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MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS
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This was taken tonight on the back lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The tree is magnificent and from Virginia.
Speaking of Virginia, some are projecting a 2008 presidential battle between George Allen and Mark Warner. That would be interesting.
I stopped by the White House Christmas Tree scene as well. I saw all the little Christmas trees from every part of the country -- even American Samoa, plus the big one that the Bush family lit.
I saw the manger scene, the official menorah. and a big pit with burning yule logs. Next to the yule log fire was a sign noting that in pre-Christian days, there was a "gay festival honoring the mythical god Thor" which was later merged by early English Christians into the celebration of Christmas.
It gave me a good chuckle, and the fire warmed me up on what is a very, very cold night here in Washington.
All the best to you, your friends, and family.
-- Steve Clemons
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Thanks for the plug Steve.
And don't worry y'all.
I'll deal with this Bush fellow in due time.
Well, JC is a hard act to follow, but...
Merry Christmas,
To all the good writers on this blog.
Have a happy and Safe New Year.
You guys stuck in Iraq, were praying for you and we hope to get you back where you belong...home, in one piece by Easter, or for the Pagans among you, Equinox.
We're so proud of our tree; thanks for the lovely shot of it, Steve!
It's still Christmas, so I'll hold my reaction to a Warner-Allen presidential race for another day...
Thanks for a great weblog.
George Allen is the textbook definition of a stuffed shirt/empty suit. Here's a funny story about him.
I once attended a Senate hearing where the topic of discussion was getting more women into the "hard" sciences (engineering, physics, etc.).
One of the panelists was a woman, and if memory serves me, a former astronaut, now heading up some science-y government endeavor. Anyway, Allen's turn for questions comes up, and he makes a statement that goes something like this (very much like this, I am not taking liberties here):
'Why don't we get more women involved with things like geometry, where there're tangible things that they can see? I mean, calculus, physics, all that stuff, women wouldn't be interested in that. Shoot, when I was in high school *I* wasn't interested in that. Someone would try to talk to me about algebra and I would turn and walk the other way'
And this man is in the US Senate, setting an example for our kids. President? Well, I guess academically, a worthy successor to Bush.
Oh yeah, Merry Christmas Steve, all
"Mythical"?!
If it were still in Virginia, it could go on being magnificent. Bah humbug.
Didn't there used to be a crescent and star at near the White House tree, menorah, yule log, etc.? I know I saw it in winter 1997, but it's not there now. Not sure about any other years . . .
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