KOEB Meeting -- 9/7/05

[Patsy Stone]

:loveya::loveya::loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

1. He looks all kinds of stripey

The suit, the shirt, the tie, the hair -- stripes everywhere!

[gkhouston]

105. snorf

but I like this tie-shirt combo much better than the striped tie he wore the last tie he wore this suit.

[SharonRB]

2. LOL -- I'll delete mine

[Berry Cool]

80. Oh well, Berry After the Show is late again...

:hi:

But here anyway! And was I rewarded...another night of Keith, in his gangsta stripes and EN FUEGO!! :loveya:

[SharonRB]

3. One last farewell parade in the French Quarter

How sad. I was there about 17 months ago.

[Patsy Stone]

5. I got kinda choked up

It seemed very fitting that they had that parade. One day maybe I'll have a chance to go.

[SharonRB]

7. I choked up, too

Especially since I've been there.

[WolverineDG]

12. they'll open up again!

i have to keep telling myself that, otherwise, i'll go nuts.

i was in the store on saturday & saw a can of cafe du monde coffee & chicory. :cry:

glad to hear the residents feel that strongly about their neighborhood. i hope they can all return soon.

dg

[Patsy Stone]

30. They are actually getting power

That area was spared a great deal of water. It's just going to be a matter of whether everything's rotted and full of disease and how long it will take for the rest of the city to be able to begin to function.

My suggestion is a new WPA, The Rebuilding of New Orleans. Seeing how much they love FDR and his policies, that's not happening.

[WolverineDG]

50. Plus, it would work

can't have that happen, now, can we?? :sarcasm:



dg

[RevCheesehead]

4. Hi, everyone.

"Stripey Keith". Ummm... mental images flashing across my mind - I think I need a cold shower.

[Patsy Stone]

6. Should I have said "strippy Keith"?

:) Hi, Rev!

[RevCheesehead]

8. heh - like that would make it any better!

Are we going to see the face of JT, Chopper Reporter?
He's one of my new heroes.

[Patsy Stone]

9. I hope so.

I'm interested to hear his background. I think he's an owner or officer of the company he works for. Hi-def copters. Cool. He's been just great.

[WolverineDG]

10. stripes & lavendar

not grey, but still :thumbsup: in my book. ;)

ot, but does anyone know italian? the reporter from genoa who was in my shuttle sent me a copy of his article, but it's all in italian & i can't really figure it out. :(

dg

[Patsy Stone]

11. We have another small party this evening

at least so far. I wonder if everyone is running on "Miami time"? That means they'll be here in an hour. :)

[SharonRB]

25. We had a much bigger crowd last night.

[Patsy Stone]

34. Bleever throws better parties. :) n/t

[Patsy Stone]

13. Still a strained voice on the phone...

Maybe we'll see him speak one day. Or, maybe he's always to remain just a voice. :)

[SharonRB]

17. Just call him Carlton

[RevCheesehead]

19. LOL.

You Vulcan, you! :7

[SharonRB]

21. Oh, no, not again!

Or how about Charlie?

[Patsy Stone]

22. LOFL!

[SharonRB]

24. You have a photo of Carlton?

[Patsy Stone]

28. Google Images is your friend, Shar. :) n/t

[Berry Cool]

81. I'm so glad JT was on, though.

What a guy. :yourock:, JT!

[RevCheesehead]

18. yeah - like "Carlton, the doorman."

Or Norm's wife Vera.

There's something to be said for mystery.

[Patsy Stone]

14. "He's a very stubborn man."

JT, that's the understatement of the century. Calvin, get the hell out of NO!

[RevCheesehead]

15. Even chopper heroes lose it from time to time.

I find it amazing that he just keeps going back, day after day.

[Patsy Stone]

16. You know, the fact of the stench made me wonder how

he kept going back. Wow.

[RevCheesehead]

20. Duty, honor, and a strong sense of community service.

You do what you can, with the gifts you have. In a way, that's what we're ALL doing right now... with the exception of certain individuals who have deluded themselves into believing "it's hard werk," and "this is not the time to blame."

[Patsy Stone]

27. I think that * should get in there and start clearing the brush

It's what he does. I also suggest that one more family evacuate permanently to Texas.

Sorry, crispi! :)

[RevCheesehead]

29. I'd be happy if Bar evacuated the planet.

Honestly, she has done more harm since she's left office (because you know who really ran things) than any other person in history.

[WolverineDG]

23. and that he can smell it from that high up

ew.

dg

[Patsy Stone]

77. So gross. n/t

[Berry Cool]

82. I smelled something bad today and thought

"Yeah, but you can get away...all of the Gulf smells awful, and those people can't just get away."

[SharonRB]

26. Election year vs. non-electon year or

Jeb's state vs. not Jeb's state? Inquiring minds want to know.

[RevCheesehead]

31. Or "Red state, blue city?"

or just plain callousness.

[Berry Cool]

83. I vote for a deadly combination of them all.

Four hurricanes could not do as much damage put together as human greed and careleseness.

[gkhouston]

106. election year in a key electoral state, I think

if Florida got whomped this year, bet they wouldn't give a rat's ass.

[Patsy Stone]

32. Those 21 and 25 percent

those are your swing voters.

[RevCheesehead]

33. CAKE SHOT!!

**zing**

GUITAR SHOT!

[WolverineDG]

56. I LOVED THAT!

I was wondering when someone would have the guts to put up the geetar picture with the picture of NO flooded out...think someone saw DistressedAmerican's pic? ;)

oh nooooo, they don't read DU.....

dg

[SharonRB]

58. Just testing

[RevCheesehead]

60. You know, the first time I saw that picture...

(before the full horrors of NOLA were known), my first reaction was "look at that asshole putting his thumb in the frosting. That's what 10-year-old boys do."

[SharonRB]

64. Well, he has the brain of a 10-year-old boy

Or, maybe not.

[Patsy Stone]

66. LOFL!

Thanks for that. He's a ten year old with very dangerous toys.

[gkhouston]

107. this one's a killer. NOLA is dying, and this guy looks

worried about dropping a friggin' cake.

[Patsy Stone]

35. KO GD thread re: timeline and lies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4687319

[Berry Cool]

84. I love it. DU is catching on to KO in a big way.

And it's about time!

This video sequence was one for the ages!

That and his comment about the firefighters made to pose with *!

[Patsy Stone]

89. An excellent KO moment!

DU loves him. :loveya:

[SharonRB]

36. These fuckers like so much, they wouldn't know the truth

if it bit them in the ass.

[Berry Cool]

85. It never ceases to amaze me, the rationalization that is going on.

There are people who actually think the left is delighted and thrilled with watching all this death and destruction...and why? Because they can use it as yet another excuse to damn you-know-who.

Uh, no. Not so much. It would have been a lot better had they not had to have such great justification.

[Patsy Stone]

37. Brownie!

What a job you've done. :puke:

[Muffstser]

38. Hi, gang! LUUUVING the timeline video.

Speaks for itself, eh?

[Patsy Stone]

40. Sure does.

All BS. Loved Pelosi's statement! Dangerous! Nice.

[WolverineDG]

45. Yes!!

I LOVED how it was put together...needed no editorializing to get the point across!!!

:loveya: KO


dg

[Muffstser]

54. Sometimes, stupidity speaks for itself. That's why I loved that article:

The one I posted earlier from the San Francisco paper. They praised KO for knowing when to let the story speak for itself.

Rita Cosby...take notes.

[RevCheesehead]

57. You're too charitable.

Rita Cosby...take a hike.

[SharonRB]

65. I turned it to C-SPAN

I can't stand listening to Rita Skeeter.

[Muffstser]

69. I've got on CNN, for Anderson Cooper.

Larry King's still hopeless, but Anderson rocks.

[Patsy Stone]

70. American Masters: Judy Garland PBS

I like Anderson very much.

[SharonRB]

76. I watched Anderson before KO

Larry King is on here now.

[gkhouston]

108. hey, Rev?

:applause:

you just spiked to 105 on the snark-o-meter.

[RevCheesehead]

109. Stick around, gk -

I'll break the damned snark-o-meter! :evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

86. If only Rita Cosby would shut up and let the story tell itself

ALL the time, many people's ears would be spared much grief!

Tell ya what, Rita. Just quit and let Keith tell the stories!

[Botany]

39. Way to go KO

Stand up job!

from the photo journalist in the helicopter
to his dropping "the cake," "the guitar." & "the brownie is doing a
heck of a job."


KO knows b.s.

[Patsy Stone]

41. You are correct, sir!

A wonderful job. And Eric Boehlert, from Salon.com, was driving the nails in deeper.

"Now, watch this drive."

Hey, Botany, did you catch the Daily Show yesterday? F'n brilliant!

[Muffstser]

43. How was "Daily Show?" How'd they do?

I'm catching the rerun tonight. The bad part of internships is getting up at 5:00 am to do the writing. No more same night "Daily Show" for me. Oh, well...

[Patsy Stone]

51. So, so good.

If you miss the rerun, the clips are on the Comedy Central/Daily Show site. Ed Helms and Jon are not to be missed. The guest was great too.

I think it's an Emmy winner. :)

[RevCheesehead]

62. I'll second that.

Jon was filled with white hot rage. There were so many moments when you could hear the audience gasp with astonishment at the ineptitude. And Jon didn't let up one bit.

Oh - and I agree about the Emmy, too.

Plus: JT Albaugh - Pulitzer for photo journalism. Hands down.

[Berry Cool]

87. I am SO SORRY I missed The Daily Show!

I'm kicking myself now!

Anyway, I sure didn't miss Keith's great "timeline" clip. Too bad that some people will never get back in the same solar system with the rest of us, though, despite his efforts to drag them there kicking and screaming. They will just deny the truth of it all until their heads explode.

[Patsy Stone]

91. Here on the left side

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml

Timeline, Headlines and Ed Helms. Behold!

O/T, but JS: :loveya:

[Muffstser]

42. Worst Person in the World -- Mary Hudack!

Oh. My. Gawd. What an idiot.

[RevCheesehead]

44. Did he say FIFTY? firefighters

were sent to MS for a PHOTO-OP with the blivet??

Holy fucking shit.
Keep the blivet away - he actually CAUSES damage when he appears!

[Muffstser]

48. HoooLeeeCrap. Unbelievable.

I wish we could start a grass roots impeachment movement.

[Botany]

52. but * was rolling up his sleeves w/ the firefighters .....

KO dropped "the cake," "the guitar," & "the rolling up sleeves
w/ firefighters" pictures .... he knows the real story.

[RevCheesehead]

59. yeah - the photo op "for the good folks at Time and Newsweek."

"Watch us - doin' a heckuva job."

The only thing missing? The photo of President Gore, doing hard work.

[Muffstser]

63. Even John Travolta is doing more.

He and Kelly Preston flew in supplies to Houston on his private jet. Jamie Foxx came in, as did Jada Pinkett Smith.

It's really pathetic when Sean Penn and Harry Connick have more authority to speak than our President.

[WolverineDG]

68. ya gotta wonder

if all these celebs & media can get in & out of NO, WHY THE HELL COULDN'T FEMA?????????????????????????????

:banghead:

dg

[Muffstser]

71. Yup, I have thought that. Did you see "Oprah" last night?

WOW. She was pissed. Sure, she grandstanded a bit, but darn it. SOMEONE HAS TO.

[WolverineDG]

75. don't watch oprah

it comes on at 4pm while i'm still at w*rk, but it sounds like she really ripped into a few people herself.

good on her!!

dg

[Patsy Stone]

74. Because NO ONE gave the order.

That's why the ships were waiting. That's why the National Guard and military wasn't mobilized (forces outside Louisiana). The shit starts at the top and now it festers in the waters of NO.

ed: gram

[Berry Cool]

92. The most stultifying sight I saw that was NOT on TV last week

was going to the Red Cross Web site and reading for myself that they were not going into NO because they were not being permitted in by Homeland Security because of its fear that if the Red Cross brought in food and water, it would "attract people to come into the city."

Sheesh. I could not believe it. Get in a crisis and the Red Cross will not be there to help you--but maybe it's not their fault. Maybe it's just that Homeland Security doesn't want you to become too dependent on handouts.

I could not believe it. I mean, yeah, they wanted to get people out of the city, right? So why not get those buses going and LET THEM GO? Why lock them into their "shelters"? Why not LET THEM GO??

[Patsy Stone]

94. See this is what giving the power to the states

can do for you! This is the government we have. Federal powers and riches are not there for the people. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps or die; it's that simple. The government needed to give back some of the taxes because it has too much private money, see. Don't I feel glad that I got my $300?

:sarcasm:

[Berry Cool]

90. Yeah, and if the NO Convention Center was too scary for the Guard,

how did Harry Connick Jr. make it in and out alive?

[Berry Cool]

88. That's what I said.

It's scary when your biggest leaders in a major American crisis are John Travolta, Kelly Preston and Harry Connick Jr. But dammit, you have to handle a crisis with the leaders you HAVE, not the ones you don't! Be that Sean Penn, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, whoever!

[Botany]

78. Rev a theological ?

Is it a sin to wonder what would happen if Rita Skeeter had to
drink some NO water? Just thinking .... it might help her throat??????


:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

99. Botany....

I was wondering what would happen if Reeter-Skeeter had her head submerged under NO water... for the duration of her show. :o

[WolverineDG]

47. Gotta love the tail-end snark at her!!

GO KEITH GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:loveya:

dg

[Berry Cool]

93. What "tail-end snark" did he use on her?

I always turn it off as soon as the camera shifts only to her.

I didn't hear him use any snark. Did I miss something he said after that?

[WolverineDG]

104. He didn't snark Rita

He snarked the woman who made the remark that the firefighters should rethink their committment to FEMA (!!!!! :wtf: !!!!!), firefighting & the citizens of this country after they quit because she was going to have them hand out fliers instead of doing the firefighting stuff they're trained for!! And 50 of them had to go serve as props for shrubbie!!! :grr: :banghead:

:patriot: to those who did sign up & quit in disgust because of how they were being misused.

dg

[Berry Cool]

110. Ah, OK, thanks for 'splainin'--the "tail-end snark" comment was about

Mary Hudack or however she spells her name.

I couldn't tell because of the pronoun "her" and the posts jumping out of sequence.

Whew! I didn't miss Keith snarking on Rita! Good! (I'd still like to see that, though I doubt I ever will! He's too much of a good little team player now to snark others at the network!)

[Muffstser]

46. How about a new feature - "FEMA Puppet Theatre"???

Lord knows they've got the cast for it.

[RevCheesehead]

49. Ain't no way anyone could "woo-hoo-hoo" that one.

How about the Daily FEMA Fuck-Up?

[Muffstser]

53. Works for me. It's all so sad...I miss the chance to laugh.

I don't think we're going to see "Oddball" or "Puppet Theatre" for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time.

[RevCheesehead]

55. But right now, Keith is solid gold.

As entertaining as that stuff is, I prefer the real news that's made Keith famous - and a shining light.

Notice how the other "journalists" are beginning to copy his outrage? Or were they just comatose for, oh, 5 years?

[Muffstser]

61. No argument, Rev. The gloom just gets overwhelming.

I'm limiting my Katrina watching to "Countdown" and "Daily Show." I can't take more. It's too heartbreaking.

[RevCheesehead]

67. I understand David :loveya: Gregory ripped into Scottie again.

he asked "when exactly does this administration take responsibility for anything?"

[Patsy Stone]

72. Yesterday's transcripts were great.

I'm saving today's for bedtime reading since I've finally finished Harry Potter. :(

[WolverineDG]

73. GD was hopping this afternoon over that exchange

can't wait to hear snippets of it. :)


dg

[WolverineDG]

79. i forgot to add

i think crispy's going to be torn between two crushes again...
:evilgrin:

dg

[Berry Cool]

96. As Keith would say, "Uh-boy."

...looks as if that picture of David Gregory is going up again behind the clubhouse bar.

But this time it will have to compete with the giant shrine erected to Keith, under which we the KOEB faithful place fresh flowers every day!

[RevCheesehead]

98. I notice you left out "sacrifice a virgin."

Well, c'mon - we could sacrifice "born-again virgins." :7

[Gogi]

102. I volunteer!

:evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

103. Hey...some people might want to save themselves

for more than just a PICTURE of Keith. :evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

95. Yeah, but what's starting to bug me is that for all the praise Keith gets,

there are just as many people saying that the WHOLE NEWS MEDIA COLLECTIVELY were asleep before last week and have only just now woken up and grown a backbone.

Whereas, we always knew our Keith had EXTRA backbone. :loveya:

And I admit. I miss the snark. I miss the laughter. And who the heck doesn't wish all of this had never even happened?

Keith is our light in the darkness and I thank God for him and that he's proving it so well. But damn, it's SOOOOO dark...

[Muffstser]

97. Aw, Berry, ya made me cry!!!

Because you're right. The darkness is overwhelming. That's why I'm limiting my Katrina time, because it's too easy to get swallowed up in it.

You know how the truth always comes out in the end? Hold on to that. The praise for KO is starting to pour in, at last. (Anderson Cooper also deserves every single bit of praise he gets.) I almost feel lately when Keith's snarking away, it's as though he's saying, "C'mon, Rick Kaplan. I DARE you to fire me."

Thank God he's willing to put himself...and his credibility...on the line, way before anyone else.

[crispini]

100. Hi ladies!

i love this! compare and contrast with florida!

GO NANCI PELOSI!!!!!!!!!

dang, I hate michael brown!!!!!

[RevCheesehead]

101. Hi, Crispi

Did you see last night's Daily Show yet?

This is Post #9900! :woohoo: