I had read about Oprah Winfrey deciding to stop her show come 2011. I really was not going to say much about that, after all the most of the right wing blogs were really trashing the woman and I did not want to be a part of that, at all. As an unrepentant capitalist, I have to agree with the words of Bill O’Rielly, when it comes to Oprah:

I mean this is a woman that came from nothing to rise up to be the most powerful woman, I think, in the world. I think Oprah Winfrey is the most powerful woman in the world, not just in America. That’s — anybody who goes on her program immediately benefits through the roof. I mean, she has a loyal following; she has credibility; she has talent; and she’s ‘s done it on her own to become fabulously wealthy and fabulously powerful — (Original Source Here)

Let me first state that I do not admire this woman’s politics, nor do I admire her idiotic “Self Religion” nonsense that she promotes on her show and in her books. However, there is something to be said about a woman, in fact, was born in abject poverty and then rose up out of her personal situation to become one of the most successful talk show personalities in the entire world. Like it or not, my fellow capitalist Conservative friends, but the woman is worth 2.3 Billion dollars.  In street terms, “That’s a whole bunch of flow!”

So, while some of my friends to the right of me in politics might want to rip on her. I have nothing bad to say about her, because frankly, she has done very well in our open capitalistic society. Oprah started with nothing, got a very lucky break, worked her behind off, and made something out of nothing; I, as a Conservative, who believes in a free market system cannot find a gripe with that at all. She, in fact, deserves the riches she has acclaimed, as she earned it.

On a more personal level, I can hardly believe that it has been 25 years since Oprah’s show first hit the airwaves. That makes me feel so hideously old. I remember the very funny promotional commercials for her show; that very playfully poked fun at her first name. I remember watching some of the first shows and thinking, “Who in the name of the Almighty would watch something like this?” Well, Lucky for Oprah, I guess not everyone thinks like me.

Therefore, in closing, I will say this — while I do not agree with her politics, which are decidedly left. I do wish her the best. I hope she continues to make a difference for good in the world. I just wish that Oprah would realize that the very politics that she supports wants to steal the very wealth that she has worked so very hard for and give to those who not only do not deserve it, but also never worked a day in their lives for it.

The Video: (Transcript here)

The Story via the ol’ Grey Lady’s Media Decoder:

Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, said Wednesday that he is leaving the cable news channel effective immediately.

Sitting before an image of an American flag on his television set, he said “some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at CNN and to engage in constructive problem solving as well as to contribute positively to the great understanding of the issues of our day.”

Believe or not; I actually admire Lou Dobbs for his decision to speak out on the issue that everyday Americans like me care about. Believe it or not, it was a line from one of Lou Dobbs’s shows that gave me my original inspiration to begin Blogging. One night, Lou Dobbs responding to the liberal accusation that he was a Republican, responded with a line that really made me think. —- “I am a Populist.” ——  Thus was given me the inspiration to name my original blog. Now, as time went on and the 2008 election cycle began, way back in 2006; my views began to shift more toward the right, and I found myself highly disagreeing with the far left.

In December of 2007, Russian hackers were sniffing around my blog, after a stupid move in my part to make a rather idiotic setup change and because of some incredibly lousy hosting — and maybe because of a dumb error or two on my part, my Blog was hacked to heck and back! Two years worth of writing; gone, just like that. Well, by the time the ruskies got me, my political ideology had shifted much to the right of the center —-much so even more now, and I decided to make change. I dumped the old domain name, that had by then not actually fit me at all. Thus Political Byline was born on Blogspot.com. It initially was more about News. But as I went along, I began to actually write from a right of center standpoint.  From there, I got my own hosting, after Google, who owns Blogspot decided to selectively enforce its rules on hate speech; they claimed it was an error, I took zero chances and with a little help from a Friend, I was able to raise enough to pay for some hosting. That little deal didn’t work out, as I was told one thing and given another. I am now at a excellent hosting service and get it for a excellent price. I also am running on some of the best servers in the business. I am truly blessed with this service and I do not take it for granted for one minute.

Anyhow, the rumor mill is that Dobbs will end up either on Fox News or over Fox Business Network. Which would be a good thing, as Dobbs agrees with Fox News’s ideology. I’d prefer watching him over Sean Hannity any day of the week.