Welcome back!

I have to tell you that although our babysitter let us stay up late and eat whatever we wanted, I’m glad your back.

christy!

ReddHedd!

Doesn’t the White House hiring Tony Snow as their punching bag of a spokesperson just put one more nail in the “Fair and Balanced” baloney claim of Fox “news”?…Among other unseemly variables.

Let’s see how many times he says “I can’t comment on an ongoing investigation.”

I predict 23 in the first presser.

(it’s like guessing the # of jelly beans in a jar)

Yeah, it’ll really help the White House image to replace mushy Scotty McClennan with a wingnut Ted Danson-lookalike. I can’t wait for the first briefing when reporters get a chance at this guy. These Faux-news guys are only as smart as their teleprompters.

EPU’d:

ccmask envisions a reenactment of Hithchock’s ‘Birds’ in the Rose Garden…

ahhh…one of Hitchcock’s best.

Just googled for overnight ratings for 60 Minutes and out man Tyler, just out of curiousity to see how much of public is ‘tuned in’ or whether they might be ’semi-permanently’ tuned-out.

I read Josh Marshall’s stuff. At first, just after he hung up the phone w/Tyler he was all “THIS proves it!â€

I said …. not so much. Not that it doesn’t but that it is not the magic bullet to change anything.

Seems he’s coming around.

Oh, and welcome back, Christy!

In a way, Snow’s hire would be a fitting punishment for him or any of the other Faux Newsbots. Even considering the famous footage of Nixon cuffing Ron Ziegler, and notwithstanding Scottie’s obvious lack of functionality, there has probably never been a position regarded with more contempt and loathing than the Bushrover Press Secretary. They hate the press, regard it as weak and whiny, do not think they could ever get a “fair” break, and prop up a kind of cardboard spokesman in pure contempt of the process.

Which, in turn, gives us a clue about their regard for the rest of us…

The challenge is trying to figure out if this is a step up or down for Tony Snow.

yeah, Christy’s back. Did you enjoy Disney World? The fast pass is fabulous. It will probably take very little time for Tony to wish he was back at Faux News.

I agree that the thing with McClellan’s mama might be a big thing, and it might even have been a reason for letting McClellan go; after all, how can his mama be so bold as to run against a Bush friend and former associate? Loyalty is all with Bush.

I also agree that time will take care of this mess. Fitzgerald is slowly, but surely, walking towards the top of the heap, and this will be a very interesting summer and fall, leading to indictments and shenanigans before the elections. And, as Bin Laden has flourished his not really all that much dulled sword, there may be some nasty surprises for all of us. But, I don’t think that will change anything, legally, for those crooks at the White House.

Caption for graphic:

“This man wants YOU!
(to believe the latest Snow Job)”

Yes Christy, it’ll be interesting to track how often that phrase appears. (well, outside of FDL posts/comments, of course. It might approach ‘infinity/undefined’ otherwise)

Get yer shovel ready Tony!

I’m confused as to why they (both the WH and Snow/Fox) think this will help them. Are they hoping reporters will go easier because Snow is “one of them†or because he’s more “famous?†I imagine he may get a brief honeymoon, but I predict a backlash with this pick.

I think a fair number of reporters will be itching to get some jabs in at the smug Snow because he represents many of the things wrong with today’s journalism. And I think this can only hurt Fox News, as all pretense of ‘fair and balanced’ is finally pissed away. The public will realize what we’ve known all along, that Fox News is a wholly owned subsidiary of the RNC; a breeding ground for Republican grinder-monkeys.

SteveNS-
I think it’s a lateral move. Tell lies for Fox or tell lies for the press conference.

Christy – welcome back. Hope you had a wonderful time with your family. We missed you, but you left us in capable hands and we’ve not had a minute to let our brains go soft.

So, we’re trading the verbally-challenged and -limited McClellan for the smug and condescending Snow. Do you think they teach the Foxies how to be snide, or does it come naturally? Snow will use more words, but will still be saying nothing.

Might as well have the AFLAC duck at the podium for all the difference it will make in media relations.

As you are wont to say – and we’ve missed it – blergh.

Tony Snow will forever be remembered as the “last media spokesman for the corrupt George W Bush WhiteHouse” . . .

You’ve got to be a total loser to sign on for the job of Chief Bullshit Shoveler for the Bush Administration at this point. What the hell is Tony Snow thinking? Who wants to jump aboard a sinking ship?

