s a Time to Be a Christian\u2019 \u2014 Church Members Help Neighbors After Midwestern Tornadoes\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHow JustServe Volunteers Gathered Thousands of Stuffed Animals for Ronald McDonald House\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cService-Driven Latter-day Saints in Pocatello Help Jewish Friends Enjoy Hanukkah in Beloved Synagogue\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHow Young Women #LightTheWorld Worldwide as They \u2018Live, Care, Invite and Unite\u2019\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPhilippines Hit with Widespread Destruction by Super Typhoon Odette: Church Responds to Needs, Opens Doors to Evacuees\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finally, I hate to be crass but, well, tomorrow (Friday, 31 December 2021) will be your last day of the year to claim the 2021 tax benefits (under the laws of the United States and some other nations) of donating to the Interpreter Foundation<\/a> or some other charitable or non-profit group or groups of your choosing.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve liked, enjoyed, and\/or benefited from the things that the Interpreter Foundation has done during 2021 \u2014 you can refresh your memory here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a> \u2014 please (if you haven\u2019t already done so) consider kicking in a few dollars or many dollars to help us accomplish even more in 2022.\u00a0 And deep, deep thanks to those who have<\/em> already done so.<\/p>\n

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