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FESTIVUS
Festivus for the rest of us...
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A BLUE CHRISTMAS
Even if we tried to reverse the commercialization of Christmas and get back to basics, we can't find what the Wise Men gave. I can't find frankincense in any store at the mall and nobody even knows what myrrh is.
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The Christmas Flower
Once upon a time, a little boy was walking to church to see the Nativity scene, wishing he had money to buy a gift for the baby in the manger.
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Thanksgiving at the Little Table
Little does a child know that life is pretty much downhill once he's old enough to graduate from the Thanksgiving little table to the big one with the grownups.
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WITH THE SLIDING U.S. DOLLAR
It certainly isn't necessary for big mouth media blabbing to everybody that the U.S. dollar is sliding. We can see that ourselves. Take a look, and you'll see all the presidents sliding to the left.
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PEEPS SHANGHAIED
They kidnapped 24's great, fictional hero, Jack Bauer and tortured him. They committed unknown atrocities upon his fiance when she attempted to find and rescue him. That wasn't bad enough. Now they're taking over America's iconic Peeps.
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America is Just Fine, Thank You
Just when we disgustedly accepted that the government listens to our phone calls and reads our mail, we find that all is not lost. America is still full of it's own special attitude of don't-tell-us-we-can't-do=that. There's good news, and it's big.
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In A Word ...
We have now reached the limit of psychic endurance. The Oxford English Dictionary, fondly referred to as OED by language devotees, has decided to suck up to the MTV generation, which can't stand anything that takes longer than a Paris Hilton jail term, by annihilating the gentle hyphen.
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The 22 Most Corrupt Politicians in Washington
Just when you think you have nowhere to turn for relief from the political shenanigans of our elected officials, along comes Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-profit legal watchdog group dedicated to holding public officials accountable for their actions.
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Top 10 Reasons Why the Grass is Always Greener on a Politician's Lawn
America is a nation that began with George Washington not telling a lie, and devolved into a nation with presidents from whose lips lies fall faster than a home run on steroids.
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