WTF?

btw, I couldn’t help but use this photo. It had that cheesy Fonzie wanna be feel to it along with the smarmy “I want you to watch my show” malarky. So perfect for the new gig — if, in fact, Malvaux’s steno pad is accurate. Too funny. And I’m still cackling about the “Snow job” fun we are all going to have with this. Sweeeeet jeebus, this is amusing. What a way to start my first day back from vacation. *g*

He’s moving over from state TV to do state TV.

Anne’s AFLAC duck is a good metaphor for what they are trying to turn this position into. The object is throw obviously disingenuous crap at journalists on national television and have the journalists keep coming back for more. Nothing reinforces the absolute power of the administration like those press conferences, and putting an obviously inappropriate and unqualified maroon in there just makes the point even more obviously.

Anne #17 - LOL! The AFLAC duck would be perfect! At least he wouldn’t LIE while being evasive.

The first day on the job, Snow will have the set redesigned & a teleprompter installed. He can’t do his job without the latter.

Christy: We were definitely in capable hands during your absence, but it’s great to see you back!

Anne, I used to be in the advertising biz, and your comment about having the AFLAC duck at the podium makes me envision what a great TV commercial that would make.

in addition to the smoochy, smoochy of appointing a media hack who is of the crowd with long-standing personal and professional relationships, i also think this is another way to rally/retain their foxwingnut base. those people didn’t have the same fond feelings for mcclellan that they do for tony snow, so there’s absolutely no chance they would begin to doubt and fall away. tony wouldn’t lie; he’s such a nice boy.

This will be a lot of fun. Tony is not ready for this. AT ALLL!

OT but curious-
Bush is supposed to have a speech about energy costs today. What are the chances that he could have talked to the fuel giants and convinced them that if they want more political favors, they would have to reduce their prices? Would he do that and would they go along with that?

I didn’t care for lying McScotty, but had to feel kind of sorry for him in his ineptitude, even though his ineptitude got Bushco out of a lot of binds. Ain’t gonna be no pity with Mr. Snowjob. He has the same snotty attitude as the rest of Bushco.
Or is this Murdoch’s first overt attempt at taking the White House. The White House’s All-Stars as seen on Fox.
Just Lovely!
Bushco has put us precariously close to second tier nation status already and the nincompoops on the right will follow him off a cliff. I’d salute them as they fell but I know they’d take the rest of us with them.

Christy -

Welcome back!

This says something about FOX News serving as total propaganda for the Bush government, but I’m not exactly sure what. The circle seems complete—FOX News goes from spreading propaganda in the name of Bush to having its “talent” officially serve propaganda from inside the White House.

Will the press corps hold Snow to a higher standard, since he pretended to be in the same business as them. With Ari Fleischer and Scott McClellan they were facing political operatives. Tony Snow is someone who comes from journalism (I use that loosely). When he lies, obfuscates and stonewalls I’d like to think the press corps will rip into him, telling him he should know better.

And a press secretary, aka spin doctor, with a name of Snow? It’s like Rove is either blatantly mocking the press or it’s some sort of cosmic joke.

“I’m going to Disney World!” -Tony Snow-job, on first hearing he got the job.

But when they’re seven years old, and about 50 pounds, you still have to keep them on your shoulders for the whole parade and the whole show and everything else.

New name for the press gaggle: “The Daily Snow.”

You’re right, Christy - this is WAY too much fun!

The Eskimos have 52 words for snow, I got one: bullshit.

All Hail The Return of Christy - Yeay !

great to have you back. sure hope you had both a blast and a rest gal. does the Peanut have some favorite Disney characters, and did she get to meet them ?

plenty of legal eagle stuff to cover - Mary & looseheadprop have done excellent work in your absence keeping us abreast of the implications on the Mary McCarthy story as it unfolds - Cujo has added some tasty nuggets on ‘classification’, and plenty of others whose names escape me right now (first cup).

searching the cbl memory bank and can’t seem to remember ever having an actual media type as Press Secretary - always been some campaign trail loyalist or flack, or in Ziegler’s case, the guy tasked with getting dougnuts on the bus - maybe Moyers, but again he came out of the LBJ camp -

and with the likes of a Faux News hack - does that make it Yellow Snow ?

wondering what was going on in the news, and whether or not I’d have anything valuable to contribute to the discussion when I got back.

