What's everybody gonna do now that Countdown is pre-empted

[Gogi]

for Blivet's load of self serving horse hocky. I'll probably clean the bathroom and slaughter ants.:yoiks: Hey, new smiley!

[crispini]

1. I'm going to a Dem meeting anyway.

Here's hoping it's a productive one and not one of those "Let's rant" meetings. I get really sick of those "let's rant," stuff, it's all preaching to the choir if you're just talking to your fellow Dems, you know?

Just made my plans for my August NYC trip! Yippee!

[Gogi]

2. When will you be in NYC?

eom

[crispini]

3. First week in August.

Need to get little brother to house-sit! It's for an industry conference. The conference has two keynotes, Clifford Nass (Stanford prof and industry geek) and Rudy Giuliani, and the funny thing is, I'm *way* more stoked about hearing what Nass has to say. :P

Shall I take the KO Baseball Card Trap (tm)? :evilgrin:

[Gogi]

5. I'll be there August 1-4

Staying in Manhattan on 58th St. Will you bring the baseball card or shall I?

[crispini]

6. Girl, we are BOTH going to be there at the same time!

Watch out world! :7 Or at least, watch out KO! (kidding, kidding).

That's cool, I'll be staying in Manhattan too, near Times Square. This is so fun, we should try to do a mini-meet-up!

[Gogi]

7. How about August 3rd?

We could easily do lunch as I am staying in the Wyndham Hotel which is really close to the theatre district.

[crispini]

8. Works for me!

I'll PM you my number.... Who's NYC based, isn't Bunny?

[SharonRB]

12. Yup -- she's 12 miles away in Joisy

I met her in the Village for lunch when we were there.

[WolverineDG]

10. I was going to say

leave the baseball card trap (tm) at home cuz you won't have back-up, but since Gogi will be up there with you, go for it!!

dg

[gkhouston]

4. I've got to work

and that pretty much describes the next month for me. 'Bye. x(

[CBHagman]

9. Working late because of the Chimperor's speech.

I've GOT to find a new job! :argh:

[WolverineDG]

11. Do dishes

sweep, mop, fun stuff like that....maybe turn on shrubbie out of curiousity to see if any of the props are flipping him off on camera....


dg

[Berry Cool]

15. I've got no life after all. I'm here. *sigh*

The Chimp is deluded. Sorely deluded. He is only 10 minutes in, and he has mentioned 9/11 5,000 times, freedom 10,000 times and anything that makes sense NO times.

But then again, you knew that.

Anyway, my evening got shot to hell. I ended up staying late at work because supposedly I had to get something ready to be printed TONIGHT. Most of what I was doing at the end was total grunt-work...boring and tedious, but no one else could do it but me. I was going to go to an event tonight, but I could see there was no hope for it when I was socked in with this.

Then, at 6:30, I was liberated...meeting canceled, printing no longer needed tonight. I can actually finish this thing tomorrow morning when my brain is fresh.

But by that time, I didn't feel like going anywhere. Too mentally exhausted, eyes dead.

Please. If I prove to be so mentally dead that I start posting stuff like "You know, the President is starting to make sense," slap me one.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. Nobody's that mentally dead...

Pretend that he's Jon Stewart or Al Franken. He just mentioned POLAND, LOL!:D

[WolverineDG]

20. sorry to hear that berry

sorry about your evening being blown to shreds & not even KO to cheer you up at the end of it. :(

i watched about all i could...man they trained that monkey well. did you notice how he would deliver sound bites directly into the camera (mentioning 9/11, etc)?

well, off to do dishes, then maybe play Sims2 some more. :yoiks:
(playin' w/the new smilie)

dg

[Berry Cool]

22. Actually, I would not have been cheered up if I knew KO was on

because that would have made me absolutely CRY with grief.

I was miserable enough--my only comfort was thinking "Well, at least Keith isn't on tonight so I won't miss him." It's probably a sign of my precarious mental state for me to say that I almost wanted to (whisper) thank the Chimp for choosing tonight to blather his propaganda, rather than some other night.

But not really.

