View From The Porch: Today In History: Ars longa, vita brevis.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Today In History: Ars longa, vita brevis.

On this day, one week ago in 2008, television journalist Tim Russert passed away.

12 comments:

staghounds said...: Abraham, Martin, John, Bobby, Tim...; 7:41 AM, June 20, 2008
Turk Turon said...: Here hung those lips I have...
Oh, f*** it! Let's have a drink.; 7:45 AM, June 20, 2008
staghounds said...: And quit talking about ars, this is a family blog.

Yeah right. The Manson or Gambino family, maybe.; 7:50 AM, June 20, 2008
Anonymous said...: Who?; 8:05 AM, June 20, 2008
Anonymous said...: Any more word on Anna Nichole?; 8:45 AM, June 20, 2008
Anonymous said...: Seems like it was only last week.; 11:10 AM, June 20, 2008
Anonymous said...: Tam-

That was frickin' awesome. Thank you.; 12:40 PM, June 20, 2008
Tam said...: "Any more word on Anna Nichole?"

Still lookin' at the grass from the wrong side, last I heard...; 12:48 PM, June 20, 2008
Anonymous said...: Don't be sad, Tim is with Princess Di right now, riding their rainbow unicorns to the Candy Mountain.; 2:03 PM, June 20, 2008
Anonymous said...: My understanding is that despite the Third-Day prophecies, he's still dead.; 6:21 PM, June 20, 2008
the pawnbroker said...: as the days passed, many would remember exactly what they were doing at exactly the time they first heard about tim russert's death, now known and honored throughout the news world as "the day the news stood still"...

next week: an in-depth analysis of what direct effect the death of russert has had on world news events, and how it affects world leaders and their decisions, complete with scenarios.

jtc; 11:54 AM, June 21, 2008
Somerled said...: Aye, Tim's dead.

However, NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams moderated "Meat the Repressed" any way this weekend. "Campaign 2008" featured hope-and-change Obama disciple, Sen. Joe Biden, and trickle-down-warbucks advocate, charismatic Sen. Lindsay Graham, national McCain campaign co-chair. It was followed by one of those lively political roundtable things Tim always loved having.

We the Repressed indirectly paid for a loving tribute ad via Boeing(Nobody did it better. No one ever will. In fond memory of Tim.)to Tim on MSNBC-GE.; 10:30 PM, June 21, 2008