Are you kidding??? Bushco is the ‘gift that keeps giving’!!! Heck - you could be gone a MONTH and there would be even MORE stuff to snark on when you got back! Welcome back!

Let the snarking begin.

Welcome home, Christy. We (stupidly) took our firstborn to Disney when he was 9 months old and already weighed 24 pounds (11 @ birth). Nothing like a sound-asleep, hot, sticky infant to carry around in the tropical heat ;-). Took them later and they loved it.

We’ve been well cared for, brushed our teeth after reading all about racism and were polite to the sitter. So glad you’re back.

Might as well have the AFLAC duck at the podium for all the difference it will make in media relations.

HEY! I like the AFLAC duck! He KNOWS bullshit when HE hears it! Remember the Yogi Berra commercial? Thought the duck was going to drop his feathers!

I have no idea who Tony Snow is aside from what I’m reading here. Does he read news on Fox or is he a talking head?

I guess a snow job beats a blow —.

Why didn’t Reddhedd tell me she was at Disney? I live right around the block about an hour away.

I agree that the new snow plow/blower is gonna be fun! Great to have ya back Christy. Are ya feelin goofy yet?

cbl — we had a Pooh Bear character breakfast on Tuesday morning that was the highlight of the week. So fun to watch the Peanut interact with her faves — “Piblet” and “Eeeeyoooore.” Plus, we’ve now learned the name of every Disney character in existence, so I’m guessing the next time we go, it will be all autograph collecting, alla time. (We managed to avoid that altogether this trip — after looking at the exhausted, harried parents stalking the characters, I have to say I’m grateful for small mercies.) It was just so fun to watch things go from stories to being real in her mind — and it was even more fun to get to experience all of that with our exchange student and her family from Germany who came over to vacation with us. It was truly a great trip, if not a bit exhausting — my tip to parents: build in some nap time for the kiddos every afternoon. Everyone around you will thank you.

19 cajun says:

April 25th, 2006 at 6:26 am
You’ve got to be a total loser to sign on for the job of Chief Bullshit Shoveler for the Bush Administration at this point. What the hell is Tony Snow thinking? Who wants to jump aboard a sinking ship?

WTF?

cajun - just shows what an idiot Snow is. With friends like this, who needs enemies?

hey guys - trying to pull something out of the archives from the old site, I don’t have s specific title, my quest is date-specific, but when I click on the desired date range, it just brings me back to this site - can ya help a gal out ?

btw, does everyone know MSNBC re-broadcassts Keith @ 9 am est ?

Wouldn’t you love to be Helen Thomas at the Snow-Man’s first press conference?

Here’s what I’d love to see her ask:

“Tony, it’s been reported by Sey Hersh in The New Yorker, as well as in the Asian Times and others, that the Bush administration is using the terrorist group MEK to help destabilize Iran in preparation for regime change. My question is, 1) Are these reports true? and if so 2)If the US is really fighting a global war on terror, isn’t it the heighth of hypocrisy and immorality for the president to be courting terrorists for his own purpose?”

***
For those who are interested, the Asian Times story appeared today. Raw Story has the link.

Hi, Christy. Welcome back.

Christy, how old is your exchange student? That sounds like a wonderful group and experience.

Maybe Scottie can replace Snow at Fox!

Recall Cheney’s list for hotel accomodations?

TV tuned to FOXsnooze.

Now he can have it up close and personal, fair and balanced.

We report; Bush decides!

Well, it will come natural for the shoveler because he has been shoveling for so long.

Get my drift? bwaaaaaaaaa

They make it so easy. Ya just need a set of snowballs.

cbl — two hints on searching the older posts: use the search function on this site for topic and/or do a google search with the topic as well as “firedoglake” as a search term. I have found both work really well for me. hth!

clueless, I like the AFLAC Duck, too - my fave is in Vegas @ the Wayne Newton show, but yeah, Yogi Berra is excellent

Why not just hire Mallard Fillmore and be done with it?

thanks Christy !

What’s the difference between Tony & Sibila?

Snowballs.

hehehehe — see what I mean? There is a little Punaise in all of us — and with a last name like Snow, it truly is a gift that keeps on giving. I hope like hell that Malvaux is correct that there will be some announcement firming this up shortly. *g*

clueless - I like the AFLAC duck, too, but think about the commercials: he keeps squawking “AFLAC! AFLAC!” and no one listens to him (I’m assuming it’s a him).

