KOEB Meeting 4/6/09 Let's Talk Turkey Edition

[Berry Cool]

Did Constantinople give Obama the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks'.

:hi: Join us!

[Patsy Stone]

1. Hello, all!

What the heck was David Shuster wearing? A blue suit and an orange tie? Is he a closet Gators fan?

[Patsy Stone]

2. Keith's interviewing his mother.

That's a big get.

[Berry Cool]

4. What the heck?? Did she die??

"Marie Olbermann...A Tribute"?? :shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

5. I certainly hope not.

Maybe it's her tribute to Chuck Knoblauch?

[Berry Cool]

7. Why would she do a tribute to him?

HE didn't die, did he??

It's not the anniversary of the day he hit her, either...that's in June.

It's not her birthday, is it?

[ralps]

3. Hi Berry Cool, Hi Everyone! Yay! Keith's back!

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

[WolverineDG]

6. I am still not used to being proud of my president on over seas trips

:cry: :sniffle:

:hi:

Happy Four Day Work Week!! :)

dg

[Patsy Stone]

8. It's a really cool feeling

And I hope to become quite accustomed to it. :hi: How is my "better than average" friend this evening?

[WolverineDG]

24. Better than average

:rofl:

I kicked some tush in court today. Loser bio-dad wanted credit for his mom giving money to my client. Oh hell no, you worthless piece of crap....get off your goddamn ass & get a job! :grr: :grr: :grr:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

32. And very klassy guy he is, I'm sure.

:eyes:

[WolverineDG]

43. he brought his grandma to court because mommy is in san antonio

fucking loser.

dg

[Patsy Stone]

54. Wow

Yet, just goes to show ya, someone liked him for at least 15 minutes once -- the poor woman.

[Berry Cool]

9. Maybe for you, not for me.

I'm not used to being proud though, either. :hi:

I figured we were sure to get Keith tonight, what with Shuster on Hardball. But I can't believe he'd just sit there and do the news if his mother died.

[RevCheesehead]

11. Maybe she died last week, and that's why he was gone.

I certainly hope not. As many of us know, it sucks to lose your Mom.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

13. Yes, it does.

:hug:

[Berry Cool]

16. No, he started a BASEBALL blog on the MLB Web site.

He's been spending his days at the new Yankee Stadium. We have proof.

Anyway. :hi: and I am so glad you are here.

[RevCheesehead]

21. Thank you, Berry!

:hug: I'm glad you're here, too.

[WolverineDG]

20. No kidding

:hug: :loveya:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

10. Don't you mean "Let's Talk Turkey"?

:hi: Hi everyone. You get me tonight because I'm skipping my meeting. :evilgrin:

[Patsy Stone]

12. Lucky us!

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

15. Hi Patsy!

Oreo sends her regards, too! :hi: :meow:

[Berry Cool]

19. Bella and Harley send their regards also,

but still cannot believe they heard Keith call North Carolina "the axis of evil."

[RevCheesehead]

23. Oreo's not surprised.

After all, she lived there for many years.

[Patsy Stone]

25. Meow!

How's the packing coming? Uh, oh... Keith just said a farewell is coming up. :(

[RevCheesehead]

26. I heard that. :(

The packing is sort of started. I did stop at Office Depot and got packing supplies last week.
I also have a huge pile of clothes in my living room, destined for Goodwill.

[Berry Cool]

35. Moving sucks.

When it comes to things that require physical and emotional effort, nothing is worse.

[RevCheesehead]

38. Amen to that!

Today, I had to call my mom's best friend, just to get some "mom support."
I told her I needed to talk to someone who wasn't going to talk to me about church stuff. :)

[Berry Cool]

14. Keith just said "Eight years of doing nothing about North Carolina except

sticking out your tongue and calling it 'evil.'"

Honest.

Does he have basketball on the brain??

