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OT: Tony Snow dead

I was very saddened by the news that Tony Snow passed away this morning. I often times listened to his radio show growing up before he became White House Press Secretary for a time. He was always such a nice, charming, optimistic guy who stuck to his beliefs in every situation.

I know he was the original host of Weekend Live on FoxNews, and I know he also did many other positive things of note in the public eye before I was around. He will surely be missed...

 

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381250,00.html

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tool of the most corrupt white house of our lifetime (well maybe not ed’s) and talking head for fox news…

i hate to see ppl pass on no matter who they are, but if every person in that mold were to pass it would make this country better.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 12, 2008 2:16 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

You're an idiot

Keep crap like that to yourself.

by altercall on Jul 12, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that

was unnecessary.

Warner Madrigal is the Rangers most underrated prospect by a longshot; he SHOULD be be closing games within 3 years IMO. Matt Harrison is underrated too.

by dstar442005 on Jul 12, 2008 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uncalled for

I didn’t particularly like him either, but I still hated to see him get sick and die. The country is not a better place because people with a certain viewpoint die. The country would be a horrible place if everyone thought exactly as I did, or as you did, or as Tony Snow did.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 12, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

hey t ball

+1

Warner Madrigal is the Rangers most underrated prospect by a longshot; he SHOULD be be closing games within 3 years IMO. Matt Harrison is underrated too.

by dstar442005 on Jul 12, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

General rule of thumb:

Don’t speak ill of the dead.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 12, 2008 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

In total agreement. My ideology is the opposite of Tony but he came across as a kind and generous man. He gave a good fight and it’s sad to see children lose their father. But on don’t speak ill of the dead there is one exception his name is Jerry Falwell only because he made a living on speaking ill of the dead.

by Monkey Brain on Jul 12, 2008 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yah, there are of course exceptions

No one seems to shy away from speaking ill of truly evil men.

Hitler and Stalin are good examples. Mass murderers too.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

by thedirkatron on Jul 13, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always hate to see people that i have

things in common with (Ranger fans) show themselves to be assholes.

Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball

by willamos2 on Jul 12, 2008 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

by the way, is there an "ignore feature"

that someone can point me to so that this heartless, ignorant jackass can be erased from my view of the board?

Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball

by willamos2 on Jul 12, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ab03...

...he has some kind of troll-code…

by oc on Jul 12, 2008 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

look

my friends have sons that are dead and are blown to shit b/c that guy and his owners sold a “good war”

my friends kid was an innocent patriot.

this guy aint an innocent patriot. he’s a snake oil salesman for a dirty president and a dirty war.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 12, 2008 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you

don’t KNOW any of what you claim therefore you shouldn’t trample on the dead. btw, you’re not going to convince me Tony Snow was a bad person…

poo poo to you.

Warner Madrigal is the Rangers most underrated prospect by a longshot; he SHOULD be be closing games within 3 years IMO. Matt Harrison is underrated too.

by dstar442005 on Jul 12, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you can go to brook army hospital with me, bud

see into his dad’s eyes. then tell me i dont know of what i claim.

poo poo on me?

trample on the dead? shit! dance in songs of joy.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 12, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

your

friends dad doesn’t know it’s a dirty president or dirty war.

Warner Madrigal is the Rangers most underrated prospect by a longshot; he SHOULD be be closing games within 3 years IMO. Matt Harrison is underrated too.

by dstar442005 on Jul 12, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're blaming the messenger.

Really, you’re going to blame the freakin’ Press Secretary for a war? I think it’s just a bit more complicated than that.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 12, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

so...

you enjoy it when people lie to you?

by 8legs2fangs on Jul 12, 2008 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So

you wish people dead when they lie to you?

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 12, 2008 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

didn’t say that…but if you respect someone who lies for a living…well, that’s just sad.

by 8legs2fangs on Jul 13, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

I don’t think he’s lying.

Warner Madrigal is the Rangers most underrated prospect by a longshot; he SHOULD be be closing games within 3 years IMO. Matt Harrison is underrated too.

by dstar442005 on Jul 12, 2008 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The interesting thing...

was that Tony Snow wasn’t even press secretary when the case was made for war.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Jul 12, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good point

that guy just wrote a book about how he felt betrayed by all of that, too.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 12, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

exactly

because you’re brainwashed…

by 8legs2fangs on Jul 12, 2008 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

People can thoughtfully disagree...

with your political viewpoints without being brainwashed.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Jul 12, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes they can

But in the case of dstar, he has been brainwashed.

