Distriction: Ba-sham-rack O'bama

The Hill was alive with the sound of Gaelic today -- and the green garb to boot -- as President O'Bama welcomed his "brother from another mother" -- land, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen


It's all fun and festive until the water is flowing from your faucet ...


Green might be having the best day ever: White House fountain, Ba-sham-rack's tie, Dow arrows, AIG Exec's pockets, sprouting soon-to-be-Springtime grass ... fitting and fresh.

PR and Politics -- in a nutshell

"When evil needs public relations, evil has Burson-Marsteller on speed dial ..."



When your cat died: curiosity called Burson-Marsteller; When Baja Men made a scene about dogs running rampant: "who" called Burson-Marsteller; When The Beatles broke up: Yoko Ono called Burson-Marsteller; When you didn't get an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas '93: Santa called Burson-Marsteller; When NYU rejected you: the SATs called Burson-Marsteller; When you couldn't make that job interview: the malfunctioning Red Line train to Glenmont called Burson-Marsteller; When Jack died and "let go": the North Atlantic called Burson-Marsteller; When Michael Phelps lost Kellog: the bong called Burson-Marsteller ...

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