Snow will squawk, too; it’ll sound like he’s saying something, because he has a better command of the English language than Scottie, but his squawking will be devoid of content, and it won’t be long before the gaggle will be the equivalent of squawking “AFLAC!” from the podium.

Hi Christy– welcome home all tanned(?) and rested(?). Missed you!

zennurse # 40– from wiki:
In 1991, Snow took a sabbatical from journalism to work in the White House for President George H.W. Bush, first as chief speechwriter (deputy assistant to the president for communications and director of speechwriting) and later as deputy assistant to the president for media affairs (1992-93).

From 1996 to 2003 he served as the host of FOX News Sunday. Before being given his own radio show, Snow frequently served as a guest host on the Rush Limbaugh program.

Snow is also a member of the conservative forum Free Republic.

In February 2005, Snow revealed that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer.[2] He returned to work in April 2005. In 1973 his mother died of colon cancer.

Welcome back….I have missed your comments.

By the way, no Snow job will be able to dry up or diaper up the act of the incontinence in chief…just saying

–

OT
Ladies, how about a call to arms on this :

Web Under Siege

Big Telecoms Would Watch You Surf,
Make You Pay More
A Judiciary committee task force holds hearing today on whether the Internet should operate like a utility, with equal service, or whether providers should be able to provide tiered access and pricing — and be able to track where users go, so that they can be charged for it. What this means, says Crawfordslister Trial.Lawyer.Richard, is that the big telecoms want to use routers that read traffic “just like they were looking over your shoulder.”

Trial.Lawyer.Richard said…
Craig: If the same things that the Telecoms are trying to do in these hearings were done to your mail or your phones, people would be in the streets protesting.
What if a phone company (not even yours) in Denver could electronically snoop on your call from NY to San Francisco. This would allow them to know who is making the call, how long it is, the subject of the call, etc. Then they store it in a database. Six months from now, they look at the collected data and find out you have been calling a specialist in San Francisco on Cancer. Suddenly, you get a flurry of marketing proposals for cancer related things (drugs, funeral homes, etc.). How did this happen? They sold the data to a marketer. THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL DO TO YOUR COMPUTER DATA. They can also provide it to the government.
Also, the “layering” of the internet will increase the power of the telecoms over where you surf and if you can surf there. It will be like your cable TV. If your blogging site is not on “Basic Internet†you cannot go there without paying for “Enhanced Internet.†You’ll never be able to download music or video on “Basic Internet.†You’ll have an extra charge for that. What if Craig Crawford or his bloggers write things the Internet Service Provider doesn’t like? They can drop his blog from “Basic Internet†or drop access to it altogether.
This is a nightmare on so many levels. These Internet Hearings in Congress beginning today should be watched by everyone who surfs.
Rich
4/25/2006 9:41 AM

.
Here’s those sites:Save The Internet,Com

And : Public Knowledge.Org

And here’s the idiots guide to contacting your congressmen : Contact Congress

It’s just too good to resist. The AFLAC duck is now on my blog. Thanks for the idea Anne.

Who gets Guckert now?

ummmmm —- tony ‘SNOWjobs’ last gig aside from ‘commentating’ on faux, was, i believe, a failed attempt at radio . . . he is not rush!

i guess he has no face for radio!!!!!

ReddHedd is back!

“Tony, it’s been reported by Sey Hersh in The New Yorker, as well as in the Asian Times and others, that the Bush administration is using the terrorist group MEK to help destabilize Iran in preparation for regime change. My question is, 1) Are these reports true? and if so 2)If the US is really fighting a global war on terror, isn’t it the heighth of hypocrisy and immorality for the president to be courting terrorists for his own purpose?â€

Snow’s first press conference:
“Sigh Hersey? Whaaa?

MEEK? Huh?

Destabilize? Uh, no we’re not taking all the horsies from Iraq.

Courting Terrorists? No, the president’s already married - he’s NOT courting anybody.
Ummmm…..Uhhh……9/11!…9/11!…9/11!Terrorism…Gays….uh, uh, Terrorists.

End of press confererence.”

Somebody should ask him about the Fox News Poll showing Bush at 33%!

Bob Adams - I love it! Didn’t realize how perfect it was until I saw it on your blog. I may giggle about this for the rest of the morning!

