I had a slow download also. Try right-clicking on the Flash player window (before you click the Play arrow, and set the download limit to unlimited. Mine was defaulted to 100k, which is chickenfeed for a video stream. Other than that, Flash is just a non-friendly format. Thanks I will try that next time.. I think I did see something about 100k
The msnbc link worked just fine. Sarah Palin was awesome, she just gets better and better everyday.