[Rhiannon12866]

47. I was hoping that Keith would anchor the coverage.

When I saw that it was Tweety who was on, I changed the channel. And you could have caught the repeat. Sorry that your evening turned out so badly.:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

13. I'm drinking.

Got the peach schnapps in my KOEB mug, and am drinking every time the idiot says "September the 11th." (2 references so far. :) )

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Careful. Are you playing Will Pitt's "Bush Speech Drinking Game?"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/062805X.shtml

[RevCheesehead]

24. Nah, I'm doing the Rev Cheese drinking game.

A sip for every "September the 11th" reference.
Not to worry - my sips are good-sized, so I'm feeling a pretty good buzz right now. Of course, the medication helps with that. :crazy:

[Rhiannon12866]

52. That's why I said to be careful.

I don't know if you read Will's article, but he predicted the speech and suggested a drinking game for Bush*'s making various references, like 9/11. He said that no one would be left standing.:silly:

[RevCheesehead]

54. Oh, I linked to that right after you posted.

Too complicated for me. Keep it simple, make the sips big enough, and soon, you feel no pain. :)

[Rhiannon12866]

61. There were numerous polls in The Lounge on this

Sometimes I wonder if anybody on DU ever posts sober. Not that I blame you, or myself, half the time.:shrug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3539524

[SharonRB]

55. I counted 14 references to "freedom" or "liberty" and 6 to 9/11

[ewagner]

62. Peach Schanpps????

I prefer peppermint schnapps ... right after a good meal...and with a really good cigar... (oops...forgot those are off-limits now)

hi ya Rev! :hi: and thanks for the PM....greatly appreciated.

[RevCheesehead]

63. Hey, it's summer.

I save the Peppermint for winter, to go with hot chocolate.
Don't know where I put the cigars. :shrug:

Hey Ed, did you ever get your pizza at the convention? :)

[ewagner]

75. No I didn't

as a matter of fact, I ate NOTHING all day Friday drank beer with the great DUers and then got up on Saturday morning and downed my blood pressure meds.....by the time I got to meet the Gov...I was starting to feel a little woozy...I went back to the room and passed out for about two hours...my county chairperson got me a 7-up and I gained enough strength to go get something to eat...started feeling better during the last hour or so of the convention.....

funny..I was looking forward to vilating my diet and ended up FASTING!!

Can you believe it? :rofl: :rofl:

Yes, there is a god and he has one hell of a sense of humor!!!

[RevCheesehead]

76. Sounds like someone was running interference on ya.

So, how IS the food nazi? :rofl:

[ewagner]

77. Great thank you

a little anxiety on her job right now but that will pass.

How's your Mom?

[RevCheesehead]

79. Oh, she's all a-stir because my brother's coming to visit.

She always freaks over "getting ready." The way I figure is, it's only my brother, why bother? The kids don't care, and it might actually make them feel more at home. :)

(Physically, she's about the same, but often tired.)

[ewagner]

80. Enjoy the visit....

gotta get some sleep. g'night.

[Rhiannon12866]

14. I could have written this speech for Bush*.

Any of us could have. "We will defend our freedom." Two 9/11 references in 15 seconds. "To defeat them abroad before they attack us at home." "We're advancing freedom in the broader Middle East." "The terrorists cannot stop the advance of freedom." "We cannot forget the lessons of September the 11th." "We have made significant progress." "It's hard work.":eyes::puke::grr:

[Berry Cool]

17. "Freedom is on the march."

"We will defeat the terra-rists."

"We will train the Iraqis to fight for themselves."

Etc., etc., etc.

Has he never read any Vietnam stuff...does he not know this has all been said before..

[Rhiannon12866]

28. He's never reads anything. Takes pride in the fact.

When Bush* was gearing up for this war, I said to my friend that he was forgetting an important lesson of Vietnam. You cannot enact tax cuts during wartime. And my friend said that there was a more important lesson. You cannot succeed in a war that doesn't have the support of the American public. And my friend is West Point. And Bush* is seriously losing on that front, as well. Jackass!
:kick:

[Patsy Stone]

39. I was screaming that at one point.

I also found an opportunity to get in an, "Is our children learning?"

:)

[Miami Liberal]

18. Bush Sucks

I hate that little smirk on his face. :puke:

Talk all you want Bushy Boy, you won't be changing any minds tonight.

