Bob Dylan wrote this song in the 60's, during a time of change. Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, John F Kennedy, the war in Vietnam, civil justice and freedom for African Americans. Time asks if we are ready for more changes. Our country has gone astray.

Here are the lyrics that are indeed timeless to Bob Dylan's song.

I am not sure if Keith Olbermann is a Dylan fan or a Barack Obama fan but I am of both. I have to think that if I agree with so many issues that Keith presents that he would. I have posted Barack Obama and Dylan on this lens... taken a liberty I know, I only hope that Mr. Olbermann is ok with it... because the times they are a-changin'

"The Times They Are A-changin'"

by Bob Dylan

Come gather round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
Youll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin
Then you better start swimmin
Or youll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance wont come again
And dont speak too soon
For the wheels still in spin
And theres no tellin who
That its namin.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Dont stand in the doorway
Dont block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
Theres a battle outside
And it is ragin.
Itll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And dont criticize
What you cant understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin.
Please get out of the new one
If you cant lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin.

Keith Olbermann
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Keith Olbermann
Born January 27, 1959 (age 49)
New York City, New York
Occupation News Anchor, Commentator, and Sportscaster
Website Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959) is an American news anchor, commentator, and radio sportscaster. He currently hosts Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, an hour-long nightly newscast that reviews selected news stories which then serve as grist for Olbermann's political commentaries. Starting with the 2007 NFL season, Olbermann also serves as co-host of NBC's Football Night in America with Bob Costas.

Career at NBC Universal

[edit]First NBC stint
In 1997, Olbermann left ESPN to host his own primetime show on MSNBC, The Big Show with Keith Olbermann. The news-variety program covered three or four topics in a one-hour broadcast. Olbermann also occasionally hosted the weekend edition of NBC Nightly News, and, along with Hannah Storm, co-hosted NBC Sports' pre-game coverage of the 1997 World Series.
See also: Major League Baseball on NBC
When the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke in 1998, the show morphed into White House in Crisis. Olbermann became frustrated as his show was consumed by the Lewinsky story. In 1998, he stated that his work at MSNBC would "make me ashamed, make me depressed, make me cry."[5]
[edit]Return to MSNBC on Countdown
Main article: Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Olbermann returned to MSNBC in 2003 as a substitute host on Nachman and as an anchor for the network's coverage of the war in Iraq. Prior to his return, Olbermann was a regular contributor to CNN and provided twice-daily commentary, "Speaking of Sports," for ABC Radio Network. His own show, Countdown, debuted shortly thereafter on March 31, 2003, in the 8 p.m. ET time slot previously held by programs hosted by Phil Donahue and, briefly, Lester Holt. On October 13, 2004, Olbermann launched Bloggermann, his Countdown weblog, hosted on MSNBC.com.[10] Olbermann used the open format of the blog to expand on facts or ideas alluded to in the broadcast, to offer personal musings and reactions, and to break news at odd hours. However, in February 2007, Olbermann launched a new blog, The News Hole.
Countdown's format, per its name, involves Olbermann ranking the five biggest news stories of the day or sometimes "stories my producers force me to cover" as Olbermann puts it. This is done in numerical reversal or counting down with the first story shown being ranked fifth but apparently the most important. The segments ranked numbers two and one typically are of a lighter fare than segments ranked five through three. The first few stories shown are typically oriented toward government, politics, and world events. The last two typically involve celebrities, sports, or the bizarre.
Countdown posted a 77 percent gain in total viewers (52 percent in viewers aged 25 to 54) for the first quarter of 2007 over the first quarter of 2006 in the 8pm timeslot, a greater jump in viewers than that of his competition. [11] On February 16, 2007, MSNBC reported that Olbermann had signed a four-year extension on his contract with MSNBC for Countdown, as well as the inclusion of another show set to air on NBC in the fall. The details of the show have not been fully disclosed, but Olbermann was quoted on air as saying it will deal with commentary segments similar to his "special comments", but not so politically oriented. He has referred to them as "essays."[12]
In a technique similar to that of celebrated CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, Olbermann counts the days since May 1, 2003, the day President George W. Bush declared "mission accomplished" in Iraq. He then ends the broadcast by crumpling up his notes and throwing them at the camera, saying his signature close, "Good night and good luck" - a "tip of the hat" to another former CBS Newsman, Edward R. Murrow.
Accusations of bias
Although it began as a traditional newscast, Countdown With Keith Olbermann has gradually adopted an opinion-oriented format. The show frequently features criticism of prominent Republicans, especially the George W. Bush Administration and commentator Bill O'Reilly, whom Olbermann routinely dubs the "Worst Person In The World."[13]
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz has written that Olbermann is "position[ing] his program as an increasingly liberal alternative to The O'Reilly Factor."[14] The conservative media watchdog group Media Research Center (MRC) has accused Olbermann of liberal bias.[15][16] The MRC compiled a list of the recipients of Olbermann's "World's Worst" and reported that, of the approximately 600 recipients, 174 (29 percent) of those fit their definition of "conservative" people or ideas while only 23 (4 percent) were what they considered "liberal."[17]
In an interview with Al Franken, Olbermann noted that in 2003, after having Janeane Garofalo and Franken on his show, a vice president of MSNBC had questioned him on inviting "liberals" on consecutive nights.[18]
In November 2007, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph placed Keith Olbermann at #67 on their Top 100 list of most influential US liberals. They said that he uses his MSNBC show to promote, "an increasingly strident liberal agenda." They added that he would be, "a force on the Left for some time to come."[19] Investigative journalist Robert Parry has characterized Olbermann as being on the "left side of the scale."[20]
Olbermann responded to the accusations of bias by saying, "I'm not a liberal, I'm an American."[21]
Criticism of the Bush administration
In Olbermann's "Special Comment" segment on July 3, 2007, he called President George W. Bush's commutation of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence the "last straw," and called for the resignation of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. Olbermann said:
" We enveloped our President in 2001. And those who did not believe he should have been elected - indeed, those who did not believe he had been elected - willingly lowered their voices and assented to the sacred oath of non-partisanship.
And George W. Bush took our assent, and re-configured it, and honed it, and shaped it to a razor-sharp point and stabbed this nation in the back with it.[22]
"
Feud with Bill O'Reilly
Olbermann's show on MSNBC occupies the same time slot as Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel. Olbermann has repeatedly named O'Reilly his "Worst Person in the World," naming him more than 60 times from June 2005 - August 2007.[citation needed]
The feud blossomed with Olbermann's public celebration of O'Reilly's sexual harassment suit by former Fox News Channel producer Andrea Mackris;[23] he jokingly kept track of money his viewers pledged to buy the tapes from Mackris and ran a "Save the Tapes" campaign.
In March 2006, O'Reilly dropped a caller from his live radio show, seemingly for mentioning Olbermann's name. O'Reilly accused the caller of being part of a larger group of individuals that had been calling O'Reilly with the sole purpose of mentioning Olbermann. The caller said, "I like to listen to you during the day. I think Keith Olbermann's show%u2026" when O'Reilly cut in, responding to "Mike" as follows:
" Mike is - he's a gone guy. You know, we have his - we have your phone numbers, by the way. So, if you're listening, Mike, we have your phone number, and we're going to turn it over to Fox security, and you'll be getting a little visit. [%u2026] When you call us, ladies and gentlemen, just so you know, we do have your phone number, and if you say anything untoward, obscene or anything like that, Fox security then will contact your local authorities, and you will be held accountable. Fair?[24] "
While Westwood One broadcasts O'Reilly's radio show, the program does originate from Fox News Channel's New York City studios.[25] Olbermann noted that it would be unlawful for O'Reilly to send anyone to a listener's home for purposes of intimidation.
On a subsequent episode of Countdown, Olbermann had "Mike" on as a guest to discuss the incident, and he denied that he had said anything obscene before O'Reilly cut him off. He did state that he was one of a group of individuals from the Web site "Calling All Wingnuts" who had decided to call into the O'Reilly show to voice their disagreement. He mentioned that a woman from that group was upset by a call from the same "Fox News Security" official.[26]
Olbermann went (on August 30, September 5, September 11, and November 1 commentaries) from criticizing O'Reilly to confronting the Bush administration directly. In a recent "Worst Person in the World" segment, Olbermann said, "I'm sorry, Bill. I can't play with you right now. I have bigger fish to fry."[27]
According to The New York Times, O'Reilly eventually stopped criticizing Olbermann on The O'Reilly Factor, but Fox News spokeswoman Irina Briganti has released the following public statement in response:
" Because of his personal demons, Keith has imploded everywhere he's worked, from lashing out at co-workers to personally attacking Bill O'Reilly and all things Fox, it's obvious Keith is a train wreck waiting to happen. And like all train wrecks, people might tune in out of morbid curiosity, but they eventually tune out, as evidenced by Keith's recent ratings decline. In the meantime, we hope he enjoys his paranoid view from the bottom of the ratings ladder and wish him well on his inevitable trip to oblivion.[28] "
A press release by NBC indicates that ratings for Countdown are up significantly since Fox's 2006 statement.
" Countdown with Keith Olbermann" (8:00 to 9:00 pm ET) continues its ratings surge, up +81% in total viewers (818,000 v. 452,000) and +73% in the demo (292,000 v. 169,000) over a year ago. "Countdown" maintained its lead over CNN, with a +9% advantage in total viewers and a +7% advantage in the demo. CNN delivered 749,000 total viewers and 273,000 in the demo for the month." MORE at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Olbermann

