KOEB Tuesday 4-26

[bleever]

Howdy! Thought I'd start one before we leave 4ERD.

[Patsy Stone]

1. I'll kill mine!

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Tonight on Countdown
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There was always much talk about the FOBs (Friends of Bill)...
But what about the FOGs...
President Bush is adding a helper to his Social Security road tour: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is facing allegations of ethical improprieties but is seen by the White House as crucial to pushing Bush's plans through Congress. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5966983 /

Meanwhile, this is out: Jeff Gannon visited the White House 196 times in two years. Democratic Reps. Louise Slaughter of New York and John Conyers of Michigan filed a freedom of information request and were given Secret Service records of Guckert's visits to the White House. No word yet on whether this conservative wanna-be met with the President. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7634651 /

Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist ruled out Tuesday a possible deal with Democrats on confirming some of President Bush's judicial nominees whom they'd blocked last year, in return for other nominees being withdrawn. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7640262 /

American special forces were tracking Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of Al-Qaida in Iraq, near the town of Ramadi two months ago, but the Jordanian-born terrorist leader escaped by jumping out of a moving vehicle, a senior U.S. military source tells NBC News. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7637153 /

A group backed by the U.S. food and restaurant industries Monday launched an advertising campaign aimed at dismissing as hype concerns about the large number of obese Americans. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7633701 /

Wendy's finger suspect faces extradition. Nevada woman at center of alleged hoax due back in court.

And... EVER WONDER what happens to items confiscated by the TSA during airport screening? MUCH of it winds up on EBAY.
Monica Novotny reports.

That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.


Finally,
A herd of buffalo somehow got loose and wandered around an upscale neighborhood in Pikesville, Maryland, disrupting traffic and alarming homeowners before officers managed to corral them in a tennis court. More than a dozen police cars and a police helicopter were used to herd the roughly 10 beasts, authorities said. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/ROAMING_BUFFALO?...
Click the link above to see the photo of buffalo jumping the net.

-- Carey Fox

Countdown Home: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677 /

More:
The Federal Air Marshal Service is set to begin hiring for the first time since the agency ramped up dramatically in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, MSNBC.com has learned. The hiring announcement could come as soon as next week and would add badly needed new recruits to a rank-and-file membership that has been steadily declining. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7634360 /

A former Wall Street trader who rejoined the Marines after the Sept. 11 attacks is now faced with the consequences of another choice - the split-second decision he made in a combat zone. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7640703 /

Surrendering to international pressure and Lebanese street protests, Syria ended its 29-year military presence in its smaller neighbor on Tuesday with a farewell ceremony near their shared border, where a Syrian commander told Lebanese troops: "Brothers in arms, so long." The soldiers responded, "So long." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7636415 /

A man who got a new liver by advertising on billboards has died eight months after a transplant. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7640146 /

It's a choice that could give pause to some Green Bay Packers fans. A judge ordered a woman convicted of theft to decide whether to spend 90 days in jail or donate her family's Packers tickets next season to charity. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PACKERS_OR_JAIL?...

[bleever]

4. Double psychic! Thanks for importing the program

Can't tell the players without a program.

:)

[Patsy Stone]

13. And it's Gannon/Guckert

and KO's quoting Raw Story...

Miss Cleo at your service. :)

[Nothing Without Hope]

31. Good! Good! Tell us cable-less folks what he's saying! PLEEEEZE? n/t

[Berry Cool]

125. And dear Lord, he's already wearing my favorite outfit again!

God bless you darling!

:loveya:

On edit: just fixin' typos.

[seito]

2. : )

Watching and waiting :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

18. Hey, seito!

100 day passes, huh? And funny that Maureen Dowd couldn't get in the room...

:hi:

[Nothing Without Hope]

26. Yeah - now THERE'S a person who is bound to be on this story like a burr

Maureen Dowd has been mightily pissed about her exclusion - this must have lit her up like a 5-alarm candle! Let's hope she does a bit of creative venting where everyone can read it!
:evilgrin:

[Patsy Stone]

3. And a picture

[Nothing Without Hope]

21. Good one, Pats! Now we are SET!

:hi:

[Catherine Vincent]

5. 4ERD?

Are you folks planning to hide and have Keith all to yourselves?

[Nothing Without Hope]

15. Meow, catgirl! Nope, everybody can come share him with us wherever

we are - we have felt that we were intruding in the Elections 2004 forum, so now that we have a clubhouse, we'll blog Keef's show there starting next week. The more the merrier! Thanks to Cheese & Sparky, we have LOTS of Guiness!!! (KOEB inside joke alert)

:To The Ties That Bind!:
:toast:

[sparky_in_ma]

20. No way. : )

Stop in for drinks anytime.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=315

[Catherine Vincent]

160. Thanks!

I thought maybe you started a group, I went to check and couldn't find it. So I thought you guys had a secluded place. I'll stop by periodically.

Is this the password? :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

168. I quote another here.

"By this sign , you shall know us".:loveya:

LOL. "The ties that bind" will also do the trick.:pals:

[bleever]

276. Also:

"Oww! You're on my hair!"


Okay, now I can never run for public office.


:shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

6. Howdy, bleev!

Arrrgh! ;) and :loveya:

for Keith: :loveya:

[bleever]

30. Howdy Cheese. I see you guys were trying to figure out things to call me

after I left last night.

:)

[RevCheesehead]

36. Um-hmm.

How about "Lord Bleev, Master of All Things, Seen and Unseen."

Your brother was lookin' for ya, too.

[bleever]

92. I could live with that.

Do I get dental with that job title?

:)

Sounds like you're going to have a good meetup. What were those dates again? Not that I'm likely to make it, though. :(

[RevCheesehead]

99. Can you hitchhike out here by Saturday?

The summer meet-up is in Oshkosh in June (17-18, I think), during the WI Dem Convention. CW is going to the convention - I'm just showing up to help find a bar (there's rumors that there might be some alcohol around there somewhere).

Where is that renegade Doodle tonight? :loveya:

[bleever]

113. C-Dub needs a good posse if he's gonna represent properly.

Wear your best alb!

:7

[RevCheesehead]

126. I bought my cheesehat today!

Although, according to the scanners at Shopko, they're technically called "Cheese Tops" Therefore, Cheeseheads are the people, not the hats. :)

[bleever]

129. If you put that together with a bodice and some bling, people

will really think that CW's got it goin' on.

:)

[sparky_in_ma]

136. ?

CW wearing a bodice, cheesehat, AND bling? Yup, I'd pay for pictures.:bounce:

[bleever]

143. Ssssshhh, dude;

that's for the after-party.

LOL.

[RevCheesehead]

158. Oh, there will be pictures, without a doubt.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=186x6619#6660

since ewagner can't make it, we promised.

[Nothing Without Hope]

183. LOL! Me too! I've never seen a pic of CW, that would be a good one

for my first! :)

[RevCheesehead]

204. neither have I

I'm not sure what I picture - another KO, maybe?

[Nothing Without Hope]

208. Yeah, with more grey and a craggy, defiant jaw NGU!! n/t

[RevCheesehead]

147. Golly, bleev - he's your bro -

if he's got "it" goin' on, you'd probably know. :)

[sparky_in_ma]

153. Hmmm

Cheesehat, thigh-hi's, and a bodice. I'm not sure about that outfit.:dilemma:

[RevCheesehead]

176. and the alb. Don't forget the alb.

Hey! Look what I found on mom's computer this weekend!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/RevCheesehead/Pics%20from%20Mom/b246cdc0.bmp

[sparky_in_ma]

186. Is the robe the alb?

That's a pretty fancy outfit.:thumbsup: (are you sure you're supposed to wear white?):hide:

[RevCheesehead]

197. yes - it's not Bleever's torture instrument.

and as to the white: :spank::spank::spank:
(you had that coming, buster!)

[sparky_in_ma]

201. : )

My, you took that so wrong. I know some ministers wear black.:evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

207. yeah - those who preach Johnny Cash.

And I'm ~sure~ you meant it, in all sincerity. :sarcasm: :spank:

[sparky_in_ma]

217. LOL

I just wanted you to spank me again.:) (When I was young, our minister always wore black, but he was a protestant congregationalist. It was pretty tame.)

[RevCheesehead]

223. oh, a "congo," eh?

Dad always said that UCC stands for "utterly confused Christians." But in seminary, I heard it was "Unitarians considering Christ." :)

The white alb is in the tradition of the ancient Church, where newly baptized catechumens were dressed in white robes (they were baptized nekkid, believe it or not!). Kinda leaves a lot to the imagination, doesn't it? :D

[Berry Cool]

221. "Yea, and I keepeth a close watch on this heart of mine...

"...I keepeth mine eyes wide open all the time..."

[bleever]

196. Well gee...there have been a few nights when he's made me sleep

in the closet, and then I hear giggling and stuff.

:shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

200. how'd that song go?

"If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with..."

I'm thinkin' self-love, myself. :7

[bleever]

215. Instrument of torture, or pleasure?

Look again:







...and I'm sorry, but this also came up in searching google images for "alb", and I think I have to share it:





Maybe it caught my attention for...geological reasons...yeah, geology: this kind of quartz formation is commonly found in the kettle moraines formed by glacial activity in Wisconsin.

Phew.

[RevCheesehead]

225. Torture - Pleasure - - what's the diff??

No shit - the Kettle Moraine?? Now that's cool! :bounce:

But at first glance, I thought it was an amoeba. :)

[Patsy Stone]

230. Georgia O'Keefe

That's all I'm sayin'... :)

Hey, Rev. I read the thread, finally, and I hope you're doing well. Sorry to hear about your trials and tribulations. Sending good thoughts to you, and say, "Hi!" to Roo! :)

[RevCheesehead]

232. mroww! (that's cat for "thanks!")

Hiya Pats! :hi:

I wanted to ask: is Bubbaleh the feminine of Bubba?

[Patsy Stone]

239. :)

Hey, Rev! It can be if you want it to be.

It actually means "darling" in Yiddish, and I may have spelled it incorrectly (Who, me?).

And I think Moishe is Yiddish for Bubba. :hi:

[bleever]

282. That's funny;

Georgia's on my mind.


:)

[WhirlyGirl]

242. "Kettle Moraine"

. . . Thought that was MORAN.

[RevCheesehead]

245. well, there are a few..

They usually stray up here from Illinois (sorry, bleev). :evilgrin:

[bleever]

260. We're larnin', though, cuz if they think we're cats, BLAMMO!

I mean, how much dairy is too much?

Are there side effects?

:shrug:

[Nothing Without Hope]

213. How traumatic for you, bleev! You'll have to tell us ALL about it!!!

:evilgrin:

[bleever]

228. It wasn't so bad, onaccounta I could fit into the big laundry hamper

full of soft stuff.

The problem was that the only thing that made a good pillow was Wally's stinky football jersey, and he musta worn that thing fer three months before he threw it in there.

But after a little while, my neck started to hurt so much that I hardly noticed the smell anymore.

:shrug:

[Nothing Without Hope]

235. The things you never suspect on those TV series!

LOL, bleev! I'll bet your nose is STILL out of joint! :hangover:

[RevCheesehead]

236. It's amazing, really, that you survived.

How much did you invest in therapy/counseling, and did he offer to pay?

[merh]

115. I prefer "bleever the believer".

It is simple, yet it says it all!

I DU BELIEVE! in bleever

And I love Keef! :loveya: :loveya:

[Nothing Without Hope]

159. yeah, bleever, and that should make you very, very nervous! ; -)

You can suggest some job titles too, you know. It's something that deserves careful KOEB attention, which should ring a few alarm bells! ;)

[Nothing Without Hope]

7. Hey bleev! Good evenin' to you!

dzika has told me he'll record and post the part on "Gannon's" WH visits - hope that does get included in the show as the newsletter indicates!

:hi:

[bleever]

Hi Hope. And I was glad to see Dana Milbank on this,

even if they're downplaying it for the moment.

Serious questions still remain unanswered to Conyers and Slaughter, so as long as the story gets talked about, it's good.

:hi:

[Nothing Without Hope]

42. So it was a short coverage? Like the minimal AP piece that was also

posted at MSNBC?

[Berry Cool]

177. I say "Go for it, Louise!"

Used to live in her district. You go girl!

[Patsy Stone]

52. Hi, Hope!

It did and he mentioned Raw Story reported on the number of passes Jeff/Jim received and that it was the all time record. Dana Milbank from the Washington Post agreed. KO mentioned that this part of the story had been ignored with the focus on hotmilitarystuds and all.

He also just reported that there were no WMD in Iraq before the war, and that there was no evidence that some WMD were moved to Syria. And a Dick Cheney dig, also, although I've since forgotten it. He ended that story with, "Oops!" :)

Go KO: :loveya:

[Nothing Without Hope]

58. Good for him! And good that he's got the backup of Dana Milbank

..the two of them together emphasize it more.

And the no WMD in Iraq - love it! Our brave, truthful, nummy Keef!!!
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Nothing Without Hope]

296. When I finally saw the clip and the burial job that Milbank was trying to

pull, I was a lot less pleased. I posted on this and so did some other people near the end of this thread. I think Milbank was there on orders to do what he could to bury this story. :(

[gkhouston]

312. actually I can believe they might NOT pay attention to exits IF

the day passes are also magnetic, like Dana's AND the guard sees JG drop it in the box. Two problems with this: I'm not sure they are magnetic (anybody here know for sure? my personal experience with Federal buildings in the DC area was that day visitors got a "Halt! Thou shalt not pass!" treatment at the front desk, but the visitor pass you got upon providing appropriate ID was not electronic and they damn sure got 'em back off of you at the end of your visit) and that doesn't explain the unlogged ENTRANCES. Oops, and there's a third thing: I saw, either on a thread here or over at dailykos, that someone had been analyzing the entries and had come up with an instance where the same day pass number had been used on more than one day. How did that happen, if the badge got turned back in?

Granted, these anomalies make up a tiny percentage of JG's visits, which raises another question: why is someone with a day pass spending so much more time at the WH than regular reporters with hard passes? Why did he receive such favored treatment, something the WH has denied? I mean we know it was to sell their bullshit, but it might be nice if someone mentioned that again. This nobody with no credentials got unprecedented access to shill for the WH. Can somebody please care about this for more than two seconds?

[Nothing Without Hope]

317. All excellent points. I hope you email Keith with them, he needs to hear

them. I'm going to email that I thought Milbank worked a bit too hard at tearing down the story and ignored some of the most important things, and that it looked delibearate, like suppression. See what he thinks of that.

[bleever]

127. Cheney dig was something to the effect that it "was written as though it

was specifically for the eyes of VP Cheney", as if to say, "Shut up about maybe the weapons were moved, already!! No weapons, got it??" And the graphic on the screen said "W-M-Duh".

[Berry Cool]

131. "Oops!" definitely has to be added

to the "Favorite Countdown Catch Phrases" List!

The way he said it after this was classic!

Like Bugs Bunny or somethin'!

"So, we had this whole big war over these supposed WMDs...and it turns out there weren't any...OOPS!"

[bleever]

145. Yes, Berry, thanks for pointing that out. A classic moment. n/t

[WhirlyGirl]

246. "Oops!"

. . . Add it to the catchphrase list, definitely. :-)

[bleever]

263. What if dzika had the screen capture of this moment?

I'd make a t-shirt.

:)

[Patsy Stone]

268. I'll bet he does

and you may just haveta. :hi:

[bleever]

273. I'll do it!! Don't think I won't!!

:hi:

[Deb]

8. Hi

Thanks for starting the thread, thought I'd missed it.

[sparky_in_ma]

28. At the end of next week it will start here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=315

[Deb]

107. Gee, am I out of it. I didn't know there was a group.

Thanks for sharing.

[sparky_in_ma]

112. Please stop in

It's a good group. No flame wars, only good discussions. The drinks are also always free.:toast:

[WhirlyGirl]

247. Thought we were moving on the 29th --

. . . That would be *this* Friday.

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<< At the end of next week it will start here.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
>> Sparky

[sparky_in_ma]

251. Wow

I lost track of what week this was.:rofl: Thanks Whirly.

[sparky_in_ma]

9. *looks around carefully*

Is this the real thread.:hide:

[Nothing Without Hope]

38. Yup! This be it! Another one was quickly killed = this is the survivor

Evolution in KOEB threads!

Good evenin' Sparky! Gorgeous day around here today - tulips are now starting to bloom and the oak leaf buds popped open. Hooray!

I'm waiting to hear what Keef says about "Gannon" -dzika told me he'd record and post it, but my curiosity is getting me.

maybe it would be best to ...::beer: Better!

[sparky_in_ma]

43. Hi Hope

:toast:

[crispini]

10. Hi Bleev!

:hi: Hi all!
And it's more on our friend ManDate! yippee!

[bleever]

48. Hi crispi. How are you?

:hi:

[crispini]

51. Happy to be here!

The live thread is so much more fun than the warmed-over thread.

And the deck is almost finished. Part One of the deck, anyway. :woohoo:

[sparky_in_ma]

57. Great!

They worked pretty fast.:thumbsup:

[crispini]

70. Yep, although it's just repairs,

not a new deck.

Next I get to try sanding it and staining it. :scared: We're talking 1500 square feet of deck. I'm thinking it'll take awhile.

