KOEB 12/2/05 (Friday Night Party Time)

[Berry Cool]

"Hi. Time for Countdown. I'm ready for you. Hope you're here."



"If not...well, see if I care."



--K.O.

[Olney Blue]

1. Hi Berry!

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

2. Hi Olney!

Hope someone else shows up! :hi:

I have to go soon and be Berry After the Show!

[Olney Blue]

4. What does that mean: Berry after the Show!

[SharonRB]

3. Hi, there

Looks pretty sparse again tonight.

[Olney Blue]

5. Hi SharonRB!

:patriot:

[SharonRB]

6. Hi, Olney

:hi:

Berry goes off and watches the show and then comes back when it's over and does her posting then. Hence, "Berry after show."

Oh, goody, here comes Craig!

[Olney Blue]

11. OK- that makes sense.

[Berry Cool]

57. Berry After the Show is here.

Wow, was tonight Cat Night on Countdown or what? Had Bella sitting with me and told her "See, he put together tonight's show just for you."

Even the birds were probably planted.

[Gogi]

74. If my cat had his way...

that bird would've been planted, six feet under. He hears something under the crawl space and he's rarin' to go!

[ralps]

7. Hi BerryBush, Hi Everyone

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

[SharonRB]

9. Hi, ralps

:hi:

[Olney Blue]

13. Hi ralps!

How are you tonight?

:hi:

[ralps]

16. Hi Olney Blue, I'm doing ok, how are you?

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

[Olney Blue]

25. Great, thanks!

[Olney Blue]

8. Craig Crawford- the economy is doing better.

WTF? Did Bush hurt his face again, or is that a scar on his cheek?

(close-up in Rose Garden today)

[Botany]

12. What kind of Jobs?

Do they have bennies? How much do they pay? We lost over
1 million jobs w/ NO & the gufl coast getting flattened.

GM cutting over 300,000 jobs
Ford cutting 70,000 jobs
Merek cutting 25% of it's work force

Up is down left is right and Iraq is getting better w/ each day.

[SharonRB]

14. The stock market is also approaching 11,000

Hasn't made the job market around here any better, though. I know things are better in other parts of the country than they are in Michigan.

[Botany]

19. 1 job might not be the same as another one ......

bush and outsourcing are killing large sections of this country.

[Olney Blue]

15. Hi botany!

and how about those lower gasoline prices?

:hi:

[Botany]

17. I remember back in Clinton's 1st term the idea of a $.25/gal

gas tax was discussed for health care and to put into
renewable energies ......

The repugs shot it down.

[Olney Blue]

31. It was much too progressive for the repugs.

Better to start a war in the middle east.....

[Botany]

36. Great they can go and they can pay for it.

"It is simple to be simple."

[Olney Blue]

38. Especially for simpletons.

[Gogi]

76. The St. Louis area is losing a Ford plant...

a light bulb plant that's moving to Mexico and the SBC/ATT merger is eliminating some directory assistant jobs. That's probably going to eliminate over 3,000 good paying jobs right there.:yoiks: Nothing for Bushco to boast about there!

[Olney Blue]

10. Snark by Craig: Shrub won't speak in front of an audience

that can't be court marshalled if they don't applaude!

[WolverineDG]

18. Hi all!!

:hi: sorry i've not really been here the past few days...had a medical issue that needed attending to...all's fine now, no worries. :)

dg

[SharonRB]

20. Hi, DG

Glad you're doing better, whatever it was.

[WolverineDG]

53. nothing major

i'm right as rain now. :)

dg

[Olney Blue]

22. I'm glad to hear everything is fine now, Wolverine.

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

54. me too, olney!

:hi: happy friday!

dg

[Berry Cool]

58. I'm also happy, Wolfie.

Health is the most important thing there is!

[WolverineDG]

65. it really was nothing major

just required taking meds that knocked me flat faster than nyquil, and that can knock me out in 20 minutes.

:hi: berry

dg

[livvy]

21. Hello!

I haven't been here in, well, ages, and probably have only dropped in once or twice to post. Hi Sharon! I would like to have that Robobartender. I've been trying to perfect the perfect berry martini, and so far I haven't found the right combo.

[SharonRB]

23. Hey, roomie

Funny thing, you must be a mindreader. I was just thinking about you yesterday and wondering how you were. I haven't seen you around anywhere on DU lately.

[livvy]

29. I'm here every day.

You know me, I just don't post that much. I come here, read, find links to stuff I feel I must pass on, and then I either go to work, let the dogs in or out, feed them, play with them, or go to bed. Oh, yeah, I'm hooked on the panda, too. I do that to relax.
KO is so funny. I watch him most nights. The guy cracks me up, and he's the closest we have to a real journalist.

[SharonRB]

33. He absolutely is -- you should join us here more often

Yeah, I forgot you don't post much -- your count is still below 1,000. I definitely read a lot more than I post, except for here every night. Sometimes I just feel I don't have much to offer to the conversation that hasn't already been said. I usually hang out here, in GD, LBN and sometimes the Lounge when I'm really bored and have time to kill.

A bunch of us are going to meet up in New York in February, if you're interested.

[livvy]

39. When? I have some time off in Feb.

I've never been to New York, except for a helicopter flight from one airport to another on the way to another destination.

[SharonRB]

40. We're planning it for Presidents' Day weekend

Getting in on Friday the 17th and leaving Sunday the 19th unless anyone decides to stay over Sunday night.

[livvy]

46. I think that may be the time I have off.

Hmmmm...I'll have to check on that. I'll email you if it's the right week.

