by "Leon" <wordswordsNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jun 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM
<aspasia> wrote ...
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:32:22 -0400, "Charlie Bress"
> <left@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>
>><aspasia> wrote i...
>>>
>>> This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address
>>> occurred on the same day.
>>>
>>> And as it has been pointed out, "It is an ironic juxtaposition of
>>> events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a
>>> creature of little intelligence for prognostication, while the other
>>> involves a groundhog."
>>>
>>> Aspasia
>>
>>Just another fallacy. The State of the Union address was Jan 28.
>>Groundhog Day (US & Canada) is always Feb 2
>>So what exactly was being pointed out?
>>
> I assume that the satirical comment (which I am not clever enough to
> have composed) took poetic license to make a really funny point.
>
> Aspasia
I don't think "funny" is appropriate. The "creature of little
intelligence"
referred to is the commander-in-chief of the US armed forces, the leader
of
one of our two powerful political parties and the "decider guy" on major
economic and social issues. This scares me every time I think about it.
Leon