[sparky_in_ma]

73. OMG

That's bigger than my house!!:scared:

[crispini]

76. It's bigger than my house too!

I have a ginormous yard. :P

[bleever]

11. Jimmy-Jeff! Jimmy-Jeff!

Briefings...or de-briefings?

And Yeah! rawstory gets props.

[Nothing Without Hope]

54. EXCELLENT - I emailed him this afternoon to be sure he know where it broke

Would be a bummer to have him credit the wrong source. I knew he's a big enough man to credit the "lowly" internet for a major story, but I wanted to be sure he knew where it came from. I also emphasized in my email that I think the sex angle, while important, may be only a side issue compared with what else is going on with this guy.

Did he really say "briefings...or de'briefings"? Sounds like him!
:rofl:

[Clark2008]

12. GanGuckert up now

:hi: all

(More bad news on my front: my Gran'ma died this morning. :cry: Did I tell anyone I hate April? We were expecting this, of course, since she was moved into hospice, but it's never easy.)

[Clark2008]

14. P.S. I wanted, especially, to see Countdown tonight, if just to lift

my spirits.

However, I probably won't be so jovial.

It's been a rough month.

[RevCheesehead]

17. I'm so sorry, Clark.

Sometimes all the crap happens at once.
You're in my prayers. :grouphug:

[Clark2008]

29. I'm looking at it this way: since I've been off from work, my mother

has been able to devote more time to her mother instead of watching my little boy. I have time to grieve for her and Blue.

And, just today, I got three calls for interviews.

[RevCheesehead]

44. That was a marvelous thing you could do for your mom.

You'll make it through your grief, in its own time. :hug:

[crispini]

47. Here's a hug

:hug:

[Deb]

56. I'm sorry about your loss

Positive thoughts going your way, you deserve some good news.

[Nothing Without Hope]

66. What ups and downs all concentrated in a little time - more of the

latter so far, but maybe one of these three interviews will lead to the right place.

So good that you could give your mom this, and also that if you had to be off work, it could be when you were most needed at home, with your Grandmother's and Blue's last illnesses.

:hug:

Time for some UPS, I say!

[sparky_in_ma]

22. I'm sorry Clark

You've had a rough time lately.:hug:

[Nothing Without Hope]

46. Ah Clark, that is very sad news

It is NEVER easy, however it is expected.
:hug:

[bunny planet]

128. Oh Clark I'm so sorry. My Grandma died last Tuesday. That's why I was

away. She was in a hospice too and just 4 months short of 100. I really am so sorry. My Grandma practically raised me so it feels like losing a mother.

:hug:

[sparky_in_ma]

132. -

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

179. aw, bunny -

:hug:

[Clark2008]

188. Ohhh... Bunny.

:hug:

But, nearly 100 is a long life. I'm sure she was tired - my Gran'ma was just a few months shy of 80. She SAID she was tired. I guess after four strokes, she was. She was a smart woman trapped in a body that would no longer let her talk properly. It had to have been horrible.

I feel bad, though, because I was going to go see her today. I'd been so busy with Ramzey and looking for work and Blue's sudden illness and death - is there ever enough time. I hope she knows I love her.

Condolences on your loss, too.

It's been rough around the KOEB for a spell.

Luckily we all have each other. :)

[bunny planet]

214. My Grammy said the same thing, that she was so tired.

She stopped eating or drinking just a couple of days before I got there. She was very weak the day I saw her, and in a lot of pain, but she knew me. She whispered my name and squeezed my hand. It meant the world to me to be there for that. I feel so bad that I wasn't able to get down there sooner, although I was there in August for her big 99th birthday bash.

Losing a beloved pet at the same time must be just excruciating. There is a great book called 'The Loss of a Pet' that helped me alot when my baby Moose died after 20 years with us (handsome black cat with big green eyes, not a real moose). If you'd like I'll send it to you. It helped my kids through it too. Animals give such unconditional love, it's such heartache when they can't live as long a life as we can, they are so important to our lives. Getting another animal helps but it takes time before you can do that. Now we have a little gray cat named Dusty Springfield that has stolen our hearts again.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all of your interviews. You've been through so much, you need some good news.

[Nothing Without Hope]

191. Ah Bunny. I'm so sad to hear that.

:hug: It's such a lonely feeling.

[bleever]

202. Hugs for you, bunny.

:hug:

[WhirlyGirl]

211. Very sad to hear about your grandmother, bunny...

. . . I'd been looking for you here each night.

Please accept my sincerest sympathy for your loss. @~>~~~

[bunny planet]

234. Thank you WhirlyGirl.

:grouphug:

[gkhouston]

314. and hugs for you, too Bunny

:hug: Glad to see you back after so long, but I wish it could be under happier circumstances. Seems like this has been a hard month for a lot of people!

[Berry Cool]

137. Oh, I'm so sorry, Clark

You have been having a very bad time of it lately.

More hugs to you.

[Berry Cool]

195. And hugs to Bun-Bun too.

Lost all my grandparents a long time ago...one before I was even born. One I never really knew. So I guess you have to look back on what you had. But that's hard at first. Only comes with time.

[Patsy Stone]

189. You deserve a much better month of May, Clark.

It's time for this month to go. Luckily it's almost over. That was a wonderful thing that you did for your Mom, be glad of it, and that you still have each other.

:grouphug: Good thoughts for you and your family.

[WhirlyGirl]

254. What TS Eliot said about April being the cruelest month ...

. . . was an understatement. :-(

[Clark2008]

299. May was when my son was born.

May and October tie for my favorite months (probably because April always was so lousy and September is too damn hot).

April Showers Bring May Flowers.

I'm either hopelessly optimistic or crazy.

[RevCheesehead]

300. and May Flowers bring ...

Pilgrims! :)

Keep the optimism.
(and the crazy - as in fun-crazy)

[CC]

209. Sorry to hear

about you Grandmother. My heart goes out to you,Ramzey and your mom. Expected or not it still hurts and loved ones are still missed. Big hugs to you all and hang in there.

Crossing fingers on the job interviews too.

[WhirlyGirl]

253. Clark, just now reading thru the thread and saw; I can hardly believe it!

. . . You've been receiving shock upon shock. I can't think of anything that expresses adequately what I'm feeling more than Keith's recent quoting of Ned Martin quoting Shakespeare:
"When sorrows come, they come not as single spies, but in battalions."

[gkhouston]

313. Big hug, Clark

:hug: :hug: :hug:

Sorry about your grandma. I hope the latest round of job interviews goes well.

[Deb]

16. Oh, yuckert was invited to a Rose Garden event !?!

:rofl:

[crispini]

19. The all time day pass record!

What a horse's ass.....

[crispini]

23. Get OUT! Keith is covering the Splash Day thing!

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Deb]

40. omg, I'm laughing my ass of tonight

I can't hardly believe KO talked about it. Too Cool.

Wait til you see the boxes of scissors the airline's sell on EBay. I almost bid until I remembered the germs. :puke:

[Berry Cool]

139. Splash Day! Too funny!

Little Georgie could've had a gay old time at that one!

Has KO been in high snark this week so far or what? It seems as if he starts out smiling from story number one and seldom fades (unless, of course, the story leaves nothing to smile about).

[Patsy Stone]

24. The machine that goes PING!

Get the machine that goes ping!


Dana Milbank on Gannon/Guckert: "He should get a Congressional Medal of Honor for attending so many press conferences."

KO: "That would increase his military reputation."


:)

[babsbunny]

39. It seems

Gannon/Guckert is no big deal. I'm disappointed! There should be 2 sides to the story! MSNBC chose to just show one side, and Gannon seems to be no big story at all.

[Nothing Without Hope]

72. Well, the fact is, they've brough up his name again and shown there

is more to be found as well as questions as to WHY he was there so much, WHO he was seeing, and WHAT he was really doing.

Being coverred on national TV one night after the story broke on the internet is a big deal, in my opinion. The box of secrets has been reopened.

[Berry Cool]

144. "His military reputation"! Someone else caught that!

All bow down to the Pope of Snark!

We're not worthy! We're not worthy!

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

150. Best line

along with "Oops!" :)

[sparky_in_ma]

157. I liked the Oops.

He had some fun tonite. Monica also does NOT appear to be"with child", as speculated on in another thread.:D

[Berry Cool]

181. And next thing you know,

some speculator will be posting "yeah, Keith sure looks relieved, doesn't he??"

*bleah!*

[sparky_in_ma]

192. No way that would be possible.

She's a lady, and a professional, and he's a professional. (I know you knew that, it was just for lurkers.):)

[Berry Cool]

212. Yeah, but a professional *what*?

LOL, just kiddin'.

As for me, I'm strictly an amateur. I'm so amateur, I could be in the Olympics! Yeah!

[bunny planet]

25. Dang, I posted in the deleted thread.

Hi ya'll, I'm back from Fla-la-la.


