KOEB Meeting 5/28/08 Wha Hoppen?!?!? Edition

[Berry Cool]

:hi: Join us for more Puffy McMoonface revelations and White House denials.

[SeattleGirl]

1. Hi Berry! Howdy all!

Talking points, talking points! Spin, spin, spin!

:hi:

[ralps]

2. Hi BerryBush, Hi Everyone! LOL Keith's even trying to imitate Ditzy Dana!!

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

[SeattleGirl]

5. Hi ralps!

:hi:

[ralps]

8. Hi SeattleGirl!!

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

[Berry Cool]

13. I love it. He goes all Valley Girl.

He's so vicious when making fun of her dumbness. Makes her sound like Miss Teen South Whatever.

[WolverineDG]

3. I always thought Scotty was gruntled myself

Guess Shrubbie shoulda helped Scotty's mommy in that governor's race....

dg

[ralps]

6. Hi WolverineDG, or Georgie should have kept Simple Scotty on retainer!

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

[WolverineDG]

14. No kidding

:hi: ralps!

dg

[SeattleGirl]

9. Howdy, DG!

My, my, there sure are a lot of puzzled peeps wandering the white house!

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

12. And for some reason

that scares the you-know-what out of me. :scared:

:hi: SG!

dg

[SharonRB]

33. I think Snotty should get a bodyguard

and stay away from small planes.

[SharonRB]

4. Hi, everyone

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

10. Hi Sharon!

How's your daughter today? :hi:

[SharonRB]

20. She's doing fine

She goes to the doctor tomorrow and she's going back to work on Monday.

[SeattleGirl]

22. Good to hear!

:hi:

[SharonRB]

7. This could really get to be fun

When we first heard last night, I told hubby they should subpoena him and swear him in now. Looks like Wexler wants to do just that.

[SeattleGirl]

11. I hope he does.

And that he gives Scottie immunity.

[Berry Cool]

16. When Snotty Scotty first left and said he was writing a book

I had a feeling something like this might happen.

I got the feeling that he resented being the person who had to stand up there every day and tell lies that were so blatantly transparent. He always looked so uncomfortable--like he was a fall guy and he knew it. But he's very much like all those Nazis whose excuse was "I was just following orders."

[SeattleGirl]

18. Yep.

On one hand, I feel a little sorry for him, but on the other hand, I want to shake him and say, "Why didn't you speak out before now?!?"

[Botany]

23. Like Scott didn't know about Jeff Gannon.

Couric, Hagel, and Puffy are all trying to get ahead of the
lied into this war story.

[SharonRB]

26. Yup

I don't want anything to hold him back from spilling his guts under oath!

[SeattleGirl]

31. Me either!

Sing, Scottie, sing! (Just stay out of small planes, okay? :scared: )

[WolverineDG]

15. Scootch over a bit on the couch, will ya?

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

(did I make enough for everyone?)

dg

[SeattleGirl]

21. Yep!

Oh, have a drink!

[Berry Cool]

34. Thanks for the cocktails, SG!

But, well, those are all very well for me...but what's everyone else going to drink? :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

39. There's lots more in the kitchen.

Don't drink too fast though! :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

24. Thanks, Wolfie!

Did you see the article in Slate about the FLDS situation? Very well written, I thought. The comments are mixed, but a lot of them seem to "get it."

It just amazes me that people who would be enraged if their kids were snatched away from them because someone found a stash of pot in their house are more than willing to have a whole group of other people's children snatched away from them because they are suspected of religiously inspired sexual abuse.

[SeattleGirl]

28. I think it's more about the whole "cult" thing.

And I also bet that a lot of those same people would be outraged if the FLDS people were growing a ton of pot and had the kids snatched away. :crazy:

[WolverineDG]

44. Or were gay

I love how people keep throwing out the "polygamy is illegal" canard. I want to ask them what their views were on men arrested for sodomy pre-Lawrence decision.

dg

[SeattleGirl]

48. Very true.

Looks to me like the FLDS folks have been found guilty already.

[WolverineDG]

55. Yeah, by people whose knowledge is limited to whatever

ex-FLDSers are saying, while telling me I'm a liar. :eyes:

dg

[SeattleGirl]

59. Well, unfortunately, there are a lot of people around who like to

pull facts out of their backsides. :eyes:

[WolverineDG]

66. It's a leading cause of global warming, I'm told nt

[Berry Cool]

54. You know, we have a bunch of people here in Ohio who have their own "cult."

They dress very differently and old-fashionedly from how most people do. They wear their hair differently. They stay separate from everyone else and do their own thing. If they were abusing their children, the rest of us would not know about it. Their family life is very much their own business. And their girls don't have any options in life other than to get married and have kids either. They tend to do it fairly young, just about as soon as they reach adulthood. As for the boys, they don't have much choice other than to be farmers and work the land like their forebears.

