KOEB Meeting -- 02/1/06: On the Road Again Edition

[Patsy Stone]

ed: cuz

[ralps]

1. Hi Patsy, Hi Everyone

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Clark2008]

2. Evenin' all!

:hi:

[Olney Blue]

3. Hi Patsy!

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

4. Do I see a glimpse of "the TIE" in your photo?

Evening, Pats! :hi:

Keith: :loveya:

[ralps]

7. Hi RevCheesehead

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

9. hiya, ralps!

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

13. Nope, that's not the tie

It's another one of his striped ones.

[Patsy Stone]

14. Ooh.

I didn't even notice Willie was wearing a tie! :hi:

KO: Snarkmaster General: :loveya:

[ralps]

5. LOL B*'s state of the union flops!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Patsy Stone]

6. LOL! Today's tour "resembled an acoustic set"

*'s speech at the Grand Ole Opry was nothing more than a rehash, and the venue was fitting because it resembled an "acoustic set" of the SOTU.

Good Opry snark, good Shrub snark.

ed: clarity.

[Berry Cool]

11. "But you just GOTTA see freedom on the march!"

Sorry...don't see no freedom here. :-(

:hi: all! Berry will be back After the Show!

[RevCheesehead]

17. and don't forget Grandpa Jones.

I wish he woulda mentioned Minnie Pearl, too.

[Patsy Stone]

21. Confession

I watched an episode of Hee Haw very recently on DVD. Still funny as hell!

Junior Samples, a comic genius. BR-549.

[RevCheesehead]

25. Let's sing along:

Where, oh where are you tonite?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over,
and I thought I found true love,
You met another, and :P you were gone.

[Patsy Stone]

27. I searched Google over

for that damn picture. :)

Yes, we sang along loud and proud.

[RevCheesehead]

33. Here ya go:

[Patsy Stone]

36. !!!

:rofl:

What did you use? Archie Campbell? Thanks for that! :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

39. much simpler: Hee Haw.

:shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

43. I tried that.

Dont'cha think I tried that? Sheesh. :)

So glad you found it! I crack up just looking at it.

[Olney Blue]

I loved Minnie!

[RevCheesehead]

28. Then let me say

"How-DEE!!" to ya, Olney! :hi:

[Olney Blue]

38. Where, where are you tonight?

[RevCheesehead]

40. LOL!

We posted the same pic! :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

46. I am such a loser

Worm lasagna, anyone?

[Olney Blue]

47. Kindred spirits, brought together by Hee Haw?

:pals:

[Patsy Stone]

49. Stranger things have happened in this place, Olney.

Trust me. :hi:

[Olney Blue]

60. I believe you!

[Berry Cool]

63. Hee Haw?

"Now we're not ones to go 'round spreadin' rumors,
Really, we're just not the gossiping kind,
OOOOOH! No, you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip--
So you better be sure and listen close the first time!"

[Olney Blue]

88. Now that's an estrogen brigade!

[RevCheesehead]

91. LOL!

:rofl:

And who's Roy? Botany? Bleever?

[Berry Cool]

104. Ah, in their hearts,

they're ALL Roy. :loveya:

[crispini]

98. Bwahahahaha!

I loved Hee Haw.

[Patsy Stone]

8. I am freakin' terrified

when he says "freedom's on the march".

[Olney Blue]

15. I can't believe he had the gall to say that last night.

[RevCheesehead]

42. I know - I see Nazi Storm Troopers when he says that.

:scared: Hold me, please.

[Greylyn58]

58. Me too Rev.

That a large portion of this country can't see or understand that frightens me even more.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

[WolverineDG]

52. freedom doesn't march

fascism does. freedom oozes its way around like fog, which rolls in on little cat's feet....

dg

[RevCheesehead]

56. and if anyone understands freedom, it's cats.

Hi, Wolvie! :hi:

[RevCheesehead]

66. See what I mean?

[WolverineDG]

82. so true

ever try herding cats? can't do it. damned independent little cusses.

hi rev! :hi:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

87. Ever try "making" a cat do anything??

They're more stubborn than most republicans. :evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

107. Do you remember the famous "cat herders" commercial from the Super Bowl?

Some years ago? Still hilarious to this day. Done like a serious documentary about cowboys who herd cats.

