A Blushing Lady and the PIP-POP Awards
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Good morning breakfastpoppers. Today is Tuesday, May 3, 2011. It's time for the 33rd weekly presentation of the coveted PIP-POP Awards. The show promises to be quite uplifting, so let's prepare our customary liquid breakfast and head for the theater. Today we will be creating a Blushing Lady in honor of all the magnificent women out there who will be celebrating Mother's Day this week-end. You will need 1 ounce of Pomegranate liqueur, 2 ounces of vodka, 1 ounce pink grapefruit juice, a lemon wedge and coarse sugar for rimming the glass. Rub the lemon wedge around the rim of a martini glass and dip the glass into the sugar. Set aside. Pour remaining ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled wit ice. Shake and strain into your garnished martini glass. Put on your finest clothes and head for the theater. I'll be waiting.
Hello everyone and welcome to the PIP-POP Awards.We have a very special list of "winners" this morning so without further delay let's welcome former President George W. Bush to the podium. President Bush, it is an honor to have you here this morning. We are pleased to hand you this PIP Award for your participation in a 12 mile mountain bike event with soldiers who were wounded in Irag and Afghanistan to help raise awareness for the Wounded Warriors. Bravo, sir. Please remain on the stage as we have another PIP coming your way.
President Bush this second PIP has a your name on it in recognition of an appearance you made on ABC. You were on the show discussing the upcoming Wounded Warriors event and off subject you were told and asked about the new roles General Petraeus and Leon Panetta would be taking on. You told the reporter that you were unaware of the changes and then you were assured that indeed they were going to take place. Your response was fabulous. You said, "Just because you're reporting it, doesn't make it true." You laughed when you said it and your smile lit up the screen. Thank you sir, we've always wanted to hear someone say that to a reporter.
Our third award of the morning is a PIP. Will President Obama please come up to the podium? Thank you for taking the time to come to the show in person and please accept this award for giving the thumbs up to the successful Osama Bin Laden operation. President Bush started the hunt and you finished it and our nation is grateful.
Our fourth award this morning is also a PIP and it is being presented to the Navy Seals who bravely executed the Osama Bin Laden operation and completed it masterfully. Osama Bin Laden is dead and we thank you for your courage and your expertise.
Breaking with tradition and continuing the momentum, our last award of the morning is a PIP. Will someone from the CIA please come up to the stage? Thank you for the magnificent job your service did in leading this successful operation to rid the world of a madman. Osama Bin Laden is swimming with the fishes and we thank you.
This concludes our award ceremony for the week and what a week it was. Let's raise our drinks on high and give a much deserved toast to the winners. Until we meet again PIP-PIP HOORAY!
POP: PIPS, PIPS all over the place. I am still feeling very proud to be an American, and your awards ceremony is keeping my spirits high.
The Blushing Lady was wonderful, as well.
I'll see you at the bar - let's keep the spirit up by drinking all the spirits we are able - I'm buying, if someone will please save me a seat.....
Pop,
What an excellent group of Pips this morning. One of us is psychic because I almost wrote to you on the subject of Pips for everyone involved with the Bin Laden Raid. Your awards mirror my feelings plus I wanted to give all concerned KUDOS for keeping their confidentiality oath in the face of everyone else running to Wikileaks at the drop of a hat concerning every confidential subject on Earth.
Honor still lives!!!!!!!!!
Good morning Simey
Nice to see you at breakfast Simey. No football Call the FBI!,
Good morning Pino,
I'm in such a good mood I am already at the bar. Come on over now.
Good morning Tom,
For once, people kept their mouths shut and the result was a complete success. I''m already at the bar so hurry over.
Great PIP's awards today.
Great awards. Good to see W get two awards. Also, nice to see Obumma get a PIP. I won't duump on him today. PIP PIP Hooray for the Navy Seals who pulled this little action off. But I have to comment that we are still trying to do the politically correct thing by buring bin laden aaccording to muslim tradition. Screw that! We just should have thrown im in the water as fish food. Let's meet at the bar and discuss today's awards. BARTENDER.............
All PIPs! And they were very well deserved.
Time to celebrate. Lets have a grand party at the inn. I will bring some delicious snacks.
Good morning Fiddleman,
Thank you! See you at the Inn. I'm already there!
Good morning taxlarry,
I'm already at the bar but I won't be ordering fish anytime soon. I'll save you a seat.
Good morning Pamela,
I'm already at the Inn waiting for everyone! I'll buy the drinks!
Great Ceremony Pop Pip Pip Hooooah! I'm on the way see ya i a few!
Dear Hmr,
I'll be waiting with open arms and a couple of drinks in my hand.
Great ceremony! So nice to have all Pips for once, yippee! To the Inn!
Morning POP...Great Popless awards ceremony...The promise of Bush, the professionalism and bravery of our Seals, the persistence and dedication of our folks at the CIA, and the courage of Obama to bring it all to fruition...
See you at the tavern, POP...The Statue of Liberty is no Blushing Lady today...Larry
Pop! Holy cow! How awesome is this PIP-ful day! It takes the edge off of being puked on by my children this week, but not the stench.... staying home with the wee one while she sleeps this one off...cheers!
Dear rkhyclak,
And it "feeels sooo good"!To the Inn. I'm already there.