[Berry Cool]

21. What I hate is the way he makes the corner of his mouth droop

when he wants to impress people with his "seriousness."

Please.

[Berry Cool]

25. To make it easy for us all, I've quoted the crucial paragraph here.

"Tonight should be interesting. If I were still in college, I'd propose creating a drinking game based on this speech. Drink a beer after every lie. Drink a beer every time Bush says "freedom,' or talks about September 11 as if those attacks had anything to do with Iraq. Drink two beers after every wildly unrealistic assessment that has no basis in fact. Drink a beer and a shot every time he says 'Nukular.' Two beers, a shot and a kick to the head every time he thanks the troops around him for the sacrifices 'we' know must be made. Anyone still standing after ten minutes wins a Kewpie doll."

Man, I think I'm drunk already.

[WolverineDG]

48. i'd have been drunk

after all the damn "thank yous" he opened the speech with.

dg

[Rhiannon12866]

38. That's because he enjoys death and dying.

Did you ever listen to Mark Crispin Miller, I think it is? He analyzes the Bushisms. And that's what he said. But Bush* cannot pronounce Abu Ghraib. He's incapable of discussing shame. But he positively waxes eloquent when he's talking about death. Remember the record number of executions when he was governor of Texas. He's a real piece of work.:grr:

[RevCheesehead]

26. And he didn't forget Poland, either.

If he says "want some wood," I'm chugging. :evilgrin:

[Rhiannon12866]

42. I noticed that, LOL!

He's better than Jon Stewart or Letterman!:D

[SharonRB]

56. Yeah, my husband and I turned to each other and said

"Don't forget Poland."

Oh, yeah, and there were two nuculars.

[Patsy Stone]

23. I'm trying to find someone who will count

the number of times it's said:

Terra
Terraists
Freedom
Iraq
Enemies

Oy. Nauseating. :puke:

[Berry Cool]

27. Hey! He said "WE accept these burdens"!

I guess that means the twins are headed to Baghdad!

[Miami Liberal]

45. The twins wouldn't pass the drug test

:7

[WolverineDG]

50. i'm going to be politically incorrect

but i gotta drop this punchline from a lone ranger/tonto joke:

what's this "we" shit, paleface?

dg

[RevCheesehead]

29. I'm thinking Jon Stewart's going to be your friend there.

Although those talking heads sure like to give us that trivia.

Who said "automaton" last night?

[Patsy Stone]

32. Me. I said it.

Hey, Rev. TERRA! :)

[RevCheesehead]

34. Oooooohhhh.

:scared: you scared me.

[Patsy Stone]

36. See that was the plan. Oy Vey. n/t

[Miami Liberal]

30. And don't forget 9/11

His skin looks unhealthy, the chimp needs some major exfoliating.

:hi: Pats!

[Patsy Stone]

35. That's what drinking will do to you.

What an ultra-maroon.

[RevCheesehead]

40. Are you channeling Bugs Bunny?

We need more Bugs Bunnys around here.

[Catchawave]

44. It's a thread in GD....somebody counted 35 "terrors" mentioned....

6 9-11's and a few other DU predictables....LOL.

[RevCheesehead]

49. Oops - I missed one.

I had to step out, and thought the TV was loud enough (but not too loud to scare the precious fur-babies).

I've taken another sip. Feeling pretty damned good.

[SharonRB]

58. I got freedom/liberty and references to 9/11

I only had two hands so I couldn't count anything else. 14 of the former and 6 of the latter.

[RevCheesehead]

31. Hey, butt-boy,

I'm flying the flag, but not for the reasons YOU want. The last time I checked, this was my country, too, and I'll do as I damned well please. :grr:

(yes, the schnapps is taking effect.)

[Patsy Stone]

33. It seems he was wearing a jacket big enough to hide a transmitter in

It actually looked large enough for Cheney. :crazy:

[RevCheesehead]

37. LOL.

But didn't you love the "totally spontaneous" way he read the teleprompter from left-middle-right to right-middle-left?

Reading's hard work.

[SharonRB]

59. Did you notice how stupid it looked when he was turning pages

in whatever was in front of him, but he never looked at it?

