KOEB Meeting -- 8/10/05

[Patsy Stone]

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

And will Sparky show up again?

[SharonRB]

1. Yay -- he's here

I didn't get a newsletter, so I wasn't sure if he'd show up.

[Patsy Stone]

2. He looks like a delicious piece of candy

I'd enjoy unwrapping. :evilgrin:

[SharonRB]

3. How are you doing tonight, Pats?

Did that trucker protest today affect you at all?

[Patsy Stone]

6. Doing very well, thanks.

Nope, no impact at all. How are you?

I can't believe this moran in Yankee Stadium. He's a great nominee for the Darwin Awards, but at least he survived. Oy.

[SharonRB]

9. I heard about it on the radio first thing this morning

Only I thought they said an 8-year-old, not an 18-year old. That's even dumber. I can understand a dumb 8-year-old, but you'd think an 18-year-old would know better.

[Clark2008]

4. Whew... who else kissed the television when they realized

Keith was actually on?

:loveya:

[SharonRB]

5. Not literally,

but I was very happy.

[Patsy Stone]

7. Keef, darling...

There are other things in life besides baseball. I love baseball; I understand you love baseball. I'm just sayin'... The number five story is the doofus and Palmiero?

[SharonRB]

8. Way too much baseball coverage.

I haven't even been paying attention. What about some coverage of Cindy?

I just got a PM from Botany that he can't get into the group tonight -- I don't know why. He wanted everyone to know about the fight between KO and Kaplan. I told him we're all aware of it.

[SharonRB]

10. It's not enough this bimbo has her own show...

she has to butt in on KO's show, too? Oy!

[Patsy Stone]

15. He did say "schmaltz" though.

I can almost overlook Rita -- if she'd clear her throat once in a while. She did promote herself heartily, didn't she?

[gkhouston]

62. it's not a frog in her throat

I think it's long-term vocal abuse and she's permanently damaged her cords. Was she a cheerleader in high school or something like that? That can do it to you.

[Patsy Stone]

71. Maybe too much karaoke?

She is unwatchable.

[gkhouston]

74. LOL, it would take a *lot* of karaoke to do that much damage. n/t

[RevCheesehead]

77. Wouldn't that be "unlistenable?"

Spank me now - please. :)

[gkhouston]

79. Nope... that be Sparky's job.

and you enjoy it so much more when he does it. :evilgrin:

And Rita is both unlistenable and unwatchable.

[WolverineDG]

85. ciggies & bourbon

in massive quantities do that to a woman's voice as well.....

:evilgrin:

dg

[crispini]

11. Is Keith going to be promo'ing Rita Skeeter all week?

ICK. :puke:

On the bright side, this is a FINE tie. :loveya:

Hiya ladies! :hi: Did I miss anything good?

[SharonRB]

13. Mostly baseball, baseball and more baseball

You haven't miss a thing yet.

[gkhouston]

63. he probably will be promoting her for a while

Kaplan needs Rita to succeed, after Tucker's dismal flop. Good thing I tape the show; means I can fast-forward through that segment (sorry, Keef).

[Clark2008]

12. I live about 30 minutes from Kingston, TN

One of my friends was actually AT that courthouse and witnessed the shooting. He emailed me late last night after having been questioned by the police (innocent, of course, he was just an eye-witness).

He'd nearly gotten shot and actually saw the police officer go down.

So sad.

[Patsy Stone]

19. Oh, my.

That's scary.

Oh, Jesus! Jesus on a pierogi?

[SharonRB]

20. And of course it's going up on eBay

[Clark2008]

21. Jesus wasn't present. He was over at the 5 and Dime purchasing

underwear for the poor.

:hi: Pats!

[Patsy Stone]

22. LOL

Hey, Clark! :hi: Nice to see you.

[gkhouston]

64. now why would Jesus need to buy drawers for the poor

couldn't he just transfigure them out of something else, like golf pants? Hmm, must be where those day-glo underoos used to come from...

[Berry Cool]

86. Obviously someone needs to tell Keith

that many nationalities have many different ways of spelling pierogi, and there is no one right way to spell it because it's a transliteration from languages with alphabets other than ours and all we try to do when spelling it in English is approximate the sound.

