Keith is back

Back again. Olbermann is back. Tell a friend.

MSNBC Countdown host Keith Olbermann is returning to the "total sports" network for a weekly radio show that will begin airing in August.

Olbermann had a long running feud with the network during 1990's where he hosted the highly rated Sportscenter.

Shame on the following pro-lynching Senators:
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Christopher Bond (R-MO)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Michael Crapo (R-ID)
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Trent Lott (R-MS)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
John Sununu (R-NH)
Craig Thomas (R-WY)
George Voinovich (R-OH)

Not that it is my business, but disclosure reports have come out.

Sen. Evan Bayh (D., Ind.), a potential presidential candidate, derived the bulk of his personal income from his Senate salary of $158,100. The business dealings of his wife, Susan, overshadowed that.

A former pharmaceutical attorney at Eli Lilly, Susan Bayh listed salary payments of more than $1,000 from 10 corporations - mainly in the pharmaceutical industry - at which she is on the board of directors.

The companies, including Anthem Inc., Dyax Corp., and E-Trade Financial Corp., offered her stock or stock options worth up to $250,000. She also cashed in a sizable amount of her accumulated holdings.

Jeers to Arnold. Seriously.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to his alma mater turned into an exercise in perseverance when virtually his every word was accompanied by catcalls, howls and piercing whistles from the crowd.

Tom Delay gets $400,000 for legal expenses. How soon before Fletcher asks him for a loan?

Financial disclosure forms released Wednesday described the deep-pocketed, the politicians existing on salary alone and the well-traveled.

The forms also capture House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's financial fight against various ethical allegations.

The Texas Republican accepted $439,300 in contributions to his legal expense fund in 2004, a year in which the House Ethics panel investigated DeLay and rebuked him for his conduct. Separately, he faces questions about his ties to Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist under federal criminal investigation.

DeLay still owes three law firms between $125,003 and $315,000 combined for his legal expenses.

More on finances.

Honoraria: None for speeches, but Bayh donated $3,804 from sales of his memoir, "Evan Bayh: From Father to Son. A Private Life in the Public Eye," to the Evan and Susan Bayh Foundation.

I always admire politicians that don't want to be paid to give a speech.

The joke is on Jackson? Or is it our media's constant nagging on him for saying he is guilty.

Comics were all over the verdicts, aiming barbs at Jackson and other key figures in his trial. David Letterman, Jay Leno and Jon Stewart, among others, leaped on the acquittals as comic fodder.

On The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, Letterman quipped, "How about this for a point of interest? The jurors, after they handed down the decision, said the accuser's mother made them uncomfortable. Wow! I mean, you know your case is in trouble when Michael is the second creepiest person in the room."

Leno, on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno joked, "I'm sorry if I'm a little groggy today. I was up all night at a big sleepover victory party at Michael Jackson's place. Just Jesus juice all night long. Just crazy!"

And on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the host kiddingly asked, "So what's next for Michael Jackson? Apart from hunting down the real multi-millionaire manchild boy-touchers?"

Leno added, "Legal experts say the key was the defense team did not play the race card. Well, duhh, they didn't know which race to play!"

Continued Stewart, "One woman released a snow white dove for each of the 10 innocents declared by the jury. It was a touching gesture. Ironically, all 10 of those doves wound up beheaded by the overhead throng of news choppers."

And Lettermasn wrapped up a Top Ten list with this crack: "The number one message left on Michael Jackson's answering machine? 'Hi, it's Saddam Hussein. How do I get one of them idiot juries?'"

Boston swept Cincinnati unlike what happened in 1975 but they did name the left field foul pole the Fisk pole. St. Louis has an off day tomorrow as does Boston.

An FEC commissioner resigns.

A Republican who drew frequent criticism from government watchdogs for opposing campaign finance restrictions announced Wednesday that he is resigning from the Federal Election Commission.

In a letter to President Bush, Commissioner Brad Smith said he views the commission as a "fairer, more efficient, more streamlined organization" that it was when he joined it five years ago.

However, Smith added that he worries campaign finance regulations are driving people from politics. With nearly 400 pages of rules for candidates, parties and political donors, "political activity is more heavily regulated than at any time in our nation's history," he wrote.

Smith will join the law school faculty at Capital University in Columbus, OH.

Aykroyd keeps busy these days.

Dan Aykroyd is expanding his business activities. The Blues Brother and Ghostbuster is also a founding Director of House of Blues Entertainment Inc. which is North America's third largest purveyor of live entertainment. Through friend U.S. entrepreneur J.P. Dejoria, Aykroyd has acquired the rights to bring the Patron Spirits line into Canada.

This is being posted closer to 11:30 than 5:30 PM due to a much needed evening nap.

Rep. John Conyers will hold a June 16 Hearing on the Downing Street Memo. Is an impeachment bound to happen?