[SharonRB]

47. Okay

Well, I broke you in to DC, I may as well break you in to NYC!

[SharonRB]

26. Here you go

[livvy]

32. Yum! Looks good! n/t

[Berry Cool]

59. Livvy, I'm always trying to find

the perfect Berry martini. :-)

[livvy]

75. I think I have it almost.

It's a smooch of raspberry vodka, a smooch of strawberry vodka, a double smooch of raspberry liqueur, a drop or so of sour mix, and to make it foamy, some seven up. Shake vigorously in any container that will take it with some shaved or crushed ice, and voila! you have a berry martini!

[Berry Cool]

78. Sounds yummy!

I'll have to remember that one!

[RevCheesehead]

24. Good evening, everyone!

I've been working on my Christmas list (in the Lounge), while listening to Keith. :hi:


Keith: :loveya:
Emily the cat is from Appleton. :)

[SharonRB]

27. Hi, Rev

I hope you can fill my request.

[RevCheesehead]

34. Indeed, I tried,...

but you should see what I got for DG!

[SharonRB]

35. Pray tell...no pun intended

[RevCheesehead]

81. pun appreciated, nonetheless.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4383909#4388107

[WolverineDG]

55. thanks rev

did ya notice, i got the tiggr tie too. i must be on the nice list. O8)

dg

[RevCheesehead]

80. Was that on another thread?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4383909#4388107

Please note: I would ONLY sacrifice this for my very dear friends.

[Olney Blue]

28. Good evening, Rev!

How's the lounge tonight?

[RevCheesehead]

37. Oddly subdued.

It doesn't start hopping until after 10.

How are you doing? :hi:

[Olney Blue]

42. I can't complain!

:popcorn:

- just waiting for Rove to get nailed......

[WolverineDG]

70. soon, olney, soon

i've got luskin on a "deathwatch." the second he's fired or withdraws from representing rove, you'll know rove is going down. :evilgrin:

dg

[ralps]

30. Hi RevCheesehead

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

[RevCheesehead]

41. Hi Ralps!

DU wasn't letting me post there for a while. Guess I'm burning out their server. :)

[SharonRB]

44. Did you lose your star yesterday, too?

Both Pats and Bunny lost theirs. Very strange.

[RevCheesehead]

63. No, I lost my internet explorer.

more annoying.

I feed Grovelbot regularly, so he leaves my star in place.

[SharonRB]

77. That didn't stop Pats and Bunny from losing theirs

[ralps]

45. I'm glad you're back

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

[RevCheesehead]

67. Thanks.

me, too. :hug:

[WolverineDG]

56. re: emily

she was scouting out some good wine to go with all the cheese.

dg

[RevCheesehead]

66. absolutely.

Cats have the best taste. :)

[Berry Cool]

68. Speaking of cats and, uh, taste...

come on, people, how many people, when Keith said that Hello Kitty was going to appear on something new, immediately thought "Oh no, he's going to mention...THE 'UNIT'!"

[RevCheesehead]

71. ....

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

79. well berry

i was in target recently & in the $1 bin they had a bunch of hello kitty stuff. i looked to see if "the unit" was in there, but it wasn't. :rofl:

dg

[ralps]

43. Worst Person in the World- John Gibson

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

[Olney Blue]

49. Good- he deserves it.

:banghead:

Thinks he has the only "right" religion.....

[Berry Cool]

60. I thought it was telling of the kind of person Keith is

that normally he announces the Worst Person in the World with great relish, but tonight he did it with a heavy heart.

:loveya: Keith.

[Olney Blue]

64. I noticed that too.

[Botany]

48. English Snark

[livvy]

50. Now Ann Coulter....

is she an ignorant ______ or what? The stuff that comes out of her mind is truly scary. Michell Malkin is pretty disturbed, also, but Coulter is out of her limited mind!

[SharonRB]

51. They're both nuts, but Ann really does take the cake.

[WolverineDG]

61. i often wonder

if they actually believe the shit that comes out of their mouths or if it's just an act to make $$.

dg

[CBHagman]

72. Two theories re: Coulter

I've heard that Coulter doesn't believe the stuff she shoots off but is just doing this to be on the right-wing gravy train.

However, when I went to a book signing (I think it was for Joe Conason's "Big Lies"), Coulter came up in discussion, and it was said that if you talked to conservatives off the record, the opinion was that something is truly wrong with her, as in being disturbed or the like (Yeah, tell us something we don't know!).

I've often wondered if Coulter has some sort of addiction or undiagnosed disorder. However, it's possible she's just a garden-variety creep.

[livvy]

52. Wow! If I had wings, I'd sure fly!

I'm glad they're teaching the little vulture, even if he will never be able to truly enjoy his ability.

[Botany]

62. and in a fortnight or two it will be eating dead hedgehogs ........

by Tumble Stone Brook down the lane from from
Chatsworth Crossing which is close to the South Downs



Got to love the English LOL

[Berry Cool]

69. Aw...

...how can you not love hedgehogs?

[livvy]

73. The teacher next door to me has a hedgehog for a pet...

He doesn't have it a school every day as it is really his son's pet. The one day he had it in the building, I got to hold it. What a strange little animal! It was all curled up in a ball, and in that state, its "quills" were quite pokey. It also made the strangest puffy noises I've ever heard when it was alarmed. It never did relax while I was holding it. It was like holding a sea urchin. He said when it was comfy, its quills were not so pokey, as long as you stroked it along the normal lay. Cute little nose, when you actually got to see it, and a long pink slender tongue.