Open Thread

posted at 4:35 pm on October 10, 2007 by Bryan

We’re in one of those rare times when, for a variety of reasons, none of us can mind the site for a while. So here’s an open thread. Have fun, don’t break anything, and we’ll be back before long.

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The grown-ups are gone?!!! Where are the party hats and beer??

mjk on October 10, 2007 at 4:36 PM

Does anyone know where they hide the key to the liquor cabinet?

Sue on October 10, 2007 at 4:37 PM

Another Columbia Controversy
by Marty Peretz

POLAR WIND on October 10, 2007 at 4:38 PM

im heading to golden corral, gonna eat all the sneezed on coughed on open to all airborne viruses food i can shovel down for $7.99
God i love America :)

trailortrash on October 10, 2007 at 4:39 PM

Camille Paglia at Salon.com on Hillary leading the donkey pack:

I find it hard to believe that my fellow Democrats want to backtrack and relive every tedious scandal from the Clinton era. But that’s what we’ll get if Hillary is the nominee — a long, sulfurous night of the walking dead, with chattering skeletons tumbling out of every closet. I’ve been discouraged by the clumsy missteps of the Edwards campaign, but I’m still hopeful about Barack Obama, who had the guts and good sense to publicly oppose the Iraq war from the start and whose ascent promises a clean, invigorating break from the sordid past.

Refreshing.

T J Green on October 10, 2007 at 4:39 PM

COUP!!!!

I CLAIM HEADBLOGGERRSHIP OF HOTAIR.COM!

now renamed Zaneland!

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:39 PM

clearly my regime is striking a populist chord!

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:42 PM

Dammit! Everyday I think “Gee, I wish there was a thread on such-n-such topic” and the one time there’s an open thread, I’ve got nuthin’!

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 4:43 PM

How ’bout that school shooting in Cleveland?

amerpundit on October 10, 2007 at 4:44 PM

Three men in clown makeup kick in guy’s door and punch him in the face.

Bad Candy on October 10, 2007 at 4:44 PM

amerpundit on October 10, 2007 at 4:44 PM

good idea. I cant believe the kid was 14, what a world.

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:45 PM

I was in a Halloween shop and I saw this a Skull Beer Bong.

americaslaststand on October 10, 2007 at 4:45 PM

I was in a Halloween shop and I saw this a Skull Beer Bong.

americaslaststand on October 10, 2007 at 4:45 PM

i was in a supermarket today, and they had christmas decorations for sale.

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:46 PM

Beer Bong Skull

americaslaststand on October 10, 2007 at 4:47 PM

How ’bout that school shooting in Cleveland?

amerpundit on October 10, 2007 at 4:44 PM

Especially heartbreaking considering the description of the school. Sounds like it was delivering top notch education.

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 4:47 PM

lol Zawahiris beer bong of choice.

pretty cool for halloween.

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:47 PM

I’m not wearing any pants.

CurtZHP on October 10, 2007 at 4:49 PM

poopdiddypoopdiddypoopdiddypoopdiddypoopdiddypoopdiddypoop

Ochlan on October 10, 2007 at 4:50 PM

agreed

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:50 PM

I like turtles.

infidel on October 10, 2007 at 4:50 PM

did anyone notice Curt is wearing no pants?

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:51 PM

I like turtles.

infidel on October 10, 2007 at 4:50 PM

Holy crap, I was just about to say that! LOL

2Brave2Bscared on October 10, 2007 at 4:51 PM

i was in a supermarket today, and they had christmas decorations for sale.

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:46 PM

I’ve been seeing Christmas decorations everywhere. My Target, Lowes, Home Depot, Wal-Mart and now even Walgreens have them. Too early for me…

amerpundit on October 10, 2007 at 4:52 PM

I love lamp.

Ian on October 10, 2007 at 4:52 PM

Open Threads

“The Devil’s Playground”

americaslaststand on October 10, 2007 at 4:52 PM

amerpundit on October 10, 2007 at 4:52 PM

way to early! i sont like christmas stuff in shops till after Bonfire Night (Nov 5th here)

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:53 PM

i love being around those exercising their inner child. i’m going to go eat a popsicle.

mimi1220 on October 10, 2007 at 4:53 PM

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:51 PM

nope

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 4:53 PM

way to early! i sont like christmas stuff in shops till after Bonfire Night (Nov 5th here)

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:53 PM

Agreed. November at the earliest.

