F*x News

Likkle Scotty McLennan quit as White House Press Secretary a few days ago. It is, admittedly, a pretty thankless task covering this administration's arse. But Scott was a little too handy with the old "I can't comment on an ongoing investigation" when pretty much all of the senior WH staff is under some kind of probe, and especially when he could and did comment on various matters that made the B*sh pimps look good. Anyway, today his replacement was announced, and it's Tony Snow. Who is an anchor for Fox News, possibly the single most effective propaganda outlet ever created. Another nail in irony's flag-drapped coffin. As Josh at TMP says, "It's hard to know quite how to riff on the Tony Snow appointment since the joke sort of tells itself and it's hard to improve on that."

For my overseas readers who don't see Fox News, here are a couple of good examples. First, the upside of civil war:

Say whaaaaaat???

They've also been pushing the disgusting and self-defeating "torture is justifiable" meme hard ever since Abu Ghraib broke, which may or may not also be an example of synergistic cross-channel marketing with "24" on the Fox Network.

I'd also merely add that if there is any justice in this world or worlds beyond, there will be a special Abu Ghraib-esque place waiting for R*pert fucking M*rdoch.