Snow was once an editorial writer for the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, VA for about a year or two in the 80s, I think– that’s all I know about his past.
The Pilot isn’t a far-right paper now — it’s moderate to liberal (endorsed Kerry, Kaine). Back in the 80s, the paper went through a conservative phase.
Went to Wikipedia and his bio is there — he worked as a speechwriter for Bush 41.
He’s clearly an opinion writer, speechwriter and tv show host — not exactly a news journalist.

Christy, so glad you’re back. You can’t have missed blogging any more that we missed reading you!

Knock! Knock!

Who’s there?

Snow!

Snow who?

Snow business like show business!

thanks, angie, I’m not awake enough to goggle, yet. OK so Tony is a media-savvy mouthpiece, and as regards FOX, the words radio show host come out (to me) as game show host. I hope David Gregory is eating his Wheaties and gives this guy no traction. I only watch those pressers online, but I’ll be very interested in this snow job from another shill. It’s really, SSDD isn’t it?

hmmm…that bio puts him w/GHWB as HE was tanking. Guess he’s used to ‘duck and cover’ operations…
(oblique hat tip to ‘AFLAC’)

56 Anne says:

April 25th, 2006 at 7:04 am
clueless - I like the AFLAC duck, too, but think about the commercials: he keeps squawking “AFLAC! AFLAC!†and no one listens to him (I’m assuming it’s a him).

Snow will squawk, too; it’ll sound like he’s saying something, because he has a better command of the English language than Scottie, but his squawking will be devoid of content, and it won’t be long before the gaggle will be the equivalent of squawking “AFLAC!†from the podium.

Yep. And no one will listen to HIM (Snow), either!

I consider it infinitely more momentous that Redd’s back than that the murder monkey has a new spokesliar.

After months, nay a year, as a lurker I want to thank all the Firedoglakers for your work. Meanwhile, may I suggest that Roger Ailes and co. at Fox should be doing everything they can to prevent Tony Snow from signing on as White House Press Secretary. After all, when it becomes apparent that his spin as official spokesman is exactly the same as when he was a Fox reporter, it is going to be yet another eyeopener to those Americans who have put there faith in Fox as a trusted news source, but have begun to have doubts about the president.

One of the Inuit words for snow is “sikko”…

Welcome back Christy!

welcome back

Glad to have you back at home, Redd. Been there, done that with the kids at Disney; IMO, optimum age is seven. They are conversant with adults, can walk on their own everywhere and are big enough for most of the rides, aren’t as desperately needy for naps but are willing to take a break to the pool area in the afternoon so the parents can alternatingly catch a wink in a chaise lounge. Next best age: 12-13, before the hormones set in. You almost need a vacation from the vacation after taking a three-year old to Disney. ;-)

vhl at 72:

You’re giving them credit for more brain cells than they own.

the audience, I mean.

Welcome back, Christy!

Could be useful factchecking to take a listen to some of Snow’s radio broadcasts–yes, he does have a radio wingnut show for all the stations that couldn’t get Rush ’cause the junkie’s keepers bought the higher rated station in the market. Warning, wear your rubber suit and gloves and gas mask….
There’s no business like Snow business????

And as for Bush touting today–LIVE!!!, on air now!!!!–that they’re going to look into gouging at the pump. Get real. The worst gouging happens long before the gas gets to the pump.

So we’ve got Bush back in campaign mode, Snow jobs all around….

Hey,
The Religion (capital “R”) that gave us “Big Love” has now jumped on-board the GOP strategy to keep their majorities this fall by demonizing gay unions again! See http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3748744 for details! God loves Brigham Young and his 27 odd wives… What few know outside of Utah historians is that he was also “sealed for Time and All Eternity” (Mormon lingo for official Church marriage) to several men, including John D. Lee, the perpetrator of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the greatest slaughter of white settlers ever committed in the annals of the West (at least until the OK City Bombings of just this last Century…) And, so you have it, deja vu all over again! Only, firedoggers, remember that Senator Harry “Give ‘Em Hell” Reid is a devout Mormon, along with Gov. Mitch Romney, and as such both are beholden to commands from the Mormon hierarchy and hence never to be trusted!

Bob in Pacifica #60: ROTFLMAO!

Christy: Welcome home, so glad your vacation went well! We were well-treated by some great guest bloggers (Taylor did a tour de force), but we missed our Redd fixes.

Christy,
So glad you had a good vacation! The guest writers were top-notch.
This blog is, for a compulsive inhaling reader like me, a gold mine. Thanks to all!