I love lamp.

Ian on October 10, 2007 at 4:52 PM

I won’t ask.

amerpundit on October 10, 2007 at 4:54 PM

I question the timing…….

JamesLee on October 10, 2007 at 4:54 PM

Don’t taze me, Bry!

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 4:55 PM

Where’s AP been today? Day off?

2Brave2Bscared on October 10, 2007 at 4:55 PM

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:53 PM

Ah…limey…good to meet ya ;-)

Ochlan on October 10, 2007 at 4:55 PM

Comment Bait:

Fred Thompson should be appointed to head the NAU.

see-dubya on October 10, 2007 at 4:56 PM

JamesLee on October 10, 2007 at 4:54 PM

Ever notice you never see Bryan and AllahPundit in the same place at the same…never mind.

amerpundit on October 10, 2007 at 4:56 PM

There’s a link in the headline section about the school shooting.

HotAir’s got all the news topics and stories covered today, leaving me no topics to bring up, sooooo, how ’bout your favorite movie qoutes?

Name this movie:

“She even took the ice cube trays outta the freezer. What kind of a sick b*tch takes the ice cube trays outta the freezer?”

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 4:56 PM

i’m going to go eat a popsicle

poopsicle

mimi smells of poo

Ochlan on October 10, 2007 at 4:56 PM

So, if we as human beings have taken what may be the greatest invention in human history, the internet, something that is fast becoming the repository for all human knowledge, and we use it to make a quarter billion porn sites, does that seem like the actions of creatures made in the image of their creator, or the act of a bunch of talking monkeys?

Discuss amongst yourselves…

trubble on October 10, 2007 at 4:57 PM

Where is Allah? Did have more sex reassignment…I mean oral surgery today?

liberrocky on October 10, 2007 at 4:57 PM

COUP!!!!

I CLAIM HEADBLOGGERRSHIP OF HOTAIR.COM!

now renamed Zaneland!

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:39 PM

Counter COUP…….I am now deposing Zane, and kicking him to the curb……his new official position is beer fetcher and opener, and samich gofer….

doriangrey on October 10, 2007 at 4:58 PM

Ever notice you never see Bryan and AllahPundit in the same place at the same…never mind.

Maybe when one is blogging, the other’s hands are busy…OH MY GOD IT’S A HOMO FEST

Ochlan on October 10, 2007 at 4:58 PM

The Fred Thread up top is about to break 200, we should all go crash the party and say hi!

abinitioadinfinitum on October 10, 2007 at 4:58 PM

So … how’s the weather?

Dusty on October 10, 2007 at 4:58 PM

beer fetcher and opener, and samich gofer

Doesn’t sound like such a bad gig ;-)

Ochlan on October 10, 2007 at 4:58 PM

October 10, 2007 – ODDEST couple of the decade: lifelong Democrat Andrew Stein and arch-conservative cutie Ann Coulter. The former city council president (when there was such a title) first took Coulter – author of “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans” – to the black-tie Lincoln Center Film Society gala two weeks ago, where they turned heads. More recently, they were at Soho House “in passionate liplock,” according to a witness. Stein told Page Six: “She’s attacked a lot of my friends, but what can I say, opposites attract!” So do blondes with ultra-long legs.

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:58 PM

never mind I see some one in the room, Im busted. ;:- )

abinitioadinfinitum on October 10, 2007 at 4:59 PM

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 4:56 PM

I know that one…goddamnit I do…damndamndamn

Ochlan on October 10, 2007 at 4:59 PM

Ochlan: mimi no poo. you poo.

mimi1220 on October 10, 2007 at 4:59 PM

Boobies. Thighs. I have women’s body parts multiplying in my head!

Shadayim.

Famous quote: ‘Oh, wouldn’t that be great…being a lesbian. All the advantages of being a man, but with less embarrassing genitals.’

Who said it?

Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 10, 2007 at 4:59 PM

Well, Trubble, how about this:

What about all the work, headaches, manpower, and endless hours of trial and error to come up with the silicon chip. And what do we do with it? We make stuffed tigers that sing fight songs, birthday cards that play “Star Wars” music, and litter boxes that clean themselves.

