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Thursday, May 3, 2007

Hot Air Meets Hotter Air

posted by on May 3 at 16:46 PM

What the hell is up with this picture, now on the front page of The New York Times?

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Seriously. What’s going on here? They’re about to have a presidential debate staring at the back end of a jetliner? The scale is giving me a headache, it looks like a cheap Photoshop job.

(via Nat, Systems Administrator nonpareil)

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1

It's a big ol' 707

Oh, Oh big ol' jet airliner
Don't carry me too far away
Oh, Oh big ol' jet airliner
Cause it's here that I've got to stay

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | May 3, 2007 4:55 PM
2

They're just trying to scare Americans again with carefully crafted plane-in-building imagery.

Posted by conspiracy_nut | May 3, 2007 4:55 PM
3

It is real and it is big. A pretty penny was spent on the Presidential Library in Simi Valley.
I'm sure teh website includes the amazing story of that installation of that jet.

Posted by I was there | May 3, 2007 4:59 PM
4

The scale is a bit off in that photo. The plan is suspended from the ceiling and is not that close to the stage. It is the plane designated as Air Force One during the Reagan and other years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Presidential_Library

Posted by Giffy | May 3, 2007 5:03 PM
5

@3: Okay, fine, I'll do a little research.

Ah, yes. You can follow the "journey of Air Force One" to its new home in Simi Valley with this handy slideshow.

Posted by Anthony Hecht | May 3, 2007 5:03 PM
6

I wasn't going to vote Republican, but now that I've seen their giant mechanical winged phallus, I can't help myself!

Posted by A Nony Mouse | May 3, 2007 5:12 PM
7

It'sth beg, it'sth beautiful, and yer gonna love et.

Posted by monkey | May 3, 2007 5:17 PM
8

The engine totally looks like a vibrator.

Posted by brandon H | May 3, 2007 5:17 PM
9

It's just the Reds huffing jet fuel again, lead by the Grand Huffmaster Karl Marx Rove.

Posted by Will in Seattle | May 3, 2007 5:31 PM
10

Big ol' Jed had a light on.

Posted by tess ticular | May 3, 2007 5:38 PM
11

This is just reminding us that we all must be vigilant in a post-9/11 world. Terrorists can strike *anywhere*, even flying a plane into ...

Posted by horatiosanzs3rif | May 3, 2007 6:36 PM
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Posted by Bill | May 12, 2007 6:30 AM

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