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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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This is a special pic of Annie pup a few years ago.

I want to wish all a very safe and happy holiday, a great Christmas and a high sizzle New Year.

I am off to Los Angeles now - though I'm writing this from San Francisco. In a few days, I'll be off to spend some time with friends in Carson City, Nevada -- and will watch my friends ski at Squaw Valley. I'm too afraid of running into a tree to do that sort of thing -- but I'll be blogging with lots of snow around.

And then, I'll be flying on New Year's Eve morning to New York where I'll be for the first moment of 2009.

All the best to everyone.

-- Steve Clemons



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Posted by EJ, Dec 25 2008, 12:36AM - Link

Merry Christmas, Steve. I love the pic, by the way. And thanks for offering such a great site that I can check everyday (or close to it).

Posted by Lurker, Dec 25 2008, 1:02AM - Link

Merry Christmas to you Steve!

And thank you for an awesome year of smart commentary.

Posted by Joe M., Dec 25 2008, 1:45AM - Link

please comment about this story on the situation in Gaza:
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thank you.
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Posted by JP Carter, Dec 25 2008, 2:35AM - Link

Steve,

Happy Holidays to you and yours (Merry Xmas Puppies!).

Thank you for a great blog that makes me think. I look forward to the new year and your continued critical eye on the issues.

Safe travels,

JP

Posted by liz, Dec 25 2008, 7:43AM - Link

I opened your blog and squeeled with puppy joy Steve. Merry Christmas to you, yours and the pups.

Posted by Blockbuster Total Access, Dec 25 2008, 8:32AM - Link

Merry Christmas!

Posted by Pacos_gal, Dec 25 2008, 9:16AM - Link

Merry Christmas Steve, be safe and have a wonderful holiday season.

Posted by Carol Gee, Dec 25 2008, 9:25AM - Link

Steve, safe travels. The avoiding-running-into-a-tree thing proves once again how smart you are. Happy holidays.

Posted by carol , Dec 25 2008, 10:41AM - Link

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all...let's hope we can have some kind of peace across the world next year.

Posted by Don Bacon, Dec 25 2008, 10:49AM - Link

The best to you, Steve. You're an amazing guy. Thanks for being you, which reminds me of a bluegrass song: "The only thing I'm good at's being me."

Posted by leo, Dec 25 2008, 11:01AM - Link

Happy Christmas and new year Steve, thanks for the great blog.

Posted by WigWag, Dec 25 2008, 11:26AM - Link

Merry Christmas, to you, your family and everyone who reads the Washington Note!

Posted by PissedOffAmerican, Dec 25 2008, 11:46AM - Link

Merry Christmas. Today we celebrate the birth of Jesus, blessed in the knowledge we just slaughtered over a million human beings, destroyed an entire infrastructure, and poisoned an environment with deadly DU dust, affecting the health of countless generations of future Iraqis.

What would Jesus think of us? Not much, would be my guess.

Wouldn't it be nice if Obama made accountability his belated Christmas gift to the Iraqi people, the world community, and the citizens of the United States?

Ain't gonna happen.

So ponder, on this day of spiritual reflection, what we were supposed to be, what we have become, and what we are going to be.

It doesn't have to be this way.

Posted by Bil, Dec 25 2008, 2:08PM - Link

POA, that screen name is a little redundant isn't it :) ?

YES, Happy SIZZLE for 2009!

Posted by Spunkmeyer, Dec 25 2008, 2:09PM - Link

Best wishes to everyone... and Steve, I hope you and A have a great
time over the holidays. Hope to see you not-too-far into 2009.

Posted by Paul Norheim, Dec 25 2008, 4:16PM - Link

Merry Christmas to everyone here!

Posted by Alex, Dec 25 2008, 5:08PM - Link

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you, Steve, and your family and your pups. Here's to safe travels.

Posted by bangzoom14, Dec 25 2008, 5:20PM - Link

Steve, here's hoping you are having a great Christmas and a safe and comfortable travel to and from.

Posted by PissedOffAmerican, Dec 26 2008, 10:44AM - Link

This is the sixth Christmas our troops have spent in Iraq. Yesterday one American GI was killed, 10 Iraqis were killed, and 47 were injured.

In this six years we have spent trillions pursuing an illegal war, while our economy collapses, and our infrastructure deteriorates. Have we forgotten that these lyin' sacks of shit in the Bush Administration told us it would be over in months?

Yesterday, at 4:00 pm, when Christmas dinner was in the ovens for thousands of our neighbors here in the Tehachapi mountains, the power went out, and remained out until mid evening, effectively ruining Christmas night for thousands of families.

How long will we allow the criminals in Washington to ignore the welfare of the masses in their pursuit of global power, corporate profits, and military expansionism?

The power outage we suffered last night is a precurser of harder times to come. Our infrastructure is failing. It is painfully obvious that this nation cannot continue on its present course without experiencing further decline domestically, and irreversable loss of our world standing.

Without holding our leaders accountable to the law and to the people, it is impossible to imagine that we have any hope of halting, slowing, or reversing our decline. Barack Obama did not get where he is today through an indifference to power. If our highest leaders are given the window through which to abuse their powers, they WILL abuse their powers. Neglecting to investigate, indict, prosecute, and punish the Bush Adminisatration for the blatant crimes and abuses of the last eight years provides just such a window for the incoming administration.

If Dick Cheney and George Bush are not held accountable, we will never recover. Our leaders will hold themselves above the law from here on out. It is that simple.

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/12/0082303

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