Besides which, he can't spell "cannoli," so who is he to talk? ;-)

[crispini]

23. Wow. That's nuts.

Hugs to your friend....

[Clark2008]

37. Hi Crispini.

How's the non-smoking going?

I need to quit, but, hell, I'm just not ready. To be quite honest, obesity runs in my family more than cancer and I'm scared to death that if I quit, I'll get as big as a house, which is actually, just as risky. And, I have a HORRID time losing weight. I have to nearly starve most days just to keep in shape.

Although, I would like not to cough so much. *sigh*

[crispini]

45. Smoke free since Monday!

So far, so good. But I haven't been stressed out yet. Give me a deadline and ask me again then. :silly:

[SharonRB]

50. Good for you, Crispi!

You can do it.

[CBHagman]

61. Is there some kind of support you can get?

Making any kind of lifestyle change, especially for your health, is horribly stressful, as I can attest from bitter experience. But if you could get into some kind of group and/or have a doctor/medical team back you up, that would help.

We want you around here for a LOOOONG time.

[gkhouston]

65. coughing is not good

you might want to have a chat with your doctor about whether the obesity risk is truly as great as the cancer/lung disease risk, given that you're already coughing.

[Clark2008]

68. Oh... I've had that chat

He says he can give me nothing. That being overweight is a state of mind and that there is no "magic pill."

He's overweight, mind you.

I quit when I got pregnant. And started again two years later when I was going through a divorce. But, I was SUPPOSED to gain weight during a pregnancy, so it wasn't a big deal. Plus, I was six years younger then.

I have cut back to lights, now, because my b/f, who also smokes, fussed at me enough to do that.

[gkhouston]

75. I didn't think lights really were that different.

if it's the nicotine you need, perhaps trying a cessation method? Not that the nicotine's good for you, but at least your lungs would catch a break. And if you get some insurance (or better insurance), consider a different doctor. If you've got a family history of obesity and high blood pressure, diabetes, etc., your concerns shouldn't be dismissed.

[Janice325]

14. I love Keef

but Rita Cosby's voice right now "reporting live from Tennessee" is grating on my nerves BIG TIME.
I hope her ass gets canceled soon. (And I thought Fucker Carlson was annoying).
Ah, Keith. You rock!!! (Kaplan, take that-kapow!!).

[SharonRB]

16. Hi, Janice

Welcome to DU and the KOEB

[crispini]

24. Hi Janice!

:hi: Welcome to our fun little liveblog.... :7

[SharonRB]

17. Self-deleted

dupe

[Patsy Stone]

18. Hi, Janice!

I just posted that she should clear her throat.

[Janice325]

44. Thanks, SharonRB, crispini and Patsy.

I usually lurk, but sometimes it's fun to participate a bit.
KO is not "my type" (I hope ya'll can read between the lines :) ), but he is one fine specimen "for a guy.". He's the only "newscaster" I can watch without wanting to vomit and scream at the my television.
Atgggg.....KO over...Rita on "live and direct" from....(somewhere in Tennessee). I certainly don't give a crap. I don't mind Nancy Grace as much as her...good god!!!
Time to change the channel.
Can we say drop in ratings right now???

[Patsy Stone]

72. Nancy Grace is worse

she has those "super nostrils" and she's always worked up about something. So breathy!

Yes, Janice. KO is a fine specimen indeed, and it is merely a tribute to your intelligence that you can look past certain anatomical features and realize that. :) Hope you post again.

[RevCheesehead]

78. Those with "super nostrils"

often have a flair for news. Ba-dum-dump.

[SharonRB]

25. I think I know why hardly anyone is here tonight

If you go to DU Groups, only about four or five groups show up. That's the problem Botany is having and I checked it out and it's the same for me. I have it marked as a favorite, so didn't have that problem. I sent him a link, so he should be here soon.

[Patsy Stone]

31. Maybe DU is dooooomed again?

More likely another upgrade. It always takes a while for an upgrade to not seem as if DU is broken.