If not, you can still find it here and many other places:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4057591681481453187

It's priceless.

On a scarier note, guess who * said today had done a great job of "herding cats" in reference to something else.

Bill Frist. I kid you not.

Oh, he does a "heckuva job" of herding cats, all right...

[WolverineDG]

110. don't want to think about

what frist did to cats. there's a cold place in hell reserved for him.

yes, i remember the commercial. my entire family has a "must have cats" gene & we roared when that commercial came on.

why do we have a cat gene? A home without a cat--and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat--may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?
- Pudd'nhead Wilson


dg

[Patsy Stone]

61. Very poetic

and true. Jackbooted thugs march.

[SharonRB]

10. Sure, now they drop the charges... how convenient

they got her out just for enough time to miss the speech.

Hi, everyone.

[Olney Blue]

29. Sharon, how are you doing?

I thought about you today.

[SharonRB]

32. Thanks, Olney

I'm doing okay. I went to work. It was better being there than sitting here on my own all day.

[Olney Blue]

41. That was a good idea.

[RevCheesehead]

44. Hi, Sharon.

:hug: I'm glad you're caring for yourself. :hug:

[SharonRB]

54. Thanks, Rev

Jewish guilt is getting to me, though. I'm feeling a bit guilty that I'm not sitting shiva, mostly because I know my mother will be upset.

[RevCheesehead]

72. Oy gevalt.

If anyone is an expert on guilt, it's a Jewish Mother.

Maybe this will come in handy?

[SharonRB]

76. LOL -- Thanks for the laugh.

[Gogi]

112. I have a Jewish father...

and we're not even Jewish!

[WolverineDG]

93. and to not be on camera

yeah, right they made a mistake. that was intentional. shrubbie is such a damned coward, he'll do anything to avoid facing cindy sheehan.

on a lighter note, hope you're feeling better today, sharon. :hug:

dg

[SharonRB]

97. Thanks, DG

I'm doing okay.

[Olney Blue]

12. Educator in chief WTF?

[Berry Cool]

108. The prez iz thee edjookater in cheef.

An if yew doan beleev itt, hee wil tel u hissef.

[Greylyn58]

16. Evening All

How is everyone? Well I hope. Looking forward to seeing Keith tonight after is smack-down of O'Liely. He was incredible.

I swear, I want to put a smack-down on the Shrub and just drop-kick his freakin ass into the middle of the Pacific Ocean(don't want him polluting the Atlantic Ocean since I live on the East coast--might want go for a swim). :evilgrin:

:hi: to everyone of the KOEB!!! :grouphug:

[Patsy Stone]

18. Hey, Grey! Woof Sheridan.

He's talking about Cindy now. Watch out, DU is gonna blow. :)

[RevCheesehead]

37. You shoulda heard my church members today.

I was out visiting a couple. The husband told me he wouldn't even watch that pile of garbage last night.

The anger is overwhelming, and there's gonna be shit to pay.

[SharonRB]

19. They screwed up?

I think Cindy's got a lawsuit.

[Patsy Stone]

31. She sure does

They couldn't find any law she'd violated. Funny that.

[SharonRB]

34. Didn't you know...

it was the "Cindy Sheehan can't be here for the SOTU law." Congress just passed it, along party lines.

[WolverineDG]

45. false arrest

police brutality (if she can prove the manhandling charges) & a section 1982 violation of civil rights at least.

dg

[RevCheesehead]

20. "We screwed up".... "How convenient"

Yup.

So the police have egg on their faces. Don't ya think THAT order came from above??

[SharonRB]

23. I'm sure it did, Rev.

[Patsy Stone]

24. Protester!!!!

WTF? So? Even if she was, which she wasn't.

[SharonRB]

22. You're kidding...

more Repubs watched than Dems? I can't believe it. :sarcasm:

I know so many Dems, including many, many here on DU who couldn't bear to watch it. My daughter and I had some wine and played the SOTU drinking game. Gotta make a game out of it.

