KOEB Meeting -- 04/14/06: Drippity, Drip, Drip, Drip Edition

[Patsy Stone]

[ralps]

1. Hi Patsy, Hi Everyone, Happy Good Friday & Happy Passover everyone

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

[Olney Blue]

33. Hi ralps! How are you?

:hi:

[ralps]

41. Hi Olney Blue, I'm doing good, How are you?

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

[Olney Blue]

47. I amazed that the Chimp still has a "base" after this week.

[Wetzelbill]

2. ohhhh already a TomKat reference

:)

[Patsy Stone]

9. Can Britney be far behind?

:hi:, Bill!

[Wetzelbill]

11. in birthing statue form no less!

Hi right back at you. :)

[Patsy Stone]

18. There's a joke in this sub-thread somewhere.

But I just can't find it. I think it has to do with Britney's behind though. :P

[Olney Blue]

38. I live in fear that someone is going to post a pic of the back of it!

[Patsy Stone]

61. LOFL

Too, too true!

[SharonRB]

3. Shabbat Shalom

and Happy Good Friday and Passover.

[Patsy Stone]

12. Back 'atcha!

How was the Seder? Doesn't Thomas Defrank remind you of Jack Germond? Where is Jack Germond?

[SharonRB]

16. Who is Jack Germond?

The seder was fine. At my aunt's it's almost a non-seder. Lasts about 15 minutes and then we eat. A far cry from my parents -- we don't start until 9, eat at 10 and then do more seder after dinner -- they can last until midnight or later. I'm so glad my folks always go to Israel now. Their seders are torture. I loved them when I was a kid because I got to stay up late and my grandparents were usually visiting from New York. It got kind of old as I got older, though.

[Patsy Stone]

22. I loved them as a kid

All the cousins came in and there were lots of kids around. I still like them, but I get hungry and cranky. :) Jack Germond is a columnist and writer and was on the McLaughlin Group for years and years. http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/bios/frames/cnn/germond.html

[SharonRB]

27. Thanks -- I don't remember him.

[Olney Blue]

37. Jack was a conservative voice on the McLaughlin group...

but he wasn't a nutcase neoconservative.

[Patsy Stone]

42. No

He's a liberal and an athiest. Pat Buchanan and Morton Kondracke were the usual suspects on the right at that time.

[Olney Blue]

51. I knew I liked him!

(sorry I got that wrong)

[Patsy Stone]

76. I think you'd love him

and I'm sure he's still working, but no one has him on their show for some reason.

[ralps]

4. LOL 6 Generals in April!!!

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

[Patsy Stone]

5. Rummy refers to the generals as

"retired people". What an ass...

[spooky3]

34. and I'm sure these 6 are the ONLY military leaders

who hold the opinions they do. Riiiiggghhht...

:sarcasm:

("You're always going to have 2 or 3 people who will disagree with you..." -- Rummy)

But the issue isn't Rummy--he's just been the water boy for * and Cheney.

[Olney Blue]

64. It was such a disrespectful dismissal-I noticed that.

ugh

[Patsy Stone]

68. If I were the AARP

I'd sue. It was so pejorative. :)

[SharonRB]

6. Looks like he's wearing the faux Boccara

Sorry, DG. I'm still not 100% convinced. :)

[WolverineDG]

19. My story, stickin' to it

:evilgrin:

:hi: Sharon!

dg

in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.....

[SharonRB]

20. Oops -- you caught me!

:hi:

13 days!

[ralps]

7. That "Cobra II" might be an interesting book

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

[Patsy Stone]

8. No: they never have looked for a Plan B

Because a Plan B would mean failure of Plan A. Plan A must be achieved! :crazy:

[SharonRB]

10. They won't even approve the Plan B morning-after pill

:rofl:

Now I know why.

[Patsy Stone]

14. LOL!

That tie in that Rummy clip, the one that looks like Baskin-Robbins, makes me nuts. Let alone the guy wearing it.

[ralps]

13. Cool!! The White House is getting nervous about the revolt of the

generals among other things. I bet they are wetting their Depends!! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Wetzelbill]

15. DeFrank is probably accurate in saying that

there is no way to separate Rummy and Bush. Bush giving Rummy a vote of confidence in how he went about implementing Bush's policy is a joke. He might as well be saying "I'm a great President, I did a great job in Iraq." It's self-serving.

If you want to start blaming somebody for the mess in Iraq, look no further than the Oval Office, and take a trip over the the VP's bunker while you're at it.

[Olney Blue]

67. You are so right about that.

[ralps]

17. Uh Oh Bear attacks a family???

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :scared: :cry: :yoiks:

[WolverineDG]

21. Sure Rummy listened to all his generals

but he sure as hell didn't act on their advice!!

:grr: :grr:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

24. I'm not even sure he listened

:hi:, DG! Wish I could be there with you guys.

[WolverineDG]

26. Me too!!

Can't you fly in for Saturday? :)

:hi:

dg

[SharonRB]

28. I so wish you could be there with us, too.

It won't be New York without you.

