KOEB meeting Wed. 5-11-05

[WhirlyGirl]

May have to jump off here pretty soon. Huge storm blowing into town...

Hi, everyone! :hi:

KEITH! :loveya:

[bunny planet]

1. I just started another one but can't find it.

See you during the commercials (only one flight of stairs this time, my daughter's computer is unoccupied, an unheard of event with a teenager's pc)

[WhirlyGirl]

2. Hi, bunny!

[bunny planet]

3. That's because I didn't title it KOEB Wednesday.

I'm so silly.

[seito]

4. LOL

:hi: Bunny and Whirly

[Berry Cool]

94. A big 'ello

to anyone still around! :hi:

[bleever]

50. Sophomore slump.

Don't give up!

:)

[sparky_in_ma]

66. *just hit 3000 posts*

I need to get a life.:bounce:

[bunny planet]

91. Congrats dahlink!

That's wunderbar. You mean worshipping KOEB is not your life?

[sparky_in_ma]

97. You're right Bunny

Serving the KOEB is a good life.:patriot:

[WhirlyGirl]

93. This IS a life, Sparky.

. . . It's the life of an ASTBer, with great responsibilities.
Serve the drinks, park the cars, sweep up the floaties, drive the drunken EDVs home.

We'd be lost without you, Sparks. :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

108. Thanks Whirly

[WhirlyGirl]

137. Ahhhhh....

. . . You always make them full-strength!

[Gogi]

111. Whirly, how did you import the cartoon?

I'm thinking of adding a cartoon on my posts, too.

[WhirlyGirl]

139. The only graphics I can post are ones already in JPG or GIF form.

. . . The cartoon was a JPG, so I was all set!

[Melissa G]

195. Hi Sparky! I'm about to hit 1000!

Came to see if any KOEBers are still up?

[Clark2008]

5. Hey all.

Soooo.... how come they can scramble jets in less than five minutes NOW, but they couldn't do that back on 9/11?

Hmmmmm???

This is all for the benefit of fear. :eyes:

Quick, anyone know how low the Republicans' polling numbers are?

[WhirlyGirl]

98. I think that grenade story yesterday was for fear...

. . . Did Bush repeat his statement from 9/11 today ("Well, there's one terrible pilot")?

[Greylyn58]

6. Howdy All

checking in for some news and fun with the Keith!! :grouphug:

:hi: my fellow KOEBers :)

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :toast: :popcorn: :toast: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:


:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: Keth :yourock:

[WhirlyGirl]

100. Cute new picture of Shreidan, Grey.

. . . He looks more blonde than golden here.

[Greylyn58]

124. Thank you

It was taken when he was 8 months and he was a bit lighter then. As he has gotten older he has grown dark in color. He was about 3 yrs old in the second picture He's 9 years old now and about the same color.

[WhirlyGirl]

142. Quite a color change (only his hairdresser knows!) --

. . . but the same handsome dog. :-)

[seito]

7. Dark suit, deep purple tie

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

96. He's just as beautiful

as a May lilac, isn't he???

[WhirlyGirl]

103. Never saw that tie before.

. . . He seems to like purple.

[bunny planet]

131. He wears it every once in awhile. It's my fav.

[WhirlyGirl]

143. Purple is the CREATIVE person's color, I've read.

[bunny planet]

147. It figures.

:-)

[WhirlyGirl]

8. HI, seito, Clark & Greylyn (and Sheridan! Woof!)

[SharonRB]

9. Hi, everyone

I'm here tonight -- so far, so good. Keep your fingers crossed that the computer stays up for an hour.

[sparky_in_ma]

10. Hi All

:hi:

[crispini]

11. Ola, ladies! Como esta?

:hi: :loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[SharonRB]

13. Soy mui bien!

Hi, Crispini!

:hi:

[crispini]

16. Bueno!

:hi: Hi Sharon!

[Botany]

17. Hola!

Chica de muy bonita y muy facil tambien.

Tu tenes "furry cuffs?"

[crispini]

20. LOL!

:rofl:

[Botany]

23. You laughter wounds me deeply.

After all you are my FAV EDV ...... Please don't tell the others.

[crispini]

30. I'm just laughin at the furry cuffs, B.

And you're my fave ASTB'er. :7 Except for Sparky. And maybe Bleever. :evilgrin:

[sparky_in_ma]

32. Good save.

:pals:

[Clark2008]

27. I feel left out.

I don't speak Spanish.

I speak French.

The language of coeurs de floatie. :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

29. I understood the pink handcuffs part

:evilgrin:

[Botany]

33. What I wrote was .....

...... Clark is my Fav EDV do not tell the others

real translation

Hello,

Cute Girl who is easy too.
Do you have "furry 'cuffs."

[Berry Cool]

104. Ah, Clark est ton EDV favori? Ne le parle pas a les autres?

Une bonne fille et "facile" aussi??????
"Avez-vous des...

FURRY CUFFS????

What's French for that??????

[Berry Cool]

101. Ah, je parle cette langue aussi!

Et c'est une language universelle!

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

[Berry Cool]

99. Mes apologies

Je n'etudie pas l'espanol. J'ai etudie le francais. Mais je peux dire a toi, "Bonne nuit et bonne chance," comme Keith! Il est magnifique. n'est-ce pas?

[WhirlyGirl]

115. "Bonne nuit et bonne chance"

. . . I had to confirm that they say "Bonne nuit." I was never taught that. It's for late at night, which fits here.

[Berry Cool]

144. Neither was I taught that

but I wanted to be literal!

I guess Edward R. Murrow wasn't French!

[WhirlyGirl]

146. No, it's real French, I checked it out! They have different ...

. . . gradations of night. "Bonne nuit" is for late night.

[Botany]

12. Mid Week Bike Ride?

What a joke? No need to be there * because you are just a tool
anyway.

[SharonRB]

14. Out riding his bike -- doesn't he have anything more important to do?

[crispini]

18. Exactly. What an ass.

What working person has time to get out and ride their bike in the middle of the day? LOSER.

[Botany]

21. I think that is what "they" wanted him to do.

The man is no more running the govt. than
I will be starting @ QB for Ohio State next season.