[Patsy Stone]

26. Hey, Sharon

So sorry to read about your loss. How is everyone doing? :hug:

I watched it much later in bits and pieces. :boring:

[SharonRB]

30. Thanks, Pats

My folks are still on their way to Israel. They left this morning, but I think it's a 12 or 14 hour flight and I don't know if they flew direct or not. I'll call my sister-in-law tomorrow. It's hard to find a good time, since it's 7 hours later there.

[Patsy Stone]

35. Wow.

That trip alone is exhausting. Best wishes to everyone.

[crispini]

48. Hi ya'll!

:hi:

Just got here. Sorry, been kinda busy this week. Should I post our uber tie poll tonight? Who wants to do the purchasing honors this year?

[Patsy Stone]

51. Hi, crispi!

What do you need to do it? Just a Paypal account?

[crispini]

71. Yes, whoever does the honors must be

1) Comfortable with using their credit card to place the orders. And possibly giving their personal info to KO, depending on what the tie company puts on the invoice, we have no idea of knowing. Even if it's a gift sometimes they'll put stuff in there.

And 2) Comfortable with having a PayPal account so the rest of us can send that person some $$$. :D

I'm having problems finding the images for two of the ties, on the original tie poll. Working on it....

[Patsy Stone]

74. I'll do it.

I don't mind at all.

[crispini]

84. Yay! I'm almost done with the tie poll.

Was this the BLUE Jerry Garcia? It doesn't show up in the poll post anymore and I forgot what it looked like!

[Patsy Stone]

85. Honestly, I don't remember.

Maybe the one who chose it will tell you.

[SharonRB]

86. I think it had more blue in it.

[crispini]

90. Was this the one?

I don't know why it's not showing up on the poll anymore!

[SharonRB]

92. Yup -- that's it.

[gkhouston]

114. LOL, you forgot the part about receiving tie spam! n/t

[WolverineDG]

50. Gloom, despair

it's agony on me...to listen to shrubbie speak. although i was :rofl: when the dems cheered at his "congress failed to pass social security reform." omg, did he sound pissed off & incoherent for a few minutes after that! :rofl:

and i forgot this last night:

:loveya: ko for the o'really smack down. can ya do it again? :evilgrin:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

55. If it weren't for bad luck

I'd have no luck at all... Yes, the Dems and their "protest ovation" was great. So very House of Commons!

Hey, DG.

[WolverineDG]

80. hey pats

:hi:

3 fridays from now, i'll be getting on a plane.... :evilgrin:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

81. As will I!

Yay! It's gonna be a blast! I hope this weird weather they're having holds. Everything's crossed.

[SharonRB]

89. As will I

Can't wait to see you guys. Can I give you the money for the tie(s) when I see you?

[Patsy Stone]

99. Not a problem.

It's going to be so much fun.

[WolverineDG]

95. even your eyes?

how can you see to type? :crazy:

dg

[SharonRB]

96. Even my...

oh, nevermind.

[WolverineDG]

106. you can do that?

:o

dg

[seito]

62. His voice make fingernails on a chalkboard appealing

Hi everyone. I watched the SOTU with the TV on mute, so I missed out on that nice bit of drama. Oh well.

It is nice to see everyone. Sorry I have been so sporadic lately.

[SharonRB]

65. Hi, seito!

[seito]

73. HI Sharon

:hi: Nice to see ya

[Patsy Stone]

69. Hey, seito

It's always great to see you.

The whole thing was stupid. Take any * speech and play it backward, real loud, over your speakers. That's what it sounds like to me.

[seito]

77. You guys always make me feel so welcome

I have to admit, I was very tempted to suggest a meeting of the DUDQ this week, but was a bit too down in the dumps to post.

What a week...

[Patsy Stone]

79. Because great minds think alike

:)

But there were so many ways to go! Pro/Anti Cindy, The Dems died and I'm leavin!, Shoot me, I'm your party-mate.

Too many choices. :rofl:

[seito]

94. I actually think a DUDQ thread

would have thrown a few right over the edge. It seemed like the "we are all doomed" sentiment was worse this past week than it was in Nov 2004.