Let me have a diablo sandwich, a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast I'm in a God damned hurry!

by DaheelzCM on Jul 12, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the evidence is irrefutable

Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love .

by Brian Thomas on Jul 13, 2008 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok

I’m brainwashed. You win.

Warner Madrigal is the Rangers most underrated prospect by a longshot; he SHOULD be be closing games within 3 years IMO. Matt Harrison is underrated too.

by dstar442005 on Jul 12, 2008 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So..

...Tony Snow killed your friend’s kid?

You could say that Tony Snow was a bad guy, but people would say he is just doing his job, doing what he is told.

You could say that your friend’s kid was a bad guy (after all, he was out to kill people), but people would say that he is just doing his job, doing what he is told.

The point is, it’s all about perception.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 12, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

To finish my thought, it's generally just best not to speak ill of the dead.

It avoids the whole perception thing.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 12, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And, obviously, condolences to your friends' kids.

The point is, very very very few people “deserve to” or “should” die.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 12, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you, sir

are an ignorant prick.

"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007

by Longhorn on Jul 12, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i fully expected him to backtrack on his comments

but it really is obvious that this guy is just a complete piece of shit. I don’t wish you were dead…I just wish you were never born.

Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball

by willamos2 on Jul 12, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok buddy

1st im not apologizing for ripping some guy whose position is to cover that mans ass. ever. thats a shit job and he had to be a half shit person to even consider the position.

2nd any time any guy who is around here for a while says something controversial a bunch of fresh meat goes after the guy b/c its easy and they think it gets them somewhere. dont think every1 doesnt know it.

3rd that president the guy he was paid to spew lies for, is in a war that has lasted longer than the civil war, longer than ww1 and longer than ww2 and that war is bankrupting our country (recession isnt b/c your a whiner its b/c they have borrowed so much money to pay for a war that its crashed the dollar)

the USSR didnt fall b/c the shit didnt work (even though it didnt) it fell b/c bread cost 70 rubles a loaf. if we get another guy who keeps us on the exact same path, texas will be a country by the end of the century.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 12, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i am sorry for his family though

those people dont have anything to do with that, best wishes in their tough time.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 12, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

since i really don't feel like reading any more of your shit

how about you just go fuck yourself and we call it even?

Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball

by willamos2 on Jul 12, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You are completely missing the point

No matter what your feelings are on the war (personally I think it was idiotic) I would still not wish death on the president, VP, Rummy, Snow, or anyone else remotely involved.

You can say they were wrong. You can even say there were criminally wrong, if you feel that way. But you cannot say “Oh, goody, he died” without a lot of people saying you’re an asshole. And that’s besides the point that your anger seems completely misdirected. A press secretary does not set, or even influence, policy.

And your point #2 above is completely asinine. Your statement was not controversial, it was just mean spirited and stupid.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 12, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did Snow know they were lies?

Probably not.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 12, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

are you serious???

someone who would put themselves in the position of disseminating misinformation to the public (whether you think he knew or not) is responsible for the outcome of that act. If he didn’t know (or didn’t want to know) that is just as bad and makes a case that he was not as smart as some people would like to point out here.

by 8legs2fangs on Jul 13, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Politics makes people crazy.

Exhibit A.

I honestly don’t know why people think things would be substantially different if “their guy” was in office.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Jul 12, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

we are living in the most corrupt admin in our lifetime and you gonna pull the "they are all the same" card

normally id be with ya on that historically, but the facts are this admin is one of the top 4 or 5 most corrupt and crony-filled in all of US history and tops in our generation and well, it “aint all the same” these days.

i know what a good conservative government is, and conservatives dont bankrupt and crash the dollar through unsustainable long term budgets.

and now we have phil grahm telling us the economy is in the shitter b/c people are whiners? how about the economy being in the shitter b/c the doollar crashed b/c the government is borrowing more money every week to pay for a war than this country is making per week. its common sense in business. for some reason, with government conservatives and deficit go hand in hand.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 13, 2008 3:43 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Liberals don't...

have a great fiscal track record, either.

Clinton deficit reduction was tied mostly to the boom 90’s, and if you think the boom 90’s were a result of a specific guy or party being in office, Mr. Santos would like to speak to you about Juan Dominguez over a few bears.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Jul 13, 2008 4:03 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahaha

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 13, 2008 8:03 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

a lot of red in those GOP administrations

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 13, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

GHW Bush

deserves some credit, along with the congress that worked with him, for the surplus years. I have complained many times that the GOP is anything but conservative, but the Democrats are hardly paragons of virtue when it comes to budget matters.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jul 13, 2008 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

When George Stephanopoulos dies

I’ll be sure to bring up irrelevant information and talk about how happy I am that the world is rid of him.

Oh wait, only pieces of shit like yourself would ever do that. You’ll probably find me acting like 99% of “humans” would act like.

btw, your point #2 you listed earlier IS asinine. If your “fresh meat” was aimed at myself, then you don’t know what you’re talking about. We’ve been around here just as long, and if you’re basing your “status” on the # of comments you’ve made, that’s even more pathetic considering how completely worthless some of your comments are (such as the ones in here). This blog would be better if you didn’t post at all.

Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball

by willamos2 on Jul 13, 2008 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mar 21, 2008

your day you created your login.

shove it, newbie. and no, im not basing it on number of posts, im basing it on the time you have spent here as a community member, its easy to go after people you dont know in a community for brownie points on a topic you know is easy for you to position yourself. most ppl here have known and discussed issues with each other for for years. you dont appear to be one of those, or you were and changed your login for some reason. either way, your login created date isnt even since the beginning of the season.

PS: i dont give 2 craps about stephanopoulos, or the clintons for that matter. one reason: “most favored nation trade status” for china

“I am moving, therefore, to de-link human rights from the annual extension of Most Favored Nation trading status for China.”—President Bill Clinton, announcing MFN status for China, White House, 5-26-94.

worst mistake of his presidency, went against a campaign promise and very classy too. i wont ever forget that after Tiananmen Square. that sir, is a sellout.

"Do they know who I am? Do they know my status? Thats what I thought."
-Miles 6/21/08

.501 or bust!

by Jayslick on Jul 13, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you are the biggest dumb fuck on these boards

that “login creation” date is the same date that your login was created. Why?

Because that’s when the boards switched to the new format.

Not only are you an ignorant jackass, but you are also borderline retarded.

"if every person in (Tony Snow's) mold were to pass it would make this country better. trample on the dead? shit! dance in songs of joy." - some dumb POS from this board

by willamos2 on Jul 13, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes...

of course… That graph explains everything.

Here’s a hint: correlation =/= causation.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Jul 13, 2008 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think there is much doubt

that increasing spending and cutting taxes has a tendency to make deficits explode.

I have no idea why the Republicans think that cutting taxes without vigourously cutting spending will get them anywhere but where it got us under Reagan and Bush the Dumber.

"And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago." -John McCain

by DJCahill on Jul 14, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you're a fucking idiot

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 12, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You suck

My you rot in hell, pinko commie Jayslick.

Don’t you have a tree to fellate, you hippie douchebag?

by tlt29 on Jul 12, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 12, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Very sad.

may he rest in peace.

"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007

by Longhorn on Jul 12, 2008 2:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Bummer

He was a real straight shooter. One of the good guys…

Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love .

by Brian Thomas on Jul 12, 2008 2:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

And another:

Former Yankee, but most importantly OKC 89ers President Bobby Murcer passed today. 62…geesh that is way too soon.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080712&content_id=3120888&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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by Rodney on Jul 12, 2008 5:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

may Tony Snow rest in peace..

A highly accomplished, very bright and good man died today at age 53. He was also the loving father of 3. This isn’t about political hatred but about saying and doing the right thing. I am not a Republican, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but if there is any day that Mr. Snow deserves respect it is the day that he passes.

Last week Arod and Cynthia were huge news in NYC.
This week they are huge national news.
The power of Miles, the child prodigy, catch it!!!!

by LAMuscleFag on Jul 13, 2008 12:06 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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