KOEB Meeting: 12/08/09 -- And the HCR/GOP Hypocrisy Beat Goes On Edition

[Patsy Stone]

:hi:, all!

[ralps]

1. Hi Patsy! Hi Everyone! Medicare for all!!!!!!!!!!!

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

[Patsy Stone]

3. Hi, ralps!

Or Medicare for most. :) Let's get this done already. Jeeeeez.

[PSzymeczek]

51. Hubster is apparently pissed.

I would qualify; he wouldn't.

[WolverineDG]

2. John, where are you when we need you?

:cry:

:hi: all!!

dg

[Patsy Stone]

4. RIP, John.

:hi:, you!

[Berry Cool]

14. I second that emotion.

Too bad we're giving war a chance.

[WolverineDG]

5. After hearing Boxer today, all the GOP went

OH SHIT, SHE'S GOING AFTER THE BLUE PILLS!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO BARBARA GO!!

dg

[RevCheesehead]

6. BLIZZARD!!!!

:woohoo: :bounce::bounce:

:hi:

[ralps]

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

Is it snowing there yet? :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

8. It's been snowing practically all day long.

Latest weather report: expect 7-13 inches!
We're all stocked up, except I just realized we're out of potato chips. I'll survive. :)

:hi: and :meow:

[WolverineDG]

9. I'll eat some for ya

:P

:loveya: :hi:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

12. Be my guest.

I have a chuck roast in the oven tonight, and it smells heavenly. But it's gotta cook a while yet. :9

:hi::hug:

[Botany]

10. best winter song ever .... Mandolin Wind

http://videolog.uol.com.br/swfs/player_externo.swf?id_video=352862

35/36 F w/ rain here ..... gonna turn to ice sometime soon then snow 4 to 6 "

[RevCheesehead]

15. Sounds like someone's gonna get a day off tomorrow!

mY 'puter is taking forever to download - I'll listen when it's ready.

:hi:

[ralps]

19. It's taking a while for it to load for me too

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

[RevCheesehead]

20. I'm STILL waiting!!

And Charter's doubled my download time, just for the holidays! :(

[Patsy Stone]

24. I used The Google

and the first link is the song through Lala. Maybe if you try that, it'll play for you?

[PSzymeczek]

52. Gordon Lightfoot - Song for a Winter's Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koacHYXULVU

[Patsy Stone]

11. Are the other forums exploding after the news KO just broke?

I'm afraid to look.

[Berry Cool]

13. I just feel as if the Dems are laying down, rolling over and dying on us.

By the time all this is over, HCR is going to consist of a get-well card from the government.

Oh, and :hi: all.

What do you do when two of your sisters are feuding and obviously intend never to resolve their feud and it's making your situation untenable?

[Berry Cool]

17. Oh, and:

SHUT.

UP.

BONER.

YOU.

ASSHOLE.

[RevCheesehead]

18. Tell them to friggin' get over it.

Seriously, tell them that YOU refuse to get in the middle of it all, that you intend to remain on speaking terms with both of them, and that you will NOT LISTEN to their complaints about the other person.

If that doesn't work, then tell them that Mom is watching, and is mighty pissed at both of them.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

29. I have already told them all that.

They don't give a shit.

[RevCheesehead]

31. Then all you can do is ignore them,

and move on with your life without them. Sorry 'bout that.
If you need a new sister, I'm available. :hug:

[WolverineDG]

32. Me too

:hug:

dg

[Berry Cool]

34. I don't want to move on without both of them.

Although I'd gladly have any of you as sibs any day. :hug:

[Patsy Stone]

21. Tell them you're not going to get in the middle of it.

Love them both, and whatever you do, don't call Dr. Phil.

Sorry you have to deal with that.

I don't know; if they can cover everyone over 55, and everyone under 27, then the middle needs affordable care that doesn't discriminate. If they offer subsidies to those who have financial hardship, provided the insurance companies can be regulated to avoid price gouging, maybe this whole thing won't be so terrible. I'm just trying to look on the bright side -- what little of one there is left.

[WolverineDG]

22. Tell them to grow the fuck up & that, oh btw

you're no longer Switzerland so you don't really care to hear about it.

dg--veteran of many "Let's put DG in the middle again so she'll waste all her time passing messages because we're too damn immature to talk to each other" family wars

[bleever]

16. "Cash for Caulkers".

Genius!

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

26. Dear President Obama,

I like you and all, but I really don't think a small business is going to hire me just because you give it a tax break, and I am utterly unqualified to hold a job helping anyone winterize his or her home.

I write stuff. I edit stuff. I proofread stuff.

Yesterday I went to the doctor for a stronger antibiotic than the one I have been on, which did not finish the job. The doctor did not realize I have no insurance and prescribed me an antibiotic that would have cost me $275+ out of pocket. Luckily the pharmacy asked me about it first, called him back and got me a prescription for one of the free store antibiotics instead. Still stronger than what I was taking, but will not cost me $275+.

It is ridiculous that anyone should want to charge me more than $275 for an antibiotic just because I don't have a job. It is ridiculous that the Republicans want me to pay more than $275 for an antibiotic just because I don't have a job. Or is this my punishment for not being good enough at what I did? I guess that's what they'd tell me. Personal responsibility and all. Next time, do whatever it takes to keep your goddamn job, and you will not have to worry about the price of your antibiotics.

