Today's Forecast - No Snow

Yeah, oh so cold, and heartless ...

Jumpin' on the guy when he'd dead (no, we jumped on him when he was alive, as well).

No doubt, you heard the news, yesterday, the passing of former Faux News anchor and Bush Grindhouse mouthpiece Tony Snow, losing his fight against colon cancer.

Condolences, certainly to his family (and especially to his children; It was noted in one of the slobbering obits, that Snow's mother also went down to colon cancer ... Let's hope medical science gets a handle on it ASAP).

Faux News, likely, had to ponder quit heavily, whether to send Snow off with a Russert-like media tsunami, but, then again, it's Faux News, a Murdoch entity, so whatever happens, whoever dies, it's still about the dollars ... Always about the fuckin' dollars (As Joe Pesci noted in 'Casino').

No tears on this end.

Snow worked for, in his adult life, Fox News and the Bush Grindhouse (in essence, you could say his "work" never changed - just keep obfuscating the truth, lie, stonewall and otherwise smear whoever doesn't agree with you).

That's a SuperSizeMe barrel of bad karma.

With that double whammy on his resume, we're talking mezzanine level in the House of Evil, only a level or two above the likes of Pol Pot, or John Wayne Gacy (but they are building a new wing, just for Dick Cheney).

You can go out to Memeorandum, to catch some of the glowing obituaries.

There are a few, that didn't follow the script, or use the perfunctory "no matter what you thought" line, or shed a William Hurt tear, that you should take a look at.

Libby Spencer, over on The Impolitic offered "Do the right thing - get fired", in her valiant attempt to swing the spotlight over to a more deserving place.

As did LiquidStroke, with "Tony Snow MORE IMPORTANT than Dead Soldiers."

Lastly, our good friend Barry Crimmins gave us his breaking weather alert with "Snow Falls In July!"

Snow Job

Is this a sign, that the cronies of the Bush Grindhouse, after their lying, ineptness, criminal behavior and stomping of the Constitution, are going to find a comfy home to land in?

Anne Schroder, of the Politico's Shenanigans Column, has this interesting tidbit;

Tony Snow to CNN?

And she notes, "Snow’s ties to Fox News Channel – he hosted "Fox News Sunday" from 1996-2003 when Chris Wallace took over and he still co-hosts a radio show on Fox News with Bill O’Reilly, "The Radio Factor."

Is "The Best Political Team on Television" going low-down?

In her post, Schroder carries a news release from CNN;

For Release: April 21, 2008 - Tony Snow Joins CNN as Political Contributor

Former White House press secretary Tony Snow will join CNN as a conservative commentator beginning today, it was announced by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. A well-known and respected observer of politics with a longstanding news background, Snow will contribute to CNN as the network continues to broadcast winning political coverage.

“In the White House, Tony brought a remarkably human touch to the discussion of public policy, which he will continue to do as part of the Best Political Team on Television,” Klein said.

Hmmm ... Mr. Klein, was it this piece of insight that drew you to Snow;

Snow Shrugs Off Post-War Failures: ‘Everybody Gets It Wrong At The Beginning Of A War’

Or, maybe this one;

Victory in Iraq is vital; President has weakened al-Qaeda, made USA safer from attack

(You should know, Mr. Klein, that this is in dispute ... One of Snow's' best buddies disagrees with him)

Is it his rock-solid vision;

Snow: ‘I Don’t Know’ If Iraq War Has Helped Stabilize Middle East, It’s ‘Hard To Say’

Or;

Tony Snow: 'I'm Not Sure Anything Went Wrong' In Iraq

And, Mr. Klein, we assume you already know about this?

This oughta be good to watch ... It could get violent, between Snow, Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper, trying to muscle each other out of the camera shots ...

But, CNN and Klein have a sure-fire ratings-catcher.

Instead of one of those standard sign-offs, at the end of the show, they can fade out, Snow banging his head on a podium ...

Give it time, Mr. Klein, it will end up standing next to Walter Cronkite's nightly exit line...

Breaking News! Bush Grindhouse Backs Up Letter With Wiretap Poll Showing Overwhelming Support For Gonzales

Massive Overnight Data Mining Rings In Big Number For Embattled Crony General; "They Want Him To Lie More"

The Bush Grindhouse, followed up the letter sent yesterday by Intelligence Czar Mike McConnell, with another set of documents, culled from their Terror Surveillance Program, and "other intelligence activities", showing overwhelming support for the embattled Crony General Alberto Gonzales.

"They love him," beamed Grindhouse Press Secretary Tony Snow. "They want him to lie more."

According to Snow, the Grindhouse conducted -legally - a series or wiretaps, as well as a massive Data Mining program, keying in on Gonzales, and his testimony given last week.

The Bush Grindhouse cites well over 78% approval for Gonzales via the Wiretapping, and slightly less support, only 68%, coming from the Data Mining exercise.

"The people emailing pulled the numbers down a bit," confessed Snow, "but overall, we extremely pleased that, along with the President, an overwhelming and significant number of Americans also have confidence in the Crony General."

The documents supplied today to the Senate Judiciary Committee were only an overview of the results of the Wiretapping and Data Mining Poll.

