KOEB Meeting 1/18/06

[Patsy Stone]

[SharonRB]

1. Ya beat me -- I'll go delete mine

[Patsy Stone]

5. We're getting lazy.

I keep waiting for someone else to do it. Hey Sharon!

[crispini]

2. Hi Patsela!

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

9. Hello, dahlink!

Nice to see you in real time. :toast:

[crispini]

13. Live in the flesh!

In virtual real time!

I like Dana's suit and tie. Nice combo.

[gkhouston]

134. great combo

for once, he didn't look like a mortician. :thumbsup:

[RevCheesehead]

3. ROFLOL!

What a wonderful pic! :loveya::hi:

Hey! I thought we burned the grey suit!

[crispini]

7. Yeah, isn't that the one we hate?

Thought it was loooooooong gone!

Hi Rev! :hi:

[RevCheesehead]

22. Hey, Crispi

Actually, as much as I hate it, this combo really does go together.
And, after the "State of New Orleans" segment, I think I promised to never dis the grey suit again. O8)

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

39. "City of Louisiana," but same difference.

:hi: all. Anyway, I feel kinda sentimental toward the old thing (the suit, I mean).

Berry will see you all sometime later. Not sure when!

[RevCheesehead]

whoops.

Oh well, I'll let it stand - as a reminder of my human frailties. :crazy:

[Berry Cool]

129. Lord knows, we all have 'em.

Please, call me on mine. I promise to admit it--unlike the * administration!

[Olney Blue]

59. See ya later, Berry!

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

11. It's back to punish us and make DG happy.

It's all for DG, just look at it that way. :hi:

Maybe it's because they don't like the wardrobe commentary? :)

[RevCheesehead]

27. "yeah - let's give them something they REALLY hate!"

Should we be shopping for the grey suit tie?

[Patsy Stone]

35. He's wearing the anti-tie

also. Again with the little graph paper pattern on the shirt and the striped tie.

Do you think we could find a tie that would work for both the grey suit and the GSB one? Hmm.

[RevCheesehead]

40. Think puce.

:scared:

[gkhouston]

135. self-delete

because I promised I wasn't going to do that anymore. It was a spell-checker joke.

[WolverineDG]

36. it's the gray suit!!

:loveya:

:hi: pats!

and while we're on the topic of ridiculous comments made by former/current first ladies, what about laura's bon mot that even girls who are coerced (read: raped) have a choice--abstinence????? that should have made laura wpitw in my opinion.

dg

[SharonRB]

42. I knew this suit would make you happy

Maybe it will make you feel better, too.

What? They have a choice about being raped? Give me a break.

[WolverineDG]

47. that was her support of abstinence-only

sex ed in africa...."sure they're being forced to have sex, but they know they have a choice" or some shit like that...hilary was DEAD ON with the plantation remark.

dg

[gkhouston]

136. sure they do. It's called

"death before dishonor" :eyes:

[RevCheesehead]

52. Pickles is a firm believer in the aspirin method.

One aspirin, firmly held between the knees. :eyes:

We see how successful she was with that.

Nice to see ya, DG
:hi:

[WolverineDG]

63. thanks rev

:hi:

wish i felt better tho.... :hangover: i feel like i've been punched in the gut & spent the whole day in bed...after the show, it's nyquil & beddy-bye for me....i have to go kick some ass in court tomorrow....

dg

[Olney Blue]

87. I have really come to detest all that Laura represents.

Speaking of rape, I would like for the U.S. to practice abstinence with GWB!

[WolverineDG]

112. i take comfort in knowing

that i will never see that idiot's name on a ballot again.

dg

[Olney Blue]

113. Good point.

Hope you kick ass in court tomorrow!

[WolverineDG]

116. thanks! n/t

[CBHagman]

114. I have a confession to make.

I REALLY wish Barbara Pierce Bush had stayed a virgin. Maybe even Jenna Welch.

However, it is too late for Jenna Jr. and Barbara Jr. :evilgrin:

[Olney Blue]

117. Did you see the picture of Barbara jr's dress in Niger?

Looked a little non-virginal.

