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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 08:52 AM Original message |
Why exactly is Christmas a FEDERAL holiday? |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. cuz if they didn't the employees would revolt n/t |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. I would say it is what the general voters wanted. That easy. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. Because the bulk of people regardless of religion celebrate Xmas |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Drivers license? |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. LOL, sorry - but still, it's government function |
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Broadslidin (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. But We're Running From Store to Store, celebrating a virgin birth and..... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. lol... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. Because They Hate Powerful Women? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. LOL.... |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Pretty impressive wit given it was sans caffine.... *tee hee -nt |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. how do you figure? |
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Branjor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Nothing woman centered about it.... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. well that's a pretty negative spin if you ask me |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. (On a side note) If you're ever in DC.... |
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Branjor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Isn't "spin" at all.... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. jesus effin' christ, let us try being reality based for a moment |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. You know...when I was working in Egypt.. |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's a matter of practicality, |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Basically that's it. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. Why? Why, to give O'LOOFAH a cover story for govt sponsored religion n/t |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. I would say |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
17. Why ask why? |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. No! The OP NEEDS his driver's license on Christmas day! |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
19. I can see freepers zeroing in on this thread and saying see |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Because someone asked a question? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. Dumbest. Post. Ever. |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Oh please... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. No, you got villified for lacking any sort of common sense. |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. Didn't really mean to sound like a Grinch - basically questioning the Constitutionality of it |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. It has its beginnings in the early Labor contracts (unions)----read that |
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teenagebambam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
27. It makes at LEAST as much sense |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. Christmas is not really a sacred holiday. The churches only made |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. i would consider this to be sacred |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You have a good point..... |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. This would be my guess... |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Very good! |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Old Chuck, he had a way with words! |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Surely everyone knows Dickens! |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
34. Either this is a dumb thread, or you're doing a hell of a Scrooge impression. |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. See post #24 |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. I've worked with Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains.... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
40. Christmas is necessary in our industrial capitalist society |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
43. Sweeet! More ammo for FoxNews! |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That's my mantra: piss off freepers, one day at a time |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. You can work for me on Monday. My house needs painting. |
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