"Since most of this is classified, we can't release the raw results," said Snow.

Gonzales, who had his testimony contradicted by FBI Director Robert Mueller, has until Friday to correct his answers, or face a possible perjury charge, and, potentially, impeachment.

"We looked for those things as well," added Snow, "and it was strong, very strong, against taking any action on the Crony General ... They want him to stay right where he is, and doing the things he does best ..."

Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) said he was enraged with the report given him today, and indicated that he may, if his anger stays with him, fire off another letter to the Bush Grindhouse.

"This is unacceptable, " fumed Specter. "A blind poll, that we can't see who was polled, and what the results were ... I'm beside myself ... This administration is very close ... Very close to getting another letter from me!"

Specter's colleague, Judiciary Committee Chairman, Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT), was also displeased, indicating he may give the Bush Grindhouse the month of August to redo the Wiretapping and Data Mining Poll and resubmit it to the committee.

"This is ridiculous," barked Leahy. "We'd like to submit our own questions to this Wiretapping and Data Mining audience, to get our own results. I agree with my colleague, Mr. Specter, that another stern protest letter is probably warranted here."

When apprised of this latest development, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi expressed her disagreement with Specter and Leahy.

"We have to stop the war and have the business of the country to attend to," huffed Pelosi. "I have no interest in letter writing ... It's off the table."

Bonus Links

Anonymous Liberal: The Gang of Eight Smokescreen

TalkLeft - NewSpeak: Bush's FISA Proposal

The Crony General: "Not necessarily. I could be arguing in my spare time ..."

Top Ten Cloves: Strange Behavior First Day of Summer Visits Upon People

News Item: Revelers welcome summer solstice

10. Thanks to President Bush, Iraq named as the Second Worst Failing State

9. Dolly Parton gets named "Girl Scout for Life"

8. Perhaps to take advantage of more sunlight, Army wants to extend combat tours - again

7. Japan gets the urge to start renaming its' islands

6. Spice Girls (yawn) plan a reunion tour

5. Ann Althouse writes some batshit crazy, totally unglued, Freudian theory on Hillary Clinton's new Soprano video

4. Maybe it was part of the Downing Street Memo, but Bush wants to name Blair a Mideast Peace Envoy

3. The Vatican retools the 10 Commandments

2. French Government gets paranoid (or pragmatic) that their Blackberries are being tapped

1. White House Spokesman Tony Snow gets confused on whether or not Iraq war a good thing, or bad thing

Tony Blair - With the proposed position of Special Mid-East Envoy, does the former PM go from Bush's lap poodle, to seeing-eye dog?

Bush To Shift Gears, Use Radio Address To Urge Private Daylight Savings Accounts

No Details Offered; Snow Says "Not A Little Comma In Your Portfolio", While Rove Driving To Build Domestic Legacy

Desperate to get the Iraq Surge and Occupation, Scooter Libby and Vice President Dick Cheney off the front pages, President Bush will use his Radio Address this week to push a new domestic agenda, urging Americans to open and invest in Private Daylight Savings Accounts.

The White House is seizing on the changes this year, to revive the plan the President first attempted in 2005, with Daylight Savings Time coming three-weeks early, due to the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Many are expecting widespread problems and high tech glitches with the early changeover.

In 2005, when pushing his revamping of Social Security, the White House offered a bonus Daylight Savings Time package to anyone who would open a private Social Security account.

"Well, it's like this," explained White House Spokesperson Tony Snow, "It went over about as well as a lead balloon."

This year, it was determined to drop any and all ties to Social Security and just go with the private Daylight Savings Accounts.

"Yeah," added Snow, "The President believes that once the American people look at this package, they'll want to buy into it it. They'll see it won't be just a little comma in their portfolios, that there is some substance it it."

Snow would not divulge any of the details of the Daylight Savings Account.

He was joined in making the announcement by two, low level, administrative assistants from the Treasury Department. No cabinet members or other senior officials were present during the the briefing, no displays of the Daylight Savings Time packages were offered, no photographs could be taken and the briefing, Snow stated, was "off the record".

When reached while traveling, down South, Assistant to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor Karl Rove, Rove claimed authorship of the plan, saying it was "all part of building the legacy."

"We've already laid down the military and foreign policy legacy," explained Rove, "So, now it's time to dig in on the domestic side."

"Years from now, " Rove continued, "people will be kicking themselves, that they didn't buy into the Daylight Savings Account program. "But it has a logic of force and nature and reality that will cause people to examine it, adjust it, test it, resist it -- but ultimately embrace it ... It's about investing in the vision, investing in America ... Investing in the Bush Domestic Doctrine."

Last year, after it was leaked that the White House was slow in pushing their clocks forward, the President lashed out at the media, exhorting them to cover "the more positive stories" of Daylight Savings Time.

Snow said that there will be no repeat of what happened last year.

"We got it covered, said Snow. "All the clocks will be changed and pushed forward on time. I don't want to be banging my head on the podium on Monday, having to answer those kind of questions."


Links

Spring Forward, Fall to Pieces? Will early daylight–saving time destroy your computer?

The History of Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time Facts (U.S.)

Bush Domestic Doctrine?