But my kids won't let me have the tv until 9.

I missed all of you so much.

I will have to watch Keef at midnight.

Floatacular devices to all.:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

Sparkela, if you're here. I'll take an ice cold Amberbock.

[sparky_in_ma]

32. Hi Bunny!!

Missed you.:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

34. THUMPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea!!! She's back! :bounce:

[bunny planet]

50. You guys are great!!! I missed you all so much.

Wish I could catch Keef right now but I'll read along during the commercials. I need Tivo or a recorder.

[Nothing Without Hope]

79. BUNNY!!!! We've missed you big time! Welcome back!

Don't overlook the fact that we're going to move this show blog into the clubhouse starting next week - we'd hate to leave you out!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

AND

TTTTB! :toast:

[bunny planet]

88. Hi Hope. Oh don't worry, I know all about the move, nobody can keep me

out of the clubhouse. Is the bar built yet?

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

91. I'll have it ready by moving day.

:-)

[Nothing Without Hope]

95. Oh yeah, bleever and Sparky took the lead on that and they did a good one!

We have our priorities straight! We even have our self-publishing office in the clubhouse - Gull Bay Productions! And don't miss the humor thread - the bodice-ripper romance novels with the altered titles that crispini found will have you :rofl: for sure!

Welcome home!
:toast:

[bunny planet]

108. I can't wait to catch up. You guys have been really busy posting over

there. We've got over 3000 posts and going strong.
Awesome dudettes (and the bartenders who love them).

[Nothing Without Hope]

121. Yeah, getting our clubhouse has been a great move, not even counting

the fantastic new bar and digs. And I suspect there will be a lot of people in the Elections 04 Forum who will be relieved to see us and our humongous threads go. Though they're really been nice about it - we're going because we think it's a good thing to do. They haven't been pestering us to go or anything like that.

[bunny planet]

134. They will have floaty heart withdrawal symptoms and soon find themselves

lurking over in the clubhouse for a floatacular fix.

[Nothing Without Hope]

I suspect you're right - and you know, FH's have been appearing in

other threads as well, and not just from us KOEBers. I think we started something! Which is good. Never too many :loveya: s in this world.

So nice to have you back!
:hug:

[WhirlyGirl]

257. AGAIN with "next week"; please, someone, tell me where I heard ...

. . . that we were moving on the 29th???! :shrug:

[Nothing Without Hope]

OK, I just read the posts in the Group, and it sounds like we're moving

on the 29th. I supposed I assumed it would be the following Monday, since it seems a lot cleaner that way somehow than moving on the last day of a week. But i don't really care one way or the other and will find this thread wherever it may be.

We'll have to post headsups in ERD4 for a while, at least a week I think. I'd also like to see a headsup kept kicked in GD-P for a day or two to let people know of the move. More people read GD-P listings than ERD4 listings.

Sorry for the confusion, WG.

[WhirlyGirl]

297. No apology necessary, I'm still marveling at the fact that ...

. . . I actually had the CORRECT apprehension! :rofl:

[Nothing Without Hope]

I'm not surprised you're right, WG - good thing you pointed it out

or Sparky and I would have gotten people confused. Thanks!
:hi:

[crispini]

90. Bunny's here!

:hug::party::hug::party::hug::party:

[bunny planet]

106. Hi Crispini

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :pals:

[Berry Cool]

146. Don't miss him, Bun-Bun.

He's looking snarktacularly delicious and in full snarkalicious force tonight.

[bleever]

154. bunny, I was worried we'd move while you were gone, and

you'd come home to find no one here!

Phew! And welcome home.

:hi:

[bunny planet]

163. Awwww, that's so sweet. You were worried I'd get lost.

I might have gotten a little confused but all that estrogen is hard to hide.
The first place I'd have looked would've been the clubhouse.
Are we going to be there this Friday or starting next week though.
Will we have one last Friday night party in Election results?

[Patsy Stone]

180. Bubbaleh

I read your response to me from last night and I didn't want to kick that other thread.

So sorry to hear about all of your tsuris. How's the rib? Lovely to see you and I don't think we'll be here Friday; I think we'll be there. At least according to the poll. :)

Taped AI, but haven't watched. And Miami's own Nadia will be fine. Plus they're all still under contract for the album and the tour.

I think it's gonna be Carrie or Bo. How cheesy is Constantine anyway?

[bunny planet]

231. Constantine doesn't bother me that much. He won me over with the

Partridge Family song a few weeks ago. Next week there's supposed to be an ABC expose about how Idol is fixed. Someone on DU said that Drudge is reporting it (if he says so it must be true). Without my Nadia I've lost most of my interest. I think top three will be Constantine, Bo, and Vonzelle (not necessarily in that order).

The rib is much better thank you. I had a lot of fun injuring it in the first place however, so it was worth it.:evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

27. Splash Day/Gay Spash Day

Ironic that this follows the Jimmy-Jeff stuff, eh? :)

[sparky_in_ma]

37. I wonder how many

can wander around like that in the white house, and not be challenged by the SS? Something smells.

Hi Rev:loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

49. Hi Sparky

what's up? ;)

[sparky_in_ma]

55. Better tonite.

I was cranky yesterday, from work. I didn't contribute much at all last nite.

While I did meet some nice Du'ers in Boston, the KOEB always has my heart.:loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

69. are those idiots still messin with your nether-region??

Ya gotta tell them "THAT'S ALREADY SPOKEN FOR!" :evilgrin:

Next Boston meet-up, you've got to go drag Hope out of her house. I think she'd have a blast!

[sparky_in_ma]

75. : )

Syndie couldn't make it either.:-( It was a fun get together, although I left around 10:00pm. I'm not used to having too many beers.:donut:

[RevCheesehead]

81. lightweight.

Come to Milwaukee this Saturday! We'll have you back "in training" in no time at all! :toast:

[sparky_in_ma]

85. I'm a good drunk

I just get quiet and then fall asleep.:boring:

[RevCheesehead]

105. yeah -

"drink till you puke" is for kids. :puke:
"drink till you sleep" is for grown-ups. :toast:

[Nothing Without Hope]

87. I heard that! I might even prove draggable!

Average age at the meetup looked pretty young from the photos - maybe they need some input from people who have been around for a while.

Nice to hear friendly conspiracies from one's friends! You have the KOEB's heart too, Sparky! :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
And I doubt you're bad even when you think you're being cranky.

[RevCheesehead]

109. *ssshhhh*

(don't spoil him. He's floaty-hearting tonight!)

[Nothing Without Hope]

117. He DESERVES to be spoiled tonight! And some FH'ing for him too:

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

Besides, Cheese, if he gets too uppity, we can always get out the KOEB tranquilizer gun and call in the Bay Airs to get him settled down again:

[sparky_in_ma]

123. LOL

My own Bay-Air keeps me in line.:D

[Nothing Without Hope]

138. Yeah, that explains a lot! No wonder you're such a sweetie!

That Bay Air is making sure you're not out of line. Great photo - I recall that your cat has never been quite the same!

Have one on me: :beer: KOEB brew won't give you a hangover!

[sparky_in_ma]

141. The KOEB brew isn't addicting

but the KOEB is.:loveya:

[Nothing Without Hope]

148. Well said! Major points on that one!!!! Guess we don't need the

tranq gun after all. The Bay Air will probably still keep an eye on you though, she's got her own standards to enforce.

Take it from me, Sparky, the nights when you couldn't join us in the KOEB thread, it was missing something important. And not just a good bartender!
:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

185. yeah - like heavy breathing and flying snaps.

Sparky :loveya:

[Nothing Without Hope]

193. SSSHhhhh on the flying snaps - I think bleever may start nagging us

for workman's comp again!

As for the heavy breathing - YEAH! Must be something in that boiler room atmosphere.
:evilgrin:

[WhirlyGirl]

264. 'The KOEB brew isn't addicting ... but the KOEB is.' - Sparky

. . . I've been busy embroidering all these KOEB mottos into samplers for the clubhouse. Thanks for that great addition, Sparky; I'll start on it tomorrow.

[bunny planet]

151. Are the meet-up pics posted on DU. I love seeing what everybody looks

like. I already know how handsome Sparky is (and loyal to KOEB too).

[sparky_in_ma]

162. Bless you bunny

:loveya: The pics where in the lounge yesterday, and some more today.

[bunny planet]

167. oooh I'm going to check it out.

What's the thread title? DU Boston meetup pics?

[sparky_in_ma]

171. Yes

There's a lot of threads from the different people with cameras. Do not look at the one of me from late in the day.:scared:

[Nothing Without Hope]

178. Yeah, mostly in the Lounge. There are maybe half a dozen Boston

photo threads there as well as a bunch of other funny stuff like some truly spurious polls. I didn't see that Sparky had posted any, but some others did. You can see bettyellen and Sparky.

