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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Witnessing History OSM, Open Source Media

The Rainbow Room is just the most New York you can get and the NBC (how ironic) Rockefeller Center building is a testament to magnificent art deco architecure. Very Howard Roark.........and it was all such an Ayn Rand moment..

There were so many great little blog moments. Riding up in the elevator. A handsome gentlemenOsm_011 politely introduced himself and I responded in kind. When I asked him if he was attending the pajama media event, he said "I hope so", I said "so who are you?"..he said "Astute Blogger" (whose blog I adore and link to frequently) and of course I went off. Love his passion.

The strange peculiar wonder of the blogosphere is you can be standing next to a complete stranger and suddenly, you find out he/she is someone you know/love/adore/admire.
So great. No photos of Astute, he must remain anonymous. He has already lost business due to his political leanings on the blog.

Views breathtaking, cuisine Cipriani - but everything paled in the incandesce of these these  John Galts.

Osm_008_1 IT was a moment. I believe I witnessed history being made. I know there is this ginormous question mark as to the viability of such an enterprise. But there is no doubt, none, there is a void which grows with each misstep the MSM takes.

Roger opened the program and Charles followed, you could just feel the love for thiese guys. They laid out the objective of OSM, talk about preaching to the converted.

The first panel on fashion/beauty blogs was weak, silly and somewhat demeaning to smart women (actually to all women) but it was worth the price of admission to watch the opening panelist, Elizabeth Hayte (pronounced eerily enough - Hate ) of The New York Times (d'oh) whine that she had no idea why she was there, that she doesn't read blogs, none of her friends read blogs, "blogs are for rich people with nothing to do" and this priceless chestnut "I don't care what the layman thinks"............so elitist, condescending and out of touch (but she did love my jacket). Worth noting , Beauty Addict. She was poised, articulate and on top of her game. Gorgeous too. Smart little blog.

The second panel was really juicy. Kudlow moderated Podhoretz (so klug*), Corn, Richard (Belmont Club - so smart and thoughtful), and "where is her Pulitzer?" Rosset...........great discourse on the current state of news dissemination.

Lunch followed, dined with La Shawn (so fabulous is she), Tim Blair, Wizbang, Roger (Business Week), Evan Brain-terminal.com, Clive Davis et al
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Pictured  Wizbang, Atlas,  Evan Brain-terminal.com, La Shawn (so fabi!)
 

Lots of my Hawk peeps were there........Judith, Susan, Asher Abrams of Dreams into Lightning, Bruce of Gay Patriot, and Luigi, LGF commenter popped in! He works across the street (very cool). Pieter Dorsman of Peaktalk and I grabbed each other for a lamentation on Eurabia, he is in thick of it.....read his blog.

Keynote speaker Judith Miller, Senator Cornyn (good man) followed. They must have written Judith one ginormous golden parachute check, because she did fall over herself to insist the NYT was a great institution, and a wonderful yada yada yada.

Loved the topic..............the current shield law up for a vote, should apply to bloggers as well.

I don't how it all will shake out but meeting these people was a once in a lifetime. If we can't make it go, Western Civilization will suffer, baby.

Osm_013    Osm_016_5

       With La Shawn (she rocks)                                and Judith Jailbird Miller


gotta go, there is the partay................

UPDATE: Party pics uh huh uh huh!A_osm_party_003_5

Claudia Rosett, Cliff May(on my left) has the best intelligence on the web, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

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Judith from Keshertalk and Mara         Tigerhawk and Austin Bay (Great)

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                VodkaPundit (drinking wine - heh heh)

UPDATE: November 18th (chai!)

Having exhaled, I just read my breathless mid-inertia post on the OSM event on some troll infested left wing blog. My sophomoric exuberance is almost pathetic (at my age sophmoric is inexcusable).

But that is exactly how I felt and how I continue to feel. More so in the radioactive glow  of the post-launch snarkfest.

Apparently, nobody "gets it". It's a "non working business model". It is not economically feasable (even the attendees expressed some skepticism).

But I get it. Non working business model? It is an "original" business model. Organizing chaos. An intelligent conduit to harness and make sense of the incredible depth, breath and intelligence of an unbridled blogosphere.

Not only was a witness to history, I was a part of it.Wink_2

Hooha.........

wink art: subgenius

UPDATE: Landes over at Solomonia has an excellent post on his observations of the OSM launch. I find him and Pedro Zuquete, (the Portuguese Errol Flynn) very entertaining , smart. I was ROTLMAO, looking forward to parts 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Bad Hair Blog weighs in here

Iowahawk gives us the OSM Q&A here

Isn’t OSM just a collection of right wing blogs?

Not true! The OSM roster includes several voices from the Left, like David Corn, who will soon be known as the “Alan Colmes of the Internet.”

 

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Pamela, your last statement there: "If we can't make it go, Western Civilization will suffer, baby," is so very true. Western Civilization's values have been ravaged by deconstructionism, socialism, today's liberalism and political correctness and PC is an outgrowth of the other three -isms I mentioned above.

