Or maybe he just decided a new Christmas tree tax was not the wisest possible political move.
Big Christmas tree growers actually wanted a 15-cent-per-tree tax to promote Christmas trees, and the Obama Administration went along. Then those pesky conservatives started tossing around words like "Grinch." The President turned 180 and advanced, warp speed, to the rear
The immediate result of the tax would have been a national board for the promotion of Christmas trees. We can't actually prove that the new bureaucracy would have immediately set up a lobbying effort to extort a little extra from the general fund of U.S. Treasury, but if you suspect this was the real motive, I forgive you.
Nov 11, 2011
Anything happening out in the world?
I'm sorry, but...
Guiding the nation's political process has become a lower priority here this week as Camp J hosts the annual Brome Shark Convention and great F. and S. Clans (Plus Friends ) Great Annual Pheasant Shoot-At.
Six are in the field at the moment. I'm recuperating and will join them later.
Generally, the ringnecks are in a state of annoyance, more due to some classically beautiful dog work* than to any real fear of bodily injury.
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*A nod to Budda and Storm. Unfortunately,New Dog Libby, turns out to be a hoplophobe and will henceforth earn her keep through sweetness.
Guiding the nation's political process has become a lower priority here this week as Camp J hosts the annual Brome Shark Convention and great F. and S. Clans (Plus Friends ) Great Annual Pheasant Shoot-At.
Six are in the field at the moment. I'm recuperating and will join them later.
Generally, the ringnecks are in a state of annoyance, more due to some classically beautiful dog work* than to any real fear of bodily injury.
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*A nod to Budda and Storm. Unfortunately,New Dog Libby, turns out to be a hoplophobe and will henceforth earn her keep through sweetness.
Slaughter in the woods, a national crisis
The Minnesota press is reporting tragedy during the firearms deer season opener. Three humans died, giving new urgency to the need for common-sense regulation.
The three men perished in falls from tree stands. Nothing else is needed to illustrate the vital need for common-sense ladder control -- license to possess, mandatory government training, and certainly a strict one-tree stand-a-month purchase limit.
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But leave it to my buddy B to make light of the special horror inherent the the 82 -year-old man's fatal fall.
"He just fell asleep."
"Yeah. On his way up."
I'm not telling who made that last wiseass remark.
The three men perished in falls from tree stands. Nothing else is needed to illustrate the vital need for common-sense ladder control -- license to possess, mandatory government training, and certainly a strict one-tree stand-a-month purchase limit.
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But leave it to my buddy B to make light of the special horror inherent the the 82 -year-old man's fatal fall.
"He just fell asleep."
"Yeah. On his way up."
I'm not telling who made that last wiseass remark.
Nov 8, 2011
Hello, Abdul
On November 8, 1942, Yanks and Brits launched Operation Torch. The avowed enemies were Rommel and the Italians
But first we needed to whip some French. It didn't take long, and they turned out to be a minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things.
Rommel was tougher, and the green American army carried its butt in its hands in the aftermath of the Kasserine Pass adventure. Eventually all was righted, and six months after the invasion North Africa was no longer Nazi country.
Three significant developments followed the victory in Tunisia:
1. The blimp-scale ego of Bernard Law Montgomery
2. Ditto George F. Patton
3. The war in Sicily where (1) and (2) above, opposed one another in the race for Messina. There was collateral damage, of course; that is, some Nazis got killed.
But first we needed to whip some French. It didn't take long, and they turned out to be a minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things.
Rommel was tougher, and the green American army carried its butt in its hands in the aftermath of the Kasserine Pass adventure. Eventually all was righted, and six months after the invasion North Africa was no longer Nazi country.
Three significant developments followed the victory in Tunisia:
1. The blimp-scale ego of Bernard Law Montgomery
2. Ditto George F. Patton
3. The war in Sicily where (1) and (2) above, opposed one another in the race for Messina. There was collateral damage, of course; that is, some Nazis got killed.
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