[bunny planet]

190. I only found one so far. I want to see the rest but there are so many

threads in the lounge, just today alone, I will have very tired eyes just searching for them. Anyone have one to link me to quickly?

[Nothing Without Hope]

198. I bookmarked a few yesterday. I'll start a thread tonight or tomorrow in

the Massachusetts Forum and post links to the ones I've bookmarked and ask if anyone else has any to add. When I do that, I'll post a link to it in the KOEB group. There's a funny one of Will Pitt kissing Matcom - lots of silliness going on, a good time despite the rain. Will had people from the meetup over at his nearby appt too, which was really neighborly (as we say in Texas) of him.

[sparky_in_ma]

199. Here you go.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3108860

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3114873

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3114388

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3119003

[bunny planet]

222. Wow cute girls, cute guys and alcohol and ciggies. Looks like it was lots

of fun. Betty Ellen is smokin'. I'd switch teams for her.
Nice pics.

[sparky_in_ma]

229. I must admit

that she did catch my eye.:loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

226. Okay, those were fun!

Thanks! I'd seen one, but not those. Looks like you all had a great time!

DU :yourock:

[bleever]

259. Whew! Just swung through, and it looks like

one of those rooms where there's too much going on to get enough.

[Nothing Without Hope]

74. Oh yeah, it smells BIG TIME. Who was he seeing and what was he

doing? The coincidences with his various writings are interesting - maybe sex was involved, but I don't think if it was it was the most important thing.

The "Gannon" case has been resurrected from forced obscurity. The WH had pretty well succeeded in burying it, but here it goes again.

Hi Cheese! Hope things in your world are going as well as they can.
:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

94. Hi. Hope

Things are OK. My visit to the neurologist was fairly inconclusive, other than "peripheral neuropathy" (of my feet). But the lab tech had to dig around to find a vein, and I'm bruised and sore!

Other than that, things are good. Roo has been snuggling with me since I got home. He wants his baby food - but he'll have to wait until Keith's done.

[Nothing Without Hope]

104. Oh, my... I hadn't heard about your poor feet

I knew about Roo and your family illnesses, but not your feet. Feet are so easily underestimated until they fail - then we learn the hard way. If the neurologists can't find anything, you might consider consulting a good acupuncturist and asking if your symptoms might be expected to respond. Pardon me if you've already done this or think it's inappropriate. I've had good results and have heard many firsthand stories and seen clinical trial results that suggest it is comething to think about. Don't know about your feet specifically, but there are a lot of acupuncture points there.

Glad Roo is feeling well enough to cuddle and give hints for his special food.
:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

122. no biggie - I hope.

They've been bugging me for about a year. Doctor sent me for a "conductivity test" (where they shoot electricity through you to see if your nerves are working - yikes!). The neurologist was a follow-up, with blood tests to rule out stuff. His overall comment was "it's really a sign of aging, but it could be related to diabetes."

(Yeah. That was helpful. :eyes:)

[Nothing Without Hope]

135. Good grief. Well, I can tell you THIS from my own experience

My first acupuncture appt, she took a long time going through my health history as well as my current symptoms. Part of the history - not something I was asking for help on - was poor circulation in my hands and feet. (In addition to perennially cold feet, I have Reynaud's Syndrome in my fingers - they suddenly turn white in cold weather. Not dangerous but an annoyance to have to stop and get the circulation going again.)

She looked at the part about the poor circulation in hands and feet and said "Well I can do something about that." And she did, that very day. I was so amazed to find that my hands and feet were WARM - I had to take my gloves off! And they STAYED warm until some months later when I became ill with a bad flu/cold and got all chilly again. So she revved up my hands and feet again the next time I saw her.

Don't know what's happening with your hands and feet, but if circulation is part of it, then from my own experience acupuncture can help.

Done with the lecture. Hope you'll excuse it. I want you to be WELL.
:hug:

ed:typos

[RevCheesehead]

194. Actually, I asked my doc about acupuncture.

Her response was "I'm all in favor of exploring alternate therapies, if you like. But let's get a diagnosis first."

And YOU were my inspiration, Hope! O8)
(I remembered your earlier posts about acupuncture - and heck, after those neurologist's needles, I can take anything!)

[Nothing Without Hope]

205. In Japanese style acupuncture the needles are more shallow than in

Chinese style. I always enjoy and am relaxed by my treatments. One way or another, I hope you get better soon. Frustrating not to know what's wrong, makes it hard to know what to do next or what to expect. Somehow, an illness is in a way easier to "control" psychologically if you have an official name for it. Look at what the chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers went through for so long, with people thinkng they were hyserical malingerers.

[Gogi]

248. Hi Rev!

I've had those stinking conductivity tests several times, even in my feet. You'll be glad to know that a researcher is trying to develop a painless EMG. About time I say!


:loveya: obligatory drooling at the thought of KO

[RevCheesehead]

252. I nearly passed out, I got so lightheaded.

And my shins ached for a week. Ugh. Not as "painless" as they'd like you to believe. I was rather queasy the next day, too. I wish I had someone to drive me (but they said, no, you'll be fine...).

Nice to see ya, Gogi! :hi:

[Gogi]

269. There are a lot of tests they claim are painless.

Used to work in hospitals, don't drink that koolaid! Sorry to hear you have had healh problems. Seems like everything happens at once don't it?


On a brighter note, I made reservations at a hotel in midtown Manhattan
for July 31 to August 4th. Will probably be hot and humid but, as my sister said, no worse than Missouri!

[RevCheesehead]

275. Ooh! You'll have to go on a KO watch..

I remember someone posting about his apartment building, etc. Maybe you'll be the first from our group to actually meet him! :loveya:

[WhirlyGirl]

270. 'they shoot electricity through you to see if your nerves are working'

. . . Rev, we could incorporate this into the punishment area of the News Quiz booth. Would go well with the red velvet draperies. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=315&topic_id=3008&mesg_id=3058&page=

[RevCheesehead]

279. yeah, like Abu Ghraib, but with curtains.

[WhirlyGirl]

286. You've just described ...

. . . outpatient PT at OSU's Dodd Hall.

(I don't bruise easy, but Elsa, Queen of the SS, managed.)

[bunny planet]

321. Rev, I recommend B1 vitamins, great for all the little nerve endings.

I had Bell's palsy once and it helped me recover faster.
Sorry I'm a bit of a homeopath, I'm always perscribing vitamins and carrot juice to everybody. Sorry to hear you are having problems with your tootsies.:o

[Berry Cool]

149. I hate "amateur night" when they draw blood!

Give me someone who knows how to find the damn vein right away and doesn't take three tries digging around before finally calling in the experts! *groan*

Doesn't *everything* have to wait till Keith's done?

[RevCheesehead]

219. It's not like I didn't warn her, either.

Another inheritance from Mom - tiny, rolling veins. So the tech used a butterfly needle, but still ended up digging around. Yikes!

I'm slow in responding, because Roo keeps coming in every 10 minutes for another spoonful. What a baby. :hug:

[bunny planet]

142. only if you're little Scotty McClellan's mystery date.

[RevCheesehead]

244. *snort* "mystery date"

:rofl:

[bleever]

249. Sing it with me: "Mystery Daaaate...Are you ready for your

Mystery Date?"

'Will he be a dream? Or a dud?'


LOL.

And for anyone who is curious: I look like the dud, most days.

:)

[RevCheesehead]

250. I doubt that.

I'm picturing GI Joe (from the 60's). That's a good thing. My Barbies' dated GI Joe - Ken was too much a wuss. That, and he was "available" (it's good to have a younger brother).

[Berry Cool]

258. Cheese, ever heard the Christmas joke

about the little girl who sits on Santa's lap and asks him to bring her a Barbie and a GI Joe?

"But Barbie comes with Ken," says puzzled Santa.

"Naah. She just fakes it with Ken."

[WhirlyGirl]

277. 'But Barbie comes with Ken'

. . . LOL! <That word> was in *'s "Splash Day" speech! It's why I was laughing.

[Berry Cool]

256. I have a sister who'd love you, bleev!

Back in the sixties when the game first came out and had actual pictures of the guys in it rather than drawings, this particular sister thought the Dud was the cutest one. She *wanted* to get him.

Unfortunately this tells a great deal about what her love life has been like ever since.

(Of course, with me it's more like "Ugh, what's gonna be behind there? If it ain't nice, I ain't opening. I don't care if I *do* have all the right cards.")

[Greylyn58]

33. Howdy All

Hope everyone had a nice day. I'm of the impression that Wall Street guy was a repug lover. Eeewwww!! Oh Well!!

:hi: Fellow KOEBers :grouphug:

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: Keith



:bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce:
:woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :applause: :woohoo: :woohoo:
:bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast: :bounce:

[RevCheesehead]

53. woof.