[SharonRB]

26. And we know that's not happening, don't we?

I think I heard you on Stephanie's show today, Botany. I heard her say "See you in Columbus, Buddy." I'm trying to remember what you called in about, though. My brain is mush.

[Botany]

63. Nothing much .... just about 1600 dead in ....

..... Iraq and the media plays up body count stories like Vietnam.
We got 100 and only lost 3.

BTW 26 Million Iraqis
20 Million (at the least) want us dead and or gone.
US total troops 130,000

Way to go *.
#################################################################

S.M.

Wants me bad.

"..ok, whos your buddy, whos your pal?  email [e-mail] for a ticket...xoxxo,steph (wear something tight for mama)"

Stephanie :loveya: Miller

[SharonRB]

68. Oh, yeah, I remember now -- it really was you!

That's the first time I knew it was you when I heard you.

[crispini]

116. Aw. She's gonna hook you up with tickets.

That's too cool for school, B! Props to Miss Steph!

[Botany]

133. Yes mam

Operation get Steph is proceeding nicely.

Stephanie :loveya: Miller

Do you think a tight blue long sleeved ski shirt w/ Jeans or
work khaki shorts (carharts) would work?

Brute, Old Spice, and some other stank rubbed on?

or maybe the bush fly boy stuffed look?

Should I play hard to get? (20 minutes @ least)

[WolverineDG]

42. It was a vacation

from his vacation w/those Yurpean folks.

dg

[WhirlyGirl]

149. ROTFL - "Yurpean"!

[bleever]

59. LOSER. That's the word I was looking for.

No need for the helmet.

[WhirlyGirl]

15. Hi, Sharon, Spary & crispini! I have to get off because of BIG LIGHTNING!

. . . See everybody when this line passes through (if we still have power!).

[crispini]

19. And it might have been a toy grenade.

It's all just so so "Wag the Dog"

[sparky_in_ma]

22. This had to be made up after the fact.

If a gun, grenade, or anything like that was even seen in the crowd, even by the russians, the word would have gone out and he would have been PUSHED off the stage. Truth.

[bunny planet]

24. They didn't tell His Fraudulency King of Pretzels about the Cessna

until 1 pm because HE ISN"T THE REAL PRESIDENT, that would be DARTH CHENEY!!!!!

This story seems a little too convenient to be believed considering that the lead story today that should have been screaming from every headline is the sanctioned default on worker's pensions by United Airlines. Instead, surprise, surprise, everyone is talking about the little plane (flown by a flight instructor in Bermuda shorts and his student) that could.

Oh, and the grenade.
:mad: :mad: :mad:

[crispini]

I even wrote Countdown today and asked them to cover

the UAL pension default. It doesn't look like that's going to happen. It's all too easy to cover this silly little Cessna instead....

[SharonRB]

35. LOL -- a UAL commercial. How timely!

[bunny planet]

150. you are kidding. They didn't play that one in my market unless I missed it

Did see a lovely Exxon Valdeez, I mean Mobil commercial though.
Sure wish they'd have another Halliburton commercial like they had a couple of months ago.

Hey that reminds me, no mention of the 72 million dollar bonus Halliburton just got for their 'service' in Iraq. What is with Countdown tonight. After I just got so excited this afternoon hearing the show advertised on Randi Rhodes show, it has a decidedly non-edgy,infotainment version of itself tonight. Not going to win new viewers that way.

The Florida bit was great though.

[WhirlyGirl]

119. He's trapped covering it becuz of "Which stories will you be talking abt?"

[SharonRB]

28. All anyone was calling in to Ed Schultz and Randi today was UAL.

What a nightmare that is for those poor people. A great boon to keeping SS as it currently exists, though!

[crispini]

34. My father is retired from Delta.

It's only a matter of time before it affects them too. :scared:

[WhirlyGirl]

121. I saw a report on that...

. . . They said that it's guaranteed by the gov't, so they'll be getting their retirement.

Of course, John Q. Public takes it in the shorts --

[SharonRB]

256. There's a really good chance they won't get all of it, though

And the PBGC is in trouble with all of the companies defaulting on their pensions. They're running out of money, too. The whole system is crumbling.

[WhirlyGirl]

257. It was only supposed to be there for unforeseen circumstances --

. . . not as an antidote for corporate greed and irresponsibility.

I keep saying to my husband, if they're going to let corporations legally be "people," those "individuals" need to be required to be ethical. Otherwise, the system will break down. As you suggest, that's what's happening.

[crispini]

25. Good Gad, it's not getting any better over there in Iraq, is it?

What a horrible, horrible mess. It's all so sad.

[bunny planet]

31. Please don't tell me they are not even going to cover the United

pension default. That would be so unjust, those people need that story told and focused on somewhere. If KO won't give it a fair shake, who will? From everything I've heard and read today this is only the beginning of this kind of thing, there will be other companies following suit and leaving their employees without pensions.
:mad: :mad:

[sparky_in_ma]

36. A lot of companies are watching this

and salivating.:(

[bunny planet]

44. Rat Bastards.

My husband works for one of the companies probably salivating. I've got a five year plan to help him be able to quit. It makes no sense being a company man under Fascism that's for sure.

[SharonRB]

40. Soon there won't even be any handbaskets for the country to go to Hell in

[Berry Cool]

106. Give him time

If it becomes a big trend, he may indeed have a story. I think.

[bunny planet]

125. I think the biggest pension default in US history is probably as big a

story as you can get. Wish he'd covered it. It was a glaring hole in the broadcast. We all know it happened, why wasn't it deemed newsworthy tonight. They could easily have not covered MJ tonight. I hope they cover it tomorrow, there will really be no excuse if they don't. KO is supposed to be an alternative to the regurgitated, thinly disguised propaganda pablum on other news broadcasts and even on his own station.

Am I expecting too much?

[Berry Cool]

148. You're probably expecting too much, Bun-Bun.

I sympathize, but let's be real here. KO's auctioning the puppets now, so it was in his self-interest (if you will call it that) to have a big story on MJ and a Theatre tonight.