Why do my ears bleed every time Bush is blabbing on TV?

Well, now that he has the job I will repost this– heheh– the man has a toiletpaper trail sticking to his snowshoes:

>>>>>>>

I’m a commander in the right wing coup.

I love the claim most recently initiated by Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and picked up by former vice president Al Gore that right-wingers are controlling the media.

I’ve got a unique perspective on the controversy, because I’ve worked with all the major players in the purported coup.

I came to Washington 15 years ago as editorial page editor of the Washington Times, worked in the first Bush White House, spent five or six years as the principle substitute host for Rush Limbaugh, and now have the privilege of working for Fox News. I can tell you with perfect assurance that Messrs. Gore and Daschle have a bad case of the fevers, and they know it.

Let’s be practical: In our business, we thrive when we tell you things you didn’t know and need to. If we spout party lines or distort the facts, people will catch on and we’ll fail.

The so-called mainstream press has become a trickling tributary because its practitioners have gotten lazy.

But they’ll snap out of it — and when they do — they, and we, will be stronger for it.

http://www.jewishworldreview.c.....120502.asp

They beat up on scotty, the few times that they did because he was an easy target. He didn’t like lying and you could see it. snow is a highly paid professional liar who will display all the mendacity of that the effer ari fleischer but with much more polish. The White House press corps will never lay a glove on him mostly because he is one of them. An insider, someone they’ve had drinks with and swapped stories with.

Clueless — #63

I’m sure you have it exactly right about Snow’s first press conference but it’ll sure be fun to see him square off with Helen.

But here’s what’ll be interesting. As a faux newscaster, Snow’s been insulated in a TV studio for however many years it’s been, with no one to interrupt him, contradict him or challenge his BS. If the press corps will actually do its job (and they haven’t done too baly the past few months), we’ll see how Snow-Man deals with the red meat crowd.

Arthur Schlesinger in the WaPo warns bush about preemptive war.

Schlesinger

I must say that one of the commentors put me in mind for a new Redd style campaign, “Shovels for Snow”, ‘cept, not for snow, if you know what I mean.

We could send dear Tony virtual manure shovels or something of the sort.

And I not that as part of the political writing gift, we will now get to say things like, “Snow really shovelled it for the Preznit today, and fun things like that.

Welcome home, Redd!

Today’s presidential question: is there price gouging at the pump?

Tomorrow’s question: Is water really wet?

Next week: Is the Pope Catholic?

Anne :)

Dru - “One of the Inuit words for snow is “sikko ”

I know this word…it means “runny, sloppy snow that frequently falls on thin ice”. ;)

OT…
Talked to a WW2 veteran today at the gas station. He is SO pissed at Bush. “I want to wipe the smirk of that _____’s face so bad, he’s gonna get us into another war and you think prices are bad now, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” Etc.

The White House press corps will never lay a glove on him mostly because he is one of them. An insider, someone they’ve had drinks with and swapped stories with.

totally agree. and i think david gregory is getting way too many props for his supposed hard-nosed reportering. i actually agree with little scottie’s smackdown of gregory’s playing to the cameras in their past encounters. that was all for show; as gregory is more than happy to adopt the white house spin as he did last night when reminding the democratic flack that the economy is booming.

Morning FdL’ers and Welcome Back Christy! I went out of town last Thursday for a few days myself, enjoyed the scenery but it’s great to be home armed with fresh ideas and clear eyes.

angie says: “Snow is also a member of the conservative forum Free Republic.”

Sounds like a little dumbster diving job for Matt O., eh?

Think that once gas prices are over $5/gallon, they’ll refund Amtrak and encourage public transportation? No, I guess not.

Watch out where the Huskies flake
And don’t you eat that Yellowgate

VIAGRA! kill the president CIALIS! Please support yr local wermacht plot to get rid of der Fuhrer.

Up yrs NSA. NSA = NaziUSA

Welcome back, Christy. I missed your brand of commentary. Taylor did a fine job, but she’s got her own blog to see to.

Well the good news is we’ll finally have a Press Secretary that’s “Fair and Balanced” in an administration that knows nothing about either…see there is good news here…yea, right.

read more observations here:

www.thoughttheater.com

Yeah Cristy! Great to have you back. Great to have your snark back too! He he Snow Job! Keep them coming!

I predict that the daily gaggle will soon come to be known by all as the Snow Job.