Barack Obama

Junior Senator
from Illinois
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2, 2005
Serving with Richard Durbin
Preceded by Peter Fitzgerald
Member of the Illinois State Senate
from the 13th district
In office
1997 - 2004
Succeeded by Kwame Raoul
Born August 4, 1961 (age 46)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse Michelle Obama
Alma mater Columbia University,
Harvard Law School
Religion Christian (United Church of Christ)
Signature
Barack Hussein Obama, born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election.[2][3] The U.S. Senate Historical Office lists him as the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history, the third to have been popularly elected, and the only African American currently serving in the Senate.[4]
Obama was born in Honolulu to a black Kenyan father and a white American mother. He lived most of his early life in the U.S. state of Hawaii. From ages six to ten, he lived in Jakarta, Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian stepfather. A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, Obama worked as a community organizer, University of Chicago lecturer, and civil rights lawyer before running for public office and serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. After an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for U.S. Senate in 2003.
The following year, while still an Illinois state legislator, Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.[5] He was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2004 with 70% of the vote.[6] As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored legislation for controlling conventional weapons and for promoting transparency in public life; in addition, he made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In the 110th, and current, Congress, he has sponsored legislation on lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel.
Since announcing his presidential campaign in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War, increasing energy independence, and providing universal health care as major priorities.[7] He married in 1992 and has two daughters. He has written two bestselling books: a memoir of his youth titled Dreams from My Father, and The Audacity of Hope, a personal commentary on U.S. politics.[8]

Discover his political views:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Barack_Obama

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