[WolverineDG]

23. I heard this on Ed Schultz today

driving home from Corpus...damn I should have brought my digital so I could post pics of what the Armstrong ranch looks like (well, it's similar to what I drove through anyway) & you could see what "hills" look like in South Texas. :eyes:

ANYWAY, a caller stated that Rummy was dismissing what these 6 generals were saying now, because they didn't speak up during the planning that was done 14 months prior to the invasion of Iraq, which puts the Iraq War Planning timeline as beginning in late 2001-early 2002. Whoopsie!

on edit: My whoopsie now. It wasn't Rummy, but Tommy Franks who said that. link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2227692

dg

[Wetzelbill]

25. ok, when I hear that a python actually swallowed an alligator

that makes me never want to go to the Everglades. :)

[ralps]

30. I've got a niece that does field work in the Everglades. I'll have to give

her parents a call & let them know about this story. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :scared: :scared:

[Wetzelbill]

43. yeah no kidding

that just creeps me out. It ate a frickin' alligator. :: shudder ::

[SharonRB]

29. BTW -- I forgot to post this for Bunny the other day

She PMd me that she was leaving for Spain with her son's class. I'm not sure how long she'll be gone, but she wanted me to let everyone know where she is.

[Olney Blue]

62. Cool! I hope she has fun.

[ralps]

31. LOL Keith creating a song for the baby animal video!!

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

[Olney Blue]

32. Hi Patsy and everyone!

:hi:


Yes- drip, drip, drip

[Patsy Stone]

35. Hello!

Happy Friday! :toast:

[spooky3]

36. Hi, Olney, hasn't our DC area weather been great?

[Olney Blue]

39. Today was fantastic! I love this time of year.

[spooky3]

40. me too--first the cherries, then the azaleas--beautiful!

[Olney Blue]

44. And the tulips!

[SharonRB]

46. The tulips on AU's campus were gorgeous

They had really long-stemmed ones -- and lots of them!

[spooky3]

55. That looks like a Botany pic :-)! Beautiful.

[SharonRB]

45. I love the azaleas in the DC area in April/May

When my daughter was in school there and lived there after she graduated, it was my favorite time to visit. The azaleas grow like weeds in everyone's yards there. Here you're lucky if you can get one or two bushes to grow.

It was almost 80 here today. Beautiful!

[Olney Blue]

48. Each year I go to the Azalea festival at the Landon school in Bethesda,

and visit Brookside gardens in Wheaton. They are packed with the
most beautiful azaleas of all types and colors!

Where did your daughter go to school?

[SharonRB]

53. AU

She graduated in '99, but lived there until December of '04.

Then she lived in Flala for a year and now she's moved back home for the time being. Eventually, she'd really like to go back to DC. That became home for her.

[Olney Blue]

70. Good- it will give you a place to stay during protests!

(but hopefully, we won't need them come 2008)

[spooky3]

52. Yes--same problem when I lived in Cols OH

I kept trying though!

[Wetzelbill]

49. I wish Barry Bonds would retire

it would help everybody involved save some face if he didn't break Aaron's home run record. I hate to accuse the guy of something sinister, but he's been so full of it on this issue for a long time. I used to defend Bonds until it came out that he said he thought he was just using skin cream and taking oil supplements to augment his diet. Topical steroids can come in the form of skin cream, and I find it pretty ridiculous to think that an athlete such as Barry Bonds, who is up working out every morning at 7 AM, who watches his diet and takes damn good care of himself, would use something on his body or put something in his body without knowing what it was and what it could do to a person.

[Olney Blue]

72. Me too. I'm kinda bored with this story.

[Wetzelbill]

73. yeah, the boringness doesn't help either

:)

[Olney Blue]

74. Exactly.

;)

Have a nice weekend!

[Wetzelbill]

75. you have a nice weekend as well :)

[ralps]

50. Awwww Poor Molly

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[ralps]

54. LOL Kimberly Williamson Butler Caught by Wonkette & Keith

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

[Olney Blue]

56. Orangatang Groomers Monthly

great snark

[Wetzelbill]

57. "The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe

I am at your service! So all of you and Anne Coulter can read it. :)


http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/caskpoe.html

[spooky3]

65. Thanks!

[Wetzelbill]

69. yer welcome

Oh unless you're Coulter in disquise. In that case, Demon begone! :)

[spooky3]

77. Am I that obvious? I figgered you stupid DUers wouldn't

get suspicious!

mwah ha ha ha

[SharonRB]

58. Coulter, Limbaugh and O'Lielly

Great WPITW!

[ralps]

59. Today's 2nd worst person in the world is.... Rush Limpball Today's worst

person is Bill O'Reilly. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I couldn't remember how to spell Rush's last name so I left it as is

[bleever]

60. Loved the Ann Coulter/Cask of Amontillado quip.

Hope everyone has a good Passover and a passable Good Friday!

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

63. You would...

:hi: Good Friday is quickly passing over.

[bleever]

66. "Who is Scott Clean?"

:rofl: I was wondering the exact same thing.

And I usually prefer, if possible, to interact with police who don't say PO-lice.

:scared:


:)

[Patsy Stone]

71. I usually prefer.

if possible, not interacting with the police at all. State, local or Federal.

[Berry Cool]

78. Just stopping by to say hi.

I've had to be absent past few days, but have been keeping up with Keith.

Hope all of you have been having/will have a good Passover, happy Easter and whatever. I know I am sure enjoying the return of sunshine and flowers. First the forsythia, then the daffodils, and now the buds are bursting and the trees are blossoming. What a great time of year!

[RevCheesehead]

79. The daffys are just starting here....

I may have a small bouquet for tomorrow, provided I get up early enough.

Ah, allergy season will soon be here! Achoo! :)