[CBHagman]

122. Even the Post was pretty mean about it.

"FRUMPY VS. TRAMPY" ran the headline in the Style section, along with pictures of Laura Bush in her hat and suit, and Barbara picking her way along in heels and dress that left little to the imagination. I sincerely doubt Barbara spends her evenings meditating on the purity of womankind.

[ralps]

23. Hi RevCheesehead

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

[RevCheesehead]

28. Hi, ralps!

Sorry to hear of your computer woes. :(

But it's always nice to see ya! :hi:

[SharonRB]

4. They were great today

I'm sorry you can't stream anymore.

[bleever]

6. The gal in the OP definitely has that EDV gleam in her eye.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

14. As well as

our 17 inch waists. :hi:

[WolverineDG]

41. too bad her corset's so tight

she can't breathe.... ;)

:hi: everyone!!

dg

[Olney Blue]

34. Hi bleever!

:hi:

How's life?

[bleever]

60. Life is good. Just one impeachment short of perfect.

How are you?

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

61. Two.

I'm greedy. I need multiple impeachments. :)

[SharonRB]

67. And will that lead to multiple......

you know.

[WolverineDG]

68. have no fear

i can handle multiples.... :evilgrin:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

71. Oh

It so would. :rofl:

[bleever]

69. You're right. Impeachments all around, barkeep!

:hi:

[Olney Blue]

62. I've been in a state of excitement since Gore's speech.

I'm not the only one- someone replied to one of my posts a little
while ago and said that Gore's speech made them switch their voting
registration today from a Green to a Dem. Powerful stuff!

[bleever]

73. It was a wonderful moment in recent history.

And a converted Green: that's great!

[bleever]

8. "Ill-gotten Abramovian gains"!

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

37. Try saying that 3 times, fast.

Hey, bleev! :hi:

[bleever]

65. How about if we use an acronym: IGAG.

And come on, isn't it downright sacriligious to name a child Jack "Abram" Off.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

74. I dunno - is he Jewish?

:evilgrin:

[SharonRB]

79. Jack? Yes, he is.

He's a very religious man. A very religious man with no scruples.

[RevCheesehead]

85. I was just going for the cheap laugh...

"son of Abraham."
No offense intended, dahling! :hug:

[SharonRB]

86. No offense was taken at all, Rev.

[bleever]

83. Orthodox.

Shoulda left Abram out of it altogether.

[RevCheesehead]

97. I hear he has a wife named "Turn"

and a dog named "Take."

:evilgrin:

[SharonRB]

100. And a kid named "Lift."

[bleever]

118. His cousin in wholesale: "Half".

:)

[RevCheesehead]

121. I thought that was Rabbi Tuckmann.

"Circumcisions: Half Off"

[bleever]

123. No salary!

Because...


:)

[Patsy Stone]

124. He just took tips.

OMG. When did this become the Borscht Belt?

Good evening, Ladies and Germs...

[bleever]

126. Try the veal, it's terrific!

Trivia question: where does the name Catskills come from?

[Patsy Stone]

127. The material's gotta be sensational for me

You know, I don't know -- tell me. Some old tribal word for "mountains where Jews frolic in the sun"?

Hey, it's the Catskill Institute. Dedicated to the memory of the Catskills place in modern Jewish history. :thumbsup:

http://catskills.brown.edu/

[gkhouston]

137. gotta be Dutch, doesn't it, because of the "skills" part?

doesn't that prefix mean "stream" or "river"?

[bleever]

145. I think you may be right:

"The next great change in the Catskill landscape was caused by the most recent of four periods of glaciation, the Wisconsin. Every mountain except Slide (and perhaps even that) was buried in the ice that came down from the north; while the effect was not as profound as that observed in the Adirondacks, the glaciers carved two gaps, today known as Plattekill and Kaaterskill Clove, in the Helderberg Escarpment and formed the Hudson River, as well as some cirques such as Maltby Hollow."

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/History_of_the_Catskill_Mountains

[bleever]

146. P.S.:

I was unable to find any connection between the name "Catskills" and Bill Frist.

That is all.

:)

[SharonRB]

147. You took my joke

I was thinking about Frist when I first saw this question.