Welcome home, Redd. We be doin’ the D-Land thing next month with the two 7 year old cousins. Gonna be the first time I enjoy it. Mine at three - terrified by the mildest character ride; convinced the characters were stalking him; tired and cranky but didn’t want to leave.

Wasn’t it Mae West who said, “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted?”

25 years ago, our family of five enjoyed the Disney experience together. Unfortunately, the electricity running the boats failed for an hour and a half during our ride through, “It’s a Small World”, trapping us all in a surreal 4 year old’s paradise. The juice operating the accompanying music did not, however. So to this day, we are forbidden to sing the above signature tune in my husband’s presence. The rest of the tour was great! The kids had a terrific time.

Josh Marshall still has the most intriguing (unanswered) question about this whole episode, to wit:

Why was Scottie shown the door before they had lined up a replacement for him? Seems pretty strange, like there was something hasty and unplanned about the timing of his exit, if not the fact of it. They really couldn’t hold off until they had his successor all ready for roll-out? How come?

Christy - Welcome back. Best age for Disneyland/world is probably five to eleven, though even 5 might be too old for “It’s a Small wrold.”

How is Snow’s recovery from colon cancer going? Maybe Bolton is so cynical or so realistic that he hopes/realizes the only thing that could help W in the polls right now wold be the national spectacle of having his press secretary go out there every day and not just “take one for the skipper,” but to slowly die for him.

OMG bboop — too funny! We were once trapped on Small World with a huge family reunion (three boats full and the two of us). We hadn’t ridden it again until this trip with Fiona — she loved it (more’s the pity for us…SIGH).

This is definately not good news. The press will gush all over Tony Snow and you’ll see media bonding like there’s no tomorrow. The charm offensive Snow can put on in front of the cameras will be formidable. If y’all think this is a joke, watch the poll numbers. I’ll bet the farm they start to climb after Snow’s been on the job 2 weeks.

Two points about this:

One, we need to find out whether BushCo broke civil servant rules on salary to hire Tony. He first said he wouldn’t do it because of the pay cut. But now he’s doing it. Did they “find” money for Tony somewhere else, perhaps in Jack Abramoff’s pocket? Inquiring minds want to know.

Second, Scottie is not totally free of ties to BushCo. His brother is still happily ensconced fucking up Medicare. So we’re not likely to get any good dirt anytime soon.

No, thank you, Christy.

Now, help me find a nickname for Snow.

prairie sunshine-sounds like show business, which Tony is definitely in. Deep.

Welcome back Christy.

You were the FDL missing white woman while you were gone *g* A contingent was ready to go to Aruba looking for you ;-)

Alittlemusicality… 45 I’m tone deaf, but that strikes the right chord even for me. Email that to Helen, it would make a lovely first question.

In 1991, Snow took a sabbatical from journalism to work in the White House for President George H.W. Bush, first as chief speechwriter (deputy assistant to the president for communications and director of speechwriting) and later as deputy assistant to the president for media affairs (1992-93).

Ah…so he’s got experience boarding the HMS Bushtanic.

You might say this guy Tony is not getting ready to join Bushco. He’s just moving his microphone to a different room.

Welcome back Christy. Hope you had a great time with Mouse & Co.

Hope someone gives Helen Thomas a snow shovel. Let the games begin!

Took my kid to D-land (the original) years ago. Her idea, at the age of about 10. Actually stayed overnight there (we’d spent the previous night camped out in Joshua Tree National Monument). Maybe it’s just me, but the place gave me the creeps. Felt like totalitarianism with a really happy face.

I did like some of it. Newer rides were pretty cool, and Disney is an innovator in making the waiting-in-line part into an experience in its own right. But I couldn’t avoid the feeling of being locked in someone else’s cramped and rigidly enforced fantasy utopia. What better definition of totalitarianism than that?

It’s a small world after all. It’s a small world after all. A small small world!

Thanks Bob Adams; I like that!
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MarkC: Amtrak doesn’t work in my area. Two trains on time. Both always late for hours (as opposed to minutes). I actually believe (adjusts tin foil spring wear) they do it on purpose to make sure folks drive their cars.

My mom lives two hours away and the train would actually be a great situation for us. But when I put her at the station at 1:20 and she gets home at 8:00……..this is 80% of the time. There is either a cow on the tracks, a malfunction or a brushfire…..so sad. But you can’t beat the senior price-$31.00 round trip. Oy.

Don’t get me started on Amtrak.