How ya doin', Greylyn? :hi:

[Greylyn58]

102. Been better--been worse

Sheridan's ear is at least looking better, so I'm hopeful he won't need the Vet. :)

[WhirlyGirl]

35. Oh my gosh he's all twinkly tonight!

Hi everyone!

Keith's happy and all's right with the world! :loveya:

[Clark2008]

45. Well.... um, not exactly.

But he does look good. :)

[WhirlyGirl]

59. True, it just seems like everything's all right when he's really--

. . . "on," as they say. (He's not only twinkly, he's singing!)

How are you doing tonight, Clark. Been thinking about you. I was reading some early threads from before I joined and I found the link to your website. You're so pretty! And you have a fine son there.

[Berry Cool]

152. You know he's in a good mood when he's singing

and when he growls a SportsCenter-style "Helloooo!" for the second night in a row!

[WhirlyGirl]

182. This gogomag cap from tonight shows a bit o' the old snark on display--

. . . http://www.gogomag.com/cgi-bin/tvheads_viewer.pl?tvheads30083&30083&Keith

(Thanks to Don Thompson for this pic! :loveya:)

[Berry Cool]

216. And thanks to you for linking it so soon!

They so seldom capture him in snark mode at gogomag--it's usually in dead serious reportage mode.

[WhirlyGirl]

227. There's a similarity in gogo's caps, almost like formal portraiture--

. . . We can use those to keep track of KO's wardrobe changes!

But here's one from the other night that's more of a candid shot:
http://www.gogomag.com/cgi-bin/tvheads_viewer.pl?tvheads29850&29850&Keith

[Clark2008]

173. Awwww... thank you.

I don't feel very pretty right now (have gained some being at home, but I think this past week will be taking it off of my, shortly).

But, I appreciate the compliment.

And, Ramzey is a doll, ain't he. :hug:

[crispini]

41. And it's a "1984" allusion!

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

61. KO singing!!

Where the deer and antelope play.:applause:

[crispini]

67. The man is en fuego!

Very funny tonight!

[Berry Cool]

155. Is THAT where it's from?

Must've been a long time since I read it.

Oh well, can you blame me, my chocolate ration for the week has been increased from 5 ounces to 2. Praise Big Brother who gives us chocolate.

[Clark2008]

Oh - I saw a Countdown commerical last night that said

that Keith's Countdown page was the "most visited page in news."

What's that site - Altria, Altia??? - that tracks websites? Anyone know how we can independently check this out? That'd be so cool!

[WhirlyGirl]

278. It's be visited MORE often if they'd ...

. . . post more cute photos. Why'd they stop -- were they afraid they were energizing us? x(

[RevCheesehead]

60. Keef is having fun tonite!

Elephants. Tigers. It's beginning to smell in here. :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

156. Once again, he's having just too damn much fun

and we're lovin' it.

[crispini]

62. Ok, somebody pls explain

the obscure movie reference re: the found money? thanks!

edit: nevermind, saw the other posts in the thread... :thumbsup:

[Patsy Stone]

63. And a Shawshank Redemption reference

And stories they're forcing me to cover tonight: Brad and Angelina!

[bleever]

68. Once, twice, three times a psychic.

How many fingers am I holding up?

:)

[Patsy Stone]

77. Two. :) n/t

[Berry Cool]

161. And I LOVE it that he freely admits

he did NOT want to cover the story!

"Breastfeeding tiger cubs? Sure, I'm there with bells on--two shows in a row, in fact. But Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie? Please...I have my standards."

[Patsy Stone]

184. Because he rocks...

And I think the animal stories (sans breasts) are beginning to wear thinly on him as well. :)

[bleever]

64. Nice! A 'Shawshank Redemption' reference.

[Berry Cool]

187. Is THAT what the money reference is to??

OK...I never did see that movie all the way through. Oh well.

[bleever]

265. Yep. Wrongly convicted guy escapes with dough, buries it for

pal to dig up after release and join him in Mexico.

And the name, "Andy Frain", was on the cap of all ushers at Wrigley Field. It was the company name, but as I kid I was slow to catch on to that.

[RevCheesehead]

65. Jail or Packers Tickets???

I'd keep the tickets - no doubt.

[sparky_in_ma]

71. Really?

What if I put you in "Sparky Jail"?:evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

78. ~gasp~

All the more reason to keep the tickets, my dear! :loveya:

Packers drafted a QB first round. It should be interesting to see him studying with Brett. Even the pre-season will be great! :)

[sparky_in_ma]

83. Wendy's finger case

There's a rumor it was Skinner's finger. He was forced to shut down ATA under duress.:scared:

[Berry Cool]

218. I do have a question

What happened to the music during the top three Oddball stories? It's been missing the past two nights.

At least there were no caption screwups tonight. Last night they had the handcuffed kid one up all during the Michael Jackson story!

[sparky_in_ma]

220. Usually the music is right on the mark.

It matches the story perfectly.

[Berry Cool]

164. Hey Cheese, did you hear the story

about the Cleveland guy who had season tix to Browns games and couldn't sell them--so he tacked them to a local post--a week later they were still there!

(I really wanted to end this story with "joined by 10 other sets of tix people tacked up," but unfortunately not true)

[sparky_in_ma]

LOL

Never happen with Packers tickets.:D

[crispini]

80. I just don't know what to think of this handcuff story.

And this second story is making me wonder. Poor little boy...

[RevCheesehead]

82. I had Wendy's Chili for lunch today...

and it was definately "non-digital." :thumbsup:

[WhirlyGirl]

281. Rev had analog chili at Wendy's.

[bleever]

290. I knew this story was bogus from the get-go.

Right up there with, Find a mouse in a Coke bottle, get a million dollars!

Poor Wendy's: conducts responsible business, makes good food, spends money to help kids find foster homes, and some spec house scam artist from Vegas lays the old "Mouse in a Coke bottle" flim-flam on them.

[RevCheesehead]

293. What ticks me off is how many reporters ran with the story.

And nobody holds THEM accountable for anything. Maybe Wendy's can go after the Corporate Media for their incompetence, too.

The Chili was delicious. :9
(but there's something stuck between my teeth...)

[Berry Cool]

307. Ahem, Cheese, KO resembles that remark

OK, it was on Oddball, but don't tell me you've already forgotten the "Finger Food" song!

[Patsy Stone]

84. Alice Cooper doing the weather!

That's a riot. #3 soundbite

*: 2.1 on the sexiness scale from American women #1 soundbite

[bleever]

118. He's also an excellent golfer, believe it or not.

But I know that you do.

:)

[Patsy Stone]

130. I do believe

I believe, bleeve. :)

Iggy Pop's a great gardener, believe it or not. But I know that you do. :)

[Berry Cool]

166. It's too bad they didn't have him doing it a few months later

so he could sing "SCHOOOL'S OUT for the summer..."

[Berry Cool]

169. Oh, and I'm sorry, but I know an Indonesian

and she would NOT think the blivet is sexy...one taddy bit!

[crispini]

86. "I think I'd become lesbian"

ROFLMAO! :rofl:

[sparky_in_ma]

89. Hey!

I've always considered myself one.:woohoo:

[crispini]

96. You're a lesbian eh?

Well I saw your pitchas from the Boston meetup .... and, girlfriend, you might wanna do something about that lil' stache there... :P :silly:

[sparky_in_ma]

97. Wax on, wax off.

:wow:

[crispini]

103. Ouch!

:P

[Deb]

93. omg ! I'm in tears here...

funny, funny truths tonight.

[Patsy Stone]

98. VIDEO -- Gannon/Guckert Thanks, dzika!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1746763

[bleever]

116. dzika rocks again!

Thanks david.

:toast:

[crispini]

100. Furry handcuffs!

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

101. "We were able to reunite her with her scissors."

Thank the Lord for that! :crazy:

After that list he read of stuff people tried to bring on the plane:
"Like they've never been out of their own house before." LOL!

ed: cause.

[crispini]

110. Hee hee hee.

He does "disgruntled" so well. :loveya::loveya::loveya:

[Berry Cool]

170. He's in full Bill Needle when he does disgruntled.

Ever see that Dave Thomas character on SCTV? He does him to a tee!

[Clark2008]

111. Keith looks disgusted...

"Stories my producers make me do."

I agree with you, Keith. I couldn't care less about the lot of 'em. ;)

[Patsy Stone]

114. Yay, Michael Musto!

Why do these photos mean they're together?
"Keith, there's a shovel... There's sand..." :)

[Patsy Stone]

119. Dan Abrams

Not the best. But crispi, my eyes didn't bleed. :hi:

[crispini]

133. Jinx!

:rofl: :hi: :7

[Patsy Stone]

140. LOL!

So there with you. I was typing, but the minute I heard his voice I had to look up to see what new fresh hell the wardrobe department had wrought. :)

[Deb]

120. Keith needs a "My veiwers couldn't give a sh*t" button

for those movie star segments. How does he do it?