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

148. See thread I started with derivation from Wikipedia

It does appear to come from the Dutch.

[RevCheesehead]

128. Actually, they're twins.

Lift and Blast (obviously, girl and boy). :)

[RevCheesehead]

10. The tribal council refused the dirty money!

:applause: "they didn't want to appear to have bailed out Mr. Burns."

[Patsy Stone]

19. That makes me so happy

They wanted to "distance themselves" from the Senator. :rofl:

[WolverineDG]

45. heh heh

sen. burns finally discovers there are indian tribes in his state and they give him the finger. the revenge of crazy horse strikes again.

dg

[bettyellen]

12. Doh! I was posting in your newsletter thread. Hi Y'all! :hi:

:loveya:

[SharonRB]

18. Hi, be

:hi:

[bettyellen]

30. hey shar!

how you doing?
:hi:

[SharonRB]

33. Just fine, thanks

And you?

[ralps]

15. Hi Patsy, Hi Everyone. I'm on my dial up computer again

so I can't post pictures of my various smilies :cry: I should have my good computer back by Friday w/ a new hard drive. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Olney Blue]

16. Hi Patsy and everyone!

:hi:

[Clark2008]

17. When is anyone - ANYONE - going to learn that the Dems

DO make proposals.

They're just not reported in the media or accepted on the, well, PLANTATION.

:hi: all

[SharonRB]

20. Hey, Clark

:hi:

[Clark2008]

24. May I , as a WHITE and SOUTHERN woman be the first

to tell Tweety that her comments didn't irk me AT ALL.

I didn't think they were accurate - (the Congress is more about elites meeting - we're the slaves, corporate slaves) - but they didn't offend me.

[Olney Blue]

29. They didn't irk me either because they were true.

[SharonRB]

31. Me neither

[Patsy Stone]

21. That would take a FOIA request...

and they're a little backed up at the moment.

:hi:, Clark!

[Olney Blue]

48. It was incredulous that Gore made a 5-point list in his speech...

and the first thing the repugs said was that Dems don't have a plan!

:banghead:

[SharonRB]

50. They sure sounded like they had a plan today

[Olney Blue]

53. Yes- kick some ass!!!!!!

[SharonRB]

72. I hope c-span is going to televise Conyers'

unofficial hearing on Friday re: the wiretapping.

[Olney Blue]

90. I hope so.

[gkhouston]

138. I hope no one brings a nursing child this time :-)

Remember the clip they showed on The Daily Show? I completely understand that babies need to eat when they need to eat, but I wish that woman had had the sense not to sit directly behind the folks mostly like to be on TV.

[Patsy Stone]

25. Wait a minute!

A daughter? Dana has a daughter? Is there a woman, somewhere, who lets him walk around with that hair? OMG.

[RevCheesehead]

32. ...

:spray:

egg-cellent snark!

[Olney Blue]

38. LOL.

:rofl:

[gkhouston]

139. Patsy, this is shameful discrimination on your part.

Why shouldn't we allow blind people to marry and have children?

[bettyellen]

26. i bet his report is going to be the first mentioning the lack of health

exceptions.
BINGO!
tks KO!

[Berry Cool]

46. Not to be facetious, but did you guys know you can email David Gregory?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3660744/

Check it out. He's doing weekly Webcasts in which he answers questions.

[crispini]

55. Cool!

David Gregory rocks! :loveya: I'll haveta think of something intelligent to ask.

[RevCheesehead]

70. I sense another restraining order....

David:loveya:Gregory

[crispini]

84. Heh heh heh.

If you're not getting a couple of those a year, you're not doing it right. :evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

141. so, Crispi,

KO gets the pink cuffs... what color for David?

[crispini]

142. Hm. Blue would match his eyes, wouldn't it?

Maybe a nice shade of slate. :evilgrin:

[WolverineDG]

115. ix-nay on the uffs-kay

at least in the first few emails...don't want to scare him off now, do ya?

dg

[gkhouston]

140. NPR also mentioned it yesterday afternoon.

Not that that diminishes what KO did. Ah, facts and the people who report 'em, :loveya:

[Olney Blue]

43. This story about the female reporter is sad.

She speaks Arabic, and wanted to get the Iraqi side of the story out.