[RevCheesehead]

18. This is the time for all good Blue Devils to sing out,

"GO TO HELL, CAROLINA, GO TO HELL!!!!" :evilgrin:

[Patsy Stone]

27. :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8325674
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5403946

[RevCheesehead]

30. LOL!

:evilgrin:

[WolverineDG]

29. I hope you showed up for work yesterday

It was, as my dad used to say, "Get your ass to Church" Sunday.

:evilgrin:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

31. Yes, and there were plenty of asses present...

including the bitch from hell on the pastor-parish committee, who stopped coming to church last summer.
Of course, since the letter went out telling them I'm leaving, she had to show up last week. Yesterday, she was in the choir. :grr:

[Patsy Stone]

34. Soon

she'll be sitting on your head. :eyes:

[RevCheesehead]

40. ewwwwwwwwww.

She reminds me of Dolores Umbridge, but with grey hair. :puke:

[WolverineDG]

39. Cast your bread upon the waters

she'll get hers. Bitch.

:hug:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

41. I decided to make the most of it, so I changed my sermon.

Even gave it a new title: "Hosanna, Hypocrites!" :evilgrin:

[Patsy Stone]

44. But you really wanted to name it

Hosanna kai-ay, mother f'n hypocrites!

[RevCheesehead]

48. Oooh, that would be good!

I really tore into it, too.
One of my friends told me that all the hypocrites were staring at the floor.

[Patsy Stone]

57. The truth hurts.

Peek a Boo, God Sees You. :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

61. That one is my favorite.

Don't tell Botany - you know how he gets. :rofl:

[WolverineDG]

45. Ooooh, burn

:evilgrin:

So what's next for Rev? :)

dg

[RevCheesehead]

50. Easter, of course:

"Christ spent 3 days in hell, but I've been here 6 years."
"God forgives you, but I'm still working on it."
"Peek-a-boo, God Sees You."

[Berry Cool]

46. I like the sound of that!

Would love to see a copy.

[RevCheesehead]

53. I don't write them out.

I preach extempore. The Holy Spirit anoints me to tell the truth. O8)

[ralps]

66. Hi RevCheesehead, Crook & I are doing good & Hi to Oreo, CC & lil' Keith! How are you all doing?

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

[RevCheesehead]

85. Hi ralps

I was doing fine, until that last tribute. Now, the tears are flowing.

:hug::hug::hug:

and a :meow: to Crook.

[Patsy Stone]

17. Does Newt also want the laser beams to be on sharks' heads?

[Berry Cool]

22. Maybe Keith means his mother is doing a farewell tribute to the old Yankee Stadium

seeing as how she's spent WAY more time there than he has, even.

That's gotta be it.

[Patsy Stone]

28. I hope that's right.

It just doesn't seem like anything's wrong, he's just carrying on and joking as usual.

[Berry Cool]

47. And I have to edit mine too

because normally I'm very unjudgmental about the weird ways people behave on occasions like this.

But I still don't know what to make of it.

Yeah, I got through calling hours with friends. Yeah, I got some work done. But I didn't have to do it on TV.

Is it different, being on TV?

I mean, if you're on Broadway starring in a show and this happens, don't you get an understudy the next time you have to go on?

I mean, damn.

[Patsy Stone]

51. I was thinking something along similar lines.

If he was going to announce her death and do a whole thing on her, isn't that Howard Beale crazy? I don't think he would do something like that at all.

ed: Okay, I have to edit this, because I fear it is what we all think it is, and I'm still not sure what I think about it.

[RevCheesehead]

33. After all these years, I've finally figured it out.

Oreo, in cat language, means "She who must be held." :)

[Berry Cool]

36. I guess Bella means "She who must sit on the kitchen table and counters

and puke up hairballs in one's walking paths."

[RevCheesehead]

42. You walk on the table and counters?

You must be nimble. :D

[Berry Cool]

49. No, she doesn't puke up hairballs on the table and counters.

She does that on the parts of my floor where she knows I will find them with my foot in the middle of the night while journeying to the bathroom.

