Tony Snow:

The executive branch is under no compulsion to testify to Congress, because Congress in fact doesn't have oversight ability.

That's, um, interesting.

That was in a rather heated discussion that Snow had with Harry Smith on CBS: [link]

"It is not reasonable for the government to expect all parents to shoulder the burden to cut off every possible source of adult content for their children, rather than the government's addressing the problem at its source," a government attorney, Peter D. Keisler, argued in a post-trial brief.

And exactly why isn't it reasonable to expect parents to be responsible for their own children? Last time I checked, that was kind of the point of being parents...

See, this is why you can't sell nudie magazines right there at the local newstand. Oh, wait....

And exactly why isn't it reasonable to expect parents to be responsible for their own children? Last time I checked, that was kind of the point of being parents...

He's saying that it's difficult for every parent to catch every single bad thing that might impact their children. So because all parents can't be 100% successful in blocking the bad stuff, we should just get rid of the bad stuff.

Which is silly, IMHO.

"It is not reasonable for the government to expect all parents to shoulder the burden to cut off every possible source of adult content for their children, rather than the government's addressing the problem at its source," a government attorney, Peter D. Keisler, argued in a post-trial brief.

The big-government nanny state is WRONG and EEVUL. Except when it's good and noble and thinking of the childrun.

It is not reasonable for the government to expect all parents to shoulder the burden to cut off every possible source of adult content for their children

I'll take responsibility for protecting my children from the evil porny internets. Not really interested in the government taking over my job.

Oh my total god, I can't believe I still have to be at work. I am so totally all set right now.

My reaction to voice mail is usually "SCORE!"

Oh, yes, totally. Even for people I like, honestly, I'd mostly rather talk to them through text - e-mail or text message or something.

Congratulations, Allyson! Great news!

I'm pretty sure I haven't gone over 3 years with any one company or job. Two years is my limit for most things - apartments, jobs, school. I get restless and start wanting something different, even if I don't leave right then.

Larry "Bud" Melman has died. [link]

Calvert DeForest, the roly-poly character actor with the black-framed glasses and seemingly clueless delivery who developed a cult following as Larry "Bud" Melman on "Late Night with David Letterman" in the 1980s, has died. He was 85.

DeForest, who continued appearing with Letterman under his own name after the late-night comedian moved to CBS in the early 1990s and last appeared on the show in 2002, died Monday in a hospital in Babylon, Long Island, N.Y. after a long illness, said a spokesman for Worldwide Pants, which produces "The Late Show With David Letterman."

"Everyone always wondered if Calvert was an actor playing a character, but in reality he was just himself--a genuine, modest and nice man," Letterman said in a statement Wednesday. "To our staff and to our viewers, he was a beloved and valued part of our show, and we will miss him."

Congratulations again, Allyson.