[SharonRB]

44. She's from Ann Arbor

[Olney Blue]

51. Yes, I had read that she got her journalism degree from there, right?

[SharonRB]

57. I don't know if she went to UofM or not

I just know her parents live in Ann Arbor.

[gkhouston]

143. it is sad, but something about this is odd

There have been lots of hostages before, including journalists and women. So why are they releasing female Iraqi detainees in exchange for this one? (Yes, authorities claim there's no quid pro quo going on here... do you believe that?) Why 6 and not 8? I thought there weren't any female detainees. And does anyone really believe the number is only 8?

I'm not saying I wouldn't be glad to see her safely released; of course I would. This just smells fishy.

[bettyellen]

49. HELP ME! Re: DRINKS IN NYC, what other criteria should i keep in mind

aside from:

decent variety of libations, including wine and mixed cocktails as well as beer
not too high $$$
not too loud and pick-up- ish but still fun
wheelchair accessible
roomy enough to absorb us all
a short walk from the restaurant
some bar food available (for other NYers that might join us)

am i missing something? i don't have the energy to do the yahoo thing today.
:)
going to pick some brains this weekend and i want everything to be as nice as possible for you guys.
:loveya:

[SharonRB]

54. Sounds to me like you've got it all

It's a lot to ask for, but hopefully there will be something that fits.

If there was a place where we could get our own private room, that would be great, but probably too much to ask for.

[bettyellen]

75. i'm really hoping my friend can think of someplace roomy, not too loud

that no one knows about (yet) , so that we'd get that effect. that would be a huge stroke of luck. you never know.
Private rooms are for BIG spenders.

[SharonRB]

77. We have some restaurants/bars around here that have sort

of separate areas that don't cost more than any other part of the place. But this isn't the Big Apple.

[bettyellen]

88. space is at a premium, you know?

that was my concern w/ small restuarants, too many times they don't have room to even stand at the bar. and a wait is kinda inevitable on a saturday night with a 6-top, reservations or no.
people in ny will wait outside if they have to. X(
but i wanna make sure we have some elbow room/ seating available. after 24 hours in NY, some of you will need to sit.
i'll keep that in mind.
i'll remember that.

[SharonRB]

92. That makes sense.

[bettyellen]

98. yes, we all live in wee spaces here, and our suburban friends and family

pity us greatly. :cry:
i think i'm putting seating space above the ambiance/ coolness factor. that makes sense.

[Patsy Stone]

56. I'm so sorry

I've spaced this. Lemme think. :hi::loveya:

[bettyellen]

64. no worries hon, i know it's impossible to hit everyone's ideal...

i just want to hit the highest common denominator, so to speak.
:loveya:

[crispini]

58. Es bueno!

Sounds good!

[bettyellen]

76. gracias, chica!

[WolverineDG]

66. sounds good, be!

can't wait to get there!! :)

dg

[bettyellen]

78. me too! so you all think not too loud, so we can yap comfortably?

[SharonRB]

80. That would be great if such a place exists.

On edit: I wonder if our hotel has a bar in the lobby that might be fairly quiet.

[SharonRB]

82. Here's info on the bar and grill at the Avalon

Vincci Avalon Bar and Grill…
Stylish Restaurant at this Manhattan Hotel


This perfectly located Mediterranean Cuisine restaurant in our Manhattan Hotel offers a 3-course prix fixe menu in an intimate décor, with warm hospitality and personalized service. Also includes a bar and lounge. Open from noon to 11:00pm.
[phone]


16 E 32nd St
New York, NY 10016
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

On edit: Oops, I just noticed it's only open to 11. I assume that includes the bar and lounge.

[bettyellen]

95. i called them , they said they close at 10:30- 11 on sat night.

:(

[WolverineDG]

111. YES!

i HATE places where it's so damn loud you can't hear yourself think!

dg

[bettyellen]

119. okay, i hear ya.

tks, DG!
:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

102. brownies?

Oh, wait - I'm not gonna be there. :(

But you could still have a good time!