Along with that, he had his top story of the night dictated to him by, yes, the annoying and possibly wag-the-dog antics going on in DC (which I did not even know about until I came home frrom work).

Give him another day to live up to our expectations of him. It's the least we can do for all he's done to restore our faith in TV news.

And then there's always the blog. It might happen.

Let's try not to think too little yet of the guy who stayed on the Ohio elections story long after others gave up the ghost and considered it laughable.

[bunny planet]

154. I know you are probably right Berry. It's just that in this political

climate it's too important to strike while the iron is hot, the news cycle is so 24 hours and then it's amnesia time.

I know the puppets are being auctioned but geesh.

I guess he will get the lesser floaties for now. Hope he covers it tomorrow. Looks like the United workers are threatening a strike so the story will still be in the news.

[WolverineDG]

37. I suppose our reaction

to the "bomb" and the "plane" is supposed to be:

When in danger or in doubt,
Run in circles, scream, & shout.

And then go vote for the chimp who keeps us "safe."

sheesh

dg

[bunny planet]

38. I don't think he's going to cover it, the hard news portion of the

show is usually at the beginning. I really can't watch the report coming up about the father's confession to the killing of those two little girls. Just too awful.

[crispini]

41. Psssht. I'll very disappointed if they don't cover it. nt

[Berry Cool]

109. I heard this on Abrams (yeah, commercial-trolling again)

and all I could think of was how damn badly I needed a drink. Or a shower or something.

Does it get lower than punching your daughter and her friend in the face? Or stabbing a kid in the eyes?

If it does, I do NOT want to know about it. *sigh*

[crispini]

39. Get OUT. A women-only car

to prevent groping?

Let me ride over THERE and I'll prevent some groping, for sure. :mad: With a large baseball bat.

[sparky_in_ma]

43. *tip toes away from crispini*

:scared:

[Botany]

51. No Sparky

She will be the grouper ...... and you will be the groupie ......

[sparky_in_ma]

54. Oh.

In that case.....:woohoo:

[Berry Cool]

113. Isn't a grouper...

...a fish??

Then again, I guess you have to be a grouper to have a groupie.

[Botany]

140. Opps

Yo soy muy tonto.

Spelling & me .... not so much ....
:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

110. Her and me both

I have decided the next time a man tries to grope me on a crowded bus, I'm just going to speak up nice and loudly, "Will the man whose hand is on my (name body part) please remove it?" or "Will the man whose *youknowwhat* is grinding into me from behind please remove it? Thank you!" Not only will that alert the driver, it will have people moving away from me FAST. And whoever caused the problem will make himself scarce quick.

[bunny planet]

141. Ahyes, I remember the NYC subway at rush hour now. No way to tell

whose hand was on your ass, or how many hands for that matter.

[Berry Cool]

151. I will never forget the first time it happened to me

It was not even in a city that big. I remember being unable to move, feeling almost like I was being raped in public, wanting to cry, yet saying nothing to the driver because I was too ashamed.

Never again. I once had a guy grab me from behind in a common room in an apartment building when he thought we were alone (sad to say I think I allowed him to "let himself in" behind me without meaning to) and I just wrenched my arms out as hard as I could and screamed at him to leave me alone and he dropped me and ran. Never did find him, but damn it, I saved myself. Some instinct told me to go to that room and not to go to my apartment no matter what. I credit that instinct with saving me--that and the fact that he was unarmed. I just wish I had listened and pulled the door tight behind me rather than letting him grab it while it was still open and letting himself in.

And getting onto the ELEVATOR with him was too stupid. God I was lucky.

[bunny planet]

157. Had a similar thing happen in my last apartment building in NYC.

I just managed to get into my lobby with my key from the vestibule with a six foot 4" maniac right behind me ( I kid you not, he was that big). I pretended I was talking to someone in the lobby while he rattled the door trying to get in after me. I never even let him know I was frightened, waited until the elevator came and got into my apartment to start crying. Something made me think that I should invent an imaginary person to be talking to out of his range of sight. I still don't know how I was calm enough to do it, it made him leave. Instinct just kicks in sometimes. Glad you had it too.

[WolverineDG]

46. Yup

they have them in Cairo too, thank God.

dg

[bleever]

49. ROFLMAO! crispi, you represent what's best about American women.

Having lived in Japan, I can tell you that if you were to just throw a punch and cuss the perp out loudly in front of the whole train car, he'd shrink into a little worm and wiggle away.

You go, girl.

:7

[crispini]

55. Hee hee hee!

Consensual groping, now, THAT's *completely* different. :evilgrin:

[bleever]

62. Come back, sparks! It's safe.

For the most part.

:D

[Botany]

71. On being questioned by the police .....

Crispini, "Of course it was consensual. I mean if he did have his ass
just looking so good I would not have had to grab it. By the by officer
can I see you 'cuffs?"

[crispini]

95. Hee hee hee!

You know me so well. :evilgrin:

[Clark2008]

45. OK... Keith said he'd wait on me to do this:

[crispini]

47. Heh. The whizzinator!

And "D. Patrick" -- heh heh heh.

Weird Science! Ok, floaties for the audio guys: :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

114. Loved that shout-out to his old tag-team partner

and didn't he use another SportsCenter catch phrase tonight?

Besides "Be there. Aloha"?

Now it's escaping me.

On edit: And I loved that he quoted one of my favorite quotes from "A Christmas Story": "'FRA-GI-LAY.' Must be Italian!"

More things to love:

1. Watching my many tapes this past weekend so I could label them (I HATE that the show isn't dated every night like network news!). The eulogy to Bubba the 100-Year-Old Lobster, featuring pictures of Bubba over the years posing with various figures from history while Sarah MacLachlan's "I Will Remember You" played, had me on the floor again. But the real killer was the very ending statement Keith almost threw away grudgingly: "Oh well. At least he saw the Red Sox win." ROTFL!!!!!!!

2. The header they put on the #1 story the other night about born-again virgins: "Brideshead Revisited."

When you find yourself forgetting, remember these and remember why you love the show.