[Clark2008]

26. This is kinda OT, but I want your input.

My b/f is a HUGE baseball fan - Boston Red Sox is his team (he's from there).

In order to get him something extremely special for Christmas (because, yes, I'm sure we'll still be together. Hell, he's already said he was going to marry me someday and knew it from the day we met), I'm going to have to save.

Sooo... what do you think I should get him? I already got him some Sox golf club covers as just a treat because he'd bought me so many flowers and dinners and cooked for me and taken my son out and, you know.

I, seriously, was considering emailing Keith and asking HIM what he thinks I should get the serious Sox fan. Something that, for not TOO much of a fortune, would blow his, LOL, "sox" off. :)

Ideas?

[SharonRB]

27. This may be way out of the ballpark (no pun intended),

but how about either a trip to the Sox spring training camp or a trip to opening day at Fenway?

[Clark2008]

33. If only I could afford to do that.

I'm afraid it would have to be something not-so-pricey.

This is the problem, I'm afraid. Most sports stuff is way expensive and out of my pocketbook range. :(

[crispini]

28. This pork stuff makes me ill.

I don't care if it's dems or reps doing it, boondoggles SUCK! That bridge -- jeez....

[Patsy Stone]

29. What about the woman's cornfield?

That bill was so damned large and * had that ridiculously stupid look on his face -- as usual. :puke:

[crispini]

32. Awful.

Like the guy said, why should Washington be doing local planning!

[SharonRB]

35. Oh, it looks like they reorganized the groups into categories

When you go to DU Groups, you get about five categories and now we're under Politics, Issues and Media.

Nice of them to communicate it so everyone would know.

Sorry -- I put this in the wrong place. Should have been a reply to the original post.

[crispini]

38. Oh, I saw that post in GD.

Skinner put something up, but I don't think he pinned it.

[crispini]

30. Poop freeze!

:rofl:

[CBHagman]

34. Keith was born in the Bronx!

I knew I liked that guy!

(I owe my very existence to a nice Hungarian-American family who lived near the Concourse...)

[SharonRB]

36. I was born in the Bronx, too

My grandparents lived on Decatur Ave. near the Concourse.

[CBHagman]

40. Aren't all the great people?

:woohoo:

:loveya:

[crispini]

39. woohoo! 99.99% supportive!

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

[Clark2008]

41. We Wuv Our Keef!

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

[gkhouston]

66. All right, which one of you didn't spellcheck their letter,

left out a critical word, and is accounting for that 0.01%? ;-)

[Muffstser]

42. It's the animal wing!

Okay, okay, I know they've done it 1,000 times. It still cracks me up. Every time I see that cat attack that poor guy, it reminds me what I go through if I don't feed the Muffster as soon as I walk in the door.

[Patsy Stone]

43. Botany, Crispini!

Look: Bay Airs! :)

[crispini]

46. Bouncing Bay Airs!

I don't know why Botany can't find us, I sent him a link.

Buh bye, Rita Skeeter, think I'll turn on the Weather Channel. It would definitely be more soothing. :7

[SharonRB]

49. So did I.

You mean I'm not the only one he PMd? And I thought I was his favorite.

[crispini]

54. I'm sure you are.

;)

[SharonRB]

58. He's just using me for my football tickets,

but he'll never get them (shhhh....don't tell him).

[Botany]

47. Opps I could not figure out the new way into the group.

My letter to the A hole who wants to fire KO

Sir,

With all the garbage you have on your air you go nuts on Keith? Son wake the hell up. He is good. He gets ratings. He makes
you money. He allows his guest time and space to answer the questions and state their views unlike many other so called
news programs. Piss him off and you can do for MSNBC, what the owner of the Boston Red Sox did when he sold Babe Ruth to
the Yankees.

BTW you paid money to people who hired Rita Cosby, and Tucker Carlson? Now those are some folks to get pissed at.

I live in Ohio and KO was one of the only national reporters to cover the criminal acts in my state last election. Someday when
the truth comes out his act of courage in showing the real story will help insulate your network from the other media ******
who did not cover the biggest story ever. The footprints of that crime can still be seen today. Such as the results from the
latest special congressional election in S.W. Ohio. Look @ these #s from Claremont County. Do you think their is story here?