...well, except for the "KO is trying to kill us all" I almost forgot about that one... :rofl:

[crispini]

100. Hey WP!

:hi: Nice to see ya! :hi:

[seito]

103. Hi crispini

Good to see you too. :hi:

[gkhouston]

117. LOL, I *had* forgotten about that one

I'm surprised they didn't crucify him Monday for doing that lengthy story about Woodruff instead of covering the filibuster fight, especially after that remark about news anchors intriguing us. Oy, but that was fatuous.

[gkhouston]

116. now, Patsy, obviously you are not a TRUE Dem...

that sense of humor and perspective simply will not do... ;-)

[RevCheesehead]

75. Warrior Princess!!

It's sooooo good to see you!!! :bounce::bounce:

[seito]

78. Hey Rev

It is grrrreat to see you too.

[Clark2008]

68. You forgot the big moan

I guess the one person from Tennessee on the KOEB ought to chime in about here.

Y'all come back now, heah? :hi:

[RevCheesehead]

53. Oh, a "dope" reference....

Keith must have noticed that Patsy started the thread tonight. :)

[Patsy Stone]

64. I knew he missed me.

He was feeling jealous because I left him last night for Steven Wright. Ah, he'll learn to get over it and live with the disappointment.

:loveya:

[Olney Blue]

57. I saw Murtha on Tweety before CD tonight-he was great!

[SharonRB]

59. We should have had Murtha or Wes or someone

other than Kaine do the response. We needed someone more dynamic. He may be a great governor, but as a speaker, he sucks. My husband heard someone on TV say next year they should have Bill do it. He would have been great, but I wonder if he'd be willing. Even Gore would have done a much better job.

[Olney Blue]

67. Murtha would have been great. I understand the reason Kaine

was chosen, but I was disappointed. Nothing against Kaine-more
power to him for winning a red state!

[gkhouston]

118. if Kaine is supposed to be a "rising" star all I can say is

needs more yeast. A lot of it.

[RevCheesehead]

119. Did you catch Jon Stewart's snark on Kaine?

"I want to thank you, on behalf of the people of this commonwealth, the democratic party...."
Jon: "and my decorator! Hello! Liberace's living room?"

And something about him being a rising star, his rising right eyebrow notwithstanding.

But my favorite line of the night is from the shot of Hilary, when blivet made the comment about his dad's two favorite people:
"That's the look where boners go to die."

[gkhouston]

120. yes, I was cutting up carrots in the kitchen when Jon made

the "boner" joke. I'm lucky to still have all my fingers. :rofl:

[SharonRB]

122. Stewart was great last night.

If looks could kill...Hillary needed a cartoon bubble saying to Bush after that comment: "You fucking moron." You could just read it all over her face.

[SharonRB]

121. LOL

:rofl:

So true.

[Patsy Stone]

70. He was AbFab

There are several Rally 'round Murtha threads out there. Good for him for saying the right thing in the right way.

[RevCheesehead]

83. I saw the last part of that, too...

and it is worth watching again.

[crispini]

101. Bwahahahaha! Mo Rocca keyed on the animal human hybrid.

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

102. Yeah, but what the heck was Keith saying at the end?

He said something like "Yeah, and I have to get rid of my chameleons who are my brothers and sisters"?

I dunno, I think Keith was reaching a bit tonight! Maybe he spent it all on Mr. Bill last night.

The Worst Person in the World joke about people who would give up a year of sex to play the Augusta PGA course being "Masters-players" was a bigger stretch than David Gregory!

Hmm. I think I need to go to Augusta. I believe they owe me several rounds of golf. :rofl:

[crispini]

105. Completely off topic: My paper presentation today went swimmingly!

I got three intelligent questions and a couple of people told me that it was well done. So I am a happy camper. Think I'll order in and have some vino! :toast:

[WolverineDG]

109. congrats, crispy!

:toast:

three fridays from now, we will be on the same flight out of dfw! :woohoo:

dg

[crispini]

111. Yaaaaaaaaaay!

Although I can't wait to get home from THIS trip. Ahhh, home sweet home.

[Berry Cool]

113. Glad for ya, crispi!

A rest well earned.

[gkhouston]

115. very good. Intelligent questions are always a positive sign. n/t