We call them the Amish.

[SeattleGirl]

60. Oh, those wicked, wicked Amish people!

:crazy:

[Berry Cool]

67. And then you have those people who live in certain enclaves of places like New York City

who also dress differently and worship differently and tend to keep to themselves...and wear their hair differently too. In fact, their women shave themselves bald when they marry and wear a wig forever after...and THEIR kids marry VERY young. In fact, if a young woman reaches twenty and isn't married yet, she's considered a serious concern. Because a girl's only future in their world is as a wife and mother.

We call them Orthodox Jews.

[SeattleGirl]

69. Oh, dang! I nearly forgot about THOSE wicked, wicked people!

[CC]

127. The girls are lucky if they

get beyond a 6th grade education and the boys stop at 14 or 8th grade. In PA they even have their own private schools. If I were them I would be :scared: because they could be next. They even dress funnier than the FLDS because they don't use button or zippers...to militaristic and all that.

[WolverineDG]

30. Yes, I did

I can't wait for the stories to come out about what hellholes Fort Concho & the Coleseum were. My cough finally went away after 3 weeks; a colleague is still having respiratory problems & we were at the Coleseum for a much shorter time than the mothers & children.

dg

[Botany]

17. Did I ever tell an EDV that they were my Fav?

Well we did have some wild times in the KOEB Clubhouse but
to tell you the truth I don't remember if I did or not. I am puzzled
that people are now bringing it up.

[WolverineDG]

19. IIRC, you were quite gruntled at those parties nt

[Botany]

32. I want all those bastards under oath answering questions.

Lying to start a war, treason (Plame), stealing elections, theft of
money, spying on everybody, .....

They need to be in jail.

[Berry Cool]

38. Do you remember whether coke was involved?

Or just Coke?

[Botany]

49. From somebody who has done just about everything ....

the idea that you don't know if you snorted coke is b.s.

[RevCheesehead]

25. I brought the popcorn!

:hi: Hi, everyone!

[SharonRB]

27. You're too late

DG already brought it. But I'm sure we can use more. This story isn't going away anytime soon.

[RevCheesehead]

35. One thing I learned from going to the movies -

you can never have too much popcorn. :popcorn:

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

74. Which reminds me, I saw Indy over the weekend.

Lots of fun. But I admit, our poison of choice was those evil Cinnabon pretzel things. You know, those twisted (literally) mutants that are half-pretzel and half-cinnamon bun.

[SharonRB]

77. We saw it , too,

Can't wait to see SATC this weekend!

[WolverineDG]

36. Ah, trust the Rev to buy in bulk

:hi: thanks, Rev! We almost ran out!!

(btw, did I tell you I got some cheese curds the other day? yum!)

dg

[RevCheesehead]

42. raw or deep-fried?

Either is good, but the deep-fried w/ranch dressing... :9

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

51. raw, fresh from the dairy

I take a nibble or two every day. Who knows when I'll get more?

dg

[RevCheesehead]

57. Wisconsin cheese curds are so cool - -

- they squeak when you bite into 'em.

[WolverineDG]

78. These squeak too

:9

dg

[SeattleGirl]

37. Rev!!!

If you check a bit upthread, you'll see that I brought the drinks! :loveya: :hi:

[RevCheesehead]

47. You're so thoughtful!

:hi: :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

40. Rev!!!!!!!!

:loveya: Pass some this way--Keith just said "go all the way." :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

50. :THUNK!!!:

Smelling salts, please! :loveya::loveya::loveya:

I had another Keith dream last night... I don't remember any of it, except he was in it, and he knew me.

[Berry Cool]

63. Ooh, too good!!!

I'm not even going to shove a Bay Air under you!!

And now Keith holds Scotty's book up and reads from it and lets us see his hairy hands...ahhhhh.... KLUNKKKK.

Please, baby, go all the way...

[Botany]

45. Just keep your hands to yourself this time.

[RevCheesehead]

61. Don't you mean "paws"?

:hi:

[SharonRB]

29. Woo hoo

Snotty is on tomorrow night, not Monday. Now I can watch it. Yay!

[SharonRB]

41. Nooooooooooooooo

This has to be over Tuesday night. There's no way this can go to the convention.

[SeattleGirl]

43. Rachel also thinks that it will go all the way to the convention.

My gawd, but she is one power hungry woman. :grr:

[WolverineDG]

75. God, make it stop!!

Calgon, take her away!

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

dg

[SharonRB]

46. That's a bridge too far

and I don't want to cross it.

[Berry Cool]

76. I don't want to think about it either.

If anyone around here is going all the way, it's me and the Rev with...well, you know. :blush:

[RevCheesehead]

94. the hairy-wristed guy?