[CC]

41. Actually had the speech on

but have no idea of what he said. Seems every time he started to make a point lightening would race across the sky with long loud rolling thunder behind it. No rain, just lightening and thunder. Swear someone up there was protecting my ears from the lies so I wouldn't scream at the tv. Not sure how long I am going to try to stay on here because it is still lightening. Might check the thread later. Beautiful storm though.

[RevCheesehead]

43. So, the Almighty is making editorial comments, eh?

Go, God! :bounce:

[SharonRB]

60. We had thunder here, too, which started just as he started speaking

I was thinking the same thing, Rev.

[Patsy Stone]

46. Did he cry at the end?

I didn't stick around for the visuals at the end. There's a thread in GD that says he cried. I need to know. :mad:

[RevCheesehead]

51. If he did, they're crocodile tears.

First time I actually understand that saying. :puke:

[WolverineDG]

53. ABC reporting

(according to one of the posts in GD) that the White House Advance Team started the applause.

why am i not surprised?

dg

[RevCheesehead]

57. Every moment scripted.

Nothing left to chance.

If he was reading the teleprompter, why did he need the back-pack? Or is it, perhaps, a portable defribulator?

[CC]

64. Storms finally passed

though their timing was great. The big guy must really not like the idiot, specially when he is lying.

here is a radar capture during the speech


I am about where the x is.


It was a slow moving violent storm, but beautiful too and we did finally get some rain.

[seito]

65. LOL

I lost power 4 times during the speech.

[CC]

66. Hi neighbor

LOL So maybe the big guy was saving you from losing your temper at the tv too. Glad to see you have your power back. Too hot and sticky to not have power for long.

[seito]

68. Hi CC

I think of it as my own personal miracle :rofl:

At the very least it was quite a coincidence.

[CC]

70. It is how I

saw it. Plus we really needed the rain.

[CC]

72. And the O's

beat the Yankees. Now they can stop talking about the O's being losers for a day.

[crispini]

67. Hi ya'll!

Just got back from one of our Let's Take Over Dallas County meetings. It went very well. Glad I missed Shrub. Pfft, who needs to listen to that dreck anyway?! :mad:

[CC]

69. No one in

their right mind as some one tried to tell seito and I with a loud light show. :yoiks:

Good to hear your meeting was productive. I try to convince an Arlington resident to come over to the light on a regular basis. Hasn't worked yet though.

[crispini]

71. Well, if you ever convince her,

we've got TONS of Democrats waiting to welcome her with open arms And put her to work :P

[CC]

73. She may be a lost

cause...course I still tell her she only wanted blivet to be pres so TX could get rid of him. I know when what I send sinks in because she goes to a no more politics talk. At least she will read.

[WolverineDG]

74. don't give up, CC

i have a friend from elementary school who would send me those crazy right-wing emails (ones about john kerry, gore, clinton, the woman in the burqa who yelled at a soldier, etc) & i would patiently explain to her she needed to check out snopes first before she passed that stuff on. this went on every single time she sent me this garbage & i blasted it back to everyone she sent it to. she never checked anything out on snopes.

about a 6 months ago, she emails "well i guess we're just going to have to agree to disagree on this & i won't send you any more political stuff." ok, fine. :) i backed off & left her alone.

something has changed.

today, i get an email from her that she sent blast email back to the person who sent the crap to her. something about denzel washington writing a check so Brooks Army Medical Center in SA could build more Fisher Houses w/the requisite slam at the dems/liberals. but at the top, she told the person who sent it to her that he/she needed to check the stuff out on Snopes first before she passed it along. :wow:

so, it does happen. just be patient. :)

dg

[CC]

78. I keep on trying

and will never give up. She has learned to not send me emails she hasn't checked out though. And it is fun sending her links to the truth to some of her emails. At least we are still talking, I have seen a few that no longer are. I always argued that I did not want the oil companies in the WH. So it is fun when she complains about the price of gas. I tell her well with the oil companies best buds in power don't look for relief anytime soon.

[Berry Cool]

81. LOL, now if only Keith would learn to check out snopes!

He'd stop believing that crap about "blackout babies" and such...