KOEB 5/24/06 "Old Glasses Night" Edition

[Berry Cool]

Man, am I the ONLY KOEB'er not watching American Idol tonight???

"It's oh, so quiet..."

"Shhh. I'm doin' a news show. Don't tell."



"...Well, OK. If you don't want to watch my show tonight, FINE. But tomorrow night...I'm SINGING!!"

[Olney Blue]

1. Hi Berry and everyone!

:hi:

[ralps]

2. Hi BerryBush, Hi Everyone, LOL Jefferson froze his assets!!!

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

[SharonRB]

4. Hi, everyone

:hi:

[ralps]

6. Hi SharonRB

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

[WolverineDG]

17. Hey Sharon!

:hi:

It's weird for me tonight, not zapping between Countdown & Amazing Race, but I think I'll live. :)

dg

[SharonRB]

27. Hey, DG

I didn't get home from work until 7:45. There went my walk again. And tomorrow night I've got a grand opening for Nancy Skinner's campaign office.

[Olney Blue]

34. Hi Wolverine. What is the significance of your new avatar?

[WolverineDG]

37. It's my state flag

:patriot:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

50. You are a patriot.

It's a fact which cannot be denied. :hi:

[WolverineDG]

83. And so are you!

Heya Pats! :hi:

:patriot:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

87. Hi, girl!

Aw, thanks. Shucks.

[Patsy Stone]

24. Hi, Sharon!

What's goin' on?

[SharonRB]

28. Hey, Pats!

No Idol for you?

[Patsy Stone]

32. I don't care

Either one. They'll both be fine, regardless. :)

I'd rather be here with you guys.

[SharonRB]

35. And we'd rather you were here, too

:hug:

[Patsy Stone]

42. Even with my poor typing skills?

Joy. Besides I'm comfy and home alone. Keef and no nudging! :)

[SharonRB]

47. Of course!

Time alone, such a mechiah.

[Patsy Stone]

26. Hi, ralps!

That was funny. :hi:

[ralps]

40. Hi Patsy

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

[Clark2008]

3. Funny how the Republicans all of a sudden want

THEIR privacy - after authorizing the tap on phone-using Americans (and I don't care whether they're Dems or Repubs).

:eyes:

[WolverineDG]

14. Yes, it's always easy to brush aside

concerns about someone else's privacy, but when it's your own that's threatened.... :eyes:

:hi: all!!

dg

[bleever]

5. Dana can always be counted on for the quip of the day.

:hi: everyone.

[Olney Blue]

66. Hi bleever

How's life?

:hi:

[bleever]

85. Things are good.

How about you?

:hi:

[Olney Blue]

88. I had a nice weekend in Pittsburgh.

And work is busy, but life is good.

My main problem is that I need a president, not a chimperor.

[bleever]

90. There's this dichotomy between a good personal life

and a political nightmare. Here's to the people taking strength from the former to change the latter.

[Patsy Stone]

92. Does it make me greedy

if I want both at the same time? I hope not.

[bleever]

93. Sadly, yes.

But remember what we learned from Reagan: greed is good.


:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

95. Prince is performing on AI

right now. That's all I'm sayin'.

[bleever]

97. AI? That would be...artificial intelligence?

(I like the chick.)

[Patsy Stone]

7. How old is this damn story?

January? February? Help me out, please. What's the news, that someone confirmed he's being investigated?

OMG! Did Dana just say that no one knew about Hastert?

Is this the same thing?: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1398559

ed: Because David Shuster answered my questions. :loveya:

[ralps]

8. Is David Shuster going to comment on the Rove/Libby investigation???

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

[ralps]

10. Darn He didn't say anything about Rove!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :cry:

[SharonRB]

25. Check this out on RawStory, ralps

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Prosecutors_say_silence_in_CIA_leak_0524.html

[Patsy Stone]

29. That is a very good thing

Pleeeeze.

[ralps]

46. Yay!! Thanks for the Link

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

[Patsy Stone]

53. Here's the DU thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1276205&mesg_id=1276205

[SharonRB]

56. Thanks, Pats

I knew I couldn't have been the first one around here to see it and post it.

[Patsy Stone]

63. You know...

It's impossible to read it too many times.

:thumbsup:

[gkhouston]

98. he said plenty about the first Abramoff-related trial, though.

Didn't sound at all the way O'Donnell described it the other night. :freak:

[Clark2008]

9. I have NEVER watched American "Idle," so, no, y ou're not

alone, Berry.