Yum-yum! :9

[Botany]

52. Go Chuck Todd

and go away Hillary.

[SharonRB]

53. Al Gore!

Come on, Al. Make them end this.

[SeattleGirl]

56. Absolutely!

Al needs to speak up soon.

[SharonRB]

58. A Bay Air!

[SharonRB]

62. As if he could spell greatness.

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

64. Lemme see - -

G - R - A - T - E - nest?

[Botany]

65. How do you lose 158 billion $s?

Did Keith just say that auditors can not account for 158 billion in the D. o D.?

[SeattleGirl]

68. Oooooh, bay-air!

:loveya:

[Botany]

70. Cheese and Bay Airs

Thanx Keith.

[RevCheesehead]

73. Nothin' finer!

:smoke:

[Berry Cool]

71. It's not only Bay Air, it's time again for the Gloucester Cheese Roll!!!!

So glad the Rev made it in time!!!!

Every year it seems to come around again so soon. Muddy this year...lots of people carried off on stretchers!!!!

[RevCheesehead]

72. CHEESE!!!

Gee, Keith -
how about next year, I roll down a hill and YOU chase me?? :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

79. Even better, how about a roll in the hay?

"Roll, roll! Roll in za hay!"

[GigiMommy]

80. Hi Everyone!!!

:hi: Been watching, just not near computer.

[SeattleGirl]

81. Hi Gigi!

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

101. HI SG!!!

:hi:

[SharonRB]

82. Hi, Gigi

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

104. Hi Sharon!!

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

83. HI GGM!

:hi: And thanks, Chris Hays, for our nightly KOOS. :loveya:

Love "Candy-Gramm for Mr. McCain." :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

90. So Keith says he's going to tell us what to do if our significant other insists on us going

to the Sex and the City movie...uh, Keith, you think that many GUYS want to go?????

He really should stop assuming the majority of his audience is male and would be dragged to the movie by their wimmen.

And if HE complains that HE's going to be dragged there by HIS woman...I'm calling him on it. I well remember a whole COLUMN he wrote in Salon, post-9/11, about how ANNOYED he was that the new SATC episodes were so SERIOUS. He wanted "more Sex and less City." Now who was "making" him watch it THEN?!?!?!? :shrug:

[WolverineDG]

96. Me

:evilgrin:

JUST FUNNIN' YA, BERRY!!

dg

[Berry Cool]

123. Wolfie, I'd believe that.

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

97. I think it's pretty lame to force someone to go to a movie they don't want to see.

That's when you go with a friend, not a date.

[GigiMommy]

112. Hi Rev!!!

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

114. Hi, Gigi!

And :hug: to Cassie!

[GigiMommy]

106. Hi Berry!!!

:hi:

[SharonRB]

84. Stephie is going to be on Larry King tonight

In case you didn't know.

[SeattleGirl]

85. Thanks, Sharon!

Don't usually watch LK, but I'll tune in tonight.

[RevCheesehead]

86. mmmmm.... Manwiches!

:9 What else?

[Botany]

87. Steph coming on Larry King next

Hey Everyone!
Just wanted to let you all know that Steph has been booked to be on CNN's "Larry King Live" tonight (along with Ari Fleischer, Paul
Begala, Michael Reagan, and others) to talk about the race for the White House. Be sure to tune in at 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific to cheer
Steph on!
Sincerely,
Team Steph

[SharonRB]

89. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=315&topic_id=120463&mesg_id=120547

[GigiMommy]

115. CASSIE SEZ..."OH BOTANY!!!"

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

88. Am I the only person on the planet who never watched Sex in the City?

And never wanted to watch it? :shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

91. just like Seinfeld, I saw it a couple of times...

and I really wasn't that impressed... so yeah, I'm with ya.

[SeattleGirl]

93. I only saw bits of Seinfeld, and I didn't like it either.

It really WAS a show about nothing. :eyes:

[WolverineDG]

92. No

I never got it.

dg

[SeattleGirl]

95. Whew.

I was afraid I was alone in that.

[WolverineDG]

105. Why are people so entralled by Sarah Jessica Parker?

I'm sure she's a nice person, but something about her just hammers away on my last nerve.

dg

[SeattleGirl]

108. Same here.

I'm not sure what it is, but I have the same reaction.

[SharonRB]

116. I've always liked her, actually

Am I the only one around here who loved SATC? Don't any of you enjoy mindless fluff and beautiful clothes? Where's Patsy when I need her?

[SeattleGirl]

117. I don't mind mindless fluff, and I love beautiful clothes.

Just didn't care for the SATC thing.