[Berry Cool]

172. Have you forgotten? He's gotten a big fat wallet from it

I'm sure it pains him in the meantime, but he is handsomely compensated whenever the peacock poops (or is that the butterfly?)

[crispini]

124. Abrams tie check: Not pimpadelic, but not great either.

(shakes head) The man just has no fashion sense.

[Berry Cool]

174. And once again, crispi, we must ask along with Pete Seeger

"When will they ever learn?"

Really my dear, you must stop looking to Dan Abrams for tie couture. You have just seen the best in the form of satiny orange from the Keefster. There IS no comparison!

Yeesh, woman!

[crispini]

165. Night ladies!

:hi:

[sparky_in_ma]

175. Nite crispini

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

203. I guess the latest Dan Abrams tie did her in

I always make sure to turn off right before his show starts so I miss the trauma!

[sparky_in_ma]

206. I don't have a lot of fashion sense

but even I would not wear some of his outfits.

[ClassWarrior]

210. We're leaving 4ERD??

And who you callin' a 4ERD??

By the way, Dad's gonna clobber you when he learns you passed out on a bar last night, bleev...

NGU.

[Berry Cool]

233. You know, half the fun of Countdown is the subtle humor in the graphics

I'm surprised no one has yet commented on how the DeLay story about the blivet supporting him was accompanied by a graphic of the White House and a super title that looked exactly like the title of the TV show "Friends."

Hysterical!

Anyone remember the last time he was taking about how one of Saddam's sons (I believe it was Uday) tried to stage a coup not long before they were both killed? The graphic on that one said "UDAY'S OUP-CAY." (Not only funny, but a great reference back to his original reportage that they were "ead-day.")

Of course, I get a kick out of each one that shows DeLay surrounded by roaches and calls him "The Exterminator." Or is that "The Ex-Terminator"?

Oh, and I remember another time when they were doing some baseball story, can't remember what it was about, and had a lot of baseball-related graphics, one of which was a baseball card. Guess whose. LOL!

[Nothing Without Hope]

243. Yes, I just saw the video clip, and the FRIENDS sign was STILL up when

the "Gannon" story was being discussed!!!!!

This is HILARIOUS!!! ANd I think it tells us something about what Keith thinks about the story but can't say.

[RevCheesehead]

241. Oh, lookie who showed up!

Hiya, doodle! :loveya:

[bleever]

280. Hey bro. Just back from "Justice Sunday". And I'm ready to forgive you

for hating Jesus by worshiping at your golden calves of "Checks and Balances", "Independent Judiciary", "Advise and Consent", and preventing, a la the Founding Fathers, the "Tyranny of the Majority".

But that football jersey...man, that was just laziness.


:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

283. He has golden calves?

Adonis, I'm yours! :loveya:

[ClassWarrior]

287. I think he was calling me a cow. But I'm not sure...

He was speaking in tongues. :P

:loveya: Rev Darlin.

NGU.

[RevCheesehead]

288. Oh, Doooooooooodle,

You moooooooove me! :loveya:

[ClassWarrior]

285. Forgive THIS, buddy!

:hi:

Hey, I got a new name for "JustUs Sunday": "Tax-Exempt Sunday," so's them fine houses of worship remember who's payin' the bills around here. Waddaya think?

So what time should we expect you at the Brew Town DU meet-up? I give excellent directions. Just ask the Rev.

NGU. :patriot:

[bleever]

295. "Tax-Exempt Sunday": I like it.

"We don't need your publicly-funded roads, or police, or schools, or food safety, or water-supply, or homeland security: we got crazy judges to confirm! To heck with that other stuff!"

And, wishing I could be there this time.

:patriot: To you, a great 'Merkin.

:toast:

[CC]

224. Hello to everyone and drive by here.

Gizmo was rushed back to the vets today because he started crying again only a wheezy crying and one leg wasn't working again. He is fine now, got another antibiotic and a pain med since he seemed "uncomfortable". He is resting now but had to stop and buy a front pack carrier because he now acts like he is unable to breathe when in the normal carrier. The lil shit has figured out how to scare the human and uses it to his advatage. Though I think he figured out that scareing me too much gets him back to the vet, where he does not want to go anymore. He calmed down in the front pack even though it was on the same seat he was on in the other carrier. (not on the lap)

Got home in time for Keith so had him on while I tried to get the internet working again. Just finally have it up and running and have no idea how but it is working. I need to take care of the rest of the zoo crew then hit the bed after a shot or three of tequila.

Hope everyone has a good night and good day tomorrow.


big hugs to all.

:loveya::loveya:KO :loveya::loveya:


KEEF

[Berry Cool]

238. Oh, take good care of the Giz

and glad you didn't miss the snarktacular fun earlier tonight.

[Nothing Without Hope]

237. OK, I just watched dzika's 4 min recording of Keith's "Gannon" coverage

which is here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1746763

I thought Keith open to what is at the least the ODDNESS of the huge numbers of passes and the irregularities, but Dana Milbank of the Wash Post did everything he could to pooh-pooh it as something that is absolutely a non-story. The fact the "Gannon" was not even a journalist and was involved in a male "escort" service at the beginning of the time period was apparently not worth mentioning. I'm not happy with Dana Milbank, but Keith did OK. We'll see what happens now.

Milbank tried to make the lack of sign-in and sign-out just a typical glitch from ID card sliding, nothing to worry about. He's trying to bury this story.
:grr:

[bleever]

255. I agree. Milbank didn't need to come up with the "final answer", and

he could have accentuated the questions that the whole thing raises a little more, but overall:

I grade it an A.

[Nothing Without Hope]

261. When I read in today's newsletter that Keith would be covering the

"Gannon" WH visits story, I felt sure that his bosses would recieve a call from the WH demanding that the story be suppressed or downplayed in some way. I wonder whose idea it was to invite Milbank? I thought he really went over the top in trying to project "nothing here, move on, move on." I mean, at the very least this is a truly BIZARRE and UNIQUE situation, and Keith forced him to admit the latter at least.

I suspect Milbank's motives.

I LOVED the fact that the previous graphic, the photo of the White House with the letters

FRIENDS

written across the front was still up behind Keith while he was talking bout the mysterious and numerous visits of JimmyJeff. I wonder if that was his way of leaking what he really thinks about this - maybe not, but I like the thought.

I hope Milbank didn't succeed in his clear goal of squashing this story. He reminded me of Rosemary Woods leaning over an impossible distance to show how she could ACCIDENTALLY erase the Nixon tape whle her foot was on the pedal of her machine.

[bleever]

266. I think this all worked out well, for a story about a third-rate burglary

that really doesn't have much significance.

;)

[Nothing Without Hope]

274. yes, you're right of course. I'll keep that in mind and try not to be

so angry at what Milbank did (which I feel sure was in response to orders to squash the story). These "third-rate burglary" stories are sort of hard to keep squashed, as you kindly reminded me.

So let's hope he didn't succeed in what he tried to do. I thought it was clear that Keith really didn't buy Milbank's studied nonchalance. He forced Milbank to admit that yes, it WAS unprecedented to get that many passes. That's something. And Keith's body language didn't seem to project the same nonchalance about the story that Milbank was working so hard to build.

That's my take. Well, we knew the WH wouldn't just let Keith blow up this story again without some kind of opposition. See what autorank says about what Milbank did tonight here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1745916&mesg_id=1747133&page=

[bleever]

284. Two very reasonable, clear-eyed fellows saying, we don't really

see anything here at this point.

For four minutes.

[Nothing Without Hope]

289. Yes. Milbank came equipped - he used up about a minute with his

irrelevant story about how this wouldn't have happened under Clinton because they changed the access rules because of Carville ...blah blah blah. This seeminly endless digression left poor Keith to fall back on humor - "it's not about the hair, is it?"

For a network TV show, it was a very long time to spend on something that "doesn't have any content as a story." I don't think Keith was convinced, but that may be my fond regard for him speaking.

And I do have my suspicions about the "FRIENDS/White House" graphic that was left up behind Keith during at least the intro part of it.

Nice that he did credit Raw Story.

[gkhouston]

316. to be fair, Milbank did point out that Gannon had been

at many, many more briefings than Milbank had, which leaves a question mark dangling in the air as to why JG was there so friggin' much. IF Milbank was trying to bury the story in compliance with instructions from superiors, and I'm not convinced that was the case, he didn't do as whole-hearted a job of it as he might have done. If anything, he appears to have pointed to a weakness in the wall that may be less defensible. We could argue endlessly over security procedures, but there's no arguing that Gannon was there one hell of a lot, on day passes, and that such access would not have been permitted on day passes during the Clinton administration. Why have things changed, and who else are these changes accommodating? That's a question someone should ask Scott McClellan.

