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Thursday Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  September 18, 20086:22 pm| 25 Comments

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Eers v. Colorado tonight, and I am busy packing to go out of town again for a few days. Have at it.

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  1. 1.

    amorphous

    September 18, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    THIS IS DIVISION I FOOTBALL!

    Go Big XII!

  2. 2.

    Soylent Green

    September 18, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    In first.

    Go Buffs!

  3. 3.

    Jeff

    September 18, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    Palin suggests legislation Obama already wrote and got passed:

    Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she “put the government checkbook online” in Alaska. On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington.

    “We’re going to do a few new things also,” she said at a rally in Cedar Rapids. “For instance, as Alaska’s governor, I put the government’s checkbook online so that people can see where their money’s going. We’ll bring that kind of transparency, that responsibility, and accountability back. We’re going to bring that back to D.C.”

    There’s just one problem with proposing to put the federal checkbook online – somebody’s already done it. His name is Barack Obama.

  4. 4.

    jenniebee

    September 18, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    Just saw a new McCain ad. It seems that if Obama is elected he will tax us all into oblivion and expand the federal government so that it – and this is the surprising thing – literally engorges itself and physically engulfs the entire mid-atlantic coast and is (presumably, from the graphic) inhabited by some species of giants like the ones from the Harry Potter series.

    I thought it was just the beltway traffic that did that.

  5. 5.

    Stuck in the Fun House

    September 18, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    Jeff Says:

    LMAO. We should give the Mccain/Palin ticket a new name. Like maybe the “Apple Dumpling Gang” or something.

  6. 6.

    SGEW

    September 18, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    There’s just one problem with proposing to put the federal checkbook online – somebody’s already done it. His name is Barack Obama.

    Jebus. Is this really the only way that Obama’s transparency law can get any attention? Hopefully McCain will talk about how he wants a new nuclear material anti-proliferation act with Sen. Lugar.

  7. 7.

    Jeff

    September 18, 2008 at 6:44 pm

    The site is USASpending.gov

  8. 8.

    w vincentz

    September 18, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    I just read a story about the growth of “tent cities”. They are springing up in Reno, Columbus, Chatanooga and other locales. It seems that the homeless population has greatly increased in response to the foreclosures.
    I don’t live in a big city, nor a moderate sized one, so I’m curious if the story about the increase of “tent cities” is based on observable events in your environs that might substantiate the story I read.
    Thanks in advance….and geesh!

  9. 9.

    Mwangangi

    September 18, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    For all you polling junkies…

    …538 has returned to us. At the turn of the tide:

  10. 10.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    September 18, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    *LOL* I just scared the ever loving treacle out of a debt collector. I swear I could almost hear his scrotum retreating into his nether regions as I was speaking to him. (I am a paralegal for one of the most respected attorneys in our judicial district and I DO NOT OWE THE DEBT). It was fun cause they had left the intimidating and scarey (to normal people) “we have issued a summons against you for service in Bloggs County to place a lien on your assets” After I had got through reciting the law with reference to debt collection, liens, judgments, unfair and deceptive trade practices, punitive damages, fair debt collections act, etc., to this poor guy at the law firm who answered the phone I think he might have been considering a career change. I ended my call with a cheery “oh and I shall be calling the NC State Bar in the morning, have a nice evening”.

  11. 11.

    amorphous

    September 18, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    So the “hacker” broke into Sarah Palin’s email account by… switching her password.

    It depresses me to no end that “independents” in Cuyahoga County may be deciding if I expatriate to Switzerland.

  12. 12.

    The Other Steve

    September 18, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    THIS

    IS

    SPARTA!

  13. 13.

    Krista

    September 18, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    and I am busy packing to go out of town again for a few days.

    On the road again? Are you running for office or something and didn’t tell us?

  14. 14.

    SGEW

    September 18, 2008 at 7:27 pm

    Can I just say how glad I am now that MNFTIU is updating regularly in order to keep me sane? (I’m sure that’s why Rees is updating so regularly: to keep me sane)

  15. 15.

    Incertus

    September 18, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    We’re so fucked up that other countries aren’t paying attention to our courts anymore. How far have we fallen?

  16. 16.

    Tim (The Other One)

    September 18, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    I don’t want this to get lost in the thread above either, so on behalf of CU, I would like to welcome the Mountaineers to altitude fatigue.

    Go Buffs !!

    ahahahhahhha !!!!

  17. 17.

    KRK

    September 18, 2008 at 9:50 pm

    I am busy packing to go out of town again for a few days.

    Don’t forget to wedge open all interior doors.

  18. 18.

    Brian J

    September 18, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    I hate to be such a poll whore, but it’s starting to look good, and in some cases very good, for Obama. It’s also looking good in some Senate cases. We’re definitely in the game in North Carolina and Indiana. And did anyone see that Senate poll out of Georgia? Martin’s only down by seven. Maybe it’s an outlier, but hell, with the infrastructure of Obama’s campaign in place, perhaps he can make a run for it. Wouldn’t it nice to take out that piece of shit Chambliss?

  19. 19.

    BrownSugar

    September 18, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    I wanna go…!

  20. 20.

    Ed Drone

    September 18, 2008 at 11:01 pm

    LMAO. We should give the Mccain/Palin ticket a new name. Like maybe the “Apple Dumpling Gang” or something.

    I still like “The Fibber McCain and Sarah Show”

    OR

    “The Fibber McCain and Golly Show”

    Ed

  21. 21.

    Equal Opportunity Cynic

    September 18, 2008 at 11:31 pm

    So, John, who are you hoping the ‘Eers hire as the new coach?

  22. 22.

    zuzu's petals

    September 19, 2008 at 12:57 am

    Jeff Says:

    The site is USASpending.gov

    Ooh fun. Search under “location: Alaska” for a giggle.

  23. 23.

    zuzu's petals

    September 19, 2008 at 1:20 am

    Audio…Palin playing “Stump the Candidate” :

    Bateman video

  24. 24.

    Bulworth

    September 19, 2008 at 9:14 am

    John,

    Who are the people in those WV uniforms? They are’t the same ones that were running all over everybody for the past several years. This team is a shell of its former self. They miss that Owen Schmidt dude. And Steve Slayton.

  25. 25.

    Sarcastro

    September 19, 2008 at 11:41 am

    So, John, who are you hoping the ‘Eers hire as the new coach?

    If the Vols go 5-7 (which may be a best case scenario) I hope we get dibs on Holtz from ECU. WV can have the fat ignorant redneck Fulmer if they want him.

    I don’t live in a big city, nor a moderate sized one, so I’m curious if the story about the increase of “tent cities” is based on observable events in your environs that might substantiate the story I read.

    Chattanooga’s tent city has been around for almost 5 years now… I thought Norfolk Southern bulldozed it last year, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s sprung back up again.

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