Rumsfeld Kicks Fox News off Plane

Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | 10-03-2001 | Tony Snow

[JayNorth]

Tony SNow this morning said that Secretary Rumsfeld had kicked Fox News off his plane for his trip around the Middle East.

[drc43]

"!! No...no...it was Helen Thomas...no...no...it was...."

Nina Burlee(sp?) of Time Magazine?

[Osprey]

"Tony Snow? Where's Rush?"

Where else, GOLFING!

[SmartBlonde]

She went to High School here in Cincinnati (very good Catholic School) and worked in local TV here. The anchors (both radio & TV) really liked her. Said she was cooperative, smart, hard-working and fearless.

During the Cincinnati riots, she was on a talk show here in Cincinnati. She told the host, Pat Barry, that she phoned Roger Ailes and said 'I need to get to Cincinnati and report on this - that's not the Cincinnati I know'. She talked him into letting her make the trip and she spent two days downtown in the heart of the rioting with just a camera crew.

She was pretty funny. She put her tote bag down on the sidewalk while she did an interview, and - you guessed it - someone swiped it. She said it had the invitation list for her wedding, plus her address book and day planner. She asked them to return the bag - she didn't care about the money and credit cards. Well, they did. A young black boy told her it was hidden right under a sewer grate and that all her stuff was there but the cash.

I know a lot of Freepers are still mad at Rita Cosby from Election Night, but she has done a very good job on the terrorist reporting. I've noticed the attitude of the military and political people is much different with her than with some of the other female interviewers ... she gets more respect, I think. Bill O'Reilly was quite complimentary of her reporting - and he doesn't give compliments lightly. He said her sources were excellent.

I wish FOX would give Patti Ann Browne more to do. I think she's excellent - and consistent. Some of these women just gush on and on - manic one minute and depressed the next.

[C-MAN]

Z=x+yi

[Mudboy Slim]

"What facinates me is the steady stream of defections from MSNBC to FOX.

Brigitte Quinn, Patty Ann Browne, Linda Vester, Laurie Dhue, John Gibson, and now--surprisingly because I thought she was surely a lib--Diane Dimond. All formally with MSNBC."

Damn...yer watchin' it even closer than me, my FRiend, but I will note said defections.

"Terry Keenan came from CNN, or was it CNBC? Patty Ann Browne earned a Masters Degree, Summa Cum Laude, from the New York Institute of Technology in NY. (Check out the Fox Bios)

Will do...

"The question is what was the primary motivation for this exodus? Bucks, ideology, working environment? Probably bucks.

Works fer me...

"Juan Williams is getting some solo air time. He's doing a good job."

Hmmmm...Juan, if yer OUT THERE, don't let FNC turn you into another Lib'ral Charicature like Alan Coombs!! Tell'em what you REALLY think about School Vouchers...Public Ed is Killing Our Inner City Youth's Furtures!! Period...Double Exclamation Point!! Screw the Teacher's Unions!!

"Linda Vester is probably the best of the defectors. Highly educated, devout catholic, recently married, BTW. FoxNews' best reporter overall is Brit Hume, of course."

Yes...Brit is GOOD!! And I...BTW...am happily married as well...until the Missuz sees this thread, of course.

"Jane Skinner fans: She'll be back, she just had twins."

Kewl...

"Good riddance to Paula Zahn. The liberal Gestalt at CNN has probably revived her essential life forces."

LOL!! Yep...MUD

[C-MAN]

It has gotten to the point where I can barely stand Rush.

His voice has acquired an odd affectation. He's lost the hunger.....and the golf talk.

Sometimes I think he's truly lost his mind.

C-MAN

[RightWingMama]

I know a lot of Freepers are still mad at Rita Cosby from Election Night, but she has done a very good job on the terrorist reporting. I've noticed the attitude of the military and political people is much different with her than with some of the other female interviewers ... she gets more respect, I think. Bill O'Reilly was quite complimentary of her reporting - and he doesn't give compliments lightly. He said her sources were excellent.

I sent her a nasty email the night the Supremes came down with their decision and she spoke about Gore having a chance before she had even read it. But she has shown great reporting skills during this crisis. (I think I'll email her an apology.)

[Mudboy Slim]

"Is that an ethnic slur on Swedes? Suppose Vester may be a Swedish name."

