LOEB 12/10/09 Obama's Peace Prize Edition

[ralps]

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

[ralps]

1. Ok, Where is everyone??

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

[SeattleGirl]

2. Hi ralps!

Just got here myself. Got home from work about 10 minutes ago.

Maybe everyone else is hiding under the bed, trying to escape the Hatriots posting in GD and GDP. It's gotten even uglier, if that's possible.

[ralps]

3. Hi SeattleGirl!!! Oh Dear!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :wow: :hide: < I guess I'll stay out of GDP & GD<except for the nightly Malloy thread.

[SeattleGirl]

6. Of course!

The Mike thread is one of the good threads.

I saw some stuff today those forums that were beyond the pale. One didn't last long, thank goodness, and the person was TS'd. I swear, though, that some DUers are painting Obama as worse than Bush. x(

[RevCheesehead]

4. Hi ralps and Crook!

:hi: I'm here, but pretty quiet tonight.
I went to visit dad, and he was having a bad day. :(

[ralps]

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

Hugs to your Dad! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :grouphug:

[RevCheesehead]

10. Thanks, ralps.

Oreo is pleased that I brought home turkey from the deli, and Keith is hiding under the bed again. :eyes:
Other than being friggin' COLD, I'm fine. :scared:

[Berry Cool]

7. Hi kids.

:hi: Sorry your dad is having a tough time, Rev. What's up?

I fear that Keith's not being in on a Thursday means the same for him.

As for me, my ears finally popped, so I am much happier. Just missing Keith. :-(

[SeattleGirl]

9. Hi Berry!

Ooooh, glad your ears popped! Ear problems are horrible!

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

13. Yay! You popped!!

I'm so glad for you. :hug:

Dad wouldn't get out of bed, no matter what I did. He'd think about it, say OK, move a bit, then curl back up in a fetal position. I brought him some soup, and he did eventually eat some. But I had to call the nurses in to get him up, while I went in the other room and cried.

I wondered about Keith's dad, too.

[Botany]

22. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fave?

Much Love! This can't be easy for you but you know what to do.

Rev Cheese walked along the shore of Gull Bay and watched the snow fall and thought about things.



No matter how hard she tried she couldn't get the picture of Brett in his Wrangler jeans out of her mind.

[RevCheesehead]

24. Oh, Cuddles....

you know just what to say! :hug:

[Botany]

41. They don't call me Dr. Smooth for nothing

n/t

[WolverineDG]

49. LOL!!!

:spray: :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

51. I guess you were in Spain when I first created that.

Too bad the website is closed... it was FUN!!

[ralps]

25. Hi Botany!!

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

[Berry Cool]

23. Oh dear.

Hugs to you, love. :hug: You can't do everything. He's going to have bad days.

Damn, wish I could help you and Keith both.

The "anniversary" is coming up for me tomorrow. Damn tough.

[RevCheesehead]

27. Call me, if you need to talk.

I'm not going up to Algoma until Saturday (it's supposed to soar all the way up to 30 degrees!).
I should be home most of the day.

:hug:

[Berry Cool]

31. Tomorrow? Sounds like a lovely idea!!!

I could use the pep talk. Maybe you could too, dear heart. :-)

[RevCheesehead]

36. Or tonight, if you prefer.

I'm flexible. :)

[ralps]

14. Hi Berry Cool! I'm glad you're feeling better!

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

[SeattleGirl]

8. Hi Rev!

Good to see you.

Sorry you dad wasn't doing so well today. :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

16. Thanks, SG.

I've been trying to be upbeat, but some days are just too hard.
Also, I miss my orange cat, and pray that he's somewhere safe and warm (it was 3 degrees when I went home).
:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

18. Oh god, Rev, I know what you mean.

When my mom was ill, I would put on my best face and do whatever she needed me to do, but I can't tell you how many times I cried when I was alone, or when I was talking to my sisters. Many many tears were shed. But you know what? Let those tears fall. I think it helps you to be strong when you ARE right there with your dad.

And as to that orange kitty, I hope he's safe and warm too.

[RevCheesehead]

21. It's like a little bit of him dies every day.

But here's a funny story:
He wasn't eating the baked beans, so I said to him, "beans, beans, the musical fruit.."
and he answered without blinking "the more you eat, the more you toot."
It's amazing what stays with them, and what doesn't. :)

and again, thanks. :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

28. LOL! That's great!

It is difficult to watch, though. I remember after my mom died, I was reading the running log my siblings and I wrote in as we took our turns staying with her. Reading it through, I looked at my siblings, and said, my god, it was like mom was living the last few years of her life being buffeted by strong winds, with all she was dealing with.