:hi:

[Olney Blue]

12. I don't watch that show either, Clark and Berry.

[Berry Cool]

15. Know what I think is funny?

TVNewser reports that viewership of all the cable news shows was down last night during and after "Idol"...EXCEPT for one...guess which one!!!! :rofl:

[Olney Blue]

18. Uh, let's see..... can you give me 5 guesses?!

:rofl:

[Clark2008]

22. Found it, myself...

Did American Idol hurt the cable news channels last night? FNC, CNN, and MSNBC have been heaping hours of coverage on the Fox reality hit -- and Tuesday's ratings suggest that viewers decided to watch Taylor and Katharine sing it out for #1.

At 8pm, the hour Idol aired on Fox, Bill O'Reilly was down about 20 percent from the day before (and his April average), and Paula Zahn averaged a measly 385,000, down more than 20 percent. (For some reason, Keith Olbermann didn't move an inch.) By 9pm, Idol was over, but it was still a soft night for cable news. H&C averaged 1,127,000 viewers, compared to an average of 1,562,000 in April (and 1,666,000 the night before). Joe Scarborough -- who has covered the Idol craze extensively -- averaged 230,000, compared to 326,000 in April and 331,000 the night before. (He had just 58,000 in the demo.) Other ratings notes:

May I venture a guess, here? Well-educated people watch Keith and probably, as a general rule, really don't like American Idle (no offense to any KOEBers who DO watch the show - there are, of course, exceptions to this general rule! :loveya: )

[Patsy Stone]

55. I did both!

I multi-rated. :hi:, Clark!

[Clark2008]

69. And that's a prime example of an intelligent "Idle" watcher.

:rofl:

(I hope you know I'm teasing.)

[Patsy Stone]

75. Of course

and I admit my weakness freely. I love the show in the beginning of the season, and then I get bored. Especially this year when it could only have been one of four or five contestants. At the end, I just wait for the result. :)

In fact, this week I get my life back: 24 and AI end. Yay!

[bleever]

11. All right! New job for the Zinsmeister-meister!

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

16. Hey, you guys...

Because Keith isn't wearing "the invisible glasses" tonight, I thought he went back to an old pair. But now I'm not sure whether these are old or new! What do ya think???

[Olney Blue]

38. I think they are old glasses, and he lost/broke his clear ones.

Maybe we should send the FBI into his office to investigate.

[gkhouston]

99. Oldies but goodies.

Like the mostly-rimless ones better, though.

[ralps]

13. It's been years since I've watched American Idol BerryBush so you're

not the only one. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Clark2008]

19. Wow - he just said it, outright...

"...got us into a phony war..."

:wow:

[Olney Blue]

23. I heard that too. Phony war.

:loveya: This is why I love Keith. He goes to the heart of the matter.

[Botany]

31. Music to my ears.

Speaking truth to power.

[ralps]

20. Awww Poor Republicans!!!! They're loosing their base!!!

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

[WolverineDG]

36. I would love to say to my ex-friend the psycho fundie

SEE? I TOLD YOU SO!

:banghead: Why didn't these folks listen 2 years ago? Oh yeah, all they care about is making sure everyone else is forced to live according to THEIR wishes. What a bunch of spoiled brats!

dg

[Olney Blue]

21. Stay home, conservatives, stay home.

We don't want you.

[Botany]

30. Hi all

For those who listen to Stephanie :loveya: Miller I betya
that Denny Hastert will show up.

Something to do w/ Chi caww gaaa brats & ribs. :rofl:

[Muffstser]

33. Great Photos!

Love the Colbert blip. :)

[SharonRB]

39. Oooooh, here come the real President.

[Olney Blue]

45. Al Gore has the right stuff.

[Botany]

41. KO just called the 2000 election close but fraudulent?

Truth!

[Patsy Stone]

43. I missed that and I'm sad.

But, I can tape the rerun! :hi:

[SharonRB]

48. I missed it, too

Pseudo-scientists? Tell em, Al.

[Botany]

52. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav EDV?

I think that is what he said ..... i am sure he dropped Fraudulent.

BTW W/ Gore in power

no 9/11 he would have acted
no Iraq war
no nukes in N. Korea
sane environmental policy
a balanced budget

Both he and Kerry are so far advanced over bush it is not funny.

[Patsy Stone]

64. Another, better, more-evolved race

as a matter of fact.

I'm smarter than the President of the United States.

I hate that.

[SharonRB]

67. We all are, I'm afraid

Well.....most of us, anyway

[Patsy Stone]

72. Frightening. n/t

[Botany]

79. I have dryer lint smarter then bush.

At least Reagan looked the part sometimes.

[Patsy Stone]

84. Clearly.

:rofl:

Even dryer lint knows how to make a web page:

http://www.users.vance.net/tprewitt/lint.htm

[Berry Cool]

65. He said something like "some said fraudulent."

He qualified it. And there's nothing wrong with that, really.

[spooky3]

51. what did Katie mean by "the once defeated Al Gore"?

[Botany]

54. It means she has too much botox in her forehead.

Chirpy twit.

[WolverineDG]

61. What did she mean by

"Things would have turned out differently"???

THEY DID TURN OUT DIFFERENTLY, YOU STOOPID COW! :grr: :grr: :grr:

dg

[WolverineDG]

57. OMG!

KO showed shrubbie's "doubt it" AND mentioned him falling off his mountain bike (again).

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

dg

[SharonRB]

59. He's so damn stubborn

Afraid he might learn something and have to take some action if he sees it. If he doesn't see it, it doesn't exist and there's no global warming. Simple, isn't it?

[Clark2008]

44. Al's so sweet....

:loveya:

[spooky3]

49. He has a smooth radio voice too.

[Berry Cool]

58. Is anyone really surprised to learn that * would just as soon not

trouble himself by dealing with inconvenient truths??? :shrug:

Poor Gore. Until Americans turn the volume down on their love affair with the automobile, all his good work will probably come to naught.

[Olney Blue]

60. The smirking chimp says he doubts he will watch Al's movie.

:+ :+:+:+

[Botany]

62. Bush just brayed like a mule

Are you going to see that movie?

Brawwwwwwww

He really did.

[Patsy Stone]

68. He totally did.

What a maroon! What an ASS!!!!!

[Botany]

96. Thanx

I could have sworn he did.

[Clark2008]

70. Doesn't matter.

It would be over his head, anyway.

About all he could say about it is, "Lookit the purty pictures of that melting ice-whacha-ma-callit on that mountain thingie."

[SharonRB]

71. LOL

:rofl:

[Botany]

74. I still get pissed watching his actions though

the mule sound then a full slack jawed grin followed by a stutter then a silence then a no.

that 6 seconds showed the real bush.

[Olney Blue]

76. Mules are smarter than *

[Botany]

80. Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav EDV?

Nice mule!

[Olney Blue]

86. Thanks, botany!

:hi:

Mules are noble animals.

[spooky3]

91. Even this mule is smarter than *

[Olney Blue]

94. ROFL

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

73. Did he say Oakland County?

That's my county, but I thought this happened in Grand Rapids -- on the west side of the state.

[WolverineDG]

81. It was an Oakland County deputy

who was in another county.

Wow! I'm glad the driver is going to be okay & I hope they find the one who caused it!

dg

[SharonRB]

102. Yeah, I caught that in the rest of the story

That woman was very lucky!

[Clark2008]

77. Speaking of Fords and crashes

My pretty new car almost got bumped today. I stopped behind a woman turning left and the girl behind me stopped, but the guy behind her didn't. He rear-ended her so hard, she nearly hit my car (and would have had I not been watching the whole thing in my rearview mirror so that I knew to swerve into the emergency lane).

:applause: to Ford for apparently some fantastic safety features in the cab of that SUV.

[Patsy Stone]

78. Great! and Sorry!

That must have been a scary few seconds. Glad it all worked out.

[Berry Cool]

82. I know I can't prove it, but damn, that looked deliberate.

Maybe it was just someone drunk or someone who lost control or something.

But MAN. :scared:

[gkhouston]

100. I think they just jerked into the next lane without looking.

Not sure why they changed lanes so suddenly, though -- could it be an inexperienced driver?

That poor woman. She must have been terrified. Lucky a cop was right behind her.

[Berry Cool]

101. Maybe the driver was multitasking, or fell asleep.

New suggestion to all people who do other stuff while driving: Please try to just drive, willya?

[spooky3]

103. it looked as though the driver was trying to avoid another driver

merging onto the highway from the right. But there is no excuse for not stopping.

[Clark2008]

89. Well, I could never top hitting a bed.

:rofl:

;)