Hackett won 38 of 191 Clermont precincts but lost ALL of the 54 largest

Hackett won 38 of 191 Clermont precincts but lost ALL of the largest 54 precincts (more than 187 votes).

What are the odds of THAT?

The Graph
Image


In Clermont:
Hackett TotVote Pct over187
12439 29889 41.6% 54


1 46 61 75.4%
2 36 57 63.2%
3 83 136 61.0%
4 62 103 60.2%
5 42 70 60.0%
6 50 85 58.8%
7 74 127 58.3%
8 49 86 57.0%
9 43 76 56.6%
10 22 39 56.4%
11 46 82 56.1%
12 48 86 55.8%
13 54 97 55.7%
14 72 130 55.4%
15 75 136 55.1%
16 44 81 54.3%
17 72 134 53.7%
18 37 69 53.6%
19 46 86 53.5%
20 71 133 53.4%
21 47 89 52.8%
22 94 178 52.8%
23 68 130 52.3%
24 31 60 51.7%
25 63 122 51.6%
26 73 142 51.4%
27 37 72 51.4%
28 65 127 51.2%
29 49 96 51.0%
30 49 96 51.0%
31 55 108 50.9%
32 57 112 50.9%
33 94 185 50.8%
34 95 187 50.8%
35 43 85 50.6%
36 69 137 50.4%
37 27 54 50.0%
38 40 80 50.0%

39 52 105 49.5%
40 46 93 49.5%
41 113 229 49.3% 1< indicates over 187 total votes
42 36 73 49.3%
43 119 242 49.2% 1
44 23 47 48.9%
45 75 154 48.7%
46 89 183 48.6%
47 34 70 48.6%
48 81 167 48.5%
49 48 99 48.5%
50 71 147 48.3%
51 68 141 48.2%
52 35 73 47.9%
53 49 103 47.6%
54 76 160 47.5%
55 52 110 47.3%
56 25 53 47.2%
57 73 155 47.1%
58 40 85 47.1%
59 54 115 47.0%
60 74 158 46.8%
61 51 109 46.8%
62 42 90 46.7%
63 46 99 46.5%
64 77 166 46.4%
65 54 117 46.2%
66 60 130 46.2%
67 72 156 46.2%
68 115 250 46.0% 1
69 17 37 45.9%
70 73 159 45.9%
71 70 153 45.8%
72 86 188 45.7% 1
73 79 174 45.4%
74 59 130 45.4%
75 111 245 45.3% 1
76 28 62 45.2%
77 23 51 45.1%
78 64 142 45.1%
79 54 120 45.0%
80 183 408 44.9% 1
81 56 125 44.8%
82 38 85 44.7%
83 42 94 44.7%
84 63 141 44.7%
85 84 188 44.7% 1
86 54 121 44.6%
87 94 211 44.5% 1
88 60 135 44.4%
89 46 104 44.2%
90 41 93 44.1%
91 89 202 44.1% 1
92 48 109 44.0%
93 51 116 44.0%
94 61 139 43.9%
95 43 98 43.9%
96 146 333 43.8% 1
97 78 178 43.8%
98 69 158 43.7%
99 58 133 43.6%
100 117 269 43.5% 1
101 30 69 43.5%
102 36 83 43.4%
103 99 229 43.2% 1
104 41 95 43.2%
105 42 98 42.9%
106 81 189 42.9% 1
107 96 224 42.9% 1
108 55 129 42.6%
109 65 153 42.5%
110 82 194 42.3% 1
111 92 218 42.2% 1
112 81 192 42.2% 1
113 83 198 41.9% 1
114 36 86 41.9%
115 28 67 41.8%
116 114 275 41.5% 1
117 96 232 41.4% 1
118 51 124 41.1%
119 53 129 41.1%
120 78 191 40.8% 1
121 82 201 40.8% 1
122 41 101 40.6%
123 30 74 40.5%
124 49 121 40.5%
125 59 146 40.4%
126 99 245 40.4% 1
127 46 114 40.4%
128 44 110 40.0%
129 46 115 40.0%
130 74 186 39.8%
131 69 175 39.4%
132 59 150 39.3%
133 110 280 39.3% 1
134 82 209 39.2% 1
135 85 217 39.2% 1
136 16 41 39.0%
137 32 82 39.0%
138 59 152 38.8%
139 79 204 38.7% 1
140 103 266 38.7% 1
141 96 248 38.7% 1
142 57 148 38.5%
143 90 234 38.5% 1
144 157 410 38.3% 1
145 37 97 38.1%
146 85 223 38.1% 1
147 56 147 38.1%
148 112 296 37.8% 1
149 42 112 37.5%
150 63 168 37.5%
151 99 264 37.5% 1
152 146 391 37.3% 1
153 32 86 37.2%
154 52 140 37.1%
155 134 363 36.9% 1
156 23 63 36.5%
157 95 264 36.0% 1
158 49 137 35.8%
159 158 442 35.7% 1
160 112 314 35.7% 1
161 57 160 35.6%
162 53 149 35.6%
163 29 82 35.4%
164 75 213 35.2% 1
165 85 242 35.1% 1
166 87 252 34.5% 1
167 86 250 34.4% 1
168 48 140 34.3%
169 132 385 34.3% 1
170 13 38 34.2%
171 45 132 34.1%
172 86 254 33.9% 1
173 61 182 33.5%
174 83 248 33.5% 1
175 30 90 33.3%
176 69 209 33.0% 1
177 49 149 32.9%
178 55 169 32.5%
179 80 247 32.4% 1
180 64 199 32.2% 1
181 63 196 32.1% 1
182 23 73 31.5%
183 140 445 31.5% 1
184 57 182 31.3%
185 38 127 29.9%
186 55 190 28.9% 1
187 25 88 28.4%
188 28 101 27.7%
189 20 77 26.0%
190 114 446 25.6% 1
191 128 549 23.3% 1
Sum 12439 29889 41.6% 54