I am partially Welsh...and Welsh mythology holds rutabagas in quite high esteem. As an un-Official Representative of the Welsh-Americans--and Vesters everywhere--I hereby declare myself and ALL aFRican-Americans as unbothered--and legally un-offended--by the Rutabaga Slur in question.

Mr. PotatoHead FReegards...MUD

[C-MAN]

Here, I compare the Sverdrup pressure --geostrophic transport streamfunction-- with the observed integrated geostrophic transport. The Sverdrup pressure and transport is the Sverdrup transport minus the Ekman transport. The pressure is found from:

dP/dx = fV + Tau-x = (f/B)Curl(Tau) + Tau-x = (f²/B)Curl(Tau/f),

where upper-case symbols indicate vertically-integrated quantities (V,P) and B=Beta (factors of rho0 have been dropped for simplicity). The eastern boundary condition is no flow: At a meridional coast U=0, so dP/dx=Tau-x; at a zonal coast dP/dy=Tau-y. These two are integrated northward along the coast (assume P=0 at 30°S at the coast) and then the resulting P0(y) is the eastern BC for the westward integration. The Sverdrup zonal geostrophic transport is (-1/f)dP/dy, which can be compared with the transport obtained from the XBTs.

Hope I didn't over-simplify this.

C-MAN

[section9]

If it comes down to our so-called allies requiring a face-to-face pep talk by SECDEF personally, then I say "screw em' and the camels they rode in on". Let the Secretary of State play the role as diplomat and let SECDEF play the role of enforcer.

Rumsfeld is playing the role of enforcer. You'll notice that Powell isn't being sent to hold anybody's hand? Nope, this is Great Power stuff. The small fry, and that includes the Saudis, are being told what is going to happen and are being told that their interests will be protected.

I also suspect that we had a few military loose ends to tie up. The Kitty Hawk isn't on station yet but it should be in the general vicinity by next week, assuming that it's proceeding to the Gulf area at best speed or above. Finally, we need that new moon for the critical first six hours of the operation. Remember that bin Laden's "highly trained" thugs have never faced the likes of the SAS or Delta before, so we want to take maximum advantage of the initial darkness.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Mudboy Slim]

"I forgot a comma!!"

Tighten UP, FReeper Private!!

LOL and FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"I think it was Monday."

Rush was awesome on Monday...I've taped the whole thing if you'd like to FReepMail me yer address, mi amigo.

Utmost FReegards...MUD

[Scuttlebutt]

"I have the feeling that Rumsfeld is going over there to tell them (1) how it's going to be executed (2) that they are going to shut up and like it"

I sincerely hope that you are correct.

I've been expecting Cheney and/or Rumsfeld to telephone me any day now seeking my advice but so far I haven't received their call. It must mean that they are either very busy or my voice-mail isn't working. ;-)

[time4good]

Jane Skinner fans: She'll be back, she just had twins

MAN, do I miss those lips - Laury Dhue's are great but Jane's were a Hollywood actress' envy!!

The only hold-my-nose babe on MSNBC that Matthews gushes over ala school-boy is Nora O'Donnell. During the election her eyes could be hypnotizing but listening to the spin/blather would keep me on alert.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Why are you calling me a worm because I want hear Rush more?"

LOL...'cuz yer whinin'...I call my three-year-old a worm when he whines, too. Sue me...

"Haven't you read what it says in the posting form? Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts."

Worm?! Personal attack?! PUH-LEEEEEEEEZE!!

"Please behave like an adult. Name calling is so DemocRAT."

Agree 100%, mi amigo!! I hereby retract my unworthy slander of "WORM"!! You are now de-wormed, my FRiend. No offense intended.

Utmost FReegards...MUD

Parenting School #33...criticize the Action, not the child/individual!!

[C-MAN]

What a coincidence. Jane IS back. She just did some teleprompter reading duty.

She looks a little fried though. Lips not glistening with blinding radiation.

The Twins...

C-MAN

[Mudboy Slim]

"Nina Burlee(sp?) of Time Magazine?"

Nina Burleigh...yes, that's it...EXACTLY!! Paraphrasing now..."Slick Willie, Great Murderer of Christians and Unborn Children, PLEASE, My Lord, Allow Me to Suck at the Fountain of Knowledge, Li'l Willard!!"

Yeah...that was it...MUD

[C-MAN]

Your disciplined approach is admirable, MBS

C-MAN

[AmishDude]

You know, Cheney's been ignoring me almost his whole life. A real shame. Hey, Chris (section9) agrees with me (see #70) so I must be right.