The Muslims fight for Islam in the form of jihad. The Muslims are told over and over again that Islam is to be fought for. Robert Spencer of jihadwatch.org (whom I've the pleasure of meeting several times) has said that the West has to re-discover its Judeo-Christian roots and realize that they are not options for life, but to be held in honor and preserved for future generations.

This is totally antithetical to the Hollywood/Loony Left/PC/so-called "higher education" morons......

I hope that the majority of Americans will wake up and quit believing that "'they' wouldn't print/say/broadcast it if it wasn't true."

History?

Not quite hon...but who am I to deflate your fantasy.

Hook up with the manly Charles yet? *snark^

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Have an excellent time and don't let the ^^jealousy get you down!

Nice report. I only listened on my computer, and the first part was a real soporific. Very cool that you were there at the revolution. :)

Pamela, it was great meeting you in person! And you are right, it was indeed history in the making.

almost every square inch of screen space on this blog is funny in some way. you really pack it in!

I found this blog surfing.

Greetings from a Jewish lefty, who fully understands, the battle against clerical fascism.

I take a Hitchens like position on Iraq, only I'm sober. I'm bothered that I'm more comfortable with some of your positions, then some leftists. The problem is, the liberals, and some leftists, hate Bush so much, they are blinded.

You are a social butterfly. Regards.

OMG, you guys are gonna start a revolution!!! finally, western civilization is gonna be soooo saved!!! hey what does open source mean???

welcome renegade eye. this blog is part of the solution, the cure.

James Wolcott noticed the party...that is bigtime:

http://jameswolcott.com/

"“'Hybrid' is not just a word for cars," co-founder Roger Simon said in his opening remarks."
indeed, and western civilization hangs in the balance...

friends, do you think there is a connection between the senseless and confusing design of the OSM site, and the complete inability of the people in the party pics to dress themselves like grown ups? (except atlas; she has a great sweater)

hard to believe, but you are even more wonderful IN PERSON!

thanks for the sweet mention.
and for protecting my anonymity.

i need to remain anonymous.

but not to YOU!

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I noticed Atlas doesn't do nametags.

OMG, let me try to talk you down. Now, how many mushrooms did you take?

how could you talk about drugs in a war of civilizations???

It's o.k. OMG, they're not going to storm the beaches tonight. Get some sleep.

Shame I missed you there - met so many interesting people though...great to put a face to the blog, eh? (not that I write one, but still...)

Congrats on being there, Atlas. I would have sold my soul to Satan to be there, but turns out he wanted more compliant souls.

OMG, it's a shame you missed the event. You would have been right at home on that fashion panel.

It was actually pretty fun. Although coming from Boston isn't THAT bad, the main motivation was by far the free drinks. . .

Oh My G*D and monkey-feltcher make a cute couple.I hope they don't breed, who needs a new species of roach or lice.....who needs a new species of roach or lice.....who needs a new species of roach or lice.....who needs a new species of roach or lice.....who needs a new species of roach or lice.....who needs a new species of roach or lice.....who needs a new species of roach or lice.....who needs a new species of roach or lice.....

"OMG, let me try to talk you down."

calm down!!

"It's o.k. OMG"

calm down!!

"OMG, it's a shame you missed the event."

calm down!!

"Oh My G*D and monkey-feltcher "

calm down!!

Yet most people seem to go through their lives without a clearly defined purpose. Terror Alert Elevated
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I was on the fashion panel and I do indeed agree with you that it was weak and silly. Demeaning to smart women? Well, I felt kind of strange myself, sitting up there, being asked to provide fashion tips to an audience of political bloggers and journalists.

Elizabeth Hayt did cause quite a storm, though...someone called her a "scolding, schoolmarmish prig" on my site.

PS - loved your jacket.

Pamela, you are lovely. Thanks for the compliments!

Kristen, I did enjoy your comments and Kim's on the panel. As for Elizabeth, well, I just think of her as comic relief.

PS - You look fabulous!

Thanks for sharing with us, Pamela. I'm so glad that my good TX Senator John Cornyn has made such a great impression with you all. :) I think we might be looking at a future president in him! He has been true to his core conservative values while in the Senate. :)

It is great to read and look at pics of the events!!! I would have LOVED to have been there! I'm going to NYC in December. I wish it could have been then!

Thanks for the report! I loved it!

Uh..what the hell are you wearing? You look like a bad 80's flashback.

Honey, I don't mind what you wear in the bedroom, as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the horses.

Skank.

100% skank.

Cloudy Crystal Ball department:

"Witnessing history," huh?

Who could have guessed that OSM would be history so quickly?

More fun comments:

"If we can't make it go, Western Civilization will suffer, baby."

Who knew the future of Western Civ was dependent on the success of a right-wing clown show? Maybe it's time for you guys to step aside and let the party that actually believes in the Enlightenment take over.

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Oh yeah, one more thing: just below the comment box, where it says, "Enter the number you see in the image below" and the image has something like "m s 2 Q i v"?

You intellectual types should be aware that that's not a number. Just FYI.

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