I miss her so much, but I also know that she is finally at peace, and I am grateful for that.

I hope, though, that you have your dad for a long time, and that he is able to keep a foot in the real world, for himself, and for you.

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

34. I don't know how I feel about that.

Alz. can be brutal for some. It may be more merciful to let him go, hopefully, in his sleep.

I think I need a nap or something.

[SeattleGirl]

38. Ah, I know Rev

Alzheimer's is a cruel disease.

[Berry Cool]

35. That was wonderful, SG.

It's good you can read that now and look back on it. I do believe we have moms at peace.

I share your hopes for the Rev's dad.

[Berry Cool]

33. They always remember the important stuff.

:-)

Or is it just that they're like the rest of us...can't remember where we put the bill we need to pay but we can't get the lyrics to "Gilligan's Island" out of our heads?

[SeattleGirl]

11. Larry, Larry, Larry, for the last time, it's NOT ARE-e-gone.

It's ORY-gun!

[bleever]

12. It's strange to see guys like Wyden and Howard Dean looking downright pleased

with this potential health care bill. I think they see it as opening the door to a series of other improvements.

:hi:

[ralps]

15. Hi bleever! We'll see what happens

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

[Berry Cool]

37. Let us pray they are right and are wiser than we are.

I don't know. I understand Medicare, when first passed, was but a shadow of what it is today, and only became stronger. And now it's the third rail of politics. So, who knows? In 45 years or so the next couple of generations could be saying that about our health care system overall.

[WolverineDG]

17. Oh how the freeper heads exploded today

goodie! :evilgrin:

So proud to have such an accomplished person be President of the US. :sniff:

dg

[SeattleGirl]

19. Lots of heads exploding on DU, too.

I had to give up even reading thread titles, it was so disheartening to see the Obama bashing going on.

[ralps]

20. Hi WolverineDG!

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

[Berry Cool]

26. I wish that damn CC would come home and all dads would be well.

And thanks for the well wishes, everyone. :hug:

I'm not very happy with Obama on a lot of things, but I'm still happier to have him to complain about than to have a President McCain.

[RevCheesehead]

29. Was Sarah palin wearing a Fidel Castro cap???

Commie lipstick-wearing pig!

[SeattleGirl]

30. I was wondering the same thing!

[Berry Cool]

39. Maybe she was trying to look like Private Benjamin.

[ralps]

32. I think it was a Mao Zedong hat

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/hatstore_2080_7486783 http://asianideas.com/chmahat.html

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

[PSzymeczek]

50. I have a Mao hat

Bought it in Chinatown, San Francisco, back in '77 when I was in Defense Language Institute.

[Botany]

40. the whole palin thing is Kabuki theater

she is on a tour for a book she didn't write
pretending to ride a bus as she flies in a private jet
complaining about questions Katie Couric never asked
talking about the need for leadership after she quit her job as governor
w/ an Op Ed in the Washington Post she didn't write along w/ facebook
postings that anybody w/ a brain knows she didn't write
bringing along a baby that she didn't have.

Sarah Palin and science ..... not so much




picture is before Trigg was born.

now who has the baby bump going?

[Berry Cool]

45. Bot, I'd just as soon give that a rest.

I mean, if that's a baby bump, my niece must be pregnant too.

[Botany]

48. Her my water broke but flew to Alaska to have the baby is pure b.s.

[Berry Cool]

52. I do think that's bullshit, but I thought the assumption it was Bristol's was shameful.

Yeah, so we know she had one. We still don't know she had two.

For all we know, Sarah stole herself a baby from someone else.

I guess what I'm just trying to say is this: not all soft stomachs on teenagers are "baby bumps," and it's wrong to assume they are just to suit one's own political ends.

[SeattleGirl]

42. Sigh. I'm really quite tired of the Tiger Woods story.

Really.

[ralps]

43. I am Too!!

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

[Berry Cool]

46. Yeah, but you have to admit, nude pix/video would stretch it out even further...

whether you want them to or not.

[Botany]

44. Steph on joy behar tonight @ 9:00 PM

:blush:

[Berry Cool]

47. I hope if Keith is with his dad tonight,

they watch Fitzwilly.