[Greylyn58]

48. Eeeewwwww...dried urine!!!!

[bunny planet]

52. Tell me when this part is over. I just can't watch.

[crispini]

58. It's over. Jackson trial now.

YAWN.

[Berry Cool]

117. Between the horrible murders and the dried urine

it's a miracle I can even watch the show sometimes.

Thank God for the snark.

As KO himself once said when having to make a difficult segue, "We could all use the laugh."

[crispini]

53. ok, pressing MUTE now.

don't think I can stand to listen to the details of this.

[SharonRB]

57. I thought I had seen it all, but this is just so horrible

I can't think of a way to kill him that would be good enough. He deserves to be tortured. Maybe they can hire some of those soldiers from Abu Ghraib.

[Berry Cool]

118. Oh, but remember, at Abu Ghraib

only the lower echelon gets punished for engaging in torture. Upper ranks who give the orders get off scot free.

[Botany]

56. For those who did not post a message on this thread .....

..... please do ..... What a waste. More dead in Iraq and * goes for
bike rides.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=175x5141

[bunny planet]

60. It's the Peter Pan defense. It's the new Twinkie defense.

All pedophiles will try it.
What a crock, he's a child trapped in an adult body.

This deserves coverage.
I can only hope KO is just as disappointed that he has to cover stuff like this instead of what really deserves to see the light of day.

I'm withholding floaties tonight Keef. I expect more from you. I realize that he still has to answer to someone else but come on. If your going to do the news 'Olberman' style then let him do it 'Olberman' style.

[Berry Cool]

120. Well, in a way it is like the Twinkie defense

because in the Twinkie defense they were essentially saying, this guy was heavily depressed and that's why he committed the murders. Look how depressed he was, he was so depressed all he could eat was junk food.

They didn't say the junk food caused him to kill, only that his consumption of it was evidence of his profound depression. Still a totally lame defense.

[crispini]

61. They're not going to cover the UAL pension default.

I'm not wrong, guys, am I, to think that this is so important? I mean, they do go to the guaranty fallback although they only get 50 centsl on the dollar... I just wonder if I'm biased because this is one step closer to my parents running out of money and moving in with me. :scared:

[seito]

64. You are not wrong

This marks a VERY disturbing turn of events. I am extremely disappointed in Countdown tonight.

[sparky_in_ma]

69. ditto

Could it be because they advertise on countdown?

[SharonRB]

74. I'm amazed they had two spots tonight

I don't recall that they typically advertise during the show.

[crispini]

75. I noticed that. Two commercials tonight.

Ya gotta wonder. Also, now that I think about it, Countdown has always been a little light on the business news. That's a shame, the business news is awfully important, especially these days.

[Berry Cool]

122. Maybe it's an offensive (pregnant pause) maneuver

They figure if they advertise on the show, they get to dictate the content. Or threaten to pull their ads if they don't like it.

Boy, talk about time for Keith to get like Bill Needle on SCTV. Those who have seen "The Moral Majority Show" episode will know what I mean!

[WhirlyGirl]

128. You could be right, Sparky. There WAS that comm'l...

. . . And it's such a great series of comm'ls, too.

[Berry Cool]

138. I know, darn it! I really like it!

All the animation and all the stories are so well done and leave you feeling good at the end. Why do they have to ruin it by trying to rip off their employees?

[WhirlyGirl]

145. Cuz the marketing dept. isn't the front office...

. . . How many ugly employers have positive public images, thanks to Madison Avenue?

[Berry Cool]

158. More like the ad agency isn't the front office

I know, I know, they get paid to make the company look good.

[WhirlyGirl]

163. The company hires the ad agency.

. . . But it's not the co. president who sits down w/ the agency, usually, unless it's a pretty small company.

[Berry Cool]

198. Yeah, I know

and they know what their marching orders are anyway.

[WhirlyGirl]

252. ?

[SharonRB]

67. You're not wrong at all, Crispini

It is a very big story and probably will wind up being the tip of the iceberg. With GM and Ford being reduced to junk bond status, one or both of them may be right behind them. I hope not -- I don't even want to think about what it would do to the economy here in Michigan, as well as across the country.

[bleever]

76. VERY important story. The continuing expansion of the theft of

all assets not owned by corporations yet.

:mad:

[bunny planet]

65. Anybody else freaked out by how close our soldiers are getting

to the Syrian border. I just don't trust the leadership not to use them to aggravate the situation and expand the war.:scared:

[bleever]

70. King Tut: no wonder he usually wore a hat. What's with the head?

Not to be "shapist" or anything.

:shrug:

[Gogi]

107. The ancient Egyptians deliberately wrapped their babies heads

to create that shape. It was considered beautiful.

:shrug:



KO:loveya: but be glad when sweeps are over!

[Berry Cool]

160. Glad when sweeps are over? Let's see how glad you are

when you see Alison a-sittin' at that desk.

Which reminds me: has anyone seen a Countdown newsletter lately? I gather not. No one's posting one here and I haven't gotten any all week and I don't even think on Friday.

[Berry Cool]

123. Obviously his mother did not force him to wear one of the baby helmets

that Gidge did the feature on a while ago.

[WhirlyGirl]

130. Tut needed one of these ...

. . . http://olbermann.org/ko/photo_detail.cfm?photos_id=292

[Clark2008]

72. Let's get it over with, babe.

Heh!

:hi: bye, bye, Denny, you wingnut sell out!

[WhirlyGirl]

167. Why is Keith covering (w/ snark) the demise of someone else's show?

[Berry Cool]

200. Maybe because Dennis Miller went so conservative and nasty?

I mean, seriously, what do you think he'd do if O'Lielly got the ax?

[WhirlyGirl]

254. Well, the thing w/ B.O. (LOL!) is a long-standing p***ing contest....

. . . Miller never got a mention until now.

[bunny planet]

73. OK, he gets floaties for the Boy George reference and

the CSI Egypt remark.:loveya: :loveya: but just a couple.

[WhirlyGirl]

88. Me too! I said "Boy George" when the other guy said Barbra Streisand.

. . . Okay, it was partly the make-up. But there is a resemblance.

[Berry Cool]

126. This is too weird. We are having a Vulcan mind meld again, Whirly.

The other night with the Tucker Carlson thing (which I honestly did not intend to post at the same time) and now this.

This morning when I first saw the picture of the King Tut "conception" in the paper my first thought was "He looks like Boy George. Not now so much, but back in the day." Then this segment came on and Keith was saying "combination of Barbra Streisand and Sinead O'Connor." When they superimposed the Barbra picture I thought "Boy, that IS uncanny!" But when Keith said "A little Boy George too!" I screamed! I thought "My shout-out for the night!!"

But I guess I wasn't the only one!

[WhirlyGirl]

136. Well, it really DOES look like Boy George - so it makes sense!

. . . Some of us are just better at analogies, that's all. (I did good on the Millers, too!)

[WhirlyGirl]

168. As for example ...

and... um, no: EXECUTIVE transvestite, but not boy king ...

[Berry Cool]

202. GREAT pix!

Tut really does look pretty much like Boy George, even today's version!

[WhirlyGirl]

251. Of COURSE Keith is right!!!

[bunny planet]

77. Am I just imagining it or does it seem to be light news a great deal

of the show now. The first eleven to fourteen minutes before the break are top news stories, then Oddball, then MJ coverage and then Keeping Tabs. They are making him do too much Entertainment Tonight type stuff and allowing him to cover less political stuff. That's the snarkiness that I watch for. I hope this trend doesn't continue. They could lose Oddball or Keeping Tabs or combine them somehow, together they take away too much time from other important stories.

[SharonRB]

82. I'm with you, Bunny

He should have covered UAL and Bolton's kinky sex life and some other more important stuff.

[Botany]

92. Bolton?

Just because he took wife #1 to a "swingers club" to have
sex w/ strangers as he watched and forgot to do his work
as far as a nuclear arms treaty is concerned you think he might
be a little out of whack?

BTW what is up w/ these repugs and their sick sex lives?
Gannon, the mayor in Spokane, the head of the RNC, * and
his college roomie (both cheerleaders), O'Rielly, Rush, Rove
(how did Gannon know about the demonstration @ Rove's house)
Scott McClellen and on and on ........

[Clark2008]

102. The college roommate is my former mayor

Victor Ashe (pretty good for a Republican, btw - created A LOT of greenways).
Ashe is now, *snicker,* the American ambassador to Poland. :rofl:

(P.S. I'm not kidding. He is.)

[crispini]

112. Hey, that brings a whole new level of meaning to...

"You forgot Poland." :P

[Berry Cool]

127. Don't be so sure he won't

and if he's being pressured not to, well I trust he will find his Moral Force and do something about it.

[crispini]

83. Hey! I just posted the same thing--

in post #81.

I hope it's just sweeps..... You're right, though, I don't watch the show for non-news ... I watch the show for his snarky take on the REGULAR news, that's the funnest thing.

[bunny planet]

87. Exactly.

[SharonRB]

78. It's so true about Florida

And my daughter lives there now.

[Clark2008]

79. Yeah!

He showed just enough of Tennessee to show Knoxville!

Before, of course, he makes fun of Florida. :7

[bleever]

80. Florida. Where are Patsy and ML?

Oh yeah, Patsy's across the pond.

ML, you gots to represent.

:)

[bunny planet]

90. I'm from Fla-la-la too. It's really not the armpit of the US as it's

being portrayed lately, not nearly as inbred as daily news would indicate.

[bleever]

152. I forgot you were from FL, bunny.

And working in Berkeley, and living in Oakland, I know all about how the news of the weird and the bad rises to top.

At least it keeps our property rates low. Oh, wait; no it doesn't.

:shrug:

[bunny planet]

159. I only live there part of the year now, too small a part it seems

sometimes because I love it at my little home away from home. My primary residence is in New Joisey and you know how dignified the remarks are about the Garden State.

Oh boy.

[crispini]

81. Yay, well at least it's another state getting the "wackball" label

tonight, instead of MINE. It's just tooooooo easy.

Is it my imagination or is this show getting fluffier for sweeps?

[Berry Cool]

129. Maybe, but let's be honest

the salute to Florida was hysterical.

Of course, what Countdown looks to Ohio for primarily is disenfranchised voters. We keep them well supplied.

[WhirlyGirl]

153. And car chases! For a while it seemed all the car chase stories were OHIO.

[bleever]

84. Hey, Dan Abrams is wearing a non-toxic tie tonight.

Maybe we CAN make a difference, working together.

:7

But it's still not a good combination he's got going.

[crispini]

85. And Dan Abrams redeems himself from last night!

Sort of. I'm not entirely sure about this blue tie / pink shirt combo, but at least it doesn't make me want to poke my eyes out. And the gray suit is decent. It doesn't wash him out the way KO's does on him.

[Berry Cool]

132. I don't think KO's washes him out, actually

and I was going to say, Abrams was almost approaching Planet Olbermann today.

Even earlier when I was watching his show--he was putting on the snark. Playing one of Robert Blake's tapes where he was talking about all the celebs who are supposedly huuuge fans of his and would testify for him and help him get off. After one of his comments about how the Baldwin brothers were supposedly big fans of his, Abrams gave a pregnant pause and said "Aren't we all?"

Maybe there is hope for him.

[WhirlyGirl]

155. All the sports highlight reporters started copying KO (badly) - I hope...

. . . NEWSANCHORS don't start doing it now. x(

There's only one KO.

[Berry Cool]

161. I have only one comment to say to that--

Boo-ya! I think they're all just cooler than the other side of the pillow! They're like the Wu-Tang Clan on steroids! Just call 'em 'Car Wash,' 'cause they're automatic!!!!!

*er* *ahem* Sorry. I'm all right now.

[WhirlyGirl]

166. Hmm... catchphrase overload...

[Berry Cool]

204. Just thought I'd remind everyone

of what SportsCenter sounds like now!

You mean, you tuned in for the scores and highlights? Forget those! We've got a standup routine to deliver! It's SportsCenter at the Improv!