[WolverineDG]

37. Hmmm "Witch Hunt"

Seems I was in the middle one recently.....

dg

[GigiMommy]

52. Hello Everyone!!!

It's been a while.:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Patsy Stone]

55. You bet it has!

:hi: How are ya? How's Cassie?

[GigiMommy]

60. We're good. Cassie has "Spring Break" this week.

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

56. Hey GGM!!

:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

dg

[Berry Cool]

58. Hi GGM!

And Cassie! :hi:

[Berry Cool]

59. You know, the important thing is,

can Sarah Palin see North Carolina from her house?

Can she see when they rear their heads over her?

[Berry Cool]

62. Damn, Keith's getting EMOTIONAL.

I mean, EMOTIONAL.

I mean, like now, he really IS acting like his mother died.

I know I joke, but he would not get this choked up over Yankee Stadium.

[GigiMommy]

65. Hi Berry!!!

Cassie says HI too!!!:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[GigiMommy]

63. Hi Wolfie!!!

:hi: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[ralps]

64. Today's worst person in the world is Glenn Beck!!! for Complaining that SNL isn't

parodying Him!!! LOL :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl:

[WolverineDG]

67. Oh damn, sorry Keith

:cry: :hug: :loveya:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

70. Worst fears realized.

:(

Sorry, Keith. :hug:

[ralps]

68. Oh No!! Hugs to Keith on the passing of your Mom!

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

[RevCheesehead]

69. Keith's mom was 1 year younger than my mom.

Keith, lots and lots of :hug::hug::hug:

[SharonRB]

71. Keith's mother died Saturday night, and

he's still here tonight?

And today is a year since my mom died. :cry:

[Patsy Stone]

72. I don't know how he's doing it

and I have to say, I think it's a little weird.

:hi:

Sorry about your somber memorial. :hug:

[SharonRB]

77. Me neither

I'm crying. Of course, I've been crying for the last four days at the drop of a hat.

[RevCheesehead]

80. ...

:hug::cry:

[Berry Cool]

86. And you get

:hug: from me too.

[SeattleGirl]

73. Hi everyone. My condolences to Keith.

I also don't know how he's there, but what a sweet tribute to her.

[Berry Cool]

88. It is.

Damn, those old videos...he WAS such a geek. He had a big butt even then, and he still runs like that, too.

[WolverineDG]

74. ...

:hug: :loveya:

dg

[GigiMommy]

84. Sharon...

:hug: It's been five years since my Dad passed away(April 1). It doesn't seem that long at all.

[Patsy Stone]

75. Condolence threads:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5404270
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5404267
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5404325

[SeattleGirl]

76. I learned my love of baseball from my mom too.

[Berry Cool]

79. I...can't...believe...this.

I can't believe any of it.

The more I think about it, the more able I am to understand how he could do it.

It's been a few days. When I had to go to my mom's calling hours, I was able to do it. I was able to talk, and laugh, and do things I did not think I would be able to do.

I was able to sit and try to get some work done that they'd sent me from my job, because it was a distraction.

But I'm still just...

[RevCheesehead]

83. You cope by doing what you do best.

Remember when Brett Favre's dad died? He played that Sunday, and had the game of his lifetime.
At Mom's funeral, my brother got up and did the eulogy.
I did the committal service at the cemetery.
I believe that God gives us the grace to keep going in our deepest sadness... and our actions become themselves an act of love.

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

87. That they do, Rev.

That they do.

[Berry Cool]

89. But I'm a writer, and when my mother died, I couldn't write a damn fucking thing.

I thought I should be able to come up with a eulogy, and I had nothing.

[RevCheesehead]

78. ...

:cry:

[Berry Cool]

81. ...

:cry:

[GigiMommy]

82. Keith, your Mother was beautiful. I'm so sorry.