[crispini]

48. Hi Cuddles!

:hi: You found us!

Good letter. Although I don't get the part about all the numbers.... :shrug:

[Botany]

53. footprint of vote fraud i.e. smoking gun

Look at it ...... the more the # of voters in a precinct the lower the %
of vote for Hackett (the democrat) the precincts w/ < then 187 votes went
to both the republican and the democrat. After that every precinct went
repug with an ever decreasing % for the democrat.

BTW Hackett the democrat was wining w/ 300 of the 700 precincts reporting
the last 91 precincts in Claremont county (after they stopped the vote
due to "humidity") took the race from 50 50 to 48 vs 52%

Claremont was one of those "funny" Ohio Counties that gave bush the
election ...... even precincts that Gore won in 2000 w/ more registered
dems voted against Kerry in 04.



BTW Rita Cosby :puke: She was like the girl a guy would go out w/
because you knew that you were going to get lucky. :rofl:

[SharonRB]

51. You finally found us.

Welcome back.

[SharonRB]

52. This is definitely OT, but who is planning to go to DC

for the rally in September?

[crispini]

55. Wish I could.

I am out, out, out of vacay. Is the rally on Saturday? I wonder if flying in first thing Saturday AM and leaving on Sunday would be feasible?

[Botany]

56. Go stay with my Brother, wife, and kids ....

In Greenbelt MD. No 'cuffs O.K.?

[SharonRB]

57. The rally is Saturday, so maybe you could fly in Friday night

or early Saturday morning and leave Sunday. I and a few others from Michigan are flying in early Friday afternoon and leaving late Sunday afternoon.

I'm coming with Livvy, Mrs.Grumpy, and Progmom for sure, and maybe Passing Fair.

[crispini]

59. Well, I just dorked around on aa.com,

and what with the time differential, I would have to fly in really late on Friday night -- arriving at midnight or 1 am.

What airport is best to fly into? I know nothing about the Washington area.

[gkhouston]

67. if you're going to stay with Botany's brother in Greenbelt

probably Reagan, although that's probably the most expensive. Coming out of DFW, wouldn't Dulles be cheaper? Baltimore would be cheapest, but you don't want to drive all that way at oh-dark-hundred.

[SharonRB]

70. If you can get a flight into National (DCA)

that would be the best and most convenient. Dulles and Baltimore are further from the city. National is in Arlington, right near downtown.
(National is the same as Reagan, but I never, ever call it Reagan.)

[noamnety]

60. My email to viewer services at msnbc

Subject: Rita Cosby is unwatchable

We neither need nor desire an hour of her inane tripe disguised as news. I can feel my brain cells dying a painful tortured death whenever she graces my screen. I have no problem finding better things to do with my time during her show, but please for the love of God, stop putting her on Countdown.

If your goal is to dumb down your viewing public, I am more than willing to pledge to drink a guinness on the days when you want to put her on Countdown, but think better of it. I am sure others would be willing to take this pledge with me, if it will make a difference. We want to help you meet your goals, but there are certainly more enjoyable ways for us to kill those pesky cells in our noggins.

[SharonRB]

73. Great note, Fern!

[RevCheesehead]

69. Why the FUCK did they pre-empt the late show????

Goddammit, they put Rita on LIVE with a fascinating update of how they captured the escapees. After 10 minutes, they ran out of things to talk about.

I hope they haven't buried Peter Jennings yet - otherwise, he'd be spinning in his grave.

At least I saw an ad for tomorrow's Countdown - let's just hope that it's for real. (yeah, I'm getting paranoid here)

[gkhouston]

76. relax -- remember the dumb-fest where they had

poor Dan "why isn't my grandmother on fire?" Abrams vamping while waiting for a glimpse of Martha getting out of prison? I have no idea why they think we need to see the play by play on this crap when they could do a few minutes and then cut back to other stories, but this has nothing to do with Kaplan's tantrum on Monday.

Damn, but they're pushing Rita hard. Either they paid too much for her or they're worried about that 9pm slot getting a "failure" aura or Kaplan is playing his last card or all three...

[RevCheesehead]

80. Oh, please, God -

let it be number three! :bounce:

[gkhouston]

81. hee

I'm not worried about our boy. He's going to be on DP today instead of tomorrow. I'm guessing (guessing, mind you) that that's because he has another mid-day commitment tomorrow, say a routine follow-up with the oral surgeon, and he can only afford to be out of the office for a hour or so tomorrow because he's got a show to prepare for. KO's weathered worse internecine conflict than this and Kaplan would be nine kinds of fool to cut him loose at a time when ABC is being forced to seriously consider what they're going to do for an evening anchor. Charlie Gibson just isn't going to cut it; he's likable, but he can't ad-lib and I don't think he has or can acquire the depth. Koppel doesn't want the job and as much as I respect his work I think they need someone younger. I don't know if ABC was even thinking of KO before this blow-up, but you can bet this little blow-up on Kaplan's part has made their eyes swivel in Keith's direction, simply because they think he might be up for grabs. The smartest thing Kaplan can do is STFU and let this blow over.

[gkhouston]

82. actually, DP is on vacay tomorrow

I'm telecommuting so I got to hear the show again today. Still can't get mplayer to work properly on my Linux box with the espnradio streaming, although it will play non-streaming files from other sites. :banghead:

[crispini]

83. What'd ya think?

I caught the last half. Even though I am completely ignorant of sports, I enjoyed it. I was kind of surprised that they were so funny -- to ME -- who knows NOTHING about la vie sportif. So to speak. :P

[gkhouston]

84. oh, and I *do* know about la vie sportif?

I thought it was funny, too, and amazing how much of that shit translates into dysfunctional behavioral patterns in different workplaces, isn't it? I can't get over how quickly that hour goes by and apparently KO feels the same way; he seemed mildly surprised that the time was up. I'll bet he wishes he could stay longer.

[Berry Cool]

87. I love hearing him with Dan.

He sounds so happy! Like a pig in mud!

I thought the ending of this Countdown bizarre, though. First, it seemed strange to re-air Animal Hall of Fame again so soon, and kind of lame. Then to just run out of time and kick it ovr to Rita before it was done...it's not like the show to run over time. Very strange. I was glad to see all was back together again tonight.