I miss Bryan. I remember when there were three and Ian worked here too. The Greenroom helps, but I often wish they’d bring on a third full time again. The different perspectives and styles added something to the site.

Esthier on July 13, 2009 at 9:52 PM

+1

And might I suggest the good Doctor Zero for that position ?

When you were racing other blogs, the tires were twice as wide -
– and the blog weighed half as much. Now it’s the opposite.
You’re burning them up. They melt and get greasy.
You slip and slide and you’re out of control.

Weight of Glory on July 13, 2009 at 9:09 PM

Heh.I can’t keep up with one thread. But I do have a brain disorder. (true)

Consevativesailor on July 14,2009 at 2:45AM.

Conservativesailor: Welcome aboard the U.S.S Hot Air!

Now,you are truly sailing,by water
and the net!!:)

Indeed Allah is all knowing and all wise! ;-)

What does the investor expect to get in return?

The power of FR is that it aggregates news. By having a lot of posters putting up stories from a wide variety of sites, a FReeper can stay up-to-date on a hundred news sources by reading one blog. FReepers from Japan, Australia, India and Europe routinely post from their local media when stories break in their local time, which means you can pick up morning news from the Hindustan Times at 11 PM EST or Le Monde at 3:00 AM.

Only a few stories originate from Free Republic (the Dan Rather TANG forgeries come to mind), but if you want to monitor the world from one site, you could do a lot worse.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, I CHECK HOT AIR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, I AM OUT TO SEA ON THE INTERNET VIA SATTLITE, VERY SLOW

I guess all those links to the NY Times have finally paid off.

JohnJ on July 13, 2009 at 10:45 PM

Too funny.

/whhargarbl :)

Aside from news, information, worthy insights and critical analysis by Ed and Allah, HA also provides me with laughter and, before getalife was banned, plenty of #@$%&*@ moments. The laughter is from witty HA commenters and I thank you very much.

HA is a great read, us regulars know that, and I am pleased that NYT has mentioned that.

Thanks, Ed and Allah for a job well done.

I think the point is that many blogs simply reheat and serve whatever the MSM is cooking. They’re followers. You guys actually post stuff a day or more before the MSM gets to it.

Don’t sell yourself short. You guys do a great job. You deserve to take a bow once in a while.

Don’t tell Bill.

Sadly, they’re working with failed robocalls and old voters lists for donations. They don’t even realize what Ron Paul accomplished for fund raising, where he resonanated and how to ‘tap that’. They called him a ‘kook’ and lamblasted him for his anti Iraq war stance. You tap the libertarian group before the democrats do and you got a big chance. They can’t stop spending right now, so it’s not THAT HARD. You just need to keep the evangalicals at an arms length to do it.

It took months of exhaustive research and the help of Comment Guy’s vast servers………….

………. but we finally have Allah in all his glory.

Seven Percent Solution on July 13, 2009 at 9:40 PM

Now THAT, is funny.

Could that be Piven-esquse with a mullet?

It took months of exhaustive research and the help of Comment Guy’s vast servers………….

………. but we finally have Allah in all his glory.

Seven Percent Solution on July 13, 2009 at 9:40 PM

That is DUDE worthy in my opinion. And if that is you AP, well, I am just speechless on a few different levels.
I almost thought it was a Beastie Boys joke video.

Hot Air is a must-read daily.

Pablo on July 13, 2009 at 10:11 PM

Thank you, sincerely. The feeling is mutual, though I don’t see you posting as often as you should.