JamesLee on October 10, 2007 at 5:00 PM

How about Congress investigating NASCAR gatherings for health reasons, and requiring immunizations for staffers before attending. Shots required: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria, and influenza.

amerpundit on October 10, 2007 at 5:01 PM

“She even took the ice cube trays outta the freezer. What kind of a sick b*tch takes the ice cube trays outta the freezer?”

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 4:56 PM

True Lies. Not so much fun playing with google. heh.

Califemme on October 10, 2007 at 5:01 PM

I wouldn’t trust zane alone with the samiches

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 5:01 PM

Have fun, don’t break anything, and we’ll be back before long.

…just take those old records off the shelf…

I see Ian and See Dubya out here, the party is on!

Zorro on October 10, 2007 at 5:01 PM

Name this movie:

“She even took the ice cube trays outta the freezer. What kind of a sick b*tch takes the ice cube trays outta the freezer?”

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 4:56 PM

I think your lyin… :p

doriangrey on October 10, 2007 at 5:02 PM

where’s our 30-something-year-old virgin?

AlexB on October 10, 2007 at 5:02 PM

HEY! No cheating! To ‘google it’ is to be a Rosie Truther! hehe

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 5:03 PM

I got my Wii in the mail today!! I got my Wii in the mail today!!

BadgerHawk on October 10, 2007 at 5:03 PM

where’s our fat lady?

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 5:03 PM

I wouldn’t trust zane alone with the samiches

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 5:01 PM

Heh heh your right, you’re now the official samich gofer, Zane only get to fetch and open beer…

doriangrey on October 10, 2007 at 5:04 PM

Amerpundit, H.A. has the NASCAR story too, they’re on the ball today, huh?

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 5:04 PM

Here’s something. Expectant Canadian moms are going South to the U.S. to have their babies delivered.

Mothers in British Columbia are having a baby boom, but it’s the United States that has to deliver, and that has some proud Canadians blasting their highly touted government healthcare system.

“I’m a born-bred Canadian, as well as my daughter and son, and I’m ashamed,” Jill Irvine told FOX News. Irvine’s daughter, Carri Ash, is one of at least 40 mothers or their babies who’ve been airlifted from British Columbia to the U.S. this year because Canadian hospitals didn’t have room for the preemies in their neonatal units.

Sounds great!

amerpundit on October 10, 2007 at 5:05 PM

So … how’s the weather?

Dusty on October 10, 2007 at 4:58 PM

Well, since you asked, umm, nobody seems to be able to agree on it. h/t Newsbusters

Warmer winter. No – colder winter. No. Warmer winter, definitely warmer winter.
Last night’s network news broadcasts made the Energy Department’s most recent prediction for this year’s winter climate, released yesterday, sound like a report from Dustin Hoffman’s “Rain Man.”
On CBS’s Evening News, Katie Couric stated that “the government predicted today that temperatures this winter will generally be above average. Even so, it will cost you more to heat your home.”But ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” led its broadcast with the Energy Information Administration’s report by saying “Tonight, news of a cold wind a coming that promises to have a chilling effect on the American pocketbook,” and continued to sing a different tune than Couric, professing that “the average American homeowner will pay 10% more for heating during what will be, generally, a colder winter.” NBC? “Nightly News” focused mostly on the “epic” drought, but not without first mentioning predictions by government scientists for “warmer than normal temperatures across much of the South.”The confusion seems to stem from the EIA’s estimation that “winter in the lower-48 States is forecast to be 4 percent colder compared with last winter but 2 percent warmer than the 30-year average.”
The report was difficult for newscasters to decipher, but The Washington Post seemed to have little trouble as it easily summarized this morning “Almost all Americans will pay more to heat their homes this winter. Temperatures are expected to be warmer than average but colder than last year.”

Brat on October 10, 2007 at 5:06 PM

Have you guys seen Hillary “the nut cracker?”

Rightwingsparkle on October 10, 2007 at 5:06 PM

Hey speaking of beer………Zane go get me a beer…….

doriangrey on October 10, 2007 at 5:07 PM

Okay people, I was watching GMA (good morning america) yesterday and I saw a very nice hit piece on Fred Thompson. Basically it was audio of Nixon talking about how “not very smart” Fred is.

So, here’s my new *and improved* idea for the fairness doctrine…

Should I call GMA and ask when they are going to do a hit piece on Hillary and all her past crimes? And how about Hsu’s money? Did she ever return it? Shouldn’t they ALSO be liable under the fairness doctrine? I want to ream the producers and tell them that I am going to call my reps and DEMAND that they institute the fairness doctrine. Whaddaya think?

Exit question: How can this be turned against me?

Califemme on October 10, 2007 at 5:07 PM

Zane only get to fetch and open beer…

You’re going to trust a limey to do that? And you expect a full bottle of beer? Or any beer?

Mind you…zane probably wouldn’t drink what we call ‘beer’ ;-)

Ochlan on October 10, 2007 at 5:07 PM

Anybody else here a fan of audiobooks? My most recent download: The Count of Monte Cristo

49 hours and 42 min!

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Beer Bong Skull

americaslaststand on October 10, 2007 at 4:47 PM

That’s a cool beer bong. When I was going to school in Madison there was this 3 story beer bong across the street from the football stadium on Saturdays… good times.

BadgerHawk on October 10, 2007 at 5:08 PM

I was watching GMA (good morning america) yesterday

HA HA TIME TO RIDICULE CALIFEMME

Ochlan on October 10, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Amerpundit, when I was stationed in the U.K., there were Brits FLYING all the way to the U.S. to see a doctor, but hey let’s copy THEIR system, right?

I was in the DMV today, good lord, what a friggin’ zoo. And we want the GOVT to run the health care industry? Mrs.737 said “Imagine waiting in line like this to see a doctor, sick people coughing on each other, yuck.”

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Nipple.

Hoodlumman on October 10, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Sorry guys, I’ve been wanting to add this for awhile.

Conservatism is and always has been the default position for any established country. Basically, this translates to traditionalism. The conservative will adhere to time tested, proven solutions to societal problems until a better solutions in not just offered, but proven.

Liberalism (translated as Progressivism) is the adherence to cool-sounding, experimental ideas. They are akin the the R&D group in a manufacturing company. They introduce new ideas and hope to sway the conservatives who really run the show. Very few of their ideas make it through, as one would expect, since the traditional solutions usually work very well. It is only when a clearly superior solution is offered that it is accepted by society.

Unfortunately, Liberals have decided that their experimental, untested, and sometimes already-discredited ideas are somehow preferable to traditional ideas that already work. Examples: free sex to solve unwed motherhood and out of control teen sex; abortion as opposed to abstinence and childbirth (even involving societally-coerced marriage); moral relativism (non-judgemental, nothing-is-ever-wrong) as opposed to judeo-christian values; unending negotiation with foreign assailants instead of vigorous self-defense.

This is the basic problem. Leftists want to pretend they are as legitimate as conservatives, or more so, because they see their proposed solutions as having proven themselves simply out of high hopes, and having condemned every proven, time-tested traditional solution as being old-fashioned, racist, sexist, or nazi.

Am I too far off the mark here?

stonemeister on October 10, 2007 at 5:09 PM

Brat on October 10, 2007 at 5:06 PM

Nice!

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 5:09 PM

LGF is down, and Bryan and AP are gone… coincidence? Or have they been up to no good and this is the start of an internecine blog war?

I may actually have to do some work for a change.

Laura on October 10, 2007 at 5:09 PM

Hoodlumman on October 10, 2007 at 5:08 PM

B O O B I E S ! ! ! !

lorien1973 on October 10, 2007 at 5:10 PM

We’re in one of those rare times when, for a variety of reasons, none of us can mind the site for a while.

Did AP finally get a date with a beta female?

lorien1973 on October 10, 2007 at 5:11 PM

Anybody else here a fan of audiobooks? My most recent download: The Count of Monte Cristo

49 hours and 42 min!

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 5:08 PM

I tried to listen to the audiobook for Atlas Shrugged, but it was too much. Decided to listen to Rush’s Tom Sawyer instead, sans guitar solo. That was about right.

Nosferightu on October 10, 2007 at 5:11 PM

samiches on the buffet —————————–>

Lizards will know :)

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 5:12 PM

Stone, depends on your outlook. You could say that Jesus was a ‘liberal’ when He stood up to the ‘conservatives’ in the Jewish religion.

You could say that the Founding Fathers were ‘liberals’ (I call ‘em CLASSIC liberals) when they stood up to the ‘conservative’ loyalists and the Crown.

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 5:13 PM

Me so tired. Work hard. Feel the need to reflexively type “W” instead of “M” when appropriate in doing claiws, er claiMs.

Where’s those boys with my beer and samich??

mjk on October 10, 2007 at 5:14 PM

stonemeister on October 10, 2007 at 5:09 PM

I like it !

Nyog_of_the_Bog on October 10, 2007 at 5:14 PM

lorien: Michelle took him to pick out an iphone.

mimi1220 on October 10, 2007 at 5:15 PM

Can we PLEASE take down that picture of Whoopie and replace it with a picture of MICHELLE?

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 5:17 PM

Nipple.

Hoodlumman on October 10, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Chris! That’s a terrible word… nipple.

askheaves on October 10, 2007 at 5:17 PM

There are donuts in the conference room!

americaslaststand on October 10, 2007 at 5:19 PM

“Nipple.”

let me pinch

Drtuddle on October 10, 2007 at 5:21 PM

Have you guys seen Hillary “the nut cracker?”

Some DUer started a 100+ response thread after threatening to no longer donate to DU until the ads were removed for being sexist and sickening display of male chauvinism.

You would think that they would be too busy building paper mache puppets and shrines to Keith Olbermann to get all worked up over something like this.

rw on October 10, 2007 at 5:23 PM

stonemeister

Here’s what Rush said to a caller recently:

Liberals want to control everybody’s lives so that they live as liberals want them to live. They don’t want them to smoke; they don’t want them to drive certain cars; they don’t want them to eat certain foods; they don’t want them to live certain places. It’s about total control with the government having the last word on what anybody can eat, drink, say, or do. Liberals also hold most people in contempt, Billy. They have done everything they can to keep as many people from reaching individual prosperity as possible. They want people dependent so they’ll continue to vote for Democrats.

Conservatives look at individuals and see the opportunity for greatness in each and every one of them. If we get out of their way, we believe in the ability of people to overcome the obstacles in life. We want them educated so they can triumph over this, so they can understand achievement, they can understand pride, they can understand the concept of meeting and surpassing expectations. We want a great country. We don’t want a country full of wusses and wimps who could be much better than they are because they have been told they have no chance and they have been told to depend on Democrats and government. That is not the recipe for a great country. It’s, basically, boil it down to control versus liberty. I’m for liberty. Liberals are for control.

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 5:24 PM

If Allah said one thing in Mecca and then completely contradicts himself in Medina, how do the jihadists know Allah hasn’t changed his mind about who gets into heaven since the writing of the Qur’an? He could be up there right now, laughing at all of the shaheeds who blew themselves to kingdom come only to find themselves in hell now that he’s changed his mind about Surah 9:29.

PRCalDude on October 10, 2007 at 5:24 PM

samiches on the buffet —————————–>

Lizards will know :)

RushBaby on October 10, 2007 at 5:12 PM

Well at least your on the job, I wish somebody had warned me before I appointed Zane “Minister of Beer fetching and opening” that he was a limey, now I cant find him or my beer……

doriangrey on October 10, 2007 at 5:24 PM

I question the timing…….

JamesLee on October 10, 2007 at 4:54 PM

Why not just enjoy the impromptu kegger (that better not be Miller or Coors in the tap).

steveegg on October 10, 2007 at 5:25 PM

RW, yet they fight so hard to defend islamo-fascism. What could be MORE sexist and chauvinistic than that? Makes ya wonder, how can so many people so, so stupid?

Tony737 on October 10, 2007 at 5:26 PM

“Nipple.”

let me pinch

Drtuddle on October 10, 2007 at 5:21 PM

Appoints Drtuddle Minister of nipple pinching…

doriangrey on October 10, 2007 at 5:26 PM

“She’s attacked a lot of my friends, but what can I say, opposites attract!” So do blondes with ultra-long legs.

zane on October 10, 2007 at 4:58 PM

Word.

Uh…Zane? I said a Bud Light!

Jaibones on October 10, 2007 at 5:27 PM

I would just like to say that Coke Zero is awesome, and Diet Pepsi tastes like it was run through the radiator of a 1972 Ford Pinto and collected in a used brake fluid bottle.

Of course, none compares to Summit Extra Pale Ale or Guiness, but one must make sacrifices.

Hollowpoint on October 10, 2007 at 5:28 PM

Drtuddle:

I got it! It’s a plumbing operation!

Jaibones on October 10, 2007 at 5:28 PM