[Berry Cool]

262. He did seem to be downplaying it, didn't he?

How many times have Keith's contacts been doing that to him lately? Like Irish cops--"move along, move along, nothin' here to see..."

I hope he doesn't take it all at face value every time. Of course, every time he thinks there's more to a story than meets the eye, he gets accused of being a tinfoil hat wearer, but hell, if that's what it takes, let's all buy stock in Reynolds Wrap.

[Nothing Without Hope]

267. Here's my suspicion of what happened with this coverage

Keith said he would cover Raw Story's breaking coverage of the "Gannon" WH visits/SS log story. Someone told the WH. The WH called and applied pressure. Keith was told to get Milbank (or one of a small number of "acceptable" people) who would come on and immunize against Keith looking like a tinfoilhatter. In fact, the real reason for bringing in Dana Milbank was to try to destroy the interest of the story. Keith forced him to admit that the number of passes was unprecedented, but otherwise it was a full-barrelled over-the-top effort by Milbank to bury this story again. Not Keith's fault; I think this was done behind his back and he had to deal with it. I think his guest had instructions and followed them.

That's the way I think this was played. Like I said somewhere else, I was reminded of that film of Rosemary Woods stretching impossibly to demonstrate how she "accidentally" erased those critical minutes of Nixon's tape while her foot was still on the pedal of her dictation machine.

[bunny planet]

271. I totally agree Hope. Just watched the clip. KO was trying to salvage

something of substance from the story to shine a light on. He does work for GE ultimately (I think that's who owns the NBC affiliates) and they will put the kabosh on any story that gets too uncomfortable for their corporate WH. That's why they give him toothless guests whenever he's dealing with a story that should undermine WH credibility. This President and his evil cohorts really are the Teflon Dons, nothing sticks to them (yet). This is why I think we should try to get more and more people to watch Countdown, KO is the only one (short of MacNeil Lehrer) that comes close to having a news program, even though it is of a different genre, news/entertainment, than PBS's newshour. If we can get him a huge following through word of mouth, that is the only way the network will let him do more of the kind of stories worthy of his snark.
Meanwhile the hypocrisy goes on and on and only Keith seems even remotely interested in exposing it. That's why we luff him.
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

Rebroadcast is on in a few minutes. I have to go watch it.

[WhirlyGirl]

291. I think this applies ...

. . .

[bleever]

272. Another possible scenario:

Keith's gonna carry the answers to an FOIA request by Conyers and Slaughter re: Gannon's access. First reported in Rawstory.

So they get one of the top tier journalists, Milbank, in to comment, and...


They spend 4 minutes talking about it. "Something weird here? Something creepy?"

"Nah, probably not. Weird. Or. Creepy"

"Yes, I'm sure there's a good explanation; I'm sure we'll hear it shortly."

"I mean remarkable? Sure, it's remarkable, but it's really probably not about...you know...that stuff."

"By that, you mean the gay escort and pornography stuff, that eclipsed the more serious story regarding access and security?"

"Yes, it's probably not about that stuff."


Best four minutes of TV I've seen in a while.


:)

[bunny planet]

311. On second viewing I think you're right!

:-)

[Nothing Without Hope]

240. NATURE PHOTO of the day - not mine, nice spring blooms

This is from here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3313126

Here is the caption:
Sunlit plum tree blossoms on a spring day
by Vincent Stanford
Nikon D 70
"Flowers on a spring day in the back yard. Sometimes you don't have to go far to find something beautiful."

[Berry Cool]

292. To those watching the replay now...

...don't miss the bump segment in which he plugs the "confiscated plane stuff on eBay and Pitt/Jolie" stories tonight. It's the best one yet, and one I really wish to have screen caps from.

First, the little thing he does with his pinky at the corner of his mouth when speaking of the alleged monetary value of the Pitt-Jolie photos; then the amusing faces he makes when talking about how everyone except him seems to think it's such a fascinating story.

And then he blatantly mouths, easily enough for anyone to lip-read--without actually speaking the words:

"I DON'T CARE!"

It's the greatest!

[Nothing Without Hope]

294. Good for him! I think that his body language during the "Gannon"

segment shows that despite Milbank's efforts, he DOES care about THAT story. It must really grate on him to have to carry on with stupid things like the MJ trial and this Jolie/Pitt stupidity when important stories are left to be ignored.

We appreciate him caring - :loveya: Keef :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

298. I think it's time to write the Countdown staff again.

Keith admitted he didn't want to do the story, WE didn't like it, it belittles the show - (seriously, do they "make" Tweety cover it??). I say, if it has Keith's name on it, it's his reputation on the line. He should get final call on what to air.

[Nothing Without Hope]

302. I think his bosses really do believe that it's just his humor and his

celeb scandal/misc nonsense coverage that are responsible for his loyal following. Blockheads! Do you know who we should write? I think we have to be careful about saying Keith obviously doesn't want to do these stories, because that could backfire on him. But that they undercut the value of his show and his reputation as a jouralist - DEFINITELY!!!

And you need to repost your teensy little pic of yourself in the alb in another thread! I think it got accidentally overlooked, and everybody will want to see it!

Good night!
:boring:

[WhirlyGirl]

301. Anyone still here? My brother-in-law just died.

. . . Ashley was a quadriplegic who lived for a decade after his devastating car crash. He received excellent care from visiting nurses, thanks to a social program that has so far managed to dodge Republican budget-cutting axes.

Infuriatingly, Ashley died the same way Christopher Reeve did - from a bed sore infection that wasn't discovered in time, and stopped his heart.

[RevCheesehead]

303. Just checkin' in to make sure the lights are off.

WG - be sure to catch the Daily Show rerun of tonight's show. It's a classic!

Good night, whirly. :hi:

[WhirlyGirl]

304. Hastening to say that my post originally read simply, "Anyone still here?"

. . . While I was editing it to add the information about the death in my family, Rev was responding to the message as ORIGINALLY posted.

It wouldn't be like Rev to treat such information lightly.

--W

[Nothing Without Hope]

305. Oh W, I just checked in before turning off my computer and saw this

about your brother-in-law. What a terrible tragedy! Did he and your sister have children? I can't imagine how painful this is for your family.
:hug:

It's good that you posted to explain Cheese's comment, which would have bothered her a lot if it were left to stand next to your edited comment as is. You're very right about that, and this kindness in such a low time speaks much of what you are.

[WhirlyGirl]

306. Thanks, Hope.

. . . They never had children. Fortunately, my sister-in-law is very active in her church and sings, in add'n to working -- so she won't have much time to rattle around that empty house. I love her so much. She was my matron of honor and sang at my wedding.

She's handling it well (this wasn't entirely unexpected), but Ashley's daughter was quite distraught at the hospital. Her grandmother will be coming up from Texas for the funeral and maybe will stay a little after, so that should help her a lot.

Thankyou for the kind words.
:loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

315. Oh, Whirly - I'm sorry I missed your edit!!

:hug::hug:

April sucks. :(

[gkhouston]

318. Does it ever!

Whirly, I've only just gotten to this part of the thread. So sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. Man, what a week!

[Berry Cool]

308. Oh, Whirly, I don't know what to say

I came back in here today to see if anyone had left any interesting comments about the midnight replay, and found this.

What else can I say, except that I am so sorry.

Take care of yourself, friend. Prayers for you and your loved ones.

[WhirlyGirl]

309. Thank you, friend Berry. You're very kind.

. . . I hope Ash will be the last loved one this awful April will claim.

What a sad month!

[CC]

310. Was checking in on my way

out the door to work and saw this. I'm sorry for your loss Whirls, and will keep the whole family in prayers. Will keep you in my thoughts today and try to send strength your way.


Wasn't mercury suppose to move its ass and things get better? Wondering what stepped in then to lay so much on everyone. It needs to move already now.

[WhirlyGirl]

319. Thank you, CC

. . . It's been sort of a tense week, with Ash in CCU (this was his second trip; they'd sent him home once and he didn't get better, so went back). When he failed to show improvement in the hospital I started to wonder if he was going to make it. As it worked out, he didn't.

Nevertheless, he beat the odds and lived longer than folks with his injury are "supposed to." So did Christpher Reeve -- which leads me to think maybe it's time for the experts to give those estimates another look.

[bunny planet]

322. Oh WhirlyGirl, I just saw this. I'm so terribly sorry. That is so so sad.

My heart goes out to you and your family.

[WhirlyGirl]

323. Thanks, bunny. I sure return that sentiment, as you know.

. . . :hug:

[bettyellen]

320. hey guys!! look at all the lovlies, me and sparks were looking for y'all

saturday....boston was a lot of fun. they got a big posse over there.
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: