KOEB 7/18/06 - I'm on my laptop in front of the TV edition

[SharonRB]

:woohoo:

[bunny planet]

1. and so am I doll

on my lappy toppy in front of the teevee.
Hi
:hi:

[SharonRB]

5. HI, BunBun!!

I have to get used to using this.Glad you're here.

[bunny planet]

14. Did I miss the news that you have a new lap top!!!

Congratulations. Is it a Mac?

[SharonRB]

19. Yes, you missed it

At work, when they replace equipment, they raffle off the old stuff, and I got one from work for nada. We had to load an operating system, ordered the wireless Internets connection, etc., but the machine was free. I have to invest in some more memory -- it only has 128 mb. I'm pretty excited, but I'm typing much, much slower.

[bunny planet]

29. watch out for the laptop hiccups.

I need to invest in some more memory too....... just not for my computer. Oy.

[SharonRB]

33. Yeah, I could use some of that kind, too

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

90. Congratuations, Sharon, for coming over from the Dark Side.

They all do eventually. :-)

[Patsy Stone]

8. Hiya, bun!

Is this the GSB suit?

[bunny planet]

17. I must confess I didn't notice the suit yet.

I guess you are referring to the merde du foie gras suit, n'est ce pas?

[Patsy Stone]

22. Oui, ma cher.

C'est vilain.

[WolverineDG]

27. I think it is

& he may finally have found the right combination. :thumbsup:

Is there a primal scream room on DU somewhere? Cuz I need one.....

dg

[Patsy Stone]

39. That would be good.

Yes, this outfit is okay. I still don't like the tie with it, but the shirt is good, and that's half the battle.

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

42. LOL

Actually, I'm okay with the suit & tie, it's the shirt that's just a bit too blue for my taste. :rofl:

:hi: Pats!

dg

[Patsy Stone]

51. Sometimes

Great minds differ. I think the bluish shirt tones down the gooseshitness brown. A white shirt emphasizes its worst tones, indicating that 1991 called and it wants its suit back. :)

ed: sp.

[WolverineDG]

95. Overall though

this is the best that suit has ever looked. :loveya:

dg

[gkhouston]

97. well, there's that

but it should tug a little more gently in that direction. We shouldn't be so aware of the blatant toning-down influence. If it were just the weensiest bit less blue, it would be perfect.

[gkhouston]

96. actually, I'm not too fond of either

:rofl: but the tie is much closer to :thumbsup: than the shirt. It is too bluish-gray for the GSB.

[ralps]

2. Hi SharonRB, Hi Everyone, Yay!!! Woohoo!!! Edited to add & so am I

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

[SharonRB]

3. Oprah and Gail are,,,galpals?

Hmmmm...Where have I heard that before?

[Patsy Stone]

4. Me too!

YAY!!!

Mazel Tov! :bounce::bounce:

[SharonRB]

6. Thanks, Pats!

[babylonsister]

7. OMG, that story by Martin Fletcher, the woman calling

her husband and hearing the phone ring by the dead body, just tore at my heart strings.

Hi, everyone. :-( :cry:

[Patsy Stone]

9. The whole thing is horrible

Hi, sister! :hi:

[babylonsister]

25. Hi, Patsy! That story really got to me, but I know, the whole

situation sucks. Sure does provide the perfect distraction from Iraq though; hmmmm.

[Patsy Stone]

35. As I was writing to you

I was thinking about saying, "Hey! Look over there!"

It's really nuts that I have to think about my government's motives when it comes to stopping and starting wars. :mad:

[gkhouston]

98. and hey! who's talking about the R's tanking in the polls now?

Hmm... :freak:

[ralps]

10. Grrrr The B*sh Admin is so cheap that they're requiring that the US people

in Lebanon pay to be evacuated!!! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :grr: :puke:

[Patsy Stone]

11. Katrina victims didn't even get that choice.

:hi: ralps.

But now it's free, at least.

[ralps]

15. Hi Patsy, I posted too soon. I'm glad that the fees have been waived

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

[gkhouston]

99. No. Now they're not required to sign a promissory note up front.

Show up hands, who thinks they'll be getting a big fat bill for it later on?

And which one of you corrected the spelling of "promissory" after they boofed on the crawler the first time? When I was watching Countdown last night and noticed the typo, I wondered which one of you would be the first to complain. :-)

edited to correct spelling. Sheesh. "wonderered"? Am I using the deciderer's dictionary now? :crazy:

[bunny planet]

12. I was pinning some hopes on that cease fire.

Its not looking good is it.
:scared: :cry:

[Berry Cool]

13. Well, all hell is breaking loose

Better that we stick together. :scared:

[Patsy Stone]

18. Remember Bernie Shaw?

Under the desk?

:hi:

[SharonRB]

16. I'm afraid not, Bunny

[CBHagman]

20. It's unbelievable.

The images and footage coming out of the region are mind-boggling.

[SharonRB]

21. Hi, CB

:hi:

[CBHagman]

47. Hi, Sharon.

Here's to better and more peaceful times.

[rusty charly]

23. "a new kind of munition"

yikes

[Patsy Stone]

30. Something much bigger

Oy.

[Patsy Stone]

26. Out of nowhere.

But just waiting to happen.

Hi, CB!

[CBHagman]

49. Hey, Patsela.

Glad to see you're still out there in all this madness. :hi:

[Patsy Stone]

53. Still here

No hurricanes yet; all is well. :)

[WolverineDG]

34. Yes they are

and the fact that shrubbie has sat back & done NOTHING to get the Americans out until now, well, why is that not so shocking. He was too damn worried about some damn pig to keep his mind on getting American citizens (some of them CHILDREN) out of harms' way.

:nuke:


:hi: CB.
dg

[bunny planet]

24. It is so much more upsetting and frightening to have this crisis on the

world stage with Chimpy still in charge.

[rusty charly]

28. can he

massage his way out of this one?

[bunny planet]

32. I haven't seen that video yet, a fresh new embarrassment per day to

keep up with.

[SharonRB]

36. What video is that?

We lost our power at work at about 10:30 this morning (after losing it late yesterday afternoon), and I left at 11:30 right after it went back on for a seminar at Cranbrook all afternoon, so I've been away from a computer all day.

[Patsy Stone]

40. * "massaging" Merkel

As Stephanie said: She has that "Gack!" look on her face that he was touching her. Oy. Such a frickin' embarrassment.

[bunny planet]

55. he's a bottomless cup of embarrassment isn't he?

I sometimes wish embarrassment was the only problem he could cause us.

[ralps]

44. Bush attempting to massage Angela Merckel's back. Here's the C& L link

http://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/07/18/presidential-groping/#more-9021
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SharonRB]

54. Oh, my

I don't blame her. I wouldn't want him touching me either.

Thanks for posting the link, ralps.

[rusty charly]

65. thanks

i got a phone call and couldn't link

[bunny planet]

46. I have a feeling KO will be showing us the Merkel backrub

[CBHagman]

83. Repeat after me, class.

Suggested phrase for Chancellor Merkel to employ on that unpleasant thing we keep sending to the G-8:

"Hau ab, du ekelhafter Idiot."

Translation: Get lost, you revolting idiot.

That's today's phrase of the day!

[gkhouston]

100. have we seen any indication that he wants to? n/t

[SharonRB]

31. Amen to that, Bunny

[ralps]

37. Is Richard Wolfe pushing the Bush Admin Meme??? It sounds that way to me

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

[bunny planet]

43. He often does that, its quite annoying because I like his accent and

geeky glasses.

[gkhouston]

105. you mean "Congress could decide that what we're doing at Gitmo is okay"

how about "Congress could decide to follow the Geneva Convention" -- you know that thing that civilized countries, something we used to be, adhere to? What is so hard about treating the Gitmo prisoners like human beings? Why are they supposed to be superduper triple-awful monster scum of the Earth not deserving of the rights accorded to any other military prisoner? What does it make us when we can't follow the basic rules of human decency that we agreed to decades ago? Are these guys really worse than any other prisoners we've ever taken? I don't see how. What I see is that we demean ourselves and our country and become more like the regime we were supposedly taking down when we deposed Saddam by setting up these nightmare prisons with no realistic hope of escape.

[bunny planet]

38. Swell, Cowboy Diplomacy lives

The world is his personal spitoon.

[bunny planet]

41. Can't imagine what the agenda is in Gonzo admitting the preznit made him

ignore the eavesdropping protocols but I'm sure there is one.

L'Etat c'est Moi no doubt.

[Berry Cool]

45. I forgot to say hi

so :hi:

Anyway, I wonder what the next excuse will be if Americans don't get out in time. "They should have left a long time ago! They shouldn't have waited for the government to help them!"

(hey, it worked for Katrina)

[bunny planet]

48. Hello BB

[Berry Cool]

50. So, Keith is skipping Oddball tonight.

Which he is perfectly capable of doing when the occasion calls for it, despite what some people seem to think.

Now if they'd just dump part two of the Brad Pitt thing.

[gkhouston]

101. this will probably sink without a trace in all the hubub of the ME war

which is a shame, because it's so damning. Just what is the President afraid these people are going to discover? It's crazy thinking, pure and simple, that the government has the right to know all about us yet no one should know anything about them.

[bunny planet]

52. But the sheriff of Gretna who stood on the only bridge out of NOLA

pointing a gun at people of color trying to escape into his neighboring town, no charges brought against him,
Interesting. Maybe I just imagined hearing that story. Anyone else remember that?

[SharonRB]

58. I remember it vividly!

[gkhouston]

102. yes, I remember it

and I rather thought that this "mercy killing" story at the time was thought to be more rumor than fact; that there were some disgruntled employees involved? Am I misremembering, or is there some character assassination going on here or what? :shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

56. Another NeoCon golden opportunity.

:loveya:, KO!

Tell it brother! It's all part of the plan. And an evil plan it is.

[bunny planet]

57. They're BACK!!!

Neocons crawling out from under their rocks again.

Bill Kristol, the guy my sister in law refers to as a gentleman.
:mad:

[Patsy Stone]

60. Just the most heinous man

My skin crawls when I hear him speak. I wonder who they're trying to sell snake oil to whenever he appears.

[bunny planet]

84. Have you ever noticed how his feet don't seem to touch the floor when he's

sitting on whatever couch he's shooting his mouth off from, also his ties are too short. He's a big neocon babyman. Yeeech.

[bunny planet]

59. The neocons would love to have an excuse to go back to conscription.

So frightening, here we go again indeed.

[bunny planet]

61. Condosleeza is incapable of helping.

We literally have NO diplomats in this administration, zip, nada.

[SharonRB]

63. Madeline Albright is all over the TV

I haven't seen Condi at all -- I guess the networks all know that only one of them is capable of thinking this through and talking about it with any intelligence.

[Patsy Stone]

67. At least there's one person with a brain.

The fact that Manny, Moe and Jack are in charge is the worst part.

:scared:

[RevCheesehead]

94. Don't you mean Larry, Curly, and Moe?

:hi:

I saw the show, but from my bed. I'm trying to rid myself of a sinus infection before it becomes bronchitis.

I liked the comment "if Condi is afraid, they should at least send Colin Powel or Jim Baker."

[gkhouston]

103. yeah, I wondered who they were thinking of sending when they mentioned

"top diplomat". Seriously, it took me a minute to realize he was referring to Rice. Yeah, she's SoS, but a diplomat she is not.

[ralps]

62. Please can someone just make Paris Hilton go away!!! She's had her 15

minutes of fame!!! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :puke:

[bunny planet]

68. Honey she's had her fifteen minutes and everybody elses too at this

point. Enough already, basta por hoy.

[bunny planet]

64. Apparently Torquemada G admitted that there was no war resolution to go

into Iraq, erm...... that would mean His Fraudulency has no war powers as Commander in Chief. Oopsy. Under oath this time????

[ralps]

For once DiFi asked the right questions & made Gonzo speechless!!

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

[gkhouston]

104. I was hoping Keith would show that clip last night.

Perhaps Jon Stewart will show it on The Daily Show tonight or it will make it's way around the 'net.

[bunny planet]

66. Oprah and Gail are not gay and having a life long love affair

Paris Hilton is not really dumb.
Next.

[Patsy Stone]

71. C'mon.

Oprah would have done a two week mini-series about it if it were true. :)

[bunny planet]

72. The Color Pink.

[SharonRB]

74. LOL

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

78. LOL

And "Sisters" would have made it to Oprah's Book Club. Suddenly, unexplainedly...

[bunny planet]

I still miss that AAR newscaster Joann who read chapters from

'Sisters' outloud on Randi's show. Priceless.

[Patsy Stone]

82. Absolutely Fabulous!

JoAnne Allen. So wonderful! :loveya:

ed: sp.

[bunny planet]

85. What happened to her? I know her family was from MIssissippi and were

impacted by hurricanes, not sure if it was Katrina though, might have been the 2004 storms. I think she left soon after that.

[rusty charly]

73. and the SC no longer makes binding decisions

next!

[Patsy Stone]

69. Hey! Look over there!

Bush says don't ask, don't tell on NSA.

[bunny planet]

70. Time to depose the KING!!!!!!

[bunny planet]

75. Maybe they should've shown Gail King in that clip and not Halle Berry.

I'm just saying.

[SharonRB]

76. I knew it was time for Lloyd to go

Last season was awful and now this.

[bunny planet]

77. Wonderful Kristol and Savage in the same show.

and now Coultergeist, Where's my barf bag?

[Patsy Stone]

80. Broadcast on the PA system in Hell

:rofl:

[rusty charly]

79. coultergeist! #1!

again!

[ralps]

81. Today's Worst person in the world is.... CoulterGeist Again!!! For saying

she sent the fake anthrax letter to the NYTimes!! Isn't one of her nicknames Anthrax Annie??? if not maybe it should be?? :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

89. I like the fact that the camera is showing Keith now when he comments

on his picks for WPITW. Nice touch. I love seeing the looks he gets on his face when he talks about these idiots.

And yes, I call Coulter Annthrax regularly. Looks as if she wants to earn the name honestly.

[bunny planet]

86. Oprah is really butch????

Stedman is a beard!!!

[bunny planet]

87. Gotta go lovelies, the lappy toppy is giving me the reserve power message

xoxoxox

[Patsy Stone]

88. Night, bun! n/t

[SharonRB]

91. What to do, what to do?

Okay, I have a dilemma.

There's a candidates' forum/debate I'm supposed to go to Sunday at 11:30 that Nancy and Pan Godchaux (one of the Repubs in the Repub primary) and possibly Joe Knollenberg (the Repub incumbent)will be at. I've been working hard on Nancy's campaign and there was no question I was going to go. This event is not even five minutes from my house. I'm not sure how long it's supposed to last.

Now I got an e-mail that there's a big rally on Sunday at 12:30 for volunteers and precinct campaigns with President Kerry and Governor Granholm to celebrate the work that volunteers will do to win this campaign. It's about 15-20 minutes from my house. I would so love to attend this.

I'm so torn. I really feel I should go to the event Nancy will be at to show my support and see how it goes, but there also aren't that many opportunities to see Kerry. As far as the governor, I am going to a reception for her tomorrow after work, so if it was just her, it wouldn't be such a big deal.

I sent an e-mail to the coordinator for the Kerry event asking her if she thought it would start on time and that if I get there at 1 or 1:30 would it be worth my while to even bother, but I'm just so torn.

What would you guys do?

[Patsy Stone]

92. If it's a rally

there's a good chance it won't start on time. If he's scheduled after the first hour, I'd say you have at two hours. Maybe you could let Nancy know in advance that you need to be somewhere at 1:30.

Keep us posted.

[SharonRB]

93. Having been to Kerry events before, that's what I assume --

that he'll be late, as will the governor, most likely. Of course, when I saw him before, he was running for president, so his schedule was a bit tighter than it probably is now. I guess another concern is that if I get there that late, will there be parking still available, etc. I know how crowded these events were when he was running, but I don't think it will be that bad now. It's at a union hall.

Nancy's event is only supposed to be an hour, so I could get to the other one by 1. Even if Nancy's event is longer, if I stay in the back of the room, I can cut out early. It's not a large venue -- it's at the Workmen's Circle (Arbeter Ring) near me, where they have a nursery school and I assume some kind of auditorium. I've never been in the building, but it's pretty small. I'll see Nancy on Saturday and I can let her know ahead of time what's going on and give her a heads up. I'd really love to get to both of them if at all possible.