The Monkey and I once again dive into the murky world of the MSNBC to Digital Tier on Comcast Conspiracy. Verdict? Here’s an excerpt: “In short, the Monkey and I now agree that MSNBC is totally in on this deal. I think that they wagered a bet, a fully researched wager, no doubt, supported by a team of economists, ad sales execs, and Nielsen numbercrunchers…”

Stephanie later went on to be an extremely vociferous supporter of Senator Hillary Clinton during her failed 2008 presidential bid, but I believe Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones’ finest hour was when she displayed uncommon courage, patriotism, and dedication to her constituents when she was the sole voice in the House of Representatives challenging the outcome of the 2004 Presiential Election.

Perhaps MSNBC was attempting to leverage the increased popularity of Keith Olbermann and (Air America alum) Rachel Maddow in order to charge higher fees to Comcast, and Comcast pushed back by pulling it and covering their costs with increased “digital tier” fees from customers. The fact that I didn’t receive a response from six different entities at MSNBC tells me that either they have horrible customer service, or that they too have something to hide.

I had found out that the Vice President of Public Relations of Comcast in the Northeast, and one of the initial spokespeople defending the decision was a woman by the name of Shawn Feddeman, who prior to running the PR shop at Comcast, was the Press Secretary for former Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney while he was Governor of Massachusetts. I felt that this discovery was evidence of what appeared to be a political move by the cable provider to silence the only progressive leaning voice in the cable news spectrum.

But I do have a question for Ms. Feddeman regarding Comcast’s motivations behind making this change: If you want to provide more HD programming, why didn’t you tap FoxNews for HD broadcast? Wouldn’t FoxNews viewers appreciate seeing their right-wing blowhards in full digital glory?

* If the Packers are so confident of the skills and quarterbacking-acumen of Mr. Aaron Rodgers, they should have no problem with allowing him to demonstrate his supremacy over Mr. Brett Lorenzo Favre in open competition.
* If the Packers truly care about winning now, not in the future and in the hands of an unproven backup, they should welcome home Mr. Favre.
* If the Packers really want to increase their advantage against a Division rival over the next several years, they should trade Favre to the Vikings in exchange for a couple valuable draft picks, negatively impacting the Vikings ability to draft quality players in the future.
* If the Packers truly respect the man that literally built the modern-day Packers franchise through his grit, determination, and maverick spirit, they should release him. But someone else said this better than me and the Monkey: “If you love someone, set them free.”

Here’s an amazing tape-recorded phone call between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama in which they seem to bury the hatchet…have a listen.

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