Oh, I have learned my lesson, all right. I sure have.

I only wish I could see the politicians who want to punish me for losing my job lose THEIR jobs.

[RevCheesehead]

28. Unfortunately, even if THEY lose their jobs,

they keep their salary AND health benefits. Personally, I think they ought to change that first.

Da Cheese is right there with ya, Berry - especially when Cobra expires in July. Until then, they take $600/month for the security of not being sick. :banghead:

[Berry Cool]

33. And I sympathize with you entirely.

I feel as if I did everything right in this country and played by the rules, despite having acquired a disadvantage during my life that put a distance between me and the American Dream. But I still cannot get ahead despite having played by the rules. Because the game is fixed in favor of those who come from intact families, with wealth. That's it. :-(

[RevCheesehead]

35. And the president sent me an e-mail, asking for money.

"We won't back down," he says, and the dems just rolled over again.
DU doesn't make an emoticon strong enough to express my disgust.

[Botany]

23. Dr. Liz Warren

Frisky cougar? Yes or No?

She just said stimulate ...... :loveya: :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

25. I love her

But it seems she never has a happy story to tell.

[Botany]

27. It was a little happy tonight .... no great depression

But her bun is way to tight

[bleever]

56. I don't know

really, how tight her bun is, but she's welcome at the KOEB bar any time.

[Berry Cool]

30. Bot is grasping at straws.

I know how ya feel, Bot.

[Berry Cool]

36. Oh, and that Burger King 911 call is old, but still funny.

Keith got pissed off at that one the same way I did: who IS this spoiled SoCal brat who thinks that 911 is there to force Burger King to make a burger the way she wants them to so she can feed her goddamn kids? That's what she actually said on that call. I've heard the whole thing.

Yes, she really does think she's entitled to being protected from a cheeseburger not made her way that inconveniences her ability to feed her kids.

[RevCheesehead]

37. They should have sent a deputy

to arrest her for misuse of 911.

[Berry Cool]

42. Like they sent to the woman who called 911 because her neighbors called in a noise complaint

about her and a cop was sent over to tell her to turn her music down, and she called 911 to ask to have him sent back over because she thought he was cute and the best-looking man she'd seen in a long time?

They sent him back over to her all right...to slap the cuffs on her.

[Berry Cool]

38. OMG, Keith's gonna rag on the Charlie Brown guy AGAIN, for the same REASON!!!

I don't know, I think he's getting a little obsessed.

Keith, I love ya, but let it go. :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

41. There's a big problem in this country.

I can't really put my finger on it, but I swear we here all seem to have been raised differently. This sense of entitlement the generation after us seems prone to is maddening. I'm not sure exactly why this happened, this infantilization of America where no one ever has to take responsibility for their actions. I know I sound a little "Get off my lawn!" here, but it makes me crazy.

Don't laugh, but I think it started around the same time they began giving all the kids sports trophies for just showing up.

[Berry Cool]

48. I agree with you. Maybe we're just being cranky old people, but I swear I never expected

the world to cater to me the way some people do. My problem is, I don't speak up ENOUGH. I think I have to make do or do without, rather than fighting for what I deserve.

I do think it was a mistake to start giving prizes to kids just for existing. Are you special? Yes. Are you unique? Yes. But so is everyone else, kid. You are going to have to share this world with all the other special, unique people out there. Yes, there are some situations in this life in which all should be treated equally and in which all can win, but there are still going to be uneven distributions of talents and situations in which you can get what you want only via working for it. The world doesn't revolve around your personal feelings, and it generally does not distribute participation ribbons. So deal with it as best you can.

I would tell them: "You will be surprised at what achievement, as opposed to just breathing in and out, will do for your self-esteem."

[ralps]

39. Today's worst person in the world is Russell Wiseman! again!!!!!!!! LOL

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

[bleever]

40. "National Chairman of Stupid Sons-of-Bitches".

Well played, sir!

[Berry Cool]

43. OK, I admit that was funny, and the guy's further idiotic comments warranted it.

Good job, Keith.

[Patsy Stone]

45. "If you were a real American,

you'd have seen it so many times already, you'd be able to recite it from memory."

:rofl:

[bleever]

55. Right?

:patriot:

[RevCheesehead]

44. Time to confess - * I * had an affair with Tiger Woods.

(hell, I need the money!!!)

[Patsy Stone]

46. ...

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

47. Imagine the scandal!

"Fat lady priest claims to have boinked Tiger. Promised heavenly rewards, but now wants financial compensation."

[Berry Cool]

49. How about this:

"Unemployed woman who looks like Leona Helmsley claims to have had affair with Tiger Woods. Will tell all to the National Enquirer in return for free antibiotics of all kinds."

[RevCheesehead]

50. Hey, Leona,

Have your ears popped yet?
Did you try the vinegar? Why not?

[Patsy Stone]

53. Tiger's earthly reward greater than heaven, and just as delightful!

Rev's reward in the bank: heavenly.

Remember the words of Mark Twain: "Heaven for the climate, hell for the company."

[RevCheesehead]

54. Bless you!

[bleever]

57. Work that angle, girl.

But really: he should have been so lucky.

[RevCheesehead]

59. Are you channelling Sparky?

Awwwww, Bleev... :blush:
:loveya: thanks. :)

[rusty charly]

58. Uh. oh.