And, I don't think there's anything wrong with people who like it! :hi:

[SharonRB]

120. Thanks, SG

I really didn't think that was the case, but thanks for reassuring me. :)

[Berry Cool]

125. Same here, to each his own.

That's what's bugging me about Keith right now. He's PRETENDING he doesn't like it, that he hates it, that he will only go to the movie because Katy will force him to, because he thinks he will lose his "man-credentials" if he doesn't. When he's actually secretly happy that he can use her as an excuse.

I'll bet he tells every guy he meets this week: "Oh, I don't REALLY want to go see SATC, but my GIRLFRIEND will FORCE me to go--you know, my GORGEOUS GIRLFRIEND??? But what can you expect anyway, from someone so YOUNG? I mean, she's ONLY TWENTY-FOUR!! Ho ho ho ho!!!"

[WolverineDG]

118. I know

we all have our personal likes & dislikes. For some reason, SJP gets on my nerves. And yeah, where is Pats?

dg

[SharonRB]

121. She had plans a few nights this week, including working late

I think. She'll be here Friday.

[Berry Cool]

124. I hate her bony ass.

I mean that seriously. I don't hate HER, I just hate her bony ass. :rofl:

[GigiMommy]

98. Nope, me too!

NEVER SAW IT.

[SeattleGirl]

100. Another one!

:bounce: :bounce:

[Berry Cool]

99. No. I've seen very little of it myself.

It depresses me too much to see all those people doing something I can only dream of. :rofl:

I'll switch to Larry when this is done. Maybe it'll wash the bad taste out of my mouth of Keith implying that Katy's going to force him to go see the movie. Yeah, right. How old was Katy when the show started...12?? :rofl:

Oh, correction: SATC started in 1998, so Katy wouldn't have been 12 when it got started. She would have been 15.

[RevCheesehead]

102. Oh, you are so bad!!

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

103. Geez, they sound like absolute airheads!

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

110. Um, Keith, you know what "Jimmy Choo" means

because you used to be a FAITHFUL VIEWER of the show.

Please don't act like Katy taught you. :puke:

[RevCheesehead]

111. new comment to your correction:

"Still jailbait."

[Berry Cool]

126. I'm just tellin' the truth.

Sometimes it just makes things look...kinda weird, is all.

[SharonRB]

107. Keith knows what Jimmy Choos are!

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

109. He's doomed, then!

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

119. I am going to find that column Keith wrote about SATC and post the link here

to counteract this nonsense that Katy will be dragging him unwillingly to the movie because he's so whipped and in love.

Bullshit, Keith. You were crabbing years ago about how the show got too serious after 9/11 and the characters talked too much about it, and it was not serving as escapism but rather as a reminder. You recommended "more Sex, less City."

Give me a break.

[RevCheesehead]

113. Keith! I'll go with you to Indiana Jones!!

:woohoo:

[Berry Cool]

122. Ah, HEEEERE we go...his VERY FIRST COLUMN for Salon, no less...

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/07/25/strike/index1.html

...this season's so-far disappointing "Sex and the City,"...is over there at the other end of the Appropriate Taste spectrum. When it comes to Sept. 11, where baseball apparently took Mayor Giuliani's admonition to "go on with your (greedy) lives" too literally, the maestros of the Sarah Jessica Parker vehicle apparently ignored it, and are still stuck in the "the entire world has changed forever" mode.

If the last 10 months have shown us anything, it's that Americans are ready to bite whatever bullets come our way. But in between painful moments of real life, we'd like our entertainment to actually be, well, entertaining, thank you -- escapist if at all possible. What a relief it was, then, to see "Sex and the City" premiere last Sunday on HBO: the ultimate escapist show that flourishes because of charm and brilliant execution.

But the new 9/11-ready "Sex and the City" could not have been more heavy-handed in its desire to be "relevant" and "meaningful" had it stuck a Dan Rather newscast in the middle of the program. Depth was sought by designating New York City itself as Carrie's first love. Gotham's economic revitalization was encouraged by having the characters jettison the first mother of the bunch, Miranda, into a waiting taxi while the rest of them headed downtown for their compulsive shopping. And patriotism was introduced by forcing the three gals to chase sailors during Fleet Week, and even have Charlotte flash one of them.

What? Did nobody think of having Samantha swim out to troop ships?

The "Sex and the City" effort to make entertainment sensitive to the slightly new world around us is clearly more earnest and more commendable than the ballplayers' return to "Me first, and screw you if you think you're even second." Nonetheless, as a born-and-bred New Yorker who still can't listen to tapes of the radio reporting I did from here last year, my thanks, my applause for your intent, and these final four words to the show's producers:

More Sex, less City.

Yeah. Right. Keith HATES Sex And The City, and will watch the movie ONLY because his young and beautiful girlfriend (who was 18 at the time he wrote these words) will be dragging him out the door to see it. Yeah. Youbetcha.