Comments on: Compassion, and Much Needed Hope… http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/ Firedoglake weblog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:46:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mommybrain http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131783 mommybrain Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:10:24 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131783 <p>lhp - ask her if she had a walk-on part in Airplane! We saw it recently on da TB and I could have sworn she, much younger, cameo’d.</p> lhp – ask her if she had a walk-on part in Airplane! We saw it recently on da TB and I could have sworn she, much younger, cameo’d.

]]> By: vivian darkbloom http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131781 vivian darkbloom Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:09:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131781 <p>lhp - be sure to post back what Helen has to say.</p> lhp – be sure to post back what Helen has to say.

]]> By: mommybrain http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131780 mommybrain Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:08:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131780 <p>harry @8:38 - ok, I’ll bite. Two posts saying today is D Day, end of fascism…really.</p> <p>Why?</p> harry @8:38 – ok, I’ll bite. Two posts saying today is D Day, end of fascism…really.

Why?

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131767 Hugh Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:03:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131767 <p>lhp,</p> <p>Does the WH press corps have a future? What is the point when so much of it is nonquestion followed by nonanswer? Helen Thomas is something of an anachronism still asking real questions but the institution itself is increasingly irrelevant.</p> lhp,

Does the WH press corps have a future? What is the point when so much of it is nonquestion followed by nonanswer? Helen Thomas is something of an anachronism still asking real questions but the institution itself is increasingly irrelevant.

]]> By: Bustednuckles http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131756 Bustednuckles Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:54:51 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131756 <p>looseheadprop, just a suggestion,<br /> how about what she see’s in reguards to the dying off of MSM And if there would be any one thing that she could recommend to her fellow journalists so they could regain an ounce of credibility?</p> looseheadprop, just a suggestion,
how about what she see’s in reguards to the dying off of MSM And if there would be any one thing that she could recommend to her fellow journalists so they could regain an ounce of credibility?

]]> By: Lobstergirl http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131755 Lobstergirl Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:54:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131755 <p>new thread……</p> new thread……

]]> By: angie http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131754 angie Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:54:45 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131754 <p>this excerpt via raw story from her new book may help, lhp. I found this tiny excerpt fascinating:</p> <p>>>>>>>>></p> <p>The Bush-2 spokesmen were predictable and Orwellian. They lived in fear that there would be a news leak, which made Bush apoplectic, not the first president with such a reaction. Fleischer and McClellan marched in lockstep in the most secretive administration in modern history.</p> <p>But even Fleischer realized he had overstepped his bounds when he told reporters that some in the White House were noting their comments and they should “watch what they say.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/In_new_book_White_House_reporter_0601.html">http://www.rawstory.com/news/2....._0601.html</a></p> this excerpt via raw story from her new book may help, lhp. I found this tiny excerpt fascinating:

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The Bush-2 spokesmen were predictable and Orwellian. They lived in fear that there would be a news leak, which made Bush apoplectic, not the first president with such a reaction. Fleischer and McClellan marched in lockstep in the most secretive administration in modern history.

But even Fleischer realized he had overstepped his bounds when he told reporters that some in the White House were noting their comments and they should “watch what they say.”

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2….._0601.html

]]> By: lotuslander http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131753 lotuslander Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:54:21 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131753 <p>(lobstergirl: Bof ‘em!)</p> (lobstergirl: Bof ‘em!)

]]> By: lotuslander http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131751 lotuslander Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:53:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131751 <p><i>Great,</i> lobstergirl!</p> Great, lobstergirl!

]]> By: Lobstergirl http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131750 Lobstergirl Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:53:05 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/06/compassion-and-much-needed-hope/#comment-131750 <p>Ask her if the press corps has ever at any point in our history been lamer than it is today - her excepted, of course.</p> Ask her if the press corps has ever at any point in our history been lamer than it is today – her excepted, of course.

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