[bunny planet]

86. I must give props.

That was absolutely priceless. Florida, our favoritest peninsula in the whole world. Absolutely freaking hysterical.

KO, you have lost your floatie priviledges and gained them back big time all in the space of one hour. How do you do it.
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

Guess it just must be my taste in states. I happen to live in both of the ones that are the butts of all the jokes these days. Florida is the new Joisey. I love them both. I grew up part of the time in Fla-la-la and I never saw the crazies that seem to be down there now, but I was on the West coast. Go figure.

I think all the gator wrestling mullet guys used to just hang in the Panhandle. They've spread around now.

[Berry Cool]

134. See, I knew he'd win ya back over

The Florida segment rocked!

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

Now he can do one on Ohio and the latest follies in getting new voting machines approved.

[bunny planet]

89. Too bad Patsy had to miss the Florida tribute. She would have

loved it!!!! Did anyone tape it? If she has TIVO she's probably recording them herself. Can you do that, I don't have that new-fangled TIVO but I think that's what it's supposed to be good for.

[SharonRB]

105. I know my daughter doesn't watch, but I wish she had seen it

She moved from DC to Orlando in December and just moved to West Palm last week.

[Berry Cool]

135. I taped it, so if all else fails...

I can help.

[WhirlyGirl]

156. Wouldn't it be great if dzika just happened to be watching...

[bunny planet]

162. Just thought of another story that should have been perfect for

Countdown, the Tom Ridge thing, his revealing that the * administration sometimes used the color coded alert system for political reasons.

Tell us something we didn't know, you cigar store Indian ( no offense to cigar store Indians intended).

Keef, are you reading this.
Get these stories on the Snarkometer.

[bunny planet]

164. Florida bit was right up there with the classic Countdown bits.

1.KO as Peter Finch in Network, complete with raincoat.
2.KO smashing the Ann Coulter doll he got as a booby prize for flunking the now defunct quiz.
3.The Countdown apology anthology.

[WhirlyGirl]

165. While watching the MJ puppet auction trailer today...

. . . I was thinking after two years there needs to be a "BEST OF COUNTDOWN" tape/DVD/whatever.

You've already listed three real good candidates for that, bunny!

[Berry Cool]

207. We should start a general thread at some point

of what we want to see on this year's "My Favorite Things."

I must hang my head in shame and admit I did not tape last year's show and didn't even get to see it because I was out.

So far, my top vote getters are definitely the Network rant, all the MJ Puppet Theatres (he should have a mass screening of them all at once), the two "Papal Conclave Puppet Theatres," the Jose Canseco PPV "commercial" (his first parody that ever put me on the floor), the Salute to Florida and the Tribute to Bubba the Lobster.

[WhirlyGirl]

253. Hey, forgot some of those, and they were really good!

[Berry Cool]

205. And don't forget

the tribute to Bubba the Lobster!

[CC]

169. Hi to anyone here for the late

show. Was a long day at work...9 am to 10 pm. But the show went off without any major meltdowns. Three more days and summer starts for me.

[WhirlyGirl]

170. Ferretessa?

. . . :hi:

Aw, rats, you must've given up & gone to bed.

Guess I'll post a Nature Photo for you to look at tomorrow, then...

[CC]

171. Hi Whirls

Storms go away and leave you power?

[WhirlyGirl]

172. Hey! How are you & Giz?

[CC]

175. Reload needs to work faster

And Gizmo survived my long day and seems to have an even smaller belly. :woohoo:

[WhirlyGirl]

176. Smaller is GOOD in this case, right?

. . . Is he still regaining his snark?

[CC]

179. Yes , is is very very good.

Since the cancerous lymph nodes were around his intestines and working their way towards his pancreas. And his spleen was swollen and that has gone down too.

[WhirlyGirl]

181. Oh, glory be! That's wonderful.

. . . Is he still eating well & wanting to play?

[CC]

183. He is eating

and awake more, but hard to tell on the playing cause I was gone all day. And had to put him to bed about a half hour after I got home. The other 5 were having fits cause they had been in the cage too long. Wish one day the 3 would try to kill the 5...and 2 get along with both groups so are never caged. Even sick Gizmo attacked Mojo. They don't like the 5 at all for some reason. (Jealous?)

Gizmo. Pixel And Peachy are the meanies to everyone else except Puzzles and Lilbear.

[WhirlyGirl]

187. Maybe they're territorial. I know nothing about ferrets.

. . . (But of course I'd read a lot before ever got any!)

[CC]

189. They can be

and sometimes get weird about some ferrets and not other.

And YES on D Miller going going gone...what he gets for going to the dark side.

Back to ferrets, if I could take the screaming and maybe broken skin and blood and let them fight it out they might all get along...but I can't stand the screaming both in anger and pain. So keep em separated.

[WhirlyGirl]

191. Yipes! that's a side of ferrets I wasn't aware of. Yes, separating them...

. . . sounds like a good idea.

Too late to find new owners for the outcasts, I suppose. Do they bond to an owner? You say they sometimes sleep w/ you. What does your husband think about THAT???

[CC]

193. The 5 sleep with me

the other 3 are caged. He comes home and one of the first things he does is pick up a ferret, take a big sniff and say I miss that ferret small. laffin he doesn't mind em sleeping in the bed...cept when they bite his toes...he is the one would let the dogs sleep in the bed too.

[WhirlyGirl]

194. LOL - he sounds like a great guy!

. . . :loveya:

[CC]

197. He is most of the time

but he is going to hate me next week. laffin

[WhirlyGirl]

201. Should I be remembering something you already told me?

. . . What's next week???

(Giving you plenty of time to catch up. We have three subthreads going here now!)

[CC]

206. Oh no but will tell you.

I graduate Sunday and he wanted me to do the walk...grrrrrrr...so he took all week off. Can't just take a day off with his job. So next week I want a dog kennel built for the little dogs so they don't suffer long days like today. And he will have a deck built around the pool or he will wish he was dead because I will be a screaming meany myself. Been waiting for the pool deck for 2 years. Lumber in the yard. He is a good man he just doesn't seem to be able to finish anything...like the house. Mind you I have to help but that is fine long as it gets done. Course we will fight because he will not listen to something that makes since, mess up doing it his way only to have to do it my way. He can be dense, but then he is male. :rofl:

So if I am snippy or typing lots of !@%$^^*&*@&^#$$ next week you will know why.

