On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:38:35 GMT, "Leon" <wordswordsNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
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><aspasia> wrote ...
>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:32:22 -0400, "Charlie Bress"
>> <left@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>><aspasia> wrote i...
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>>>> 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
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>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.
>Leon
>
OK, how about "satirical". When Bush leaves office, the cartoonists
and satirists, even unto Jon Stewart, are going into deep mourning.
Neither McBush nor Obama can possibly furnish enough material
to match the in***bent.
BTW, it's very human to laugh through our tears when the tragedy
is too deep to really contemplate.
>This scares me every time I think about it.
You're not the only one! Some of us can remember when
the two "powerful political parties"* actually worked together on
issues of national concern. Now... you're a traitor if your side
with the opposite party in Congress and are punished by loss of
committee chairman****ps and influence. And if you're in the
Executive Branch, you're toast if you offer a disagreement.
If in the military, you're forced into retirement.
Moral: With this crowd, never, never speak truth to power.
*not so "powerful" since the Bu****es have been shredding the
Constitution to create what lovable Karl Rove calls "the
unitary presidency", aka "dictator****p lite".
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