[bettyellen]

105. got to get me some of that secret ingredient

maybe it's no so secret. :evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

81. "DAN PATRICK.... oh, and Keith's here, somewhere."

:rofl: I have got to find that streaming somewhere!

[Berry Cool]

130. You must listen to it on the ESPN Web site before they take it down

which will be today.

It was the most hysterical show.

[tatia_s]

144. I have the Keith Hours from Tues and Wed

uploaded to my webspace if you want to snag them, Rev.

Tuesday:
DP-KO_01172006_1.mp3
DP-KO_01172006_2.mp3
DP-KO_01172006_3.mp3

Wednesday:
DP-KO_01182006_1.mp3
DP-KO_01182006_2.mp3
DP-KO_01182006_3.mp3

~siobhan

[Muffstser]

89. Hi, everyone! Just got home...did I miss anything?

I did hear the sound bite with Dan and Keith.

[Olney Blue]

101. Hi Muffster!

:hi:

How are you?

[Berry Cool]

131. Dan's entire show today was a laugh riot.

Phil the Showkiller came up with a whole bunch of new recorded announcements with which he kept interrupting Keith, in which Keith was mocked and ridiculed and told that the Dan Patrick Show was not getting behind him for so long as he refused to deal with his "off-the-court issues."

This, after Keith did his first broadcast from home the day before and was so silly that Dan asked him "Have you been drinking?" (He also asked what was up with "that medicine you take, or used to take." Keith, affronted, responded that he had NEVER been on any medication!)

[Patsy Stone]

91. I'm surprised that Countdown

isn't covering Ramon Saul Sanchez. He was on a hunger strike to protest the US's repatriation of the 15 Cubans who landed on the old bridge (which technically did not connect to land) and failed the "wet foot/dry foot" policy.

This was the guy who was walking around like the lead in The Red Badge of Courage with the bloody bandage on his head during the Elian Rodriguez fiasco.

He's was waiting for a written note from the WH that they would meet with him. Jebbie said yesterday in a public forum that they would speak with him, and he's ended it after 12 days.

He's was laying out on the street, in the middle of Little Havana, in a tent. Cars would go by and beep at him, waving the Cuban flag.

Look how quickly the WH capitulates to this heavily Republican community.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/cuba/13648009.htm

[Olney Blue]

99. I haven't seen much coverage of that story anywhere.

[Patsy Stone]

107. That's amazing

because it's "good news" story for them. They're "working" on immigration. If they were still the Noise Machine, this would be everywhere. I wonder what's up?

[Olney Blue]

110. Treading water with the war and scandals?

[bettyellen]

108. dayum, the only guy in Fla or Cuba they aren't willing to tube feed....

he must feel special.
are all these republicans also poll workers Patsy? that's how it works around here.
as we say in Hob. "Cute!"

[crispini]

93. That cell phone records story was broken by Americablog.

I'm a little surprised that the background wasn't mentioned.

[Berry Cool]

132. Uh-oh, this means the bloggers will be on Keith's ass again

for "stealing" a story they broke and passing it off as his own without credit to them...

[Patsy Stone]

94. Yes, Keith

I was actually wondering about the finger-procurement conversation. Thanks for asking.

[Berry Cool]

133. The finger-procurement speculation was another DP Show carryover.

They were having fun imagining how you initiate a conversation with a guy who's just accidentally cut off his fingertip as to what he plans to do with it, so you can get it before he throws it away. "Uh, I know you're bleeding profusely all over the place and all but...you gonna do anything with that?" :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

96. This will have a big payoff for you at home

WPITW?

[Patsy Stone]

103. Okay, I'll do it.

[crispini]

104. Dude.

Whoa.

[bettyellen]

106. wow, danny bonaduce has held up better than that! nt

[Patsy Stone]

109. Rita STILL with the Natalee/Missing White guy stories?

I thought Joe was supposed to have the "exclusive" tonight about the Honeymoon guy. What happened there, I wonder?

[bleever]

120. The white guy only rates because he fell off a boat and left blood stains.

No stains, no boat, no story.

:)

[Patsy Stone]

125. Somebody call Poirot

Anchor the boat and don't let Mia Farrow off until she confesses. :)