Dear maven,
How good it feesl to feel good! I'll save you a seat..
Great show Poppy and now on with the drinking! WB
Dear jellio,
Tell the baby about Bin Laden, something like ding dong the witch is dead and I bet she perks up. If you can get away later, see you at the Inn.
Dear Wayne,
I am already at the Inn awaiting your arrival!
Great awards! I LOVE what President Bush said to the reporter! Makes me miss him all the more. Loved also that he called and congratulated President Obama after getting Bin Laden.
Glad I didn't miss this one, Pop! When I saw the title, my first thought was, "Hey, must be Tuesday!" The all-PIPS presentations were all awesome!
SimeyC's "Laden laid-in the sea" comment was right up there, too. :)
We are now learning that this successful operation would never have happened had we listened to liberals on renditions, closing GITMO, and waterboarding of key pesons like Khalid Sheikh Mohammad.
Without gleaning that information, not only would this operation never have happened, but several more terrorist attacks probably would have happened!
The fact is, we still rendition and I'm sure key subjects still get 'enhanced' interrogations in unknown prisons, but now that Bush is gone and Obama is president, nobody cares, including the main stream media.
Thanks for the recognition and Pip Award that you gave to Former President Bush. He is such a Gentleman, History will look kindly upon him some day. Hopefully in our Lifetime. Good one Breakfastpops.
Dear Ghost,
A day full of PIps and no Pops is a great day. See you at the Inn.
Dear Cari Jean,
It is wonderful to see you at the breakfast table. President Bush is a class act. See you at the Inn.
Dear WillSatrr,
I care and you care and many other people care. This is a war, not a game.I say do what you have to do. To the Inn.I have bene here since early this morning.
DEar b.Main,
We are definitely on the same page. See you at the Inn.
BPOP - I'm glad I'm reading this at night because you want to get me soused!
Seems George understands that the media went in the tank years ago,
The Frog
Good morning Frog,
Hope you slept well and that you don't have a hangover. Hooray for Bush. He's a classy guy.
I've been away awhile--on the road & playing catch-up in preparation to hit the road again. I've missed my visits here. You always have a way to make me smile, think, or grind my teeth because of the idiocy of the news.
This morning, it was all smiles. Thank you. I missed Dubya's response to the ABC reporter. Glad he said it straight, just like he always does.
Voted up & awesome.
Dear Ken,
I've missed you at the breakfast tale. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by. Imagine, Ken, all PIPS and nary a POP!
Great ceremony. Traveling to the INN!
Good morning Dexter,
Great, I'll save you a seat!
Hi Pops, great awards today so well deserved. Now if Obama would only give Bush some credit for this.....well that would be a grand day indeed. Blessings and enjoy your drinks!
Up and awesome! There should also be a "happy"...
Dear Whidbeywriter,
Obama did invite Pres. Bush to Ground Zero which was a good move. Pres. Bush declined preferring to stay out of the spotlight. Now that's a classy move. See you at the Inn.
Dear dearabbysmom,
I agree there should be a "happy". See you at the Inn.
Was this a first, bp? All the awards were PIPs. If so, what a great new trend.
We owe our deepest gratitude to every single person involved in the 'Geronimo' operation (apprehending bin Laden) and especially to everyone who knew about this covert operation and managed to keep it secret!
Remember, President Clinton attempted to kill Bin Laden in Sudan around 1998with a Tomahawk missle strike. He should get an honorable mention. Love the drink!
Dear drbj,
Yes it is a first and I agree keeping the operation secret was amazing. See you at the Inn.
Dear A.A. Zavala,
Pres. Clinton had quite a few opportunities to kill Osama bin Laden and he blew it. See you at the Inn.
BP - Now what needs doing is to keep 2012 in the crosshairs.
Gus :-)))
POP, he still tried. He initiated the attacks against Bin Laden. Table by the kitchen?
Dear Gus,
Of course, you're right. Here's to 2012!
Dear A.A. Zavala,
Yes he tried, but he also declined to go after bin Laden at a time when the operation had a great chance of succeeding. In any case, he's gone and no, never a table by the kitchen for you!
Pop, You are Breakfast POP the great!! I really never read your work to be honest and I absolutely love it I think I have read a few but I apologize for that. But this the way you structured the words and the words used is just flawless. I am not really huge on politics but big on justice lol Thanks for sharing your creative mind with mine!!
smiles :)
bella
Dear bellawriter,
Welcome to the breakfast table. If you're not big on politics how about great breakfast recipes. ? Thank you for your kind words. They mean a great deal coming from someone as talented as you.
An interesting and enlightening week to say the least, and in more ways than one. The fun just gets funner, no? And while the word "funner" may not actually be a word, if text acronyms can be in the dictionary, so can that word...
In any event, I'm rambling. It must be the elation of the death of a madman making me all giddy and nonsensical. :)
Dear Springboard,
Doesn't it feel good to feel good?
SimeyC Level 5 Commenter 12 months ago
What a strange week it was indeed - me thinks that Bush should start a stand-up comedy act - he'd be brilliant! Glad to see Bin Laden been laid-in the sea *grin* - now we can get back to what America does best - argue about politics, think about conspiracy and watch Football - whad-ya-mean there might be no Football this year!