[WhirlyGirl]

210. CC, you're writing the story of ...

. . . my married life!-- what is it about guys and unfinished projects? It's probably the one thing we fight about most often. That, and the related issue of UNDER-judging how long a project will take. :grr:

PS - Will you also remind me of what you're graduating in?

[CC]

213. It is the thing we fight

about most. Unless you happen to find that rare breed of male that does projects on time and right (a neighbor has one and had to gall to complain...we all set her right on that) I think its a y chromosome deformity. So I am going to teach myself to drywall this summer, all ready learned how to lay tile. Can paint etc. And it pisses him off when I do it. Go figure. But all the unfinished stuff around here is making my skin crawl. (Oh and wait until I clean out his rooms of stuff...you might hear him there.) Goodwill is going to love me though.

[WhirlyGirl]

216. Uh-oh, I got my ...

. . . fingers in my ears already! LOL!

I know what you mean about officious neighbors, too. Mine asked why I don't have all my wrought-iron patio chairs around the table. I have them placed around the yard, different spots where I like to sit & read, rest in the shade while doing yard work, etc. She thought it very odd. :shrug:

[CC]

217. My neighbor isn't

like that. But he hub is adding rooms, garages, gardens and stuff all the time. He gets it done fast and beautiful. One day she was complaining about all the stuff he does around the house to a few of us. We set her straight real fast. She no longer thinks he is so bad. He actually stopped once and she made him go to the doctor...she was afraid he was sick.

[WhirlyGirl]

219. Oh, I see what you mean - like she should complain. LOL!

. . . He can come over & finish some stuff at our house, if he's got that much energy. :-)

PS. Please don't miss those pictures, one post below this...

[CC]

221. That's how I felt.

He ran out of stuff to do to his house...so he/they bought apartments to fix up and rent. Plus earns extra money for them now.

[WhirlyGirl]

226. It was that, or a hamster wheel! Ha-ha... that makes me think of the one--

. . . crispini put Botany in last weekend! }(

[CC]

227. I saw that.

And the lawsuit thread. laffin It was almost too cruel but so funny. And I was told even the supposed quiet wheels make noise.

[WhirlyGirl]

229. Yeah, Rev said the squeaking...

. . . kept her awake! LOL! I miss her. Wish she'd come back or get her mom's computer fixed so she could blog w/ us again.

[CC]

232. Me too, and hope all is well

with her mom. I have a feeling she is having withdrawal too. Didn't she say she would get back Thurs?

[WhirlyGirl]

236. Said 3 days ... yes, I think that meant Thursday.

[CC]

238. Sent you links

too. Hate to do this but I have to try going to bed. I think I get to stay home tomorrow, but have to learn these lights I borrowed from the college. Friday won;t be here until late because I am taking pictures of the nurses pinning ceremony. I also need to be there for their practice so I know where to set up the lights. Making hubby play photo assistant too. I get to be boss and he can't argue. smiling

[WhirlyGirl]

244. Oh that's right, you never...

. . . answered my question abt what you're graduating in. So it's PHOTOGRAPHY, right?

Good night, Ferretessa! Have a good sleep (turn on C-SPAN if sleep doesn't come right away!) Happy Keith dreams to you! :loveya:

[CC]

245. Yes Photography though mainly portrait and being brave

and going to start my own business in the * economy. But people will always want wedding pics and baby pics. Also pet pics. Plus I am offering to go to them with a portable studio. So crossing fingers it works.

Well I am kicking myself off here and heading to bed. I will be here tomorrow night and late show Friday night. Sweet dreams when you go and have a great day tomorrow. Happy ferret reading. Tell Mr. W hello. Night



and for KO :loveya::loveya:KO :loveya::loveya:


KEEF

[WhirlyGirl]

247. G'nite, Ferretessa ...

. . . Blowing a kiss back to you -- and "Keef"! :loveya:

[CC]

233. Some light reading for

you and Mr. Whirls.


http://www.ferretcentral.org/

http://www.canit.se/~griffon/ferrets/

http://www.modernferret.com/

http://www.ferretsanonymous.com/

http://home.blarg.net/~critter/index.html

http://www.mactyre.net/ferret/

oh no Zen and the Art of Ferrets is gone...was a great site.

[WhirlyGirl]

237. LOL - "You Cannot Live Without Them"!

. . . And the sequel: "You Can't Stop at Just One"!

[CC]

239. its called

Ferret Math 1 =2 = 4 = 7 = until you hit ferret max.

[WhirlyGirl]

241. And the "ferret max" is infinity!

[CC]

243. Oh no, we hit it at

10. Its the litter boxes that will tell you when you hit ferret max, and well now will say the vet bills. They also get rabies and distemper shots yearly so a regular vet bill there. (though trying to talk the vet into a titter test so they don't have to get so many shots. Worry about over vacination)

[WhirlyGirl]

246. That is a LOT of ferrets.

. . . Your home had to have been a circus. LOL!

[CC]

248. Saw this before shutting down

It is a Zoo here...with all the animals but I am never alone alone either and always something to love. And they do stay alone when not here but they stay in the ferret proof/safe room. they do sleep about 18 hours a day. Its hardest on the dogs when i am gone so long. Night Whirls.

[WhirlyGirl]

250. 'nite. smooches.

[WhirlyGirl]

199. Speaking of GREAT GUYS, did you see these?

http://www.gogomag.com/cgi-bin/tvheads_viewer.pl?tvheads30821&30821&Keith

http://olbermann.org/ko/photo_detail.cfm?photos_id=299

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

[CC]

230. And it was the mag one

I stole. Just think how much better a big pic would be to play with compared to the little ones. My biggest complaint was no big pics of Keither were anywhere to be found.

and speaking of links finding you some.

[WhirlyGirl]

234. The large-size version of the Newsweek ad will do for starters!

. . . I asked Quanlin to scale one down so it would fit on my monitor screen,
but she kept the BIG one on her site, too.
Here's the link to it: http://olbermann.org/ko/photo_detail.cfm?photos_id=298
(This may be gone tomorrow, so copy it while you can! :loveya:)

[CC]

235. You need a bigger

monitor, be easier on Mr. W's eyes when he is working on the computer.

[WhirlyGirl]

240. I like this size, but it's proving inadequate for ...

. . . what a lot of sites wish to show.

The screen is so close to my face, though -- I think it would be like sitting in the front row at the movies if we had a bigger screen. (Do you have a smilie w/ bloodshot eyes? LOL!)

[CC]

242. here ya go

[WhirlyGirl]

249. LOL - That's us, all right, w/ a big-screen monitor!

[CC]

173. No I am here

just a slowpoke.

[WhirlyGirl]

174. LOL! You almost got to look at another butterfly!

[CC]

177. I don't mind looking at

butterflies....did read the thread though. Think Keith will get to the UA story sooner than later. But planes over DC come first. Blivet* had to scare a hundred first graders today.

[WhirlyGirl]

178. That _ _ _ _-faced phoney.

[CC]

180. Caught our late news

and there were about a hundred first graders in the White house when the SS scared em and told them to run out. Poor kids. But one kid said they owe him a tour of the WH cause he didn't get it today. laffin

[WhirlyGirl]

182. Ah, there's a thrifty child after me own heart!

. . . And a snarky one, too!

Wonder if he's half-Scot! LOL!

[CC]

184. Or has a liberal parent

and knows its all fake so they owe him.

[WhirlyGirl]

185. After all you have to go thru, just to get INTO the place any more!

. . . Say, have you heard all the good news about the way MSNBC has been promoting Countdown? There are some threads here in the Clubhouse about it. Really great, w/ the Newsweek ad and all!

[CC]

186. I haven't read them yet

but will either later or tomorrow. I am not made for 12 hours days on tiled cement floors. So have wine and relaxing and staying off my feet.

[WhirlyGirl]

188. That last part sounds good!

. . . Bubble baths are nice, too! Where's your #1?

[CC]

190. And I have a 100 gallon tub...

And my other half is probably a sleep somewhere in Ohio in a rest area along the interstate.

[WhirlyGirl]

192. Is he an over-the-road driver?

[CC]

196. yep he goes to

Minnesota every week. Stops in Indiana and Chicago and WI...the MN, then back to WI to get his back haul and head home. Goes the same places every week and has the same days off, Fri & Sat. Doesn't leave until around 5pm Sunday, gets home anytime between 8pm to 1 am Thurs (well 1 am is really Friday but oh well.)

[WhirlyGirl]

203. Gosh, that's a lot of time to ...

. . . be alone. But I guess if my husband were a trucker I'd get used to it, too. And he does get weekends to be w/ you, that's great!

[CC]

208. You get so use to it that

after about 3 days together it hurts your nerves. He calls a lot. So much we got a cell phone plan with lots of free minutes...but even on the road he can time his calls to when I am busiest. Truckers can not remember their wives schedule. Thought it was just a friend of ours before but now know it is the job makes them incapable of remembering.

[WhirlyGirl]

212. Well, better he keep his mind on his driving.

. . . You can always write your schedule down & tape it to his forehead (backwards, so he can read it in the mirror!).

[CC]

214. He just leaves lots of

messages on the answering machine. I forget to turn on my cell so he gave up on calling it. Drives him nuts when he can't get a hold of me...but well it is him that forgot so his problem.

BTW I am a second wife...and he wanted an independent woman,,,and got it. Sometimes I laugh at him and tell him he only got what he wanted. Also I just went and got the first to ferrets and told him one was his xmas present when he got home.

[WhirlyGirl]

218. That's one step farther than I would go, I think --

. . . bringing home pets without both of us deciding. We talk most major stuff over first, which is a part of the relationship I like.

[CC]

220. Well I knew he wouldn't mind.

And it was the first xmas after Beau was killed. He didn't want a tree etc. so I went along with that once. It didn't help, really made it worse. So I got Gizmo and Pixel for each of us for xmas. And they did help. As for decisions, most major ones are talked about but in the end he tells me to decide. His first wife couldn't make a decision to save her life. And we have been married 20 years so we know what each other can tolerate pretty well.

[WhirlyGirl]

222. That makes total sense. Your instincts were good on that one, CC.

. . . My husband & I will have been together 20 years, too, come this fall. It really doesn't seem that long. (Maybe it does to him -- maybe LONGER! LOL!)

[CC]

223. sometimes it doesn't seem

that long and sometimes it seems like forever, but then I remind myself that it is hard work training a husband so I'll keep the one trained my way.


edit to add he brought home at least 5 of the ferrets...he can't leave one all by itself in a petshop.

[WhirlyGirl]

224. Shhhhh!...

. . . http://olbermann.org/ko/photo_detail.cfm?photos_id=234 :rofl:

Did you see those other links I posted for you?

[CC]

225. I just saw and thieved the

Newsweek ones. Were there more? I usually know to look for you pic ones of the Keith, you find them fast.

[WhirlyGirl]

228. Just the two photos in this post --

. . . "Speaking of GREAT GUYS, did you see these?"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=315&topic_id=5449&mesg_id=5652&page=

[WhirlyGirl]

231. Do the ferrets stay alone all day?

[Berry Cool]

209. You guys still up?

I stayed up for the reair just to tape the beginning because I hit pause instead of record and screwed that up earlier--and ended up watching the whole thing again!

Anyway, Ferretessa, glad to hear Gizmo is doing better! How heartening!

On edit: if I don't go to bed now, I will be dead on my feet in the morning! Night all!

[WhirlyGirl]

211. Countdown is ALWAYS good a second time!

. . . G'nite Berry -- and sweet Keith dreams! :loveya:

[CC]

215. Hi Berry

And thank you on Gizmo.

Sweet dreams.

[WhirlyGirl]

255. Nature Photo - Want some wood?

. . . Giant redwoods and one baby.